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LACK Jackie Robinson Zora Neale Hurston Presorted Standard HISTORY U.S. Postage Paid MONTH Austin, Texas B Permit No. 01949 TPA TEXAS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION TheAustinVillager.comTheAustinVillager.com This paper can be recycled Vol. 42 No.38 Phone: 512-476-0082 Email: [email protected] February 6, 2015 Oscar® Nominees Common and John Legend INSIDE To Perform Together At The Oscars® Gregory sacrificed comic career to defend equality. See HOLLYWOOD RAPPIN’ Page 2 Tommy Wyatt NNPA to Observe 75th Oscar Concert 2014 - Host Common onstage. John Legend visited the GRAMMY Museum. Anniversary Photo courtesy of The Academy. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Sapp/WireImage.com for Planning is now The Recording Academy. underway for a big celeb- By Naomi Richard ration to observe the Calhoun equipped VILLAGER columnist children to achieve founding of the National ultimate potential. Newspaper Publishers Musical artists Com- Neil Patrick Harris, will air “The Oscar stage is that film “Selma,” is nominated See THELMA Association (NNPA) 75th mon and John Legend will on Sunday, February 22, much more profound be- for Original Song. The four Page 3 anniversary perform their Oscar®- live on ABC. cause of their presence other nominated songs are The NNPA was founded nominated song “Glory” at ”Common and John and we welcome them.” “Everything Is Awesome” in 1940 when John H. the 87th Oscars, show pro- Legend are artists who ”Glory,” written by from “The Lego Movie,” Sengstacke of the Chicago ducers Craig Zadan and have always lifted our spir- John Stephens (a.k.a. John “Grateful” from “Beyond Defender organized a Neil Meron announced to- its and made us think,” Legend) and Lonnie Lynn the Lights,” “I’m Not meeting with other African day. The Oscars, hosted by said Zadan and Meron. (a.k.a. Common) for the See LEGEND, page 2 American publishers designed for “harmonizing our energies in a common Wendell Scott PGA champion, purpose for the benefit of E.M.M.A. civil rights pacesetter Negro journalism.” The Honored During2015 passes at 92. group decided to form the See SIFFORD National Negro Publishers NASCAR Hall of Fame Page 9 Association. In 1956 the EAST AUSTIN trade association was Induction Ceremony renamed the National COALITION FOR Newspaper Publishers Association. QUALITY Today the NNPA is EDUCATION composed of more than 200 Black Newspapers in the United States and the Virgin Islands. It has a combined readership of 15 million and the organization has created an electronic news service, BlackPress USA (http:// www.Black PressUSA.com) web site, which enables newspapers East Austin Community to provide real-time news E.M.M.A (Educate, Motivate,Minorities,Achieve) Organizes Around and information to its national youth organization has a cheer/ dance team Ages District 1 Schools and international constit- 4yrs-18. Registration March 8,2015 2pm-4pm @ uency. Givens Rec center 3811E.12thst AustinTx. More AUSTIN, TX - A group of parents, educa- I was fortunate enough to info.www.emmagirls.org Facebook Emma n Moore tors and community lead- meet Publisher Sengstacke Scott (L) was the first African-American to race ers have formed an orga- and several of the founders fulltime in NASCAR’s premier series, as well as nization to help improve the of the organization who are HT Announces Its Black History the first to win a NASCAR premier series race. quality of education in AISD no longer with us. But, I am Month Programming District 1 schools. honored to be following in DAYTONA BEACH, ries race. Scott posted 147 “The goal of the East their footsteps. The Villager Fla. (Jan. 30, 2015) – Stock top 10s in 495 starts, as Austin Coalition for Quality and The Nokoa newspapers car racing trailblazer well as finished four sea- Education is to provide sup- of Austin are longtime Wendell Scott was among sons in the top 10 of the port and information to help members of the organization five legendary drivers en- championship points new trustee Dr. Ted Gor- and will be participating in the shrined into the NASCAR standings. He won more don be an effective advo- anniversary celebration. Hall of Fame in Charlotte, than 100 races at local cate for our schools,” said EACQE chair Dr. Kazique While there will be a large, North Carolina tonight dur- tracks before making his Prince. “We also hope to in- ing the Induction Cer- premier series debut, in- formal celebration at our form and engage parents June convention in Detroit, emony held in the Crown cluding 22 races at and others around District MI, there will be several Ball Room at the Charlotte Southside Speedway in 1 education issues.” things going on leading up to Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia, in The organization will that meeting. We have to Joining Scott in the 1959 en route to capturing meet monthly to share in- thank the Austin community sixth induction class of the both the Sportsman Divi- formation on what is going for being supportive of both now 30-member Hall were sion and NASCAR Virginia on in District 1 campuses, of our NNPA papers and we (AUSTIN, Texas) — The celebration of Black Bill Elliott, Fred Lorenzen, Sportsman champion- and to discuss District-wide look forward to moving the History Month and the national 2015 theme titled, Joe Weatherly and Rex ships. issues and how they affect organization forward. “A Century of Black Life, History, and Culture” White. “The legacy of District 1. Dr. Gordon will also use the meetings to As we celebrate Black will be highlighted at Huston-Tillotson University A true pioneer, Scott Wendell Scott depicts him share what is going on in History Month 2015, we will throughout the month, beginning with a January was the first African- as one of the great van- lecture. Hundreds of alumni will celebrate AISD with his constituents. focus our attention on local American to race fulltime guards of the sport of Membership is open to Austin’s oldest institution of higher education history makers, but we also in NASCAR’s premier se- NASCAR racing,” said the anyone who is committed will focus on some of our during Homecoming 2015 scheduled the first ries, as well as the first to late Scott’s son, Franklin, to quality education in Dis- national organizations. See HT’s Black History Month Programming, page 8 win a NASCAR premier se- See FIRST, page 2 trict 1..