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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 PEOPLE’S PUBLICATION VOL. 41 • NO. 21 • FREE Black History Tornadoes Rip Through Louisiana, 2017 Baton Rouge Month 2017 Events For Baton Destroying Homes And Cutting Power And Surrounding Area Rouge And Mardi Gras Parades Surrounding Area BATON ROUGE, LA - Black History Month is a celebration of the achievements of black Ameri- cans. The origin of the month-long celebration began in 1915 as the brainchild of historian Carter G. BATON ROUGE, La - Mardi Gras season is here, and with Woodson. Every U.S. president it, all the parades we love! Here is the list of Baton Rouge area has officially designated February parades, along with their routes. Click the different Krewe names as Black History Month. for more information on each parade route. “Black History Month is an To have your parade listing considered for inclusion, send an annual opportunity to recognize the email to [email protected]. central role of African Americans in our state’s economic, cultural, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 social and political history,” said o Krewe of Orion - Baton Rouge - 6:30 p.m. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards. “We take this time to celebrate and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 learn more about the many achieve- n Krewe of Artemis - Baton Rouge - 7 p.m. ments and contributions of those who have fought for justice, equal- Linda Pierre, left, and April Williams look around the east New Orleans neighborhood after a tornado touchdown, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 ity and freedom to make Louisiana Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. n Krewe of Diversion (Boat Parade) - noon a better place for everyone to call n Krewe Mystique de la Capitale - Baton Rouge - 2 p.m. home.” n Krewe of Denham Springs - Denham Springs - 3 p.m. River Road African Ameri- BATON ROUGE, LA - At At least 13 people were hurt, University Medical Center can Museum: The museum will least six tornadoes tore through hospital officials said. in New Orleans also received five SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 n present a live, on-site telling with New Orleans and other parts of Governor John Bel Edwards injured people but details on their Mystic Krewe of Mutts - Baton Rouge - 10 a.m. the author of The Thibodaux Mas- Louisiana on Tuesday, injuring 13 declared a statewide state of emer- conditions were unknown, hospi- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 sacre: Racial Violence and the people as the storm roared across gency that said at least six torna- tal spokeswoman Siona LaFrance n Krewe of Southdowns - Baton Rouge - 7 p.m. 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike. highways and streets, tearing down does damaged dozens of homes said. The tour will begin at 10 a.m. on trees, power lines and homes, of- and left thousands without power. Nearly 50,000 customers Saturday, February 18 at the mu- were without power in Louisiana, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 ficials said. Eight people were treated for n Krewe of Spanish Town - Baton Rouge - Noon seum, located at 406 Charles St. The storm system destroyed minor injuries at New Orleans East with more than 10,000 of them in in Donaldsonville. The tour will numerous buildings and homes Hospital on Tuesday including a New Orleans, according to Entergy continue down Bayou Lafourche New Orleans Inc. spokeswoman SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 in New Orleans and in suburban woman who was nearly seven n to Thibodaux, returning to Don- Kacee Kirschvink. Krewe of Comogo - Plaquemine - 7 p.m. areas of Baton Rouge, according months pregnant and was in stable n aldsonville at 3 p.m. The museum Nancy Malone, communica- Livonia Carnival Association Parade - Livonia - 1 p.m. to the National Weather Service condition, hospital spokeswoman See EVENTS, on page 2 website. Caryn Battiste said. See TORNADOES, on page 2 See MARDI GRAS, on page 2 AKA Sorority, Gamma Eta Omega Chapter Host Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast

Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror- Joseph, Assistant Pastor Neely campus of Howard University ity, Incorporated®, Gamma Eta United Methodist Church and in Washington, DC in 1908. It Omega Chapter and L’Auberge Reverend Glorious Wright, As- is the oldest Greek-lettered or- Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge sistant Pastor Saint Mark United ganization established by Afri- partnered to host the Second Methodist Church. can-American, college-educated Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Southern University Army women. Alpha Kappa Alpha is Unity Breakfast on Monday, Jan- ROTC performed presentation comprised of more than 290,000 uary 16, 2017 in the L’Auberge of colors. The John Gray Band members in approximately 993 Event Center. The breakfast provided entertainment along graduate and undergraduate was attended by elected offi- with National Anthem sang by chapters in the United States, Mavis Henderson-Lewis. cials, community and business Liberia, the Bahamas, the US leaders, local law enforcement LaChondria Holder and Pa- Virgin Islands, Germany, South officers, community members, mela Honoré served as committee Korea, Bermuda, Japan, Canada, L’Auberge staff, high school and chairmen. college students, and members of Following the breakfast, South Africa and the Middle East. the Panhellenic Council which Gamma Eta Omega Chapter Led by International President encompasses nine historically AKA cutline pictured from left to right is Gwendolyn Thomas, Gamma Eta Omega Chapter President, South Central members participated in two Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, Black Greek- lettered organiza- Regional Director Katina Semien, Esq., Mickey Parenton, L’Auberge Senior Vice President of Operations and General community service projects – L.H.D., Alpha Kappa Alpha is tions. Manager, guest speaker was State Representative Patricia Haynes Smith, LaChondria Holder and Pamela Honoré Hope Ministries and The Walls often hailed as “America’s pre- Gwendolyn Thomas, Gamma served as committee chairmen. Project. mier Greek-lettered organization Eta Omega Chapter President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror- for African-American women.” and Mickey Parenton, L’Auberge comed over 300 attendees. Alpha Regional Director Katina Semien, Smith. Also, attendees enjoyed a ity, Incorporated® (AKA) is an For more information on Alpha Senior Vice President of Opera- Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ex- Esq., and guest speaker was State full course breakfast then united international service organiza- Kappa Alpha Sorority and its pro- tions and General Manager wel- tended greetings® South Central Representative Patricia Haynes in prayers by Reverend Linda tion that was founded on the grams, visitwww.aka1908.com.

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CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE 225.775.2002 Page 2 • The Weekly Press • Thursday, February 9, 2017 Friends of the Animals Baton Rouge Celebrate Podcast’s 100th Episode STATE & LOCAL BATON ROUGE, La - Friends of the Animals Baton Rouge is celebrating their pod- cast’s upcoming 100th episode. CASA Welcomes New Volunteers The Pawcast is a weekly READER podcast that features two adopt- able dogs per week, offering INFORMATION education and entertainment for listeners who are interested in adopting a dog or learning more about the issues of homeless dogs in Baton Rouge. A frequent topic on the Pawcast is the importance ‘ridiculously happy’, and I’m of spaying or neutering dogs. proud of that label. We’ve put How to Reach Us Other topics include heartworm on a show every week for 100 General Information225-775-2002 treatment and prevention for weeks, and we’re looking forward Fax ...... 225-775-4216 Louisiana dogs. The Pawcast to 100 more. Our goal is to use has also interviewed local orga- podcasting to save dogs, using Email Address nizations, including Companion this new media format to get as brweeklypress@yahoo com. Animal Alliance and Cat Haven. many dogs adopted as possible.” According to Friends of the More information can be The office is open 9:00 a m. . to 5:00 Animals Baton Rouge Director found at itsthepawcast.org. p .m . Monday - Friday and located Paula Schoen, “The Pawcast is Friends of the Animals a fun way to get the public in- Baton Rouge strives to rescue, at 1283 Rosenwald Road, Baton terested in our adoptable dogs, rehome, and otherwise save as Rouge, Louisiana . but it also provides information many dogs and puppies from the and education about the issues of Correction Policy Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statis- rescue dogs in our community.” The Baton Rouge Weekly Press Catherine O’Brien, Friends tical Area (MSA). Since 2010, the Newly trained Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers included, from left, Karen Morman, Bridgette Dembowski, strives to be fair and accurate . The of the Animals volunteer and organization has placed more than Jessica White, Darrell Dupuy, Mathieu Kourouma, Romel Williams, Josephine Brush, Dawn Branch, Phyllis Bowman, newspaper corrects any significant Pawcast host, said, “We love 3,000 animals in forever homes. and Karen St. Cyr. errors of fact brought to the attention telling people about the wonder- Paula Schoen, Executive of the editor . If you think an error ful dogs available for adoption Director of the Friends of the Animals Baton Rouge at 225- has been made, call 225-775-2002 By Nicole McAlister at Friends of the Animals on the show. Podcasts are great relation- 205-9330 or website http:// BATON ROUGE, La – Capi- ship builders, and what better way friendsoftheanimalsbr.org/ or by tal Area Court Appointed Special for people to get to know our dogs contacting Catherine O’Brien, Advocates Association welcomes than with a podcast. The Pawcast Host at [email protected] 18 individuals who were officially has been described by some as for more information. The Weekly Press sworn in as CASA volunteers by Juvenile Court Judge Adam Haney Newspaper is a published weekly in Baton Rouge and ardi ras from page 1 distributed every Thursday with a circulation of 7,500. on February 2. Each volunteer will M G Subscription rates are $65.00 per year for Louisiana be appointed to advocate for the best interests of an abused child. residents; $72.00 for one year for out-of-state residents; o Krewe of Good Friends of the Oaks - Port Allen - 1 p.m. half price for six months subscription: and $1.00 per The new advocates were sworn in at the CASA office on o Ladies of Pearls - Brusly - 3 p.m. single copy. Newly trained Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers included, from the final evening of a 32-hour train- left, Morgan Weir, Trinia Williams, Sarah Waggenspack, Mary Grace Santa ing course, which prepares CASA LUNDIGRAS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 All money orders or checks should be made payable Cruz, Kelli Eubanks, Tracy Rushing-Constant, Glenda Martin, and Erin Welther. volunteers for their advocacy work. • Krewe of Old River Landing Lundy Gras Parade - Batchelor to The Weekly Press, P.O. Box 74485, Baton Rouge, - 11 a.m. La. 70874 Once assigned to cases, the vol- unteers will work to help abused and neglected children reach safe MARDI GRAS: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 homes with forever families. • Community Center of Pointe Coupee Parade - New Roads - 11 a.m. 1283 Rosenwald Road Though CASA now has new Baton Rouge, La. 70807-41 • New Roads Lions Club Parade - New Roads - 2 p.m. Phone: (225) 775-2002 See CASA, on page 8 Fax: (225) 775-4216 E-MAIL [email protected] Tornadoes from page 1 [email protected] Juvenile Court Judge Adam Office Hours: Monday-Friday Haney officially swears in New 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM tions director for the Red Cross more than 60,000 homes were Closed Saturday, Sunday Court Appointed Special Advocate and all Major Holidays volunteers on February 2 at of Louisiana, said damage was damaged or destroyed in 20 par- Capital Area CASA Association. reported in about six parishes, ishes. That flooding marked the or territorial districts, where the state’s worst disaster since Hur- Red Cross was assisting first ricane Katrina in 2005. responders. The National Weather Ser- “While this was not ex- vice cautioned residents to remain pected, communities in south- sheltered to avoid flying debris east Louisiana have been affected and tornado-damaged areas. numerous times in the last 12 “Keep the roads clear for months. Here we are again,” emergency responders. Lots of Malone said. downed power lines and debris,” A string of tornadoes struck the weather service’s New Or- in February 2016 and major flood- leans officer said in a posting on ing hit the region in August, when Twitter.

Events from page 1 EXPIRES 2/28/17 is also sponsoring a daylong more information, contact museum bus tour of Louisiana’s sugar director, Kathe Hambrick, at (225) cane country, including a site 206-1225. where striking black labor- Friends of Magnolia Mound: ers were buried after a mass In association with BREC, the murder that ended an 1887 Friends of Magnolia Mound Plan- tri-parish strike. The incident tation will present their 12th annual has since become known as Black History Month event at the the Thibodaux Massacre. The Magnolia Mound site on Saturday, tour is limited to 55 people and February 18. The event begins at costs $75 per person. The cost 2 p.m. and is free and open to the of the ticket includes a signed public. The Manager’s House and copy of the book, lunch, a Slave Cabin will be on display for tour of the River Road Afri- the event. Givonna Joseph, founder can American Museum, and and director of Opera Creole and a private bus tour narrated by the Ensemble will be a part of the the author, John DeSantis. For celebration. Joseph and member of the group will perform spiritu- als, music from African American composers, and other selections. For more information, call Mag- INJURED IN A CAR WRECK? nolia Mound at 225-343-4955 or visit friendsofmagnoliamound.org. The State Library of Loui- If this siana: The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of happens to Louisiana welcomes Dr. Rachel L. Emanuel, coauthor of Images you call of America: Scotlandville, on Tuesday, February 21, at noon, Attorney for a discussion of the book in the State Library’s Seminar Center, McManus 701 North 4th Street. A rural vil- ILLUSTRATION SHOWING AN ACCIDENT lage that was once the entry point for the slave trade and home to a CALL THE MCMANUS LAW OFFICE AND GET ALL YOU DESERVE cotton plantation, Scotlandville became the largest majority Afri- can-American town in Louisiana. Attendees are invited to bring brown bag lunches and come and Charles C. McManus go as their schedules allow. Books ATTORNEY AT LAW will be available for purchase from 8520 Scotland Ave, Suite C • Baton Rouge, La. 70807 the author. The Louisiana Center for the Book was established in [email protected] the State Library of Louisiana in 1994 for the purpose of stimulating www.charlesmcmanus.com • Phone225-774-5771 public interest in reading, books and libraries. For more informa- tion, visit www.state.lib.la.us. Thursday, February 9, 2017 • The Weekly Press • Page 3 Celebrate Black History: Salute to The First All-Black Boy Scout Troop in Scotlandville SCOTLANDVILLE, La— walls, the bare floors free of car- can do. Ranger Joe Dorsey is wearing pets and tile, signaled the disaster “Scouting is not just going Boy Scout splendor as he greets that struck this house and others camping and hiking and cooking,” 9News in his yard. A camp is set up in the Monticello neighborhood. Dorsey said. “It’s more of learning, to remember a friend, Albert Carter, Dorsey says he saw chest high being educated to supplement the who recently died. floodwaters in his home. He and education you get in school.” He and former scout Woodrow wife Geri managed to save some Dorsey said they had learned Arthur Junior have met us here to of his extensive Boy Scout trophies so much at Philmont that when they talk about their adventure, their and awards. They are displayed, returned home, about two weeks wonderful memories in Scotland- glistening once again on a wooden later, a member of the church told ville’s first all-black Boy Scout table and recessed shelves in the the troop, the rigorous work they did troop. living room walls. while packing tents and climbing Arthur is showing WAFB’s You can see from the trophies the Rocky Mountains, was actu- Donna Britt an original 1966 black that Boy Scouting is a rich experi- and white photo. ence for the variety of things you See BOY SCOUT, on page 8 “That was our Scout Master Earl Foster Sims,” Arthur points to an adult on the front row. “ I’m trying to find Collis Temple on here somewhere. He’s about the tallest guy back there.” Surprised, Donna Britt asks, This is the current Boy Scout Troop at Greater Mt Carmel Baptist Church. A church with a rich legacy of supporting “Collis Temple?” a well-known young men. It is the home of the very first all-black Boy Scout Troop in Scotlandville. local sports icon who was a star player of the LSU Basketball team years ago. at the Istrouma Council headquar- color barriers to bring Scouting to Arthur said he did laundry, he Arthur assures her, “Yes,” the ters, to the challenging mountain- all young men. If money was a bar- cleaned a lawyer’s office, and he one and the same.” climbing adventure. rier to adventures like Philmont you sold vanilla extract with his fellow Britt called Collis Temple, now Dorsey is sitting at a table with wouldn’t know, each boy worked troop members. He sold so many a successful Baton Rouge business- vintage photos spread before him. hard and raised whatever money bottles of vanilla extract that he man. “It’s true,” she said, “I checked He’s holding up a color photo from was needed. won a contest in his troop and was with Temple. He says he was 12 current history. “I cut grass, pushing my lawn- awarded a free trip to Philmont. years old, but they let him go with “This is myself, Ranger Scout mower up and down the street with That meant that all the hard work them because he was so tall.” Joe, leading the Scotlandville High my little gas can,” Arthur said. “I he had done, raising $40, could be The troop at Greater Mt Car- School drum line that marched us dug in flowerbeds for people. I even used as spending money on the trip. mel Church went to Philmont Boy into history at the National Scouting sold ceramic artwork that I would “I didn’t use it all there. Didn’t Scout Adventure in Cimarron, New Museum in Dallas Texas.” make at the park and when that got need to,” Arthur laughed. Mexico with the significant help of They recently were honored right. I would go and sell that 20 We move from the yard of Joe Lewis Sewell, a black employee in Dallas for the way they crossed cent, 50 cent or something.” Dorsey into his home and the gutted

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12270-1 2017 EITC Super Tax Day Print_BatonRouge_10.988x14 BW.indd 1 1/18/17 4:42 PM Page 4 • The Weekly Press • Thursday, February 9, 2017 RELIGION Same God - Different President The NAACP Image By Ida London which shall not be manifested, 118:8-9 KJV) Awards Announce neither was anything kept secret, These verses of scripture is us Since the beginning of the but it should come abroad. (Mark telling that we can’t and shouldn’t Gospel Nominees presidential election, many have 4:22 KJV) put our complete in trust in man gone into a sheer panic, wondering Even though we have a dif- (meaning our family, jobs, or our what will become of this country. ferent president, one must remem- friends) or princes (meaning the Children of all ages has become ber, we have the same God and He government), because family and worried and shaken up after hear- does not change. friends may have good intentions ing that Trump is now our new In the beginning was the but can’t come through for you and president. Word, and the Word was with God government programs may open The black race has concerns and the Word was God. He was one day and shut down the next. about the increase of the racism and in the beginning with God. (John Or, certain federal funds may be other issues that affect the black 1:1-2 NKJV) available in the morning and by race. It should be understood that I am the Alpha and the noon the funds could run out. the issue of racism has never ended, Omega, the Beginning and the End, But God’s supply never runs by some it has only been covered “Says the Lord, who is and who was out. He can make a way out of no by some with pretense and by the and who is to come, the Almighty.” way. He can make something out The 2017 NAACP Image laws that has been put in place. Do not be afraid, I am the First and of nothing. He’s just that awesome. Awards announced their Gos- With Trump winning the the Last. I am He who lives, and Thus saith the Lord, which pel nominees. The 48th annual presidential race only seem to have was dead, and behold I am alive maketh a way in the sea, and a path awards will take place on Feb- given those who have issues with forever more. Amen. (Revelation in mighty waters; Remember ye not ruary 11th in Pasadena, Cali- the black race a sense of increased 1:17b and 18a NKJV) the former things, neither consider fornia. courage to step from under the cover In all essence, we must put the things of old. Behold, I will do a View the nominees below: of pretense and present how the re- our trust in God and rely on Him at new thing; now it shall spring forth; • Outstanding Gospel ally feel. Honestly, sometimes God all times for what we need. For He shall ye not know it? I will even Album – (Traditional or Con- will allow things to happen to pull hath said, I will never leave thee, make a way in the wilderness, and temporary) the cover off of certain situations. nor forsake thee. So that we may rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:15- • Jericho: Tribe of Joshua Fear them not therefore, for boldly say, The Lord is my helper, 16,18-19 KJV) – Livre’ (Glory 2 Glory Enter- there is nothing covered that shall (Hebrews 13:5b-6a KJV) So, it does not matter who’s tainment/RAL) not be revealed, and hid, that shall It is better to trust in the Lord in office or who the president is, • Myron Butler & Levi not be known. (Matthew 10:26 than to put confidence in man. It is God is in control. He is our provider On Purpose – Myron Butler KJV) better to trust in the Lord than to and our sustainer. Just trust Him (Motown Gospel) For there is nothing hid, put confidence in princes. (Psalms and believe Him. See NAACP, on page 8

CHURCH DIRECTORY Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. - Hebrews 10:25

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Order Of Services Sunday Worship...... 11:30 A.M. Holy Communion...... 3rd Sunday 11:30 A.M. Sunday School...... 9:30 A.M. Bible Study...... Thursday 7:00 P.M.

VISIT US ONLINE @www.theweeklypress.com Thursday, February 9, 2017 • The Weekly Press • Page 5 5th Annual Scholarship Luncheon To Benefit BUSINESS Future Journalists Toshiba Receives Bids as High as $3.6 By BR Area ABJ recognized as NABJ’s Chapter of the Year. BATON ROUGE, La — The Since 2013, BRAABJ has Baton Rouge Area Association sent 10 students to the NABJ con- Billion for Chip Business Stake: Source of Black Journalists (BRAABJ) vention, which is held every year would like to invite you to our 5th Toshiba Corp has received Hynix Inc and Micron Technol- in a different city. The convention Annual Scholarship Luncheon bids ranging from 200 billion ogy Inc, data storage firm Western to benefit future journalists. The gives students an invaluable op- yen to as much as 400 billion yen Digital Corp and financial investors luncheon will be held on Friday, portunity to network with thou- ($1.8-3.6 billion) for a 19.9 percent such as Bain Capital, people told April 21st from 11:30 a.m. to 1 sands of journalists and hiring stake in its flash memory business, Reuters earlier this week. p.m. at Boudreaux’s, 2647 Gov- managers from across the coun- a person directly involved in the Toshiba favors bids from in- ernment Street, in Baton Rouge. try, helping them prepare for a deal told Reuters on Thursday. vestment funds because it could Our 2017 pioneering jour- career in the industry. The Japanese conglomerate is conclude a deal quicker than with nalists are former WBRZ News Thank you in advance for seeking to raise around 300 billion industry peers that may have to 2 photographer, Sailor Jackson; your support. For more informa- yen from the sale, said the person, seek permission from competition WQTQ 106.1FM radio personal- tion visit brareabj.org or email us who was not authorized to speak regulators before any acquisition, ity, Kerwin Fealing; and longtime at [email protected]. with media and so declined to be another person close to the matter Southern University Mass Com- I can also be reached at (318) identified. said earlier. munication broadcast instructor, 820-9284. A sale at that price would help A Toshiba executive has said Darrell Roberson. the company will consider not just For additional information, Toshiba offset a multi-billion dol- Valentina Wilson, news an- the offer price when selecting a please contact Cheryl J Stroy the lar writedown on its U.S. nuclear chor at WCTI-TV News Channel power business, which investors bidder but other conditions as well. BRAABJ Scholarship Luncheon 12, New Bern, North Carolina worry could wipe out shareholder A Toshiba spokeswoman said will be our guest speaker. Wilson Chairperson: equity. the company could not comment got her start in Baton Rouge at • BRAABJ | P.O. Box 66401 Suitors for the Japanese com- WAFB Channel 9 as an anchor | Baton Rouge, LA 70896 brare- pany’s chip unit include rivals SK Toshiba’s used-memory chips are seen at an electronics shop in Tokyo. 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Several benevolent societ- November 17, 1904 in Knoxville, as a civil rights advocate. in protest, he was awarded the Sp- ies were founded to help alleviate Tennessee, the son of William, a In 1933 he was approached ingarn Medal from the NAACP the postbellum poverty that had clerk in the United States Pen- by Harold Ickes, the Secretary of in 1943. swept the country. In Richmond, sion Office and Roberta, a school the Interior under President Frank- Hastie fought against racism the Independent Order of St. Luke teacher. After the family moved to lin Roosevelt and appointed As- in major Federal lawsuits. In two of was created, but what started as Washington D.C. in 1916, William sistant Solicitor. In this capacity these lawsuits he worked with his charity soon became empower- attended Paul Lawrence Dunbar he advised the federal government ment because of the tenacity of former student Thurgood Marshall high school where he excelled as on racial matters and was asked and with the NAACP. In Smith v. Maggie Walker. a student athlete and graduated as to draft legislation related to the Maggie Walker, the daugh- Allwright they argued against the the school valedictorian in 1921. U.S. Virgin Islands. The Organic ter of ex-slaves, was born in 1867 Maggie Walker white Democratic primary and in He attended Amherst College in Act of 1936 established a fully and raised in poverty. The fam- Morgan v. Virginia against seg- ily lived in an alley house sup- ings bank,” she said. “Chartered, Amherst, Massachusetts where he elective legislature and allowed regated interstate transportation. ported by wages from taking offered and run by the men and majored i mathematics. He gradu- for residents to vote regardless of Their team was victorious in argu- in laundry. A gifted student, women of this order. Let us have ated from the school in 1925 where their property, income, or gender. ing both cases before the United Walker finished high school at a bank that will take nickels and he finished first in his class and William Henry Hastie, Jr. Subsequently he was appointed States Supreme Court. 16 and began teaching, only to turn them into dollars.” graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna by President Roosevelt as District In 1946 he was nominated work for the St. Luke organiza- Along with Madame C.J. Cum Laude and the valedictorian Judge in the Virgin Islands making by President Harry S. Truman of his class. After teaching for two Hastie was one of the found- him the first Black Federal judge. tion, which later promoted her to Walker (no relation), who was to serve as the Governor of the years in Brodertown, New Jersey, ing members of the Washington, Although the appointment was for executive secretary. While with St. born the same year, she champi- Virgin Islands and he became the he attended Harvard Law School DC chapter of the New Negro Alli- a four year term, Hastie resigned to Luke, she helped it to establish a oned the cause of self-sufficient ance. The Alliance believed in the first Black Governor of any United economic empowerment for Af- where he was a member of the take over as the Dean of Howard newspaper, a printing press, an motto “Don’t buy where you can’t States territory (P. B. S. Pinchback insurance company and a col- rican Americans. She joined the law review and graduated with an Law School in 1939. LL.B. in 1930. work.” One of his first prominent A year later he stepped down had served for only one month as lege educational fund. But at the popular call of Black leaders of the acting governor of Louisiana dur- day advocating entrepreneurship After passing the bar exam cases was New Negro Alliance v. from his position with the law same time, she saw that few if any ing Reconstruction). In 1949, Tru- Blacks knew much about finance as a path to true social freedom. in 1930 he joined the law firm of Sanitary Grocery Co.. A local court school in order to accept a position and investing, and none of them Bank customers depos- Charles Hamilton Houston, Hous- has issued an injunction against as a civilian aid to the Secretary of man once again called upon him could get loans from white-owned ited a nickel a week into their ton, who ran his law firm along Blacks who were picketing against War, Henry Stimson. Hastie was and he was appointed to the U.S. banks. So she set out to convince accounts, and the assets con- with his father William, was also chains stores in Black communities brought in to help in advising on Court of Appeals, Third Circuit the community that their money tinued to multiply. By 1913, the the Dean of Howard University which only hired white employees. ways to eliminate desegregation and he served in this capacity until should be pooled and lent out as bank had collected $300,000 in Law School. In addition to becom- Although Hastie lost in a lower within the armed forces, especially 1968, whereupon he ascended to a savings trust. assets. By 1920, it had helped to ing a partner in the firm (the firm court and an Appeals Court rul- within the Army Air Force. Despite the position of Chief Judge until In 1903 she convinced those purchase 600 homes. In 1929 the would become known as Hous- ing, the case eventually went to his efforts, segregation was still he retired in 1968. who would listen to her to bring Great Depression struck, crippling ton, Houston and Hastie) Charles the U.S. Supreme Court where it being employed in training facili- When William Hastie died together about $9,400 and opened financial institutions nationwide. was able to persuade William to was overturned. While Hastie did ties and there was a prevailing in- on April 14, 1976 in Norristown, the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, But St. Luke Savings had enough become a professor at Howard not argue the case in front of the equality in the assignments given to Pennsylvania, he left behind a ster- becoming the first woman of any in holdings to absorb all the other Law School. William taught at the Supreme Court, the case was im- Black and white servicemen. As a ling and remarkable legacy as a race to preside over a savings in- local Black-owned banks and Law School until 1946 and one of portant because it established that result, he resigned his position and student, an educator, a politician stitution at a time when only a become Consolidated Bank and his first students was Thurgood the Norris-LaGuardia Act barred returned to Howard Law School. and a jurist. He laid down footsteps handful of women held power Marshall (a future Supreme Court injunctions against peaceful labor- For his contributions to civil rights for generations of Black public in corporations. “We need a sav- See WALKER, on page 8 Justice). related picketing. The experience issues and in part to his stepping servants to follow in. UNSUNG BLACK HISTORY MAKERS Noble Drew Ali - (1866 – 1929) schools. After racist experiences in the Army in World War I, Hous- Jim Crow laws in the late 19th-century South, Turner began to sup- ton was determined to end Jim Crow and when he returned to the port Black nationalism and the emigration of Blacks to Africa. Noble Drew Ali, who was born Timothy states, he enrolled in Harvard Law School. Houston went on to be He was the chief figure in the late 19th century to promote Drew of North Carolina, was the founder of the one of the heads of the school, and enlisted some of the top students the movement, which expanded after World War I. Moorish Science Temple of America in Newark, in the fight for civil rights. Houston also served as special counsel to N.J., in 1923. Soon after there were branches in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Bayard Rustin – (March 17, 1912) Pittsburgh, Detroit, and other major industrial cities of the Northeast. Matthew Henson – (Aug. 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) Bayard Rustin was one of the main organiz- Ali saw Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey as the inspi- ers of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and without ration for his own efforts. He wanted to present to Black people a Born to sharecroppers on a farm in Nanje- him, Martin Luther King, Jr. would not have had message of pride, self-determination, personal transformation and moy, Md., Matthew Alexander Henson became the platform he did (literally and figuratively) to self-sufficiency. Ali also intended to provide African-Americans the first African-American Arctic explorer, and speak from. The reason Rustin didn’t get as much with a sense of identity in the West, and promote civic involvement. is credited by many as the first man to reach the attention as he should have is that he was openly His movement inspired other leaders such as Fard Muham- North Pole, in 1909. gay, and was constantly dealing with the struggles of being in two mad and Elijah Muhammad, leading to the creation of the Nation Henson was an associate of the American minority groups at the time — the Black community and the gay of Islam. explorer Robert Peary on seven voyages over a period of nearly 23 community. years. Henson served as a navigator and craftsman, traded with During World War II, Bayard traveled by bus from Louisville, Robert Smalls - (April 5, 1839 – Feb. 23, 1915) Inuit and learned their language. He was known as Peary’s “first Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee and he sat in the second row of man” when it came to tackling the arduous expeditions. the bus. He was asked by several drivers to get out of his seat and Robert Smalls was an African-American move to the back of the bus so a white person could sit in it, a prac- born into slavery in Beaufort, S.C., but during and Miriam Makeba - (March 4, 1932 – Nov. 9, 2008) tice common on buses in the south. When Bayard refused, he was after the American Civil War, he became a ship’s arrested miles before his destination, and was beaten by the police pilot, sea captain, and politician. Miriam Makeba or “Mama Africa,” was and dragged off to jail. He was released without charges but his He freed himself, his crew and their fami- a South African singer and civil rights activist, act of defiance happened in 1942, a full 13 years before Rosa Parks lies from slavery on May 13, 1862, when he led known for denouncing apartheid on the world gained fame through her similar refusal. an uprising aboard a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, stage and campaigning abroad for the end of the in Charleston harbor, and sailed it north to freedom. His feat suc- oppressive policy. Susie King Taylor - cessfully helped persuade President Abraham Lincoln to accept As a result of her activism, her South Af- African-American soldiers into the Union Army. rican passport was revoked in 1960 by the apartheid regime, and Susie King Taylor is the only African- As a politician, Smalls authored state legislation that gave they banned her from returning to her country in 1963. However, American woman who is confirmed to have South Carolina the first free and compulsory public school system the world came to Makeba’s aid and Guinea, Belgium and Ghana published a wartime memoir about the Civil in the United States. issued her international passports. She received passports from six War. Born into slavery, Taylor taught herself other countries in her lifetime, and was granted honorary citizen- to read and when she escaped to St. Simon’s Claudette Colvin – (Sept. 5, 1939 - ) ship in 10 countries. Island in Georgia, she founded a school. Taylor’s Despite the success that made her a star, she refused to wear husband served in the Union Army, and she was both a nurse On March 2, 1955, a full nine months before makeup or curl her hair for performances, proudly wearing what and laundress to the Union forces. Rosa Parks’ famous arrest, Claudette Colvin was came to be known internationally as the “Afro-look.” dragged from a Montgomery bus by two police Her fourth marriage to civil rights activist, Black Panther, Steve Biko – officers, arrested and taken to an adult jail to be and Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee leader Stokely booked. She was only 15 years old and was the first Carmichael in 1968 caused controversy in the United States, and South African Steve Biko coined the slogan person to be arrested for defying bus segregation her record deals and tours were canceled. The couple then moved “Black is Beautiful” during his days as an activ- in Montgomery. to Guinea, and as the apartheid system crumbled, she returned to ist, writing literature encouraging black urban Her arrest and her story has long since been forgotten, but it South Africa for the first time in 1990. populations to mobilize. He founded the Black provided the spark for the Black community in Montgomery that Consciousness Movement and today is a martyr ultimately led to Parks’ actions, the bus boycott, and the Supreme Martin Delany – (May 6, 1812 – Jan. 24, 1885) figure of the anti-apartheid movement. Biko’s face Court ruling to end segregation on buses. was used in campaign posters in South Africa’s first democratic Martin Robison Delany was an African- elections in 1994. Benjamin Singleton – (1809 – 1900) American abolitionist, journalist, physician and writer. He was born free in Charles Town, W.Va. William Wells Brown – Benjamin “Pap” Singleton was an American (then part of Virginia, a slave state). Delany was activist and businessman best known for his role an outspoken Black nationalist, arguably the first; Many regard William Wells Brown as the in establishing African-American settlements in and is considered by some to be the grandfather first-ever African American to publish a novel. Kansas. of Black nationalism. Born to an enslaved Black mother and her master, Held in slavery in Tennessee, Singleton He was also one of the first three Blacks admitted to Harvard Brown escaped slavery in 1834 and became a well- escaped to freedom in 1846 and became a noted Medical School. Trained as an assistant and a physician, he treated known anti-slavery speaker, activist and writer. He abolitionist, community leader and spokesman for African-American patients during the cholera epidemics of 1833 and 1854 in Pittsburgh, is best known for his controversial novel “Clotel: civil rights. He returned to Tennessee during the Union occupa- when many doctors and residents fled the city. or The President’s Daughter,” which traced mixed-race female tion in 1862, but soon concluded that Blacks would never achieve Active in recruiting Blacks for the United States Colored Troops, descendants of Thomas Jefferson. economic equality in the white-dominated South. he was commissioned as a major, the first African-American field After the end of Reconstruction, Singleton organized the officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Annie Turnbo Malone – movement of thousands of Black colonists, known as Exodusters, to found settlements in Kansas. A prominent early voice for Black Henry McNeal Turner - (Feb. 1, 1834 – May 8, 1915) Most only know of her most famous em- nationalism, he became involved in promoting and coordinating ployee, Madam C.J. Walker, but Malone was a Black-owned businesses in Kansas, and developed an interest in Henry McNeal Turner was a minister, politi- millionaire in the 1920s. Malone developed her the Back-to-Africa movement. cian, and the first Southern bishop of the African own line of hair care products, which she sold Methodist Episcopal Church. door-to-door, and eventually she trained a staff Charles Hamilton Houston - Born free in South Carolina, he moved to of agents to sell nationally. She went on to build a Georgia after the American Civil War, where he factory and founded a beauty training school called Poro College. Known as “the man who killed Jim Crow,” pioneered in organizing new congregations for the independent Malone donated a large percentage of her revenue to Black colleges Houston was a legal genius who challenged the Black denomination. and organizations helping Black families in need. “separate but equal” doctrine, particularly in Angered by the Democrats’ regaining power and instituting Thursday, February 9, 2017 • The Weekly Press • Page 7

CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT AFRICAN AMERICANS CARTER G. WOODSON “Father Of Black History”

uring the early years of the twentieth century, it was not known by many that Black people had a mean- insights he gained during his academic matriculation, Dr. ingful history, except that of being subjected to slav- WoodsonUniversity began (the firstteaching was Black W. E. students B. Du-Bois). in the Applying District the of Columbia’s public schools and at Howard University. Dimpacted the development of the social, political, and eco- nomic structuresery. It is however, of the United clear States that Blacks and the have world. significantly Recognizing the dearth of information on the accomplish- ments of Blacks, in 1915, Dr. Woodson founded the Asso- Known as the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson is ciation for the Study of Negro Life and History, now called credited for bringing awareness of Blacks true place in his- the Association for the Study of African American Life and tory. Woodson’s brainchild, the Association for the Study of History (ASALH). Under Woodson’s pioneering leadership, African American Life and History, Inc. continues to dissemi- the Association created research and publication outlets nate information about Black history, Black life and culture to for Black scholars with the establishment of the Journal the world. of Negro History (1916) and the Negro History Bulletin (1937). Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) was the son of former slaves, and understood how important gaining a proper In 1926, Dr. Woodson initiated the celebration of Negro His- education is when striving to secure and make the most of tory Week, which corresponded with the birthdays of Fred- one’s right to freedom. Although he did not begin his formal erick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, this celebra- education until he was 20 years old, his dedication to study tion was expanded to include the entire month of February; enabled him to earn a high school diploma in West Virgin- and today Black History Month has gained recognition and ia and bachelor and master’s degrees from the University support throughout the country, as people of all ethnic and of Chicago in just a few years. In 1912, Woodson became social backgrounds discuss the Black experience and the the second African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard many accomplishments made by Black people.

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The Jazz is ranked No. 3 in defensive efficiency this season (101.5), but the lack of offense New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, left, competes for the ball against has been a consistent issue for Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks during the first half of an NBA basketball game in the Pelicans throughout the year. New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. “It happens in this league. Would you rather not give up 127 points? Yes, of course we things out quickly, because with teams that we’re playing against, wouldn’t want to do that,” said Mardi Gras and All-Star Weekend but we’ve just got to lock down Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry. ascending on New Orleans in the and come in with the mindset that “(The Jazz) are no different than coming weeks, the Pelicans will we have every game.” any of the elite teams in the West only play one more game at home Jazz shoot 54 percent from the and the elite teams in the league for the rest of the month. field and put six scorers in double when they’re healthy. Did we play Six of the team’s next seven figures well? I thought we played hard, games come on the road, and if The Pelicans play on the road I didn’t think we executed. You they are unable to solve some of 17 times in the final 29 games of can’t afford to miss some of the the issues that have plagued them the season and showing vast im- little easy shots or the free throws as of late, things may spiral out provements in road games will be that we missed against this team.” of control for them sooner than essential for them to get back into The Pelicans remain 3.5 expected. the playoff hunt. games out of the eighth seed in “This is when we’ve got to The Pelicans have a 6-18 re- the Western Conference playoff come together the most,” said cord on the road this season and race and their inconsistent play Pelicans forward Anthony Davis, are only averaging 98.8 points in has resulted in the team playing who was held to 12 points and 10 those games (28th in the NBA). some of its worst basketball of the rebounds on Wednesday. Three of the six road contests season so far this month. “It’s tough to win basketball New Orleans plays over the next Since Jan. 29, the Pelicans are games, especially on the road. seven-game stretch are opponents 28th in the league in offensive effi- We’re gonna have to stick together, that are also among the teams com- ciency (99.4) and 25th in defensive that’s when you execute more. peting for the final playoff spot in efficiency (111.8). Lock in more and stay focused. the West (Sacramento, Dallas and But they’ll need to figure “It’s going to be some tough Minnesota). If the Pelicans are unable to turn things around on the road in Boy Scout from page 3 the next few weeks, their playoff hopes will likely be long gone by the time March rolls around. ally preparing them for service in the damp soil and weeds. “We’ve gotta take it one game America’s military. The Vietnam “We’ve got the Mississippi at a time,” said Pelicans point guard War was still raging at the time. River for fresh catfish for dinner, Jrue Holiday. “Obviously, road Britt was surprised and de- and good cornbread oven-baked trips are hard. In this conference, lighted when the men told her the under the ashes.” you have to at least win some road weekly meetings at Greater Mt. Experiences like this one trips. So, this is big for us.” Carmel, led to frequent camping leave indelible memories for a trips. And that the boys would young man. Kids also met some head to The Bluff on Southern’s of the greatest challenges of their alker from page 6 campus. young lives but also celebrated W Heading to a less steep slope their achievements. on The Bluff, Dorsey heads down “That was the time of our Trust, holding assets of $400,000. to the area where they camped. It life,” another original troop mem- The bank is still headquartered in was rich in opportunities. ber tells Dorsey, who nods his Richmond today. “We have this wooded area head and says, “Couldn’t beat it.” Despite several personal to our North where we practiced An old spiritual sung at The hardships — including her son survival skills, and we have the Bluff by Greater Mt Carmel troop being tried and acquitted for the waterway here (the Mississippi leader Quintin Pullman III seems accidental killing of her husband, River) where we practiced life- to say it well. Armstead — and suffering from saving.” “Oh there were times that I diabetes, which resulted in her Dorsey heads down the bluff thought I wouldn’t last for long, being confined to a wheelchair, like a young schoolboy, with but now I know I’m able to carry she continued as a philanthropist memories of their many campouts. on. It’s been a long, a long time and civil rights activist, holding executive positions in the NAACP “Going down’s easy,” he comin’ but I know a change gone and the National Urban League quips, and adds, “I don’t know come. Oh yes it will.” until her death in 1934. about coming back up. About 10 Pullmans’ voice is extraor- years ago, we had a campout here dinary. and a soccer tournament. Believe Joe Dorsey and Woodrow it or not we had a soccer tourna- Arthur Jr. have written a book CASA from page 2 ment down here!” “Philmont: Journey of a Boy Scout Dorsey’s scout uniform boots Troop” that you can purchase in advocates, the program still needs seem perfect for trudging through paperback on Amazon. volunteers in order to continue serving every child in East Baton Rouge Parish who needs a voice. 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