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Should Portland Public Schools change the name of Jefferson High School?

(451 responses) YES THE NATION’S ONLY BLACK DAILY 129 (29%) NO Reporting and Recording Black History 322 (71%) STUDENTS WALK OUT 75 Cents VOL. 47 NO. 28 FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018 Final Seventy-one percent of respondents to a The Skanner News poll favored keeping the name of Thomas Jefferson High School intact. CENTER192 FOCUSES ON YOUTH POLL RESULTS: YEARS OF THE 71 Percent of TO HELP SAVE THE PLANET The Skanner’s Readers Oppose BLACK PRESS Jefferson Name Change Alumni association circulating a petition OF AMERICA opposed to name change PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED SUSAN BY PHOTO By Christen McCurdy Hundreds of students from Washington Middle School and Garfield High School joined students across the country in a walkout and 17 minutes of silence Of The Skanner News to show support for the lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida Feb. 14 and to let elected officials know that they want stricter gun control laws. he results of a poll by The Skanner News, which opened Feb. 22 and closed Tuesday, favor keeping the Oregon Introduces ‘Gun Violence Restraining Orders’ Tname of North Portland’s Thomas Jefferson High School. Law prohibits a person who poses a deadly threat from possessing a gun Of 451 responses, 71 percent respond- The Skanner News possessing guns or any the respondent must sur- uniquely credible. As a ed “no” to changing Jefferson High deadly weapon, “if law en- render all firearms within parent, you want what’s School’s name and 29 percent respond- n the midst of a national forcement officers, family 24 hours, including a con- best for your child. You’re See POLL on page 3 debate on gun control or household members can cealed handgun license not going to come in and fueled by last month’s show the individual pos- and any weapons that can fake this. They’re going to IFlorida shooting, Ore- es a significant danger be used with deadly force. be legitimately concerned gon’s elected officials are to themselves or others,” Charles Sparks, chief that their son or daughter working to publicize a new- according to Multnomah deputy at Multnomah is going to hurt themselves ly enacted piece of legisla- County. County District Attorney’s or someone else.” tion which makes it more Also known as “gun vio- Office, said he’s confident On a side, it’s also a crime difficult for dangerous per- lence retraining orders,” that a claim made against to falsely obtain an ERPO. sons to access firearms. ERPOs have already been a potentially harmful per- In other words, if a fami- Passed by the state legis- issued to three individuals son will be truthful. ly member, roommate or

AP PHOTO/RAMON ESPINOSA, FILE ESPINOSA, PHOTO/RAMON AP lature in 2017, Senate Bill in the county since the law “This happens all the time police officer lies to have In this Sept. 30 file photo, the foundation of a 719 calls into law Extreme get into effect in January with stalking orders and a gun de-possessed from a heavily damaged house stands amid broken trees Risk Protection Orders. of this year. Once a family Family Abuse Prevention person, they could be pros- in the mountains after the passing of Hurricane Essentially, an ERPO al- member or police officer Act restraining orders,” ecuted themselves. Maria in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, lows courts to temporari- can prove that a person’s Sparks told The Skanner. Puerto Rico. ly suspend a person from behavior is threatening, “Parents in some ways are See GUNS on page 3 Crews Work to Northeast Portland Residents Return Home After Fire Cause of scrapyard fire at NE 75th and Killingsworth is still unknown One of the city's leading environment groups will be youth, like those above, who are set to plant the Rebuild Puerto The Skanner News Staff least a dozen pets were killed in celebrating Earth Day and Earth Week with a series seeds for a healthy planet. WWW.AMSTERDAMNEWS.COM and Wire Reports the fire. Portland Fire & Rescue of activities to bring environmental awareness to SEE PAGE 3. Rico’s Natural said the cause of the blaze is still uthorities lifted all evacu- under investigation. ation orders for Northeast The evacuation order was lifted Wonders page 9 Portland residents about shortly after the fire department A5 p.m. Tuesday after a announced that the smoldering our TruTh | our Voice | our Weekly feb.Monday-morning 01 - feb. 07, 2018 five-alarm | Vol. 14 | fireNo. fire5 at a VisisalvageT us yard on Killing- like us folloW us caused schools, clinics and streets sworth hadour beenWeekly.com extinguished. ourWeekly @ourWeeklyNeWs Trump Questions to close. Up to 4,000 residents The five-alarm fire started near

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THE SKANNER NEWS READERS POLL WISCONSIN’S LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER Should Portland Public Schools change the name of Jefferson High School? A-LEGO honors women during Women’s History Month The (451 responses) Week of March 28, 2018 | Vol. 53 | No. 52 | www.thechicagocitizen.com New American YES 129 (29%) City and county One Thought - One Humanity PULSE CHATHAM SOUTHEAST NO Volume 56 Number 20 March 15th - March 21st, 2018 Outside N.Y.C. - 75 cents/N.Y.C. - 50 cents 322 (71%) STUDENTS WALK OUT OF THE lawmakers speak COMMUNITY Photos and question out on drastic cuts Seventy-one percent of respondents to a The by Yvonne Kemp Barack Obama in talks to create shows for Netflix Skanner News poll favored keeping the name of to St. Joseph Thomas Jefferson High School intact. QUESTION OF THE WEEK: hospital services “What do you Compiled by MCJ Editorial Staff VOL. 53, NO. 18 • FEBRUARY 15 - 21, 2018 POLL RESULTS: think Dr. Martin Two Milwaukee aldermen and a Milwaukee County supervisor Luther King, Jr. MCJ photographer Yvonne Kemp (pictured at left) was one of 25 A-LEGO 71 Percent of expressed concerns about Ascen- Black History Month would say about members recognized for making the community great in various ways and Citizen sion Wisconsin’s recent an- BLACK PANTHER MANIA (see stories and photos, pgs. 36-37) Pages 18-28 the state of Black in various professions from business, to politics, to health, to education The Skanner’s and other occupations. Pictured above and at right are 13 of the 25 who nouncement it will drastically America today?” received awards, which were given as part of Women’s History Month, dur- cut core services and staff at St. “Dr. M.L.K., ing A-LEGO’s full council meeting lunch at I-PAMA, located at 1900 W. Joseph’s Hospital, which is lo- Flu Continues to Swan Road. Kemp took the group photo (shown above) and an A-LEGO Obama Portraits Unveiled at National Portrait Gallery Readers Oppose cated in the Sherman Park Jr. would be member took the photo of Kemp. By Eve M. Ferguson Rise in DMV Area very disap- Neighborhood. Sup. Omokunde WI Contributing Writer Jefferson Name Aldermen Khalif Rainey, Michael Murphy, By Tatyana Hopkins pointed to see and County Supervisor Supreme Moore WI Staff Reporter the number Omokunde said they have heard from con- A hushed murmur of conversa- Change stituents about Ascension’s plans saying resi- tions filled the Atrium at the Na- dents who live in the area and depend on St. Nationwide, the 2017-2018 of African GREG tional Portrait Gallery in D.C. on Joseph’s are wondering where they will go to flu season is getting worse and FANNING Monday, as a crowd of political and Alumni association American get the health care they need. is now as severe as the swine flu Murphy, in a statement on Ascension of Wis- showbiz heavyweights awaited the men who are incarcerated epidemic of 2009. The amount circulating a petition consin’s plans, said the downsizing of the long- much-anticipated unveiling of the time central city provider is a terrible of flu activity in D.C., Maryland and unemployed. The political official portraits of Barack and Mi- opposed to name change indictment of the health care system; creating a and Virginia also continues to FRIED SUSAN BY PHOTO chelle Obama. atmosphere seems to have re- greater separation of classes and races in Mil- increase as the epidemic spreads Hundreds of students from Washington Middle School and Garfield High School joined students across the country in a walkout and 17 minutes of silence waukee. Ald. Rainey The portraits by Baltimore-based By Christen McCurdy verted back to the sixties.” across the country. to show support for the lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida Feb. 14 and to let elected officials know that they want stricter Several days ago, Ascension Wisconsin an- artist Amy Sherald and Brook- Of The Skanner News Two decades of Black common council leadership The Centers for Disease Con- gun control laws. “I would say Dr. nounced it would discontinue surgical, medical lyn-based artist Kehinde Wiley Name an American city that has had four African American men who headed their city’s council. Probably and other services at St. Joseph as part of a plan trol and Prevention’s (CDC) he results of a poll by The Skanner King would think stood side by side, draped in fabric, not many (if any). But Milwaukee can boast such a feat, which was recognized and celebrated recently by to lessen its financial losses and transform its most recent flu monitoring re- News, which opened Feb. 22 and role in the predominately low-income Sherman waiting to be revealed by the former the state of Black the Avenue’s West Association at a luncheon held at the Tripoli Shrine Center, 3000 W. Wisconsin Ave. vealed that flu activity in Mary- closed Tuesday, favor keeping the Oregon Introduces ‘Gun Violence Restraining Orders’ The former and current Milwaukee Common Council presidents (left to right): Ben Johnson (1976-1980), Park neighborhood. president and first lady, who person- America is in need land and Virginia was “wide- Tname of North Portland’s Thomas Marvin Pratt (2000-2004), Willie Hines (2004-2014), and Ashanti Hamilton (2016-present) were featured Ascension Wisconsin will continue providing ally did the honors with the artists by Law prohibits a person who poses a deadly threat from possessing a gun of an overhaul. As on a panel to share their insights from their time serving the city of Milwaukee in a leadership capacity. emergency services. Its emergency department spread” and “local” in D.C., Jefferson High School. their sides. Of 451 responses, 71 percent respond- —Photo by Yvonne Kemp is one of the busiest in the state. It will also con- which is the highest level of ac- The Skanner News possessing guns or any the respondent must sur- uniquely credible. As a a leader for equal- In front of such entertainment lu- ed “no” to changing Jefferson High tinue providing obstetric care and its neonatal tivity the city can report. deadly weapon, “if law en- render all firearms within parent, you want what’s ity and justice for TAYOTIS Eight minority and women business intensive care unit. minaries as Steven Spielberg, C.C.H. School’s name and 29 percent respond- owners, and companies that practice Within a week D.C. saw 339 n the midst of a national forcement officers, family 24 hours, including a con- best for your child. You’re all, he would be CALDWELL Pounder, Gail King and Michelle diversity, were recognized for their (continued on page 9) Ald. Murphy new cases of the flu reported by See POLL on page 3 debate on gun control or household members can cealed handgun license not going to come in and very concerned success during the annual Diversity In Norris and political figures Joe Biden 5 Former U.S. President Barack Obama stands with his portrait by Kehinde Wiley (left), oil on canvas and his wife Michelle hospitals, and Maryland and Vir- fueled by last month’s show the individual pos- and any weapons that can fake this. They’re going to Business Awards luncheon, spon- LaVaughn Robinson Obama stands with her portrait by Amy Sherald (right), oil on linen, 2018 during the unveiling at the Florida shooting, Ore- es a significant danger be used with deadly force. be legitimately concerned with our standing as a culture. We have sored by the Milwaukee Business National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in Northwest on Monday, Feb. 12. /Photo by Pete Souza ginia reported increased emer- I Journal. The recipients are (left to OBAMA Page 11 gon’s elected officials are to themselves or others,” Charles Sparks, chief that their son or daughter made so many gains across this great Realtors group donates gency room visits for flu-related working to publicize a new- according to Multnomah deputy at Multnomah is going to hurt themselves right, front): Linda Graves, represent- nation. Yet those foundational priorities ing Gilbane Building Co.; Terry Tuttle, Former President Barack Obama is in advanced talks with Netflix Inc. to produce a series of high-profile shows, citing people familiar with illness. ly enacted piece of legisla- County. County District Attorney’s or someone else.” need to be revisited.” representing Hellermann Tyton; re- $12,500 to homebuyers the matter. Under the terms of a proposed deal, Netflix will pay Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama for exclusive content on the Influenza, or the flu, is a respi- tion which makes it more Also known as “gun vio- Office, said he’s confident On a side, it’s also a crime tired WE Energies executive Thelma video streaming service. Norton, Vets Scoff at Trump’s ratory illness caused by viruses difficult for dangerous per- lence retraining orders,” that a claim made against to falsely obtain an ERPO. “Dr. King would Sias (who received the lifetime program during Fair — Page 3 infecting the nose, throat and sons to access firearms. ERPOs have already been a potentially harmful per- In other words, if a fami- be happy that achievement award); Tammy Belton- lungs. It can be severe, and pos- Passed by the state legis- issued to three individuals son will be truthful. ly member, roommate or Davis, Athena Communications; Jes- Housing Act observance Proposed Military Parade there are people sica Ginster, Fyxation Bicycle Co.; Donald Glover announces sibly life-threatening, for young FILE ESPINOSA, PHOTO/RAMON AP lature in 2017, Senate Bill in the county since the law “This happens all the time police officer lies to have (back row, left to right): Elmer Moore, Compiled by MCJ Editorial Staff By S.Y. Sherman all Americans can show their ap- children and the weak. Symp- In this Sept. 30 file photo, the foundation of a 719 calls into law Extreme get into effect in January with stalking orders and a gun de-possessed from a (especially young Jr. of Scale Up Milwaukee; Deshea The Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Childish Gambino tour heavily damaged house stands amid broken trees Business publication What’s Inside... Special to The Informer preciation.” toms of the flu can include fever, Risk Protection Orders. of this year. Once a family Family Abuse Prevention person, they could be pros- people/millenni- Agee, Historic King Drive Bid #8; and in the mountains after the passing of Hurricane Essentially, an ERPO al- member or police officer Act restraining orders,” ecuted themselves. Henry Hurt, Hurt Electric, Inc. (GMAR) revealed plans Wednesday for a first-time chills, sore throat, runny nose, recognizes diversity Mike Colter is back as ‘Luke CNBC commentator Jake Maria in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, lows courts to temporari- can prove that a person’s Sparks told The Skanner. als) eager and —Photo by Yvonne Kemp homebuyer initiative and made a $12,500 donation to muscle aches, headaches and fa- Despite President Donald Novak said that while many Puerto Rico. ly suspend a person from behavior is threatening, “Parents in some ways are See GUNS on page 3 ready to continue ANITA Housing Resources, Inc. to support their work in GREATER CHATHAM Cage’ in first Season 2 teaser have weighed in against a show tigue. Some may also have vom- Trump asking the Pentagon to fighting for jus- MOGAKA preparing residents for successful homeownership. organize a military parade that of military power down Penn- iting and diarrhea. INITIATIVE SEES ART tice. The younger generation has the Transport company offers families GMAR unveiled its plans during a news conference celebrating the 50th resembled the iconic proces- sylvania Avenue, he understood “Our latest tracking data in- Crews Work to Northeast Portland Residents Return Home After Fire anniversary of the landmark Fair Housing Act. On April 11, 1968, President AS THE SOUL OF THE sions of France’s Bastille Day, why such an event would appeal dicate that influenza activity is ability to connect and spread news and Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act into law, which prohibits discrimination local leaders and veterans have to Trump. still on the rise overall,” said Dr. Cause of scrapyard fire at NE 75th and Killingsworth is still unknown rides to correctional facilities based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status and national ori- COMMUNITY awareness faster, allowing more con- By Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr. voiced both concern and ire “The Bastille Day parade isn’t Anne Schuchat, CDC director. Rebuild Puerto and friends. gin. The mural of Chicago native, Common, The Skanner News Staff least a dozen pets were killed in nectivity and a unified voice.” One of the toughest challenges Tia Kirksey, the owner of Trans- The event was held on the lawn behind Marquette University’s Engineering “In fact, we may be on track to over the prospects. exactly like the Nazi or Soviet and Wire Reports the fire. Portland Fire & Rescue families of incarcerated individuals portation Solutions, has seen and Hall, 1637 W. Wisconsin Ave. Among the individuals who spoke was Peggy located at 79th St. and Evans St. (pictured) White House press secretary military parades of the past,” beat some recent records.” Rico’s Natural said the cause of the blaze is still “I think Dr. King would face is maintaining contact with their heard from such families faced with Rozga, the wife of the late Roman Catholic priest Father James Groppi who represents the eclectic culture and artists So far, this flu season has not comment abut things imprisoned loved ones. this problem and is offering them a with the assistance of the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council in the 1960s Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Novak wrote in a February 8 ed- uthorities lifted all evacu- under investigation. living in the Greater Chatham community. the president supports “Ameri- itorial. “The stars of the French reached historic levels, but it is ation orders for Northeast The evacuation order was lifted that we thought coul Many of the state’s prisons are solution. led Milwaukee’s open housing marches to the southside. Rozga joined the hundreds of miles outside Milwau- Since October of last year, Trans- Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council during that time. ca’s great service members who parade aren’t the politicians or on par with the 2014-2015 sea- Portland residents about shortly after the fire department never happen in our life- Wonders page 9 time; instant communi- kee and southeast Wisconsin, where portation Solutions has been offering Also speaking was Fred Reed, a member of the NAACP Commandos, a See more on Page 2 risk their lives every day to keep even the weapons, but the actu- son, which was the worst in re- 5 p.m. Tuesday after a announced that the smoldering the majority of inmates come from. families bus service to six outlying A cations with Google and group that helped protect the participants in the open housing marches. cent years, and experts say they Monday-morning five-alarm fire fire at a salvage yard on Killing- A number of studies and articles on state corrections facilities. Members of city and state government, the Milwaukee Branch of the 5 our country safe.” The parade al troops and military veterans. how we are connected A large crowd of Nikki Giovanni’s admirers who could not get in to hear her caused schools, clinics and streets sworth had been extinguished. prison visitation reveals just one visit “Incarceration is not just physical, NAACP, the Milwaukee Urban League, and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair would afford, according to through Facebook at the at Busboys and Poets in Northwest on Saturday, Feb. 10, stood in the rain to to close. Up to 4,000 residents The five-alarm fire started near from a family member or a friend can it’s also mental,” Kirksey said in a Housing Council participated in the event. Business: Stephanie Mickle Releases “Follow the Leader” - Page 4 listen from the restaurant’s outside speakers. /Photo by Roy Lewis Sanders, “a celebration at which PARADE Page 46 Trump Questions speed of light; the elec- BETTY make a big difference in whether or statement describing the service her FLU Page 46 were asked to evacuate Monday the intersection of NE 75th Ave- AP) VIA KILLEN/THE OREGONIAN DAVE The Milwaukee marches brought attention to the city’s housing discrimi- tion of the first Black because of unhealthy air. nue and NE Killingsworth Street A large, black plume of smoke rises into the sky in SPEED not a prisoner ends up back behind company offers. nation and the need for an open housing ordinance to correct the inequities Entertainment: “An Epic Tale of Scale” Premiers at the Chicago Children’s Theatre - Page 8 Violence in Video president who garnered bars after their release. “The men and women (inmates) and expand housing opportunities for Black residents. Michael B. Jordan says his company At least four residences, includ- on Monday, causing schools, clin- Northeast Portland March 12 as a pile of scrap cars burns Tia Kirksey Celebrating 53 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 African American Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area millions of votes both Black and White, a billion dol- Strong, positive family relation- who are receiving the visits are in- From August 28, 1967 to March 14, 1968, Father Groppi, the NAACP [email protected] | thechicagocitizen@thechicagocitiz | www.facebook.com/durrell.garth.9 | www.thechicagocitizen.com will adopt inclusion riders SZA hated her debut album Games page 7 ing a duplex and two single-fami- ics and streets to close and forced in the area of 75th Avenue and Killingsworth Street. The lar block buster movie in Black Panther to show the ships and community ties are directly spired to stay focused on working to being added to the list. Youth Council and Commandoes led the marchers across the now famous ly homes, were destroyed. There evacuations of the neighbors. At fire eventually spread to a nearby apartment building depth of our spending power. However, well inten- linked to less recidivism. get back to those they’ve left behind, Kirksey’s company is also offering 16th Street Viaduct to the southside, where they were met by violent White were no human casualties, but at See FIRE on page 3 and duplex, burning some units. tioned and received, I think he’d comment on the nu- Support for family visits by correc- who feel abandoned.” transportation to job sites in Grafton, southside residents who jeered and threw objects at them. merous challenges across the United States tions departments and private correc- For a small donation of $20 per Thiensville, Sussex, Mequon, Ger- Legendary Alderwoman Vel Phillips, the first woman and first African today—too many shootings in our schools; suffering tions companies could benefit society person, round trip, Transportation mantown, Menominee Falls, Butler, American elected to the city’s Common Council, supported and participated Pewaukee, Racine, Sturtevant, and education systems across the country, the shootings since it would equate to less crime. Solutions will take individuals and in the marches. But unless they have their own families to the following correctional Kenosha. In 1962, she introduced an open housing ordinance, but her vote was the of unarmed Black men by police officers who say ‘I transportation, financially challenged institutions: Dodge, Fox Lake, If you have a loved one who is in- only one in support of it. Phillips introduced the ordinance three more times feared for my life,’ where death becomes justifiable; families and individuals find it nearly Waupun, Green Bay, R.Y.O.T.C., and carcerated and need an affordable during the next five years, but the result was always the same—a single vote and how too many Black mothers are crying.” impossible to visit incarcerated fa- Sturtevant, Wisconsin. way to see them, contact Kirksey at (continued on page 3) thers, mothers, and other relatives More corrections facilities are 414-559-7778.

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APRIL 28, 2018 - MAY 4, 2018 Volume 44 Number 27 Observer Group Newspapers of Southern California Wednesday, March 7, 2018 News Observer To The Unconquerable Host of Africans Who Are Laying Their Sacrifices Upon The Editorial Altar For Their Race More Civil Rights Audited by VOLUME LXXVII NUMBER 43—SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2018 PUBLISHED SINCE 1940 50 Cents and worth more Washington Peele Makes Oscar History Groups Support • C • P • V • S • Jordan Peele had to dig deep to Appeal in Voter ID get the horror-satire “Get Out’’ to Lawsuit the screen, and his reward was the MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ More civil rights first original screenplay Oscar for groups are challenging a federal judge’s ruling that an Al- DISRESPECT UNCHECKED abama voter ID law is not discriminatory. Alabama has required voters to present govern- an African-American. ment-issued photo identification since 2014. The Ala- By LYNN ELBER bama NAACP and Greater Birmingham Ministries sued AP Television Writer over the law in 2015, arguing that it disproportionately To Register in Maryland: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jordan Peele had to dig deep affects minorities. U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler to get the horror-satire “Get Out'' to the screen, and his ruled in favor of the state in January. He concluded that Go to Maryland.gov. or reward was the first original screenplay Oscar for an Afri- the state helps voters get IDs and Alabama Secretary of can-American. State John Merrill offered a mobile service to make home call 800-222-8683 Inside MPD’s “This means so much to me,'' Peele said as he accepted visits. To Register in the trophy Sunday. “I stopped writing this movie about The plaintiffs appealed the ruling on Feb. 21. The 20 times because I thought it was impossible. I thought ACLU of Alabama, ACLU Voting Rights Project, Law- Washington, D.C.: Efforts to it wasn't going to work. I thought no one is ever going to yers’ Committee and Campaign Legal Center submitted make this movie. a brief in support on Thursday. Go to vote4dc.com or Teach Cops “But I kept coming back to it because I knew if some- Plaintiffs are asking for a rescheduled trial before the call 202-727-2525 one let me make this movie, that people would hear it and state’s primary elections in June. Black History people would see it,'' he said. Maryland voter registration The film's lead character, played by best actor nom- Taft Correctional inee Daniel Kaluuya, is a young black man plunged into deadline: May 24 B1 a nightmare suburb where African-Americans' bodies are stolen for use by whites. Drug Abuse D.C. voter registration “Get Out'' is Peele's big-screen directorial debut, but deadline: June 4 he's been honing his skills as an actor, writer, director and Graduation producer for more than a dozen years. TAFT, California – On February 22, 2018, the Taft Continued on page A5 Correctional Institution presented 16 inmates from our Baltimore Satellite Camp with certificates of completion during its Subscribe to Non-Residential Drug Abuse Program (NRDAP) gradu- ation ceremony. the AFRO The purpose of the Non-Residential Drug Abuse Photos by James Fields, Sr. Students Give Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Program is to afford all inmates with a drug addictionthe Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Keynote speaker Dr. Pamela Love college students who use their week off to party and play in opportunity to receive drug treatment. This program tar- America’s Number 1 gets inmates who are either waiting to enter the Bureau of Manning implored the audience at the AFRO’s second Annual High Tea to look out for their fellow women. (See more the sun and surf of Jamaica or Aruba or any of a half dozen Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) or do Black Newspaper pictures from the event on page C6) other Caribbean locations. not meet the admission criteria for the RDAP, but who Instead, Adebola would be part of the hundreds of wish to benefit from less intensive drug abuse treatment 410-554-8200 Howard students who, each year for more than 20 years, services. This program is also associated with self-help Why are Black leaders still supporting have given up their traditional spring breaks to serve in programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Nar- afrosubs.com communities in need in places like Atlanta, Chicago, De- cotics Anonymous (NA) which are considered support AFRO High Tea troit, Baltimore, Memphis and New Orleans. programs for the NRDAP and the Bureau’s treatment Ironically, Adebola will travel to a Caribbean island protocols. after all. She will be in Puerto Rico aiding the millions Programs such as the NRDAP program help reduce of U.S. citizens still struggling to recover from Hurricane recidivism and prepare offenders to successfully re- enter Pritzker after his derogatory comments? Inside Maria, which hit the island on September 20. society by promoting improvement in an inmate’s quality Are You Your Sister’s Keeper? Meet the Black The storm, which had 155 mph winds, caused at least of life and the likelihood of treatment success. By Erick Johnson dia after a campaign staffer received a lot of sup- Activists have criticized the aldermen for re- we will also look for clear assurances that his Tekashi 6ix9ine $90 billion in damage, destroying thousands of homes, port for announcing her resignation on Face- maining silent after Mayor Rahm Emanuel was thoughts around matters of race and equity By Micha Green The theme of the event, “We Too brought out a great deal of high profile killing at least 60 people and decimating the island’s al- Makes Money Candidates for ready deteriorating power grid. Currently, about 1,200 Alabama’s ‘Bloody He called former State Sen. Emil Jones “crass,” book, where users say they will not vote for elected for a second term, while a tape showing have evolved substantially since those calls were AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor Rapping the N-Word. Support #MeToo,” was inspired by leaders including Baltimore Mayor generators power some of homes, hospitals and schools laughed at Rev. Jeremiah Wright, suggested that Pritzker in the March 20 primary. a Chicago police officer shooting Laquan Mc- (Continued on page 2) [email protected] the recent social media movement and Catherine Pugh, Baltimore State’s the 40th, while seven larger, more powerful energy centers, called Sunday’ Racial Secretary of State Jesse White was a “safe” Black, Critics say the audiotape capturing Pritzker’s Donald 16 times was suppressed. They were al- He’s Not Black hashtag around sexual harassment in Attorney Marilyn Mosby and keynote microgrids, provide energy to key areas near important buildings like hospitals and schools. Violence of 1965 and said it would be a nightmare if former Cong. damaging comments showed his true colors, but so accused of not fighting for a community ben- Finger sandwiches, fruit tarts and the workplace. The movement has now speaker Dr. Pamela Love Manning. 41st and 44th Electricity, however remains a challenge. Recurring Jesse Jackson became a U.S. senator. the situation speaks just as loudly about the state efits agreement from the Obama Foundation as Special Olympics C1 big hats were on display at the second expanded to harassment in all forms The common among speakers was for blackouts plague the island, and about 340,000 people, SELMA, Ala. (AP) _ Several members of Congress Years later, Jay “J.B.” Pritzker campaigned in of Black leadership in Chicago, particularly the it prepares to build the Obama Presidential Annual AFRO High Tea April 21, yet affecting women and the AFRO felt it women to support one another. are still without power. The blackouts have upset traffic joined civil rights activists and others Sunday afternoon Districts and interrupted water service to dozens of neighborhoods, for the annual commemoration of a day of racial vio- the Black community and scooped up endorse- city’s Black aldermen. In the past several years, Center and Library. Pullout Inside HBCUs Are Producing the tea tradition was not the focus of was appropriate to champion the mission Mayor Pugh said when asked what including the historic Old San Juan in the nation’s capital. lence in Selma dating to 1965. ments from top Black leaders with a platform for they have been accused of ignoring their con- Pritzker’s case is the latest disappointment-- the event, but rather the underscore of of #MeToo as a part of this year’s theme. advice she gives to other women she The Federal Emergency Management Administra- A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of one that may have confirmed doubts about a New Generation of D1 Georgia led the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. struggling poor residents. Though he has been stituents while supporting controversial politi- a powerful message about women’s The theme and strong reputation of tion has been providing relief and rescue efforts, providing whether the city’s Black aldermen are leaders Young Women Continued on A3 meals and water to residents. It was to recall “Bloody Sunday,’’ when voting rights pro- exposed as a candidate who demeans Black lead- cians who have disrespected and used the Black empowerment. the AFRO’s first tea Adebola and 47 other students, accompanied by two testers were attacked by police as they attempted to cross ers, some of Chicago’s Black aldermen are still community to achieve their own political ambi- faculty advisors, land in Puerto Rico Friday, March 9, and the bridge. supporting Pritzker in his bid for governor, be- tions. A5 begin a week of work on Monday, March 12. The ASB “It’s very meaningful to come back here, to come participants will paint schools and fix homes and churches back to this historic site and be here with so many won- lieving he’s still the best candidate to represent derful people. It’s a beautiful day here today in Selma,’’ Barbara Bush Remembered in and around San Juan, the island’s capital. the Black community. It’s a developing story Is Kanye OK? Ivon Alcime, a graduate communications major, helps build a cement wall at the School of Good Samaritans as part Lewis said as he was surrounded by his peers, the Selma of a previous Alternative Spring Break in Haiti after the country was struck by an earthquake that devastated much Howard students will also visit and assist in the daily Times-Journal reported. that may seal the political fate of not only Pritzk- By Micha Green of the island. (Justin D. Knight/Howard University) activities at two Boys and Girls clubs in Las Margaritas and Lewis, then a young organizer, was among those er, but of Chicago’s Black leaders who remain be- Owens, saying, “I love the Bayamón about 20 minutes outside of San Juan. Students Washington, D.C. Editor By Tatyana Hopkins bola signed up to do community service as part of How- injured then. That violence set the stage for the Sel- hind him. way Candace Owens think.” NNPA Special Correspondent ard University’s Alternative Spring Break, she knew she and faculty will be staying about an hour west of San Juan ma-to-Montgomery march, which helped build sup- [email protected] Owens is Communications WASHINGTON—When Oluwakanyinsola Ade- wouldn’t be joining her classmates and thousands of other Continued on page A2 port for congressional approval of the Voting Rights Act Now more than ever, there is growing concern months later. that any politician can come into the Black com- Director for Sen. Kamala Harris from California, who spoke at Since last week, Kanye , a right-wing non-profit the Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast, said she munity and say and do what he or she wants West has been a trending organization Turningthat encourages Point felt a mixture of emotions walking across the bridge. without facing any repercussions for his or her USA “It’s bittersweet,’’ Harris said. “It’s sadness and pain actions. who have the Black community’s best interests topic on Twitter. students to “identify, educate, Black Engineer of the Year Award at the thought of what they endured 53 years ago, but it’s While some Black aldermen forgave Pritzker at heart. It all started on April 17 train, and organize students By Freddie Allen also inspiration about again fighting for the best of who we are and honoring those who have been heroes and are for his comments he made on an FBI audiotape, Along with the mayor, all of the aldermen are when he began a to promote the principles NNPA Newswire Contributor still heroes.’’ which of freedom, free markets, The US Black Engineer & Information Technolo- The annual celebration drew tens of thousands of it is disrespect unchecked in the eyes of many up for re-election next year. SPECIAL EDITION gy (USBE&IT) magazine recently celebrated the histo- peaked on April 19few-days- and limited government” people in 2015, when then-President Barack Obama Indiana’s Greatest Weekly Newspaper Preparing a conscious community today and beyond Friday, March 30, 2018 Blacks--some of whom believe Pritzker should Still, Aldermen Pat Dowell (3rd), Roderick GARY CRUSADER 3-31-2018.qxp_Sheriff 9/8/07long 2007 Twitter 3/28/18 rant 10:35 PM Page 1 ry-making career of Alicia Boler Davis, the executive vice spoke near the base of the bridge as former President Since 1895 www.indianapolisrecorder.com 75 cents withdraw from the gubernatorial race. In 2019, Sawyer 6th), Carrie Austin (34th), and Michelle that he according to their web site. president of global manufacturing for General Motors, by George W. Bush listened. would be releasing awith solo On April West parted honoring her with the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year the Black aldermen and leaders who remain sup- Harris (8th) issued a statement supporting Award, during the BEYA gala in Washington, D.C. Boler albuman announcement in addition to another ways with many members portive of Pritzker may face the wrath of angry Pritzker. Davis is the sixth woman to receive the award. Church Hands Out Black voters who have grown disillusioned with with rapper, Kid Cudi. of his management team, USBE&IT magazine recognizes, Boler Davis “as a “We continue to believe J.B. is the best posi- Chicago’s political establishment. INNER-CITY NEWS Julytioned 27, 2016to beat Bruce- August Rauner 02, in November 2016 and “My album is 7 songs,” he global ambassador of goodwill for underrepresented mi- Cars to Show God’s COMMEMORATIVE EDITION THE INNER-CITY NEWS MAY 09, 2018 - MAY 15, 2018 st norities in science and technology, and for women in Pritzker is already feeling the heat on social me- will maintain our support for his candidacy. But wrote. “June 1 ,” presumably Now West is a trending STEM,” a press release about the award said. implying the date of his topicaccording for allegedly to TMZ. admitting USBE&IT magazine is published by the Career Com- Goodness Attract album release. a past opioid addiction and munications Group, Inc., which was founded over 30 years Financial Justice a Key Focus at 2016 NAACP Convention ago to promote significant achievement in science, tech- New Members Let’s Update the Farm Bill to Help Lift Americans Out of Poverty “[Me] and Cudi album emphasizing his support

afro.com Your History • Community News nology, engineering and mathematics professional careers, th th New Haven, Bridgeport June 8 ,” he wrote 6 minutes for the 45 president of the according to the group’s website. COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) _ A Maryland church has Blacks Must Control Their Own Community given away cars to a handful of parishioners. The pas- later. “[It’s] called Kids See United States in a recent Boler Davis began her GM career in 1994 as a manu- www.garycrusader.com facturing engineer at the Midsize/Luxury Car Division in tor said the free vehicles were used to demonstrate God’s Ghost. That’s the name of our phone conversation with Paul Morse/Courtesy of Office of George H.W. Bush via AP Warren, Mich. She has held many positions of increasing goodness - but also to attract members 09 The Washington Post reported that Destiny Church group.” , host on New George H.W. Bush, front center, and past presidents and first ladies Laura Bush, responsibility in manufacturing, engineering and product in Columbia handed out five cars total on Sunday. development, according to her biography. Then on April 21 York’s Hot 97 radio. from left, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle The free cars were the church’s idea for increasing Ebro Darden Boler Davis was the first African American woman to for On his show, the radio Obama and current first lady Melania Trump at the funeral service for former first attendance at its new location. It was the first Sunday West serve as the plant manager at a GM vehicle manufactur- at a building in a strip mall. The seven-year-old nonde- young, Black conservative host said that a friend of lady Barbara Bush, in Houston. Barbara Bush died April 17 at the age of 92. ing plant at the Lansing, Mich., Consolidated Operations nominational church had been meeting in a high school Trumptweeted supporter, his appreciation Candace and Arlington Assembly in Texas. She also simultaneously auditorium. 7 47105 21847 2 Continued on A3 served in roles as plant manager of the Michigan Orion Pastor Stephen Chandler said the predominantly Assembly and Pontiac Stamping facilities and vehicle chief African American church normally draws up to 1,100 at- engineer, and vehicle line director for North America Small tendees. This week, the church gave away 2,250 tickets in INNER-CITYINNER-CITY Copyright © 2018 by the Afro-American Company Cars, “positions she held until January 2012,” according to advance for three services. NEWS the press release about the award. The church then added a fourth service, which Volume 27 . No. 2278 Alicia Boler Davis, the executive vice president of global manufacturing for General Motors, was honored with the 2018 The press release also noted that, in February 2012, meant it had to buy another car to give away. Volume 21 No. 2194 Black Engineer of the Year Award, during the BEYA STEM Conference in Washington, D.C. (General Motors) Continued on page A4

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The fury and the fire sparked by the Led by the team of Anya Dennis, Keisa Davis and Charmin Archer of the Heidelberg Arts Leadership Acade- PAGE # A1 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK my, the trio worked with other South- Alderwoman Chantia Lewis stands next to a photo Alderwoman Milele Coggs said that Phillips was an eastern students to develop a school of Vel Phillips, who passed away Tuesday at the age inspiration to her throughout her career. (Photo by mural that of 94. (Photo by Evan Casey) Evan Casey) ANDhighlights PURPOSE #JamarClark social jus- King assassination married W. Dale Phillips, tice solu- First women elected to the Common Council-City of a fellow UW Law School tions to By Roz Edward assassin’s bullet. The kill shot, fired along with the arrests of more than Milwaukee. (Photo by Evan Casey) graduate. the chal- at 2:15 p.m. from a 30.06 Reming- 25,000 citizens and $65 million in PAIN, Phillips was honored at lenges “Somebody somewhere must ton rifle, felled King as he stood on property damage. a press conference at Mil- and issues have some sense. Men must see the balcony just outside of his sec- the University of Wisconsin waukee City Hall Wednes- #JordanEdwards #DontreHamilton that stu- King was in Memphis to work By Evan Casey and Karen dents face that force begets force, hate begets ond-floor room at the Lorraine Motel with striking sanitation workers. But Stokes law school. She was also day afternoon. Those pres- in their hate, toughness begets toughness. in Memphis. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. only hours after the Nobel Peace Velvalea “Vel” Phillips, the first woman and first ent included Alderwoman African American elected neighbor- … Somebody must have sense Prize winner, addressed an overflow a Milwaukee legend, an Milele Coggs and Chantia hood. Col- advocate for civil rights to a statewide constitutional Lewis, two women who enough and morality enough to cut crowd at the Mason Temple Church laborating off the chain of hate and the chain of who displayed courage office, serving as the Sec- have looked to Phillips for #AltonSterling #CharleenaLyles with noted — where he delivered the remarkably evil in the universe. And you do that 50 YEARS LATER under great pressure, died retary of State of Wisconsin inspiration over the years. Detroit prophetic “Mountain Top” speech — Tuesday. She was 94. from 1979-1983. Tony Whign by love.” Dr. Martin Luther King, “She spent a lifetime try- muralist – he was dead. Ironic, in that the emo- Civil rights activist Vel Born in Milwaukee on ing to improve this com- and artist Tony Whign, the mural, Loving Your Enemies tional tenor of that speech foreshad- Phillips was the first woman February 18, 1924, Phillips munity and this city,” said “Road to Success” represents the bar- doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital owed what would come later. “I’ve to sit on the Milwaukee attended Garfield Avenue Ald. Coggs. “She was an riers and roadblocks Detroit teens ex- On April 4, 1968 a fury of vio- pronounced him dead, and the al- #TerranceCrutcher #Tamir Rice perience along the road to graduation lence erupted in more than 100 U.S. seen the Promised Land. I may not Common Council. She was Elementary, Roosevelt example of what service ready tense climate of social unrest the first woman to serve Junior High, North Division truly means.” and young adulthood. cities as word spread throughout get there with you. But I know that exploded in a wave of violence not as a judge in Milwaukee High School and received “I’m really trying to pay “A public school system lacking in the nation and around the world we as a people will get there one seen since the Civil War. A rash of County. She was the first a degree from Howard homage to her with every- & giving attention to the arts is disrup- that famed civil rights leader Martin day.” tive to the social growth of the com- race related outbreaks and riots woman and first African University. munity,” said Whign. “Therefore, I Luther King Jr. was dead from an would leave 40 dead in its wake, See KING page A2 American to graduate from In September 1948 she Continued on page 2 #CharlesKinsey #AntonioMartin am honored to have had the opportu- nity to work with HALA and the stu- dents of Southeastern High School. We need more schools to participate Mayor Tom Barrett signed the Vel R. Phillips Trailblazer award at a press in programs that allow the students A Tribute to a Milwaukee Hero: conference honoring Phillips Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Evan Casey) #JosephMann #LaquanMcDonald to work out their creative muscles. The entire process was an amazing PASSION ‘A girl named Keisha’: Mayor of Atlanta experience and I’d love to work with Lee Holloway the students and HALA again. Much appreciation and thanks for bringing and ignite hope. The city of a high school counselor, he eral influential leaders and he would be there,” Barnett me on board.” Milwaukee was graced with knew he wanted to do more groups throughout the city. said, alluding to the impres- Keisha Lance Bottoms was sworn in as Atlanta’s 60th mayor on Jan. 2. Page 2 #AbdullahiOmarMohamed #MichaelBrown The HALA program officially such a hero in the form of for his city. According to Honorable sion that not all politicians launched its pilot phase in Janu- Lee Holloway. In 1992, he joined the Marvin Pratt in the Black make an effort to engage ary, 2018 in partnership with South- Holloway passed away Milwaukee County Board of Nouveau video, Holloway the community. eastern High School, Martin Luther last month, on March 14, Supervisors, as a represen- was often referred to as the While Holloway will be King Jr. Senior High School, Marcus at the age of 71. While tative of the Fifth District. Chairman. missed, the efforts and Garvey Academy and Cesar Chavez SPORTS life #SandraBland #EricGarner Academy East. Through these part- his spirit lives on through He remained on the board “It’s kind of interesting contributions he made to nerships, HALA will reach more than his family members and until 2012, for a total of 20 to know that when I talk to the city will remain not just 150 students through two consecutive friends, his character will consecutive years accord- people about Lee after he a part of his legacy but a Georgia Bulldogs Are you ready to 9-week in-school and after-school ses- live forever ingrained in ing to a video tribute by passed, they would always part of the foundation of sions. HALA course offerings between Milwaukee. Black Nouveau. say the Chairman,” Pratt Milwaukee. prepare to take on adopt a vegetarian January and June 2018 will include: Born on December 4, While that fact alone is said. “He wore that title As Honorable Russell #FreddieGrey #JonathanFerrel Art Through Hip Hop, Writes of Pas- 1946, according to Legacy. impressive enough, Hol- well.” Stamper Sr. commented Bama’s Crimson Tide diet this year? sage, and Art Speaks: Mural Project. com, Holloway grew up in loway’s efforts to contribute Pratt went on to say that during Black Nouveau’s CLARK’S FUNERAL DRAWS HUNDREDS / A-3 EMOTIONS HIGH AT COUNCIL MEETING / A-8 Founded in 1986 by artist Tyree Milwaukee. He graduated to the city don’t end there. Lee represented both the tribute, Holloway brought, Guyton, The Heidelberg Project is high school from Lincoln Between the years of 2004 county and the inner city “strength, power, commit- FAMILY’S PAINFUL PLEA FOR JUSTICE / A-4 ACTIVISTS LEAD ‘ORGANIC’ PROTESTS / A-9 Page 6 Page 11 a Detroit-based community organi- High School, obtained his through 2012, Holloway well. ment, love…” PROTEST zation that uses art as a catalyst to Bachelor’s degree from the served as the County Although an influential “I saw him as a man with breathe new life into the community, #SamualDuBose #LarryJacksonJr University of Arkansas be- Board Chairman. Addition- member of the political side a mission in life to bring fore returning to his home ally, he was the Acting of things, Holloway was truth and justice to the www.SacObserver.com See MURAL page A-2 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF KING’S DEATH — SEE INSIDE ‘URBAN LIVING’SECTION F state of Wisconsin. County Executive from also known for his immea- planet,” Stamper said. SPECIAL He went on to attend 2010EDITION to 2011. surable presence within the Holloway remains an WHAT’S INSIDE UW-Milwaukee where he Holloway was the first Af- community. inspiration and example to #MeaganHockaday #RekiaBoyd City of Detroit and Magic Johnson firm to buy old State Fairgrounds land Former County Board Chairman Lee Holloway received his Master of rican American to become Victor Barnett of the Run- young people everywhere The Michigan Land Bank has private agreement is marrying Science in developmental County Board Chairman ning Rebels spoke during that no matter one’s back- approved plans to sell 142 acres two visions for the State Fair- By Ana Martinez-Ortiz spirit and grit, it’s the ability disabilities, according to an and Acting County Execu- the video of Holloway within ground or zip code, they of Michigan State Fairgrounds grounds to create jobs and pro- What does it mean to be to lead the crowd through article on JSOnline. While tive. the context of the commu- can achieve what they set land to Detroit, and another 16 vide commercial destinations for a hero? To be a hero is to triumphs and losses and Holloway was busy putting As chairman, Holloway nity. their sights on. acres of the site to developer those new employees and cur- have determination and the capability to inspire his degrees to good use as worked closely with sev- “When there was events #AnthonyHill #TimothyRussell Magic Plus LLC. rent residents.” The Michigan Land Bank Fast The State Fairgrounds site is Track Authority Board of Direc- one of the largest developable - Page 2 Police Relations - Page 4 MPS Alumni Reunion Construction entrepreneur tors on Wednesday approved parcels of land in Detroit and rep- - Page 3 Statement on Starbucks - Page 5 House of Fashion Boutique proposals to sell the property resents an opportunity to create W. Bernard White where the Michigan State Fair economic growth and continued APR 21 #JeremyMcDole #MalissaWilliams releases milestone and was once held to the City of De- community development. The legacy book troit and Magic Plus LLC, a com- City will explore different devel- pany affiliated with former NBA opment options that will ensure Money. B3 star Magic Johnson. that the project creates real eco- The proposals, once final, nomic opportunity for Detroiters #TonyRobinson #RamarleyGraham mean the City of Detroit will pur- and do it in a way that harmo- chase approximately 142 acres nizes with and benefits the sur- of the property for $7 million and Magic Johnson rounding neighborhoods. With Magic Plus LLC, will purchase proved the sale, the transaction chase following environmental this purchase, the city has the approximately 16 acres – primar- must also be approved by the reviews expected to take place potential to create thousands of ily along Woodward Avenue – at Detroit City Council. Recently, this spring. jobs for Detroiters, contributing to the stabilization and success the per-acre rate agreed upon in City Council approved the City’s “The historic State Fair- #JonathanSanders #TrayvonMartin of the neighborhoods. their Purchase Agreement with 2018-19 budget, which included grounds is an important site the Michigan Land Bank. The $4 million from the general fund for residents, the City of Detroit These transactions and the purchase of the land will allow to cover the $3.5 million up front and the entire region,” said Josh collaboration between the par- the City of Detroit to lead the cost of the total $7 million pur- Burgett, director of the Michigan ties ensures that the site can redevelopment process and do chase price. The remainder of Land Bank Fast Track Author- become an asset for the local #JohnCrawfordIII #KennethChamberlainSr so with participation and input the purchase price will be paid ity. “All parties involved have community and serve as a driver from the community. once the land is developed. City worked hard to bring redevelop- Council will vote on the pur- $1.00 While the MLBFTA Board ap- mentwww.ForwardTimesonline.com to the site and this public/ See FAIRGROUNDS page A-2 #EzellFord #AiyanaJones

#AkaiGurley #OscarGrant TURN TO PAGE 2 2B Forward Times | March 13 - 19, 2019 of printing and speaking truth to power while simultaneously encouraging the advancement of our families and communities to strive to achieve and to overcome all barriers to social and racial progress. Notably, David Walker, an escaped African from enslavement in Wilmington, NC, who made his long way to freedom in Massachusetts, and who became a sales agent for Freedom’s Journal in Boston wrote and published in 1829 the banned publication: “Appeal to the Colored People of the World.” My own life and evolution has been inextricably linked to the publishing legacies of Russworm, Cornish, and Walker. My great-great-great grandfather was The Rev. John Chavis born in 1762 in my hometown of Oxford, North Carolina in Granville County, and he was the first African American minister to be ordained into the Presbyterian Church in America in 1779. John Chavis was a freedom fighter author and a theological contemporary of The Rev. Nat Turner from southern Virginia. After Nat Tuner’s slave insurrection in 1832 in Southampton, VA, the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama passed laws to make it a felony crime to teach Blacks how to read or to write. Yet through all of these restrictive and oppressive years, the Black Press has not been silent nor absent from the frontlines of the struggle for freedom and equality. In November of 1898, the Wilmington, NC Massacre occurred with the racially motivated murders of numerous African Americans and the local African American owned newspaper, The Daily Record, was burned to the ground. I first started to write Op-Eds and news articles for The Carolina Times in 1962 in Durham, NC, and I was mentored devotedly by publisher Louis Austin. As a student journalist in Oxford, NC at Mary Potter High School, I later became editor of my high school newspaper. Much later in 1971, I was sent to Wilmington, NC by the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice as a young civil rights organizer to help African American students demand an equal quality desegregated education in the public schools. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis of The Wilmington Ten In 1972, the Wilmington Ten: 8 African American teenaged student leaders, a local White woman activist, and I were all together unjustly charged, tried, convicted and sentenced to 192 Years of Overcoming and Transforming: prison for a combined total of 282 years in prison because we dared to stand up for our civil rights and equal education. We became American political prisoners. Freedom-Fighting Leadership of the Black Another one of my courageous mentors in Wilmington was Thomas C. Jervay Sr. who was the distinguished publisher Press of America of the Wilmington Journal and a former Chairman of the By Ben F. Chavis, Jr. National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). In President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) June 1973, a tremendous dynamite blast demolished the office of the Wilmington Journal. Although the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA overturned the unjust It is undeniable that the Black church and the Black press have been and continue to be conviction of the Wilmington Ten on December 4, 1980, it took another 32 years before the foundational pillars of Black America’s long struggle for freedom, justice, equality and the state of North Carolina would issue a “Pardon of Innocence” to each member of the empowerment. 2019 marks the 400th year of the brutal genocidal enslavement of people of nd Wilmington Ten as the direct result of an effective national and international justice and African descent in America, and the 192 year of the Black Press of America. freedom campaign led by the Every Black family and community across the nation have experienced the systematic Black Press of America, the consequences of 400 years of white supremacy, racism and economic exploitation. Yet we United Church of Christ, the all pause at this pivotal moment in history to resolutely reaffirm that “resilience” is a revealed NAACP and other freedom- blessing deeply embedded in our collective DNA by God Almighty. fighting organizations. Since 2014, I continue to have the privilege and responsibility to help lead the NNPA forward and to assist our NNPA member newspapers to be sustainable, viable, relevant, and committed to the empowerment of the communities that we serve and represent throughout the United States. Yes, we have come a mighty long way, but we still have to remain North Carolina State Prison in McCain, NC 1977 vigilant and vigorous on the issues of today. The Black Press of America is still vital as the “trusted voice” of Black America. We know firsthand the power of the pen and we remain committed to helping to ensure and to Freedom’s Journal - 1st Black Newspaper, March 16, 1827 mentor the next generation of freedom-fighting publishers, editors, and journalists. Yes, we are overcoming and we are transforming our businesses and communities as we advocate and John Russwurm and The Rev. Samuel Cornish, on March 16, 1827, first published help to improve the quality of life of our families and all of humanity. May God continue to Freedom’s Journal in New York City in direct defiance of the powers that were supporting bless the Black Press. the enslavement of African people. Their journalism was audacious, bold and courageous. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Their pens, ink and printing presses were the tools of a freedom-fighting trade and business Association (NNPA) and can be reached at [email protected]

Congratulations to the Rep. Ron Reynolds Houston City Councilmember District K Black Press of America Houston City Councilmember District D Congratulates the for impacting the Black Celebrating Black Press of America community for 192 years THE BLACK PRESS on 192 years! and counting! “Black newspapers provided a forum for debate among African Americans and gave voice to a people who were voiceless. With “We wish to plead our own cause. Too a pen as their weapon, they were Soldiers long have others spoken for us.” Without Swords.” -The Black Press: -From Freedom’s Journal, March 16, 1827 Soldiers Without Swords, 1999

“As slaves, African Americans were forbidden to read, but after the Civil War, reading became one of the sweetest fruits of freedom. For many, black newspapers were an introduction the power and the magic of the written word.” -The Black Press:Soldiers Without Swords, 1999

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The Black Press is still the heart, soul and spirit The Influence of the Black Press: 192 of the Black Community. In the following, we honor one of the longest running publications Years and Counting that we lovingly regard as a Jewel of the Black this burgeoning Black powerhouse because of Press of America. their influence. In the PBS film, “The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords,” the narrator shares how James Savannah Tribune Thompson, a Black cafeteria worker from Wichita, The Savannah Tribune is a weekly newspaper that has Kansas, suggested to the a proud and glorious heritage of covering news and issues Black Press, in the form of related to Savannah’s African American community. It a letter to The Pittsburgh currently stands as the oldest Black-owned and operated Courier, that Black people newspaper that is still in active circulation today. should use the war that was Originally named The Colored Tribune, The Savannah being fought overseas as a Tribune was founded and published its first edition in 1875 means to bring attention to by three African American civic and business leaders - John double-standard of the U.S. H. Deveaux, Louis B. Toomer, Sr., and Louis M. Pleasant government. Thompson felt - who recognized the need that something needed to for a newspaper that would be done about the pressing be dedicated to serving issues Black people were the African American facing back here in America community in Savannah, and that change was needed. Georgia. In the film, a voice Deveaux, who was over of Thompson is heard born in 1848 to a free Black asking a question, stating, family, was a prominent “Should I sacrifice my life businessman in Savannah who had the necessary and By Jeffrey L. Boney to live half- American? Will things be better for the next generation in the peace to sufficient personal resources NNPA Newswire Contributor to successfully finance “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others follow? Let me colored Americans adopt the Double V for John H Deveaux - Founder, the double victory. The first V for victory over our enemies Savannah Tribune the establishment of the spoken for us. Too long has the publick been deceived by newspaper. misrepresentations.….” from without. The second V for victory over our enemies from within.” Although many Black publications had folded towards Those powerful words boldly appeared on the front page the end of Reconstruction, The Colored Tribune survived of the very first issue of the first African American owned and Thus, the Double V campaign slogan was born. Not only did the Black Press get behind the Double V campaign, they until 1878, and was only forced to close its doors after all operated newspaper published in the United States on March the printers in the city, who were White, refused to print it. 16, 1827 - Freedom’s Journal. energized Black people all across the country and caught the attention of the U.S. government. The Double V campaign Refusing to be stopped, Deveaux reopened the paper in Freedom’s Journal was co-founded by two young 1886 and served as editor until 1889 when he was appointed African American editors, Rev. Samuel Cornish and John was so effective that in 1942, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover presented Attorney General Francis Biddle with lengthy as the Collector of Customs and moved to Brunswick, B. Russwurm, who both believed that many of the other GA. Solomon “Sol” C. Johnson eventually assumed the mainstream newspapers that were being published in New reports on what he considered to be seditious activity by the Black Press. Hoover literally requested that Attorney General editorship and later purchased the paper upon DeVeaux’s York City consistently misrepresented Black people. Cornish death in 1909. During Johnson’s editorship, The Savannah and Russwurm wanted Freedom’s Journal to be an alternative Biddle indict a group of Black publishers for treason, because of their powerful influence. In a meeting with the Black Press Tribune served as South Georgia’s and North Florida’s only to the papers that regularly cast African Americans in a source for news about the injustices of the Jim Crow era. negative light. that was held by Attorney General Biddle, John Sengstacke, publisher of the Chicago Defender, boldly told him, “What The Savannah Tribune strongly encouraged its readers to Cornish and Russwurm vehemently believed that people resist segregation, particularly in Savannah’s streetcar who read those mainstream newspapers were being fed are we supposed to do about it? These are facts and we aren’t gonna stop. That’s what it’s all about.” Sengstacke system, and covered such contentious issues as the Atlanta ignorance and blatant lies about Black people, instead of Race Riot of 1906, lynchings around Georgia, the convict- the truth. With their decision to publish Freedom’s Journal, went on to declare, “That’s what the Black Press is all about, protecting Blacks in this country.” lease system, and the lack of educational opportunities for these two gentlemen sought to change the overall perception Black children in Savannah. As the war ended, the campaign for equality at home that anyone had about Black people in American society. By the 1920s, The Savannah Tribune had moved from Freedom’s Journal went beyond racism. The newspaper and abroad had pushed the combined circulation of Black newspapers for a record high of two million papers a week. a generally conciliatory stance toward Whites to a more sought to strengthen the bonds within all African American strident voice for racial equality. The Savannah Tribune communities. Freedom’s Journal challenged African But victory at home had yet to be won. The Black Press was a catalyst behind the success of the Civil Rights Movement. also served as a forum for the Black members of the literary Americans to become conscious of their place and position community, like prominent Harlem Renaissance writer in a White-dominated society. The Black Press has continuously used its influence to right many wrongs in this country, and has served as a voice James Weldon Johnson, who served as a correspondent Freedom’s Journal provided international, national and for The Savannah Tribune in the 1920’s during his tenure regional information on current events. The newspaper also for the voiceless. Dr. King stated that “our lives begin to end, the day we become silent about the things that matter.” as executive secretary of the National Association for the contained editorials declaiming slavery, lynching and other Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). social injustices. Freedom’s Journal would regularly publish Historic members of the Black Press such as The Savannah Tribune, The (Baltimore) AFRO-American, The The Savannah Tribune continued publication until biographies of prominent African Americans, as well as September 1960 when it unfortunately closed its doors due listings for births, deaths and marriages within the African Philadelphia Tribune, Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper, The New (Norfolk) Journal and Guide, The Wilmington Journal, to a national media trend relative to Black media at the time. American community in New York. After a thirteen-year hiatus, banker Robert E. James re- Freedom’s Journal was circulated in 11 states, in addition New Pittsburgh Courier, The Chicago Defender and many others that have come along over the past 192 years of the established The Savannah Tribune in 1973. He was owner to being circulated in the District of Columbia and in other and publisher until 1983 when his wife, Shirley Barber countries such as Haiti, Europe and Canada. Black Press, will continue to energize the Black community through our print publications and through our digital James, became the second female publisher and sole owner. Now, 192 years later, since the launch of Freedom’s Under the James’ editorship, local and national news and Journal, the Black Press has continued to be a major catalyst platforms which are now reaching even more people on a daily basis. issues that were of primary interest to African Americans behind the advancement of African Americans in this country. dominated the front pages of The Savannah Tribune, along The Black Press has used its influence to make a difference The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and national antagonisms when it with articles about local African American community in the lives of African Americans, to combat racist public events. policies, unjust laws, disparate treatment and other challenges provides every person, regardless of race, color or creed, full human and legal rights. Hating no person, the Black Press As of 2019, Shirley Barber James continues as the that Black people have had to endure in this country since its paper’s owner, publisher and editor, and The Savannah inception. continues to strive to help every person in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back. It is up to the next Tribune is proudly a part of the 192-year-history of The As we look at the past 192 years of excellence in the Black Press. Black Press, it is hard to ignore the countless hidden treasures generation of Black publishers and journalists to take on the mantle of ensuring the Black Press continues to thrive and To find out more about The Savannah Tribune, please in the Black community that have come to life through the visit www.savannahtribune.com. pens of journalists, as well as the numerous stories that have is stronger than ever. Recording the accuracy of our history been told through the Black Press. Still today, these 200+ and continuing to tell our stories for the next generations to historic and influential Black publications across the country hear about can only be done by everyone choosing to support continue to tell our stories and highlight our community in Black newspapers in every way possible so that they will ways that no one else can. If the Black Press doesn’t tell our continue to have strong foundational roots in cities all across stories in the right way, who else will? America. Rep. Harold Dutton The Black Press has always been the gold standard when As we celebrate 192 years of the Black Press, the Black it comes to telling our stories. Press will continue to be on the frontline, providing all Congratulates the By the end of the 1930s, Black newspapers reached Americans, from all backgrounds, the news they seek from extremely new heights of circulation and influence. Because the Black perspective. That quality news from the Black Black Press of America of the significance of their expansion and influence, the perspective is delivered every single day from each of the on 192 years! Black Press found itself severely tested during World War 200+ Black newspapers from all across the country. II, as the U.S. government decided to flex its muscles against We congratulate you, Black Press of America, on your stellar 192-year history!

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“Frederick Douglas made it very clear that if you’re going to have a movement, if you’re go- ing to have a public voice, and if you’re going to advocate for social change, ahm, the press is -- is vital to that effort.” -Jane Rhodes, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, 1999

Political Ad paid for by Harold Dutton campaign. 4B Forward Times | March 13 - 19, 2019 The Black Press is still the heart, soul and spirit of the Black Community. In the following, we honor two of the longest running publications that we lovingly regard as Jewels of the Black Press of America. The AFRO-American The Indianapolis Recorder The AFRO-American, which is most commonly known as The AFRO, is a weekly The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper is the 4th oldest Black newspaper in the country, newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland, that is the longest-published African American having begun as a two-page church bulletin created by co-founders George P. Stewart and family-owned newspaper in the United States. The AFRO-American has crusaded for racial Will Porter in 1895. In 1897, the co-founders of the newspaper decided to expand their equality and economic advancement for Black Americans since August 13, 1892. already successful newssheet into a weekly newspaper. The earliest existing issues of The AFRO-American was the brainchild of John Henry Murphy Sr., a former slave who the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper dates to 1899, the year Porter sold his share of the gained freedom following the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Murphy newspaper to Stewart. started the newspaper when he decided to merge his church publication, The Sunday School Realizing the importance of local news, Stewart captured that market, outdistancing his Helper, with two other church publications - The Ledger (owned by George F. Bragg of local competitors, the publishers of the Freeman and the Colored World. With its emphasis Baltimore’s St. James Episcopal Church) and The AFRO-American (published by Reverend on local news, the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper set itself apart from other Black William M. Alexander, pastor of Baltimore’s Sharon Baptist Church). By 1922, Murphy newspapers. It had an immediate and an enduring impact on the Indianapolis community. had grown The AFRO-American newspaper from a one-page Though the focus of the newspaper was local people and weekly church publication into the most widely circulated events, the Recorder also reported national events. It solicited Black paper along the coastal Atlantic. He strategically used news from communities throughout the state, as well as from The AFRO-American to challenge Jim Crow practices in around the country. Sales agents, who dually served as local Maryland. correspondents, sold issues in their cities and hamlets. Following his death on April 5, 1922, Murphy’s five During the first two decades of the 20th century, the sons, each of whom had been trained in different areas of Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper reported on the work of the newspaper business, continued to manage The AFRO- many community organizations and institutions. It heralded American. Two of his sons, Carl and Arnett Murphy, served the achievements of individuals in various spheres. The respectively as editor-publisher and advertising director. The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper commented through news AFRO-American rose to national prominence while under the stories and editorials on the socio-economic and political editorial control of Carl Murphy, serving as its editor-publisher climate that affected the daily lives of its community. The for 45 years. The newspaper was circulated in Baltimore, with newspaper advocated for American support of World War I. It regional editions circulated twice weekly in Washington, D.C. assumed that Black participation would bring better jobs and John Henry Murphy, Sr - and once a week in Philadelphia, Richmond, and Newark. At a better quality of life for Blacks and their families. Instead, Afro American one time there were as many as 13 editions of The AFRO- George Pheldon Stewart, the end of the war brought an escalation of lynching and race American circulated across the country and its status as a Founder of the Indianapolis riots, and the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. The Indianapolis Black paper circulating in several predominantly Black communities endowed it with the Recorder Recorder Newspaper and other Black news organizations ability to profoundly affect social change on a national scale. devoted much ink to stories reporting these activities. During World War II, The AFRO-American stationed several of its reporters in Europe, The post-World War I era crystallized the concerns for better education, housing, and the Aleutians, Africa, Japan and other parts of the South Pacific, and provided its readers health care for Indianapolis African Americans. The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper, in with first-hand coverage of the war. One of its reporters, Elizabeth Murphy Phillips Moss, a social reform mode, editorialized on several specific issues including lynching, public Carl Murphy’s daughter, was the first Black female correspondent. accommodations, voting, unemployment, crime, and health concerns. Remembering the The AFRO-American collaborated with The National Association for the Advancement aftermath of World War I, The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper was more cautious in of Colored People (NAACP) on numerous civil rights cases. In the 1950s the newspaper lending its overwhelming support to American involvement in World War II. The Indianapolis joined forces with the NAACP in the latter’s suit against the University of Maryland’s Law Recorder Newspaper capitalized on the Double V Campaign, victory abroad and victory at School for its segregationist admission policies. Their combined efforts eventually led to home, by publishing the Victory Progress edition to celebrate the end of the war. The issue the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision outlawing segregated public schools. The AFRO- was cited in the Congressional Record. It remains as a useful chronicle of national and local American also supported actor/singer Paul Robeson and sociologist W.E.B. DuBois during Black history. The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper diligently reported the activities of the anti-Communist campaigns of the Joseph McCarthy era. Sam Lacy, who was hired as the the civil rights movement. It profiled national figures, including A. Philip Randolph, Martin paper’s sports editor in 1943 and who, at the age of 94, still wrote a weekly column for the Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, Thurgood Marshall and John F. Kennedy. In paper, used his weekly “A to Z” column to campaign for integration in professional sports. 1990, William G. Mays, owner of Indianapolis-based Mays Chemical Co., purchased the Using his writing to protest racial inequities in professional sports, Lacy helped open doors Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper to save the legacy. In 1998, Mays’ niece, Carolene Mays, for Black athletes. took the leadership role as Publisher and General Manager, with the challenge to give new The AFRO-American has employed many notable Black journalists and intellectuals direction and further elevate the publication for survival and success in the new millennium. including Langston Hughes, William Worthy and J. Saunders Redding. In the mid-1930s The reconstruction of the newspaper focused on decreasing the amount of negative news it became the first Black newspaper to employ a female sportswriter when it hired Lillian and increasing the level of positive, educational and empowering news that would offer Johnson and Nell Dodson to serve on its staff. Renowned artist Romare Bearden began his encouragement and support to the community. career as a cartoonist at The AFRO-American in 1936. Over its history, the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper has been a training ground for Following the death of Carl Murphy in 1967, his daughter Frances L. Murphy II served many journalists, such as William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the as chairman and publisher. In 1974, John Murphy III, Carl’s nephew, was appointed chairman Washington Post; Steve Hammer, a longtime columnist for independent Indianapolis weekly and eventually became the publisher. Fourth generation members of the Murphy family, NUVO; and numerous writers and editors at the Indianapolis Star, including Eunice Trotter John “Jake” Oliver, Jr., and a governing board of family and community members have and Kim Hooper. managed the paper in recent years. As of 2019, the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper is published weekly and is currently As of 2019, Frances Murphy Draper, the great granddaughter of the founder, continues being led by publisher, William G. Mays. The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper is proudly to run the newspaper and The AFRO-American is proudly a part of the 192-year-history of a part of the 192-year-history of The Black Press. The Black Press. To find out more about the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper, please visit www. To find out more about The AFRO-American, please visit www.afro.com. indianapolisrecorder.com.

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ONE WORLD oneworldstrong.com STRATEGY GROUP Forward Times | March 13 - 19, 2019 5B Opinion Editorial The Black Press is still the heart, soul and spirit of the Black Community. In the following, we honor one of the longest running publications that we Mayor Turner Celebrates lovingly regard as a Jewel of the Black Press of America. the Black Press lives of the African Ameri- can community in Houston The Philadelphia Tribune and across our country. For too many years, The Philadelphia Tribune was started in 1884 during an era when African Americans had the media was denied to us. limited rights, economic opportunities for Blacks were minimal, racism was at the forefront Our community was strong and when there were few outlets and even fewer voices in the African American community and we communicated and to speak on behalf of the Black experience in America. Today, The Philadelphia Tribune resolved issues through our stands as the one of the nation’s oldest, and the Greater Philadelphia region’s largest, daily churches, our social clubs, newspapers serving the African American community. our retail establishments The Philadelphia Tribune was founded by Christopher James Perry, Sr., an original and our political organiza- native of Baltimore, Maryland, who was a very ambitious tions. But the Black voice and civic-minded individual and a well-known public needed to be heard far and speaker. Perry appeared on many programs with national wide—to address our is- leaders and also worked for a local newspaper for which he sues, to acclaim our accom- reported the social doings of his race. Upon graduation from plishments, to celebrate our high school, Perry felt strongly about the need for African culture and to advocate for Americans to have a newspaper through which they could social change and equality. speak against injustice in order for them to make progress, The Black Press did that, so at the age of 17, he decided to move to Philadelphia, giving the African American Pennsylvania with the dream of establishing a newspaper. community a voice and a Despite his father’s wish that he study law, Perry continued forum. They promoted our to work as a reporter for a local daily newspaper over the shared values. They told the next 11 years, while attending school at night. In 1881, Christopher James Perry, Sr Perry began writing for the Northern Daily, a Philadelphia stories that were overlooked - Philadelphia Tribune by the mainstream media. newspaper. Eventually he became editor of the “colored” Luminaries of the African department in another Philadelphia newspaper called The Sunday Mercury. In addition to American community-- being an editor, he also wrote a column called “Items on the Wing.” In 1884, Perry lost Frederick Douglass, Langs- this job due to the newspaper’s bankruptcy. At the age of 28, he published the first edition ton Hughes, Ida B. Wells, of the newspaper as a one-page, one man operation titled Tribune Weekly, and although W.E.B. DuBois and Daisy he was the publisher of the newspaper, Perry wore many hats, such as being the reporter, Bates—contributed to these copyboy, proofreader, advertising manager and sales representative. Under his guidance, newspapers through writ- the newspaper became the voice of the African American community and struck at the core ing, reporting and publish- of economic and political injustice directed at Philadelphia’s African American community. ing. Perry launched vigorous crusades for better jobs and improved working conditions and As the civil rights Black representation in city government. One of Perry’s widely-known crusades was his movement began and push for a major cleanup campaign of the poverty-stricken, densely populated White area gained strength, it was the of South Philadelphia. By 1896, The Philadelphia Tribune was a solid financial success. In Black Press that informed 1899, W.E.B. DuBois mentioned The Philadelphia Tribune in “The Philadelphia Negro.” He the community of triumphs noted that, “The Tribune is the chief news sheet and is filled generally with social notes and and failures but always ad- news and movements among Negroes over the country.” vocated for equal rights. Black newspapers played a pivotal role in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, during the Of course, the fight for pre-Civil War period and after. Through the Spanish-American War, the Great Depression equality is not over but our and two World Wars, The Philadelphia Tribune was published once a week. In 1941, The African American news- Philadelphia Tribune went from a weekly publication to bi-weekly. papers remain on the front From the start of The Philadelphia Tribune until his death in 1921 at the age of 65, Perry lines empowering the Black wrote about the problems that affected the daily lives of colored men and women. He was community. succeeded by G. Grant Williams, who died shortly thereafter, in June 1922. After Williams’ death, the newspaper was placed in the hands of Perry’s son-in-law and staff member, Eugene Mayor Sylvester Turner So, I look forward to an- other 192 years of the Black Washington Rhodes, Esq., who was a graduate of Lincoln University. Under the direction of Rhodes, The Philadelphia Tribune continued to thrive. In 1924, The Philadelphia Tribune Sylvester Turner Press. I may not be around that long but I know our African American- expanded as it went to 16 pages and was divided into two sections, and the newspaper Mayor of Houston continued to address the key issues affecting the Black community. “Too long have others spoken for us…. media will be. I salute all the national Black Press dur- As of 2019, The Philadelphia Tribune is published five days a week - Tuesday, Wednesday, We wish to plead our own cause.” Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The Philadelphia Tribune is currently run by President and With those words, the first newspaper ing National Black Press Week, along with 1st Vice Chair of National Newspaper Pub- CEO Robert W. Bogle, who joined The Philadelphia Tribune in 1970 to sell advertising. published by African Americans—Free- Bogle became the advertising director in 1973, marketing director in 1976, and by 1983, was dom’s Journal—in 1827, began 192 years of lishers Association (NNPA), Karen Carter Richards and the Houston Forward Times named executive vice president of the newspaper. Bogle became the newspaper’s publisher the Black Press. in 1989 and has held that position ever since. Let me congratulate our Black Press and for your commitment and voice in our com- munity! The Philadelphia Tribune is proudly a part of the 192-year-history of The Black Press. acknowledge the role they have played in the To find out more about The Philadelphia Tribune, please visit www.phillytrib.com.

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The Black Press Archives and Gallery of Distinguished Publishers he Black Press Archives was founded in 1973, Phillip A. Bell (Colored American; San Fran- Dr. Charles Campbell (Arizona Informant) as a joint project of Howard University and cisco Elevator) 1937-2006 T the National Newspaper Publishers Asso- 1807-1889 Campbell founded the Arizona Informant in 1971 with ciation (NNPA), and established at the University’s Philip A. Bell was a pio- his brother, Cloves Campbell Sr. - Arizona’s first Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. The idea of es- neer in African Ameri- Black state senator - in tablishing a Black Press Archives and Gallery of Dis- can journalism. Bell response to the dearth tinguished Newspaper Publishers was that of William began his career on of news and information O. Walker, editor-publisher of the Cleveland Call and the east coast, where services among Phoe- Post, who first articulated the need for an academic he established his first nix’s Black community. institution that would provide a setting in which his- newspaper, the Weekly The paper, Arizona’s torical records related to the Black Press, as well as Advocate. He moved only Black weekly, has the newspapers themselves, could be collected, pre- to California in 1860, gone on to earn acclaim served and made available to scholars, students and where he served as the and wide readership for the public. He also envisioned a gallery in which the editor of the Pacific its news reporting. photographs and accomplishments of Black Press Appeal. Date Enshrined: 3-18-2011 notables would be on permanent display. The idea Date Enshrined: 3-18-1977 Cloves Campbell, Sr. (Arizona Informant) was developed by the NNPA under the direction of Charlotta A. Bass (California Eagle) Carlton B. Goodlett, NNPA president and editor-pub- 1931-2004 1874-1969 In 1969, Campbell and his brother bought the Infor- lisher of the San Francisco Sun-Reporter, and wel- Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass was an American ed- comed by James E. Cheek, then president of Howard mant, which was founded ucator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights in 1957 but had not been University. In March 1977, during the sesquicentennial activist. Bass was probably the first African-Ameri- celebration of the founding of Freedom’s Journal, the published for several can woman to own and years. They turned it into first African American newspaper, the Black Press operate a newspaper in Archives and Gallery of Distinguished Newspaper one of the largest weeklies the United States; she in the state. The newspa- Publishers were dedicated in ceremonies at Howard published the California University. per is the only one in Ari- Eagle from 1912 until 1951. zona that reports exclu- In 1952, Bass became the sively on issues of interest first African-American to the African American woman nominated for community. “The Infor- Vice President, as a can- mant,” as it is often called, didate of the Progressive is currently one of the Party. longest running, and most Date Enshrined: 3-15-2002 widely circulated weeklies in Arizona history. Daisy L. Bates (Arkansas State Press) Date Enshrined: 3-18-2011 1914-1999 Daisy Lee Gatson Bates was an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played Julius P. Carter (Forward Times) a leading role in the Little 1914-1971 Rock Integration Cri- The Forward Times, a weekly Black newspaper, sis of 1957. She married was first published in Houston, Texas in 1960 by Ju- journalist Christopher lius Carter. Julius wanted Bates and they operated the Forward Times to Pioneer African American publishers John B. a weekly African-Amer- be a cutting-edge paper, Russwurm, Samuel E. Cornish, Frederick Douglass, ican newspaper, the Ar- providing the Black com- Philip A. Bell and Martin R. Delany were the initial kansas State Press. Bates munity with news that honorees installed in the Gallery. These are joined became president of the was relevant to them, as each year by new inductees, including John H. Mur- Arkansas chapter of the opposed to simply shar- phy, Sr. of the Baltimore Afro-American; Robert S. NAACP and played a ing generic national sto- Abbott of the Chicago Defender; Daisy L. Bates of crucial role in the fight ries or promoting social the Arkansas State Press; C.B. Powell of the New against segregation, which she documented in her and church events. Most York Amsterdam News; William Monroe Trotter of book The Long Shadow of Little Rock. of the issues and sto- the Boston Guardian; Frank L. Stanley of the Louis- Date Enshrined: 3-20-1981 ries that were important ville Defender and others. to the Black commu- A major project of the Black Press Archives Lucile Bluford (Kansas City Call) nity were either ignored has been the microfilming of Black newspapers from 1911-2003 or not picked up by the around the world. The Moorland-Spingarn Research Lucile Harris Bluford was a famous journalist and op- mainstream White press. This made the Forward Center receives more than 200 newspapers cur- ponent of segregation in America’s education system, Times even more relevant, because it became a pri- rently, and has in its newspaper archives more than and after whom the Lu- mary source of getting information out to the Black 400 titles on microfilm. A second component of the cile H. Bluford Branch of community about stories and issues affecting them. program is the solicitation and acquisition of the per- the Kansas City Public Date Enshrined: 3-8-1985 sonal papers of outstanding journalists, cartoonists, Library is named. Lucile Lenora “Doll” Carter (Forward Times) editors and publishers. Bluford was a well-re- 1941 - 2010 Robert S. Abbott (Chicago Defender) spected editor and pub- Lenora “Doll” Carter was the CEO, Publisher and 1870-1940 lisher of the Kansas City Editor for the Forward Times newspaper in Hous- Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an African-American Call, an important Af- ton, Texas, the South’s lawyer and newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott rican American weekly largest independently founded The Chicago newspaper. She was also owned and published Af- Defender newspaper, a brave and persistent rican-American newspa- which grew to have the civil rights activist. In per. The Forward Times highest circulation of any both her personal life and her career, she refused to was founded in January Black-owned newspaper remain quiet about racial injustice. 1960 by her late husband, in the country. Robert S. Date Enshrined: 3-14-2008 Julius Carter, at which Abbott was born in 1870 Sherman Brisco (NNPA Executive Director) time Mrs. Carter served in Frederica, St. Simons as General Manager and Island, Georgia of former 1908-1979 Sherman Briscoe served as Executive Director of the Advertising Director. Af- slave parents, and stud- ter Julius’ death in 1971, ied the printing trade at National Newspaper Publishers Association begin- ning in 1970 after serving Mrs. Carter became pub- Hampton Institute from 1892 to 1896. lisher and CEO of the Date Enshrined: 3-16-1979 27 years as an informa- tion specialist for the company. “Doll” Carter built on the solid foundation Department of Agricul- set for her and took the business to higher heights. In William Harry Alexander (Call & Post) addition to being an award-winning and historic pub- 1916-1988 ture in Washington, D.C. Known as a longtime lication, Forward Times Publishing Co. made major William Harry Alexander served as president and co- strides in the publishing industry across the country. publisher of the Cleve- fighter in the Black Press, he was a co-founder of The bold decision she made to upgrade the business land Call & Post (1981- by purchasing an 8 Unit Goss press with the capabil- 1988) and presided over the Capital Press Club, served for many years as ity of printing two (2) color newspaper jobs at one the Board of the Region- time, gave Forward Times Publishing Co. a significant al Transit Authority. He the D.C. NAACP branch vice president and was edge in the regional market. Mrs. Carter was a loyal claimed to have delivered and dedicated supporter of the NNPA. She held the papers to distributors by an active member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. office of secretary for eight years, faithfully served streetcar. By 1979, he was as a board member and was serving her 4th term as the growing paper’s busi- At NNPA he helped in the formation of NNPA’s treasurer for the NNPA at the time of her death. ness manager and corpo- Date Enshrined: 3-23-2017 rate secretary. Under Al- Archives at Howard Uni- exander’s presidency, the versity and arranged NNPA conferences and conven- Call and Post expanded tions. to Dayton, Youngstown, Date Enshrined: 3-21-2003 Warren and Akron; it became known for mentoring Mildred D. Brown (Omaha Star) other Black newspaper workers. 1905-1989 Date Enshrined: 3-22-1990 The Omaha Star was founded by the late Mildred D. Brown in 1938. She is believed to be the first female, Charles B. Armstrong (Chicago Metro News) certainly the first Afri- 1923-1985 can American woman, to Charles B. Armstrong have found a newspaper Sr., publisher of Chicago in the nation’s history. Metro News, who was Her tenacity, flare, char- shot and killed in his of- acter, charitable nature fices at 2600 S. Michigan and community connec- Ave. in 1985, was a former tions helped make the Floyd Adams, Sr. Steve Davis schoolteacher, political Omaha Star a corner- (The Herald - Savannah) (NNPA Executive Director) activist and human rights stone of Omaha’s African 1916-1983 1910-2000 crusader. American community. Date Enshrined: Date Enshrined: Date Enshrined: 3-20-1987 Date Enshrined: 3-19-1993 3-14-2008 3-16-2001 Forward Times | March 13 - 19, 2019 3C

Louis E. Austin (The Carolina Times) Mary Ann Shadd Cary (Provincial Freeman) William R. Ellis (The Reporter, Akron, Ohio) 1898-1971 1823-1893 1917-1990 The Carolina Times was founded as The Standard Mary Ann Shadd Cary was an American-Canadian William R. Ellis, founder, publisher and editor of The Advertiser in 1921 by Charles Arrant, who died in 1922. anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher Reporter, a weekly newspaper serving the Black In 1927, Louis E. Austin, originally from Enfield, North and lawyer. She was the community in northeast Carolina, purchased the first Black woman pub- Ohio, died in 1990. He paper and renamed it lisher in North Ameri- was 72. Rev. Atty. Wil- The Carolina Times. He ca and the first woman liam R. Ellis served as transformed the paper publisher in Canada. She Editor/Publisher of The into the most important helped found the Provin- Reporter from 1968-1990. voice for Black North cial Freeman and became The newspaper was a Carolinians during the the first Black North result of the 1968 riots 1930s. Austin edited and American female editor at Wooster Ave. in Ak- published The Carolina and publisher, with the ron, Ohio. Rev. Ellis was Times from 1927 until his purpose of transforming a practicing attorney in death in 1971. The paper Black refugees into mod- Ohio. He served as presi- continues to be pub- el citizens. The Provincial dent of Springfield Branch NAACP and the Executive lished today by Austin’s Freeman was devoted to Board of Akron NAACP. He was a WW II Army Vet- grandson, Kenneth Ed- Anti-Slavery, Temper- eran. Atty. Ellis graduated from Wilberforce/Ohio monds. ance and General Literature, and was affiliated with State and he earned his JD degree from University of Date Enshrined: 3-19-1992 no particular Political Party. Cincinnati. He partnered with the Akron NAACP to Date Enshrined: 3-18-2005 fight for the hiring of Black Police & Fireman result- ing to the appointment of a Black Police Chief and William Calvin Chase (The Washington Bee) Samuel E. Cornish (Freedom Journal) Black Fire Chief. 1854-1921 1796-1859 Date Enshrined: 3-18-1999 William Calvin Chase is perhaps most noted for his Samuel E. Cornish was a free Black man born in accomplishments as the Delaware in 1795. Work- Timothy Thomas Fortune (New York Age) 1856-1938 editor and publisher of ing with fellow African- Timothy Thomas Fortune was an orator, civil rights a successful nineteenth- American, John B. Russ- leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was century African-Amer- wurm, he founded the the highly influential edi- ican newspaper, the first African-American tor of the nation’s leading Washington Bee. Before newspaper in the United Black newspaper, The joining the Washington States, Freedom’s Jour- New York Age and was Bee, Chase worked for nal. Cornish was the se- the leading economist the Boston Observer, nior editor of the paper in the Black community. the Boston Coopera- while Russwurm served From 1891 to 1907, he was tor, and the Washington as junior editor. The first the editor and co-owner Plain Dealer. issue appeared in New of several influential New The Washington Bee York City on Friday, March 16, 1827. York-based Black news- was a rich source for in- Date Enshrined: 3-18-1977 papers, including The formation about the African-American community, C.C. Dejoie, Sr. (Louisiana Weekly) New York Globe, and both within the nation’s capital and elsewhere in the 1880-1970 The New York Freeman, the latter of which was re- country. The Bee chronicled the political, cultural, C.C. Dejoie was an early African-American business- named The New York Age in 1887. and educational goals and achievements of the Afri- man and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana, Date Enshrined: 3-17-1978 can-American population. During the height of the and was co-founder of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper’s circulation, Washington D.C. was the Chester A. Franklin (Kansas City Call) newspaper. The paper center of African-American political power. 1880-1955 has covered social justice Date Enshrined: 3-21-86 Chester Arthur Franklin founded The Call newspa- issues, including “educa- per in May 1919. Young Chester finished high school in tion, the environment, Charles W. Cherry Omaha and attended the politics and protest,” and (Daytona Times and Florida Courier) University of Nebraska such diverse topics as the 1928-2004 for two years. He was Black Panther Party and Cherry, Sr. began his newspaper career when he forced to leave the uni- the threat of hydroflu- launched Daytona Beach’s Westside Rapper in versity when his father oric acid contamination 1969 “to have our own became ill. In an effort to at a New Orleans area Black voice.” The Day- help the elder Mr. Frank- refinery. tona Times succeeded lin regain his health, the Date Enshrined: 3-16-2007 the Westside Rapper family moved to Den- in 1978. In 1989, Cherry, Martin R. Delany (North Star) ver in 1898 where they Sr. went on to establish 1812-1885 bought the Colorado the Florida Courier to Martin R. Delany was an African-American aboli- Statesman, later renam- reach Florida’s Treasure tionist, writer, editor, doctor, and politician. Born in ing it The Star because Coast. That same year, Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), he was it was shorter and easier the Cherry family pur- the first Black field officer for the average man on chased WPUL-AM 1590, in the United States Army, the street to pronounce. a Daytona Beach-area serving as a major during At age 17, Franklin took over his father’s business and radio station. In 2001, the and after the American found himself at once, editor, printer and distributor. Cherry family’s media Civil War (1861–1865), and Date Enshrined: 3-23-1984 business expanded to was among the first Black Ada C. Franklin (Kansas City Call) become Tama Broadcasting, Inc., then Florida’s larg- nationalists. A fiercely in- 1886-1983 est privately-owned African-American media group, dependent thinker and Ada Crogman Frank- which owned or operated 11 radio stations across wide-ranging writer, he lin was born in Atlanta, three states. coedited the abolition- Georgia, one of eight Date Enshrined: 3-18-2011 ist newspaper North Star children of Dr. and Mrs. with Frederick Douglass Willis Cole (The Louisville Leader) William H. Crogman. Ada and later penned a mani- 1887-1950 Crogman and Chester festo calling for Black Willis Cole was born in 1887 in Memphis, Tennes- Franklin were married in emigration from the see. He was a graduate of Le Moyne Junior College 1925 in West Philadelphia United States to Central [now Le Moyne College]. When Cole came to Ken- and Mrs. Franklin came America. tucky, he was a salesman to Kansas City as a bride. Date Enshrined: 3-18-1977 who shortly thereafter After her marriage, she became the founder of Frederick Douglass (North Star) began to devote her tal- the African-American 1818 - 1895 ent and her interest to newspaper, the Louis- Despite apprehensions that the information might the Kansas City com- ville Leader, the leading endanger his freedom, munity, in general and to African-American news- Douglass published The Call, in particular. After the death of Mr. Franklin paper in Louisville. Cole his autobiography, in 1955, Mrs. Franklin inspired the staff to continue the used the medium to pro- “Narrative of the Life of tradition of her husband, whose policy was to oper- test discrimination to- Frederick Douglass, an ate a clean, family newspaper. From its inception up ward African-Americans. American Slave,” written to 64 years later, The Call’s news policy has been He was a supporter of by himself. The year was constructive and Mrs. Franklin played a role in main- the Garvey Movement and served as the regional di- 1845. Three years later, taining that posture. rector of the National Negro League. In 1921, Cole was after a speaking tour of Date Enshrined: 3-23-1984 unsuccessful in his campaign for the Kentucky Senate. England, Ireland, and Date Enshrined: 3-21-1991 Scotland, Douglass pub- Carlton Goodlett (Sun-Reporter) lished the first issue of 1914-1997 Joseph L. Coley, Sr. the North Star, a four-page weekly, out of Rochester, As both publisher and editor of the flagship Sun-Re- (The Bakersfield News Observer) New York. porter, Goodlett had a vehicle to press for the social 1924-2000 Date Enshrined: 3-18-1977 and economic better- Joseph Coley, along with ment of African-Amer- much of his family, re- Roscoe Dunjee (Oklahoma Black Dispatch) icans in the Bay Area. located to Philadelphia, 1883-1965 A crusading newspaper Pennsylvania, in hopes of In 1915, Dunjee founded his own newspaper in Oklaho- under his direction, the escaping the hardships of ma City, entitled the Black Sun-Reporter’s motto life in the south. Joseph Dispatch, which became was, “That no good cause joined the US Navy at the one of the most promi- shall lack a champion, start of WWII and served nent Black newspapers evil shall not thrive un- honorably for 26 years, in America. Through- opposed.” By 1951 Good- retiring in 1968. In 1977, af- out his life, in the Black lett was sole owner of ter relocating to Bakers- Dispatch, Dunjee wrote the Reporter Publish- field, CA, a particularly confrontational editori- ing Company and his conservative county, he founded the Bakersfield als attacking the institu- prominence was evident News Observer, recognizing that the African-Ameri- tion of Jim Crow, encour- as he ascended to the can community needed a voice and a news outlet that aged African-Americans presidency/chairman- was representative to the Black community’s needs to vote and fight for their ship of the San Francisco and views. He would then further the range and out- Civil Rights, and named NAACP, the National Black United Fund, the National reach of the newspaper with the forming of the Los his paper the Black Dispatch because whites had Newspaper Publishers Association, California Black Angeles Bay News Observer and the San Fernando degraded the term to refer to African-Americans as Leadership Conference, and the William L. Patterson Valley News Observer in 1984, and once again in 1996, gossipers and liars. Dunjee chose to invert the term Foundation. extending the outreach with the formation of the An- “black dispatch” as something honorable concerning Date Enshrined: 3-15-2002 telope Valley News Observer. the image of African Americans. Date Enshrined: 3-14-2013 Date Enshrined: 3-16-1995 4C Forward Times | March 13 - 19, 2019 Freeman Harris (Denver Weekly) Louis Martinet (New Orleans Crusader) Francis Page, Sr. (Houston Newspages) 1935-2001 1849-1917 1938-2002 Freeman Harris was a voice in the African-American In 1889, Martinet began publishing The Crusader, a Francis Page, Sr. founded The community in the Greater Denver area. Freeman first weekly then daily paper chronicling the struggle Houston NewsPages Publish- ‘Cosmo’ Harris transi- for civil rights. In 1891, Martinet was a founding mem- ing Company in 1986. He was an tioned from the spoken ber of the Comité des Citoyens (Citizens’ Commit- American publisher, real estate word to print, found- tee). The Comité des Citoyens, comprised of promi- developer, community leader ing the Denver Weekly nent people of color in New Orleans, sought to end and advocate. Francis Page, News in 1971. Never mind the encroaching practice of racial segregation in the Sr. was also one of the most that many other Black south by challenging the practice in the courts. renowned newspaper men in newspapers had come Date Enshrined: 3-16-2007 Texas. and gone, Harris had Date Enshrined: 3-26-2015 found his niche, and for Jane E. Woods Miller (St. Louis Metro Sen- three decades DWN was tinel) his main gig. Harris died -1976 Ludwald Perry, M.D. (Tennessee Tribune) from complications asso- Jane E. Woods Miller was known throughout St. Louis 1923-2009 ciated with Lou Gehrig’s Disease (Amyotrophic Lat- and the nation for her work with the St. Louis Metro Ludwald Orren Pettipher Perry, M.D. combined a de- eral Sclerosis or ALS) after a three-year battle. Sentinel, a weekly Black votion and dedication to medicine and education with Date Enshrined: 3-17-2012 newspaper that she took an equal fervor for jour- over as publisher after nalism and public service. His extensive career as a P.R. Jervay, Sr. (The Carolinian) her second husband, physician and professor 1907-1993 Howard B. Woods, died included more than three An African-American newspaper founded in 1940 by in 1976. Woods, with decades at Meharry Medi- P.R. Jervay Sr., The Car- the help of his wife, had cal College, the nation’s olinian published seven founded the Metro Sen- premier private facility editions, which were tinel about eight years for instructing and train- circulated in major cities earlier. She served sever- ing prospective Black throughout N.C. Today, al terms as Secretary of medical professionals. He “The Carolinian” is the the Board of the National was also a co-founder of only African-American Newspaper Publishers Association and as Vice Presi- the Tennessee Tribune, the state’s premier Black- newspaper published dent of the Board. In St. Louis she was also known for owned newspaper which recently celebrated its 25th twice weekly in the state. her charitable work and establishment of an annual anniversary. He served as its publisher until his pass- The newspaper remains family-owned and operated “Yes, I Can” Dinner and an annual spectacular fashion ing in 2009, and was extremely proud of his role in its and is currently run by co-publishers Paul R. and Ev- show. formation, and an active participant in each week’s elyn H. Jervay. Date Enshrined: 3-17-2012 issue. Date Enshrined: 3-19-1999 John Mitchell, Jr. (Richmond Planet) 1863-1938 Date Enshrined: 3-26-2015 Thomas C. Jervay, Jr. (Wilmington Journal) Date Enshrined: 3-17-1978 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (People’s Voice) 1914-1993 Carl Murphy (The Afro-American) 1908-1972 Thomas C. Jervay (1914-1993) took over the leader- 1889-1967 People’s Voice was a New ship of his family printing and newspaper business Carl Murphy was an African-American journal- York City-based, leftist Af- after his father passed away. In 1945 he changed the ist, publisher, civil rights leader, and educator. He rican-American newspaper name of the newspaper was publisher of the founded in 1942 by Adam to “The Wilmington Jour- Afro-American newspa- Clayton Powell, Jr., a charis- nal,” and after his mother per chain of Baltimore, matic minister and politician. passed away, concentrat- Maryland, expanding its This paper was designed ed more on the newspa- coverage with regional for a progressive African- per and less on the print- editions in several major American audience, and it ing business, eventually cities of the Washington, educated and enlightened becoming the publisher, DC area, as well as New- readers on everything from editor, general manager ark, New Jersey, a des- local gatherings and events and owner of one of the tination of thousands of to U.S. civil rights issues to the political and economic leading African-Amer- rural Blacks in the Great struggles of the peoples of Africa. In the wake of the ican newspapers in the Migration to the North. United States’ entry into World War II, Powell start- South. He was active in Date Enshrined: 3-21-1991 ed the People’s Voice. He wanted to present relevant newspaper publishers and journalists associations, and educational information for the democratically and openly worked to end discrimination. The news- John H. Murphy, Sr. minded African-American reader. paper offices were bombed in 1971 during the crisis (Baltimore Afro-American) Date Enshrined: 3-21-2003 known as the incident of the Wilmington Ten, caus- 1840-1922 ing significant damage to the building. John Henry Murphy, Sr. Clilan B. Powell (New York Amsterdam News) Date Enshrined: 3-18-1999 was an African-Ameri- 1894-1977 can newspaper publish- Clilan (C.B.) Powell, longtime owner of the Amster- Joseph Madison Jones, Jr. er based in Baltimore, dam News, was born in 1894 to former Virginia slaves. (New Orleans Data Newsweekly) Maryland. Born into slav- Powell was the first Afri- 1916-1998 ery, he is best known as can-American x-ray spe- Joseph Madison “Scoop” Jones, Jr. was a pioneering the founder of the Bal- cialist and owned a labo- Black war correspondent timore Afro-American, ratory in Harlem. It was who founded a weekly published by the AFRO- at his lab where he met newspaper aimed at the American Newspaper Dr. Philip H.M. Savory, his city’s Black community. Company of Baltimore, future business partner. A writer and photogra- Inc. Murphy began to The two physicians col- pher, Jones earned his publish a Sunday school newspaper with an old man- laborated to create the nickname in the 1930s ually operated printing press. The newspaper, called Powell-Savory Corpo- when he was the first the Sunday School Helper, was created to assist him ration in 1935. With this photojournalist on the with the instruction of the students at his school. new corporation, they scene of a Natchez, Miss. Date Enshrined: 3-17-1978 switched their focus from medicine to business, and dance hall fire that killed scores of people. became two of the leading African-American entre- Date Enshrined: 3-19-2010 preneurs in the 1930s. Powell became publisher of the Cecil E. Newman (Minneapolis Spokesman) New York paper and retained that post until its sale 1903-1976 Balm Lee Leavell, Jr. (The Chicago and Gary in 1971. Powell studied other successful newspapers While a young boy, Newman sold papers to make Crusader Newspapers) including the New York Times and patterned the extra change and worked 1910-1968 Amsterdam News after them. He also made the Am- in the office for the lo- Balm Lee Leavell, Jr. was sterdam News home for numerous African-Ameri- cal Black newspaper, the a fiery publisher, who can journalists such as Earl Brown, Thomas Watkins, Kansas City Call. In 1932, often led crusades for James L. Hicks, and Jesse H. Walker. Powell expanded he published the Timely better employment op- the paper’s coverage to include national and interna- Digest, a weekly maga- portunities for members tional news. zine and in 1934, Newman of the Black community Date Enshrined: 3-14-1980 and was outspoken on became editor and pub- issues pertaining to the lisher of the Minneapolis Longworth M. Quinn (Michigan Chronicle) welfare of disadvantaged Spokesman and the St. 1909-1989 Black people, as a mem- Paul Recorder. In 1948, As publisher of the Michigan Chronicle since 1944, ber of the Negro Labor Relations League. He came while in the newspaper business, he became the first Quinn’s judgement and leadership were tested at a from Louisville, Kentucky to Chicago in 1931 and was a Black president of the Minneapolis Urban League. time when facts on ra- founding member in 1940 with Joseph H. Jefferson of For over 50 years, his influence shaped opportunities cial injustice seldom saw the Chicago publication and 1961 of the Gary, Indiana for Black people and provided them with a source of print. Quinn not only publication. In both communities he was a powerful news and information not found in local White news- kept his readers abreast and respected leader, as well as nationally. As pub- papers throughout the state. of the hardships and vic- lisher of the Chicago Crusader, he saw the weekly Date Enshrined: 3-16-1994 tories of the Black com- publication grow from a one-page organ to a tabloid munity, but launched the with a circulation of nearly 31,000. He was a board Christopher J. Perry, Sr. careers of dozens of to- member of the National Newspaper Publishers As- (Philadelphia Tribune) day’s media professionals sociation and Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. (an ad- 1854-1921 he called, “surrogate sons vertising rep firm for Black newspapers). Christopher J. Perry, Sr., a pioneering Black business- and daughters.” His tough standards established the Date Enshrined: 3-20-1987 man who championed racial equality, established norm for unbiased reporting of racial issues today. the Philadelphia Tribune Date Enshrined: 3-17-2006 Louis E. Martin in 1884. The Tribune (Journalist/Political Advisor) was the oldest continu- Calvin W. Rolark (The Washington Informer) 1912-1997 ously published African- 1927-1994 Louis E. Martin, newspaper editor and political activ- American newspaper in Calvin W. Rolark was an outstanding civic leader and ist, served as an advisor the nation. In 1867, when freedom fighter. There to three American presi- he was fourteen, Perry was no question that the dents and influenced the began writing irregularly residents of Washing- placement of African- for local newspapers. In ton, D.C., not only had a Americans into high 1881, he began writing strong advocate, but he political offices. He is for the Northern Daily, a would push the envelope, credited with developing Philadelphia newspaper. Eventually he became editor particularly in the cases the Black support that of the Colored Department in another Philadelphia of those who were on the helped elect John F. Ken- newspaper called The Sunday Mercury. In 1884 Per- margins of society and nedy to the presidency in ry lost this job due to the newspaper’s bankruptcy. who had no one to speak for them. He served as edi- 1960, and he worked with Perry turned this unfortunate circumstance into an tor of the New Observer Newspaper Co. from 1961 to President Lyndon John- opportunity when he decided to establish his own 1964 and as editor and publisher of the Washington son to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964. paper, the Philadelphia Tribune. Informer, which he established in 1964. Date Enshrined: 3-17-2006 Date Enshrined: 3-17-1978 Date Enshrined: 3-17-2000 Forward Times | March 13 - 19, 2019 5C

M. Paul Redd (Westchester County Press) John B. Russwurm (Freedom Journal) Virginia Taylor (Northwest Dispatch) 1928-2009 1799-1851 1938-2001 Westchester County John Brown Russwurm was an American abolition- A tireless community activist and advocate, Virginia Press publisher, Paul ist born in Jamaica to proved that one person can make a profound differ- Redd’s passion for eradi- an English father and ence to a community. She was a politician, publisher, cating racism and bigotry enslaved mother. John businesswoman, activist, social worker, surrogate inspired many to pursue Russwurm, editor, poli- mom, and more for the citizens of the Hilltop. She careers in public service. tician, and one of the was perhaps most proud of her work as the pub- He made such a powerful nation’s first Black col- lisher of the Northwest Dispatch newspaper. Tay- impact in the region that lege graduates, launched lor and her longtime friend and fellow activist Jean on January 9, 2009, May- this country’s first Black Watley started the Dispatch in 1982 with only $700. or Clinton Young, Jr. de- newspaper, Freedom’s The weekly paper covered the good news for the clared a day of mourning Journal, with a head- Hilltop Black community, news from what Taylor re- and remembrance in the line that read, “We wish ferred to as the “hope side,” which defended minor- City of Mount Vernon, to plead our own cause. ity, women’s, and gay rights. Taylor was instrumental NY to pay homage to the Too long have others spoken for us.” in making Evergreen-Tacoma a reality. She wanted life and legacy of Redd. Date Enshrined: 3-16-1977 Evergreen to be a “beacon on the hill,” and worked Date Enshrined: 3-20-2014 William A. Scott, II (Atlanta Daily World) tirelessly to bring the branch campus to Tacoma. Al- 1902-1934 though Virginia Taylor died of cancer in 2001 at the John Sengstacke (Chicago Defender) William A. Scott, II was the founder of the Atlanta age of 62, her contributions have ensured that she 1912-1997 Daily World, the first will always be a strong presence in the community. John Herman Henry Sengstacke was an African- successful and one of the Date Enshrined: 3-14-2013 American newspaper publisher and owner of the most widely circulated largest chain of Black newspapers in the country. The African-American daily Frank P. Thomas, Jr. Chicago Defender was newspapers in the nation. (Mobile Beacon & Alabama Citizen) 1913-1974 founded in 1905 by Seng- Scott, son of a minister The Mobile Beacon and Alabama Citizen is a family- stacke’s uncle, Robert S. was educated at More- owned Black newspa- Abbott, and had a strong house College in Atlanta per in Alabama that has voice in Chicago’s Afri- around World War I. He published once a week can-American commu- initially began publishing without fail over a fifty- nities. The Chicago De- a business directory in six year time span. The fender was a widely read Atlanta. However, he was paper was founded by Black newspaper. At the interested in encouraging Frank P. Thomas, Jr. and time, it had a circulation conversation and inter- Lancie Mae Black Thom- of about 25,000. He also action among the Black as in November 1943 and founded the Negro Newspaper Publisher Associa- residents of Atlanta so, has continued until the tion in 1940, now known as the National Newspaper with the encouragement present. When the news- Publishers Association (NNPA). In 1956, he took The of Black business own- paper was started, Ala- Chicago Defender from a weekly to a daily publica- ers in the city, he began to publish a newspaper at bama was still a racially tion. The paper’s Bud Billiken Parade, which marches the age of 26. The paper was founded as the Atlanta segregated society and through the South Side each August, has grown to World newspaper in 1928 and using the Atlanta World Black people commonly had limited access or no become one of the nation’s largest African-American as fuel, Scott charged ahead, establishing the first access to voting, education, skilled jobs or housing, community celebrations. John Sengstacke also owned chain of African-American newspapers in 1931. The other than substandard housing. the Courier newspapers of Pittsburgh and Miami and Scott Newspaper Syndicate eventually would include Date Enshrined: 3-18-1988 the Michigan Chronicle of Detroit. 50 newspapers. Date Enshrined: 3-17-2006 Date Enshrined: 3-14-1980 Lancie M. Black Thomas (Mobile Beacon) Frank L. Stanley (Louisville Defender) 1918-2005 Henry E. Sigismund Reeves (Miami Times) 1905-1974 Mrs. Lancie B. Thomas was a devoted family woman 1883-1968 Frank L. Stanley, Sr. was senior editor and publisher and a pioneer in the Alabama publishing commu- After very careful and deliberative consideration, of the Louisville Defender nity. Following her education, she worked for many Henry E. Sigismund Reeves decided that the Black newspaper for 38 years. years as a home economics teacher in the Tuscaloo- community could not He was also a civil rights sa County school system. depend on either their activist. In 1950, he draft- Upon leaving the teach- friends or enemies to ed Senate Resolution No. ing profession, she began express their ideas and 53, which led to the inte- to assist her husband, the aspirations. So on Sep- gration of higher educa- late Frank Thomas, with tember 1, 1923, Henry tion in Kentucky; and he the building of several E.S. Reeves founded the pushed for the organiza- newspapers throughout Miami Times as a voice tion of the Kentucky Hu- the state of Alabama. for Miami’s Black com- man Rights Commission. These included the Sel- munity. In its many years In 1962, Stanley was one ma (Alabama) Citizen, of existence, the Miami of the four journalists the the Alabama Citizen in Times has taken strong State Department sent to Tuscaloosa, and the Mo- stances on issues such as Africa to conduct a jour- bile Weekly Review. The segregation, economic nalism seminar for Afri- Weekly Review, which started in 1943, had its named opportunity, equal jus- can editors and radio program directors. changed to the Beacon in 1954 and has continued op- tice, and the positive Date Enshrined: 3-18-1983 erations to the present day. promotion of Black life. Through its efforts, the pa- Date Enshrined: 3-19-2010 per helped to integrate Miami’s public beaches, golf George P. Sewart (Indianapolis Recorder) courses, and played a critical role in winning conces- 1874-1924 Charles Tisdale sions for Miami Blacks in the successful Black tourism The Indianapolis Recorder is an American weekly (Jackson Advocate, Jackson MS) boycott of Miami. newspaper, which began publishing in 1895. The news- 1926-2007 Date Enshrined: 3-14-1996 paper holds the distinc- Charles Tisdale was much more than a publisher and E. Washington Rhodes tion of being published radio show host. He was (Philadelphia Tribune) longer than any other a civil rights advocate 1895-1970 African-American paper clothed as a newspaper Eugene Washington Rhodes was publisher of the in the state of Indiana and publisher. His genuine Philadelphia Tribune is also the nation’s fourth- concern about the wel- when he died in 1970; he oldest-surviving African- fare of all Jackson, Mis- had also served as editor American newspaper. sissippi, citizens led to and general manager. As The newspaper was first his outspokenness about noted in “African-Amer- established by George both Black and White ican Business Leaders: A P. Stewart and William elected officials. Backlash Biographical Dictionary” H. Porter as a two-page often resulted in personal (Ingham and Feldman, church bulletin. Although they began The Recorder death threats and brutali- 1994), during Rhodes’ together, Porter sold his share of the newspaper to ty against his publication, administration, the pa- Stewart in 1899. By 1916, the two-page church bulletin which was firebombed per was referred to as “a had become a four-page newspaper. During this time, on more than one occasion. Tisdale purchased the bastion of economic and The Recorder urged African-Americans to be moral, Jackson Advocate in 1978 from Percy Green, the political conservatism proud of their heritage and to combat stereotypes. newspaper’s first owner. The Jackson Advocate is the and was persistent in ad- Popular sermons were excerpted, and biographical oldest Black-owned newspaper in Mississippi. Born vocacy for the advance- sketches were also published with a moral focus. November 5, 1926, the Athens, Alabama, native died ment of African-Ameri- Date Enshrined: 3-16-2001 on July 8, 2007 while undergoing dialysis. cans.” During the period Date Enshrined: 3-20-2014 of the Great Depression, Nathaniel A. Sweets (St. Louis American) Arthur P. Townsend (Reporter & Bulletin) the Tribune served Philadelphia and the region as the 1901-1988 1921-1989 voice for Black people, and later launched campaigns Nathaniel Sweets is most Art Townsend established the Precinct Reporter in for the appointment of a Black member on the Board recognizable as the dis- July 1965. It is the larg- of Education, the election of a Black City Council tinguished newspaper ed- est weekly newspaper member and the election of a Black judge. itor and publisher-owner and oldest Black-owned Date Enshrined: 3-19-1998 of the St. Louis American publication in the inland newspaper. However, it empire. He had received C.F. Richardson (The Houston Defender) is well-known and docu- national recognition for 1891-1939 mented that he was a the quality of the news- Clifton Frederick Rich- fierce champion of civil paper and, in fact, vari- ardson was a Black edi- rights and social equality ous articles have been tor, publisher, journal- during the racially turbu- entered into the U.S. ist, political activist, and lent period ranging from Congressional Record. civic booster in Houston the 1940s to the 1970s. He He also founded the Tri-County Bulletin, the only during the period of 1911- used the influence of his weekly Black news publication in Orange County in 1939. Both as an editor and newspaper to advance 1984. He was serving as President of the West Coast journalist and as a political the cause of that struggle. Black Publishers Association at the time of his death. activist, he can be defined Date Enshrined: 3-18-2011 Date Enshrined: 3-20-1997 using the titles of four of the publications he ed- ited: “Watchman, Observer, Informer and Defender.” On October 11, 1930, Clifton Richardson founded and became editor/publisher of the Houston Defender. Richardson was a vocal supporter of civil rights, writ- ing many articles on the issues in his various publica- tions. Date Enshrined: 3-21-1991 6C Forward Times | March 13 - 19, 2019 William Monroe Trotter (Boston Guardian) Ida B. Wells-Barnett Howard B. Woods (St. Louis Metro Sentinel) 1872-1934 (Memphis Free Speech; New York Age) 1917-1976 William Monroe Trotter was a newspaper editor 1869-1931 Mr. Woods was editor and publisher of the St. Louis and real estate businessman based in Boston, Mas- Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, more commonly known as Sentinel, a weekly newspaper, and chairman of the sachusetts, and an activist for African-American civil Ida B. Wells, was an Af- St. Louis Urban League board of directors. In the rights. Several Bostonian rican-American journal- 1950s, he became editor leaders discussed starting ist, newspaper editor, and executive director a weekly newspaper for suffragist, sociologist, of The St. Louis Argus. the Black community in feminist, Georgist, and an In 1965 he was appointed Boston. Trotter provided early leader in the Civil by President Johnson as the money and another Rights Movement. When associate director of the leader, George Forbes, Ida was only fourteen, a United States Informa- provided the technical ex- tragic epidemic of Yel- tion Agency and served pertise and experience to low Fever swept through for two years. He then bring about a local news- Holly Springs and killed became editor in chief paper called The Guard- her parents and young- of Sengstacke Newspa- ian. The Guardian was the est sibling. The Ida B. pers of Chicago, a major first weekly newspaper Wells-Barnett Museum is Black newspaper chain for African-Americans and Trotter’s biggest accom- located at the Spires Bol- of 14 publications. He plishment in his career. It first appeared on Novem- ling House on North Ran- returned to St. Louis in ber 9, 1901 with the motto, “For every right, with all dolph Street and Salem 1968 to start publication of The Sentinel. He was vice thy might” and called itself “an organ which is to voice Avenue in Holly Springs, president of the National Newspaper Publishers As- intelligently the needs and aspirations of the Colored Mississippi. Beginning in sociation and a member of the University of Missouri American” (Fox 30). The eight page paper came out 1892 with the destruction Board of Curators. every Saturday and contained local and national news of her newspaper, the Date Enshrined: 3-18-1988 for African-Americans. Memphis Free Speech, Ida B. Wells for the next forty Date Enshrined: 3-20-1981 years was the most prominent opponent of lynching Plummer Bernard Young, Sr. in the United States. (Norfolk Journal) Robert L. Vann (Pittsburgh Courier) Date Enshrined: 3-17-1978 1884-1962 1879-1940 The Norfolk Journal and Guide evolved from a fra- James Hugo Warren, Jr. ternal order publication Robert Lee Vann was the publisher and editor of (Washington New Observer) the Pittsburgh Courier from 1912 until his death, one known as The Lodge 1903-1973 Journal and Guide to be- of the nation’s leading Date Enshrined: 3-14-1996 newspapers for African- come one of the leading Americans. He was born Col. Leon H. Washington, Jr. (L.A. Sentinel) Black southern newspa- in Ahoskie, North Car- 1907-1974 pers. When P.B. Young, olina, the son of Lucy Col. Leon H. Washington, Jr. was the founding pub- Sr. purchased it in 1910, it Peoples and an unknown lisher of the Los Angeles based African-American was a four-page week- father. The Courier pros- newspaper, the Sentinel. ly with a circulation of pered under his direction In the first two decades 500. By the mid-1940s it and became the nation’s of its existence, Wash- had been expanded to largest Negro weekly ington’s Sentinel champi- 32 pages and circulation newspaper with a circulation of 250,000. In 1939, Vann oned economic equality was over 80,000. Young started the Interstate United Newspaper Company to and entrepreneurship for served as The Guide’s sell advertisements for the Negro press. its mostly African-Amer- editor and publisher until Date Enshrined: 3-16-1979 ican readers in the Los his retirement in 1946. Family members assisted him Angeles community. In with the paper during this period. In 1929, his eldest William Otis Walker (Call and Post) son 1896-1981 1949, Washington called for a series of non-violent P. B. Young Jr. joined the staff, and in 1932, his young- Dr. William O. Walker est son, Thomas White Young, began working as an aka W.O. Walker was an demonstrations against White merchants who assistant in the business office. African-American pub- Date Enshrined: 3-16-1979 lisher, Cleveland, Ohio operated in the African- American community, area politician and editor National Newspaper Publishers Association Headquarters of the Call and Post, an but who refused to hire African-American news- Black workers. Because Address: 1816 12th St NW, paper based in Cleveland. he was jailed in one of the Washington, DC 20009 demonstrations, he sub- Walker used this weekly Phone: (202) 588-8764 paper to educate the sequently became more widely admired in the local community about racial injustices occurring in both Black community. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis - CEO/President Cleveland and across the United States. During this Date Enshrined: 3-20-2009 period, African-Americans increasingly supported the Democratic Party, but Walker used his paper as Ruth Washington a strong voice for the Republican Party. Besides pub- 1914-1999 lishing the Cleveland Call and Post, Walker also played an active role in local and state politics. He served as a Cleveland city councilman during the 1940s. In 1963, Walker became the first African-American cabinet member in the history of Ohio when Governor James TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Rhodes selected him to be Director of the Ohio De- partment of Industrial Relations. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan considered appointing Walker as chairman of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission, but Walker died on October 29, 1981, before the nomina- tion was made. Congratulates Date Enshrined: 3-19-1982 THE J. Lowell Ware (Atlanta Voice) Ending a long-running 1928-1991 and bitter probate bat- The Atlanta Voice newspaper was founded by Mr. Ed tle, a Los Angeles Supe- Clayton, a formidable newspaperman and J. Lowell rior Court judge ruled Ware in 1966 with a de- that control of the Los fined vision and mission, Angeles Sentinel, once which has been the pub- the second-largest Black lications’ motto and driv- newspaper in America, ing force ever since: “A was rightly willed to the People Without A Voice widow of its founder, E L E B R AT I N G Cannot Be Heard.” Mr. Leon Washington. While N C T H E Clayton died after the assisting her husband, I first issue of the paper and in her role as pub- was produced, leaving lisher, Mrs. Washington Mr. Ware as the sole publisher. It was effectively and became the matriarch uniquely spearheaded by the legendary and political- of Black society in Los ly powerful, J. Lowell Ware, who when he died at age Angeles. She made sure 63 in 1991, had been responsible for publishing seven the paper was a place newspapers throughout the states of Georgia and where Blacks could turn Alabama; The Atlanta Voice, The Athens Voice, The for steady coverage of ANNIVERSARY Macon Voice, The Tuskegee Voice, The Pensacola community-oriented Voice, The Inter-Scholastic Journal and The Atlanta programs, fund-raisers Inquirer. and social events, even Date Enshrined: 3-20-1997 as Blacks continued to move from the inner city Gerri Warren (San Diego Voice and Viewpoint) and integration reduced 1946-2009 circulation. OF THE FIRST AFRICANAMERICAN Date Enshrined: For more than five decades, The San Diego Voice & OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER Viewpoint has faithfully reported on news from an 3-20-2009 African-American perspective and African-American IN THE UNITED STATES 18272019. communities of San Di- Thomas Watkins, Sr. ego County, from small (New York Recorder) church gatherings to ma- 1910-1987 jor political campaigns. As San Diego’s largest African-American pub- lication, their news fea- tures have highlighted people and events in a more comprehensive manner, while commen- tators have argued from different points of view in the lively op-ed pages. Mrs. Warren, who lived in Jam- ul, also started the San Diego County Black Chamber of Commerce, now called the San Diego Regional Af- rican American Chamber of Commerce. Date Enshrined: Date Enshrined: 3-10-2016 3-22-1990