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Defender Newspaper Shaken U Provoking the Movement Vol. 11 No. 7 June 30 - July 29, 2005 COPYRIGHT 2005 Jarrell Communications Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The New Entering its 100th year of publishing COGIG Shining Northern District Defender newspaper shaken Convention 2005 "Star" of with allegations of sex, money, and drugs scandals "Sunday School Yohance Locure the management intends to make Bronzeville The Chicago Defender, celebrat­ significant changes in the near fu­ is my Passion" Revitalizing 47th St. ing its 100 years as the nation's sole ture. The boycott and Operation Re­ with culture of the Little African American daily newspaper moval (taking newspapers off news­ Black Pearl Workshop, has been at the center of controversy stands) has been successful resulting The Washington Center and swirling accusations since last in the Defender reducing its publica­ Culture Center, now on year's end. Now it is the center of tion from 4 days to 3 days weekly. 43rd Street is "The Star­ protest that has triggered other me­ "The Defender announced that it light" atrulymustseevenue.lt dia boycotts. The Concerned Citi­ has eliminated Tuesday newspaper is "thee" newest hot spot in zens Against the Chicago Defender is a direct result of the 11-week boy­ Col Eugene Scott cott. The boycott will continue until town. It's elegant features, and (retired) became Newspaper (CCACD removed the Roland S. Martin, upscale designs; create the publisher of the De­ Chicago Defender Newspapers from official changes are made in the pa­ Executive Editor most pleasing palate for social fender, after the 40 west side and south side locations per's management," said Davis. joined the Chicago ambiance. death of John Seng- in the city over the past weeks in The Chicago Defender official did Defender in July stacke in the their announcement to include a six not say rather the dropping of Tues­ 2004 as an edito­ 43rd Street was the oringal rial consultant and change of manage­ month boycott of Citizen Newspa­ days paper were due to the protest­ Blues district of Chicago, assumed the role ment, he may step per. And expanded the to protest ing. Muddy Waters, Lou Rawls and back up as General of executive editor NBC5 news. In 2002, the Chicago Defender in August 2004. Donnell Jones, just to name a Manager or in a was acquired by Real Times Inc., a more direction in the Harold Davis Jr. President of the Reports are his six few have dwelled and/ or enter­ CCACD said, "We have received group of newspaper related investors figure salary will tained on this side of the city. newspaper manage­ ment word from Defender executives that headed by it Chairman Thomas Pi- not be renewed. Bronzeville is and will forever (Continued on page 4) be known as " The Blues Dis- (Continued on page 17) Aid. Tillman charges of treat, not warrant in court case Bishop Cody Vernon Mar­ shall, Jurisdictional Bishop of the Northern Illinois Slavery ties Churches of God In Christ u made the sermon address revealed by Provoking the movement Sunday is my Passion, " A Bride between the church 4* wd He using and the community" at its Part2 Convention for 2005.. investor Re-jailing the ex- The Northern Illinois Churches Of In what has become an ongoing God IN Christ (COGIC) had its effort to show the depths of the offenders turned official night convention from June roots of slavery in this country, 6 to 9, ending at Simeon High senior executives from the Wa­ insurgents of the School Audito­ chovia Corporation were asked rium with a host to appear before the City Coun­ community of church congre­ cil Finance Committee to ex­ Ms. Beauty Turner gations lead by plain the recent disclosure that Freelance Writer, Bishop Cody two of their predecessor compa­ Vernon Marshall, nies were involved in slavery. "Thugs" (SSJ ) is how Alderman Toni Preckwinkle (4) Jurisdictional Initially, the company had Bishop. signed the City of Chicago's and a host of other elected officials COGIC is a Economic Disclosure Statement describe Voice Of The Ex- Church of the and Affidavit saying none of its Offenders (VOTE). That lead Lord Jesus Christ companies had ties to slavery. Elder Leon Preckwinkle role in the prosecution in which the Upon further research, the com­ Daniel of of Joseph Watkins a leader of word of God is Unity COGIC, pany found its previous state­ VOTE with a four year sentence on preached, ex­ who is cele­ ment was untrue. charges he threaten the Alderman. plained Elder brating his 50 (Continued on page 19) years in the In June of this year prosecutors Words and Leon Daniels, actions very who heads the ministry at representing charges by Aid. Doro­ his church at Northern District thy Tillman (3) failed to prove that Aid. Dorothy Tillman (3) failed to prove that Paul McKinney of VOTE threaten her Sunday June "Deadly Moves" public relations. Paul McKinney of VOTE threaten in 2004; As Aid. Toni Preckwinkle charges of threat lead the prosecution of Jo­ 26, at 4:00 "Its where the pm, 821 W. her in 2004 on 48th and State seph Watkins with a four year sentence ordinances are 69th Street Chicago's Street. McKinney was exonerate administered and of the charges. the doctrine of sanctification or near and Joseph Watkins leaders of Then the other leader Mark United Church of God on his book holiness is emphasized." "They are no compromising in the Residents Carter, face charges by Alderman "America Owes Us'. "It is as being essential to the injustice of residents' parity in the salvation of mankind." Michael Chandler of threats. stated "..desperate measures Randal Rpbinson speaking be­ mass development in Chicago". COGIC is also considered to be need to take place in addressing a member of the great Protestant Journal, fore the congregation of Trinity issues." (Continued on page 9) (Continued on page 7) winner of National Award Rename (AScribe Newswire) — The Society of Professional Journal­ Washington Park Luther ists has announced the first Corner winners of its new national from Vandross award. First Place went to Mary lit/ JMary Patton C. Johns, editor in chief, and George Beauty Turner, assistant editor, Thank To kick Mary's Comer off, of Residents' Journal and Brian to SSJ asked at random, "What J. Rogal, associate editor of The would you want to ask in an Chicago Reporter, for "Deadly Harold you advise and question Moves," a collection of investi­ column?" gative stories on Chicago pub- Continue Continue on Page 16 (Continued on page 9) on page 11 Page 2 June 3Q, • July 13, 2QQ5 South Street Journal Activists said the stamp was offensive, but not unexpected probably pretty insensitive" to UnZip issue the stamp, said Elisa Ve­ The Weatherman m lazquez, an anthropologist who studies Mexico's black communi­ Is Rush Limbaugh back on the "pain ties for the National Institute of medication"? After delivering on-air re­ Anthropology and History. marks that he was "This character is a classic, but considering allow­ it's from another era," Velazquez ing Rev. Al Sharp- said. ton to host his syn­ "It's a stereotype and you don't dicated radio pro­ want to encourage ignorance or gram for 30 min­ prejudices." utes a day to Laveaga, the embassy spokes­ man, countered that "if you look "teach " Sharpton .. ..many Mexicans still assume The series of five stamps re­ Postal Service, closely at many of the cartoon the ins and outs of all blacks are foreigners, de­ However, leased for general use Wednesday said the stamps Penalosa said characters in U.S. pop culture, the medium, Lim­ depicts a child character from a are not offen­ spite the fact that at one point many Mexi­ those who try will be able to find baugh now seems comic book started in the 1940s sive, nor were early in the Spanish colonial cans still as­ something offensive." to be backing off that is still published in Mexico. they intended era, Africans outnumbered sume all But, he noted, "the vast major­ in the wake of The boy, hapless but lovable, is to be. Spanish in Mexico. blacks are ity will see a cartoon character, Sharpton's quick drawn with exaggerated features, "This is a foreigners, which is what Memin Pinguin is." acceptance. thick lips and wide-open eyes. His traditional despite the The 6.50-peso (60 cent) I know we live in a appearance, speech and manner­ character that reflects part of fact that at one point early in the stamps - depicting the character in virtual world but isms are the subject of kidding by Mexico's culture," Caballero said. Spanish colonial era, Africans five poses - was issued with the white characters in the comic "His mischievous nature is part of lets get real for a outnumbered Spanish in Mexico. book. that character." "At this point in time, it was Continue page 10 j second. The best The Mexican government de­ speaker on the Na­ fended the stamps, saying that tional stage is like Speedy Gonzalez - a cartoon Sharpton. If you mouse with a Mexican accent that Smoke-Free Ordinance heard his speech debuted in the United States in at the Democratic 1953 - the Memin Pinguin charac­ convention in 2000 you could not be any­ ter shouldn't be interpreted as a Introduced Into City Council thing but moved. I realize most white peo­ racial slur. ple hate his guts. That people see him as "Just as Speedy Gonzalez has The American Cancer Society is Smith. never been interpreted in a racial divisive. But if you have been listening to leading the effort to pass a smoke-free 'Tobacco companies and manner by the people in Mexico, him for the past 3 years (when he finally ordinance in Chicago in cooperation their allies will use scare because he is a cartoon character, with the American Heart Association, tactics about lost revenues I am certain that this commemora­ American Lung Association, National and jobs or the inappropri­ tive postage stamp is not intended African American Tobacco Preven­ ate intervention of govern­ to be interpreted on a racial basis tion Network, Campaign for Tobacco ment to oppose smoke-free in Mexico or anywhere else," said Free Kids and other coalition partners, laws, said Steve Derks, Rafael Laveaga, the spokesman including public health organizations, CEO of the American Can­ for the Mexican embassy in associations and community organizations.
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