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Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. Jackson citizens urged to vote says “stand up for Jackson” in general election June 4 Delivers final State of the City Democratic leaders show united front with Address at Smith Robertson Museum Chokwe Lumumba as their mayoral nominee By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Editor To an overflow audience at the Smith Robertson Museum, 528 Bloom St., outgoing Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. delivered his final State of the City Address. The Mayor came in third in the primary elec- tion which eliminated him from the Democratic run off May 21. The Mayor thanked his family, his supporters, city council members, the city staff and employees, with special mention of Chief of Police Rebecca Coleman, that he said came to work everyday giving their best. And he thanked the citizens of Jack- son whom he served for three terms as mayor over a 20-year period. He said, “It was 20 years ago Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. PHOTO BY JAY JOHNSON that I announced my candidacy for mayor of Jackson for the very first cant because it is named after the Bishop Jeffery Stallworth (center) leads prayer for Democratic mayoral nominee Chokwe Lumumba time right here at Smith Robertson first African American Alderman State of the City Museum. This facility is so signifi of Jackson.” Continued on page 3 By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Tony Yarber and two new City Editor Coucilmen-elect De’Keither The General Election for Stamps and Melvin Priester Jr. Mayor of the city of Jackson State executive director of is Tuesday, June 4, 2013. The the Democratic party Ricky Canton Nissan pulls out the stops Democratic nominee for may- Cole and Hinds County Demo- or as determined in the May 21 cratic party executive director run off is civil rights attorney Jackie Amos-Norris came out for 10th anniversary celebration and Ward 2 City Councilman to support Lumumba. Chokwe Lumumba. Yarber said as he looked A rally under the banner of around that he saw people who Kool and the Gang give a “united front” was held at voted for other people and City Hall Wednesday morning, even endorsed other people, May 29, encouraging Jackson but “Chokwe Lumumba was voters to come out and vote in able to bring you all here to- regal performance the General Election and not day. We have here Methodist, take for granted the wins in the Baptist, Pentecostal and Apos- Primary and run off elections. tolic preachers and those who Among the public officials didn’t get their ordination pa- from the Democratic party on pers. Lumumba hand in solidarity with Lu- “So for those who think mumba were State Senator that Chokwe cannot bring this out on June 4 and show people Solli Norwood, Senator Hill- city together, I challenge you that you believe in this leader- man Frazier, Senator David to look around. Open your ship.” Blount and Senator John Ho- eyes and see whether or not rhn; Hinds County Tax Col- this man can do what he has lector Eddie Fair, City Coun- been doing for over 40 years. Lumumba cil representatives - President I stand here today to say go Continued on page 4 Tougaloo 9, the Woolworth Sit-in students, faced lock up in Parchman, death row By Stephanie R. Jones Contributing Writer Kool and the Gang performing at the Nissan family festival in Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Miss. The message to remember, as By Stephanie R. Jones was transformed into a huge back- than 5,000 people showed up. Tougaloo College remembered the Contributing Writer yard Saturday, May 25, filled with Another Nissan employee 50th anniversary of the Woolworth’s This wasn’t your usual office thousands of Nissan employees, also was impressed that the com- sit-in, was the work is not done. Cur- picnic. Nissan pulled out the stops their families and friends and oth- pany held such an event just for rent students were encouraged to to celebrate the 10th anniversary ers. It was designed and presented them. “It showed appreciation for carry forth to maintain rights gained of operating its plant in Canton: as a family event - kids were every- employees. A lot of companies by the efforts of those five decades a concert featuring Kool and the where and employees appreciated wouldn’t do this,” said Travian L. ago. Gang, a trapeze act from Cincin- the company’s gesture of support. Cole, who works in supply chain Tougaloo students engaged in peaceful protests and activism for (Front Row) Delores Bolden Stamps, James “Sam” Bradford, Euvesteer nati, Ohio, good food, great bever- “This is beyond anything I ex- management. Simpson, Dr. Beverly Hogan, Hollis Watkins, Joan T. Mulholland ages, games, face painting, neon pected,” said Nissan employee equal treatment of all races 50 years gadgets for kids were topped off Dino Daniel Pickett. “I knew it was ago but they were met with less than with a finale fireworks show. going to be big, but I didn’t know Nissan peaceful response. Many ended up Three veterans of that movement Tougaloo 9 Memorial Stadium in Jackson it was going to be this big.” More Continued on page 5 in jail or at Parchman Penitentiary. were at Tougaloo May 29 to share Continued on page 6

Report: Putting the IRS Judge refuses admittance Lumumba Share this issue with a friend Nation’s kids ‘scandal’ into of Trayvon Martin’s text by mailing it to: need to get more perspective messages into Zimmerman

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News Briefs by Monica Land, Contributing Writer From Across The State

O’Mara, with frustration obvious in her after the battered body of Clarksdale, I strangled him.’ Well, where are the Saturday, May 25, for around two United States and the Humane Judge refuses voice. Miss., mayoral candidate Marco Watson choke marks on the neck? There’s a lot hours. He has received the death Society of South Mississippi said admittance of The judge also ruled against state McMillian was found dumped in a field, more to it,” Parks said. penalty. in a news release that the dogs prosecutors’ third attempt at a gag order, his parents have partnered with Daryl Sharon Lettman-Hicks, executive Ethel Simpson’s body was were in “horrible conditions” in Ty- Trayvon Martin’s though Assistant State Attorney Bernie de Parks, the Florida-based civil rights at- director and CEO of the National Black found Sept. 17, 2010, near Ed- lertown with some “sharing cages la Rionda argued that media coverage of torney in the Trayvon Martin case. Justice Coalition (NBJC), the nation’s wards, Miss. She had died of blunt with the decomposing bodies of cell phone text the case may prejudice potential jurors. “At On Feb. 27, Marco’s naked body was leading black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and force trauma. Hutto, of Jasper, dead dogs and puppies.” messages into some point, it factors into the state and de- found on a levee near the Mississippi transgender civil rights organization, is Ala., was arrested in Alabama al- The dogs, mostly Boston ter- fense having a fair trial,” he said. River between the towns of Sherard and also working with the family. legedly while driving her car. He riers, dachshunds, Yorkshire ter- trial; Zimmerman Largely, however, the prosecution’s Rena Lara, Miss. - some 25 miles from “There are no marks on the neck or also faces a murder charge in Bir- riers and Chihuahuas, were take motions were granted. A few of the mo- Clarksdale. Autopsy reports released the throat in the autopsy report,” Lett- mingham for the September 2010 May 20 to the Humane Society of running out tions of the defense were denied and at this month revealed that the 33-year-old man-Hick said. “And the autopsy report death of his 68-year-old great- South Mississippi in Gulfport after of money least three were continued to later hear- had been strangled, beaten, set on fire makes a particular statement that there aunt. the owner signed them over. ings. and dragged. are no marks on the neck or the throat. Investigators believe Hutto be- The Walthall County Sheriff’s Zimmerman’s defense fund is almost Desperately seeking answers, Mar- So somebody’s lying.” friended Simpson on the walking Department said 72-year-old depleted with less than two weeks until the co’s parents, Amos and Patricia Unger, The autopsy report said Marco had track at the Baptist Healthplex in James Thornhill was charged May former neighborhood watch leader goes held a press conference at their home in blunt force trauma to the head, back Clinton. He is believed to have 21 with one count of misdemeanor on trial in the fatal shooting of Martin. Zim- Clarksdale this month, hoping to uncov- and legs consistent with a beating and lured her away to casinos in Vicks- animal cruelty. Thornhill told the merman’s attorneys posted on their web- er the events leading up to their son’s hemorrhaging in his right eye, which evi- burg before killing her. Her family, Associated Press in a phone in- site May 29, that the fund had less than death and to determine: if the suspect denced his cause of death as “asphyxia including a brother she lived with terview that he was booked and $5,000 left. The fund had almost $315,000 in custody acted alone; if Marco’s death of undetermined etiology.” in Clinton, reported her missing to released. in January. was a hate crime because he was gay The report further said it was un- Clinton police. Thornhill said he did not mis- Zimmerman The attorneys say they calculate that or if his death was politically motivated clear if the second and third degree Simpson and Hutto were last treat the animals but surrendered Zimmerman needs an additional $120,000 because he was running for mayor. burns found all over Marco’s body seen entering the Riverwalk Ca- them to the Humane Society be- SANFORD, Fla. (AP)- A judge Tues- to put on a good defense or even $75,000 “…We are asking for the justice de- were inflicted before or after his death. sino in Vicksburg at 8:36 p.m. that cause he can’t afford a legal fight day, May 28, 2013, refused to delay the to give him a fighting chance. Attorneys partment to get involved in this investi- Scotty Meredith, the Coahoma County Sept. 13, then leaving the casino with the organization. He denied June 10 trial of George Zimmerman, Mark O’Mara and Don West say they gation,” Parks said during the press con- coroner, said he was so troubled by the at 11:40 p.m. After the case re- that dogs were caged with dead charged with second-degree murder in the haven’t been paid a cent and many interns ference. “It becomes clear that Marco report and the length of time it took for ceived extensive publicity in the animals. February 2012 shooting death of Trayvon are working on the case without pay. McMillian was tortured by someone and the medical examiner to release the re- Jackson area, a jury for Hutto’s He said one dog died while he Martin. They say they will need the money in we don’t believe this one person did it port, that he refused to sign the death trial was selected in Oxford and was with his sick wife in the hos- Circuit Judge Debra Nelson, at a hear- the coming weeks to pay experts and for alone.” certificate. transported to Hinds County. pital and he hadn’t had time to ing on more than 20 motions ahead of the transcripts of depositions. Zimmerman is “If [Reed] acted alone, even if he was remove it from the pen. Thornhill trial, also ruled that lawyers can’t mention charged with second-degree murder of the killer, why are so many people in the said the pens may not have been Trayvon’s school records, past fights, Martin. He is pleading not guilty. community in fear,” Lettman-Hicks told Ala. man guilty Man charged with as clean as usual, but that was be- marijuana use, ownership of gold teeth, or thegrio.com. “Why are you in fear if this in Miss. slaying animal cruelty, cause of his wife’s hospitalization. any photos or text messages found on the is an isolated situation? There is a lack “There was nothing wrong with teen’s cell Family of slain of willingness in general in the com- of 81-year-old gives up 104 dogs any of the dogs. They always had phone. Miss. mayoral munity to provide information and they food. They always had water,” Nelson said she reserves the right to have used the term, ‘We’re afraid.’ woman Thornhill said. “I haven’t mistreat- change the ruling during the trial if lawyers candidate working “Afraid of what? So this makes us ed a dog in my life.” open the door to such issues. However, have the assumption that there may Stephanie Twining, spokes- she said that she can’t imagine that any of with Trayvon be a political motive behind his death woman for the Humane Society, these issues would be relevant. Martin attorney instead of this fabricated ‘relationship said the group found more than Tuesday’s two-hour hearing was at gone bad’ that seems to be the general one dead animal, as well as bones times heated as Nelson chastised defense norm of speculation.” from other dogs, but didn’t want to attorneys for speaking publicly about her Local authorities have 22-year-old Halat give an exact number because of Lawrence Reed in custody and he has the ongoing investigation. consideration of jury sequestration. The JACKSON (AP) - An Alabama information was supposed to be kept from allegedly confessed to the crime saying JACKSON (AP) - Authorities The Humane Society said most sexual advances from the slain politi- man has been found guilty in said a Mississippi man has been of the dogs “appear to be severely the public, Nelson said, but Zimmerman’s the 2010 murder of an 81-year- attorneys repeatedly spoke openly about cian caused him - a heterosexual - to charged with animal cruelty a day lacking adequate care, veterinary “snap.” Reed allegedly confessed that old woman from Clinton, Miss. after surrendering 104 dogs to a attention and socialization.” The it. Forty-one-year-old James Cobb “I have not made a court order on he choked Marco with a wallet chain. rescue organization, but the man dogs that were taken from the Marco “There is no way we can accept the Hutto was convicted of capital denied mistreating the animals. property will be treated by veteri- whether this jury will be sequestered,” murder by a jury that deliberated Nelson told Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark CLARKSDALE - Nearly three months gentleman’s little explanation of, ‘Hey, The Humane Society of the narians and screened for adoption. www.mississippilink.com May 30 - June 5, 2013 THE mississippi link • 3

State of the City Continued from page 1 In a very special tribute, Johnson He gave particular mention to sippi Music Experience.” said, “Of course no other individual the youth of the city. “We’re also He said COSTCO and Wal-Mart has had more faith in me and the employing hundreds of youth this are seriously thinking of Jackson important work we’ve done togeth- summer in the Mayor’s Summer locations and that two new hotels er to make our Capital City and the Youth Employment Program. A are coming soon to serve down- lives of her citizens better than my few years ago, we hired a couple town Jackson and the Convention wife, Kathy. of hundred young people with the Complex. “Being mayor is a 24-7, City, but we set about to involve the The Mayor said, “We have about 365-days-a-year job, and I sim- private sector. 150 major public works projects ply could not have done it without “Year after year, we’ve built under construction or in some stage Kathy. Words simply fail me to upon our success and private sec- of development; we have another express the extent of my love and tor participation has gone up. Over 50 initiatives, programs and spe- appreciation for her over these past 1,000 young people have secured cial projects that are underway and 44 years - but being your husband, jobs over the past three summers in development, as well as several Kathy, has been and still is what and this summer our goal is to get major economic development pro- brings me the greatest joy of my 625 more hired.” posals and plans being worked on.” life.” The Mayor pointed to the busi- Turning to the transition from his Johnson said his final State of the nesses along I-55 as signs of strong administration to the next, he said, City address was not only a prog- economic growth. “We’ve seen a “I will be producing, along with a ress report but also a chronicle of lot of redevelopment along the I-55 balanced budget draft, a transition the foundation his administration North Corridor, such as the $5.1 document for the next administra- has constructed and reinforced to million investment made by Vir- tion detailing these projects and “soon pass on to the next mayor.” ginia College. Comcast, CarMax, providing all relevant information Johnson cited as some of his Phil Moore Buick GMC, Great to carry them forward. My pledge proudest accomplishments: a city Northern Tools and Save A Lot also is to make the process of transition balanced budget for last four years, made investments along I-55. J.D. as helpful as possible.” improved technology foundation Byrider and Twin Peaks Restaurant Drawing on Jackson’s unique across the city; implementing phase have facilities that are under con- place in history, Johnson said, “We II of the 311 system; automat- struction. must not let Medgar Evers’ work, ing the Municipal Court system; “The Whole Foods Market or all those men and women who infrastructure work on the water construction is well underway in died so that we might all enjoy the and sewer system with a $90 mil- Highland Village. That $3 million same opportunities and advantages, lion performance contract to begin facility will be the first of its com- be in vain. The first thing you have this summer replacing sewer lines, pany stores in Mississippi. The to do to fight for something is to water meters and upgrades to water Iron Horse Grill downtown broke stand up for what you believe in. So treatment plants - citing the city’s ground this year and is under con- ladies and gentlemen, let’s stand up water quality score at 4.7 out of 5. struction. today. Regarding Jackson’s roads, the “This celebrated establishment “Let’s stand up against the de- Mayor said, “We’ve repaved over will get a whole new treatment, and tractors when it concerns our city. 87 miles of road using proceeds will include the Iron Horse Grill Stand up to those who would divide from the $26 million bond issue. restaurant and a live music venue us at any cost. Let’s stand up against Everyday we repair potholes within in a 12,000 square foot facility. The those who feel the need to tear our 72 hours of a report.” building will also house the Missis- city down. Stand up for Jackson!” Photos by Jay Johnson CSLC exec named Free aquatics program offered by 100 Black Lebanon’s 2013 Men of Jackson By Maxine S. Lyles Woman of the Year Special to The Mississippi Link The Mississippi Link Newswire she is doing for the The 100 Black Men of LEXINGTON - “It’s not church and commu- Jackson, Inc. is offering a about me; it’s all about help- nity. We serve God free Summer Aquatics pro- ing others,” said Beulah Greer, by serving others.” gram for youth ages 8-18. who was recently named Greer has been a Youth will be taught water Lebanon Missionary Baptist member of Lebanon safety skills as well as how to Church’s 2013 Woman of the since her childhood. swim. Year. Serving as execu- Each youth will receive in- The church, pastored by the tive director for the struction for a two-week peri- Rev. Walter Eskridge, held its Community Students od. The program begins June annual Women’s Day program Learning Center 3 and ends July 26, 2013. May 19 at 3 p.m. (CSLC) of Lexington All participants must have The theme was “The Hat since 2003, a non- a current immunization re- Makes the Woman,” based profit organization, cord. on I Corinthians 11:5 - “But she and her husband Call the office of 100 every woman that prayeth or Leslie Greer work to- Black Men of Jackson, (601) prophesieth with her head un- gether to give back to 366.8301 to secure an appli- 100 Black Men of Jackson President Don Lewis and Executive Director Maxine covered dishonoreth her head; the community that cation. Lyles stand at pool side of the 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. village PHOTO BY for that is even all one as if she propelled them to Pastor Walter Eskridge (left) presented the AYESHA K. MUSTAFAA were shaven.” become the servants church’s 2013 Woman of the Year Award to The speaker was Earline they are today. Beulah Greer, longtime church member and Wright Hart, Holmes County “I am humbled executive director of the Community Students circuit clerk. and honored by this Learning Center. PHOTO BY ABBIE CLARK Peoples Funeral Home “We honored her for her award that Pastor Es- Just an honest, quality and affordable service. commitment to the church, to kridge and my church CSLC is gearing up for its the children and to her com- family have bestowed upon summer enrichment program munity,” said Pastor Eskridge. me,” said Greer. “To God be to begin June 3. In recognition of 86 years of service, “She does it for no recognition the Glory!” Greer also said For more information about we are offering an affordable of her own, and we just want- that she is proud to be a Hol- CSLC’s programs, projects ed her to know that her church mes Countian. and services, call (662) 834- complete funeral service for supports and appreciates what Greer also announced that 0905. $2,450.00 or $3,800.00 with cemetery space and grave line.

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Lumumba Continued from page 1 Lumumba said we are in the namese are part of MIRA. They Also attending along with the last leg and now have to finish the strongly support Chokwe, as he public officials and campaign sup- race. He acknowledged that also strongly supported their rights as porters were many representing in the crowd were many of his well. Jackson’s business community. strong campaign workers, some Pastor Earl Banks explained his of his clients and former basket- support, saying, “Lumumba holds PHOTOS BY ball players, trial lawyers, the In- to the same ideals that I have. He AYESHA K. MUSTAFAA ternational Museum of Muslim wants to bring strong families to- Culture members, long time sup- gether and have safer communi- porter Vallena Greer, along with ties. Most of all, I am attracted to the Mississippi Immigrant Rights his compassion for people and to Alliance (MIRA) and its execu- bring the city together - whether tive director Bill Chandler. He white, black, Jew or Gentile.” acknowledged his personal pastor Vallena Greer said her support from Word and Worship Church, for Lumumba goes back to 1986. Bishop Jeffery Stallworth. “When Chokwe came to Missis- Asked why he is supporting sippi and helped in places like Itta Lumumba, Chandler said, “I live Bena. He taught me so well that in Ward 1 and I think Lumumba people thought I was a lawyer. is the best qualified leader to bring He helped me confront a situation people together and get people where little boys were being cow engaged. I work with all people, prodded. With all the knowledge and there are Latinos here, South he has and experience, he did not Asians here, Chinese and Viet- have to do this.” BUSINESS

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Nissan Continued from page 1 Gabriel Shack has been with A highlight of the occasion the company three weeks as a was a performance by legend- Nissan has lived line technician. “I think this is ary soul band Kool and The great. To do something for 10 Gang. The group performed years is worth celebrating.” classic hits, including “Get Nissan employs more than Down On It,” and “Celebra- up to its promises 5,000 people at its Canton tion” to the crowd’s delight. plant where it manufactures Nissan’s locating its plant By Stacey E. Pickering ployees, far exceeding the would not have otherwise unionize at the Nissan plant the Titan, NV, Frontier, Altima in Canton has been contro- MS State Auditor mandated requirements. existed. They have pro- in Smyrna, Tenn., with Armada and Xterra. versial because of its resis- A Washington, D.C. The original Nissan proj- duced more than 2 million around 70 percent of work- “Nissan was very proud to tance to workers unionizing based organization called ect was broken into two vehicles and nearly $2 bil- ers voting against the union host this event to celebrate and because of what some say Good Jobs First recently re- phases. The first phase spec- lion in payroll. in two separate votes held our first 10 years in Canton are low wages paid for this leased a misleading report ified Nissan create 4,000 Nissan is heavily involved at the plant. They have been with hopes that our employees industry. But one employee concerning the Nissan plant new direct jobs by Decem- in both the local community equally unsuccessful in oth- and community partners and expressed the opposite, say- in Canton. Unfortunately, ber 31, 2003 to receive state and the State. Since 2003, er auto plants in the South. the community at large would ing that having a job there has the report was short on facts incentives. In a report pub- Nissan has contributed During this time, hun- have a wonderful time at this changed his life and afforded and long on estimates. lished by my office, which more than $5 million to a dreds of thousands of jobs celebration,” said Camille him an opportunity to support The Office of the State is available on our website, wide range of community- have fled the union strong- Young, manager of commu- his family. Auditor has been auditing we verified Nissan created based organizations, while hold of Detroit as Right-to- nity relations and communica- Employee Kim Irving, who’s Nissan employment num- 4,454 new direct jobs as of also sponsoring scholarship Work states were opening tions for Nissan. been with the company for 10 bers for 10 years following December 31, 2003, again programs for Mississippi new plants and creating “We were excited to bring years, said, “We have not been the GAO’s Yellowbook Per- exceeding the mandate of children to attend local col- jobs, all while the taxpayers these activities to central Mis- mistreated, misled or mis- formance Audit Standards. the law and their contract leges and universities. were forced to bailout Gen- sissippi. And we look forward guided. As for controversy, we We have found that they with the state. In 2012, Nissan paid more eral Motors and Chrysler. to continued partnerships in don’t have time for that. Today have consistently exceeded The second phase re- than $3.6 million to Madi- Whether the UAW choos- the future.” is our day of celebration.” requirements mandated by quired Nissan to create an son County, and of that, es to hold a rally with out- law. additional 1,300 new direct more than $2 million went of-state protestors and a In these audits, as in au- full-time jobs by December to Canton Public Schools. Hollywood celebrity, or dits of all of the major proj- 31, 2004 to receive incen- Nissan has been a great deal releases another false and ects assigned to the Audi- tives from the state. In the for Mississippi, has lived up misleading report, the facts tor’s Office, if a company second report, also avail- to all of the promises they show that Nissan has met is not meeting or exceeding able on our website, OSA agreed to, and helped our all of the requirements man- the requirements of their verified Nissan employed/ state land future economic dated by the state and they agreement with the state, created 5,727 new direct development projects in- have proven to be a very then OSA will issue a de- jobs as of December 31, cluding Toyota and, most good deal for Mississippi. mand and the companies 2004. recently, Yokohama Tire. I am happy that they chose are required to repay money We continue to audit and For those employed by Mississippi, and we are bet- to the state. monitor the Nissan project Nissan, they enjoy a secure ter off as a state because of According to the law and and they continue to meet job with very good pay and it. The taxpayers of Missis- the Memorandum of Under- and exceed requirements benefits, and employees do sippi can rest assured that standings between Nissan and expectations. not have to pay union dues the Office of the State Audi- and the state of Mississip- The numbers do not lie. for the opportunity to work tor will continue to monitor pi, Nissan was required to Beyond the jobs Nissan cre- at Nissan. Salaries of the Nissan and other economic maintain 3,000 new direct ated, there is more dispos- employees meet or exceed development projects in the jobs at the project site un- able income that generates the requirements set forth in future. til 2021. As of our last audit sales tax, property tax from state agreements as well. All of our fact-based re- PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE R. JONES in December, 2011, Nissan homeowners, and many The United Auto Workers ports can be found at www. employed over 4,100 em- other ancillary benefits that (UAW) have twice failed to osa.ms.gov/Nissan. 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Bradford, who also was one of commemoration events run June 5 - 13 eration of students. The event was She served as a field secretary for nine students who integrated Jack- The Mississippi Link Newswire Sunday, June 9, faith leaders Masonic Temple, 7 p.m.; moderated by Dr. Delores Bolden the Student Non-violent Coordinat- son’s public library, said there was Myrlie Evers, chairman of the across the world are asked to remem- June 7 Parade beginning at Free- Stamps, vice president for the of- ing Committee (SNCC) from 1963 no single event that spurred the Board of Directors of the Medgar ber Medgar Evers and celebrate his dom Corner: Medgar Evers Bou- fice of Institutional Development at to 1965. In the summer of 1963, events that occurred in 1963. and Myrlie Evers Institute, has re- legacy by sharing a message of unity levard and Martin Luther King Jr. Tougaloo. along with Annelle Ponder, Fannie “Everything was wrong,” he said. leased the schedule for the national and faith. The message is available at Drive, 10 a.m.; James “Sam” Bradford, one of Lou Hamer, June Johnson, and sev- “I had to walk five miles to school commemoration of the 50th anniver- www.eversinstitute.org. June 8 Inaugural Medgar Evers the Tougaloo 9; Euvester Simpson, eral others, she rode a Greyhound past closer schools. When I went to sary of the assassination of her late “Where Medgar Walked: Civil International Day of Justice and Ser- who was jailed along with Fannie Bus to Charleston, S.C., to attend a movies, I had to sit in the balcony. husband Medgar Evers, the Missis- Rights Sites Tours” will be held vice; www.MEdayofjusticeandser- Lou Hamer at Parchman; and Joan citizenship workshop. We didn’t have options. sippi civil rights pioneer. throughout Jackson June 10-11, of- vice.org; Trumpauer Mulholland also locked The group decided to test a ruling “You get sick of that stuff and The Institute has partnered with fering an opportunity to walk in June 9 Medgar Evers Sunday with up at Parchman, answered questions by the Interstate Commerce Com- when there’s an opportunity to museums, universities, foundations Evers’ footsteps. Faith leaders all over the world re- about what young people can do to mission (ICC), which prohibited ra- strike back, even just a pinch, you and national organizations across the “These historic landmarks are membering Medgar Evers’ Legacy carry on the fight for justice on all cial discrimination in interstate bus strike back. That is what presented country for the commemoration. stark reminders of a young man by sharing a message of “Unity and fronts. transportation by using the “white” itself when I came to Tougaloo as an Events sponsored by the Institute called to serve - a young man who Faith”; Liturgy for Racial Reconcili- Tuesday, May 28, Mulholland’s side of the bus terminal. 18-year-old freshman.” begin Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in paid the ultimate price with his life,” ation Commemorating the Life and movie “An Ordinary Hero” was There were no incidents on the The panel counseled students, Washington, D.C., and culminate said Daphne Chamberlain, Ph.D., Legacy of Medgar Evers, St. An- screened at Jackson State Univer- trip to Charleston. However, on who had questions on everything with a community celebration and director of the COFO Civil Rights drew’s Episcopal Cathedral, 4 p.m.; sity. It tells the story of her growing the trip home, some members of from black male incarceration to tribute gala in Jackson, Wednesday, Education Center and coordinator of Medgar Evers Exhibit Grand Open- up in the South and witnessing the the group were arrested in Winona, educational, economic and employ- June 12. the tours. ing and Reception, Smith Robertson “ugly realities of segregation and Miss., for using the “white” waiting ment disparities to racial profiling. In addition, Alcorn State Universi- June 12 has been designated the Museum and Cultural Center, 6 p.m.; racism first hand.” Her decision to room in the bus station. Mulholland suggested being ty will dedicate a memorial to Med- International Day of Remembrance. June 10-11, “Where Medgar join the Freedom Riders at age 19 Simpson shared a jail cell with aware of one’s surroundings and gar Evers Thursday, June 13, during On that day, an art garden celebra- Walked: Civil Rights Sites Tours” landed her on death row at Parch- Hamer. Simpson said Hamer had keeping a track record as students a 10 a.m. ceremony in Lorman, Miss. tion on the green at the Mississippi (Jackson citywide); Civil Rights man. a fever all night because she was take on challenges. “Always let Reena Evers-Everette, daughter of Museum of Art will be held from 10 Film Festival, Davis Planetarium; The same happened with Simp- beaten really, really bad. somebody know where you are go- Medgar and Myrlie Evers and the ex- a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature June 11 Day of Commitment, son, who was a Tougaloo student. Andrew Young went to Winona ing; have a witness,” she said. ecutive director of the Institute, said a music, art, food, book signings and a Youth Congress: Dedicated to the She too was held at Parchman. to get them out of jail several days “And the press is your shield be- memorial service will be held at her literacy fair. Cause of Freedom, Cabot Lodge Simpson, a native of the Mississippi later. Upon their release, the first cause they are taking the message father’s gravesite in Arlington Na- The black-tie tribute gala, to be Millsaps; Delta, became involved in the Mis- thing they learned was that Medgar out.” tional Cemetery June 5 at noon. On held June 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the June 12 International Day of Re- sissippi Civil Rights Movement in Evers had been assassinated. the evening of June 5, a symposium Jackson Convention Complex, will membrance, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Art titled “The Legacy of Medgar Evers” honor the life and legacy of Medgar Garden Celebration on the Green, The Mississippi Link [USPS 017224] is published weekly will be held at the Newseum in the Evers. It will also recognize other Mississippi Museum of Art; music, TM by The Mississippi Link, Inc. Offices located at 2659 Liv- nation’s capital. civil rights legends. Invited guests art, food festival, literacy fair, reflec- The Mississippi Link ingston Road, Jackson, MS 39213. Mailing address is include Vernon Jordan, Blues legend tions and book signings by histori- P.O. Box 11307, Jackson, MS 39283-1307 or e-mail us Myrlie Evers, along with noted at: [email protected]; Please visit our website civil rights activist Julian Bond and B.B. 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www.mississippilink.com May 30 - June 5, 2013 THE mississippi link • 7 Putting the IRS ‘scandal’ Take a recess from into perspective closing public schools By George E. Curry By Bill Fletcher, Jr. gressive organizations as well as at various times been used - un- It cited another study that Rhee, the closures actually NNPA Columnist NNPA Columnist a few organizations that were, der Republican and Democratic found “students who transi- cost the city $40 million af- Like too many apparently, not political at all. administrations - in order to C h i c a g o tioned into new schools fol- ter factoring in the expense events since the To the extent to which the suppress or discourage dissent. Public Schools lowing closure scored lower of demolishing buildings, beginning of the conservative groups were being Worse, there have been insti- CEO Barbara on tests one year after closure; removing furnishings, and Obama presidency, observed at all, it probably can tutions explicitly created in or- Byrd-Bennett they were at an increased risk transporting students. various attacks on be directly connected to the sud- der to eliminate dissent entirely. a n n o u n c e d of dropping out, as well as an “Further, the district lost the administration den rise of the Tea Party forma- One case in point of the latter is plans to close increased risk of not graduat- another $5 million in federal by the Republicans end up be- tions and their obvious political the infamous program of the FBI at least 50 ing.” and state grants as students ing about less than what they at agenda. known as COINTELPRO (the schools as a cost-cutting mea- The researcher stated, left the system, many to char- first seemed, though the hoopla While there are serious ques- Counter Intelligence Program). sure. But before any other “School closings will also ter schools being built in tan- that accompanies the initial tions that need to be asked of COINTELPRO was used in urban school system follows negatively affect the achieve- dem with the closings.” charges is frequently deafening. the IRS regarding their method- the 1960s and early 1970s as a suit, it should take an ex- ments for students in the re- With all the lip service paid Think about the attack on ology, there appears to be little means to infiltrate and disrupt tended recess and reflect on ceiving schools… For one to public education by Chica- ACORN through a disingenu- evidence of the sort of anti-con- social justice and social protest what has happened in the past thing, closings often lead go Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he ously edited video tape or the servative witch-hunt that right- movements across the board, that makes this such a foolish to increased class sizes and has not been willing to put his later attack on Shirley Sherrod, wing pundits suggest is under- including but not limited to the idea. overcrowding in receiving money where his mouth is. In- selectively using words from a way. Those ultra-conservatives Black Freedom Movement. We can start by looking at schools. As a result, the pace stead of investing in a school speech of hers in order to con- who are attempting to make the The Republican Party was not what has happened in Chica- of instruction is slower and system still reeling from a vey a message that was not hers IRS “scandal” out to be some- at the lead in criticizing such go. A volunteer group called the test scores for both mo- teachers’ strike last fall, he at all. thing akin to Watergate have ac- programs. This is all to say that CREATE (Chicagoland Re- bile students and non-mobile has announced plans for the The IRS “scandal” is another tually lost touch with both his- before anyone jumps to conclu- searchers and Advocates for students tend to be lower in city to fund a new 12,000-seat case in point. The first bits of tory and reality. sions, certainly in the midst of Transformative Education) schools with high student mo- basketball arena for DePaul information to which we were What may be more important the IRS “scandal,” it is worth has produced a briefing paper bility rates.” University - a private school. exposed were aimed at lead- in the midst of this “scandal” is doing a bit more investigating. on past school closings that When the Chicago School Under the plan, the facility ing us to believe that the IRS the hypocrisy of those Republi- President Obama should do provides some interesting in- Board announced its previous will be built with $125 mil- was attacking conservative cans who are sounding the fire likewise. I appreciate his inter- sight. closings, it figured it would lion in public funds, includ- groups. President Obama acted alarm. The NAACP’s former est in demonstrating his fair- First, there is the issue of sell, lease or repurpose half of ing about $55 million in tax- with outrage saying that such board chairman, Julian Bond, ness, but it is also worth his trust. Based on its past per- the schools. However, a Pew increment financing and $70 an alleged attack was inexcus- made this precise point. It was pointing out, in no uncertain formance, there is no reason study found that of the build- million in hotel and transpor- able. But then, as each day only a few years ago - under the terms, when and where the Re- to trust the Chicago Board of ings closed between 2005 and tation taxes. The facility will has passed, additional informa- George W. Bush administration publicans are manufacturing Education’s financial projec- 2012, only 17 schools were be built near McCormick tion rises to the surface and the - that the NAACP found itself crises - whether with respect to tions. The board approved a either sold, leased or repur- Place. “scandal” becomes a bit more under the gun with the IRS. the IRS or the budget deficit - in budget with a $245 million posed. Another 24 closed “Our biggest concern is complicated. Yet where were these Repub- order to advance their own re- deficit for the 2010-2011 properties remain on the mar- killing the neighborhood with First and foremost, it now ap- lican lovers of freedom? I re- gressive agenda. Just a thought. school year. But instead of ket. a venue that sits vacant for pears that the IRS did not target member very little coming from Bill Fletcher Jr. is a senior a deficit, the board ended up Surprisingly, of the 77 pub- most of its useful life and, the conservative groups alone. In their side of the aisle protesting scholar with the Institute for with a $328 million surplus. lic schools closed in the past only time it is used, it’ll be fact, the conservative/Tea Party what was clearly a blatant po- Policy Studies, the immedi- There was a similar pat- decade, 80 percent now house largely for an alcohol-focused groups that were under scrutiny litical move by a Republican ate past president of TransAf- tern for the 2011-2012 school other schools. sporting venue that will bring were only one third of the groups administration. rica Forum, and the author of year. The board budgeted for a Everyone realizes that unwanted rowdiness, secu- that were being challenged. Let us not stop there. Various “They’re Bankrupting Us - And $214 million deficit. Instead, with a dwindling school- rity and parking issues,” Tina Other groups that were ex- instruments of the U.S. Govern- Twenty Other Myths about it had a surplus of $328 mil- aged population, not as many Feldstein, president of the posed to the same sorts of chal- ment that are supposed to exist Unions.” Follow him at www. lion. In each year, the board schools will be needed in the Prairie District Neighborhood lenges included liberal and pro- for non-political purposes have billfletcherjr.com. missed its target by $500 mil- future. And across the coun- Alliance, told the Chicago lion. try, we have seen how former Sun-Times. And what about the stu- schools have been converted “There are 18 DePaul home dents who had to enroll in to community health centers, games. Let’s add in other new schools and students churches, community centers convention events. Add Rush who had to receive them? Bad and other useful facilities. Arena football. You could add In jobs, we’re in a news on both counts. But if they are simply becom- and add and add and you’re “A 2009 study by the Uni- ing schools again, what’s the still going to end up with a versity of Chicago Consor- point in closing them in the massive facility that will sit race to the bottom tium on Chicago School Re- first place? vacant for most of its useful search (CCSR) found that 82 Chicago is not the only ma- life and not add any value By Julianne Malveaux Those over 50 who have expe- infirm and elders. How can we percent of the students from jor city that has overpromised economically.” … Or educa- NNPA Columnist rienced downsizing have moved expect these workers to offer the 18 elementary schools closed and under delivered in pub- tionally. On May 21, into lower paying retail jobs. highest quality care, when we in Chicago moved from one lic education. Administrators George E. Curry, former I had the op- New college graduates have are not offering them the highest underperforming school to in Washington, D.C. boasted editor-in-chief of Emerge portunity to been pushed back into their par- quality wages? another underperforming about how much money they magazine, is editor-in-chief testify before a ents’ homes, and into low-wage These are women who bring school, including schools would save by closing a group of the National Newspaper Congressional jobs because there is little else chips of ice to the dying, who already on probation,” said of schools. Publishers Association News Progressive Cau- available. Too many take unpaid hold a hand and say a prayer to CREATE. Pointing to a report by the Service (NNPA.) He is a key- cus meeting on internships to make them more someone who needs comforting. “In a follow up 2012 re- Office of the D.C. Auditor, note speaker, moderator, and how federal dollars drive inequal- competitive for future jobs, work- They rub the feet and massage the port, the CCSR determined CREATE noted, “The audit media coach. Curry can be ity by paying contractors who pay ing at night or on weekends in the heads of those who are in pain. that 94 percent of students determined that instead of reached through his Web site, too many of their workers too retail market because these are What if the low wages they are from closed Chicago schools saving the district $30 mil- www.georgecurry.com; fol- little. their scant possibilities. paid becomes a stressor, not al- did not go to ‘academically lion, as claimed by former low him at www.twitter.com/ The hearing was driven by a Some economists suggest that lowing them to fully focus on strong’ new schools.” schools chancellor Michelle currygeorge. study from Amy Traub and her we are in an economic expan- their work for worries about their colleagues at Demos, a New York sion, not a recession, and the 2.5 own economic survival? based think tank, that issued a re- percent GDP growth last quarter Our economy has been bifur- port exposing the many ways that might support that. Still, there has cated between those who have federal contracting often adds to been little trickle down from the good jobs and bad jobs. Good the burden of the low income, es- top. People take what is offered jobs have decent pay and benefits, pecially those who earn less than in salary because they have few while bad jobs have hourly pay $12 an hour, or less than $25,000 choices. and none of the above. Increas- a year. The federal government can ingly, the Great Recession has If these workers have even one help or hurt these workers, de- pushed former good job workers child, they are living at or be- pending on how they choose to into bad jobs, and bad jobs have low the poverty line. As summer protect them with minimum wage become the norm for too many. looms, we know that children legislation, with regulation on We may be creating a permanent who are in summer programs will federal contractors, with require- underclass by offering too little to be better prepared when they re- ments to make health care and too many, using federal funds to turn to school in the fall. other social protections available. subsidize this inequality. Yet those with income limita- Instead, according to Demos, When full time workers need tions will find it difficult to pay we have millions of workers who food stamps and federally sub- fees that range from $50 to $125 work full time, but are paid at low sidized health insurance, when a week for summer enrichment wages, thanks to federal contract- full time workers cannot afford programs. This cycle of disad- ing policy. If government takes apartments, when full time work- vantage means that low wages the lowest bid to provide services, ers give full effort and remain in yield more limited opportunities workers will likely earn the low- poverty, then we have turned the for students who, but for their pa- est wage. American dream into a night- rental situation, might be exposed If our government specified mare. to the kind of opportunities that that a living wage and benefits are We cannot compete in this would make them more competi- part of the contract we would re- global economy if we cannot pay tive for college admissions. Their duce inequality. Today, too many people wisely and well. Without limited wages create a cycle of contracting executives earn six or regulation, the private sector may disadvantage for children. seven figure salaries, while work- pay unequal wages, but there is The Obama administration has ers earn poverty-level wages. no reason for the federal govern- supported a “Race to the Top” in I am especially concerned ment to do the same thing. education, yet job creation sug- about home health care workers, Julianne Malveaux is a Wash- gests that we are running a “Race and others in the hospital ser- ington, D.C.-based economist to the Bottom.” We are underuti- vices industry because these are and writer. She is President Corky Gonzales Library lizing talent and expertise when predominately black and brown Emerita of Bennett College for we sideline so many Americans. women, taking care of our sick, Women in Greensboro, N.C. By Eric Garcia. Chicago, IL, courtesy of BlackCommentator.com

Editorials and Letters to the Editor may be e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to 2659 Livingston Road, Jackson, MS 39213. The views and opinions expressed on the Op/Ed pages are not necessarily the views and opinions of The Mississippi Link. The Mississippi Link also reserves the right to edit all material for length and accuracy. 8 • the mississippi link May 30 - June 5, 2013 www.mississippilink.com JROTC senior cadets awarded Davis Magnet closes out $250K in Army scholarships The Mississippi Link Newswire school year with Annual Army ROTC Scholarships were recently offered to five Jackson Public School Dis- trict JROTC senior cadets. International Fun Day The combined offers totaled The Mississippi Link Newswire estine, and China. Davis Magnet is proud to a quarter of a million dollars, Davis Magnet Elementary In keeping with the inter- be one of the 410 schools that which equates to approxi- hosted its annual International national perspective of the provides the Primary Years IB mately $50,000 per cadet. The Fun Day May 17, 2013. Fun school, Davis PTA volunteers World Programme. IB World scholarship recipients are Jo- Day stations included food, organize and support this end- Schools aim to share edu- seph Thomas, Rab Steward, crafts, sports, and games from of-the-year celebration as a cational experiences across Khary Johnson, Roger Thomp- countries such as Chile, Nica- gift to the students who have boundaries of region, culture son, and TreDarious Coleman. ragua, Ethiopia, Russia, Pal- worked hard all year. and ethnicity. Cadet Major Joseph Thom- Participating in the scholarship presentation are (from left) JROTC cadets as, executive officer, and Ca- Below Davis Magnet Elementary students enjoy costumes, games, face-painting and crafts during International Fun Rab Steward, TreDarious Coleman, Roger Thompson, LTC Jennifer det First Sargeant Rab Stew- Day held May 17, 2013. art, Lanier High School 1st Hicks-McGowan of JSU, cadets Joseph Thomas, and Khary Johnson. Battalion, were offered four an active member of Callaway First Lieutenant Roger Thomp- and three year scholarships High School 4th Battalion, son and Cadet 1st Lieutenant respectively. Cadet Thomas is was offered a three year Army TreDarious Coleman. Both the Adventure Training Unit ROTC Scholarship from U.S. cadets have accepted four year commander. Cadet Stewart is Army Cadet Command. Cadet scholarships and will begin commander of the Cadet Chal- Johnson plans to accept the their post high school educa- lenge Physical Fitness Team. scholarship offer to attend the tion in the fall of 2013. Cadet Both cadets have accepted the University of Southern Mis- Thompson will attend Jackson scholarships and will attend sissippi in the fall of 2013 and State University and major in Jackson State University in the major in political science. accounting. Cadet Coleman fall of 2013 as majors in civil Army ROTC Scholarships will attend the University of engineering. were offered to Murrah High Mississippi and major in kine- Cadet Major Khary Johnson, School 2nd Battalion, Cadet siology. Student School Board members present Student Bill of Rights to JPS Board of Trustees

Dr. Debra Mays-Jackson (left), Dr. Cedrick Gray (back, right), and members of the Student School Board and the JPS Board of Trustees

The Mississippi Link Newswire dent, Forest Hill “We are very proud and The Jackson Public Monique Hampton, secre- fortunate to have created this Schools Student School tary, Provine excellent partnership with Board of Trustees and the Elizabeth Nichols, assis- these student leaders and the American Civil Liberties tant secretary, Murrah administration at Jackson Union (ACLU) introduced Traeshaun Hiley, member, Public Schools to ensure all the Student Bill of Rights to Lanier students have equal oppor- the Jackson School Board of Jasmine Windham, mem- tunity to achieve their full Trustees May 21, 2013. The ber, Callaway potential. We are confident Bill of Rights seeks to estab- Richelle Smith, member, that through the adoption and lish and protect the rights of Wingfield implementation of the rights students and ensure schools Shanel Kidd, an Open found in the MS Student Bill are safe environments that Doors teacher at Power of Rights, JPS will see an foster the educational devel- APAC, served as advisor to increase in safe, productive, opment of students. the Board. and positive school environ- The Student Board of ACLU Youth Advocate ments across their district,” Trustees is comprised of the David Denney introduced said Denney. student body presidents at specific aspects of the Stu- The Student Bill of Rights each of the seven JPS high dent Bill of Rights which was will be considered for adop- schools. The 2012-2013 created with students in 2011 tion by the School Board at members are: and Student Board members a future meeting. Once ad- Jerrica Gibson, president, read its Preamble which em- opted, the measure will be Jim Hill bodies its principles of equal provided to every principal Kelani Young, vice presi- opportunities for students. and teacher in JPS. EDUCATION

www.mississippilink.com May 30 - June 5, 2013 THE mississippi link • 9 JSU-Tougaloo participate in ceremony unveiling ‘Woolworth Sit-in’ marker

The Mississippi Link Newswire area now with no reminders of and Rickey Thigpen, executive that demonstrators were not im- Three young activists were past racial strife. The marker’s vice-president of the Jackson mediately arrested. O’Brien said the first to take their seat at the unveiling was among a number Convention and Visitors Bureau. the sit-in occurred soon after the Woolworth lunch counter, ready of events sponsored by the state, The ceremony was in honor of U.S. Supreme Court ruled that to face hostile whites who were Jackson State University and Pearlena Lewis, Anne Moody, such demonstrations were legal determined to keep Jackson, Tougaloo College to commemo- Mulholland, Memphis Norman, expressions of free speech. Miss., a segregated society. rate the 50th anniversary of the Lois Chaffee, John Salter, Wal- “It inspired the black com- Then, more activists came un- Woolworth sit-in. ter Williams, George Raymond, munity in Jackson to rise up and til there were nine. They were Some of the original nine, Tom Beard. They were the nine over the next two weeks there doused with ketchup, mustard many of whom were Tougaloo who took part in the sit-in. were daily demonstrations or- and food. Some of them were vi- College students at the time of The Rev. Alphonzo Lewis, a chestrated by Medgar Evers and ciously attacked because back in the protest, attended the cer- The unveiling of the Mississippi Freedom Trail marker for the Woolworth civil rights activist and brother the NAACP. Woolworth was the May 1963 black people were not emony. Sit-in on Capitol Street in Jackson May 28, 2013 of the late Pearlena Lewis, said spark that got this going in the allowed to eat at the same lunch Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, on the day of the sit-in, his sister Jackson community,” O’Brien counter as whites. one of the sit-in participants, bered - Medgar Evers, who was State) really supports and under wore a brand new suit when she said. Yet, the protestors did not knew the risks, but she didn’t then the NAACP’s field secre- stands its significance,” String- left their home. He said the fam- Jackson Daily News photog- move, and their resilience is care. tary in Mississippi. Evers was in fellow said to a crowd gathered ily wasn’t aware of her protest rapher Fred Blackwell took viv- remembered as a pivotal point “I was in an out-of-body ex- contact with demonstrators who at the marker site. plans. id images that helped draw a na- in America’s civil rights move- perience,” Mulholland said, informed him about the unfold- Others who delivered remarks “When she came home, that tional spotlight to segregation. ment because it inspired Jack- describing how she felt when ing developments. Some three were Malcolm White, director suit had mustard and ketchup Blackwell and Bob Bullock, a son’s black community to join she sat down at the counter. “I weeks later, Evers was murdered of the Division of Tourism at and all kinds of things on it and WJTV reporter/photographer the struggle for equality and didn’t think we would make it for his civil rights work. the Mississippi Development in her head,” Lewis said. “She who also covered the sit-in, at- justice. It also let the nation see out alive.” Eric Stringfellow, director Authority; Dr. Beverly Hogan, was in good spirits … feeling tended the marker unveiling. the ugliness of segregation in the Trumpauer said reporters and of Jackson State’s University president of Tougaloo College; that something had been accom- Bullock said the marker’s sig- South. photographers who covered the Communications, said he was Dr. Robert Luckett, director plished.” nificance cannot be overstated. On May 28, the state’s Divi- protest “were in as much danger humbled to be in the presence of the Margaret Walker Center M.J. O’Brien, who authored a “I have seen the gradual im- sion of Tourism unveiled a his- as we were because they would of the civil rights activists who at JSU and one of the organiz- new book about the Woolworth provement after the Woolworth torical marker at the site of the take the story to the world.” fought to improve the lives of ers of the events; Sen. Hillman sit-in and attended the ceremo- sit-in,” Bullock said. “People in former Woolworth store on Cap- However, she said one name black people in this country. Frazier, Sen. David Blount, ny, said the protest was signifi- Mississippi eventually started itol St. It’s a grassy, picturesque above others should be remem- “This is something (Jackson Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson cant because it was the first time working together.” HCC offers GED Alcorn wins four awards at the annual test dates to College Public Relations Association help those facing of Mississippi Conference The Mississippi Link Newswire 2013 deadline Alcorn State University has been recognized with four awards by the The Mississippi Link Newswire 601.885.7022/7128 or College Public Relations Association The official GED test will change 601.987.8763 of Mississippi (CPRAM) at the orga- in 2014 and will be more difficult Orientation and testing will be nization’s annual spring meeting held and more expensive. Plus, the test held in Walter Washington Admin- in Gulfport, Miss. 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10 • the mississippi link May 30 - June 5, 2013 www.mississippilink.com Hobby Lobby tests birth- control coverage mandate By Kristen Wyatt booksellers Mardel Inc. An United campaign-finance de- their religious beliefs would be Associated Press eight-judge panel peppered cision that said corporations in effect allowing the business DENVER - In the most both sides with questions about have constitutional protec- to impose its religious beliefs prominent challenge of its whether the contraceptives tions. on employees. kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. mandate is an undue burden on “We don’t say, well, a corpo- “If you make an exemption asked a federal appeals court the Greens’ religious belief. ration can’t exercise a right be- for the employer, it comes at May 23, 2013 for an exemp- The Greens contend that cause it’s in corporate form,” the expense of the employee,” tion from part of the federal emergency contraception is Duncan said. said Alisa Klein, who argued AP Photo/Ed Andrieski health care law that requires it tantamount to abortion because “Is religion the kind of right the government’s case in a to offer employees health cov- it can prevent a fertilized egg can only be exercised by a nat- similar contraceptives man- gued. typical three-judge panel, in- erage that includes access to from implanting in the womb. ural person? Well, the question date appeal heard May 22 in She also compared the dicating the case’s importance. the morning-after pill. They also object to providing nearly answers itself. ... It’s the 7th Circuit Court of Ap- Hobby Lobby claim to argu- Hobby Lobby calls itself a The Oklahoma City-based coverage for certain kinds of not a purely personal right.” peals in Chicago. ments from pacifists that they “biblically founded business” arts-and-crafts chain argued intrauterine devices. Hobby Lobby is one of more Klein talked about an imagi- shouldn’t owe taxes. and is closed on Sundays. that businesses - not just the Hobby Lobby’s lawyer ar- than 30 businesses in multiple nary Hobby Lobby employee “This is much more like a Founded in 1972, the company currently exempted religious gued that the Greens shouldn’t states that are challenging the who is told by her doctor she taxpayer saying, ‘I don’t want now operates more than 500 groups - should be allowed to face fines for not complying contraception mandate. Hobby needs a type of intrauterine to pay into the general treasury stores in 41 states and employs seek exception from that sec- with mandatory contraceptive Lobby is the most prominent contraceptive that she is en- because I can identify a subset more than 13,000 full-time tion of the health law if it vio- coverage simply because their company making the claim. titled to having covered under of government spending that employees who are eligible for lates their religious beliefs. business makes a profit. The A lawyer for the U.S. De- the new health care law. But violates my religious belief,’” health insurance. The arguments centered on stores are a “profit-making partment of Justice argued because of her employers’ reli- Klein said. The 10th Circuit judges gave the Green family, founders of company, yes, but also a min- that allowing for-profit corpo- gion, “the next sentence would The 10th Circuit in Denver no indication when they’d Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and istry,” Kyle Duncan argued. rations to exempt themselves be, unfortunately you have to opted to hear the case before make a decision in the Hobby a sister company, Christian Duncan cited the Citizens from requirements that violate pay $500 to $900,” Klein ar- eight active judges, not the Lobby case. Report: Nation’s kids need FDA warns of infections tied to get more physical to Tennessee pharmacy By Matthew Perrone By Jennifer C. Kerr Massachusetts compounding tions under scrutiny. Accord- school is the “only AP Health Writer Associated Press sure opportunity” pharmacy. The steroids are ing to pharmacy records the WASHINGTON - Reading, for youngsters to WASHINGTON - Govern- typically used to treat pain. drug was shipped to medical writing, arithmetic - and PE? have access to ac- ment health officials are in- Federal authorities have facilities in 13 states: Ala- The prestigious Institute of tivity that will help vestigating cases involving identified five cases in Illi- bama, Arkansas, California, Medicine is recommending that keep them healthy. patients who suffered com- nois and two more in North Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, schools provide opportunities The majority of plications after being inject- Carolina. The five patients Louisiana, Mississippi, New for at least 60 minutes of physi- states, about 75 ed with potentially contami- from Illinois had skin infec- Mexico, North Carolina, cal activity each day for students percent, mandate nated medications made by tions in the hips and buttocks South Carolina, Tennessee a Tennessee specialty phar- while at least one patient in and Texas and that PE become a core sub- PE, according to AP Photo/Reed Saxon ject. the American Alli- macy. North Carolina appears to The Main Street Family have a fungal infection, ac- Pharmacy was licensed by The report, released May 23, ance for Health, Physical Educa- form of punishment, and it urges The Food and Drug Ad- cording to the Centers for the Tennessee board of Phar- says only about half of the na- tion, Recreation, and Dance. But schools to give students frequent ministration said May 24 the Disease Control and Preven- macy in 1985, and later li- tion’s youngsters are getting most do not require a specific classroom breaks. problems involve seven pa- tion. censed as a manufacturer and at least an hour of vigorous or amount of time for PE in school, Schools can do this if they tients who received steroid “There’s no indication at distributor in 2010. moderate-intensity physical ac- and more than half allow ex- make it a priority, said Paul injections from Main Street this time of meningitis or Compounding pharma- tivity every day. emptions or substitutions, such Roetert, CEO of the American Family Pharmacy, a com- other life threatening infec- cies have long been overseen Another concern, the report as marching band, cheerleading Alliance for Health, Physi- pounding pharmacy in New- tion,” said Joseph Perz, a by state pharmacy boards, says, is that 44 percent of school and community sports. cal Education, Recreation, and bern, Tenn. health-care epidemiologist with regulations varying administrators report slashing Many kids also aren’t going to Dance. Tennessee health officials helping to lead the CDC’s in- widely from state to state. big chunks of time from physical gym class at school every single “We have an obligation to said the pharmacy has agreed vestigation. Over the last 20 years some education, arts and recess since day. According to the CDC, only keep kids active,” Roetert said in to recall all of its sterile prod- The FDA recommends compounding pharmacies the passage of the No Child Left about 30 percent of students na- an interview. “We have research ucts, which are generally in- doctors stop using any ster- have grown into larger busi- Behind law in 2001 in order to tionwide attend PE classes five to show that physical activ- jectable prescription drugs. ile drugs distributed by the ness, operating more like boost classroom time for reading days a week. ity helps kids perform better in Officials from the FDA and pharmacy immediately. manufacturers by shipping and math. Specifically, the report recom- school. It helps them focus bet- the Tennessee Department of Main Street Family Phar- thousands of doses of drugs With childhood obesity on the mends: ter in the classroom ... and they Health have recently been in- macy is a compounding across state lines. The FDA rise - about 17 percent of chil- -All elementary school stu- behave better in school. So there specting the Newbern phar- pharmacy, which means it has occasionally tried to as- dren ages 2 through 19 are obese dents should spend an average of are all kinds of side benefits.” macy. mixes custom formulations sert its authority over these - and kids spending much of the 30 minutes each day in PE class. Kitty Porterfield, spokeswom- “The pharmacy staff and of drugs based on doctors’ operations, though it has re- day in the classroom, the chair- -Middle and high school stu- an for The School Superinten- management have been co- specifications. Compound- peatedly been challenged in man of the committee that wrote dents should spend an average of dents Association, said nobody operative,” state regulators ing pharmacies have long court by pharmacy owners. the report said schools are the 45 minutes each day in PE class. is opposed to physical education. said in a news release. operated in a legal gray Legislation moving best place to help shape up the -State and local officials “Everybody would love to see An employee reached at area between state and fed- through Congress would nation’s children. should find ways get children more of it in schools,” said Por- Main Street eral regulations. Since last give the FDA direct over- “Schools for years have been more physical activity in the terfield. “Given the testing and Family Pharmacy could year’s outbreak, the FDA sight over these so-called responsible for various health school environment. academic pressures for excel- not immediately provide has stepped up inspections compounding manufactur- programs such as nutrition, PE isn’t the sole solution, lence on schools, often physical comment. of compounding pharmacies ers, with the aim of prevent- breakfast and lunch, immuniza- though. education slides to the bottom of The injections contain across the country, trigger- ing future national outbreaks tions, screenings,” Harold W. The report advocates a the barrel.” methylprednisolone acetate, ing several national recalls tied to compounded medi- Kohl III, a professor of epidemi- “whole-of-school” approach The idea of putting more of an the same drug at the center of of potentially contaminated cations. While Republicans ology at the University of Texas where recess and before-and- emphasis on physical education last year’s deadly outbreak medications. and Democrats in the Senate School of Public Health, said in after-school activities includ- in schools has support in Con- of fungal meningitis. More The Tennessee Department have coalesced around a bill, an interview with The Associ- ing sports are made accessible gress. than 55 people have died and of Health said it’s too early the House has not reached ated Press. to all students to help achieve Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, over 740 others have been to tell how many people any such agreement. “Physical activity should be the 60-minutes-a-day recom- introduced the PHYSICAL Act sickened after receiving con- may have received the injec- Mike Stobbe contributed to placed alongside those programs mendation for physical activity. May 23. It recognizes health ed- taminated injections from a to make it a priority for us as a It could be as simple as having ucation and physical education society,” he said. kids walk or bike to school, or as core subjects within elemen- The report calls on the Educa- finding ways to add a physical tary and secondary schools. tion Department to recommend component to math and science Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., that PE be adopted as a core sub- class lessons. and Jared Polis, D-Colo., joined PSA ject. The report also cautions Fudge as co-sponsors. It says physical education in against taking away recess as a

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www.mississippilink.com May 30 - June 5, 2013 THE mississippi link • 11 Delta ups the ante in battle NYC: no racial motivation for NY travel market By Scott Mayerowitz have access to in stop-frisk tactic Ap Airlines Writer electric outlets. NEW YORK (AP) -- Del- The most whitehouse.gov ta’s formula for winning over unique part is a NEW YORK (AP) - Po- New York travelers is simple: 2,000-square-foot lice officers acted appropri- floor-to-ceiling windows, rooftop deck that ately in carrying out the city’s abundant power outlets and offers a close-up stop, question and frisk policy, a burger joint with a cult-like view of the run- and dozens of witnesses who following. ways and air- claimed racial bias didn’t prove planes. But it is The airline opened a sprawl- AP Photo/Mary Altaffer their case, a lawyer for the city ing $1.4 billion terminal at part of a new Delta told a judge May 20. Kennedy Airport May 24, a Sky Club - the ta’s old Terminal 3. It was “They failed to show a single facility more suitable to the largest in the Atlanta-based originally called Pan Am’s constitutional violation, much high-paying passengers it is airline’s system - accessible Worldport, a futuristic con- less a widespread pattern or trying to attract. only to members or passen- crete structure with a roof re- practice,” city attorney Heidi The 346,000-square-foot gers flying in transcontinen- sembling a flying saucer. The Grossman said during her clos- concourse offers upscale food tal or international business building helped usher in the ing argument at a trial examin- and shopping options, in- class. modern jet age with Pan Am’s ing how the stops are conduct- In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira creased seating and sweeping Like at any modern airport, fleet of Boeing 707 Clippers ed. She added there was “no Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. views of the airport. fliers should be prepared for a departing there for all parts of indication of racial motivation Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges It replaces a terminal built long walk - it can take up to the world. whatsoever.” to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. by Pan Am in 1960 that was 15 minutes to reach the fur- In its final months, the ter- Gretchen Hoff Varner, a law- (AP Photo/Richard Drew) once cutting-edge but had de- thest gate. minal was known for its leak- yer for the plaintiffs, disagreed, teriorated, becoming an em- The expansion added nine ing roof. Ugly white tarps saying the police department them feeling confused, angry stop. barrassing way to welcome new gates at the terminal. were hung from the ceiling by “has laid siege to black and and scared. The trial has provided a rare millions of visitors to the Construction is expected to steel cables. At the center of Latino neighborhoods over the One witness, 24-year-old window into the NYPD, with United States. soon begin on 11 additional each tarp a clear garden hose last eight years ... making peo- Nicholas Peart from Harlem, about a dozen officials testify- Delta Air Lines CEO Rich- gates for Delta’s smaller re- drained water away as passen- ple of color afraid to leave their wept on the stand as he de- ing on how they do their jobs. ard Anderson said his custom- gional jets. gers below stood in line, wait- homes.” scribed how he was handcuffed Officers are told to stop the “the ers “and the residents of New New York is one of the few ing to check their luggage. She said that blacks and La- and put into the back of a squad right people, at the right time York now have the interna- big cities in the U.S. not dom- Some days it seemed like only tinos make up a little more than car. A teenager told how he in the right location,” a phrase tional hub facility that they inated by one airline. Carri- the pigeons - and there were 50 percent of the city popu- was stopped walking down the first heard in the early days of expect and deserve.” ers fight viciously to win the plenty of them - enjoyed fly- lation, but 85 percent of the street. In each instance, the wit- the trial on a secret recording Kennedy Airport is still the business of bankers, lawyers ing from the terminal. people stopped by police as nesses said they could find no made by one whistleblower of- primary gateway to the U.S. and consultants based in the The new terminal is up part of the tactic are black and basis for the stops other than ficer during a heated exchange It welcomed 13.1 million in- city whose companies pay top against some impressive com- Hispanic. they were minorities. But many over his performance evalua- bound international passen- dollar for last-minute flights. petition. The summations followed of the officers who did the stop- tion. Afterward, it was repeated gers last year, more than any United Airlines, which pri- American already has a more than nine weeks of testi- ping also explained their legal by nearly every official who other American airport, ac- marily flies out of Newark sleek, airy, $1.3 billion ter- mony from men who say they reasoning. testified. cording to U.S. Customs and Liberty International Airport minal at JFK. JetBlue’s $800 were wrongly stopped because Grossman said the witness- Police have said the phrase Border Protection. Miami In- - across the Hudson River in million terminal opened in of their race and police officials es were “woefully lacking” means the location where ternational Airport was next at New Jersey - is the region’s 2008 with boutique restau- who insisted the nation’s largest considering that lawyers had crimes have been occurring, 9.8 million, followed by Los largest carrier, flying 27.4 rants that had passengers al- force operated with integrity. years to find the best examples at the time they have been oc- Angeles International Airport million passengers in the 12 most wishing for a flight de- The case is in the hands of of people who said they were curring, and an individual who at 8.3 million. months ending in March. lay. U.S. District Court Judge Shira stopped because of their race. matches the description of a Delta carries about 2.1 mil- Delta is now a close second, United isn’t sitting by qui- Scheindlin, who will rule after “The alleged complaints of suspect, or someone who ap- lion of those arriving inter- with 23 million passengers an- etly either. The airline an- examining more than 7,000 racial profiling are more fic- pears about to commit a crime. national passengers at JFK, nually in New York. JetBlue nounced May 24 that it was pages of trial record. She may tion than reality,” she said. “It Lawyers for the men who more than any other airline, follows with 14.6 million and “the only U.S. carrier” offer- order major changes to the is not the NYPD’s policy to sued say the phrase is code for according to the airport’s op- then comes American Airlines ing fully flat beds on all long- policy, which could alter how target black and Hispanic youth targeting blacks and Hispanics erator, the Port Authority of with 13.9 million. haul international flights from police departments operate na- to instill fear in them so they in poor neighborhoods. New York and New Jersey. “Not only is New York the the New York area. tionwide. feel they can be stopped at any Plaintiffs say a court monitor The facility doesn’t com- largest single U.S. air travel Delta has already im- More than 5 million stops time.” must be appointed to facilitate pare to the over-the-top ca- market, but and is also the proved its LaGuardia termi- have been made in New York Lawyers for the men who changes in training, supervision thedrals to air travel that some largest premium business air- nal, spending $160 million on in the past decade. Police must sued say officers make illegal and the documentation of street cities in Asia and the Middle line market in the country,” renovations. It also brought have reasonable suspicion to stops in part because they feel stops. An expert for the city tes- East have built in the last de- said Henry Harteveldt, a trav- in OTG Management to set stop someone, a standard lower pressure from superiors insti- tified that the department has cade. But travelers will appre- el industry analyst with Hud- up upscale dinning including than the probable cause needed tuting illegal quotas. Some of- enough checks and balances ciate both the big and small son Crossing. “Airlines that a French brasserie, a custom to justify an arrest. Only about ficers testified they were pun- already in place. touches. The concourse hous- serve New York must bring hamburger outlet and a restau- 10 percent of the stops result in ished for not making enough The tactic has become a city es local restaurant favorites their `A game’ to everything rant featuring fancy thin-crust arrests. stops and were harassed by flashpoint, with the mayor and like Blue Smoke and Shake they do, including the airport pizzas. Fliers can even order About a dozen black and fellow officers upset they had police commissioner defending Shack, a New York-based experience.” food from iPads and have it Hispanic men told the judge of blown the whistle. Yet others it as a necessary crime-fighting burger chain. Meanwhile, 75 Demolition crews had al- delivered to them at their gate. disturbing and uncomfortable said no quotas existed and they tool, and other city lawmakers percent of seats at the gates ready started work on Del- encounters with police that left never felt pressure to make a calling for major change. Mandela’s daughter explains icon’s health Associated Press family, this intimate encoun- One of those bad days was was no need to take a picture. JOHANNESBURG — Nel- ter between an elderly parent April 29, when state televi- What happened this time, son Mandela, in the twilight beset by illness and a child sion broadcast footage of a I don’t know,” said Maka- of life, doesn’t talk much with whom relations have, visit by President Jacob Zuma ziwe, a 59-year-old founder anymore, his eldest daughter over many decades, been and other leaders of the ruling of a South African winemak- says. But the former South challenging or negligible. African National Congress ing company that highlights African president, who wrote That the couple’s communica- to Mandela, who had helmed two centuries of the family’s of his regret at being unable to tion has become so elemental the ANC, at his Johannes- distinguished lineage in its devote himself to his family also sheds light on the fragile burg home. Zuma said Man- branding. She is one of four during the fight against apart- state of a larger-than-life fig- dela was in good shape, but children from her father’s heid and afterward, reaches ure, revered for his sacrifice the footage — the first public first marriage to Evelyn Mase, out in another way. during 27 years as a prisoner images of Mandela in nearly which ended in divorce. The “It’s the hand that he of apartheid and his peace- a year — showed him silent other three died — one in in- stretches out. It is the touching making role in South Africa’s and unresponsive, even when fancy, one in a car crash and of the hand that speaks vol- shift to a democracy inclusive Zuma tried to hold his hand. one from an AIDS-related ill- umes for me. And for me, if of all races. Makaziwe Mandela said ness. you ask me what I would trea- “My Dad has not been in her family is grateful that the Makaziwe said the “dignity sure, it is this moment that I good, perfect health over the “movement,” as she refers to and privacy” of her father, treasure with my father,” said past month. And he has good the ANC leadership, still vis- also a father to the nation, is Makaziwe Mandela, the old- days and he has bad days,” its her father. The broadcast- sometimes under threat, com- In this May 24, 2013 image made from AP video, former South African Presi- est of Mandela’s three surviv- Makaziwe Mandela said Fri- ing of the video, however, was plaining that 20 journalists dent Nelson Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe Mandela, speaks to the Associated ing children, all daughters. “It day in an exclusive interview unfortunate, she said. Critics one day in May converged on Press in Johannesburg, South Africa AP Photo means, ‘My child, I’m here.’ with The Associated Press in allege the ANC was trying to her father’s home, where he It means to me that, ‘I’m here. her home, where a bust of her score political points by its as- receives medical treatment, ness,” she said. “This thing right. All of you will have I love you. I care.’” father, made from bronze and sociation with Mandela. The after an ambulance left to fetch that everybody has got to be your opportunity. You will get the wood of a railway tie, sits party fiercely denies it. medicine from a hospital. the first one to hear when Nel- the news from the presidency It could be the story of any on a piano in the foyer. “In previous visits, there “This is really utter mad- son Mandela goes, it’s not at the right time.” GET YOUR CURRENT NEWS AND WATCH AP VIDEOS ONLINE AT: www.mississippilink.com 12 • THE mississippi link May 30 - June 5, 2013 www.mississippilink.com

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By Daphne Higgins viduals, find joy in the accom- Religion Editor Above Average Christianity - Part Six plishments of others. We can A l t h o u g h become so filled with pride as there may be we express the achievements By Rev. Leon Collier men were in spiritual poverty In the 1980’s, I recall reading have brought this on yourself Special to The Mississippi Link a few more of those we love. We enjoy therefore did not have the spiri- a statistic that said churches had and will have to suffer the conse- graduations to sharing our stories, memories As we con- tual power nor the desire to fix the highest divorce rate in the quences for it. still take place and most importantly, our mo- tinue to deal with their marriages. U.S. What a mockery of Christ Matthew 5:32 says, “But I across the state ments together. what we must One Bible scholar said, “Mo- and His resurrection power, be- say to you that everyone who of Mississippi, Now, here’s what I’m re- do as Christians ses perceived that if divorce was cause Christians have access to divorces his wife, except on the the season is ending and the ally saying - just imagine how in order to live not permitted, in many cases, the Holy Spirit. The reason why ground of adultery, makes her an memories of a time that will proud our Father in Heaven is above average the women would be exposed to those Christian marriages didn’t adulteress; and whoever marries not soon be forgotten are still of us, when we do good things Christianity, we great hardships through the cruel- last is because they didn’t do it a divorced woman commits adul- fresh on the minds of many. that are worthy of celebrating. are dealing with Jesus’ upgraded ty of their husbands.” The women God’s way. Marriages don’t work tery.” This verse should make Families have or are gather- Just imagine how broad His version of the commandments in that culture were already sub- when people refuse to change; single people really think long, ing to celebrate a milestone in smile is when His children or how He fulfilled the Law of servient to their husbands and if marriages don’t work when one prayerfully and hard before they the lives of their loved ones accomplish a milestone. He Moses. Under Moses we were the husbands weren’t allowed to or both spouses decide to be self- hop into marriage. Jesus is letting and rightfully so. To graduate is proud of us whenever we forbidden to murder someone divorce them they would prob- ish; marriages don’t work when you know that as far as God is is such a wonderful achieve- do good but, He is especially with our hands, but under the ably make life difficult and disre- one or both spouses refuse to concerned marriage is not easy to ment and should be celebrat- proud when we, His children, new covenant we are forbidden spectfully unfair for their wives. compromise; but the main reason get out of and God intends for it ed. are being true/faithful to Him. to hate (murder) a person in our Back in the early 1980’s, while marriages don’t work is because, to be a lifelong deal. My sisters and I were to- It is because of the good- hearts and with our words (read in Bible college, I took a course in husbands don’t love their wives The world has people jump- gether recently and as we al- ness of the Lord that we are Matthew 5:21-27). the New Testament and one of the like Christ loves the church. When ing in and out of marriage all the ways do, we try to relive so here to celebrate these mile- This week we learn that things I recall a professor saying spouses try to out-do each other in time, but the world is not the final many of the wonderful expe- stones that continue to occur “Above Average Christianity” is was that the religious leaders had supporting, encouraging, loving judge, God is. This means that a riences that we’ve shared as in the lives of so many and being faithful to those you com- gotten to the point that they could and giving to one another then lot of people are married but liv- a family. Our discussion this it is because of His goodness mitted yourself to, as found in divorce their wives for things as marriage is a joy, but if spouses ing in adultery right now because time turned to the various that we continue to receive the Matthew 5:31-32 which reads: small as burning the bread and are selfish, marriage can be a pain. they got divorced over something graduations that have taken blessings He bestows upon us. “It was also said, ‘Whoever di- Jesus wanted them to know that If Christians are not grow- small. In the northern USA there place within our immediate But during all of the spe- vorces his wife, let him give her God was not pleased with divorce ing spiritually they can’t piece a is a person who is divorced and family. cial moments that we choose a certificate of divorce. But I tell over things that can be worked broken marriage back together there is a person ready to marry We discussed our own to celebrate, there is one that you that anyone who divorces his out. It had to be something seri- again. You can’t help but stay them right now, but this person re- graduations and then the dis- should never go unnoticed wife, except on the ground of for- ous like adultery. Of course, if selfish and defiant, disobedient, fuses to accept the marriage offer cussion moved on to the pre- and that is the day of life, nication, makes her an adulteress, life-threatening physical abuse is rebellious, and insubordinate to because when she got divorced it school, elementary school, simply put, every day and mo- and whoever marries her when so involved, separation and maybe what the Word says a husband was not because of adultery. middle school, and etc. of our ment that God gives us. divorced, commits adultery.” divorce may be appropriate. and a wife are supposed to do According to 1 Corinthians children. Because of God’s good- Fornication in Greek is por- The point is Jesus is implying when you are not growing up in 7:15, some Bible scholars in- We each had such pride in ness, we ask that you help us neia which means harlot includ- that issues can be worked out and Christ. When you are not grow- terpret this verse as follows: If our voices as we shared the celebrate His Holy Name by ing adultery and incest. When a only in the case of adultery should ing in Christ you live in the flesh an unbelieving spouse leaves graduation experiences of our sharing His wonderful works married person has sexual rela- someone say I am not staying. and therefore it is impossible for then the believer is free to marry offspring. We are a very sup- throughout your life and com- tions outside of their marriage it’s Notice that Matthew 5:31 shows you to salvage a broken marriage. again. However, if the unbeliever portive family and try not to munity and as always, we ask adultery because they are married that the husband could divorce Living above average Christi- chooses to stay then the believer miss much that is going on that you let us help you to and it’s also fornication because his wife, but the wife couldn’t di- anity is when we get to the point should let them stay which means with the others’ families, but communicate the good news the person they have fleshly in- vorce her husband (1 Cor. 7:11). to not throw people away for triv- the believer obviously will and each of us tried to tell our of our Lord. Isaiah 52:7a tercourse with is not their spouse. This was Jewish custom and cul- ial insignificant reasons. Living can be a witness to the unbeliev- graduation story as if the other reads, “What a beautiful sight Jesus implied that when people ture. But I want to use this to em- above average Christianity is not ing spouse. sister was not there. it is to see messengers coming get married they can’t just up and phasize the authority and influ- willing to sacrifice something or Rev. Leon Collier is the pastor Soon the discussion moved with good news!” divorce at the drop of a hat. It’s ence a husband has in a marriage someone so great over something of Makarios Worship Center, 464 on to other events in our lives, The Mississippi Link, a mes- not that simple in God’s eyes, relationship. so small. The religious leaders Church Rd., Madison. Residents and next laughter overtook the senger for news in and around who by the way established the Most marriages end because of were divorcing their wives over of Madison, he and wife, Minister stories we were sharing and as the state of Mississippi, would institution of marriage. the men and the reason I say this is small things and Jesus implied Yolanda; are the proud parents we always do, we found our- like to not only share your The reason why divorces oc- because God has given husbands that His disciples must be will- of three daughters. He received selves in a very comfortable news but all who would like curred in Jesus’ day: the religious authority over their families. In ing to obey God’s word and work degrees from Criswell College in place - being loving sisters to tell others about the Lord’s leaders questioned Jesus about most cases, if the man has made through small issues in relation- Dallas; Southern Methodist Uni- who are thankful to the Al- goodness and about their plac- divorce in Matthew 19:3-8 and up in his mind to do what’s right, ships. By the way, if it ain’t adul- versity - Perkins School of The- mighty for the two people who es of worship and even those Jesus answered and said, “He God has designed it to where tery, it’s a small issue. ology; and a Masters of Divinity were responsible for birth, our religious institutions that are said to them, for your hardness the woman will fall in line. Of The fact that Jesus said only in from Memphis Theological Semi- parents. visited. of heart Moses allowed you to course, there are always excep- the case of adultery could we di- nary. A pastor for 23 years, Col- Now, it may seem to you Contact Daphne M. Higgins divorce your wives, but in the tions. If a husband lets things get vorce means that He intends for lier serves as a volunteer chap- that I’m kind of all over the at religion@mississippilink. beginning it was not so.” The too far out of hand and that wife His disciples/people to be fully lain for various law enforcement place with what I want to com. Fax 601-896-0091 or Greek word for hardness of heart makes up in her mind to leave, committed to God and obey His agencies in the metro area and for share with you - but honestly, mail your information to The is sklerokardia which means then that’s all she wrote especial- Word and work through issues. the Mississippi Governor’s Man- I’m not. Mississippi Link, 2659 Liv- hard-headedness. It also means ly if the wife has gotten involved By the way, if you, as a Chris- sion. He may be reached by call- My message this week is ingston Road, Jackson, MS destitution of spiritual insight or with someone else that makes her tian, marry a heathen and things ing 601.260.3016, 601.855.7898 very simple, we as loving indi- 39213. awareness. In other words, the feel happy and fulfilled. happen to turn sour then you will or e-mail [email protected]. CeCe Winans: ‘Being a Godly Mom is The Greatest Gift’ By Frances Cudjoe Waters CeCe clearly embodies the life CeCe: My whole world changed to leave home and sacrifice time we want our children to be spirit- Newsone she sings about - spirit-filled, joyful, when I became responsible for with your family. Family is first and filled in today’s crazy world, we Excitement buzzed through the loving the Lord and loving her fam- lives! I had to adjust everything in everything else comes after that. have to be their examples because air last month when CeCe Winans ily. She is the eighth of ten children my life around my husband and Elev8: What advice would you our children are watching us either signed as the first artist on the new and the mother of two, she seemed now my children! And I loved every give to young mothers that want to way. So, with that in mind, what Motown Gospel label. like the perfect mom to ask about minute of it!! raise their children as Godly moms? was the most important thing for This gospel diva won us over her motherhood journey. Elev8: What surprised you the CeCe: Being a Godly Mom is you to teach your children? years ago when she burst onto the Fortunately for us, this very busy most when you became a mom? the greatest gift you could ever give CeCe: To love God with all their scene as a part of the dynamic sing- gospel icon had time for a quick Q CeCe: The new capacity to love your kids. Your lifestyle speaks vol- hearts, souls and minds. Because ing duo Bebe and CeCe Winans. & A to share some of her thoughts and the ultimate joy it brings. umes! when you love God, you love peo- She not only enchanted our ears and reflections. It was thrilling to Elev8: What have been the great- Elev8: So, you’re saying that it ple. When you love God everything with her pure, clear, songbird voice, ask this amazing woman of God est joys and challenges of being a isn’t just what we tell our kids that else will work out fine in life but she captivated our hearts with an what she had to say: working mother? matters. It’s how we live our lives Clearly that philosophy has Winans inner joy and outer beauty that radi- Elev8: What is the single biggest CeCe: It’s always a joy to do that really makes the difference. worked out “more than fine” in Ce- ated with every smile and through thing that changed in your life when what you love to do and what you’re Time out for just repeating the old Ce’s life. She is a shining example ate every area of your life and make every song. you became a mother? good at. But it’s always challenging mantra, “do as I say, not as I do.” If of how living your faith can perme- every part even more beautiful.

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www.mississippilink.com May 30 - June 5, 2013 THE mississippi link • 13 King Agrippa: Almost Persuaded preser v ed Almost Don’t Count Connecting By Pastor Simeon R. Green III expert in all questions and customs of where he had been and what God sists and rebels. As long as the will Special to The Mississippi Link of the Jews. When the mind is en- had done in his life, God was speak- does not entirely surrender, no mat- “Then Agrippa lightened by the Word through the ing to Agrippa through the Word and ter what knowledge, conviction, or Through Grace said unto Paul, al- Spirit of God, when a sinner is made Spirit of God. feelings one might have, there is no most thou persuad- to understand what he is, what he I believe that Agrippa took three genuine conversion until a person est me to be a Chris- needs, and where he needs to go to steps toward conversion, but what makes up his or her mind, “I am go- By Shewanda Riley friendship was different. Time Columnist tian. And Paul said, get that need met, then the first step did he lack? Another faculty must be ing to pay the price no matter what would tell if that was a good I would to God, that toward salvation has been taken. reached: the will must give consent. others do.” A while or bad difference. not only thou, but The second step toward conver- You may know a lot about what you Until an individual comes to that back, I had a A few weeks later, I was also all that hear me this day, were sion is when a sinner’s conscience need to do. You may know that you point and makes the decision, “By c h a l l e n g i n g praying and the phrase, “con- both almost, and altogether such as is aroused, self-condemned, and are a sinner and that you are lost and the grace of God, I am going to re- conversation necting through grace” I am, except these bonds.” (Acts self-convicted. I can imagine King on your way to a devil’s hell. You pent of my sins and get saved,” that with a close popped into my mind. I 26:28-29) Agrippa sitting before Paul. may even have a longing to be deliv- person will remain in sin. When peo- friend. When wasn’t really sure what to The word almost means “very In my mind’s eye I can see Agrip- ered from the power and the bond- ple fail to surrender to God, some- I hung up the make of it at the time but I nearly but not exactly or entirely.” pa’s face pale with condemnation. age of sin, but your will must give thing stands in their way; something phone, all I could do was dry wrote it down anyway. Some- The purpose of this message is to Surely the tables were turned. This consent. keeps them from saying “yes” to my tears and shake my head in times it turns out what I believe show that people can be very near to prisoner preacher (Paul) had become God will not save an individual God. disbelief. I didn’t understand are random thoughts are really the threshold of salvation, and even a judge, and the governor was the against his or her will. My friends, Next Week - Part II. how a phone conversation nuggets of wisdom from God. near heaven, yet miss it in the end. defendant, alarmed and stricken. not all people who are almost per- Rev. Simeon R. Green III is pas- that started off as a warm ex- I thought about how this could They seem to be so near, yet they are He acknowledged to himself that he suaded become altogether persuad- tor of Crossroads Church of God in change between myself and a apply to the recent changes in so far away. was guilty. No doubt, he thought, “I ed. I really believe that at this point Farmhaven (Canton), Miss., and is friend ended with me in tears my friendship. To be almost persuaded certainly need this Savior about whom Paul is in time in Agrippa’s life, he felt that married to Velma L. Green. He hon- and him trying to calm me The more I looked at it, I is a very serious and critical state. It speaking, the one whom he met on one day he would get saved. He had orably served in the U.S. Army for down? also saw how changing the is to be near the Kingdom of God, the Damascus Road when the light a longing; he wanted to get saved. 20 years. Presently, Rev. Green is a Even as I wiped my face and preposition “through” in the yet not necessarily certain of a place shinned around him and he heard the He said, “Almost thou persuadest me member of the National Association tried to collect my thoughts, I phrase changed the meaning in the Kingdom. voice from Heaven.” to be a Christian.” of Evangelism Church of God, An- still couldn’t figure out when of the phrase. Prepositions You may ask for prayer; Pharaoh In the third step toward conver- Though many people reach that derson, Ind. He serves as vice-chair- the conversation took a left refer to the relationships (logi- did, but he was lost. You may hear sion, the heart is moved and drawn. point, they decline to make that fi- man at the Southeastern Association turn. cally, directionally or spatial- the preaching gladly; Herod did, but I believe that the heart of King nal surrender. The will refuses, re- of The Church of God, Inc. I could tell he was surprised ly) that sentence parts have he was lost. You may be like Pilate Agrippa was touched. I believe that when he asked me “Why are with each other. Prepositions and find no fault in Jesus, yet he was he saw and felt his own guilt and felt you crying?” and all I could like “above,” “around,” “be- lost. You may tremble when you his own misery. My friends, he had muster up was a sob-filled, fore,” “outside,” “through,” hear the Word preached; Felix did. some longings because of what Paul “I don’t know.” We weren’t “under,” “within,” and “with- You may weep bitter tears, as Esau had to say. I believe that King Agrip- yelling at each other or hav- out” transform sentences by did, and still be lost. You may be like pa had a longing to be delivered from ing a screaming argument so providing needed transitions. King Agrippa, who was almost per- sin and a longing to have a better life. the emotions seemed to come What I thought had ended suaded to be a Christian, and then be Had his heart not been touched from out of nowhere. The con- the friendship could really be lost. and drawn, I believe that he would versation ended with us agree- a chance for God’s grace to What does it mean to be almost have dismissed the Apostle Paul ing to talk later. provide a more authentic con- persuaded? It means that the mind in anger, but he did not. He simply The next day I wanted to nection. Perhaps without real- has been enlightened to spiritual real- wanted to hear what the man of God call him to talk about it but felt izing it, we’d both followed ities. King Agrippa’s mind had been had to say. When the heart is thus a little embarrassed. It took Colossians 4:6 which says enlightened. He knew something reached and impressed, there goes me time to get the courage to “Let your conversation be al- about Christ and the redemption that up from the heart unuttered yearning call him because I wasn’t sure ways full of grace, seasoned Christ came to bring. He was a sin- for deliverance in righteousness. what his response was going with salt, so that you may ner, but he understood some truths. Surely Jesus of Nazareth was to be. I was a little fearful that know how to answer every- When Paul spoke before King passingCollege by Agrippa that day.Hill While Missionary Baptist Church our previous conversation had one.” Just like those preposi- Agrippa, he appealed to him as an the Apostle Paul gave his testimony somehow damaged the friend- tions are important in sentenc- Since 1907 B IBLE B ASED •C HRIST C ENTERED • H OLY S PIRIT L ED ship (not sure why). When we es, God’s grace was equally did finally talk about it, I tried influential in transitioning and SUNDAY: Worship Services to explain my tears away as transforming that relationship. The Top 10 Gospel Songs from8:00 a.m. & 11:00 the a.m. Billboard my hormones getting the best Shewanda Riley is the au- Sunday School 9:30 a.m. of me. As we talked more, we thor of the Essence best-seller Gospel Charts for the week of May 30 both had a chance to share our “Love Hangover: Moving 1600 Florence Avenue MONDAY: Intercessory Prayer 9:00 a.m. points of view. 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Based on the Statements of Qualifications, JMAA will select not more than three (3) Respondents with whom to enter into negotiations to pro- vide the Services. JMAA will initiate negotiations with the Respondent 3.33x2 ranked first on the list. If such negotiations fail to produce an agreement AIRLINES ARE in form and content satisfactory to JMAA within a reasonable period of 46 Web time, then JMAA may reject the first-ranked Respondent and proceed to HIRING Aviation negotiate with the next Respondent on the list until a Respondent has agreed to and has entered into an agreement in form and content satis- dƌĂŝŶĨŽƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ ŽŶ ǀŝĂƟŽŶ ĂƌĞĞƌ͘  Mainenance factory to JMAA. &ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘  2x2 JMAA reserves the right to reject any and all Statements of Qualifica- &ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂůĂŝĚ ŝĨ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ Ͳ :Žď ƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘  tions for any reason at any time prior to execution of a contract with the >>ǀŝĂƟŽŶ /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ ŽĨ DĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ Respondent selected by JMAA to perform the Services and to waive any and all informalities and irregularities in the selection process. 866-455-4317

JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

Date: May 16, 2013 /s/ Dirk B. Vanderleest Dirk B. Vanderleest, Chief Executive Officer

5/23/2013

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RENOVATIONS TO THE FORMER CATERING KITCHEN AND DELTA OPERATIONS SPACE AT JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JMAA PROJECT NO. 021-12)

The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (“JMAA”) will receive sealed bids at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (“JAN”), Main Terminal Building, Suite 300, in the City of Jackson, Rankin County, Mississippi, until 2:00 p.m. on June 21, 2013 (the “Bid Deadline”), for Construction and Related Services in connection with the renovations to the former catering kitchen and operations space used by Delta Air Lines at JAN (the “Work”).

JMAA will publicly open and read aloud all bids at 2:05 p.m. on June 21, 2013 (the “Bid Opening”), in the Staff Conference Room, Third Floor of the Main Terminal Build- ing at JAN.

The outside or exterior of each bid envelope or container of the bid must be marked with the bidder’s Mississippi Certificate of Responsibility Number and with the word- ing: “Renovations to Catering Kitchen at JAN, JMAA Project No. 021-12.” Bid pro- posals, amendments to bids, or requests for withdrawal of bids received by JMAA after the Bid Deadline will not be considered for any cause whatsoever. JMAA invites Bidders and their authorized representatives to be present at the Bid Opening. JMAA will award the Work to the lowest and best bidder as determined by JMAA in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Information for Bidders. The Informa- Cryptogram Solution tion for Bidders contains, among other things, a copy of this Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders and an Agreement to be executed by JMAA and the lowest and best bidder. Plans and specifications related to the Work are considered a part of the Agreement.

The Information for Bidders is on file and open for public inspection at JAN at the following address:

Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Suite 300, Main Terminal Building 100 International Drive Jackson, Mississippi 39208 Telephone: (601) 664-3566 Facsimile: (601) 664-3545 Attention: Garry Montgomery, Maintenance Manager

A copy of the Bid Documents (including plans and specifications for the Work) may be obtained upon payment of a $50.00 refundable fee per set at the following ad- dress: © 2013. Feature Exchange

Scott C. Woods & Associates, P .A. 112 Lone Wolf Drive Madison, Mississippi 39110 Telephone No.: (601) 959-9864 Crossword Solution Sudoku Solution Facsimile No.: (601) 859-2564 Attention: Scott C. Woods, P.E., President

JMAA will hold a Pre-Bid Conference at 10:00 a.m. on June 6, 2013 in the Staff Con- ference Room, Third Floor of the Main Terminal Building at JAN. Attendance at the Pre-Bid Conference is mandatory for all those submitting bids for the Work.

JMAA will award the Work to the lowest and best bidder as determined by JMAA in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Bid Documents.

JMAA reserves the right to amend the plans and specifications for the Work by Ad- dendum issued before the Bid Deadline and delivered to all bidders by facsimile, mail, electronic mail or other reliable means; to reject any and all bids; to waive in- formalities in the bidding process; and to hold and examine bids for up to ninety (90) days before awarding the Contract.

JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

Date: May 15, 2013 /s/ Dirk B. Vanderleest Dirk B. Vanderleest, Chief Executive Officer

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PASS 3.556 x 6 48 Web Dish Network Dish Network 2x6 2x6 16 • the mississippi link May 30 - June 5, 2013 www.mississippilink.com JSU baseball team makes NCAA tournament Sanders takes By Tim Ward something JSU hasn’t done to come and play us, too,” Sports Writer in 13 years. Cruz told the Associated reigns at Callaway Jackson State’s baseball JSU plays at 2 pm Friday. Press. “We’re going to play By Tim Ward Tigers’ coach Omar John- hard enough that we can team won the SWAC tour- Sports Writer nament versus Prairie View son said the exposure from give them some competi- to reach the NCAA tourna- games like this is invalu- tion. It’s going to be pretty Former Mr. Basketball and ment. Sunday, they found able for recruiting. tough. “They’re one of the now former Northwest Rankin out who their opponent will JSU is 0-8 lifetime in best teams in the country. head coach, David Sanders, be - current SEC champion, NCAA tournament play, They have a big advan- has been hired as the new LSU in Baton Rouge. but that doesn’t bother this tage because they have all head coach for Callaway High Regardless of their oppo- group of Tigers. those fans. But to be the School. Sanders replaces his nent, the young Tigers have Catcher Jose Cruz had best you’ve got to beat the former coach, Wayne Brent, to be ecstatic about doing this sentiment, “LSU has best.” who accepted the coaching job at Jackson State. Sanders had begun turning Northwest Rankin’s basketball program around. They won 15 Keyshawn Johnson confronts games this season, including the Rankin County tourna- ment. Sanders completed his speed demon Justin Bieber third season with Northwest Eurweb.com Rankin in a killer division. Justin Bieber got a talk- The previous two state ing to from one of his champions were in his divi- neighbors, former NFL sion. Jim Hill last year and star Keyshawn Johnson, Murrah this year. who has complained about When asked about replac- the singer driving too fast ing Coach Brent, Sanders, re- through their gated com- sponded, “Obviously there is a munity in Los Angeles, great talent base there at Cal- The Associated Press re- laway,” said Sanders. “Coach ports. Brent has built it into a pow- L.A. County Sheriff’s erhouse. It’s always been a dream of mine to coach in the detectives are looking Johnson Bieber in his Ferrari into reports that Bieber city of Jackson. I definitely zoomed through a 25-mph ther. “His security detail did occur, which it ap- enjoyed my time at Northwest zone at highway speeds said he declined to talk to pears that it did, it is un- Rankin, but this is a chance to get back to where I grew around 8 p.m. on May 27, us based on the advice of acceptable behavior from Sanders takes over at Callaway sheriff’s spokesman Steve counsel,” Whitmore said. anybody, anywhere, any- up. Basketball is so important Whitmore said. Deputies interviewed time,” Whitmore said of there.” cause of residency rules. smiling and laughing regard- Johnson was outside Johnson and another wit- the reckless driving alle- If the talent stays in place, Sanders would be in perfect less this year. That’s his per- with his three-year-old ness and plan to send their gations. Sanders has two sure fire position to help Callaway win sonality, that’s his style. He daughter when the Biebs report to the L.A. County Bieber recently wrapped dandy dozen players. Mr. Bas- another gold ball. There have has a bevy of coaching knowl- raced by in a white Ferra- District Attorney’s Office a world tour marked by ketball, Malik Newman, who been whispers that Newman edge and due to his personal ri. Upset, the former wide to consider filing misde- bizarre incidents, includ- won the award as a sopho- might leave since coach Brent success on the court, he can receiver got in his Prius meanor reckless driving ing the confiscation of his more, and Mario Kegler, who is gone, but time will tell. direct guys in ways that few and followed Bieber to charges against Bieber. pet monkey in Germany, a did not play this season be- Expect to see coach Sanders coaches can. his home nearby. Johnson It’s not the singer’s first screaming match with pa- prevented Bieber’s garage run-in with neighbors. parazzi in London, faint- door from closing and told Prosecutors are still con- ing backstage in London the singer he wanted to sidering whether to charge and an ill-advised guest- talk about Bieber’s reck- Bieber with battery over an book entry at the Anne less driving. Bieber went altercation in March with a Frank House museum in into his house without neighbor who said Bieber Amsterdam. speaking, Whitmore said. threatened him and spit Johnson is a former Sheriff’s deputies ar- on him when the neighbor first overall pick of the rived after receiving two complained about noise at NFL New York Jets, Su- calls about the speeding Bieber’s house. per Bowl champion with incident, though Bieber “We take this very seri- Tampa Bay and currently wouldn’t talk to them, ei- ously and if this actually an analyst with ESPN.

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By Terri Schlichenmeyer lot of teasing and prejudice. tion at an all-white church before story? Fortunately for your Book Reviewer But the Groppi family was he was sent to a parish in which child, “Father Groppi: March- Sudoku You’re a kid who knows close, the parents taught toler- the congregation was almost all ing for Civil Rights” corrects The challenge is to fill every row across, every column down, and every right from wrong. When you ance, and James was a good black. that omission. 3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear were little, your parents helped scholar. Teachers also noticed That move gave him an early But author Stuart Stotts only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box. you understand what was good that he was a natural leader and understanding of Civil Rights. doesn’t just tell the tale of and what was not. Once you he became captain of his basket- Starting in 1961, Father James James Groppi, his work, and got bigger, you could see when ball team. Groppi got involved in the Civil his disappointments. Stotts something wasn’t fair and you It was during a game that he Rights Movement. He made also writes about how Catho- remember how much you hated had one of his most memorable several trips to the South, where lic higher-ups viewed Civil that. moments: James blocked an- segregation was nearly every- Rights, where racism came These days, you’re old enough other player who happened to be where. from and what happened, and (and strong enough) to speak black, and accidentally knocked He worked to integrate res- he tells the story of a city that up when you see things that are him down. The boy kicked taurants, and he supported Dr. he claims is still “deeply seg- wrong. In the new book “Fa- James and when they both apol- King’s third March on Selma. regated.” ther Groppi: Marching for Civil ogized later, James understood He was arrested for peaceful His is a fascinating biogra- Rights” by Stuart Stotts, you’ll that it was an example of respect. protests, and he kept supporters phy, made better for kids be- read about one peace-loving In 1952, James went into the safe on many marches. cause of a glossary, index, and man who did, too. Seminary to study for the Catho- And then, in action that would pronunciation guide. James Groppi didn’t know lic priesthood. He worked at a put him in the national news, If your child loves history, much about civil rights when Milwaukee youth center, where Father Groppi took on the entire or if you want him to know he was a kid, but he knew what he got to know many African City of Milwaukee over unfair more about the hard work discrimination felt like. Born in American children and he saw housing practices. done for equality, here’s a 1930, Groppi was the second- how much racism hurt them. I’m always a little surprised book to find. For your 7-to- youngest child of parents who When he graduated from Sem- when the work of an influential 12-year-old, reading “Father came from Italy - and in segre- inary and was ordained in 1959, person is lost to history. Why Groppi: Marching for Civil gated Milwaukee, that meant a he preached against discrimina- don’t more people know this Rights” seems just right. © 2008. Feature Exchange

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HIV community lashes Kim & Alaska of ‘Newlyweds’: out at Tyler Perry: ‘Stop stigmatizing people with HIV’ ‘God Don’t Like Divorce’ eurweb.com eurweb.com derstanding that she still has a Filmmaker Tyler Perry is in Viewers of Bravo’s new re- voice - just not the final one. hot water yet again for one of his ality series “Newlyweds: The “We believe in God, we be- newest movies, “Temptation.” First Year” know that Alaska lieve in God’s Love and we In the film, the main charac- and Kim Gedeon of New York believe that’s what our rela- ter Judith contracts HIV after take the “honor and obey” tionship is based on,” Alaska stepping out on her husband portion of the woman’s tradi- said during interviews for the and straying from her Christian tional wedding vow very seri- show. roots. ously. “And we believe that you’ll During the concluding scene, friends, and sexual partners. In the first episode of the see that when we do con- she looks rather aged compared Myths and outdated percep- season, Kim admits that she quer the obstacles that we go to her former spouse, and some- tions about how HIV is trans- struggled with the whole through. When I mess up, we how she develops a severe limp. mitted and the implications of “wives submit to your hus- conquer it. When she messes As the credits fall, she hobbles an HIV diagnosis have resulted bands” notion for a while. up, we conquer it because Kim and Alaska Gedeon of Bravo’s “Newlyweds: The First Year” to church after work, presum- in discriminatory treatment to- However, she trusts Alaska there’s a bigger thing there. ably to atone for her sins. The wards and violence against, peo- to lead the household, as the It’s not just about her and me Their wedding vows will be Year” airs Mondays at 10 p.m. Positive Women’s Network of ple living with HIV. Bible suggests, with both un- anymore.” tested. “Newlyweds: The First on Bravo. the United States of America Unfortunately, Temptation is speaking out against Perry’s can only serve to perpetuate portrayal of HIV as punishment stigma. Your film depicts people for sins and as a life sentence of with HIV as untouchable and loneliness and misery. unlovable, doomed to a lifetime 50 Cent leverages They demand that he cease of loneliness, and unable to tell stigmatizing people with HIV in their own stories. It implies that the poignant open letter below. men with HIV are sexually irre- Dear Mr. Perry, sponsible and predatory. capitalism to help others And the final image - that of We write as people living with eurweb.com of D’aja Robinson, a fellow “I’m doing HIV and their allies to express a woman who has been infected with HIV due to an extramarital 50 Cent is leveraging his Queens native who was killed it across all our deep disappointment with affair walking away alone and fame and Street King brand by a stray bullet on a city bus. my companies, your latest film, Temptation. This unhealthy - sends the message to teach the urban community He helped pay for the horse Street King disappointment is made all the that HIV is a punishment for im- about conscious capitalism. and carriage that carried her [and] SMS Au- greater because you have done moral behavior. “People always try and casket. dio,” 50 Cent much that can be applauded. Au- Mr. Perry, as a leader in the paint negative images about “She was pretty, innocent told theGrio’s diences see your plays and films African-American community, me. I’m the most genuine and [didn’t] deserve to die Alexis Garrett not simply as entertainment, but is this really the message you down to earth person and I like that,” he wrote according Stodghill from as opportunities for inspiration, want to send in 2013, over three didn’t forget where I came to the NY Daily News. “R.I.P. the Hudson spiritual healing, and unity. decades into this epidemic? Your from,” the rapper said. D’Asia Robinson.” Terrace in New As you may be aware, one of impact on beliefs, attitudes, and Curtis Jackson is a man Throughout his career, York City. the greatest barriers to address- 50 Cent behaviors in the community is who understands the real- Jackson has used his fame Even in the ing the HIV epidemic is the high not insignificant. ity of the urban community, and wealth to donate to im- midst of co- “I just want to promote con- level of stigma and misinforma- And if you portray people growing up in Queens, N.Y. portant causes and launched hosting a festive affair featur- scious capitalism,” he said, tion attached to this simple virus. with HIV as sinful, secretive Despite the image he’s entrepreneurial projects to ing DJ Pauly D, who was also stressing that large corpora- Stigma prevents people from monsters, unworthy of love and painted as the gangster help others establish indepen- promoting his new product, tions should “accept a part- getting tested for HIV, from pro- incapable of reproduction, what through his music, 50 walks dent wealth. Remix Cocktails, Jackson ner” when it comes to giving. tecting themselves during sex, incentive do people have to learn the talk. Through his energy drink was mindful of his message “I made one of my partners from accessing care when they their HIV status or for people Recently, he used social brand, 50 has tapped into a of promoting social entrepre- an invisible partner, and it’s test positive, and from disclos- with HIV to disclose their status? media to publicize the funeral way to teach others business. neurship. hunger,” 50 Cent continued. ing their HIV status to family, 20 • the mississippi link May 30 - June 5, 2013 www.mississippilink.com

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