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Vol. 15, No. 5 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper. JANUARY 31, 2019 CIVIL RIGHTS IN ALEXANDRIA Jones v. The School Board of Alexandria

PHOTO/SHELLEY CASTLE PHOTOGRAPHY PUPPY BOWL XV Introducing Pirate, Alexandria’s PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES own Puppy Bowl XV competitor. Above: Kathryn Turner enters a car after her first day at William Ramsay Elementary the day after Alexan- dria schools integrated. Right: An article written by Edward Peeks lists the children who integrated city Don’t be fooled by those big schools and the parents who accompanied them. It was published in the Afro-American on Feb. 21, 1959. brown eyes, though — this Animal Welfare League of The day two sisters proved Alexandria alum plays ruff. Read the full story on page 10.

T.C. Williams wrong INSIDE This is the Former superintendent Chambliss “T.C.” Williams – School Board opposed desegregation appeared in a federal court- Amended high school capacity third installment lawsuit 60 years ago room to defend the policies plan gets unanimous approval. in an ongoing that preserved segregation in Page 12 series about BY JIM MCELHATTON the city’s public schools. Unreported at the time, the Arts civil rights in Sixty years ago next week, schools chief, in his initial de- Husband-and-wife duo Ellie and Alexandria. the namesake of Alexandria’s nial of the students’ application Drew Holcomb bring “The You and only public high school – for- Me Tour” to the Birchmere. mer superintendent Thomas SEE CIVIL RIGHTS | 4 Page 14

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CIVIL RIGHTS FROM | 1 Turner, one of the first nine black students to integrate to attend all-white schools, city public schools, said. ADOPTABLE PET OF THE WEEK deemed the prospect of black Walking alongside Turn- and white students sitting in er on the misty February class together “a very ques- morning, past police bar- tionable situation.” Williams ricades, was her younger later refused to say under sister, second grader San- oath whether he personally dra Turner (now Bond) and agreed with segregation one brother Gerald Turner, who way or another. was in first grade. Bond still Ultimately, a federal remembers the police dogs, judge denied the school sys- angry white parents and tem’s bid to reject the ap- COURTESY PHOTO shouting reporters. More plications of nine out of 14 Kathryn Turner. than anything, though, she black students seeking to recalls a deep sense of isola- attend white schools during transcripts in the case at tion in her new school. the 1958-59 school year. On the National Archives reveal “I think I was focused on the day of that decision, troubling testimony by Wil- making sure I had on my fa- ~~ Canine Special Health Needs Care ~ ~ Extra patience may be required to adopt Flash. At Feb. 10, 1959 – more than liams and legal arguments vorite coat and being appre- ~ TheagePuppies 4, Calico he is require energetic, Cat surgery & and The sometimes. needs Gingham encouragement “Sarah’s Fund” Dog to ~ four years after the Supreme steeped in a time of segre- hensive,” Bond said. “Just provides Shelter petsslow with down. needed procedures. Court’s “Brown v. Board of gation. hoping we wouldn’t be in This 5-year-old Calico cat is certainly the delight of the This puppy will soon undergo an operation to repair Education” ruling – racial But the case files, in- any jeopardy that day.” AWLA“pulmonicHe’s cat adoptionslost astenosis”, leg, room,but with gained and donations her perspective pretty from portrait Alexandrians. on what’s may be barriers in Alexandria pub- cluding report cards and The Turners were not important;irresistible be happyto any potentialeach day, adopters.and love those lic schools quietly fell. There handwritten teacher notes alone. Other families – Lo- Your five-dollar donation adds to Sarah’s Fund and Everyonearound you. loves Flash Lena, well even knows our thisdogs, credo, gingham and hopesand were no riots. There were about the students who max, Hundley, Ragland, togetherfor a withhome contributions of his own ofto others,share the ensures love. that otherwise. Calicos, to those who love them, are a very no massive demonstrations. would literally change the Taylor, Jones – were also medical care is there when needed. special breed of cat, and to know them is to love them. Except for reporters and po- face of education in Alexan- part of the lawsuit. (When ForFOR MORE iNF oINFORMATION about alexa ABOUT SARAH’SNdria’ FUND,S adoptable PLEASE CALL lice, few citizens bothered to dria, also provide, perhaps, Williams learned Blois Hun- FOR703-746-4774 FURTHERpetS, plea ORINFORMATION VISITSe viUSS ATit www. www.alexandriaanimals.org. ABOUTALExANDRIAANIMALS LENA, PLEASE.OR CONTACTg/DONATE THE AWLA AT 703-746-4774 or visit: www.alexnadriaanimals.org. show up when school opened a much more important and dley, an African American that day. enduring lesson. It is about school cook, had children t THHANaNKk YyouOU THANK YOU On one hand, the lawsuit the resilience of children to in the lawsuit, he fired her, The Alexandria Animal Shelter’s Pet of the TheThe Alexandria Alexandria Animal Animal Shelter’s Shelter’s Pet of Pet the of the that integrated Alexandria change history. offering her job back only WeekWeek isis sponsoredsponsored byby DiannDiann Hicks,Hicks Carlson,finding Week is brought to you by Diann Carlson, schools, “Jones v. the School “Going into that school after intense backlash. She findinghomes homes for pets for andpets humans,and humans, alike. alike. finding homes for pets and people, too. Board of Alexandria,” re- and being able to raise your declined.) www.diannhicks.comwww.diannhicks.com flects a sad chapter in the hand in class and have your In court papers, the le- city’s civil rights history. homework right gave me the REALTORS® After all, court records and feeling I was OK,” Kathryn SEE CIVIL RIGHTS | 6 WWW.ALEXTIMES.COM JANUARY 31, 2019 | 5

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gal arguments put forth by the school district to justify blocking the Turner children and others from transferring to white schools are hard to follow, at least two genera- tions removed. The school arguments were sometimes complete- ly unrelated to grades. In short, though, Williams and the school board argued that these black students, along with the schools they sought to attend, simply were not ready. One sign of how much DOCUMENT/JONES V. SCHOOL BOARD CASE FILES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES things have changed since Academics were only one small piece of the overall, highly subjec- then is Alexandria’s new su- tive criteria Alexandria's school board relied upon to reject transfer perintendent, Dr. Gregory applications of black students seeking to attend white schools in Hutchings, Ed.D., who is an the late 1950s. African American T.C. Wil- Be love liams graduate. Hutchings able conversations” about companies as well as local FEBRUARY 6 - 14 xoxo oversees a school district equity in schools, then or charitable organizations. that would be unrecogniz- now. Bond spent part of her able to Williams today, with “Even though our city professional career covering 20% OFF students from 114 different and nation have made some desegregation in Boston as a jewelry and select gifts countries and a myriad of significant progress in re- photojournalist. racial and socioeconomic gards to race relations, there The sisters’ memories backgrounds. is no doubt in my mind that of that momentous day 60 915 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314 Hutchings said in a state- we still have a long way to years ago are as different as Artisans have been paid in full. Offer valid on select merchandise at participating stores and online from 2/6/19-2/14/19. ment that ACPS should not go to ensure equity in our they are vivid. Discount applied online at checkout. Not valid online or with other offers or discounts. shy away from “uncomfort- public schools,” Hutchings said in the statement, noting Segregated that equity is not just about Alexandria race but resources, funding, In the late 1950s, the TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES Print Ad Template academic opportunities and Turner family lived in the 3 column (6.37”) x 6“ other issues. Lincolnia section of Alex- Valentine’s 2019 — Amethyst Jewelry + Valentine’s Sale As for the Turners, they andria, which back then Sample barcode shown in ad. Stores, please request barcode file from Marketing went on to excel in school. was mostly rural farmland http://thewire.tenthousandvillages.com/node/23462 Kathryn Turner, who before the development and © Ten Thousand Villages Permission to use this resource as it appears adding your store information. eventually earned a degree construction of Landmark Any alterations or use of graphic elements apart from this design must be approved by the Ten Thousand Villages Marketing Department, (717) 859-8170. in chemistry from Howard Mall pushed farmers away a * Resources are now available to internal audiences on The Village Wire, Ten Thousand Villages’ intranet site. If you do not have a login and user password, contact Customer Service, who will set up your access rights. University, has had a long few years later. Electronic files for this ad are available in Adobe InDesign® CS5 and Adobe Acrobat PDF 7.0. and successful career. She Edith and George Turner is the chief executive officer met while George was sta- Tax Services of a large technology com- tioned at Camp Lee during pany, Standard Technology, his time in the service. and Preparation Don’t Procrastinate Inc., and she’s served on the for Individuals, boards of publicly traded SEE CIVIL RIGHTS | 7 Get your legal needs in order Non Profits and Businesses With G. Christopher Wright you Wills, Estates and get two sets of expertise: Trusts, Probate Every Super Bowl Attorney at Law and C.P.A. and Trust Litigation Party needs Tandoori Chicken Friendly • Professional • Trusted 500 Montgomery St, Ste. 575 Wing Platters! More Party Platters Alexandria, VA 22314 Serving Virginia, Maryland and D.C. available too! 703-214-2085 Make an appointment today! www.EvolutioLaw.com Belle View Shopping Center, 1510-A Belle View Blvd., Alexandria Belle View703.660.6085 Shopping Center • www.dishesofindia.com 1510-A Belle View Blvd. • Alexandria 703.660.6085 • dishesofindia.com WWW.ALEXTIMES.COM JANUARY 31, 2019 | 7

on the basis of highly sub- jective criteria and, in some cases, portrayals of students that Williams’ administra- tion supplied to the school board that were misleading at best. One of the black stu- dents seeking to transfer to a white school was reported absent for 82 days, but actu- ally only missed 15 days of class for the year, according to transcripts. Another student was re- jected, in part, on the ba- MozartPrague Symphony sis of a handful of negative teacher report card com- ments, when not one of the PHOTO/ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCAL HISTORY/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS many more glowing com- Portrait of T.C. Williams for the high school dedication ceremony ments about the same stu- program in 1965. dent were forwarded to the board. Still other students were CIVIL RIGHTS FROM | 6 “They were not willing rejected because of supposed February 9, 2019 @ 8pm to settle and just be silent,” overcrowding concerns at George Turner never grad- Bond said of her parents. the whites-only schools. But February 10, 2019 @ 3pm uated from high school. His For her part, Turner said records show that after the James Ross, Music Director wife earned a master’s de- her mother was never one black students were reject- gree. They had three chil- to be “intimidated or con- ed, white students contin- dren. The family attend- tained” when it came to her ued to transfer into the same Also featuring: ed Mount Pleasant Baptist children. As a child, Turner schools. Attendance contin- Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 Church in Franconia run by said she suffered from hay ued to climb. Edith Turner’s cousin Mil- fever. She recalled walk- Alexandria was hardly Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks Concerto ton Sheppard. Sheppard and ing into an allergist’s office alone. Across the Common- Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 “Classical” the Turners were active in once with her mother. wealth, school districts in the local NAACP. A nurse stopped them at the late 1950s refused to Neither Bond nor Kath- the door. She tried to turn integrate under the state’s ADULT: $20-$80 • STUDENT: $10 • YOUTH: $5 ryn Turner remember ever them away. “massive resistance” policy. being asked if they want- “The doctor doesn’t see For the Turners, school (703) 548-0885 • www.alexsym.org ed to go to a whites-only colored people,” Turner re- administrators had no basis school. called the nurse telling her to argue with their academ- “In my family, we were mother. “My mother said, ic performance. The Turn- told to do it,” Turner said. ‘Let me talk to the doctor.’” ers were excellent students. “This is what we’re going to Turner is not certain Instead, their applications do. And you’ll be fine.” about the details of the con- were rejected on the basis of Not just any student versation her mother had very different criteria. was asked to be part of the with the allergist. But one The official one-page The Fantasticks 1/12 - 2/2 NAACP lawsuit that aimed thing was certain. decision rejecting Kathryn to force Alexandria to in- “He ended up taking us Turner’s application to at- Try to remember a time when tegrate. The civil rights on as patients,” she said. tend the Charles Ramsay your greatest adventure was attorneys, who were filing Months before the school noted that, if ad- the first romance of your life. cases across Virginia, vetted NAACP sued the city school mitted, she would be “the This funny and sentimental prospective plaintiffs vigor- board and Williams, the only pupil of her race so en- musical is the deceptively ously to make sure students Turners and other families rolled.” simple tale of a boy, a girl, and did well in school, according wrote letters to Williams “This, in Alexandria, will their meddlesome fathers who to Brian Daugherity, whose asking that their children be be a novel and unusual sit- nudge them toward marriage by book “Keep On Keeping On” allowed to attend whites-on- uation. Such a situation will pretending to keep them apart. documents desegregation ly schools at the start of the constitute a disruption of es- in Virginia. This way, school 1958-59 school year. tablished social and psycho- Buy tickets early at our officials could not reject stu- The applications lan- logical relationships between box office or online! dents’ applications on the guished. Ultimately, the 600 Wolfe St, Alexandria | 703-683-0496 basis of academics. applications were rejected SEE CIVIL RIGHTS | 9 w w w . thelittletheatre . co m 8 |JANUARY 31, 2019 ALEXANDRIA TIMES

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CIVIL RIGHTS FROM | 7 “I think our parents certainly pupils in our schools as they (the schools) have previously reflected on the fact that we all operated,” the rejection said. stand on the shoulders of our The schools went on to ancestors from slavery to now. We argue that if Turner trans- have a responsibility and almost an ferred to Ramsay, the “sit- uation will be an unnatural “ obligation to keep striving to ensure one, which, as such, cannot that civil rights don’t get rolled back.” contribute to normal and – Sandra Bond, natural progress either for one of the first African-American students to Serving breakfast, this girl or for the other pu- attend William Ramsay Elementary School pils in the grade, who will lunch and dinner find themselves in an artifi- 7 days a week cial situation also.” Turner attended Ramsay rience,” she said. “I didn’t feel In court, NAACP attorney for one year, then eventually a part of the class. You were in Frank Reeves pressed Wil- went to Hammond, which was it, but not of it.” 36 Years in Business liams to defend the rationale. then a high school. When she Bond was protective of her 3648 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302 Under cross-examination, glanced at her yearbook not brother. They tried to eat to- (703) 671-0250 the superintendent acknowl- long ago, everything writ- gether at lunch. They sat on edged academics played no ten from former classmates the school bus together, when part in rejecting Turner’s seemed to be positive. other kids would tease them. application to transfer. She “I don’t have a negative But even at age eight, Sandra was, he admitted, a very impression,” she said. Bond said she knew the ex- Join the 11th Annual Cherry good student. Turner said she does re- pectations of her went beyond member other, non-school her grades. Challenge Restaurant Feb. 10, 1959 related inequalities of the era. “It was more a feeling you Among the news coverage For instance, there was only have to endure this,” she said. Competition & celebrate the of the day Alexandria schools one movie theater and swim- “You have to persevere. You integrated, there is a wire ser- ming pool she could go to in can’t fail.” birthday of George Washington vices photo of Turner enter- Alexandria. As a second grader, she ing a car after her first day at “There were a lot of things said she had no idea who The Cherry Challenge runs William Ramsay. In the pho- about Alexandria ... white T.C. Williams was, let alone from January 27 to February 10 to, white classmates watch only,” she said. the fact that the superinten- her. Some are smiling, others But she said her mother dent was testifying about her Participating businesses: laughing. A few appear to be instilled in the Turner chil- and her siblings. At the same Bluprint Chocolatiers Myron Mixon’s Pitmaster pointing. dren the sense that they were time, though, she said she BRUT Wine Bar Namaste King Street Turner is smiling, too, but just as good as anyone else. knew there were groups who Cafe 44 Pizzeria Paradiso Catch on the Avenue Red Rocks Pizza it is hard to tell from her out- Education was a hard-won opposed and resisted school Chadwick’s River Bend Bistro stretched palm and her ex- commodity. Once you got a desegregation. Columbia Firehouse Shooter McGee’s pression whether she is wav- good education, Edith and Bond said, while her fa- Del Ray Cafe Sonoma Cellar ing back at the children, or George Turner told their chil- ther didn’t live to see Barack Del Ray Pizzeria Sunday in Saigon perhaps telling them to stand dren, nobody could ever take Obama become America’s Dishes of India Taqueria Poblano back. it away. No matter what. first black president, her Evening Star Cafe Tempo Restaurant Shown this image nearly “I would go back and say it mother did. She said her Foster’s Grille T.J. Stone's Grill 60 years later, Turner is asked was really my mother,” Kath- mother did not talk much Glory Days Grill Tequila & Taco what she thought back then, ryn Turner said. “She really about Alexandria, and she Hard Times Cafe The Italian Place Haute Dogs and Fries The People’s Drug what these children were do- did feel that race shouldn’t probably did not think she Jackson 20 Union Street Public House ing. Were they waving? Were define you or limit you.” played an outsized role in the Kilwins Vaso’s Kitchen they happy? Were they jeer- city’s history. Still, she added, La Tasca The Warehouse ing and teasing? A different her parents likely felt proud Landini Brothers Alexandria Pastry Turner said she is not sure. perspective the family had helped make a Lori’s Table Cheesetique She doesn’t remember anyone For Bond, things in her difference. Mason Social Junction Bakery in the photo. But while many new school were harder and “I think our parents cer- Meggrolls Lost Dog Café of the first wave of African more complicated. tainly reflected on the fact MoHo Kitchen & Cocktails Pines of Florence American students to attend She remembers her sec- that we all stand on the shoul- Murphy’s Grand Irish Pub white schools in Virginia were ond grade teacher doing little ders of our ancestors from Sponsored by: subjected to harsh treatment, to welcome her. Bond walked slavery to now,” Bond said. Turner does not recall having into the classroom and imme- “We have a responsibility and DANNY SMITH such a difficult time compared diately thought nobody at all almost an obligation to keep Realtor with TTR Sotheby’s, [email protected] to others, including members looked like her or her family. striving to ensure that civil Danny is dedicated to celebration and preservation of Alexandria’s vaunted history and commits at least 10% of his net real estate of her own family. “It was an isolating expe- rights don’t get rolled back.” commissions to that end 10 |JANUARY 31, 2019 ALEXANDRIA TIMES Alexandria dog takes the field for Puppy Bowl XV

AWLA-alum Pirate across the country, and since adopted days after its inception, 100 percent of filming the animals who have par- BY MISSY SCHROTT ticipated in the event have been adopted, according to Arrrr you ready for some Animal Planet’s website. Be- football? cause Animal Planet films Local pup Pirate, an the Puppy Bowl footage alumnus of the Animal Wel- months in advance, many of fare League of Alexandria, is the show’s stars have already taking the field with Team been adopted by the time it Ruff this weekend in Puppy airs on Super Bowl Sunday. Bowl XV. Such was the case for Pi- Just hours before the rate, the AWLA representa- Rams and the Patriots go tive who was adopted just head-to-head in the biggest days after filming the Puppy football game of the year, Bowl in October. Team Ruff and Team Fluff Before Pirate was Pirate, will go nose-to-nose in the he was Nougat, a mixed- cutest football game of the POSTER COURTESY ANIMAL PLANET breed puppy who came to Al- year. An Alexandria Welfare League of Alexandria alumnus is starring in Puppy Bowl XV. Pirate, right, was so exandria from one of AWLA’s photogenic he was chosen to be featured in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl XV poster. Now celebrating its 15th partner shelters at only one anniversary, the Puppy Bowl into teams and unleashed announcers provide com- cluding “pass inter-fur-ence” month old. Because AWLA has aired on Animal Planet on GEICO stadium, a play- mentary on everything from and “unnecessary ruffness.”) has such a quick turnaround the same day as the Super pen-turned-football-field. touchdowns (when a puppy Each year, the Puppy Bowl – they care for more than Bowl since 2005. During the From there, cameras capture happens to drag a toy into features adoptable puppies show, puppies are divided the puppies playing while an end zone) to penalties (in- from shelters and rescues SEE PUPPY BOWL | 11

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PUPPY BOWL FROM | 10 breed, size, cuteness, ac- Puppy Bowl, Pirate was old tiveness and playfulness, ac- enough for his neuter sur- 2,000 animals per year – the cording to the Animal Planet gery, Hardter said. Days lat- shelter takes in dogs and cats spokesperson. Of the 93 pup- er, Cindy Han, a student at from other rescues whose pies, 36 made the starting Northern Virginia Commu- animals aren’t adopted as lineup, including Pirate. nity College, found him on quickly. Pirate’s celebrity treat- an adoption website. When he came to AWLA, ment began with a video “I actually got to school Pirate couldn’t go up for shoot aboard one of Potomac early that day, so I was in my adoption since he was too Riverboat Company’s Sep- car waiting,” Han said. “I’ve young to be neutered. It was tember Canine Cruises. The been looking for a puppy, so while he was living with a footage will most likely make I was on petfinder.com and foster family that he was re- an appearance during Puppy I saw his picture and I saw cruited by Animal Planet for Bowl programming, Hardter where he was and it was like the Puppy Bowl. said. seven minutes from our cam- The casting coordina- A month later, Hardter pus, so I was like, ‘I have to tor for the Puppy Bowl had accompanied Pirate to film- go see him.’ So I went to go heard about Canine Cruises, ing for the show itself in New see him and I just had the Potomac Riverboat Compa- York City on Oct. 15 and 16. feeling that this was it, like I ny’s dog-friendly sightsee- “At that point, he must really needed to get him that ing tours, and was interested have been about three, day.” in featuring the cruises and three-and-a-half months Han adopted Pirate on an Alexandria dog in Pup- old, still definitely young for Oct. 18 and renamed him py Bowl XV, according to an a puppy,” Hardter said. “But MinGuk in honor of her and Animal Planet spokesperson. he was remarkably well-be- her sister’s Korean names. The casting coordinator con- haved, and he was glad to be She said, at the time, she tacted Potomac Riverboat trying something new.” didn’t know what the Puppy Company, which contacted Hardter said the first day Bowl was, let alone the fact the shelter. of filming was filled with that her new puppy had just “The Puppy Bowl people photo shoots, meet and starred in it. were very interested in learn- greets with the hosts and “I met with the owner ing a little bit more about playtime with other puppies. when she had already decid- some of the animal-friendly The Puppy Bowl game was ed that she wanted to adopt activities that there are here filmed on the second day. PHOTO/MISSY SCHROTT him,” Hardter said. “She in Alexandria, and canine “They had a lot of differ- Cindy Han, Pirate’s new owner, renamed him MinGuk in honor of her and her sister’s Korean names, which both begin with “Min.” cruises is of course a very big ent pens where dogs could SEE PUPPY BOWL | 21 one and something that you go in together and play, and don’t see everywhere,” Gina he spent the entire time just Hardter, senior manager of running around and playing public relations for AWLA, with as many different dogs SUMMER CAMP IS BETTER WITH FRIENDS said. as he could,” Hardter said. When Hardter learned “Then we spent some time Animal Planet was looking doing photo shoots. He was for puppies around Pirate’s a little boisterous for those. age for the Puppy Bowl, she I don’t think that he really said AWLA decided to submit understood that it would be him as a competitor. better for us to take photos if “We just thought that he stood in place, but we got Pirate was very adorable,” some really good photos.” Hardter said. “We didn’t Despite his restlessness, know what breed he was, so one of the photos landed Pi- we thought he was a little rate on Animal Planet’s main bit mysterious, and we just icon image for Puppy Bowl thought he had the winning XV. personality and energy to do Animal Planet staff also really well in the Puppy Bowl, did a DNA test on Pirate so we worked with Animal and learned that he has bits Planet and Canine Cruises, of English springer spaniel, and he was our canine com- McNab, chow chow, Ameri- petitor.” can Staffordshire terrier and YMCA ALEXANDRIA 703.838.8085 The 93 puppies that will boxer. be featured in Puppy Bowl When he came back to REGISTER TODAY FOR THE BEST SUMMER EVER XV were cast based on age, Alexandria after filming the ymcadc.org/locations/ymca-alexandria/ 12 |JANUARY 31, 2019 ALEXANDRIA TIMES School board approves amended high school capacity plan New members want hensive high school. The we want them to be and not data on potential sec- vote did not, however, final- having a cookie cutter ap- ond comprehensive ize any project design. proach to solving their is- campus As proposed by Hutch- sues or giving them a cookie BY CODY MELLO-KLEIN ings, the Connected High cutter pathway to getting School Network would ad- their diploma from T.C. Wil- After deliberating for dress the ongoing capacity liams,” Hutchings said. almost two hours, school problems at T.C. by expand- An initial motion by board members voted unan- ing its presence into smaller board member Margaret imously for an amended satellite campuses around Lorber moved to approve high school plan that would Alexandria. A revamped the proposal and included address Alexandria’s capac- Minnie Howard campus will language that would guar- ity issues during its Jan. 24 become a part of that net- antee the modernization of school board meeting. work. the Minnie Howard campus The vote allows Superin- “It means that all stu- and its integration into the tendent Dr. Gregory Hutch- dents are not isolated or in CHSN model. Lorber’s mo- ings, Ed.D, to proceed with one place, that you’re able to tion also advised Hutchings PHOTO/CODY MELLO-KLEIN planning for the Connected educate students in several The school board met on Jan. 24 to vote on Superintendent Gregory and school staff to proceed High School Network, part different ways at different Hutchings' proposal for a plan to address the city's high school with specific priorities in of which will involve the locations,” Hutchings said capacity problem. mind, including provid- modernization of T.C. Wil- during his presentation. ing equal access to services liams High School’s Minnie According to Hutchings, new satellite campuses over ic learning environments if for all students, ensuring Howard campus. Per a mo- the CHSN has several ben- the next few years. More that better suits their learn- flexibility for students as tion passed at the meeting, efits. Alexandria City Pub- importantly, according to ing style. they pursue specific paths Hutchings and school staff lic Schools would be able Hutchings, students would “Equity is about meet- and continuing community will also explore the feasi- to adapt to capacity issues have the option to enter ing our students where they bility of a second compre- more quickly by phasing in into smaller, more dynam- are, not necessarily where SEE SCHOOL | 13

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SCHOOL FROM | 12 – that would require Hutch- cumbent school board mem- As our school ings to “provide multiple bers. engagement throughout the preliminary design propos- School board chair Cindy process. enrollment continues als for the board’s consider- Anderson and board mem- The school board unan- to grow, I believe ation, including one or more bers Veronica Nolan, Ramee imously approved the mo- maintaining one high proposals that incorporate Gentry and Lorber – all in- tion with the inclusion of school is going to the design for a second com- cumbents – were concerned an amendment proposed by prehensive high school,” by that more data-gathering new board member Chris be unsustainable.” the end of May. could delay a solution to a Suarez. The amendment, – Michelle Rief, The motion was part of critical issue. which passed unanimous- school board member, a bigger push by Rief and “We understand that that ly, further emphasized the district A new board members Heather conversation [about a second importance of equity when Thornton, Meagan Alderton high school] has truly not approaching the city’s high and Jacinta Green to ensure happened with all the due school capacity problem. and English learning stu- support system for a second that the board and commu- research that needs to go on, “We’ve heard some con- dents. high school. nity members have the most but the reason for the initial cerns from the community Several new board mem- “If we do have a second information possible in or- motion is that we have a bit that the Connected High bers expressed concerns high school, the satellite der to make a decision. of a crisis on our hands right School Network, if not im- and reservations about the campuses and the early col- “When you are a teach- now,” Lorber said. plemented effectively, could CHSN plan in general. lege programs, those can er you lesson plan so that “You need to start re- promote potentially segre- “As our school enroll- still be there and draw from you can formatively assess moving some variables from gated tracts,” Suarez said. ment continues to grow, I more than one high school,” and make changes as you the table otherwise it does The amendment aimed to believe maintaining one Rief said. “I can see the cam- go,” Alderton said. “Your become hard to move for- guarantee “that all children high school is going to be pus model as a short-term instruction is supported by ward,” Gentry said. have a fair opportunity to unsustainable,” board mem- solution to really addressing really concrete data and in- Rief and Suarez’s motion participate in the full range ber Michelle Rief said. Rief capacity.” formation. This is what the was voted through by a five- of program options that are didn’t completely discred- Rief put forth a mo- public is asking from us.” to-four margin. Anderson, available,” with particular it the CHSN, but said she tion – that was later with- The discussion around Lorber, Gentry and Nolan emphasis placed on helping viewed it as a model that drawn and put forward in Rief’s motion was notably cast the dissenting votes. minority, special education would be better used as a an amended form by Suarez split between new and in- [email protected]

Photo credit: @lynndunston 14 |JANUARY 31, 2019 ALEXANDRIA TIMES Times ARTS Living Drew and Ellie Holcomb describe being ‘On the Road Again’ as a family

BY DENISE DUNBAR Drew: That is one of the because we do a lot of trav- great things about music to- el, apart and together. We Nashville based husband- day, you don’t have to choose thought it’d be sort of a fun and-wife duo Drew and Ellie your influences and pick nod toward him and the in- Holcomb bring their Febru- [one] thing. … I grew up in fluence he’s had on us both ary family tour to The Birch- Memphis listening to classic musically and personally. mere on Feb. 6. In addition soul music and my parents, to performing together, the my dad especially, was a big Describe the other two Holcombs both write and re- Bob Dylan fan. You’ve got songs on “Electricity.” cord songs individually, Drew all these different influences Drew: After a show one with his band, Drew Holcomb and you can create your own time, a guy told me, he was and the Neighbors, and Ellie music. You know the genre of basically a promoter from a in the Christian genre. Their quote unquote “Americana” local college, … he shared his three young children are ac- kind of encompasses country opinion that he didn’t like companying them for part of and folk and blues and soul my love songs. And so, in- the tour. and there’s all sorts of stuff stead of letting that get in my The 2017 release by Drew that fits in that category. … head, I responded by writing Holcomb and the Neighbors, Ellie and I can get up there another one, [the song “Elec- “Souvenir,” reached num- and sing a really folkie song tricity”] for Ellie. Which is ber three on the U.S. Indie and then follow it up with a kind of fun. charts, while Ellie’s last two [pop/rock] song. “Love Anyway” is a song albums, “As Sure as the Sun” I wrote about a friend who COURTESY PHOTO in 2014 and “Red Sea Road” Ellie, your solo albums Drew and Ellie Holcomb will perform at The Birchmere on Feb. 6 as lives in Iraq and Syria who in 2017, reached numbers have been more Chris- part of their “The You and Me Tour.” does front-line work in war- two and three, respectively, tian oriented. torn zones all over the world. on the U.S. Christian charts. Ellie: They’ve done really est daughter is named son? You cover “On the There’s an article he wrote The duo, who met while great. It’s been a sweet thing “Emmylou,” so … Road Again” on your during the ISIS bombings for studying at the University of for me. I’ve tried to work out Ellie: Oh my goodness, new EP. the Washington Post that’s Tennessee in the early 2000s, my faith in songs for many we are long-time fans of Em- Drew: We got the chance called, “When the world is have just released a three- years now. It’s been real- mylou Harris. Drew actual- to tour with him about a scary as hell, love anyway.” song EP called “Electricity.” ly fun to see some of those ly asked me out for the first year-and-a-half ago. It was It’s basically just a song Times publisher Denise Dun- songs – working out doubt time at an Emmylou Harris just an absolute blast. Our about how when the world is bar caught up with the Hol- and fear and hope in the con- concert. So her music has kids were on tour and they kind of crashing in all around combs by phone last week. text of a song – connect with been a huge inspiration, but got to meet Willie and hang you, the only thing left to do other people’s stories. she’s also a personal part of out with him a little bit. He is keep loving your neighbor. Your music seems to our story. was just incredibly gracious cross genres, can you Who are your musical and that song has kind of be- describe its breadth? influences? Your old- What about Willie Nel- come a family anthem for us SEE HOLCOMB | 21 CALENDAR HOMES February events Versatility of lighting Compete in an indoor rowing competition, shop in Alexandria’s Lighting is no longer the afterthought in decorating, instead boutiques, listen to French love songs and more | Page 15 it is a finishing touch, like jewelry | Page 16 WWW.ALEXTIMES.COM JANUARY 31, 2019 | 15 CALENDAR attracts important collections, includ- from the Equal Justice Initiative Serving French Cuisine since 1983 FEBRUARY 1 ing Americana, consigned from all highlighting the lynching death of two over the world. Its Feb. 2 auction will Alexandria men in the 1890s. Tickets “NEW BEGINNINGS” ART deliver special examples, including a are $5 and in limited supply. EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION 220-year-old letter penned by newly Time: 2 p.m. The Environmental Protection Agency elected President Thomas Jefferson, Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Wash- estimates 75 percent of waste is recy- a section of the continual Civil War ington St. . clable, but only 30 percent is actually Union architectural frieze created for Information: 703-746-4356 recycled. Artists are often among the the exterior of the Pension Building in 1887 and a Boston bonnet-top chest most conscientious recyclers who FEBRUARY 3 reuse others’ discards to create unique on chest circa 1770. The live auction art. Visit Del Ray Artisans’ gallery Feb. at Potomack’s galleries will be followed LeJoinRefuge us 1 through 24 to see artwork created by an online auction on Feb. 5 and 6. WALKING WITH WASHINGTON by reuse. These creations incorporate Time: 10 a.m. TOUR Explore important sites asso- Come visit the most romantic found objects, recycled materials or Location: Potomack Company, 1120 ciated with George Washington in his French restaurant in Old Town. older works of art. N. Fairfax St. hometown of Alexandria. This guided Time: 7 to 9 p.m. Information: www.potomackcompany. walking tour of historic Old Towne 4 course menu & a glass of covers significant people and events Location: Del Ray Artisans Gallery, com champagne, 3 seatings! 2704 Mount Vernon Ave. in Washington’s life and in American Information: www.DelRayArtisans.org/ ALEXANDRIA BOUTIQUE WARE- history, with stops at Ramsay House, event/new-beginnings HOUSE SALE The 14th Annual Al- Market Square, Carlyle House, Wise’s exandria Boutique District Warehouse Tavern, Duvall Tavern/Charles Lee Sale is set for Feb. 2 at The Westin House, Gadsby’s Tavern, Washington’s FEBRUARY 2 Alexandria. Get up to 80 percent off townhouse, The Lord Fairfax House, at more than 25 shops, from clothing, the “Light-Horse” Harry Lee house and NEW PATRICK HENRY SCHOOL shoes, jewelry, home furnishings and Christ Church. The event is free and no & RECREATION CENTER COM- more. Experienced sale shoppers line reservations are required. MUNITY OPEN HOUSE Student up early in the morning hours to get Time: 2 to 4 p.m. enrollment in ACPS is increasing by first grabs at top label merchandise. Location: Alexandria Visitor Center, between 3 percent and 5 percent each While you wait, enjoy pop-up classes 221 King St. year and is expected to continue to from Mind the Mat, a braid bar from Information: www.washingtonbirthday. Alexandria Times’ rise for the next 10 years. The Patrick Salon DeZen and other giveaways com Henry project began in 2015 to help from 7 to 9 a.m. Founded in 2005, the Cause of the Month address the capacity need. The city annual clearance sale has attracted a timed construction on the Patrick Hen- large and loyal audience of shoppers FEBRUARY 7 ry capacity project with replacement from across the region – many making of the recreation center on the site so it a must-do outing each February with CHANSONS D’AMOUR: AN that both would open early this year. friends and family. EVENING OF FRENCH LOVE The shared nature of the site offered Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SONGS In anticipation of the famous ACPS, the City of Alexandria and the Location: The Westin Alexandria, 400 day of love, Valentine’s Day, spend community at-large a unique opportu- Courthouse Square an evening learning about French nity to design and build a project that Information: www.oldtownboutiquedis- love songs and listening to curated meets the academic and recreational trict.com/alexandria-warehouse-sale selections of “Chansons d’Amour” with needs of the Patrick Henry community. event MC Joseph Gueron. Gueron is Students moved into the new school HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN CAR- the producer and host of GloBeat, the on Jan. 22. The community is invited LYLE Join Carlyle House in wishing a world music radio show on WERA 96.7 to an open house to celebrate the new very happy birthday to Alexandria town FM. The event includes music, dancing facilities. founder, Col. John Carlyle. Festivities and a wine and dessert reception. Time: 9 a.m. to noon will include 18th-century dancing, live Time: 7 p.m. Location: Patrick Henry School & Rec- music and a birthday treat. Admission Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Wash- reation Center, 4643 Taney Ave. is free, but donations are welcome. ington St. Information: www.acps.k12.va.us/ Time: Noon to 4 p.m. Information: alexandriacaensistercit- page/508 Location: Carlyle House, 121 N. [email protected] Fairfax St. ERG SPRINTS In 1986, T.C. Wil- Information: 703-549-2997 liams Coach Mike Penn and Booster FEBRUARY 9 AND 10 President Kitty Porterfield created Erg AFRICAN AMERICAN STORY- Sprints, an indoor rowing competition, TELLING FOR ADULTS Dylan ASO PRESENTS: MOZART’S to break up monotonous winter train- Pritchett, a native of Williamsburg, PRAGUE SYMPHONY New and ing. With the help of volunteers and Virginia, is dedicated to passing on the old traditions collide in February with support from Concept2, Erg Sprints rich African oral tradition of storytell- an exploration of the classical-era has become the largest indoor rowing ing. Head to the Black History Museum symphony. The program centers on competition for juniors. In 2018, Erg for an evening of African American sto- Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 “Prague,” Sprints staged the first ever World ries that reflect serious issues facing one of his later and most eclectic sym- Rowing Indoor Championships in part- African American culture from the past phonies, juxtaposed with Prokofiev’s nership with World Rowing, USRowing, to the present. Symphony No.1 “Classical,” written and Concept2. The partnership recog- Time: 6 p.m. in homage to Mozart and Haydn and nized the growth and development of Location: Black History Museum, 902 cited as one of the earliest pieces of indoor rowing as a full discipline within Wythe St. the neo-classical era. The program the sport of rowing. The event returns Information: 703-746-4356 will also feature soloists from the ASO to Alexandria Feb. 2, and early regis- for Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. tration discounts are now in effect. AN OUTRAGE: A DOCUMENTA- 1 and Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks. Reserve a race erg or purchase a raffle RY FILM ON THE HISTORY OF The concert will take place Saturday at ticket or t-shirt at www.ergsprints.com. LYNCHING IN THE AMERICAN Schlesinger Concert Hall and Sunday Time: 7:30 a.m. SOUTH This award-winning docu- at the George Washington Masonic Location: T.C. Williams High School, mentary by filmmakers Hannah Ayers Memorial. Tickets are $20 to $80 3330 King St. and Lance Warren examines lynching for adults, $5 for youth and $10 for Information: www.ergsprints.com in the American South. A discussion students. led by Ayers and Warren follows the Time: Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday THE POTOMACK COMPANY screening. Also, learn about Alexan- at 3 p.m. AUCTION With its historic namesake dria’s lynching history and the plan to Location: Various and location, The Potomack Company receive a commemorative monument Information: www.alexsym.org 16 |JANUARY 31, 2019 ALEXANDRIA TIMES HOMES Valentine’s Day at

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Day was a leader in Alexan- dria’s African-American community, a teacher and federal government worker who in 1964 became the first black member of Alexandria’s school board. Day went on to became Alexandria’s first black school board chair, and Alexandria’s new elementary school on Beauregard Street was named after him. Samuel W. Tucker is known to many in Alexandria because his name also adorns an elementary school in the city’s West End. Tucker was a lawyer who worked for the NAACP on integration cases and argued before the Supreme Court. He’s remembered in Alexandria for organizing a sit- in at the whites-only public library in 1939, an orderly protest that led to the arrest of the five young black men who participated. One of those arrested men was Tucker’s brother Otto, who 20 years later was one of the three lawyers representing the families in the law- suit “Jones v. the School Board of Alexandria” that we examine in today’s Your Views page 1 story “The day two sisters proved T.C. Williams wrong.”* Otto Tucker is an unsung Alexandria hero, as were the parents who worked with him and the other two lawyers on the case. It took the in- Vision Zero may save your life tervention of the courts to overcome the “massive resistance” effort in To the editor: Alexandria over the past three years, Virginia that was intended to block integration. I am responding to the letter, “Vi- going from 8 percent of all crashes to But the real stars of that dreary day in the middle of February almost sion Zero has zero benefits” in the 16 percent. 60 years ago were the nine school children who broke the color barrier in Jan. 17 Alexandria Times. The writ- This is due to speed. The speed lim- Alexandria. Those children were: Jessie Mae Jones, age eight; Margaret er views the Vision Zero program as it on some of Alexandria’s four lane Lomax, six; James Lomax, eight; Sarah Ragland, eight; James Ragland, anti-automobile and infers that the roadways like Seminary Road is 25 13; Patsy Ragland, 14; Gerald Turner, six; Sandra Turner, seven and Kath- city plans to remove automobiles from mph. However, in June 2018 radar guns ryn Turner, 11. The children integrated three formerly all-white schools our streets. The letter concludes that registered many cars traveling at more that day: Theodore Ficklin Elementary, William Ramsay Elementary and Vision Zero is not needed “but we need than 40 mph on Seminary Road. Police Francis Hammond High School. four lanes on Seminary Road.” confirmed that speeding is a problem When we think about the bravery of those children long ago, it’s im- With all due respect, I disagree. on Seminary Road, even in front of the portant to consider what that must have felt like: To walk into a school Vision Zero is a plan that’s a combina- middle school and hospital. full of people who mostly didn’t want you there. To face the uncertainty tion of engineering, enforcement and Road engineering studies have of whether your very presence was going to result in violence, as it did in education programs focused on street proven that drivers are inclined to many other places. To sit in a classroom with other children your age – safety. When implemented correctly, it go faster on wide, multi-lane road- and be the only one with dark skin. can save lives and reduce the frequen- ways. Conversely, drivers will instinc- These were exceptional children, chosen for their intelligence and cy of vehicles crashing into pedestri- tively go slower if the path ahead is not character, and they were important spokes in the large wheel of the civil ans, cyclists and other road users. as wide. Cyclists and pedestrians will rights movement that rolled forward bit by bit. What they endured in the In Alexandria, the number of pe- avoid roadways where cars are travel- winter of 1959 and beyond helped pave the way for Alexandria to later destrians and cyclists crashed into by ing at high speeds. Perhaps that is the have black members on its school board and city council, a black mayor, vehicles has hovered in the lows 80s reason why the number of pedestrians for Virginia to elect a black governor and ultimately, for the United States from 2016 to 2017. It looks like such and cyclists killed or seriously injured to elect a black president. crashes decreased in 2018, perhaps on Seminary Road is not as high as Those gains were hard won, and important steps in that journey were because of the public awareness of some other streets in Alexandria. taken on Feb. 10, 1959. Alexandrians of every race and background owe Vision Zero, or the result of street en- No one likes sitting in stalled them a tremendous debt of gratitude. gineering changes that have been im- or slow traffic. On the other hand, plemented in recent years. King Street as a person who was crashed into * The Times previously told the story of James Lomax and his sister Margaret has gone from 10 crashes annually to while walking with the right of way in the May 3, 2018 Times, “The homeless man who made civil rights history.” zero in the past 12 months. Unfortu- in the middle of a crosswalk, I know The first installment in our series on integration in Alexandria ran March nately, the percentage of people killed 22, 2018, and was called “A school cook’s forgotten civil rights stand.” or seriously injured has increased in SEE VISION ZERO | 20 WWW.ALEXTIMES.COM JANUARY 31, 2019 | 19

City should hold Alexandria in Action Amazon Town Hall with Heather Peeler To the editor: tually work? How will Amazon be On Jan. 20, I organized an held accountable and what lever- Act now to support our Amazon Town Hall and called it age will our local communities a Deeper Dive because I believe have moving forward? whether you are for or against We thought some of the neighbors in need providing subsidies to Amazon stakeholders involved would set There was a collective sigh of relief Church; the Old Presbyterian Meeting to locate in Northern Virginia, up displays, provide information upon hearing about the recent agree- House; Alfred Street Baptist Church; St. the public needs more informa- and put a face to some of the big ment to temporarily end the partial Rita Catholic Church; Fairlington United tion. Even though there is a lot players: JBG properties, Virgin- federal government shutdown. Many Methodist Church; ALIVE; the Salvation of information online, on both ia Tech and Amazon. I was never affected workers will transition back to Army and Catholic Charities of the Di- Alexandria.va.gov and Arling- given contacts for any of these “normal” life. However, for others the ocese of Arlington. Those on the front- tonva.us, people want to be able three groups from economic de- uncertainty and hardship linger. Some line of our community’s safety net are to ask elected officials and the velopment officials in Arlington of Alexandria’s most vulnerable will con- worried about the shutdown’s short- and people who negotiated this deal or Alexandria. I know their num- tinue to feel the ramifications and are long-term effects. questions in person. bers are in easy reach. It was also still at risk of falling into crisis. Nonprofit organizations face finan- We had a great discussion and clear from our long line of ques- Many people hurt by the shutdown cial vulnerability as well. To respond to a vigorous debate, and I want to tioners, and the applause of the are the working poor. Consider the child the needs of families and individuals, thank all the elected officials audience, that many people still care worker who was laid off because nonprofits put themselves at financial who came prepared to discuss need to be convinced that the furloughed federal workers risk as they increase services. this issue. Arlington County positive impacts will outweigh could not afford to keep their According to the Nonprof- Board Chair Christian Dorsey the negative impacts on our re- kids in daycare, or the low- it Finance Fund, most non- and 31st Virginia Senate Candi- gion. wage contractor who will not profits have less than three date Nicole Merlene came from Arlington, to its credit, has receive back pay and risks months of operating reserves Arlington, and we had Del. Mark had two listening sessions, and falling deeper into credit card on hand. Levine and Sen. Adam Ebbin, both Alexandria and Arlington debt. Individuals participat- Alexandrians are known who both represent part of Ar- have had virtual town halls. Even ing in federal programs face for their generosity. Now is lington as well as Alexandria. though there is no vote regard- disruption in benefits, creat- the time for our community Former Mayor Allison Silberberg ing funding in Alexandria, we ing even more stress. Ben- to come together to support attended, as well as Del. Lee Car- are all contributing tax dollars efits from the federal food HEATHER PEELER our neighbors. Providing di- ter, who came from Manassas to the state deal, and Alexandria assistance program SNAP rect support to nonprofits is where the effects of Amazon are was closely involved in negotiat- must last through March and those with the best way to address the need. Food also being felt. ing the deal. I would also suggest Section 8 vouchers fear eviction as the and clothing donations help, but finan- A representative of the Car- that since, in the information government falls behind on payments to cial donations give organizations the penters Union, Neri Canahui, that Arlington has provided, 80 landlords. flexibility to put resources where they talked about the need for project percent of employees will live A May 2018 report from the Federal can make the biggest difference. If you labor agreements. And Sandra elsewhere, that elsewhere is Al- Reserve found that 40 percent of U.S. are looking for volunteer opportunities, Klassen and Roshan Abraham exandria. These impacts will adults don’t have the money on hand to contact Volunteer Alexandria at www. from the co-sponsors Our Rev- probably be felt in some of our cover a $400 emergency. Given the high volunteeralexandria.org for opportuni- olution Northern Virginia and most diverse and economical- cost of living in our region, $400 goes ties to lend a hand across the community. Our Revolution Arlington also ly vulnerable communities like quickly. It’s easy to see how a family’s fi- Finally, the City of Alexandria and participated. Lynhaven and Arlandria. nancial footing can slip away. ACT for Alexandria are co-investing What we didn’t have was It is time for our city govern- The nonprofits in our community are $25,000 each in the ACT Now Fund. The much of the information citizens ment to hold its own Town Hall poised to help. The Lazarus Ministry, a Fund will provide grants to nonprofits are craving. How much are hous- and make sure that the Alex- program offered by Christ Church and St. that serve Alexandrians affected by the ing prices and property taxes go- andria Economic Development Paul’s Episcopal Church, provides emer- shutdown and will support a broad range ing to go up? What are the trans- Partnership, which negotiated gency financial and food assistance to of programs. Priority will be given to portation and affordable housing the deal for us, JBG, Amazon and Alexandrians. This week they reported short-term, unanticipated emergency improvements, and when will Virginia Tech are there, and that seeing an uptick in the number of people services – such as food, housing, finan- those happen? Where exactly is the information is provided in requesting support for rental assistance cial assistance, child care assistance and National Landing? What kind multiple languages. It is impera- and food. Many are first-time clients mental health services – followed by ser- of programs will be at the new tive that our own city provide the who have not utilized Lazarus Ministry’s vices that help affected workers become Virginia Tech Campus, and what information citizens are craving. services in the past. more resilient and rebound. You can con- will the campus look like? How -Boyd Walker, The experience of Lazarus Ministry is tribute to the ACT Now Fund or submit will this technology pipeline ac- Alexandria echoed by other providers in the finan- a proposal for funding by visiting www. cial assistance ministry network, includ- actforalexandria.org. The opinions expressed in letters and columns are those of the ing: the St. Vincent de Paul Society at the writers only and do not reflect the views, nor receive the Basilica of St. Mary; Episcopal Church The writer is President and CEO endorsement, of the Alexandria Times. of the Resurrection; St. Joseph Catholic of ACT for Alexandria. 20 |JANUARY 31, 2019 ALEXANDRIA TIMES OUT OF THE ATTIC

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Missy Schrott Managing Editor history of lynchings [email protected] On Feb. 2, the Alexandria was mutilated after he was terrorized by lynching, Af- Margaret Stevens Sales Director Black History Museum will killed. On Aug. 8, 1899, Benja- rican Americans humiliat- [email protected] screen the film “An Outrage.” min Thomas was lynched on ed by racial segregation and This short film deals with the a lamppost at Fairfax Street Jim Crow and people of color Patrice V. Culligan Publisher Emerita issue of lynching in the south. near King Street. He was ac- burdened with contemporary [email protected] Richmond-based filmmakers cused of attempting to assault presumptions of guilt and po- Lance Warren and Hannah an eight-year-old girl. While lice violence. Ayers will be present to dis- the Virginia Anti-Lynching One of the goals of EJI is EDITORIAL cuss the making of the film, Law was signed in 1928, and to document and memorial- Cody Mello-Klein which premiered in 2017. It was the first in the country to ize all of the lynchings in the Reporter & Photographer has won multiple awards, in- name lynching specifically as United States. To that effect, [email protected] cluding the Audience Award a state crime, no white person the Alexandria Black Histo- Hannah Himes at the Indie Grits Film Fes- was ever convicted under this ry Museum is working with Intern tival and the Jury Award for law. EJI to bring the monument [email protected] Best Short Documentary at Today, we are aware that they have created, which ac- the Middlebury New Film- lynchings are a form of ter- knowledges the lynchings of ADVERTISING makers Festival. rorism disguised as law en- McCoy and Thomas, to Alex- COURTESY/ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE Deb Riley Between 1880 and 1930, it forcement. They are hate andria. Please check the Black [email protected] is estimated more than 400 crimes. For more than a de- History Museum website for Marty DeVine people were lynched in the mobs subjecting the victims cade, the Equal Justice Initia- updates about how to partic- [email protected] United States. In Virginia to torture and humiliation tive researched the history of ipate. Margaret Stevens during this same period, it is before and after the execu- racial injustice and offered Please note, the loca- [email protected] estimated that 86 people were tions. assistance to those impacted tion for the film screening lynched, and all but 16 of It is known that there were by it. On April 26, 2018, the has changed to The Lyceum, Patrice V. Culligan them were African American. at least 11 lynchings in North- EJI opened The Legacy Mu- located at 201 S. Washing- [email protected] Lynchings were not just a way ern Virginia between 1882 seum: From Enslavement to ton Street. The start time Tina Franco to express outrage about a and 1968. Two of those lynch- Mass Incarceration in Mont- is 2 p.m., and the cost is $5. Office Administrator particular behavior or crime; ings occurred in Alexandria. gomery, Alabama. Tickets are available online [email protected] they were a way to control Joseph McCoy was lynched on On the same day EJI also at https://shop.alexandriava. and intimidate African Amer- April 23, 1897 on a lamppost opened The National Memo- gov. Parking is limited. ART DIRECTOR icans. Unlike their white at Lee and Cameron Streets. rial for Peace and Justice. It Aleksandra (Sasha) counterparts, the lynchings He had been accused of rap- is the nation’s first memori- Out of the Attic is Kochurova of African Americans were ing the nine-year-old daugh- al dedicated to the legacy of provided by the Office of [email protected] turned into spectacles, with ter of his employer. The body enslaved black people, people Historic Alexandria.

CONTRIBUTORS Alexa Epitropoulos VISION ZERO FROM | 18 survivors, I live with inju- Seminary Road, and the more ly implemented Vision Zero Kim Gilliam ries that have been life al- than 10 people who might be program may save your life. Elizabeth Holm what happens to the human tering. On behalf of the 80 or seriously injured or killed, I -Mike Doyle, Louise Krafft body when more than 4,000 so people in Alexandria who urge the city to implement Founding Member of Jim McElhatton pounds of metal crashes into might be crashed into by ve- Vision Zero as quickly as Alexandria Families Dr. Vivek Sinha it. Like many fellow crash hicles on our roads, including possible. Who knows, a ful- For Safe Streets Jordan Wright

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PUPPY BOWL FROM | 11 ABC NOTICES didn’t know at first that he was a Puppy Bowl contes- tant – we didn’t want people to get him just because of his Puppy Bowl experience – but she saw him and thought that he was very cute. … He was very happy, she was very happy and we knew that he was going to a good home.” Han said she had been looking to adopt a puppy as an emotional support ani- mal. Shortly after she adopt- ed Pirate, she was able to get him ESA-certified. “Before I adopted him, I did have some depression and anxiety issues due to school,” Han said. “After getting him, my anxiety got really better. … Now, I think he knows when I’m upset or something. When I come home and I feel a little up- set or I feel down, I think he knows, and he’ll come up to COURTESY PHOTO me. Those moments, I’m just Pirate plays in the snow outside of Cindy Han’s home in Centreville, Virginia. Han said he’s been enjoying the wintry weather. glad that I have him.” Han said Pirate has ad- justed well to his new home. yet,” Han said. “I will be Planet will have a day full She said he’s begun to learn finding out when it airs, too. of pre-game coverage and tricks and commands in both I’ve seen some backstage pic- a special Dog Bowl for older English and Korean, and that tures that other people have canines who are also up for he enjoys fetch, playing in the posted but that’s the only adoption. The Puppy Bowl it- snow and sleeping belly-up. ones I know. It’ll be inter- self premieres at 3 p.m. Tune “It’s either he’s play- esting that we’ll be watch- in to support Pirate. ing hardcore or he’s asleep. ing it together. … Whenever “I’m not going to spoil There’s no in between,” Han I play the trailers and things anything about how he did, said. like that, he seems to notice but I think he’s definitely Like the rest of America, it, like he just looks over, so going to be one of their all- Han won’t know how Pirate I’m wondering if he’ll notice stars,” Hardter said. “We did in the Puppy Bowl until himself being [on TV].” were very proud of his per- Sunday. Leading up to the big formance on the field.” “I don’t know anything event on Sunday, Animal [email protected]

HOLCOMB FROM | 14 munity who surrounds us our masters, so the income and our kids and they really that does come off of that How do you balance make that possible. [streaming from Apple and recording careers Spotify] does come straight together, solo careers Artists aren’t compen- to us. But yes, it’s nothing and a growing family? sated the way they like it used to be. I always say Ellie: I always tell peo- used to be. How do you there’s never been a worse ple Drew is a logistical ninja. view that from a career time to make a killing as a He’s highly capable in terms financial perspective? musician, but never been a of scheduling child care and Drew: A lot of it is just better time to make a living. also working in some margin touring. You’ve got to get when we’re just all home to- out there and sell tickets. ... The writer is publisher gether, like a regular family. But we’ve been fortunate as and editor of the … We have an amazing com- independent artists. We own Alexandria Times. 22 |JANUARY 31, 2019 ALEXANDRIA TIMES DEATH NOTICES Weekly Words SHARON J. BUNDY (60), of Alexandria, Jan. 18, 2019 JULIUS CAMPBELL (65), of Alexandria, Jan. 25, 2019 PATRICIA A. CLARKE (65), formerly of Alexandria, Jan. 26, 2019 ELVIN B. COURTNEY (100), of Alexandria, Jan. 18, 2019 ROBERT G. CULBERTSON (98), of Alexandria, Jan. 25, 2019 AMY J. SOUTHARD (63), formerly of Alexandria, Jan. 24, 2019 JOANN W. STANTON (92), of Alexandria, Jan. 23, 2019 Last week's solutions Last week's

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