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BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID INSIDE: SIGNVOL. UP XLII A TEEN,Number 38 TWEEN, April 10, 2019 AND YOUNG ADULTwww.milwaukeecommunityjournal.com YOU THINK IS GREAT 25 Cents ON PAGEMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 3! PERMIT NO. 4668 WISCONSIN’S LARGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile HABARIHABARI talks about having “A Seat at the PASSAGESPASSAGES Table” Former columnist GANIGANI?? Greg Stanford (What’s The News?) remembered as Nat’l News Briefs HABARI GANI is a Swahili term meaning “What a trailblazer is the news?” It is used when greeting others dur- ing Kwanzaa and year-round to greet a friend or and mentor relative. By Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr. Greg Stanford, a former columnist at Legendary Johnson the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and a Publishing Company founding member and first president of filesJohnson Publishingfor bankruptcy Company, the historic African- American media powerhouse responsible for the start the Wisconsin Black of Ebony and Jet magazines, has filed for bankruptcy. Donna Brazile, former chair of the Democratic National Committee and political analyst makes a Media Association, The company sold Ebony and Jet three years ago point as former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte looks on during a conversation on women in leadership to a private equity firm, so Tuesday’s filing for Chapter will be remembered 7 bankruptcy liquidation will not affect the publica- and politics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The conversation was called, “A Seat At The as a mentor and trail- tions, the Chicago Sun Times reports. Table: Women in Leadership & Civic Engagement. The event was held in the Wisconsin Room of However, the company plans to sell the rest of its the UWM Union.—Photo by Yvonne Kemp blazer who opened assets, which include Fashion Fair Cosmetics. doors for Black jour- Stanford As the Wall Street Journal reports, the decision to liquidate came after failing to restructure, obtain alter- nalists. Stanford died recently after a long illness. He was 72. native financing or find a buyer, Johnson Publishing said in a news release. “This decision was not easy, MUL’s Dr. Eve Hall among Current and retired Black journalists called their col- nor should it have been,” the company added in an- league and friend a voice for the city’s Black commu- nouncing the move, the Sun Times reports. “Johnson panelists at forum focusing on nity; as its advocate who wrote stories that spoke to Publishing Company is an iconic part of American their challenges living, working, and raising a family in and African-American history since our founding in how to do business with the a hyper-segregated metropolis struggling with race and 1942, and the company’s impact on society cannot be DNC during 2020 convention racism. overstated.” Tuesday’s filing marks another turning “He was in a unique position to advocate,” said Mikel point for the firm begun in Chicago in 1942, when the Holt, columnist and associate publisher of the Milwau- late John H. Johnson started the company with a kee Community Journal. Holt remembered that Stan- $500 loan and the goal of presenting positive, aspira- ford started—as most Black journalists in media did tional images of African Americans to the world.— back in the day—with the Black press, more specifi- Source: TheRoot.com (continued on page 2) New York man charged with threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar Milwaukee Urban League President/CEO Eve Hall (pictured at right A New York man is in and above with, from left to right, Marty Brooks of the Wisconsin custody after having been Center, David Caruso of Dynamic Events, Alex Lasry, of the Mil- arrested and charged waukee Bucks, and Jason Rae representing the Democratic Na- with threatening to as- tional Committee) spoke at a Flash Forum on how the city’s sault and murder Rep. businesses can get involved and benefit from the Democratic Na- Ilhan Omar, according to tional Convention to be held here in 2020. The forum was held at the US Attorney's Office the Good City Brewing and Taproom, directly east of the Fiserv for the Western District of Forum, where the political convention will be held. New York. —Photos by Yvonne Kemp Patrick W. Carlineo, Jr., 55, of Addison, New York, Rep. Omar threatened to kill Omar because of her Muslim faith, Few cat owners would be surprised by according to a criminal complaint and accompany- the conclusions of a new study that con- ing affidavit. Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, is one of the first two Muslim women serving in Congress firms their “feline friends” possess the after being elected in the 2018 midterms. ability to discern various words includ- A call was placed to Omar's Washington, DC, of- Retiring domestic fice on March 21, an FBI agent stated in the affi- ing their names, but simply choose to ig- davit. During the call, an individual, who identified nore their “masters” when called. violence advocate honored himself as Pat Carlineo, said to a staff member: "Do That’s one of the reasons why I have never “owned” a Dolly Grimes-Johnson (above), the shelter director at you work for the Muslim Brotherhood? Why are you By Mikel Kwaku Oshi Holt cat, preferring dogs, although I haven’t had one since my Sojourner Family Peace Center speaks during a retire- working for her, she's a (expletive) terrorist. I'll put a first marriage ended. ment celebration in her honor at The Box. Grimes-John- bullet in her (expletive) skull." son has spent 36 years at the agency as a domestic (Oops, that didn’t come out right. I meant to say my violence advocate. At the celebration, it was estimated Omar's office referred the threat to the US Capitol SIGNIFYIN’ first wife and I had a dog, but she passed—the dog—and Police, which began an investigation with the FBI. she was a lifeline to at least 30,000 women and children several years later, my wife and I had an amicable divorce —Source: CNN through the years and the ripple affect of her work in- Those wiley, for totally unrelated reasons. I ended up with my son, and cluded 100,000. Grimes-Johnson was acknowledged would have taken the dog too, but as I said, she passed for making Sojourner more than just a shelter, but a Black conservative away before the Stephen King book Pet Sematary). home for those in the midst of a crisis. She was pre- doggone, In any event, according to a study by Japanese re- sented citations from Congresswoman Gwen Moore Candace Owens blasts and Mayor Tom Barrett at the event. (continued on page 5) House Judiciary —Photo by Clarene Mitchell PULSE PULSE Photos and question by Yvonne KempPhotos and questionYvonne by Committee hate crimes darnCOMMUNITY THE cats! hearing QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Controversial Black conservative activist Candace “Of the almost 20 declared Democratic candidates running for Owens was critical of a hearing on hate crimes and “Of the almost 20 declared Democratic candidates running for White nationalism by the House Judiciary Committee president, who is your choice to run against Trump?” Tuesday. Testifying at the hearing, Owens accused the “My choice for “Kamala Harris. committee of “fear-monger- “Bernie “Bernie ing” rather than trying to Sanders. I the presidential She represents address racism. Sanders. I candidate is be- “The hearing today is not would choose the now and fu- about White nationalism or would tween Joe Biden hate-crimes, it’s about fear- him because of ture of American mongering, power and con- or Bernie trol,” said Owens, choose Mr. his pulse on politics and expressing skepticism over Sanders. I think whether or not hate crimes the younger democracy. She OF OF Sanders be- NICOLE KENDRICK that both candi- IESHA FRANK have risen in America in re- Owens generation, can be expected cent years. cause of his WALLS ALLEN dates align with SPREWELL WILSON “We’re hearing [terms like ‘white nationalism’] sent to take on force- around today because what they want to say is that and I believe the same views and thought as my- brown people want to be scared, which seems to be stance on education and he can bring a new or refreshed self. They are both committed and fully the economic, health, and social the narrative that we hear every four years ahead of a presidential election,” Owens said, according to The prison reform.” platform to the political agenda.” proven leaders.” justice issues.” Hill.—Source: thegrio.com The Milwaukee Community Journal April 10, 2019 Page 2 fortunate to be able to work in the Black media where he didn’t have to worry about his articles being “edited” to reflect “alternate facts” as Habari Gani it related to such particulars as the number of Black people participating in a protest march. LOCAL? Holt said such methods by the GIANNIS mainstream (white) press reflects the HONORED fact that newspapers—and the media in general (the Black press admits it AS BEST has an agenda in the way it writes)— EUROPEAN have secret agendas as it relates to PLAYER how the powers-that-be were por- trayed in newsprint or on television Milwaukee Bucks news at six and 10 o’clock. star Giannis Ante- “Greg cherished his days working tokounmpo was for the Black press,” Holt noted. “He laid the foundation for my work in all smiles after re- it.” ceiving the award Stanford would also, at times, ex- for being the best press his frustration to Holt about European Player being one of the few Black journal- of 2018.—Photo ists on the staffs of the Journal and its one-time rival, the Sentinel.

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