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MEMBER: National Newspaper Periodicals Postage Credo Of The Black Press Publisher Association paid at Miami, Florida USA economic system (ISSN 0739-0319) The Black Press believes that America MEMBER: The Newspaper POSTMASTER: Published Weekly at 900 NW 54th Street, can best lead the world from racial and Association of America Send address changes to Miami, Florida 33127-1818 national antagonism when it accords Subscription Rates: One Year THE MIAMI TIMES, is just fine for Whites Post Office Box 270200 to every person, regardless of race, $65.00 – Two Year $120.00 P.O. Box 270200 Buena Vista Station, Miami, Florida 33127 creed or color, his or her human and Foreign $75.00 Buena Vista Station, Miami, FL Phone 305-694-6210 7 percent sales tax for Florida residents 33127-0200 • 305-694-6210 JEROME LOVE, Special to the Houston Forward Times legal rights. Hating no person, fearing H.E. SIGISMUND REEVES Founder, 1923-1968 no person, the Black Press strives to For the past four hundred years, and most re- GARTH C. REEVES SR. Publisher Emeritius help every person in the firm belief that GARTH C. REEVES JR. Editor, 1972-1982 all persons are hurt as long as anyone cently after the brutal killings of George Floyd, is held back. Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and oth- RACHEL J. REEVES Publisher and Chairman er Black citizens by police forces in America, Black people and progressive Whites in Ameri- ca have protested that “the system” is racist, broken, and needs to be fixed. Can we call Trump a rampant killer? By the system, I mean the machinery of daily life that we as individuals use to work, play, raise our families, worship in our CHARLES M. BLOW, Opinion Columnist churches, educate ourselves, and stay healthy. The police are The coronavirus pandemic part of the system. The schools are part of the system, as is is still raging in this country. health care, and politics. In fact, in more than 20 states, As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my prima- the number of cases is rising. ry interest is the economic part of the system—the creation More than 120,000 Americans and growth of Black-owned business enterprises. You’d think have died from the virus. This that such an effort would be greeted with universal approval country has a quarter of all the from everybody, regardless of ethnicity. What could possibly cases in the world even though be wrong with strengthening the economic position of Black it makes up only 4 percent of businesses—and therefore Black families? Don’t we believe in capitalism, free markets, and the positive power of entrepre- the world population. neurship, regardless of the color of the entrepreneur? Things are so bad here that By building businesses, you create jobs; and with jobs comes the European Union, which has greater community stability, lower crime rates, better health, lowered its rates, is consider- and overall prosperity. ing banning U.S. citizens when We believe in taking action. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it reopens its borders. TBE had the goal to support 100 businesses by providing 1,000 This situation is abysmal, grants to help them. To announce the program, we put out a and it would not have been so press release. You would think this would have been celebrat- bad if President Trump had ed—and it was, but not universally. Immediately we were bom- not intentionally neglected his barded with complaints from various White people who called duty to protect American citi- us racist. They said, “What if there was a White Expo? Wouldn’t zens. that be terrible? So why is there a Black Expo?” From the beginning, Trump AP Photo/Alex Brandon I found myself wondering, what’s the problem? has used every opportunity to President Trump rails against the media. The “problem” is that every Black entrepreneur is bucking downplay the virus, claiming in the system. Over the past four hundred years, our economic February, “Looks like by April, will die, but so what. He is Trump pushed the use of and states. system has been deliberately designed to perpetuate the mate- you know, in theory, when it saying vulnerable Americans hydroxychloroquine, without Trump then pressured states rial interests of White Americans by subjugating Blacks—first gets a little warmer, it miracu- are collateral damage in his sufficient scientific backing, to reopen economically even when we were slaves, and then after we became citizens. The lously goes away.” Well, we’re image-making and re-election to prevent transmission of the before those states met the police are simply one piece of the apparatus designed to en- now in June, summer. It’s not bid. virus or to treat infection, even administration’s own guide- force the economic system and interests of Whites. According just warm, it’s hot. And the cas- At his rally in Tulsa, Trump saying that he took a course of lines for reopening. Now, many to Dr. Gary Potter, professor at the Eastern Kentucky University es in the hottest states — those took a step deeper into the it himself. The Food and Drug of the states that quickly re- School of Justice, the first centralized police departments were in the South and Southwest — darkness, saying: “When you Administration approved an opened, no doubt in part to formed in the 1830s as a direct response to “disorder” as defined are surging. do testing to that extent you’re emergency use of the drug please the president, are the by commercial elites. In other words, wealthy White Americans Trump has consistently been going to find more people, for Covid-19. The federal gov- same ones in which cases are formed police departments to protect their economic interests, resistant to testing, falsely you’re going to find cases. So ernment began to stockpile it. rising and more people than and anything they deemed a threat was considered “disorderly” claiming that an increase in I said to my people, ‘Slow the States requested doses from necessary are dying. or criminal. Today, as far as many white people are concerned— testing is somehow linked to testing down, please.’ They test the federal stockpile. Then, re- Trump has even mocked the not all of them, but many—the current economic system works an increase in cases. But in fact, and they test. We got tests for searchers found that Covid-19 wearing of masks, which ex- just fine. It accomplishes what it’s been designed to do, which the more you test, the more you people who don’t know what’s patients were more likely to die perts say is a proven way to re- is to ensure the protection of the economic interests of White are able to control the virus going on.” if they took the drug, not less duce virus transmission. Americans and the long-term suppression of Black wealth. by identifying, isolating and If there actually was a slow- likely. Now Trump is having an- treating the infected, thereby down, it allowed the virus to During the height of the cri- other mask-optional rally WELCOME TO THE CASINO reducing the spread of the vi- spread and more people to get sis, some states experienced with yelling people sitting Here’s a story that illustrates how the system works. rus. Testing is how you reduce sick and die. a shortage of ventilators to and standing close together, a A busload of people from a Black organization take a day trip your cases. It is also how you to the local casino. They are eager to enjoy themselves playing Trump stood in the White treat gravely ill patients. Trump blatant violation of social dis- the slots. They walk into the casino, filled with the whirring of save lives. House briefing room and sug- claimed that the Obama admin- tancing rules. slot machines and the bright flashing lights and sirens from the But Trump believes that to gested that injecting disinfec- istration had left no ventilators It seems that in every pos- jackpot payouts. The group members sit at the slot machines reveal the true extent of the vi- tant into the body could pos- in the national stockpile, that sible way, Trump has willful- and play. Sure enough, as the hours pass, a few of them win rus’s presence in this country sibly cure the virus, known there were “empty cupboards.” ly and arrogantly put more jackpots—a few dollars here and there. One or two might even would make him look bad. So officially as SARS-CoV-2. -Af In truth, his own administra- Americans at risk of getting win enough money to come out ahead. When their friends see more people get sick and more ter this insane and dangerous tion confirmed a few days ago sick and dying, and the results they’ve won, it makes them think they could win too, so they people die. remark, states saw a spike in that 16,660 ventilators were have been inevitable: More pump more tokens into the machines. But as a group they’re He said in May: “When you poison control calls. A survey available for use when Trump Americans got sick and died. losing money. At the end of the day, while a few of them will test, you have a case. When for the Centers for Disease took office and in March, and There is no way to remove walk out of the casino with more money than when they came you test, you find something is Control and Prevention found outrageously the Trump ad- Trump’s culpability in this. If in, the overall result is that the wealth of the group has been wrong with people. If we didn’t that a third of Americans were ministration had distributed your feeble effort saves two diminished and transferred to the owner of the casino. do any testing, we would have “engaged in non-recommend- only 10,760 of them as of Tues- lives when an earnest, robust, A few members of the group complain to the owner. They very few cases. They don’t ed high-risk practices with the day. States were scrambling science-driven effort would knock on his door and demand the system be changed. He lis- want to write that. It’s common intent of preventing SARS- for ventilators to keep people have saved four, are you tens and smiles politely. sense. We test much more.” CoV-2 transmission, including alive, and the Trump adminis- not responsible for the two “I appreciate how you feel,” he might tell them. “We will take What Trump is truly say- using bleach on food products, tration held some back. deaths? action to adjust our machines to be more generous. Thank you, ing here is, let people get sick applying household cleaning This all says nothing of At this point, how do we not and please come again.” without proper surveillance. and disinfectant products to Trump’s lag in using the De- label Trump a killer of Amer- The group, poorer but wiser, has no choice but to go home. He is saying, let them suffer skin and inhaling or ingesting fense Production Act to more ican citizens by negligence, Of course, the owner does nothing. The casino stays the same. out of sight. He is saying, some cleaners and disinfectants.” quickly get supplies to cities ignorance and incompetence? From the owner’s perspective—the person who has the power to enact change—the system is working fine! It is perpetuating his interests. The system was designed for the casino to make money. He will promote the fact that you can win big, and en- courage you to participate; but ultimately, the owner will not Rep. Maxine Waters has firm words change a thing, as he created the system to build his wealth. He NNPA, National Newspaper Publishers Association knows that while a few individual players will make money, the group as a whole will lose money. “One would hope that the with Donald Trump, an incom- leagues and I have rung the community testing sites in at If you were a member of that group, appealing to the owner president of the United States petent and heartless man who alarm and done everything in least 13 states, including Tex- would be ludicrous. In your mind the system is broken because would rise to the level of lead- is more focused on saving stat- our power to pass legislation as, which is enduring a sharp you lost. In his mind, the system is functioning properly. He ership that our country needs ues of slaveholders, Confeder- that addresses the need for increase in coronavirus cases. won’t tell you that the system is designed to take your money; in confronting the deadly ate generals, and racists, than life-saving personal protective “Donald Trump’s negli- he’ll just smile and be polite as he shows you the door. uptick in coronavirus cases protecting the health of living equipment (PPE), increas- gence and lack of care for For Many, the System Works Perfectly in America,” said Rep. Max- and breathing Americans. es testing capacity, provides the American people is con- In this same respect, our economic system is not broken at all. ine Waters (D-CA), Ranking “The United States remains ventilators, and supports hos- temptible. It is operating quite well. It is only broken and in need of repair Member of the House Com- the epicenter of the coronavi- pitals, community health cen- “We have a real, deadly in the minds of those who are taking a loss. mittee on Financial Services. rus pandemic, with more than ters, and frontline workers. public health crisis on our All the components of the system—the police, the schools, “Instead, we are left with 2.4 million cases and more “Instead of bipartisan ac- hands, and Donald Trump is the healthcare system, the government—continue to play an in- Donald Trump, an incompe- than 124,000 deaths. My home tion, we have been faced with more concerned about stat- tegral role in ensuring that this overall mission is accomplished. tent and heartless man who is state of California, Arizona, opposition from a president ues and relics of the Confed- The numbers prove it. more focused on saving stat- Texas, and Florida have seen and a Republican party that eracy and slavery than he is In America, more than half a century after the passage of the ues of slaveholders, Confeder- their coronavirus cases sky- are hiding their heads in the the survival of the American Civil Rights Act of 1964, Black households have far less wealth ate generals, and racists, than rocket in the past two weeks. sand as thousands of Amer- people. than their White counterparts. As the Brookings Institute re- protecting the health of living “On Tuesday, Texas and icans die. In the past week, “He’s already had protes- ported, in 2016 the net worth of a typical White family was and breathing Americans.” California set records for hav- Donald Trump has defied tors in front of the White $171,000, while the average Black family’s wealth was $17,150— Congresswoman Maxine ing more than 5,000 coronavi- the guidance of public health House forcibly removed and roughly one-tenth as much. This figure includes wealth in the form of home ownership; in 2016 only 41.7 percent of Black Waters’ (CA-43) statement on rus cases in a 24-hour period, experts and held two large tear-gassed for a photo-op, families owned their own homes, as opposed to 72.2 percent of Donald Trump’s negligence in and 33 states have reported a public events that placed the now he is poised to do it non-Hispanic Whites. the fight against the coronavi- spike in their weekly average lives of his supporters at risk. again with protestors who So, what’s the problem? Why do we see this disparity? rus pandemic and his threats of coronavirus cases. Instead “Instead of enforcing mask are calling for the removal The truth is that for generations, the system has either vio- to protestors calling for the re- of using the full power of his wearing and social distanc- of statues and monuments to lently or subtly suppressed Black wealth. From 1619 until 1865, moval of statues of Confeder- office to fight this deadly pan- ing in his events, he required slaveholders and Confederate we were in bondage. After the Civil War and emancipation, ate generals and slaveholders: demic, Donald Trump would attendees to sign waivers to generals who withdrew from Reconstruction became nothing more than “reconstruction of “One would hope that the rather ignore the coronavirus protect his campaign from the United States and fought oppression.” president of the United States and call in U.S. marshals to being sued if attendees con- against the Union in the Civ- Discriminatory policies throughout the 20th century included would rise to the level of lead- confront protestors who are tracted the virus. Donald il War. All patriots who love the New Deal’s Fair Labor Standards Act’s exemption of domes- ership that our country needs taking down memorials to Trump has decried efforts to this country and care about tic agricultural and service occupations, allowing Black work- in confronting the deadly up- racist Confederate generals increase coronavirus testing, the well-being of its citizens ers to be paid low wages. The G.I. Bill of 1944 was designed to tick in coronavirus cases in and slaveholders. and his administration has must unite and hold Donald accommodate Jim Crow laws and benefited few Black veterans. America. Instead, we are left “For months, my col- stripped federal funding for Trump accountable.” The Miami Times 3 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020

Florida tops 200,000 coronavirus cases Nearly 60,000 cases recorded disease caused by the coro- been in that 18- to-34, -35 age ed DeSantis for not taking last week, as she called for navirus. group,” DeSantis said during steps such as requiring face a statewide mask require- the past week and counting Amid the surge, Gov. Ron a news conference Thursday masks to be worn in public ment. “Not only are they see- DeSantis has focused on with Vice President Mike places statewide to prevent ing the danger in their own Miami Times Staff Report new cases reported Sunday, steps the state has taken, Pence in Tampa. “Now, those spread of the disease. Many states, but also our reckless bringing the overall total to such as boosting protections are folks that are by and large local governments have re- and fragmented handling of TALLAHASSEE — With 200,111 cases. That followed for nursing-home residents, going to be much less prone quired face masks, but De- safety here in Florida. Mean- thousands of positive test 11,458 new cases reported as seniors and people with to significant consequences. Santis has declined to issue while, instead of taking steps results pouring in every day, Saturday, 9,488 new cases underlying medical con- Nevertheless, with the in- a statewide mandate or to to reduce transmission, Gov. Florida topped 200,000 coro- reported Friday and 10,109 ditions — pretty much the creasing positivity rate, it’s backtrack from economic re- DeSantis tries to distract navirus cases on Sunday. new cases reported Thurs- definition of nursing-home clear that you’re seeing more opening efforts that started from the facts by playing a Hitting 200,000 cases day. residents — are particularly and more community trans- in May and expanded in June. blame game, accusing vari- this weekend would have In all, Florida added 59,036 vulnerable to the disease. mission really being driven “Other governors are be- ous age groups for the spike seemed unlikely — if not cases during the past week. DeSantis also has tried to by that age group. And so, if ginning to see the danger in new cases.” unthinkable — a month ago: The death toll as of Sun- drive home the message that you’re someone in one of the in a quick reopening, and Florida reached 100,000 On June 5, Florida totaled day: 3,731 Florida residents many new infections are oc- medically vulnerable con- that a laissez-faire policy cases on June 22, more than 61,488 cases, after adding and 101 non-residents. That curring in young adults, who ditions, or you’re an older approach of distancing and three months after the effects another 1,305 positive re- reflected an increase of are less likely to suffer severe person, just understand that mask requirements, enforced of the coronavirus began to sults that day. 312 Florida resident deaths medical consequences. that’s out there, continue to by social obligation, is just be felt in the state. Florida But then came a massive during the past week from “It’s been a huge shift. be vigilant.” not enough,” state Sen. Lin- added the next 100,000 cases surge that included 10,059 COVID-19, the respiratory The case growth has really But Democrats have blast- da Stewart, D-Orlando, said in less than two weeks. Trailblazer award goes to Attorney Benjamin Crump NNPA will recognize his law firm of African Americans harmed also be honored at the virtual strong, trusted voice of Black blazer Awards to Chuck D of by police violence and racially conference. America. Thank you NNPA Public Enemy, MC Lyte, leg- and the freedom-fighter at their motivated acts. He currently “When you are on the front Chair Karen Carter Richards endary Supremes singer Mary represents the families of Ah- line fighting for the rights of and NNPA President Dr. Ben- Wilson, and Reggae Icon Zig- two-day annual convention mad Arberry, George Floyd our people in the courts and jamin F. Chavis, Jr.,” Crump gy Marley. and other Black men and in the streets of America, says. Wilson and Marley plan to Miami Times Staff Report women unjustly victimized by it means a lot for the Black In addition to Crump, the deliver virtual performances law enforcement. Press to always be there as the Black Press will present Trail- at the conference. The National Newspa- “I salute the Black Press of per Publishers Association America and the NNPA on the (NNPA) will pay tribute to 193rd anniversary of the Black civil rights attorney Benjamin Press and the 80th anniversary Crump and his law firm while of the NNPA,” Crump states. SUBSCRIBE TODAY honoring the family of George “The family of George Floyd Floyd, during the NNPA’s An- and the families of all the nual Convention scheduled Black American victims of for Wednesday, July 8, and racist police murders and vi- Thursday, July 9. Registration olence appreciate the support for the NNPA virtual confer- the Black Press has provided. I ence is free. All can register at thank you for this award.” Benjamin Crump www.virtualnnpa2020.com. The NNPA plans to pres- The Virtual Convention Crump has earned recog- ent Crump with its Trailblaz- marks the 80th anniversary of nition as a freedom fighting er Award for his work fight- the NNPA and 193 years of the lawyer who doesn’t hesitate ing for freedom, justice, and Black Press of America. to defend the life and legacy equality. Floyd’s family will

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Photo Credit: CBC LOGO Web/photos The movement for justice will not stop until this bill is passed in the Senate and signed into law by the President. What’s more, the movement for justice has now expanded to include a call to end systemic racism in the US. Congressional Black Caucus hosts virtual town hall and human rights in the Unit- tice has now expanded to in- Policing to Address Systemic prevent problematic officers The CBC is set to spearhead the ed States. clude a call to end systemic Racism and Help Save Lives who are fired or leave one Because of this interna- racism in the US. • Holds Police Accountable agency, from moving to an- Justice in Policing Act passage tional movement for justice, Join us for a virtual town and Increases Transparency other jurisdiction without any Miami Times Staff Report stand today. on June 25, 30 days after the hall to discuss current efforts What would the bill do? accountability; On May 25, the world wit- murder of George Floyd, and undertaken by members of • Bans all chokeholds; • Requires data collection, The Congressional Black nessed the video execution of on what should have been the the CBC to continue to ad- • Bans no-knock warrants in including mandatory body Caucus (CBC) was formed George Floyd. Within hours, 18th birthday of Tamir Rice, dress systemic racism. Then drug cases; cameras and dashboard cam- 49 years ago to address the protests began in Minneapolis the Congressional Black Cau- join the movement to disman- • Bans racial, religious and eras; racism that CBC members and quickly spread to all fifty cus proudly led the bipartisan tle systemic racism wherever discriminatory profiling; • Establishes new national faced inside the institution of states. Within days, protests passage of the George Floyd it may hide. • Eliminates the qualified standards for policing; Congress and to address the spread around the world, with Justice in Policing Act. How to talk about the Jus- immunity doctrine that is a • Provides no new funds racism all Black people faced people in other countries call- But we will not stop and the tice In Policing Bill: barrier to holding police offi- and reinvests in communi- then and now in the United ing out human rights abuses movement for justice will not • Bold, Unprecedented Re- cers accountable for wrongful ties by establishing the Public States and around the world. in the United States. Within stop until this bill is passed forms to Curb Police Brutal- conduct; Safety Innovation grants for It is in their memory and it weeks, all 54 nations in Africa in the Senate and signed into ity, End Racial Profiling, and • Establishes a National community-based organiza- is on their shoulders that called on the United Nations law by the President. What’s Eliminate Qualified Immunity Police Misconduct Registry tions to help reimagine polic- the 55 members of the CBC to hold a hearing about racism more, the movement for jus- • Transforms the Culture of to improve transparency and ing in their communities The Miami Times 5 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020 The Miami Times 6 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020

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a significant, statewide spike seriously,” said Rep. Jones and back yet.” Jones, Jared Moskowitz, di- so until we can make sure ev- in COVID-19 cases. disagreed with officials who Jones said Florida’s next rector of Florida’s Division eryone has access to testing, GAME “I think we should have re- blame the spike in COVID-19 move should be to offer test- of Emergency Management we’ll stay here at square one.” CONTINUED FROM 1A ally taken a deep listen to the cases on young people. ing to everyone, since many is working extremely hard As for his state senate cam- experts in what we should “Let’s not use young peo- could be asymptomatic and along with other members to paign, the 36-year-old millen- Following a ‘safer-at-home’ have done and how we ple as our scapegoat,” he carrying COVID-19 antibod- place testing locations in our nial is not letting COVID-19 order that began March 30 opened the state,” said Rep. said. “It’s young, old, every- ies but not know it. district. However, the federal stop him, and his strong so- for South Florida, most of Jones. “ We did it way too one is doing the same thing, “They probably feel bad,” government is not supporting cial media presence is ongo- the state entered phase one quickly.” not being as vigilant as they he said, “But there are differ- those efforts. ing. of reopening May 4. Mi- Jones admitted he spent should.” ent reasons why they are not “The problem is that as “We put a lot of work in ami-Dade and Broward coun- time with close friends, Family members of Jones [getting tested] – they have to long as we have leadership prior to me getting to this ties entered phase one on participated in community are also affected. “My brother work, they have children at who speak against getting point, knowing that election May 18 which limited restau- events and didn’t always wear just got tested,” Jones shared. home, they have all these bar- tested, we’re going to find day is in 43 days,” said Jones. rants and retailers to 25% oc- a mask. “He’s extremely sick, and riers. Some people just don’t individuals who follow the “We do have a full digital pro- cupancy, In early June, South “I take full responsibility, we’re very concerned about have access to testing.” President, and they don’t get gram, and we have our mail Florida joined the rest of the and I want people to please him because he’s going on Access to testing comes tested,” Rep. Jones explained. program that’s starting this state and transitioned into learn from my mistake and day three with a temperature down to the federal and state “These are the people who week, so we’re trucking for- phase two and experienced know that we must take this and the results haven’t come governments. According to are probably infecting others, ward.

brace a ‘new normal’ that re- who released a jarring Tweet who added that these commu- a long-term care facility,” said The Associated Press re- opened restaurants and bars. on Monday that suggested nities share common social DeSantis. ported on Monday, July 6 that COVID Graduation parties were as Gimenez reopened the county and economic factors, already Florida, which recorded an all- CONTINUED FROM 1A much a draw as gathering to- too soon “just to please” Pres- in place before the pandem- BY THE NUMBERS time high of 11,400 new cas- gether at favorite night spots, ident Donald Trump and Gov. ic, that increase their risk for The coronavirus is blamed es Saturday and has seen its as summer camps and child while families and, single peo- Ron DeSantis. She went on to COVID-19. for over a half-million deaths positive test rate lately reach daycare centers with strict ca- ple alike, crammed themselves convey, “This is failed leader- Those factors include living worldwide, including more than more than 18%, has been hit pacity limits, requiring masks into tables at restaurants and ship. Our community deserves in crowded housing conditions, 130,000 in the U.S., accord- especially hard. and social distancing of at high-top seating at bars operat- better.” working in essential fields, in- ing to the tally kept by Johns Hospitalizations across the least 6 feet. ing at 50 percent capacity. Add- Republican-candidate consistent access to health Hopkins University. The num- state have been ticking upward, ed to the equation of blame Gimenez will soon meet Mu- care, chronic health conditions ber of confirmed infections na- with nearly 1,700 patients ad- HOW DID WE GET HERE? were street protests that erupt- carsel-Powell at the polls in a and stress and immunity. The tionwide stood at 2.9 million, mitted in the past seven days Strict social distancing, ca- ed following the deaths of quest to unseat her. latter remains true, but new though the real number is be- compared with 1,200 the pre- pacity limits, required masks George Floyd in Minneapolis rhetoric has emerged targeting lieved to be 10 times higher. vious week. Miami’s Baptist represent another language followed by Rayshard Brooks in 21 IS THE NEW BLACK the young without focus on a New cases per day nationwide Hospital had only four of its 88 combine haunting the munic- Atlanta. As recent as April 2020, racial demographic. The age of have hit record levels of well ICU beds available. ipal leader of Florida’s largest It all appeared harmless at the overwhelming dialogue 21 is the new Black. over 50,000. “If we continue to increase county. The challenge to miti- the zenith of celebratory fun surrounding COVID-19 and the At a press conference in At- Florida recorded 6,336 new at the pace we have been, we gate the spread of coronavirus until too many opted to not coronavirus was focused on lanta on Monday, July 6, Gov. confirmed cases statewide, won’t have enough ventilators, has surpassed mandates and wear masks or face covering Blacks being disproportion- DeSantis presented a shift raising the total to 206,447 enough rooms,” said Dr. David the threat of fines. Gimenez joined by masses who ignored ately affected by the disease. in outcomes when he stated since the state’s outbreak was De La Zerda, a respiratory spe- may soon have to come to social distancing mandates. The latter was amplified by ex- that the median age for those first identified March 1. The cialist at Miami’s Jackson Me- terms with the fact that 2.8 mil- The end result was disaster perts like Sherita Golden, M.D., testing positive statewide has state says 3,880 people have morial Hospital. lion residents will not all com- and a mayor who stood firm. M.H.S., a specialist in endocri- dropped from the mid-50s to died from the virus; however, Since the outbreak began, an ply. During the initial reopening “I am continuing to roll back nology, diabetes and metabo- the mid-30s. He said 21 is the people under the age of 35 average of 30 Floridians have of phase II, the county’s daily business openings as we con- lism, and chief diversity officer No. 1 age for testing positive in are significantly less likely to died per day from COVID-19, rate for confirmed cases sky- tinue to see a spike in the from Johns Hopkins Medicine. Florida, an age where the death die from COVID-19 than those which makes it one of the rocketed from about 300 a day percent of positive COVID-19 Golden’s findings have become rate is near zero unless the over 65, but they can spread state’s biggest killers. to more than 2,000, and the tests and an uptick in hospi- a statistical mainstay for ref- person has underlying health the disease to their older fam- “We can tamp down the numbers continue to rise. talizations,” said Gimenez. “If erencing the status of Blacks issues like heart disease or ily members, co-workers and spread if everyone follows According to county medical we see crowding and people amid the pandemic. diabetes and added that has friends. the rules, wears masks and experts, 18-to 34-year-olds not following the public health “While much of the focus helped keep the daily death Over the last week, about 43 stays at least six feet apart caused the spike in the num- rules, I will be forced to close has been on Blacks dispropor- toll below the early May peak Floridians a day have died of from others,” said Gimenez. ber of cases that began in mid- the beaches again.” tionately contracting and dying when nursing homes were see- the disease, up from 30 a day “I am counting on you, our 2.8 June. Following a 128-day pan- The cycle of false starts and from COVID-19, other minority ing many deaths. three weeks ago but still below million residents, to stop the demic lockdown that shuttered partial closures for Gimenez populations are also adverse- “From a clinical perspective, the 60 a day recorded in early spread so that we can get back schools, colleges, parks and comes with criticism from polit- ly affected, including Latinx/ a thousand cases under the May. Hospitalizations are up to opening our economy.” malls, young adults seized the ical foes like Democratic U.S. Hispanic and Native American age of 30 are going to be less about 40% statewide over the The Associated Press contrib- mid-May opportunity to em- Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell communities,” said Golden significant than 50 cases in last two weeks. uted to this report.

agency is still working its billion refunds for 2016 are return within that time, the fessional if you have had a when it comes to taxes. way through a backlog of sitting unclaimed because money becomes property major shift in income, em- “Reach out to (your tax TAX mail that built up during its people failed to file tax re- of the Treasury. There is no ployment or other tax situ- professional) about what CONTINUED FROM 3A closure in response to the turns. The law provides a penalty to file a later return ations in 2020. With all the 2020 is going to look like,” pandemic. three-year window of op- if a refund is due. changes stemming from the says Michael Eisenberg, a tax officer at H&R Block. Accountants and tax prepa- portunity to claim a refund. It’s also a good time to COVID-19 pandemic, there CPA and attorney at Squar ration services say they have But if taxpayers do not file a check in with a tax pro- may be need for added help Milner in Los Angeles. a variety of means to help WHAT ABOUT REFUNDS? The IRS is still processing people prepare their taxes and issuing refunds, most without meeting face to face. within 21 days. Those getting refunds WHAT ABOUT will be paid interest, dating ESTIMATED TAXES? back to April 15, if they file Taxpayers who make es- on time. The interest rate timated quarterly tax pay- is 5% per year through June ments have until July 15 to 30. Starting July 1, it drops make the payments for the to 3% per year. The interest first and second quarter. is compounded daily for re- Those were originally due funds. Any refund issued af- on April 15 and June 15 re- ter July 1 will get a blended spectively. rate. WHAT ELSE? There are a host of other I DON’T WANT TO GO TO tax deadlines linked to July ANYWHERE. CAN I DO 15. Check out the IRS web- THIS ONLINE? Yes, you can file or pay site or reach out to a tax pro- your taxes online. The IRS fessional for answers to your urges taxpayers to use elec- specific question. tronic options to support One worth noting is that social distancing and speed July 15 is also the deadline to the processing of returns, claim a refund for 2016 tax refunds or payments. The returns. An estimated $1.5 The Miami Times 7 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images People put their fists in the air as Lift Every Voice and Sing is performed at the intersection of H St NW and 16th Street NW near the White House, an area renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, while celebrating the Juneteenth holiday June 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ symbol of HOPE Protesters sang the song in many cities across the nation following weeks of social unrest

JONATHAN LANDRUM, JR. message of faithfulness, free- gled Banner” was adopted as The Associated Press dom and equality. the national anthem of the U.S. “I saw whites singing that During the civil rights LOS ANGELES — The song saying ‘No justice, no movement, the song was Black national anthem was peace’ and ‘Black Lives Mat- popular during protests born more than a century ter.’ It’s something I didn’t see with the likes of “We Shall ago, but the popular hymn early in my career or even 15 Overcome” and “Amazing within the African American years ago,” recalled the Rev. Grace.” The latter was writ- community called “Lift Every Al Sharpton, referring to pro- ten by former slave trader Voice and Sing” has resurrect- testers in Minneapolis in the John Newton, but the song ed a beacon of hope during aftermath of Floyd’s death. helped define racial equality. nationwide protests. “You got to see people other Sharpton said the abili- In recent weeks, countless than us appreciating our song, ty of “ Lift Every Voice and rallies were held from D.C. our anthem. This is just not a Sing ” enduring several gen- to Seattle with arm-locked moment. This is a real move- erations speaks volumes. protesters of different rac- ment.” “The fact that this song es reciting the song’s lyrics Growing up, Sharpton could survive us going from

AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast In this June 19, 2020, photo, people attend a peaceful rally in Chicago to mark June- teenth. The holiday celebrates the day in 1865 that enslaved black people in Galves- ton, Texas, learned they had been freed from bondage, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

AP Photo/Nati Hamik In this June 19, 2020, photo, singers perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," dubbed as the Black national anthem, in Lincoln, Neb., during a Juneteenth rally. Juneteenth is the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that enslaved Black people In Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed from bondage, more than two years ater the Emancipa- tion Proclamation.

while marching against police said he learned self-iden- the back of the bus and the brutality of unarmed Black tity through the anthem, outhouse to the Truman Bal- people. The demonstrations which was written as a poem cony at the White House, it throughout the U.S. were ig- by James Weldon Johnson shows that this song really nited by the killing of George before his brother, J. Rosa- resonates in our hearts,” he Floyd, who died after a Minne- mond, turned it into music. said. “Very few songs would apolis police officer pressed a The song was performed last through those kinds of knee into his neck for several for the first time in 1900, not changes in Black America. minutes. long after it was written. That’s why it’s a great ba- Some marches were peace- The NAACP dubbed “Lift rometer to the cultural shift.” ful, while others turned vio- Every Voice and Sing” as the Protesters are certain- lent. But one common thread Black national anthem in 1919. ly making the song heard. at protests were people chant- The decision came more than a In Dallas, hundreds flocked ing the anthem‘s long-lasting decade before “The Star-Span- SEE HOPE 8A The Miami Times 8 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020 Minority business owners continue to struggle dow from February to April located in major U.S. cities gaining access to capital and The number of black businesses 2020,” Fairlie says. “The drop where expensive regulations credit. in business owners was the and government barriers to The foundation has pro- fell by 41 percent from February largest on record, and losses entry (like licensing laws, posed a roadmap to recovery, BETHANY BLAKELY of the report and economics were felt across nearly all in- permitting laws, and building listing suggestions for law- The Center Square professor at the University dustries and even for incor- regulations) make the cost of makers to consider, including porated businesses.” opening and operating a busi- reducing health care regula- of California at Santa Cruz, The number of active Minority business owners says the report “provides the “No group was immune to ness extremely high.” tions, reducing or repealing have suffered great losses in first analysis of impacts of the business owners in the negative impacts of social dis- When small business own- occupational licensing and re- tancing policy mandates and ers become the “victims of strictions on businesses, and 2020 so far, according to a pandemic on the number of United States plummet- report published by the Na- active small businesses in the demand shifts. But the dam- arbitrary, drawn-out shut- expanding property rights tional Bureau of Economic United States using nation- ed by 3.3 million or 22 age wasn’t spread evenly,” he down orders, as well as dam- protections. Research. ally representative data from percent“ over the crucial adds. age from looting, the normal Its blueprint is similar to one Based on data from Febru- the April 2020 CPS – the first Nathaniel Hamilton, man- burdens entrepreneurs face” proposed by the Texas Pub- ary to April, the number of month fully capturing early two-month window from aging editor at the Pacific Le- are made that much harder. lic Policy Foundation, which black business owners fell effects” from the coronavirus February to April 2020.” gal Foundation, argues that According to a report argues that regulations and by 41 percent, the number of shutdowns. while there are many reasons published by the Feder- restrictions that have been Latino business owners by 32 “The number of active why minority entrepreneurs al Reserve Bank of Atlanta, suspended during Gov. Greg and small business owners minority-owned business- Abbott’s emergency declara- percent, Asian business own- business owners in the Unit- —Robert W. Fairlie ers by 26 percent, and female ed States plummeted by 3.3 face more challenges, “an un- es are more likely to rely on tions should stay permanently owners by 25 percent. million or 22 percent over deniable one is that many mi- self-funding to stay afloat, suspended to help businesses Robert W. Fairlie, author the crucial two-month win- nority-owned businesses are and face more challenges in recover and reopen.

believes the Black anthem is a to address issues in the Black should be sung with pride and more “powerful and patriotic” community, including “sys- not taken lightly. HOPE song than America’s nation- temic misconduct” in police “I think the song is just too CONTINUED FROM 7A al anthem, which was written departments and prosecutors’ sacred to be reduced to what by a slave owner who made a offices. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is,” to the plaza where John F. painful reference to slavery in The Rev. Markel Hutchins he said. “The ‘Star-Spangled Kennedy was shot in 1963 to its little-known third stanza. said Biden’s reference to the Banner’ is patriotic and inher- march before collectively tak- “It’s much more applica- song and hearing white Amer- ently and uniquely American. It ing a moment to sing the song. ble to the United States as we icans singing the lyrics has giv- represents the complexities of Protesters sang the song last would love it to be more than en him “hope and confidence, America. But ‘Lift Every Voice month at the historic Lincoln ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’” although we’re in a dark place and Sing’ is much more sacred Memorial in Washington, D.C. Young said of the Black an- as a nation today.” on my view and should be han- them. “There’s new inspiration and dled as such.” The same happened in Los An- Photo: ABC7News Along with the protest, the motivation in America today Sharpton confidently said the geles, Chicago, Baltimore and The Black national anthem was born more than a Minneapolis. staying power of “Lift Every for people of every walk of life, song should be performed at “The song is a refreshment Voice and Sing” into broader century ago, but the popular hymn within the African every race, every culture and big venues for sporting events and renewal of my faith,” said audiences can also be credited American community called "Lift Every Voice and Sing" every orientation,” he said. and beyond. Andrew Young, the civil rights to the biggest entertainers and has resurrected a beacon of hope during nationwide Some NBA and collegiate “It should because it recog- leader and former Atlanta may- political figures who have ref- protests. teams played the song at games nizes the heritage and the true or and U.S. ambassador to the erenced it. during Black History Month authentic America struggle,” he United Nations. He said the Beyoncé performed the song West Byrd sprinkled in snip- Press. It’ll be played first when years ago, thanks to Eugene said. “There’s always been the singing of the song at protests in front of a mostly white au- pets of the song while playing the Super Bowl champion Kan- Williams. The retired Howard controversy about race being shows how “desegregation of dience at the Coachella Valley the national anthem at NA- sas City Chiefs host the Hous- University professor lobbied involved in the national an- America is really the integra- Music & Arts Festival in 2018. SCAR’s 2020 Pocono 350 on ton Texans to kick off the NFL for teams to play the song in them. Here’s an authentic an- tion of cultures, ideals, ener- The late Rev. Joseph Lowery Sunday. regular season on Sept. 10. February. them coming out of the Amer- gies and spirituality.” began his benediction recit- The NFL will play “Lift Ev- Last month, Democratic Williams wants the song to be ican experience that does not Young has known the song’s ing the song’s third verse at ery Voice and Sing” before presidential hopeful Joe Biden played in all U.S. sporting ven- denigrate the country, but also lyrics since kindergarten the inauguration for President each game during Week 1, a released the “Lift Every Voice” ues, but Young and Hutchins uplifts the struggle and affir- and even recited every word Barack Obama in 2009; and person familiar with the dis- plan, which is a reference to are unsure if that should be the mation of people that have during a recent interview. He musicians Mike Phillips and cussions told The Associated the song. The plan proposes case. Hutchins thinks the song been part of this country.” Finance

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Black community. more news reporters located in the complete P&L for 21 iHeart app and accessible via mobile, BIN will be a standalone busi- We began developing more places than any other au- markets across America. smart speakers, smart TVs and ness unit within iHeartMedia, our 24/7 Black news dio news organization, and each Tanita Myers will be Director of other connected platforms, and and its executives and talent year its local news operations News Operations for BIN: Black on dedicated all-news local AM/ will reflect the community they source last year, and are the recipients of some of Information Network. Myers is a FM broadcast radio stations serve. The business will be en- events of the last few the most prestigious awards in seasoned network and local Pro- providing local news, weather abled and supported by the full weeks, especially the broadcasting. In addition to its ducer, Broadcaster and News An- traffic and sports in addition to resources of iHeartMedia, in- local news operations, iHeartMe- chor with 15 years’ experience at national news -- all focused on cluding shared use of technolo- senseless and tragic dia’s 24/7 News Source news- Reach Media. She was formerly the Black community and from gy; data and insights; marketing; death of George Floyd, wire service provides text, audio Director of Operations for The the Black perspective -- in mar- digital services; monetization; highlighted the need and breaking news to over 1,000 Tom Joyner Morning Show; Exec- kets including Atlanta, Augusta, and corporate resources, includ- stations in the United States utive Producer of Rickey Smiley Charlotte, Cleveland, Columbus, ing Legal, HR and Finance. for this network.” and Canada. Morning Show; and a reporter GA, Detroit, Greenville, Macon, Because iHeartMedia’s broad- BIN’s unique partner-support- in News, Traffic and Weather for Minneapolis, Nashville, New Or- cast assets alone currently —Tony Coles ed business model is tailored to SEE NEWS 10B

Miami Herbert Business School’s stock soars FL. It is calculated by S&P Florida 50 stock index (UMIAMIFL) Dow Jones Custom Indices, gained an impressive 12.50% gain and its performance can be monitored in real time via Ya- Miami Times Staff Report jaw-dropping 30.7% return. hoo Finance. The University of Miami’s About Miami Her- Florida 50 Index (UMI- Florida 50 Index, which was bert Business School AMIFL), which is calculated established by the Miami Miami Herbert Business by Standard and Poors (S&P) Herbert Business School in School is a leader in prepar- Custom Indices, finished the 2016, is based on the capital- ing individuals and organiza- second quarter of 2020 with izations of all Florida-based tions to excel in the complex, a gain of 12.5%, and 20 of its large-, mid- and small-cap dynamic, and interconnected firms saw their stock prices companies included in the world of global business. One rise by more than 40%. S&P 1500 index having com- of 12 schools and colleges at The impressive gain in the mon stock listed on the NYSE the University of Miami, the Florida index, which tracks or NASDAQ. It is the first cus- School offers undergraduate, all Florida-based firms in the tom S&P Dow Jones index to master’s, doctoral, and ex- S&P Composite 1500® Index, be owned by a university, and ecutive education programs. still trailed the broader S&P the only index that focuses With its location in a major 500 by 7.45% and the S&P solely on public companies center for international busi- 1500 by 7.68%, both of which headquartered in an individu- ness, Miami Herbert Business also experienced dramatic al U.S. state. Florida-based firms as a cross “The twelve largest compa- like Spain and Mexico, and School is acclaimed for its increases. The Dow Jones “The performance of the section are keeping pace nies in the Florida 50 Index thus investors would do well global perspective, student Industrial Average (DJIA) Miami Herbert Business with their counterparts from have a combined market cap- to keep an eye on this index and faculty diversity, and en- notched its best quarter since School’s Florida 50 Index across the country,” said Seth italization of over $300 bil- and its diverse set of constit- gagement with the business 1987 with a 17.8% increase, during the second quarter of Levine, CPA, accounting lec- lion,” he said. “Florida’s Gross uents as they weigh their own community. More informa- while the NASDAQ trounced 2020 shows that in a market turer at Miami Herbert Busi- Domestic Product (GDP), investment decisions.” tion about the Miami Herbert everyone else by wrapping that has rebounded remark- ness School and creator of the which surpassed $1 trillion in The index is available un- Business School can be found up the second quarter with a ably from the first quarter, index. 2018, rivals that of countries der ticker symbol UMIAMI- at www.bus.miami.edu. The Miami Times 10 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020 SPORTS NFL to play Black anthem during week 1 ‘Til earth and heaven rings’ will be now be played before ‘Oh say can you see’ ROB MAADDI NFL star Anquan Boldin. “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” is traditionally known as the will be performed live or Black anthem. It’ll be played played before “The Star-Span- first when the Super Bowl gled Banner” prior to each champion Kansas City Chiefs NFL game during Week 1 host the Houston Texans to and the league is consider- kick off the NFL regular sea- ing putting names of victims son on Sept. 10. of police brutality on helmet It’s uncertain whether fans decals or jersey patches, a will be in attendance Week 1 person familiar with the dis- or at all this season because cussions told The Associated of the coronavirus pandem- Press. ic. The league is considering The person said the league asking fans to sign a waiver is working collaborative- and wear masks, according to ly with players to recognize a person familiar with those victims of systemic racism conversations. throughout the season in a The NFL announced last variety of ways. The person month it is committing $250 spoke to the AP on Thursday million over 10 years to so- on condition of anonymity cial justice initiatives, target- because discussions between ing what it calls “systemic the league and the NFL Play- racism” and supporting “the ers Association are ongoing. battle against the ongoing and Additional plans include historic injustices faced by the use of educational pro- African Americans.” grams and storytelling about Following the nationwide the victims and their families protests sparked by the death AP Photo/Gail Burton, File similar to the league’s PSA of George Floyd, NFL Com- on Botham Jean released in missioner Roger Goodell de- In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) leaps over Green Bay January and the Super Bowl nounced racism in a video Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander (23) during the first half of a NFL football preseason game, in Baltimore. commercial on Corey Jones prompted greatly by a play- Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman is tweaking and refining a record-setting unit led by NFL MVP Lamar featuring his cousin, former ers’ video seeking NFL action. Jackson, who is expected to again be the key component of an attack with several newcomers in the mix. First venture capital fund led by women of color table. The Rising America Lorine Pendleton and four of her Fund is changing this narra- women of color colleagues unite tive by investing in compa- nies that are often overlooked Miami Times Staff Report neurs for more than seven and underfunded. and a half years, knows about To learn more about the On the heels of the Black this disparity very well. Be- fund visit http://portfolia.co/ Lives Matter (BLM) move- lieving that economic oppor- risingamerica-fund ment being reignited after tunity and entrepreneurship the murder of George Floyd, are the keys to Black wealth, The group’s nontra- at the hands of police, more Pendleton, along with four ditional VC model is venture capitalists (VCs) are other world-class female jumping on the bandwagon investors — Karen Karr, focused on investing in of investing in entrepreneurs Noramay Cadena, Daphne diverse entrepreneurs of color. The movement has Dufresne, Juliana Garaizar who are a part of the shed a light on the plethora of — is leading Rising America Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ inequities people of color face Fund, the first venture cap- communities. in the country, along with the ital fund led by women of significant income and wealth color partners. communities, with products disparity between Black and The group’s nontraditional and services that cater to White communities. VC model is focused on in- their markets. With only 1% SUBSCRIBE TODAY Lorine Pendleton, an in- vesting in diverse entrepre- of Black-led companies get- vestor who has been funding neurs who are a part of the ting VC funding, many have underrepresented entrepre- Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ yet to be given a seat at the

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The answer the empowerment and clusive toward each July is Minority Mental Health Month to that is we make a elevation of the black other. Creating oppor- commitment to build and brown woman. tunities and solutions and a good time to hit re-set and restore her up, go back to the The woman that has to grow together and PENNY DICKERSON see a licensed clini- struggles to see the basics, uplift and em- been let down, left build relationships pdickerson@ cal professional when light at the end of the power her to become out, and walked over unlike ever before. miamitimesonline.com our serotonin levels tunnel. While many of her best. This is man- during her lifetime. It’s time we become drop and one day of us appear to be strong datory because she is We are here to help unstoppable and in- The month of July sadness morphs into in certain circum- raising our next gen- women create and tentional about every- is designated for Mi- one month of gloom stances, the fact is she eration. maintain the woman thing we want to ac- nority Mental Health followed by a daily can become broken Aerica Karriem, they desire to become complish, and it’s also Awareness and for routine of the dol- when she feels pow- founder of Black On- no matter what. No time to live out our line Therapy is pleased matter their current extraordinary gift of many Black women, drums we simply can- erless. What happens when a woman feels men and children, it not shake. Don’t feel There is no doubt to announce Healing situation, their past or purpose that was gift- is being ushered in like the crazy lady. A we are all having the defeated, destitute and her life seems The Black Woman In- future challenges. ed to each and every with glee. Who isn’t touch of depression same conversations to be dismantled? The answer to that is side 2-Day Intensive, Black Online Ther- one of us, something a bit blue these days? is more common than globally inside our we make a commitment to build her up, has moved online and apy's aim is to repair nobody can take from Who hasn’t suffered a you would imagine, homes, that being go back to the basics, uplift and em- will be held as a vir- and restore the black us. tad bit of mental col- so feel empowered black in America has power her to become her best. tual event during the and brown family so To register: bit.ly/ lapse following a glob- and seek help. become a continued Covid Pandemic. This we as a whole can healingtheblackwom- al pandemic that has The COVID-19 pan- hardship and a burden and brown woman time. event is focused on be equitable and in- an2020 pulled us away from demic presented ob- for most. Now more as she is the strength What happens when our everyday lives stacles to all health than ever it’s time to that holds the family a woman feels defeat- and thrust a ‘new nor- care due to social dis- devote to the resto- together. One woman ed, destitute and her mal’ upon us? We’ve tancing and mandates ration of the black and one family at a life seems to be dis- seen the inside of our to remain shuttered in homes, and each oth- place. Just this morn- er, more than desired ing, I experienced my MIA- NEW ELEVATOR AT E-SATELLITE and never before has a first ‘telehealth’ ap- MCC-U010F-7.1 ray of sun been such a pointment with my crave. primary care physi- MCM is soliciting bids for this project under the MCC-8-10 Program for Workplaces shifted cian. While telehealth the Miami-Dade Aviation Department: to remote locations is an excellent idea for which may sound like office sufficiency and SCOPE: Modernization of the existing escalators at Satellite “E” Ter- heaven to some, but staffing (and avoiding 2020 The Opa-locka CRA Small minal as well as furnishing and installing a new Schindler 330XL MRL it’s a transition. An valet parking), I hat- Business Renovation Grant traction elevator. unexpected stress that ed it. It felt stoic and altered morning rou- impersonal and not ATTENTION!!! Business owners in the City of Opa-locka CRA area, Packages Bidding: SBE/Const Trade Set-Aside: “A” Misc. Gen- tines, childcare and a warm encounter at we are kicking off our first round of the 2020 Small Business Façade eral Work, “B” Misc. Metals, “C” Roofing, “D” Doors/Hardware, “E” even lunch breaks. all. But in all fairness, I and Property Improvement Grant Program. We have made a few small Drywall, “G” Painting, “H” Fire Sprinklers, “I” Plumbing, “J” HVAC, For the Black woman eased up after we nav- changes and updates to the guidelines application. We are excited to “K” Electrical. OPEN CATEGORY: Package “F” Conveying System who leads a house- igated the technical be able to help our small business during these trying times. This is just (Escalator/Elevator) hold wearing an “S” glitches and my clini- one way we are helping small business to make improvements to their on her chest, that let- cian and I landed on a businesses. Here is some important information if you are interested in Florida Executive Order 20-69, issued March 20, 2020, in part, sus- ter can be interpreted mutual groove. I ulti- applying for this grant. pended any Florida Statute that requires a local government body as stress, survival or mately sighed a breath to meet in a specified place and provided that during the COVID-19 even a sickness that that opened a door to Applications will be available July 6st thru September 30, 2020. To emergency, local government bodies may utilize communications me- is bred from trying to have my health care qualify for business dia technology, such as telephonic and video conferencing as provided balance it all. needs met, and as a property improvements you must meet the following criteria: in section 120.54(5)(b)(2), Florida Statues. The challenge for Black woman, that is 1 – Awards are up to $15,000 Blacks who need to an achievement worth PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held via telephonic conference on seek therapeutic help celebrating. I cry 2 – You can be the owner of the property or a business owner renting Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 10:00 am. To join the meeting, please dial during our times of out loud, “Growth!” space/location. 305-876-8333, enter the Meeting ID 5763813# and Pin: 3377# at the trouble or ‘secret This essential worker scheduled meeting start time. Attendance is optional but strongly en- mental battles’ is that is making strides in 3 – Proof of ownership (if owned by corporation, provide copy articles couraged. our cultural structure the right direction. of incorporation) has taught us to rely Black women are SITE VISIT is not mandatory. For respondents who still desire to see on the Lord. Take your also essential to our 4 – Copy of current County business tax receipts, if required. If oc- the site, an optional Site Visit will be held by appointment only. A limit troubles to church and homes and our com- cupancy is pending renovation of the building, then a copy of the oc- of one (1) person per company has been established for this site visit. lay it on the altar, is munities. In fact, cupational licenses certificate application or a bona fide executed lease The specific time for the appointment and the rules of conduct during what we’re often told. there are some people will be sufficient. the Site Visit will be provided during the Pre-Bid conference. Requests Seek counsel with that would argue that to participate in the Site Visit should be sent via email at least 48 hours your pastor or dog- women really do rule 5 – Proof of property taxes paid on property proposed for rehabilitation. prior to the Site Visit. The name of the individual and Company par- gone it, just be a better the world. However, ticipating, copy of driver’s license and MIA ID, if available, shall be Christian. as many mothers sit 6 – Insurance documentation of applicable. included in the email. All of the aforemen- at home, uncertain tioned are excellent about how they will 7 – Business must be located in the City of Opa locka CRA area see BID-SUBMITTAL: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 @ 2:00 pm sources, but our men- continue to provide below: tal health is as import- for their children and Bonding is required for bids of $200,000 or higher. ant as our physical have the strength to CRA is bounded on the North by NW 151st Street, on the West by the health. We consult a fight against racial Opa- locka Executive Airport, on the South by the Tri-Rail corridor, and For information and access to bid documents in Procore, please con- physician when we discrimination toward on the East by a constructed storm water lake managed by the South tact MCM’s MIA offices, Ginny Mirabal at (305) 869-4563, vmirabal@ our bodies betray us, the black and brown Florida Water Management District. mcm-us.com, [email protected]. and we should, too, simultaneously, many Football | Basketball | Baseball Track & Field | Golf | Tennis | Stats & Scores Sports 12 THE MIAMI TIMES | JULY 8-14, 2020 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM ONE BLACK ATHLETE CAN CHANGE SPORTS Sports has become a billion dollar industry Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks and Million) just to name a few. George Floyd. Now as college players shift their atten- through the inclusion of talented Blacks Chuba Hubbard, who is a star Black tion to social issues, they’re finding that running back at Oklahoma State Universi- Black athletes protests matter on larger MARK STALLWORTH football for the upcoming season due to ty and the leading rusher in the nation in issues. First, the prominence of Black Miami Times Contributor COVID-19. We can no longer ignore the 2019, took strong exclusion to a photo of players in the major revenue sports of fundamental inequities in college sports his head coach, Mike Gundy, wearing an football and basketball makes their voice, The Black athlete is the most power- today. According to a 2018 study from the OAN (One America News) T-shirt. OAN especially when raised collectively in the ful athlete in sports. How is it that the University of Southern California's Race is a far-right network that demeans the form of threatened boycotts, a force that revenue of professional sports leagues and Equity Center, Black men make up Black Lives Matter movement. Hubbard universities simply cannot afford to ignore. whether it is football or even basketball just 2.4% of undergraduate students at said on twitter: “I will not stand for this. Athletic department budgets and city can always gross over 1 billion dollars PWI’s ironically they represent 55% of This is completely insensitive to every- economies in small towns where college annually? One reason may be that the football players and 56% of men's basket- thing going on in society, and it’s unac- sports are the largest stream in revenue NBA is made up of nearly 80% of Black ball players. ceptable. I will not be doing anything with would collapse if the players followed up Basketball players and the NFL is made You may remember the activism of the Oklahoma State until things CHANGE.” on threats to not compete should their up of roughly 70% Black football players. 1960s and 1970s, where athletes were Hubbard was immediately joined by sev- requests be ignored. As we begin the process for the return frequently at the forefront of protests eral former and current Oklahoma State These protests come at a time when to sports, mostly white college athletic against the Vietnam War, racial discrim- players who supported his stance. Gundy athletes are discovering their power, both directors at Predominately White In- ination and other human rights abuses. initially pleaded unawareness about the economically and politically, to change stitutions (PWIs) have been There is always a saying that history has significance of his OAN t-shirt, but after the dynamics of college sports. Maybe it calling for their mostly a way in repeating itself. Fast forward to Oklahoma State University President is time for the black athlete to head back Black football players to 2020, college athletes and profession- and Athletic Director issued statements where they are wanted and cared for at return to campus for al athletes are now taking the lead in considerate to Hubbard’s concerns, HBCUs. “Going to an HBCU wouldn't be voluntary workouts protests against racial injustice and police Gundy’s “unawareness” quickly turned too bad...” Those were the words of high during a public brutality in the wake of the brutal killings into an apology: “I want to apologize to school basketball Phenom Mikey Williams health pandemic. Is of Black Americans like Breonna Taylor, all members of our team, former players, who is currently ranked No. 3 by ESPN it fair to the players and their families, for the pain and dis- in the 2023 recruiting class. It's too early to risk their health comfort that has been caused. Black lives to definitively say one of the five-star or for the profit of the matter to me. Our players matter to me. high-major prospects talking to HBCUs university? On the These meetings with our team have been this month will ultimately decide to commit other hand, Morehouse eye-opening and will result in positive to one. For Mikey Williams, his mother College which is a prom- changes for Oklahoma State football." went to Hampton University which is an inent Historically Black Was that apology sincere or was it to HBCU. College (HBCU) in Atlanta, protect the $52.2 million dollar revenue Carmelo Anthony of the Portland canceled sports including that Hubbard and other black athletes Trailblazers stated: "All it takes is one bring in annually to Oklahoma State? person to change history. I think it's a There are several other schools that use better chance of this new generation, this the talent of the Black athlete for 3-4 next generation, to go to a HBCU and be Tommie Smith, years on an annual cycle just for enter- accepted and bring something different to tainment and money and not care about a HBCU.” Elite players attending HBCUs center, and John them otherwise because if they didn’t was once a regular event. Wherever they Carlos, right, extend have on that helmet or jersey they’d just go, the crowd follows. Once the crowd be another negro in Stillwater (Oklahoma follows, TV and revenue follows. Shannon gloved hands State University), Tuscaloosa (Uni- Sharpe, which is a Pro Football Hall of versity of Alabama- $94.6 million ) Famer and an HBCU product stated: “No skyward in protest , Baton Rouge (LSU- $92 Million) regrets. One of the greatest decisions , Athens(University of Georgia- I ever made was to go to an HBCU. If in an iconic image $123 Million) and Gainesville you’re good enough they will find you.” from the 1968 (University of Florida- $85 Olympics in Mexico City.

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Racism and discrimination never stopped Parks from dreaming, nor did it blunt his ambition. When he discovered photography and found that he had an enormous talent for it, he devoured tech- nical manuals and pored over copies of popular picture magazines such as Life.

Gordon Parks JOHN EDWIN MASON National Geographic became one of the 20th ometimes one of the most interesting things about a photograph is what's just outside the century's most frame. That's the case with the portrait of Deveonte Joseph that Nathan Aguirre made on a street corner in St. Paul, Minnesota a month ago during the protests after the murder influential inter- of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police preters of Afri- officer. Across the street from where Joseph stood, barely outside of the camera's view, is can-American a building that connects him to another young Black man who lived in St. Paul nearly a century ago. The building is Gordon Parks High School. Its namesake was a man who, as a photojour- life and culture. S nalist, became one of the mid-20th century's most influential interpreters of African American life and Here, a 1948 culture. The connection between Joseph and the school reveals much about the enduring nature of ra- self-portrait. cial oppression in the United States and, at the same time, allows us to think about how that oppression and resistance to it have been represented in photography. Photograph by Gordon Parks, The Life Images Collection/Getty SEE PARKS 6C

Photos: The Gordon Parks Foundation The Miami Times 2 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020 BOOK REVIEW Children’s book urges natural-hair confidence The Children’s Trust launches Empress of Coils explores hair, self-confidence, heritage free book club to engage kids and standards of beauty for today's young Black Girls Program offers monthly books by mail for children LYNN GRAHAM The ongoing debate be- Miami Times Staff Report tween permed and natural hair in the Black women The Children’s Trust has in- community has left many troduced its new, improved and Black women and girls ques- expanded Book Club program tioning the very crowns on to help young children devel- their heads. To perm or not op their early reading skills for to perm? That is the ques- school readiness and for max- tion Kendolyn faces as the imum enjoyment with their main character of Empress families. of Coils www.empressofcoils. Starting in July 2020, the com. The book for young Book Club will offer free, readers about self-reflection, monthly books by mail for confidence and pride by first- children from birth through signed to help children avoid time author Lynn Graham. their 5th birthday living in the summer slide in reading Kendolyn is a typical Miami-Dade County. Mem- comprehension. With the sup- 10-year-old preteen girl. She bers receive a new book every port of this program, they can loves everything about her- month in English or Spanish be exposed to reading and lit- self, except her hair. She con- along with a guide for parents eracy-related activities prior with activities, information to preschool and kindergarten, and suggestions about how to which often results in better share the book with their chil- grades, likeliness to graduate dren. and go on to college, and real- The books are selected to ize greater successes as adults. both entertain and educate by Parents are able regis- The Children’s Trust partner ter children from birth until Miami-Dade Family Learning they're four-and-a-half years Partnership. They will include old, which they can do by classics, award-winners and The earlier you start texting the word “Read” to picture books to engage even reading to your child, 786-460-CLUB (2582) or by the youngest “readers.” visiting https://www.thechil- es the book only to quickly The book tells a story that “The earlier you start read- the better chances drenstrust.org/content/book- learn it wasn’t your ordinary they can relate to from start ing to your child, the better they have for success club. book. What she found inside to finish. It also creates op- chances they have for success took her on an unforgetta- portunities for Black girls and in school and life. It’s ble journey into knowledge, women to talk about hair and in school and life. It’s as simple “ ABOUT THE self-discovery, history and the importance of the crowns as that,” said The Children’s as simple as that.” CHILDREN’S TRUST Trust President and CEO James The Children’s Trust is a self-awareness. on their heads.” “We’ve all had days when R. Haj. dedicated source of revenue Lynn Graham Empress of Coils is avail- —James R. Haj, we don’t know what to do able for preorder today on “Our new Book Club recog- CEO and President. established by voter referen- nizes that fact by expanding dum to improve the lives of with our hair,” said Lynn Gra- Kindle for $3.99. Those who vinces her mother, a hair styl- access to free monthly books to children and families in Mi- ham, author. “However, for preorder the book can email ist, to perm her hair. Although all Miami-Dade children from ing the joy of reading with ami-Dade County by making little Black girls, these mo- a copy of their receipt and her mother agrees, it’s under birth to 5 years old. That’s 60 your children.” strategic investments in their ments are more than every- mailing address to support@ one circumstance. She must free books in total and it could Launching the Book Club future. For more information day frustration. Wearing your theclickurban.com to receive read a book of her mother’s be the start to lifetime of shar- over the summer is also de- visit www.TheChildrensTrust. hair straight or in its natural a custom made bookmark. choice. Kendolyn agrees, but curly state is a question that Find the book, available in pa- puts little effort into reading taps into their self-esteem perback, hardcover, and Kin- the book. Choosing to veg out and self-confidence. Thedle on major online retailers in front of the TV instead. main character of Empress like Amazon, and Barnes and Kendolyn carelessly toss- of Coils looks just like them. Noble. The Miami Times 3 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020

Jennifer Hudson Marlon Wayans Forest Whitaker Audra McDonald THE DREAM GIRL PORTRAYS THE QUEEN OF SOUL

The new film chronicles Frank- lin’s life, including her early years spent singing in her father’s church up to her work as an ac- tivist and one of the most revered, respected singers in the world.

Jennifer Hudson headlines a star-studded Hudson as Ted White, Franklin’s who worked with Franklin’s father manager and first husband. Forest and with the singer to craft her cast in the biopic of Aretha Franklin’s life Whitaker and Audra McDonald play 1972 Grammy-winning recording of Aretha’s parents, C.L. and Barbara “Amazing Grace.” Miami Times Staff Report viewers a chill-inducing return of Franklin. LeRoy McClain plays her Originally slated for release this the Queen of Soul. brother Cecil Franklin. August, Respect is one of the many Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson The new film chronicles Frank- The film also features Marc Ma- highly-anticipated 2020 titles that’s seems to be lining up her second lin’s life, including her early years ron as music producer Jerry Wexler, been pushed back. As of now, Re- Academy Award nomination thanks spent singing in her father’s church who helped Franklin with some of spect is expected to have a limited to her transformation as Aretha up to her work as an activist and one her biggest hits, including “Chain of theatrical release in the U.S. and Franklin in the upcoming biopic Re- of the most revered, respected sing- Fools,” “Think” and “I Say A Little Canada on December 25 before spect. The first teaser trailer aired ers in the world. Prayer.” Tituss Burgess also stars opening with a wide release on Jan- during the BET Awards and gave Marlon Wayans stars opposite as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland, uary 15.

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When Vietnamese natives stared at Nannette Boakye, she told them, “I’m Beyonce.”

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viral video of Nannette Boakye traveling through Vietnam shows a glimpse of what it’s like traveling in a country as a person of color. In the video, you see people crowding around her with their cameras in hands and phones on selfie sticks to take her picture.

There was A In an interview, Boakye told though they finally understood Hospitality- I appreciated most of my life exploring and something about Travel Noire that she was what and who I was,” she told how welcoming and friendly ev- living in either extremely het- their response and curious to learn more about Travel Noire. “There was some- eryone was. I was greeted with erogenous or predominantly Southeast Asia, particularly thing about their response warm smiles in every space I black communities around the expressions that Vietnam, because of its rich and expressions that made it found myself in. U.S. and Africa. “made it seem like history, culture, and authentic seem like their confusion had Rich history- I spent a lot of Travel Noire: How did that their confusion had cuisine. been addressed. It was hon- time exploring museums and experience make you feel? Boakye said the interactions estly at that point that it really historical sites which never Boakye: Fascinated yet been addressed. It she captured in her now-viral hit me that some of these failed to leave me in tears. It uncomfortable is the best way was honestly at that TikTok video were not just people I had met during the was very disheartening to walk to put it. point that it really hit limited to Vietnam, but in the trip had genuinely never seen around and see the impact of It was very awkward at first other Southeast Asia coun- a black person with braids things like Agent Orange which because they were just staring me that some of these tries she and her friends vis- before.” had left many Vietnamese at me and smiling and then people I had met ited during that trip including Here’s more about what people with specific disabili- some people started pointing Cambodia and Singapore. Baoakye learned in Vietnam ties. at their cameras to signal that during the trip had In Singapore, Boakye said and she drops some advice Travel Noire: Have you ever they wanted to take pictures genuinely never seen she witnessed a group of for other people of color who experienced a culture like with me. I honestly thought a black person with locals staring at her on the plan to travel to Southeast Vietnam where the people it was cute and nodded in train. She goes on to explain Asia. were surprised to see your approval. Next thing I knew, I braids before.” that one of the locals googled Travel Noire: What did you skin color? was having a photoshoot with a picture of a black person like most about Vietnam? Boakye: I had never expe- about 30 random people who — Nannette Boakye with braids before showing Boakye: Affordability- I loved rienced anything like it until just kept posing with me and the picture to the rest of the how everything, from food to the trip. I was raised in Ghana telling me where their camera group. transportation to manicures, where most people are as was. Once my friends came “They all started nodding as was reasonably priced. dark as myself and have spent SEE ASIA 6C

HA LONG BAY Long on every traveller’s bucket list, Ha Long Bay has been a World Heritage Site since 1994. When the sun rises over the still emerald waters and the bay’s scattered islands, islets and limestone pillars, the seascape is the most beautiful in the world – and even in the cooler off season the fog can add a touch of dreamy mysticism. An overnight cruise on a junk is an experience not to be missed. The Miami Times 5 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020 Morehouse man lands role on Starz Brandon Gilpin will star in ‘P-Valley’, an hour-long series that delves into the lives of 21st century strippers WHITNEY PETERSON surrounds them. and LILYAN PARK Gilpin plays 'Neva Scared', the strip club's Actor, dancer, musician underage DJ who is the and current Morehouse rhythm and heartbeat of College student, Brandon the establishment. A nerdy Gilpin is ready to make his student by day, he takes on mark on the entertainment a completely different per- industry with an upcoming sona at night as the stand- series regular role in Starz' out comic relief for the se- highly anticipated series ries which can get dark and "P-Valley". Adapted from gritty. With a long history Katori Hall's play Pussy of hypersexualized imag- Valley, "P-Valley" is a es of black women, it was provocative hour-long important for Hall - who drama series that takes its is also the showrunner - to audience deep down in highlight these women in a the Mississippi Delta, to a different way and the series sparkling oasis in a rough is in service of those who patch of human existence are marginalized and made where beauty can be hard to feel ashamed and dehu- to find - the small town manized. This includes the strip club. The series takes character 'Uncle Clifford' aim at the stigma often at- who is a non-binary queer tached to strippers with the black male who identifies goal of showing their story with the pronoun of she. through the female gaze. With the primary goal of The show is set to pre- being told with the female miere on Starz on Sunday, gaze, the show also features Courtesy of Anderson Group PR July 12. all female directors. The series takes aim at the stigma often attached The atmospheric se- Born and raised in Am- to strippers with the goal of showing their story ries "P-Valley" centers on ityville, New York, Gilpin through the female gaze. The show is set to premiere he saw that the BET show In his free time, he loves a little-strip-club-that- originally started his career on Starz on Sunday, July 12. "The Quad" was being writing new music and will could and those that come as an entertainer at the age filmed on his campus. He always be caught wear- through its doors - the of three when he began headed to the production ing Crocs. Whether he is hopeful, the lost, the bro- taking dance lessons. He in- long, he had grown a strong original song / dance video office and landed himself a dancing, singing or acting, ken, the ballers, the beau- stantly fell in love with per- social media following. "ShowTimeBrando - Senior job as a production assis- he aims to be one of the tiful, and the damned - and forming for others, whether Around this time he also Anthem 2K17" that he creat- tant with series creator biggest entertainers the shows what happens when that was creating funny began creating and per- ed for his High School Pep Felicia D. Henderson as his world has known. Gilpin people in a small town skits or starring on stage forming his own music and Rally which quickly went mentor. He began booking always wears a smile on his dream big. In "P-Valley", in a leading role. As a high in 2015, he released his first viral overnight. guest roles, including in face with the goal of using trap music meets film noir, school sophomore, he start- song "ShowTimeBrando - Gilpin moved to Atlanta HBO's "High Maintenance" his talents to unlock hap- grit meets glitter, and the ed a dance party troupe Ultimate Dance Challenge" as a theatre and film major and the upcoming MGM piness and joy in everyone church clashes with the and his nickname "Show- along with a video of him at the prestigious More- film RESPECT about the he comes across. A dream erotic. The show delves TimeBrando" was coined. dancing to the song and in house College where he life and career of Aretha of his is to play the live-ac- deep into the complex Word quickly spread of his less than a week it had over began auditioning for more Franklin. His casting in the tion black Spiderman from lives of its characters and dance parties and bold and 50,000 views on Facebook. professional acting roles. upcoming "P-Valley" marks Marvel's INTO THE SPI- the southern culture that fun personality and before In 2017, he released another While attending classes, his first series regular role. DER-VERSE.

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sa, Oklahoma, 160 miles from Fort Scott. White mobs killed PARKS scores, perhaps hundreds, of CONTINUED FROM 1C African American citizens, destroyed homes and busi- DEVEONTE JOSEPH nesses, and left 10,000 people Joseph's portrait, which I homeless. At about the same wrote about soon after Agu- time, a cousin of Parks’s nar- irre made it, captured the rowly escaped being lynched public's imagination. It quick- after killing a white man who ly went viral on social media had called him "n-----." On and attracted the attention the run, the cousin stopped of mainstream news outlets by the Parks home one night such as CNN. It's easy to looking for food. He left that see why. In the photograph, same night, and the family Joseph was incongruously never heard from him again. dressed in an academic cap The incident made a deep impression on Parks. He and gown, stylishly torn blue Photograph By The Gordon Parks Foundation wrote that he "would lie jeans, and basketball shoes, Gordon Parks, center, moved to St. Paul as a teen- awake nights wondering if the as if he were ready for both a ager to live with relatives after his mother's death in graduation ceremony and the whites had killed my cousin, party afterward. Although he 1928. praying that they hadn't. ... was isolated in the center of And my days were filled with the frame, enough commo- fantasies in which I helped tion was visible behind and to him escape imaginary white the sides of where he stands -- mobs." These episodes were, men in riot gear, police cars, as Alexander put it about the a large emergency vehicle of Trayvon Generation, "the some sort -- to suggest that a ground soil" of his rage. And civil disturbance was nearby. they would have given him Joseph's outward calm belied insight into the psychology of the chaos that surrounded Photograph By Nathan Aguirre the protesters who turned to him. For many, the portrait This photo of Deveonte Joseph, a teenager from violence. symbolized a hopeful future St. Paul, went viral during protests after the death of RIOTS AND RACIAL for young Black Americans George Floyd. "as well as our failure to fulfill INJUSTICE the promises we make to our apolis-St. Paul area has what ic security that would allow Parks learned to contain his youth," as the writer Connie one commentator has called him to finish high school. anger and channel it into his Wang put it. some of the nation's "greatest None of this stopped Parks work as a photographer, writ- The evening's chaos was all racial disparities in housing from dreaming, nor did it er, and, decades later, a film- too real. Protesters, angered and income and education." blunt his ambition. When maker. During the 20 years by Floyd's murder, took to Yet Joseph did graduate and he discovered photography that he spent as the only Af- the streets. Some smashed was consciously making a and found that he had an rican American on the staff the windows of shops and statement when he put on his enormous talent for it, he at Life, he produced nearly a other businesses and made cap and gown on the evening devoured technical manuals dozen lengthy photo essays off with merchandise. Arson- that he was photographed. and pored over copies of pop- that brought the reality of ists, perhaps at the scene only CNN reported that he dressed ular picture magazines such Photograph Bb Gordon Parks, The Gordon Parks Archives/Library Of Congress American racism home to the to cause mayhem, set build- as he did because he wanted as Life. The photojournalism In "American Gothic," a parody of the iconic 1930 magazine's millions of most- ings on fire. The next day's St. to challenge what he saw as and documentary photogra- oil painting, Parks sought to capture how older Afri- ly white, mostly middle-class Paul Pioneer Press reported the misrepresentation of Afri- phy that he saw in magazines can Americans dealt with the daily indignities of life readers. He produced one of that 170 businesses were loot- can Americans. "People look convinced him that photogra- and call out the country's racial inequality. It became his most effective stories spe- ed or burned on the evening at my people like we're down, phy could serve several pur- cifically to answer a question one of Parks' most famous photographs and gave a that he heard so often in the of May 28 and the early morn- like we don't have anything. I poses. It could be a way out rare spotlight to a Black female worker. ing of May 29. One of those just don't think we're respect- of poverty, a mode of artistic late 1960s: "Why are those "businesses" was Gordon ed enough," he told CNN. expression, and a tool with generation and Joseph's gen- Americans were both segre- people rioting?" Parks High School. He is also someone with am- which to fight racial injustice. eration, one that has always gated and terrorized. The "riots" were uprisings When I wrote about the bitious plans for the future. Although Parks would have understood the fragility of The Equal Justice Initia- against police brutality and portrait three weeks ago, I He told the St. Paul Pioneer seen a reflection of himself Black life in America. tive has counted more than racial injustice that erupted didn't know that the school Press that his dream after in the portrait of Joseph, he 4,000 racial terror lynch- in the Black neighborhoods of was so close nor that it had high school was to study ani- would also have understood GORDON PARKS AND ings in the period between towns and cities throughout been damaged on that very mation in art school, although the protesters who broke BLACK LIVES MATTER the end of Reconstruction, the nation during the mid- to night. These facts, as small as his inability to afford tuition shop windows and carried They knew that a white in 1877, and the dawn of the late 1960s and that reached they are in the great scheme payments might prevent it. away merchandise. He had policeman or private citizen modern Civil Rights era in their peak during the summer of things, are more than mere (After his portrait went viral, been an angry young man. might kill them at almost 1950. In Fort Scott, Parks' of 1967. Scores of people lost footnotes. Parks would have friends established a fund- In his memoir, A Choice of any moment, with impunity. birthplace, Jim Crow segre- their lives; property worth felt a kinship with Joseph raising campaign for him.) Weapons, he acknowledged They had seen it happen to gation was the abiding cus- hundreds of millions of dol- despite the decades that sep- that "scalding experiences" Trayvon Martin, Eric Gar- tom, if not the law. Lynchings lars was destroyed. The roots arate their time in St. Paul. ST. PAUL’S RACIAL with racism and white brutal- ner, Sandra Bland, Breonna were well known in the town of the uprisings lay deep Both men struggled to finish DISCRIMINATION ity in Kansas and Minnesota Taylor, George Floyd, and so and the surrounding Bourbon within America's political, so- high school (Parks never did), RUNS DEEP made him "quietly but dan- many others. "They always County. There were at least cial, and economic structures. to climb out of poverty, and All of this would have been gerously violent." knew these stories," Alexan- eight lynchings between the Parks knew, however, that to live with dignity in a world familiar to Parks. Racial dis- Parks did not remain so vol- der writes. The stories "in- end of the Civil War and the photography has difficulty where the odds were stacked crimination in St. Paul created atile, of course. His memoir structed them that anti-Black 1930s, including one, in 1867, making structures of oppres- against them. They also share barriers to education and up- traces the path that led him hatred and violence were in which three Black men sion visible. As he said in a a determination to transform ward mobility that he fought to choose "love, dignity, and never far," and they "were the lost their lives. Another Black 1983 interview, the camera the visual representation of and eventually overcame. He hard work" as the weapons ground soil of their rage." man was lynched in neighbor- could instead "expose the African Americans—that is, moved to St. Paul, from his with which he would fight The Black cohort into ing Crawford County, in 1920, evils of racism, the evils of to change what is said about birthplace, Fort Scott, Kan- racism. But he wrote that he which Parks was born pos- when Parks was eight. poverty... by showing the peo- them in pictures. sas, as a 16-year-old after his would always "recall the elab- sessed a similar knowledge. The knowledge that Black ple who had suffered most un- mother's death in 1928. Al- orate conspiracy of evil that We can call them "the lynch- lives mattered little to the der it." So Parks answered the THE BACKSTORY though his father sent him to once beckoned" him toward ing generation." Parks' birth white community affected question "why?" by introduc- Joseph's backstory is at least the city to live with relatives, violence and an early death. coincided with what Rayford Parks from an early age. Two ing his readers to members of as compelling as his portrait. he found himself homeless Parks' anger connects him Logan and later historians of his earliest memories in- a single impoverished family, He comes from a large fam- and on his own after an ar- to the protesters who con- have called "the nadir of race volved the potential lynching the Fontenelles. He said that ily and is the first among his gument with an older broth- tributed to the chaos that sur- relations.” This was the Jim of a cousin and the destruction he wanted to show what their siblings to graduate from high er-in-law. For the next decade rounded Joseph when Aguirre Crow era of the late 19th and of an entire Black community. lives were like, "the real, vivid school. Getting to that point, and a half, he bounced from made his portrait. In a recent early 20th centuries, when In A Choice of Weapons, he horror of it" and "the dignity he told Wang, was hard. "I’ve one menial job to another. the New Yorker article, Eliz- the position of Black people remembers hearing about the of the people who manage, fought through it, but I did it," The racial discrimination in abeth Alexander refers to in American society was at its 1921 massacre of members of somehow, to live with it." he said. "I graduated." It's no employment that he encoun- today's young African Amer- lowest point since the end of the African American com- This history essay can be surprise that Joseph struggled tered in St. Paul prevented icans as the "Trayvon Gener- slavery and when lynchings munity and destruction of the read in its entirety in Nation- to finish school. The Minne- him from finding the econom- ation." This is the protesters’ were near their peak. African Black business district in Tul- algeographic.com

requests and people were usu- my experience for the context ally respectful of it. Occasion- of what you could face as a ASIA ally, I would see people hide black traveler, I think you trav- CONTINUED FROM 4C their phones, and sneakily try el there with more visibility and to take pictures of me which perhaps even decide how you back, I said my goodbyes and made me feel very uncomfort- would approach such situa- was on my way. In this particu- able. At other times, people tions before you even get there. lar situation, they were not dis- would just come and stand I have received over 5,000 respectful at all and I was not next to me, would not say a comments on this video across uncomfortable. I was just fas- word, and just signal someone multiple platforms and some of cinated by their fascination. It in the distance to take a pic- the most interesting approach- is still unclear as to whether or ture which I thought was very es to the situation that I have not they thought I was famous inconsiderate and I found to read are- or they were just excited to see be upsetting because that ap- 1. Tell them you’re Beyoncé a black person (with braids). proach seemed dehumanizing. 2. Charge them if they want The video showed one in- At the end of the day, wheth- to take pictures cident from my first day but it er my skin color was different 3. If you are uncomfortable, happened every single day for or not and whether they were start taking pictures of them 10 days I spent exploring all 3 intrigued or not, the least I ex- once they start taking pictures countries. People approached pected was someone to ask of you me on the street, at temples, me before taking my picture Boakye added that she was in museums, markets, and the rather than treating me like not put off by her interactions list goes on. some voiceless statue. in Southeast Asia and plans I started getting uncom- Travel Noire: What advice to explore the three countries fortable by day 3 when I just would you give our readers again, stating “the good parts wanted to exist as a tourist thinking about traveling to Viet- of the trip outweighed the bad without people staring at me or nam? for me.” asking for pictures. By day 3, Boakye: Do it! It is an amaz- This article first appeared in I started turning down picture ing country and now you have Nannette Boakye Travelnoire.com Education Health Church News Parenting

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MUSLIMS UNITING WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER

Muslim community have with law enforce- Muslim Americans assert solidarity ment and with the Black Lives Matter with the movement and seek unity movement. ‘TOO OFTEN SILENT’ AMIR HUSSAIN died after a police officer knelt on Since Floyd’s killing, Muslim Americans his neck. And as the writer Moustafa have mostly shown solidarity with the The killing of George Floyd took Bayoumi has noted, this puts stores Black Lives Matter movement. place at the doorstep of Muslim Amer- in a precarious position – catering for Mahmoud Abumayyaleh, the owner of ica. the community while also duty-bound Cup Foods, has said that the store will He was killed in front of Cup Foods, a to report crime to the police, sometimes no longer call the police on customers. store owned by an Arab American Mus- under the threat of being closed down if Nationally, there have been numerous lim, whose teenage employee – also a they don’t comply. statements from groups such as the Muslim – had earlier reported to police As a Muslim scholar of Islam who has Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Council that Floyd tried to use a counterfeit $20 written about the role of Muslims in the on American Islamic Relations and the bill to buy cigarettes. making of the United States, I recognize American Muslim Institution. Muslim American businesses are that the circumstances of Floyd’s death A joint announcement by over 35 nation- common in lower-income areas, such hint at the proximity and complex relation- al Muslim civil rights and faith groups and as the part of Minneapolis where Floyd ship that different sections of America’s SEE MUSLIMS 8D

Today, at least 20% of Muslims in the U.S. are Black Americans, but starting from the 1965 Immigration and National- ity Act, there has been a growth in immigrant Mus- lims coming to America. The Miami Times 8 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020 Black churches lag in digital trends Reaching across generational lines Strauss make are based on such as Facebook, Instagram, Studies suggest that a very small, mostly affluent Twitter and TikTok. white student population in In recent years, white millen- could help the Black church stay racial and economic Fairfax County, Virginia. nials have trended away from apace during COVID-19 pandemic disparities could also In more recent years, social the social media site Facebook. scientists have been critical of But Black young adults remain be factors in why many ERIKA GAULT es were the least likely to say their work for a variety of meth- invested in Facebook, allow- that their services had moved Black churches strug- odological reasons, including ing them to maintain an online From online campaigns for online. gled to go online prior to its limited sample size and ra- connection with older family justice to popular TikTok chal- The slow move to online tech- cial bias. members who are more likely lenges, Black young adults are nology by some Black churches and during the pandemic This points to the ways in to be using Facebook than so- at the forefront of social media has been attributed in part to an compared to non-Black which systematic racism has cial media platforms aimed at trends. But when it comes to the aging hierarchy. influenced statistical studies younger users. Black Church, the same cannot Nonetheless, studies suggest churches. of Black communities. Stud- Social media sites like Face- be said – it has lagged behind in that racial and economic dispar- ies which homogenize identity book and YouTube also afford the rush to go digital. ities could also be factors in why around white young people Black young adults the space There is a reason for that. But many Black churches struggled obscure a discriminatory past to perform Black church rituals as a scholar of online religious to go online prior to and during in which views on youth and alongside older Black adults: practices, I believe that ascrib- the pandemic compared to non- Black people combined to in- for example, through the use ing the problem to a generation- Black churches. On average, form notions of young Black of memes or TikTok challeng- al divide and declining church Black Americans face great- people as lazy and even crim- es. Such digital forms of play in engagement among young peo- er barriers to internet access inal. these examples, including don- ple is overly simplistic. and high-speed connection at As I have found, this tenden- ning ornate church dresses and Such a view, I argue, fails to home than do white Americans. cy can be most problematic hats and sharing hip hop re- understand the complex dy- This disparity extends to Black when examining Black young makes of gospel classics, pro- namic between Black young young adults. people, their use of technology vide experiences that connect adults and the Black Church. and the Black Church. It down- African Americans of all ages. YOUNG BLACK FAITH plays the differences between Although some Black young THE DIGITAL GAP So-called Black millennials – living through online faith-based ing perceptions of young people young Black and white adults Americans may feel a discon- The pandemic is one case those age 23 to 38 – total well practices. as lazy or feckless that dovetail in how they engage online. nect with the Black church in point. Early in March, be- over 11 million. They are the These include D. Danyelle with similar tropes about Black It also fails to properly ac- over its positions on, for exam- fore state and federal guide- largest living population of Afri- Thomas, founder of Unfit people that have been around count for the diverse modes of ple, women’s rights, hip-hop, lines were handed down, Black can Americans. Christian, who fosters a popu- since the 19th century. Black religious expression and or LGBTQIA issues, they are churches were split over wheth- Polling suggests a declin- lar Facebook community and It is also complicated by the role of intergenerational still likely to be connected to tra- er to remain open or close their ing number are involved in the provides intuitive tarot read- misconceptions over the be- relationships in Black commu- ditional Black churches through doors to congregants during the Black church. The number of ings by email. There are others havior of so-called millennials, nities. family, friends and online re- pandemic. young adults and Black Ameri- who provides Christian content and how that term is applied to ligious content. In addition, Some churches designed cans identifying as Christian fell through art and sermons to on- Black young people. CROSSING THE DIVIDE young Black adults are signifi- innovative practices to ca- by 16 percentage points and 11 line subscribers, like Joseph Back in 1991, research- Studies have shown that cantly more likely to be living in ter to congregants during the percentage points, respective- Solomon, and YouTube per- ers Neil Howe and William while Black millennials usu- multi-generational households, lockdown, like church service ly, between 2009 and 2019. sonalities like Umar Johnson, Strauss wrote the bestselling ally have smartphones, they putting them in closer contact by phone, drive-in services or Those who do identify as who espouses Pan-Africanist book “Generations,” coining are less likely to have access with older churchgoers. livestreaming worship before Christian – 65%, according to a thought as a response to reli- the term “millennial” that went to laptops and desktops com- As such, despite uneven empty pews. 2014 Pew survey – participate gion. on to describe those born be- pared to white millennials. access to technology, Black But others continued in a diverse range of faith prac- The technological prowess of tween 1981 and 1996. They This may explain the rela- churches should be well situat- with in-person services despite tices. In my forthcoming book Black young adults as religious followed it up with a more in- tively high level of engagement ed for survival and growth in un- stay-at-home orders. A survey on religion and Black young content creators is out there. depth look at the generation that Black users have with so- certain times. But it will require in late April found that worship- adults, I note the emergence of But it can sometimes be over- in “Millennials Rising.” But the cial media platforms that work nurturing the intergenerational ers at historically Black church- Black young adults who make a looked in part due to longstand- generalizations that Howe and well on a smartphone format, networks that already exist.

current protests. Islam as they came from Mus- protected under the Constitu- Pew poll. Muslim-owned Cup Foods in Meanwhile Muhammad Ali, lim majority countries, and so tion. Both communities, however, Minneapolis is standing in sol- MUSLIMS who at one time was perhaps they were given more authori- Immigrant Muslims may share a complicated history idarity with the largely Black CONITNUED FROM 7D the most recognizable Muslim ty in Muslim organizations and have a very different experi- of U.S. law enforcement. For community it serves. In a simi- in the world, gained fame as as Islamic leaders. ence with protest if they come Black Americans, police vio- lar fashion, the soul-searching more than 60 regional groups much for his political stanc- They also built mosques that from a country where dissent lence dates back to slavery. that has followed Floyd’s kill- noted that Black people were es as his boxing prowess. Ali served their own ethnic com- can lead to imprisonment or Since the terrorist attacks of ing provides an opportunity for “often marginalized” within the led the way for other Muslim munities, with immigrant Mus- death. They may also be more Sept. 11, 2001, police in cities Muslim Americans of all back- broader Muslim community. It American athletes who have lim communities often wor- wary of being seen as “an- like Los Angeles and New York grounds to unite and side with continued: “And when they fall pushed for social change, in- shiping separately from Black ti-American.” Immigrant Mus- have tried to infiltrate and sur- the oppressed, many of whom victim to police violence, non- cluding NBA great Kareem Ab- American Muslims. lims expressed more pride veil American Muslims. share their faith. Black Muslims are too often dul-Jabbar, who was involved There is also a split in the in being American than U.S.- In vowing to stop calling the This article first appeared in silent, which leads to complic- in discussions by the Olympic economic status of American born Black Muslims, in a 2017 police on its customers, the The Conversation ity.” Project for Human Rights for Muslims. According to the There have been Muslims in Black athletes to boycott the Pew Forum, 24% of Ameri- America for almost 500 years. 1968 games. can Muslims have an annual Estevanico the Moor was And 20 years before Colin income above US$100,000, brought as a slave to what Kaepernick, NBA player Mah- while 40% have an income CHURCH Listings is now Florida in 1528 and is moud Abdul-Rauf refused to below $30,000. 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According to the report, which compiled numbers from 40 states and Washington, D.C., Blacks have died at a rate of 50.3 per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 20.7 for Whites. Angela Weiss/Afp/Getty Images

American Public Media Research Lab reveals study of racial disparities during the coronavirus pandemic

The racial disparities ex- from 40 states and Wash- posed during the COVID-19 ington, D.C., Blacks have pandemic continue to be died at a rate of 50.3 per a problem in the United 100,000 people compared States. A recent study has to a rate of 20.7 for Whites. revealed the detrimental Moreover, 1 in 2,000 Blacks effects of the virus from a have died compared to 1 in national standpoint. 4,3000 Asians and Latinos, American Public Media and 1 in 4,700 White Amer- Research Lab, an indepen- icans. dent organization that con- The states with the high- ducts research projects, est number of Black deaths provided the first overall include New York (6,768); numbers that show how Michigan (2,007); New Jer- Blacks are being affected sey (1,807); Illinois (1,373); by COVID-19 in the United and Louisiana (1,360). States. Montana, Nebraska, The study, titled “The Utah, North Dakota and Color of Coronavirus: South Dakota are the only COVID-19 Deaths by Race states that have yet to com- and Ethnicity in the U.S.,” pile COVID-19 data by race. revealed that 20,195 Black As states begin to re- Americans have died from open, the study serves as a the novel coronavirus in reminder of the overall im- less than three months. pact of COVID-19. The study provided a At press time, 1.68 mil- breakdown of the Black lion Americans have tested mortality rate in compari- positive for COVID-19 and son to other racial ethnic- 98,000 have died, accord- ities. ing to the Centers for Dis- According to the report, ease Control and Preven- Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP which compiled numbers tion. People wait for a distribution of masks and food in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. College High School Elementary Making The Grade 10 THE MIAMI TIMES | JULY 8-14, 2020 | MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM

New research published by the APA finds that prospective teachers undermine Black youth

This anger bias can have huge conse- quences by increas- ing Black children's BLACK STUDENTS from school into adulthood experience of not and potentially have fatal “ consequences, such as when being ‘seen’ or police officers kill unarmed understood by their Black people on the street or ARE MISPERCEIVED AS teachers and then in their own homes.” Previous research with feeling like school adults in the United States is not for them. It has found that anger is per- ceived more quickly than might also lead to happiness in Black faces, Black children being while the opposite effect was found for white faces. Anger disciplined unfairly also is perceived more quick- and suspended more ly and for a longer time in young Black men’s faces than often from school, young white men’s faces. which can have long- “Over the last few weeks, many people are waking up term ramifications.” to the pervasive extent of sys- temic racism in American cul- ture, not just in police practic- AMY G. HALBERSTADT psychology at North Carolina ages 9 to 13 years old. The white girls. Black boys and berstadt said. es but in our health, banking [email protected]. State University. The study children’s faces expressed girls also were misperceived Those in the study also and education systems,” Hal- ANGRYwas published online in the one of six basic emotions: as angry at higher rates than completed questionnaires berstadt said. “Learning more WASHINGTON — Pro- APA journal Emotion. happiness, sadness, anger, white children, with Black relating to their implicit and about how these problems spective teachers appear “This anger bias can have fear, surprise or disgust. boys eliciting the most anger explicit racial bias, but their become embedded in our more likely to misperceive huge consequences by in- The clips were evenly di- bias. scores on those tests didn’t thought processes is an im- Black children as angry than creasing Black children's vided among boys or girls Anger bias against Black affect the findings relating portant first step.” white children, which may experience of not being and Black children or white children can have many neg- to Black children. However, Participants in the study undermine the education of ‘seen’ or understood by their children. The sample was not ative consequences. While those who displayed greater were predominantly female Black youth, according to teachers and then feeling large enough to determine controlling for other factors, racial bias were less likely to (89%) and white (70%), mir- new research published by like school is not for them,” whether the race or ethnicity previous research has found misperceive white children roring the gender and race of the American Psychological she said. “It might also lead of the teachers made a differ- that Black children are three as angry. most public-school teachers Association. to Black children being disci- ence in how they perceived times more likely to be sus- “Even when people are across the country. The study While previous research plined unfairly and suspend- the children. pended or expelled from motivated to be anti-rac- didn’t include enough people has documented this effect in ed more often from school, The prospective teachers school than white children. ist, we need to know the of color from any single race adults, this is the first study which can have long-term were somewhat accurate at Black children’s negative specific pathways by which or ethnicity (Hispanic 9%, to show how anger bias based ramifications.” detecting the children’s emo- experiences at school also racism travels, and that can Asian 8%, Black 6%, Biracial on race may extend to teach- In the study, 178 prospec- tions, but they also made could contribute to the dis- include false assumptions 5%, Native American 1%, and ers and Black elementary and tive teachers from education some mistakes that revealed parate achievement gap be- that Black people are angry Middle Eastern 1%) to analyze middle-school children, said programs at three Southeast- patterns. Boys of both races tween Black and white youth or threatening,” Halberstadt separate findings based on the lead researcher Amy G. Hal- ern universities viewed short were misperceived as angry that has been documented said. “Those common racist race or ethnicity of the partic- berstadt, PhD, a professor of video clips of 72 children more often than Black or across the United States, Hal- misperceptions can extend ipants. Can teachers really do their jobs in masks? ed person coughs, sneezes, difficult to form relationships Many states returning to classes may or talks. with a new group of students? find that masks impede learning While teachers say they “I just cannot imagine try- understand the safety ratio- ing to build rapport with kids MADELINE WILL plans. Some states, includ- nale, the prospect of wearing who can’t see two-thirds of ing California and Texas, are a mask while teaching still my face,” said Janet Hall, a 7th The U.S. Centers for Dis- providing millions of masks feels daunting for many. Will grade teacher in Oklahoma ease Control and Prevention for teachers in an attempt to it be comfortable to teach and City. “When you’re trying to has recommended that all slow the spread of COVID-19 talk for up to eight hours in get to know kids, and they’re school employees wear cloth when school buildings re- a mask? How will wearing a trying to get to know you, face coverings, and many open. Experts say that wear- mask affect instruction, espe- body language is a big part of school and district leaders ing face masks can help cially for young children and it, and that includes facial ex- are incorporating that guid- prevent transmission of the English-language learners? pressions.” ance into their reopening coronavirus when an infect- Will a face covering make it SEE MASKS 11D The Miami Times 11 MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM | JULY 8-14, 2020 Engineering student wins $100,000 scholarship billed as the largest single from all over the state lined Cayla Withers earns a historically scholarship given by a black the street, honking and large award from Zeta Phi Beta Greek fraternity or sorority. cheering in honor of the It will help her continue her achievement. Miami Times Staff Report to surprise her with a histor- education at the University “My family grew up pick- ic gift. of Virginia in the fall, where ing cotton, and you know, The 2019-2020 school year Withers knew she landed she’ll pursue her dream of we’ve come a long way,” for high school seniors has a spot as a scholarship final- becoming an aerospace en- Cuthbertson said. been anything but ordinary, ist with her countless ex- gineer at NASA. Not only is Withers a but Cayla Withers -- who tracurricular activities and “She’ll be the first engi- standout student with big just graduated from A.L. 4.0-grade point average. But neer in our family, so that’s dreams, but she also found- Brown High School in Kan- she immediately broke down exciting,” said Withers’ ed the junior chapter of the napolis -- ended it with the in tears in anticipation of mom, Sheba Cuthbertson. National Society of Black surprise of a lifetime. some important news when Withers also lives with a Engineers at her alma ma- “It was very interesting,” a handful of people decked skin condition that affects ter. Withers said about her year. out in blue arrived in her her organs and muscles. Withers said she reminds “Like, I never got to go to driveway Friday morning. The weekly treatments are herself of the words she prom or had a normal grad- “You are the winner,” the expensive and several hours wrote in her application uation.” organization’s president told away, depleting her family’s essay months ago — words Channel 9 began inter- Withers over the phone. savings for college. that are just as true now as viewing Withers as she ex- Cheers erupted. The gift was an unexpect- they were then. plained the disappointments “I’m just so overwhelmed,” ed surprise, but certainly “I am my ancestors’ wild- from the recent school year. a college-bound Withers “My family grew up picking cotton…I am my ances- one worth celebrating. Af- est dream. Radiating pure She didn’t know the Zeta Phi said. tors’ wildest dream. Radiating pure beauty, strength ter the announcement, doz- beauty, strength and magic,” Beta Sorority, Inc. planned She received $100,000, and magic.” --- Cayla Withers ens of sorority members she said.

(The CDC says that those nitely going to be the most all their students’ learning. quire their teachers to wear cial education teachers. older than 65 are more sus- impactful on your newcom- “As a kindergarten teach- masks while teaching. In Lisa Tiernan, a high MASKS ceptible to serious illness, er students and students er, I do a lot of modeling,” Hawaii, the state’s health school history teacher in CONTINUED FROM 10D as are those with asthma, with entry English, who said Belinda Williams, who department has recom- Perris, Calif., said she’s diabetes, lung or heart con- rely so much more heavi- teaches in Franklin, Ind., mended that students and not yet sure if she’ll re- Hall’s school district, Beth- ditions, and those who are ly on non-verbal cues. The and is planning to wear a teachers wear face cover- ceive a face shield from her any public schools, is pro- immunocompromised.) more they can compre- mask in the fall. “I rely on ings outside of the class- school—but if she doesn’t, viding all employees with For those teachers, face hend, the less of a barrier the children to look at my room, like in hallways or then she plans to purchase filtered cloth masks that coverings are a key part of the mask will be.” mouth. I say, ‘Eyes on me,’ common areas. But Dr. one herself. She thinks it are in the school colors feeling safe enough to go Masks will be particularly all day long; I say, ‘Eyes on Bruce Anderson, the direc- would help her students and feature the school em- back to school. challenging during pronun- my mouth,’ and say some- tor of the department, told who are hard of hearing blem. Teachers aren’t re- “I still believe that safety ciation lessons, when stu- thing and have my children news station KITV4 that monitor her facial expres- quired to wear them, Hall should come first, and the dents need to see the posi- repeat it. What that’s going he isn’t recommending sions, and it would keep her said, but she will: She’s 61 risks outweigh [the nega- tion of the tongue and lips, to look like [with a mask that teachers wear masks voice from getting muffled and her husband is 67, and tives of] wearing a mask,” she said. on], I do not know.” in the classroom because under fabric. she wants to minimize their said Nancy Barile, a high Williams is particularly that could negatively affect “I want them to be able risk for serious illness. school teacher in Revere, AN ESL TEACHER’S concerned about phonics young children’s develop- to hear me clearly without But Hall has purchased Mass., who is 61 and plans TESTIMONY and phonemic awareness ment. having to yell through my two clear plastic masks to wear a mask to protect Elizabeth Emmons, an instruction. She recently “Facial recognition is mask,” she said. “Yelling from Etsy to wear for the herself and others. “As un- English-as-a-second-lan- went through two weeks of very important as you de- also puts out more respira- first few weeks of school comfortable and unpleas- guage teacher in Pembroke, professional development velop, and expressions are tory droplets.” that will allow her students ant as it’s going to be, it just Mass., taught English in with the Orton-Gilling- important. [They’re] social Also, she added, “I talk to see her mouth. She’s needs to be done.” South Korea during the ham approach, which is a cues that everyone needs to all day when I’m in a class- worried about those masks H1N1 pandemic. She was multisensory way to teach know, but kids in particu- room. [A face shield] would fogging up or being too hot, LEARNING LANGUAGE required to wear a mask early reading. A major fo- lar,” he said. just make it more comfort- and she’s not sure if they Certain groups of stu- then, and it made teaching cus in the training centered able for me.” will protect her as well as dents will be more heavily difficult, she said. around having children FACE SHIELDS VERSUS Experts say the benefits the filtered masks—but she affected by not being able “When you’re teaching watch her mouth. MASKS of face shields are that they thinks it’s the best option to see their teachers’ faces. language, especially to a Teachers model the cor- In other places, teach- protect the entire face, in- for the early days of school. Experts say students who student who’s learning it rect tongue placement and ers will be wearing clear cluding the eyes, and they “I don’t think [an opaque are deaf, hard of hearing, as a second language, you mouth formation when face shields, which cover are easy to clean and dis- face covering] is appropri- or who have autism benefit rely so heavily on their oral sounding out letters and the entire face. The Chil- infect. A 2014 study found ate when kids don’t even from seeing facial expres- language input, and when words, Williams said. The dren’s Hospital of Phil- that face shields could re- know me yet,” Hall said. sions. you put a little barrier in Orton-Gillingham ap- adelphia recommended duce a user’s viral exposure “Teaching middle school, For students who use between that, it’s almost proach has teachers use that teachers wear face by 92 percent when worn sometimes I’m rather sil- American Sign Language, impossible,” she said. hand motions near their shields in its guide for six feet away from someone ly—it’s more important for “they will miss out [on] a Now, she’s considering mouths when teaching school reopenings, and the coughing. them to see my face and get lot of communication and creative workarounds for vowels. For example, when Illinois State Board of Ed- However, there have been those visual cues.” language cues,” Francis- the fall. She might record sounding out the letter “o,” ucation noted in its guid- no large-scale studies that ca Rangel, a K-2 teacher a video of herself pro- she will take her finger and ance that shields would measure the effectiveness TEACHERS VOICE at Kendall Demonstration nouncing words or making circle her mouth. better allow teachers to of masks versus face shields CONCERNS Elementary, a Washington, sounds at home, and then “They’re going to have convey facial cues to their in preventing transmission More than half of edu- D.C., private school serv- play that for her students in to see me do that to learn students. of the coronavirus. And un- cators who responded to ing students who are deaf class. She also thinks hav- those sounds,” she said. The Texas Education like with face masks, which an EdWeek Research Cen- and hard of hearing, said in ing access to a microphone Williams’ school district Agency is providing 1 mil- are proven to help protect ter survey on June 17 and an email. “ASL relies heav- in class would help her stu- told her that she must wear lion face shields to school others when an infected 18 said their districts plan ily on facial expressions dents better understand a mask when she’s close staff, and the California De- person wears one, there’s to require employees to and mouth movements for her voice through a mask. to students, which will be partment of Public Health no research on how well wear face masks. Thirty-six many grammatical cues." She’s considering mak- most of her day. But for is providing 2.4 million face face shields can contain percent said their district Also, English-language ing her own masks with phonics lessons, Williams shields for teachers and an infected person’s viral would require students to learners tend to watch their clear plastic windows to plans to stand at the front childcare providers. (Both transmission. wear masks. teachers’ mouths closely to wear. Those masks would of the room and take off departments are also pro- Some public health pro- Sixty-two percent of the distinguish between words be great to use with older her mask so students can viding millions more dis- fessionals have recom- teachers, principals, and or sounds that are similar, students, she thinks, but see her mouth moving. She posable and cloth masks.) mended that face shields district leaders who re- said Heidi Faust, the direc- she’s worried that young- might also hold a camera to Brian Ferguson, a spokes- should be worn in conjunc- sponded to the survey said tor of learning and engage- er students will find them her mouth, and project it man for the California tion with masks. Mean- they were somewhat or ment for TESOL Interna- jarring or upsetting: “It is onto a screen so kids can governor’s Office of Emer- while, the CDC’s guidance very concerned about the tional Association. kind of surprising to just get a closer look. gency Services, said local for schools did not mention health implications of re- “Your English-learn- see a mouth,” she said. “I’m not going to allow county officials will deter- face shields, which are also suming in-person instruc- ers are going to pay a lot what’s going on in this mine how to distribute the more expensive for dis- tion. And 29 percent of more attention to you than 'EYES ON MY MOUTH’ world stop me from being face shields, but priority tricts to buy in bulk than educators said they have a students who already un- Still, early-childhood the best teacher I can be,” will probably be given to cloth or disposable masks. physical condition that puts derstand English and can educators are concerned she said. elementary schools, Head Staff Writer Daarel Bur- them at high risk for serious conceptualize what’s hap- about how wearing cloth OTHER OPTIONS Start programs, speech lan- nette II contributed to this illness due to COVID-19. pening,” she said. “It’s defi- face coverings will affect Not all schools will re- guage specialists, and spe- article. CHURCH DIRECTORY

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Hadley Davis - MLK Wright and Young Hall Ferguson Hewitt Richardson Range-Coconut Grove Happy Birthday HARRY MICHAEL NAAHII SAYEN MASON LOVETTA WATTS DESTIN, MARGAREE SHANNON JOSEPHINE SIMS, 56, MCCARTNEY, ARNOLD, five 64, went from MILLER, 71, In loving memory of, security for 67, retired months old, labor to rest on homemaker, MDPS, died grounds died June 14 Monday, June died June 28 June 26 at technician, died at home. She 29. Service 10 at Memorial home. Survivors: June 23 at Mt. is survived a.m., Saturday Regional spouse: Robert Sinai Hospital. by her twin at Bethel Hospital. Sims, II; son: Private services. sister, Saahi; Apostolic Service 1 p.m., Robert Sims, parents, Warren Center,1855 NW 119 St., Saturday. III; sister: Jeanette Hendly; WILLIE WASHINGTON, 92, Arnold and Sheba Mason Miami, FL. Everyone must wear brother: Cecil Arnold, Michael mechanic, died Arnold; grandmothers, Louvon a mask to enter the Sanctuary. ALFRED BERNARD Curry. Service 11 a.m., July 2 at North Johnson-Mason and Pamela HENRY, 52, Saturday at Greater Love Shore Hospital. Arnold; uncles, Llewellyn WILEY SPENCER, 76, clerk, teacher, died Missionary Baptist Church. Service 11 Mason and Dapson Mason, died July 2. June 29 at a.m., Friday along with a host of other Service 1 p.m., home. Services at Southern MELVIN RODERICK uncles, aunts, cousins and today in the were held. , 54, Memorial. REESE grieving relatives. Viewing chapel. laborer, died and memorial Saturday in the June 30. TERRY LYNN FLEMING, 56, chapel. housekeeper, Survivors: father: Eric S. George ELIZABETH ADAMS Deamus Reese; RUFFIN died July 2 at FLORIDA MAE JACKSON, , brother: Avery, SAMUEL HOPE CLARK 07/12/1938 - 05/24/1984 home. Service 89, food ser- ADRIANA CRUZ. Graveside Jerry, Wayne, died June 10 a.m., vice, died July 2 service 11 a.m., 25. Memorial Ronald, Tyrone It’s been 37 years since you Saturday in the at North Shore Thursday at Service 5 p.m., Davis; sisters: Emma Reese, took the stairway to heaven. chapel. Medical. Ser- Dade Memorial. Thursday in the Elaine, Namoi, Pat. Service 1 Happy 82nd Birthday and vice 11 a.m., chapel. p.m., Saturday at Greater Love Saturday at remembering the good times Baptist Church. RICHARD REMONVIL, 44, New Birth Bap- we had. auto body paint tist Church. From your children. technician, died NETISHA BRYANT, 43, cashier at Dollar RODA JONES, died July 4. June 25 at North MURIEL G. LAMB, 73, ad- JAMES D. HADLEY, 47, General, died Service 11 a.m., In Memoriam Shore Hospital. ministrative as- laborer, died July 2. Service Saturday in the Service 12 p.m., sistant, died July 1. Service Saturday. chapel. In loving memory of, Saturday in the June 27. Ser- 11 a.m., Friday chapel. vice 12 p.m., in the chapel. Saturday at Mt. FLOSSIE M. DAVIS, 82, Calvary Bap- retired, died tist Church. July 2 at home. RICKIE BRAZZEL, 67, truck driver, Service 11 a.m., BEVERLY ANN CLARKE, STANELY MIDDLETON, In Memoriam died July 2 at Saturday at 64, care giver, JR., 42, laborer. Jackson North New Mt. Moriah died July 2. Ser- Service 2 p.m., In loving memory of, Health System. Missionary vice 1 p.m., Sat- Friday in the Survivors: Baptist Church. urday at Peace- chapel. MARY F. SCOTT daughters: ful Zion. 12/10/1936 - 07/07/2019 D'Ericka BERNARD MCROY, 61, disabled, Brazzel, Riddled with a grief and died June 22 Richetta McFarlin; sons: Range heartache so severe, no Derrick Patterson, Brian at Aventura SHANTELL DAVIS, 43, language exists that will Brazzel; grandchildren: Lewis RYAN C. SMITH, 32, Hospital. Service cashier, died truly convey our sorrow. One Lynn, Richard McFarlin, Genard educator at 2 p.m., Saturday May 28. Final year later, we’ve learned to Monroe, Cecila Monroe, Florida State ANDRE DORALD in the chapel. rites in Bimini, find solace in vestiges of Josennia Fraser, Charles University BRENNAN Bahamas. you: memories of your wit, Williams, Dernique Patterson, School, died your humor, your smile, the 03/27/1968 - 07/12/1989 D'Ericka Patterson, Brian June 28. sweetness in the tone of your JIMMY LEE BROWN, 36, Survivors It’s been 31 years, but carpenter, died Brazzel, Isis Heath, Shaquan voice - but especially your Johnson. Memorial Service 11 include his wife, hands. seems like yesterday. July 5. Private Darlysa; son, Gone but not forgotten. service. a.m., Friday at The Point, 1717 Gregg L. Mason The hands that toiled to NW 38 Ave., Lauderhill, FL Taylor; parents, Richard C. feed us, that pulled us into The Brennan family ROSABELL CAREY, 86, 33311. Smith, III and Errolee; brothers, you to shelter us, that wiped retired environ- Richard IV and Dominique our tears, straightened our mental worker, Simmons; and a host of other backs, and mended our In Memoriam Tillman - Tallahassee Jackson Me- relatives and friends. Viewing clothes. OZELL WILLIAMS, 83, morial Hospital, 2-6 p.m., today in the chapel. The hands that brushed our In loving memory of, Hadley Davis - died June 27 died June 28. Service 10 a.m., Thursday at heads and lifted our chins, at home. Mr. Survivors in- Miami Gardens St. Philip Neri Catholic Church. The hands that covered Williams served clude: daughter, ours, as you blessed our JOSEPHINE BURRS in the U. S. Army Shelley Dames, ROSA LEE PAYNE, 97, journeys out into the world. EDMONSON, from 1954- other relatives. Viewing 4-7 homemaker, The hands that came 78, died June 1957. Upon p.m., today. Service 11 a.m., died July together in prayer to ask for 30 at Gulf Coast being honorably Thursday in the chapel. 2. Survivors strength to build and fortify Medical Center. discharged, he include her the foundation on which we Service 10 a.m., attended Volusia Community daughters, Nakia Ingraham stand. Saturday in the College and Bethune Cookman Mary Oliver and We find comfort in knowing chapel. College before returning to VERLINE WEBB, 75, phar- Cornelia Sands macy technician, died June those hands are now joined South Florida. After 37 years, (Oswald); KENNETH LLOYD 16. Services were held. with The Creator and resting he retired as a supervisor with grandsons, Kenneth Sands FRECKLETON, well in the firmament of the Dade County Parks and (Monique) and Shawn Sands; 79, died June JANET BARRETT, 66, RN heaven. Recreation. He is survived by granddaughter, Ashlynn Sands; 23 at home. nurse, died June 26. Services To the most remarkable his devoted wife, Wanda Moore and a host of other relatives Service 10 a.m., were held. love any of us has ever Williams; son, Joseph Lane; and friends. Viewing 2-6 Saturday at known, Mom, Nanny, we daughters, Sharon, Kimberly, p.m., Thursday in the chapel. LOUISE JONES Church of God. EDILIO NUNEZ, 80, retired, miss you dearly. Sonya and Kristin Williams, ROBERTS Service 12 p.m., Friday at Mt. died July 4. Service 3 p.m., to- Addonas Mitchell; mother, 05/28/1938 - 07/14/2008 Carmel Missionary Baptist day in the chapel. Mrs. Lena Mae Ferguson; Church. GEORGE EDWARD KEMP, 13 grandchildren; 15 great- We miss you dearly and SR., 81, died LINDA WILLIAMS, 68, grandchildren; brothers, REV. JOSEPH C. BRADDY, you will always remain in our June 28 at home. retired, died July 1. Service GONE Solomon and Dennis Hill; 95, minister/ hearts. Service 10 a.m., 1 p.m., Saturday at Jordan sisters, Lois Pruitt, Yvonne and carpenter for Your loving family, Saturday at New Grove Missionary Baptist Felicia Ferguson; sister-in-law, Spector and BUT NOT husband, Albert; children, Way Fellowship Church. Frances (Ben) Moore Phillips; Sons Co., Beverly, Sandra, Efrem and Baptist Church. brothers-in-law, Charles, died June FORGOTTEN? Cedric; grandchildren, great LISA ALEXANDER, 58, Ronnie (Rhonda) and Kenneth grands, family and friends 30. Survivors consultant, died July 1. Ser- Moore; and countless other include his CONSTANCE LEE OLIVER, vice 11 a.m., Sunday in the Have you loving relatives and friends. sons, Thomas 69, died June chapel. Services were held at the Old Cleveland (Marjorie), Harrel forgotten so 25 at Jackson In Memoriam West Enrichment Center with Franklin, Sr. (Cyteria), Tyrone, Hospital North. MARIA DEJESUS, 65, soon about burial in Tallahassee National Steven (Annlyn) and Irwin Lee Service 12 p.m., homemaker, died July 3. Ser- In loving memory of, Cemetery. (Monique); 11 grandchildren, your departed Saturday in the vice 5 p.m., Thursday in the eight great-grands and a host chapel. chapel. loved one? Kraeer - Pompano Beach of other relatives and friends. Keep them in your Services were held. ESMIE BONITTO, 87, McCloud and Siders memory with an A J Manuel register nurse RONALD SMITH, 63, REGINALD WORTHEY, in memoriam or for over 40 years mechanic 80, domestic, died June 26. ROBERT LEWIS JONES at Jackson for Miami Services were held. a happy birthday JR., 29, Memorial International construction remembrances Hospital, died Airport, died ELLIE WATTS, 59, domestic, worker, died May 24. She June 29. died June 27. Services were in our obituary June 21 at was a loving Survivors held. section. home. Services mother to include his were held. Diana Salvador and Angela domestic EUGENE WILLIAMS, Ramsingh and grandmother of partner, Helen Johnson; 65, manager, died July 3. Call Mark Singletary and Deosrran daughters, Whitney Smith, Arrangements are incomplete. Grace (DJ) Ramsingh. Courtesy from Aries Pickering; four brothers, 305.694.6210 brother-in-law, Ayo A. Salvador. nine grandchildren, one great- BETTY A. OLIVER, 80, en- Wade TAMOYA JOHNSON vironmental ser- grand and a host of other 05/18/1985 - 07/11/2013 relatives and friends. Viewing JUAN JOSE RINCON, 69, vice worker, died Manker mechanic, died at Memorial July 3. Service 3-7 p.m., Friday in the chapel. It’s been seven years JOHNNETH DAVIS, 55, died Regional Hospital. Service Service 10 a.m., Saturday in and seven is the LUCKY 11 a.m., Satur- June 27 at Jackson Health Saturday, July 18 in the chapel. day at Browns- the chapel. NUMBER, we’re all blessed Medical Center. Memorial ser- ville Church Of to have had you. vice 11 a.m., Saturday in the ZACHARY LEE HAGINS, 57. Christ. SEE YOUR OBITUARY ONLINE Your Loving Family chapel. WWW.MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM Arrangements are incomplete.