NORTHWEST OHIO’S OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN-OWNED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER TJ THE TOLEDO JOURNAL www.thetoledojournal.com WEDNESDAY, February 6, 2019 - February12, 2019 VOL: 42 NO: 51

INSIDE NEWS Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority Rosetta Perry Receives NNPA (LMHA) Celebrates 85th Anniversary Award

BLACK HISTORY Black HIstory Special Section PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL See pages 8-11 LMHA Anniversary Keynote Speaker was Judge Glenda Hatchett. PHOTO CREDIT / COMMUNICA Dr. Larry Jones seen here, center, with Demetria Simp- son, LMHA director, left and Judge Glenda Hatchett

courtroom program. In 2004 and dig a little deeper. The she authored the national battle cry is everywhere and best-seller, 'Say What You there’s no place to run and Mean, Mean What You Say'. no place to hide. The chal- In 2010 she had another #1 lenge is we have to keep best-seller, 'Dare To Take a circuital promise before Charge: Hoe to live your dawn, because there is too Life on Purpose'. much darkness.” BLACK HISTORY Judge Hatchett has also And, she also emphasized PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL been active with housing “That, many of the problems 35th Conference The 85th Anniversary Sponsors are recognized. authorities across the coun- we face today did not begin try. with the current government For Aspiring By Toledo Journal Staff versary event on Thursday During her address, shut down, but they have Minority Youth January 24th at Parkway Judge Hatchett praised the spanned from generation to Since 1933 Lucas Metro- Place in Maumee, Ohio. The LMHA’s initiative, Onward generation. What I know in politan Housing Authority theme for the event was 'On- and Upward, continuing the my heart is that if given a (LMHA) has been caring for ward and Upward,Continuing Journey from Good to Great. chance to do better, people the housing needs of the To- the Journey From Good to She said, “I’m in awe of the will do better, if they know ledo community by providing Great'. The keynote speaker collaboration and the work better. So that is what we affordable housing to adults, was Judge Glenda Hatchett. that is going on here today. have to do, encourage peo- seniors and children. Judge Hatchett presides Eighty-five years ago, the ple and inspire them. We To commemorate 85 years over the nationally syndicat- Housing Authority was start- must empower people to of providing affordable ed television show, Judge ed during in a very deep eco- want to change and change housing opportunities and Hatchet. Both in 2008 and nomic depression. Back in will come.” strengthening communities, 2009 her show was nomi- those times, just like these She ended by stating, “The Lucas Metropolitan Housing nated for a daytime Emmy times, the same as before, Authority hosted their anni- awards for outstanding legal/ we must push ourselves Continued on page 2

SPORTS Louisville airport renamed in honor of Muhammad Ali

EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY IN PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL THE TOLEDO LMHA Commissioners and Leadership at LMHA 85th Anniversary are (L-R) are James Peppers, Alisha Gant, Cheryl Phil- JOURNAL lies, John McGuire, Coleena Ali, LMHA President and CEO Demetria Simpson, Qoaquin Cintron Vega, Kattie Bond, and TJ Karen Baird. Inside News Page 2 • February 6, 2019 - February12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal LMHA Anniversary

Continued from page 1 maintain sustainable, affordable housing opportunities, provide path- Housing Authority is not just about ways to better quality of life and providing a house, it’s about nurtur- empower vibrant communities. They ing and encouragement and inspira- serve a much broader mission than tion.” housing by providing programs and LMHA's role has expanded signifi- opportunities to improve the to- cantly for over 85 years from provid- tal quality of life for residents with ing public housing to focusing on de- the ultimate goal of helping them veloping wrap around services to its achieve self-sufficiency. In addition, residents. Today, the housing author- other services coordinated through ity-a quasi-government agency-owns LMHA include: healthcare, educa- and manages 2,633 public housing tion, family self-sufficiency (FSS), units and provides subsidized hous- resident opportunities and self-suffi- ing to 17,500 individuals. It is gov- ciency, Health Profession Opportu- Founders of Black-Owned erned by a five-member Board of nity Grants (HPOG), commodities, Commissioners, appointed by the Children Feeding Program, Work Mayor of Toledo, The Lucas County Your Way Home, Youth Program, Se- Cheesecake Business Inspired Commissioners, and the Probate and nior Program, Financial Literacy, and Common Pleas Courts. HCV Home ownership. President and CEO Demetria They have many current programs Simpson of LMHA, said, “We have focusing on infant mortality, feeding by Trump's Shutdown made great strides in helping our Lucas County children, providing ed- Submitted The idea of putting up a cheesecake residences improve their quality of ucation and training to low-income By Black News business came up after Jaqi and her life and become self-sufficient. This individuals, just to name a few. mother tasted how delicious and suc- event focused on the empowerment LMHA partners with many other Nikki Howard and Jaqi Wright, two culent the cheesecake Nikki made for opportunities, provided to our resi- community organizations to bring sisters from Maryland were furloughed New Year is. dents, and the development of myr- these and other programs to the during the recent government shut- "My mother said, 'Girl, you could sell iad community partnerships which community and are the result of suc- down. So, they started their own busi- these cheesecakes,'" Jaqi said. "And I help us continue the journey onward cessful collaborations with numerous ness selling cheesecakes to make ends was like, why don't we sell the cheese- and upward.” community partners. meet. Sarcastically, they named their cakes?" Their mission is to. create and company, The Furlough Cheesecake, From there, Nikki and Jaqi, now and it turned out to be a great publicity also known as the Furlough Sisters, stunt as they have received lots of or- launched the business through Face- ders from across the country and over- book, Instagram, and their own website. whelming support from the public! During their very first week in business, Nikki works for the Federal Drug Ad- they received an overwhelming number ministration (FDA) and Jaqi works for of orders from within the state of Mary- the Department of Justice (DOJ), and land... and also from other states! they were just two of the many feder- "I'm not saying that I'm happy that al government employees that were we're not at work and getting a consis- greatly affected by Trump's government tent paycheck, but it's a great way to shutdown which lasted for more than use the time," Jaqi said. "As far as just a month. Some studies even included having something else to put my brain that African American families were af- on, my creativity on, it feels amazing." fected the most! Their delicious cheesecakes currently But they couldn't just let days go by come in two flavors: Original and Sweet without doing anything to pay their bills. Potato. They are 9-10" of homemade They can't rely on their husbands, who goodness, all the way down to the gra- they said weren't able to work due to ham cracker crust! disabilities, as well. So they were forced For more information about The Fur- to step up and start their own business. lough Cheesecake or to place an order "It's either cry or get up and do some- online, visit www.thefurloughcheese- PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL thing, so we decided to get up and do cake.com or follow them on Instagram Judge Glenda Hatchett signs copies her book at LMHA’s 85th Anniversary. something," Nikki told ABC 7 WJLA. @thefurloughcake NAACP Challenge to 2020 Census Preparations Moves Forward

Submitted or. The government has also cancelled crucial The complaint alleges pre-census field tests, that unless the Census even as it attempts to Bureau significantly use new technologies improves its plans for and implement a brand- 2020, the upcoming new digitization initiative. census will drastical- “With fewer than 15 ly undercount African months to go before the Americans and other 2020 Census, this de- people of color across cision comes at a crit- the country. This under- ical time,” said Rachel count will contribute to Brown, a law student unequal political repre- intern with the Yale Law sentation and reduced School Rule of Law federal funding for com- Clinic, counsel for the munities of color. NAACP and other plain- The National Associ- tion to dismiss brought less the Census Bureau ties, especially given the Census.” tiffs. “We look forward to ation for the Advance- by the Census Bureau. significantly improves its likely impact of the un- The NAACP and its holding the Census Bu- ment of Colored People The ruling allows the plans for 2020, the up- derfunded census,” said partners brought this reau to its constitutional (NAACP) and its allies case to proceed to dis- coming census will dras- NAACP General Coun- lawsuit because the on- obligation to count ev- today won a major court covery and potentially tically undercount Afri- sel Brad Berry. going underfunding and eryone equally.” ruling that allows them to trial. can Americans and other In his opinion, Judge understaffing of the Cen- The plaintiffs are rep- to proceed with a fed- The suit, NAACP v. Bu- people of color across Grimm emphasized the sus Bureau violates its resented by the NAACP eral lawsuit challenging reau of the Census, No. the country. This under- importance of ensur- legal obligation to con- Office of the General the government’s inad- 8:18-Cv-00891-PWG, count will contribute to ing adequate funding duct a full and fair cen- Counsel, Jenner & Block, equate preparations for was filed last March in unequal political repre- for census operations, sus. As the plaintiffs ex- and the Yale Law School the 2020 Census. the U.S. District Court sentation and reduced especially given the re- plain in their complaint, Rule of Law Clinic. “[T]he census must for the District of Mary- federal funding for com- cent 35-day government the Bureau has severely Contact: Rachel be conducted in a way land by the NAACP, munities of color. shutdown. “This ongo- cut back on door-to-door Brown: 202-549-4411; that will not thwart the Prince George’s Coun- “It is imperative that ing state of uncertainty” canvassing, community rachel.brown@ylsclin- goal of equal represen- ty (MD), the NAACP the Census Bureau take makes it more likely that partnerships, and field ics.org to speak with tation,” wrote U.S. Dis- Prince George’s County steps immediately to the Census Bureau “will infrastructure—all of Yale Law School Rule trict Judge Paul Grimm, Branch, and two coun- minimize the undercount be unprepared (in terms which are essential to of Law in an opinion granting in ty residents. The com- in communities of color of funding, workforce, encourage participation part and denying a mo- plaint alleges that un- and immigrant communi- and testing) for the 2020 from communities of col- The Toledo Journal • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • Page 3 Coming Events

The Redeemed Christian Church ors: Celebrating Braden members whose public Ongoing Events Food Pantry service has inspired hope for our community. Jr. 662 Philips Avenue in Toledo from Church (ages 5-12) duriing worship, 12:30 PM - Ohio Department of Aging seeks 10 AM - 12PM. Teen Cafe (ages 13-18) Faciing discrimination nominations for state Senior Citizens and bullying in school and keeping the faith. Hall of Fame 3rd Saturday of Each Month 2/17/19, 9:30 AM Round Table "Wake Up Ev- Annual recognition highlightsimportant roles old- Widows Empowered Strengthened & I erybody", 10:30 AM Jr. Church (ages 5-12) during er Ohioans play in their communities Inc. (Affectionately known as W.E.S & I morning worship and "Holy Baptism" Since its inception, more than 450 older Ohioans Inc.) 2/22/19, 6:00 PM Soul Food Potluck Theme: have been inducted into the Ohio Senior Citizens Are you a Widow? Come share with us. We Preserving Our HAIRitage" Panel and discussion Hall of Fame. If you know someone who belongs cordially invite you to join us at our next meet- on institutionalized Discrimination. FREE. among those ranks, the Ohio Department of Aging ing: 1-3pm. Reynolds Corners Branch Library, 2/27/19, 9:30 AM Round Table: "Can You wants to hear from you. The hall honors current 4833 Dorr Street, Toledo, OH 43615. To learn Imagine?" 10:30 AM "Celebrate Our Heritage!" or long-time Ohio residents age 60 and older who more about WES & I, Inc.: Call 419-359-4001, (wear African Attire). have made and continue to make a lasting impact Email: [email protected], Website: www. on their professions, their vocations or their com- widowsempowered.com. February 17th munities. Third Baptist Church Inductees are selected from public nominations. Past February, 2019 32nd Annual Black History Musical inductees have included business and industry leaders, Celebrate Black History Month Sunday at 4:00 p.m., 9775 Angola Road (Hol- advocates, community planners, educators, scientists, at the Toledo Library land). All are welcome to come on out and help health care professionals, volunteers, artists, entertain- Join the Toledo Lucas County Public Library us lift the name of Jesus Through song. Madison ers, athletes and more. Nominees are evaluated on during Black History Month, paying tribute to the Gregory III, Pastor. Information: 419-865-7559. the scope and impact of their contributions begun or generations of African-Americans who struggled continued after age 60. Nominees must be native-born with adversity to achieve full citizenship in Amer- February 17th and February 24th Ohioans or have been residents of the state for at least ican society. TIAMBC 73rd 10 years. Posthumous nominations are accepted. Read-In:Feb. 1-28 Church Anniversary Induction is held each May as the state and na- Celebrate African-American authors! Visit any Theme: "Don't Worry About Anything Instead tion celebrate Older Americans Month. Nomina- Library location and read, listen to or watch ANY Pray About Everything" Philippians 4:6. @ 640 tions must be received by Feb.11, 2019, to be con- title from ANY African-American author and add Indiana, Ave., Toledo, Ohio 43604. Sunday, sidered for induction this year. your name to the banner at your favorite branch. February 17, 2019 4:00 p.m. Reverend Dr. Jerry Learn more, access the nomination form and All ages and branches. Boose Pastor Second Baptist Church. Sunday, view past inductees at www.aging.ohio.gov/hallof- Share Your Migration Story: February 24, 2019 4:00 p.m. Revererend Dr. Wil- fame. You can request a paper nomination form by Trace your country of origin, region or another lie Perryman Pastor Jerusalem Missionary Baptist calling 614-728-0253. city that led you to Toledo, Ohio and examine the Church. Reverend Dr. John E. Roberts, Pastor. path that others have followed. Available at vari- Toledo Library goes Fine Free ous Library locations. All ages. February 21st To improve access and opportunity in our com- A Day with Lady K - Karen Harris Sings Zuzu African Acrobats to Perform at munity, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library Motown: Lourdes University (TLCPL) eliminated overdue fines went into effect A Day with Lady K means the Motown sound is Lourdes University Campus Life presents Zuzu Jan. 1, 2019. Eradicating overdue fines does not down! Join TLCPL for a musical program featur- African Acrobats, Thursday, at 5:30pm in the mean eliminating accountability. Customers who ing Karen Harris, who will sing Motown Hits. Franciscan Center, 6832 Convent Blvd. in Syl- haven’t returned or renewed books won’t be able to Dances from the Motherland: vania. Featured on the TV series America’s Got check out additional ones. Customers will receive Elev8ted Productions presents "Dances from Talent, their performances are a blend of circus reminders to return items on the due date and once the Motherland," a tribute to African dance. Join style acrobatics and popular dance moves. This they are one week overdue will be delivered by us for a performace by Phylicia Hills, who will event is open to the public. $5 per person. For phone, email or text at no extra cost. TLCPL also demonstrate the fine art of African dance and the more information, contact Ashley Jackson, (419) offers easy online and mobile technology options meaning behind the movement. 517-8413. For more information, visit http://www. for renewing items to help customers keep their The DJOBI Wake Up Ensemble capitolint.com/Fairs/mapapa/mapapa.htm accounts current. If materials are returned, there Enjoy the mastrful sound of West African music will not be an overdue fine. For more information and the roots of African-American music with Em- February 23rd visit http://www.toledolibrary.org/policies/nofines manuel Djobi and his ensemble. All ages. Warren AME Church (Sat) Feb. 23 11 p.m. West Toledo Gospel Extravaganza Wild about Art at the Toledo Zoo: Call for Soul Food Sampling from J'Mae's Home Calling All Youth And Young Adult, Choirs & Artists Cooking: Praise Teams, Dance & Step Ministries, Soloists Calling all artists! The Toledo Zoo is seeking all One of Toledo's finest soul food Restaurants, & Musicians, Poets & Spoken Word, Gospel Rap the creative minds and skilled craftsmen in the area J'Mae's, will have the quintessential dish, baked Artists, we invite YOU to come and Share your to take part in our art fair. Artists may sign up by macaroni and cheese, to sample. All ages. Ministry Gifts. Changing Minds, Changing Lives, visiting toledozoo.org/wildaboutart to be directed to For more information on Black History Month Ecclesiastes 11:9. Saturday @ 915 Collingwood our online application through ZAPP©. Applications visit http://www.toledolibrary.org/blackhistory Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43604 4:00 to 7:00 PM. To must be submitted online through ZAPP© by Friday, participate in the program, contact: Ms. Sawyer at April 5, 2019. Please note: art does not have to be February 7th, 14th and 21st 419-324-4189. Contact Ms. Palmer at 419-450- animal related. Any questions, please contact art- All African American Films to Screen at 0165. Hosted by the Christian Education Depart- [email protected] or call 419-385-5721 ext. 2110. the University of Toledo ment Warrren AME Church, Rev. Otis Gordon, Jr., The Zoo hopes everyone, artists and appreciators, The first ever University of Toledo African Senior Pastor, Debra Jelks, Chairman. will save the date for Wild about Art: where originalit American Film Festival (UT – AAFF) will be The Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir held at the University of Toledo’s main campus. February 23rd Will begin its 2019 season @ 7:00 p.m. at Calva- Screenings will take place Thursdays, February Participants for ry Baptist Church, 702 Collingwood. Brothers and 7th, 14th, and 21st, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the "Changing Minds, Changing Lives" Sisters you are invited to come out and be a part of UT Center for Performing Arts (CPA), 1910 West Warren Gospel Extravaganza this music ministry. For more information, please Rocket Drive, Toledo, Ohio. The inaugural event Attention: Dance Teams, Choirs, Musicians, Spo- call 419-241-3330, or 419-241-7332. Rehearsals is co-sponsored by the UT Black Student Union, ken Word and Ministry Gifts. You are invited to par- will be held on Tuesdays. the UT Department of Theatre and Film and the ticipate on Saturday, at Warren AME Church, 915 UT Office of Multicultural Student Success. Films Collingwood Blvd. Vendor Displays at 4pm; Program 2nd Tuesday of the Month showcased during February shine positive light at 4:30pm. Contact 419-324-4189 to participate. The Toledo Base on contemporary African American stories as told Submarine Veterans by some of today’s best African American film- February 24th, March 10th Holds it's monthly meetings on the second Tues- makers. Admission is free and open to the UT March 17th, March 24th, and March 31st day of the month at The Genesis Village Events community and beyond. Seating is limited in CPA Calvary Baptist Church Center 2429 S. Reynolds Road Toledo Ohio at 1039. Doors open at 7:20 p.m. Tickets or RSVP’s Pastor Floyd Smith Jr. 30th 18:00 hours (6 PM) our next meeting will be on are not required. Please contact Holly Hey, Head Pastorial Celebration! Feb. 12, 2019 for further information you can con- of Film, Department of Theatre and Film at holly. February 24th: Pastor Floyd Smith Jr. 30th tact our Base Commander Michael Meehan at [email protected] with questions. Pre-Celebration: Bishop Duane C. Tisdale and 505-554-8636 or at [email protected]. the Friendship Baptst Church @ 4:00 P.M. March February 10th, 17th, 22th, and 27th 10th: Pastor Melvin Barnes ad the Greater Faith Every Third Wednesday Braden UMC Fellowship Church @ 4:00 P.M. March 17th: Pas- Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition Black History Month tor Roger D. Carson and Southern Missionary and Social Justice Institute Theme: Perserving Our Heritage: Embraciing Baptist Church @ 4:00 P.M. March 24th: Pas- Anyone interested in joining meet, at Kent Hope for the Future. Located at 4725 Dorr St., tor James Willis and St. Paul Missionary Baptist Branch Library, 3101 Collingwood Blvd., from 9:15 Toledo, OH 43615. www.BradenUMC.org- 419- Church @ 4:00 P.M. March 31st: Pastor Nathan a.m. until 11 a.m. 386-2700, Rev. Cecil J.F. Thompson, Pastor. Madison and Fourth Street Baptist Church of Every 1st and 3rd Saturdays 2/20/19, 9:30 AM Round Table: "My Soul Has Lima, Ohio @ 4:00 P.M. All services will be held of the Month Got To Move", 10:30 AM community Pioneer Hon- @ 702 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo, OH 43604. Editorial/News Page 4 • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal Toddler Trump Needs A Timeout In The Oval Office

By Melissa Martin, Ph.D Wire Columnist President Trump announced an end to the government shutdown on January 25. Is it a real deal to re- open the federal government or an- other tactic of the power-grabbing politician? Is Trump backing down or bamboozling Congress again? Is this a permanent or temporary solution? The elephant and donkey games continue. Trump is using his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall to justify his irrational reactions. Our forefathers and former presidents would be ap- palled at the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. I hope the ghost of Benjamin Franklin visits him next Christmas. Would Trump follow in the footsteps of Ebenezer Scrooge and change his wicked ways? What Do Americans Think? “A strong majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for the record-long government shut- down and reject his primary ratio- nale for a border wall, according to a new poll that shows the turmoil in Washington is dragging his approval rating to its lowest level in more than a year,” according to a recent article per tantrum in the Oval Office. And 2018. “The Knavses were eligible for in The Philadelphia Tribune. Americans are paying the price. Will green cards and to apply for citizen-

And just who are the people that someone put Trump in a timeout ship because their daughter is a citi- Trump is holding hostage? You, me, chair? Or make him take a nap. He’s How is it that an zen, having taken the oath herself in us. We are a “government of the peo- a pouting president in need of emo- American president can 2006, shortly after she married Don- ple, by the people, for the people.” “ tional regulation. ald Trump in 2005.” According to a 2019 article in USA hold the government Per a 2018 report from the Pew Re- More irony. Donald Trump’s first Today, “The president has threat- captive when he doesn’t get search Center, 24 percent of Ameri- “ wife and mother to his three oldest ened for weeks to declare a national cans say Trump is even-tempered, his way and throw adult children, Ivana, is an immigrant from emergency to redirect money to free while 70 percent say that description Czechoslovakia. up the $5.7 billion he wants for con- temper tantrums? I’m does not apply to him. www.pewre- Both Republicans and Democrats structing a border wall. The move search.org/. baffled. Are you? need to read the book, Tantrums!: would curtail Congress, which under What’s wrong with the White Managing Meltdowns in Public and the Constitution directs appropriat- House picture? “There’s something Private (1-2-3 Magic Parenting). And ing funding to federal agencies.” of an industry devoted to the psy- apply to Trump. Per a 2019 report from the Pew Re- stance on immigration. Melanija che of President Trump. He’s an How is it that an American presi- search Center, 59 percent of those Knavs (Melania Trump) was born in executive-in-chief like no other. He dent can hold the government cap- surveyed disapprove of Trump’s job Novo Mesto, and grew up in Sevni- doesn’t read, appears to be ignorant tive when he doesn’t get his way and performance. www.pewresearch. ca, in the Yugoslav republic of Slo- of history (American, European, Mid- throw adult temper tantrums? I’m org. venia. The First Lady of the United Trump the Toddler dle-Eastern, Asian, whatever) and States was not born in America. She baffled. Are you? cannot control his Twitter finger,” Melissa Martin, Ph.D., is an au- President Trump reacts just like a obtained U.S. citizenship in 2006. penned Professor Madelon Spreng- thor, columnist, educator, and thera- toddler when he doesn’t get his way. The irony of Donald Trump’s nether in a 2017 article for Psychol- pist. She lives in Ohio. www.melissa- “I want what I want when I want it stance on “chain immigration.” Re- ogy Today. martinchildrensauthor.com. and how I want it and where I want ported in USA Today, First lady Me- Immigration Irony This article originally appeared in it!” He’s throwing an adult tem- lania Trump’s immigrant parents The irony of Donald Trump’s were sworn in as U.S. citizens in the Charleston Chronicle.

The Toledo Journal Kamala Harris Announces Her 2020 Campaign Published Every Wednesday By Harry C. Alford & Kay DeBow sity professor and her mother was fornia and matriculated through the Established in 1975 Wire Columnists a medical researcher. At an early Hastings College of Law. Celebrating 190 Years of the Black Press! age her parents divorced, and her Her professional career started Kamala Harris is wasting no time mother packed up and moved her out as a deputy district attorney in Reaching over 65,000+ readers weekly with her political career. She was and her sister to Montreal, Cana- Oakland. She soon met the prolific Northwest Ohio’s oldest African-American owned newspaper elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 da. Her mother worked as a medi- career politician Willie Brown. He Serving metropolitan Toledo, including Swanton, and has already set her immediate Springfield Township, and Rossford, Ohio cal researcher and enrolled her two became her mentor and assisted in target – the presidency of the United daughters into a French speaking her rising career. It became strong- Office Hours: MON - TUE, THURS and FRI 9 am - 5 pm States. On January 26, she formal- Catholic school – Marymount. This ly rumored that Willie became more Deadlines: Obits, Memorials, and Events - FRI by 1:00 pm ly announced her campaign. The is where she matured. In looking at than a mentor. He was her “Boo” All Classifieds due by FRI by 4:30 pm setting was in Oakland, California some pages of her yearbook we find despite his marriage and family. In Display Ads: Wednesday-space and Monday Camera-ready copy where she was born in 1964. She that the school was quite multi-racial. 2012, she came on the national cir- All Events, announcements, obits, memorials, displays and is the child of American immigrants. classified ads, can be sent to: Many of the Black kids had roots in cuit at the Democratic National Con- [email protected] Her mother is of Asian descent, Tam- the Caribbean and Africa. The two vention. A great speech raised her il Indian, while her father is Jamaican Editor’s Note: Harris sisters matured into attractive national profile in the same manner The beliefs, opinions and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and with African and Irish blood. Her “red bones”. of Barack Obama a decade earlier. participants do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, opinions and viewpoints maternal grandfather was a distin- Kamala chose Howard Univer- Two years later she married Douglas of The Toledo Journal or official policies of this newspaper. guished Indian diplomat. Her rally sity, the HCBU located in the heart Emhoff, a successful white attorney. 2145 East Scott Park Drive had over 20,000 participants which of Washington, DC. She appar- Creating a great reputation as a Toledo, OH 43606 : (419) 472-4521 is very impressive and reminds us of ently wanted to be immersed in the District Attorney she set her sights Scott Park Campus Faculty Annex the beginning of the Barack Obama P.O. Box 12559, Toledo, OH 43606 African American soul culture. She on the Attorney General slot for the Sandra S. Stewart Myron A. Stewart successful run in 2008. joined the AKA sorority and is using state of California. She narrowly Publisher Editor She and her younger sister, Maya, those connections in establishing won -by 1 percent. There she grew started early in Oakland where Member of National Newspaper Publishers Association, her political base. Upon graduating even more prominent and became NNPA News Service, and an MBE Company. her father was a Stanford Univer- from Howard, she returned to Cali- continued on page 5 The Toledo Journal • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • Page 5 MoneyTalks Don’t Let Predatory Tax Loans Take Your Refunds By Charlene Crowell Wire Columnist

TriceEdneyWire.com) - For many consumers, the New Year brings an annual effort to file taxes early enough to help pay off big bills, re- place major appliances or tuck away a few bucks for the proverbial ‘rainy day’. With a continuing federal shut- down, this year there are also an estimated 800,000 federal workers who have not had a payday since December. For these consumers, an early tax refund could cover basic living needs like housing, food, child care and utilities. And across the country, advertis- ing – particularly on urban radio – tempts listeners with easy ways to get a loan against anticipated tax refunds. But just like other predatory lending products, what is advertised is not quite what consumers receive. Convenient tax-related loans almost always come with a price that takes a big bite out of consumers’ money. The bigger the refund, the more attentive and helpful “tax preparers” will be in helping with e-filing, the of monies that consumers actually need to avoid incompetent and abu- electronic processing that typical- receive. sive preparers and decide whether ly results in refunds in two to three The biggest target for both of to choose financial products of vary- business days. Once the size of the these products are consumers with So how much financial ing costs.” refund is known, these preparers the largest refunds, especially those sense does it make to So how much financial sense does encourage unsuspecting consumers who are eligible for the Earned In- it make to purchase an ‘advance’ to take out a short-term loan like a come Tax Credits (EITCs), one of purchase an ‘advance’ or or open a temporary bank account Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL). De- the few tax break programs available “open a temporary bank when the Internal Revenue Service pository institutions like banks sell to low-to-moderate income consum- can deposit the full refund into a account when the Internal “ a ‘service’ known as a Refund An- ers, and/or the Additional Child Tax checking account within two to three ticipating Check (RAC) that is most Credit. Revenue Service can deposit business days? appealing to consumers who lack a To be eligible for EITC, earned the full refund into a Just because a refund-advance bank account. income and adjusted gross income checking account within two product isn’t called a loan, or doesn’t Neither product is as helpful as can be as low as $15,270 for a sin- have an interest rate, doesn’t mean they appear. gle filer or head of household to as to three business days? it’s free, said Scott Astrada, the Cen- RALs are usually marketed as an high as $54,884 for a married cou- ter for Responsible Lending’s Direc- ‘advance’ instead of a loan. Instead ple with three dependent children. tor of Federal Advocacy. “Carefully of interest, many of these loans come This year, eligible EITC consumers read the terms and conditions and with “fees” or a “finance charge”. could receive as much as $6,431 for In 2017, 1.7 million RALs were ask plenty of questions”. Conversely, a Refund Anticipation families with three or more qualifying sold, and another 20.5 million RACs Everyone who works for a living Check or RAC is sold as a temporary children to $519 for single filers. valued at a half billion dollars were should be entitled not only to a pay- bank account that exists exclusively Similarly, the Child Tax Credit is also sold, according to the National check but 100 percent of their tax to receive the IRS refund. Once the available to eligible filers with chil- Consumer Law Center (NCLC). refunds. refund reaches the consumer’s bank dren under the age of 17. For each “Tax-time is hard enough for most Charlene Crowell is the Center account, either a prepaid card or a dependent child meeting the age Americans, but they also face con- for Responsible Lending’s Commu- check is issued by the depository in- requirement, filers receive a $2,000 sumer protection challenges,” noted nications Deputy Director. She can stitution. And once again, fees taken credit that like EITC reduces the Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney at the Na- be reached at Charlene.crowell@ out of the refund reduce the amount amount of taxes owed. tional Consumer Law Center. “They responsiblelending.org.

Kamala Harris Announces Her 2020 Campaign

continued from page 4 good old fashion capitalism. That is what brought our nation to greatness and that a powerful figure in the California political is what is going to take us to a brighter fu- arena. In 2016, she became a U.S. Sen- ture. The democratic candidates, Kamala ator replacing a retiring Barbara Boxer. is no exception, are in “la, la land” when it She has risen to undeniable prominence. comes to setting a platform that is going She sits on the Senate Judiciary Com- to win over the masses. She has a big mittee as well as the Intelligence Com- task ahead of her. But you know what, we mittee. She participates on the Con- think she has the backbone and drive to gressional Black Caucus as well as the compete with the rest of the ever-growing Congressional Asian Caucus. She has list of candidates on the Democratic side. arrived and is a force to be respected and Howard Schultz, creator of Starbucks, not underestimated. She has recently is planning to run on a Third-Party ticket published her memoir, “The Truths We and this is inflaming the Democratic main- Hold: An American Journey”. We look stream. They must stay united in order to forward to reading it. She seems to be compete with a Trump re-election. following Barack’s “footprint”. Why not? It is not an understatement to say that It was certainly successful. the 2020 election is going to be the most Kamala’s politics is typically California pivotal and dramatic election in US histo- style progressive. She wants to tax the ry. The world is in turmoil. War, insurgen- hell out of the wealthy. She has a laun- cy, financial uncertainty is growing and dry list of “freebies for the people”. Free growing. We pray that God sends us a democratic rivals. Who will win out and dent/CEO of the National Black Cham- Medicare for everyone. While we are at true leader who will take us to a better face President Donald Trump? May the ber of Commerce®. Ms. DeBow is the it: Free education from pre-K to college. world. That is difficult to predict, and we Lord help us in making the right decision. Co-Founder, Executive Vice President of Somehow, she and the rest of the liber- are far from deciding on any favorites. What do you think about Kamala? Please the Chamber. Contact info: www.nation- al side must come up with a convincing These times are not for the faint of heart. let us know your thoughts. albcc.org Emails: halford@nationalbcc. Cost Analysis to sell this to the masses. Kamala is facing a field of more than 20 We are quite skeptical and believe in Mr. Alford is the Co-Founder, Presi- org [email protected] LifeStyles/News Page 6 • February 6, 2019 - February12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal Tennessee Tribune’s Rosetta Perry Receives NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award

By Stacy M. Brown, honored from the Phil- rican American owned NNPA Newswire adelphia Tribune and newspapers and me- Correspondent last year we saw Rod dia companies around @StacyBrownMedia Doss of the New Pitts- the country – needs to burgh Courier receive work harder toward a With one of pop mu- the Lifetime Achieve- younger leadership. sic’s most profound ment Award,” Perry “I have a clear vi- voices performing said. sion and I’d like to see during a ceremony that “Tonight, it’s Rosetta NNPA move toward the included a video tribute Perry. Maybe there’s young ones because featuring tributes from a something to it… three they know how to han- mayor, a congressman, great publishers all dle situations and they a school superinten- from Pennsylvania,” should not have to wait dent and a university she said, noting her tie until they’re my age to president, Tennessee to the Keystone State hold positions,” she Tribune Publisher Ro- is in the fact she was said. setta Miller Perry clear- raised there. “The young ones are ly was the star of the Perry thanked her fel- talking about building night. low publishers for the relationships and that’s On Friday, Jan. 25, distinguished recogni- what’s needed,” said PHOTO CREDIT / SUBMITTED Perry received the tion, one that she said Perry, who toned down Rosetta Miller Perry (third from left), Publisher of the Tennessee Tribune, National Newspaper she’s glad it happened the festive atmosphere receives the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Life- Publishers Associa- now. a bit to ask all to keep tion (NNPA) Lifetime “I’m 85,” Perry Mississippi Link Pub- time Achievement Award. Pictured with Ms. Perry are (from left to right): Achievement Award quipped. “I’m sure glad lisher Jackie Hampton Thurmon Jones, Publisher of the North Dallas Gazette, Dr. Benjamin F. before a festive and you didn’t wait until I in their thoughts. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEO, Dorothy R. Leavell, Publisher of the appreciative gathering was 90.” Hampton abruptly left Chicago Crusader and NNPA Chairman at the Hilton Orlando While the comment the conference after Hotel during the NNPA brought laughter and receiving devastating who performed several remarks from Nash- avid reader of newspa- MidWinter Training applause, Perry said news that her mother of his hit songs to toast ville Mayor David Bri- pers and magazines, Conference in Florida. the NNPA – the trade passed away. Perry. ley, Democratic U.S. particularly the Black “Two years ago, it organization that con- Perry and R& B Leg- Crooner Howard Rep. James Cooper, Press where, since was Bob Bogle being sists of about 215 Af- end, Howard Hewitt Hewitt belted out sev- Metro Nashville Public childhood, the Pitts- eral of his hit songs to Schools Director Dr. burgh Courier was a toast Perry while NNPA Shawn Josephs, and personal favorite. President and CEO Dr. Tennessee State Uni- Perry has often said Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., versity President Dr. she noticed a trend in and NNPA Chairman Glenda Glover. mainstream publishing Dorothy R. Leavell, A retired U.S. Navy towards sensationalism also feted Perry with officer and lawyer by and a focus on crime congratulatory words. trade, Perry has en- and negative events, Westside Gazette joyed much success particularly as it related Publisher Bobby Henry over the past three to Black people. and African Union Per- decades as publish- “I knew as a young manent Representative er of the Tennessee Black woman it was to the U.S., Her Ex- Tribune, a newspaper something that could cellency Ambassador that reaches more than be corrected through Dr. Arikana Chihombo- 150,000 people each ownership and control ri-Quao also praised week. of our image, reporting Perry. A graduate of Mem- and news coverage,” “You were the first phis State Universi- Perry said. person in the United ty, Perry recently was She and her hus- States to welcome me named among the Top band, who counted as into your home,” Am- 10 Most Powerful Afri- Tennessee’s first Black PHOTO CREDIT / SUBMITTED bassador Chihombo- can Americans of 2018 gastroenterologist, 2019 NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Rosetta Miller Perry (cen- ri-Quao said. “I’m for- by the Nashville Voice, founded Perry and Per- ter), Publisher of the Tennessee Tribune, with members of her family who ever grateful for our a popular Music City ry Associates in 1990. helped her to celebrate the evening’s events and national recognition of her friendship.” publication. After founding the Tri- many accomplishments. After jokingly speak- Raised in Coraopolis, bune to focus primarily ing about Perry’s abili- Pennsylvania – a melt- on health, education ties as a nurse in which ing pot of Russians, and voter registration, she’s able to “embalm Polish, Italians, Greeks, Perry and her husband people,” Henry praised African-Americans and made a conscious de- his fellow publisher. others – during an era cision not to spotlight House keys “Rosetta Miller Perry when steel was an im- crime, and to report is ever acclaimed for portant part of Amer- positive events and fo- all she did during Civ- ican Manufacturing, cus on success stories welcome mat il Rights with Dr. Mar- Perry not only grew up and personalities in the tin Luther King, Rosa near the Allegheny Riv- Black community. Some things are just better together. Parks [and others],” er, but spent her first They did so with- The same is true for banking. From preapproval to closing, First Federal Bank Henry said, prior to a four years on her aunt’s out ignoring either the is right there with you to make settling into your new home a breeze. After all, video tribute that in- houseboat. problems or the tough cluded congratulatory She’d become an issues that minority that’s what makes us better together. communities face each day. Contact: On the night she’s Susan Jester honored, Perry said NMLS# 43683 Retail Lender, she also was preparing Toledo for “a major announce- ment” involving the fu- ture of the Tennessee Tribune. While she didn’t re- veal specifics – only that the announcement will be made in Nash- ville on Feb. 1 – Perry First-Fed.com Park Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation left with a promise. Formerly known as Darlington Nursing and Rehabilitation “I will always support 1707 Cherry St., Toledo | 419-214-4302 Invites you to come take a tour and meet our staff. (Inside the Seaway Marketplace) 2735 Darlington Rd. Toledo Ohio 43606 my folks,” she said. “It’s February 20th | 4:30-6:30 not about me.” 2920 W. Central Ave., Toledo | 419-537-9300 RSVP to Kelly O’Neill Offer of credit subject to credit approval. 419-531-4465 ext 6820 [email protected] Drinks and appetizers will be served. The Toledo Journal • February 6, 2019 - February12, 2019 • Page 7 Healthy Awareness Heart Disease: It Can Happen at Any Age February is American Heart Month Submitted blood pressure is one of the biggest risks for Heart disease doesn’t heart disease and oth- happen just to older er harmful conditions, adults. It is happen- such as stroke. ing to younger adults • High blood cho- more and more often. lesterol. High choles- This is partly because terol can increase the the conditions that lead risk for heart disease. to heart disease are Having diabetes and happening at younger obesity, smoking, eat- ages. February is Heart ing unhealthy foods, Month, the perfect time and not getting enough to learn about your risk physical activity can all for heart disease and contribute to unhealthy the steps you need to cholesterol levels. take now to help your • Smoking. More heart. than 37 million U.S. Heart disease—and adults are current the conditions that lead smokers, and thou- to it—can happen at sands of young people any age. High rates of start smoking each day. obesity and high blood Smoking damages the pressure among young- blood vessels and can er people (ages 35-64) cause heart disease. are putting them at risk On average, U.S. for heart disease earlier adults have hearts that in life. Half of all Amer- are 7 years older than • Physical inac- of preventable death been prescribed. Learn low sodium options. icans have at least one they should be. Watch tivity. Staying physical- in the United States. If more about prevent- Learn more about how of the top three risk fac- this video, and figure ly active helps keep the you don’t smoke, don’t ing and managing high to reduce sodium. tors for heart disease out your own “heart heart and blood ves- start. If you do smoke, blood pressure and Stay active. Get mov- (high blood pressure, age” by taking this quiz. sels healthy. Only 1 in 5 learn how to quit. high cholesterol. ing for at least 150 min- high cholesterol, and Other conditions and adults meets the phys- Manage conditions. Make heart-healthy utes per week. You can smoking). behaviors that affect ical activity guidelines Work with your health eating changes. Eat even break up the 30 You Could Be at Risk your risk for heart dis- of getting 150 minutes care team to manage food low in trans-fat, minutes into 10-min- Many of the condi- ease include: a week of moderate-in- conditions such as high saturated fat, added ute blocks. Learn tensity activity. blood pressure and sugar and sodium. Try more about how to get • Unhealthy eat- high cholesterol. This to fill at least half your enough physical activ- ing patterns. Most includes taking any plate with vegetables ity. Americans, including medicines you have and fruits, and aim for children, eat too much sodium (salt), which increases blood pres- sure. Replacing foods high in sodium with fresh fruits and vege- tables can help lower blood pressure. But COMMUNITY only 1 in 10 adults is getting enough fruits tions and behaviors • Obesity. Carry- and vegetables each health experts that put people at risk ing extra weight puts day. Diet high in trans- for heart disease are stress on the heart. fat, saturated fat, and who treat you like appearing at younger More than 1 in 3 Ameri- added sugar increases ages: cans—and nearly 1 in 6 the risk factor for heart • High blood children ages 2 to 19— disease. a neighbor. pressure. Millions of has obesity. 4 Ways to Take Con- Americans of all ages • Diabetes. Dia- trol of Your Heart Health have high blood pres- betes causes sugar to You’re in the driver’s sure, including millions build up in the blood. seat when it comes to of people in their 40s This can damage blood your heart. Learn how and 50s. About half of vessels and nerves that to be heart healthy at people with high blood help control the heart any age. pressure don’t have muscle. Nearly 1 in 10 Don’t smoke. Smok- it under control. Hav- people in the United ing is the leading cause ing uncontrolled high States has diabetes.

Volunteer to Help an Abused Child Investing in the health of our hometown. We care about your health. And we are deeply committed Information Meeting to the wellness of this community. As a local center of nationally recognized care, The University of Toledo Sanger Branch Library Medical Center provides both life-saving treatment for February 12, 2019 the most complex cases and compassionate care for more routine injury and illness – just minutes from home. 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm We’re strong. We’re committed. 3030 W. Central Ave. And we’re con dent in the future. Visit utmc.utoledo.edu Learn more at www.casakids.net

LUCAS COUNTY CASA (COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES) IS A DEPARTMENT OF THE LUCAS COUNTY JUVENILE COURT AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CASA ASSOCIATION Make a Difference in a Child's Life Black History Page 8 • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal

Submitted initial weeklong celebration to honor the birth months of Carter Godwin Woodson abolitionist Frederick Doug- was born on December 19, lass and President Abraham 1875, in New Canton, Vir- Lincoln.) ginia, to Anna Eliza Riddle To help teachers with Afri- Woodson and James Wood- can-American studies, Wood- son. The fourth of seven son later created the Negro children, young Woodson History Bulletin in 1937 and also worked as a sharecropper penned literature for elementary and a miner to help his fam- and secondary school students. ily. He began high school in Woodson died on April 3, his late teens and proved to Woodson then earned his a scholarly publication. pate in a special program to 1950, a respected and honored be an excellent student, com- bachelor’s and master’s from Woodson also formed the encourage the study of Afri- figure who received accolades pleting a four-year course of the University of Chicago and African-American-owned As- can-American history, which for his vision. His legacy con- study in less than two years. went n to receive a doctor- sociated Publishers Press began in February 1926 tinues on, with Black History After attending Berea Col- ate from Harvard University in 1921 and would go on with Negro History Week. Month being a national cultural lege in Kentucky, Woodson in 1912—becoming the sec- to write more than a dozen The program was later ex- force recognized by a variety of worked for the U.S. govern- ond African American to earn books over the years, includ- panded and renamed Black media formats, organizations ment as an education super- a Ph.D. from the prestigious ing A Century of Negro Migra- History Month. (Woodson and educational institutions. intendent in the Philippines institution, after W.E.B. Du tion (1918), The History of the had chosen February for the and undertook more travels Bois. Negro Church (1921), The before returning to the U.S. After finishing his educa- Negro in Our History (1922) tion, Woodson dedicated and Mis-Education of the Ne- himself to the field of Afri- gro (1933). Mis-Education— can-American history, work- with its focus on the Western ing to make sure that the indoctrination system and subject was taught in schools African-American self-em- His legacy and studied by scholars. For powerment—is a particularly continues on, with his efforts, Woodson is often noted work and has become called the "Father of Black regularly course adopted by

Black History History." college institutions. “Month being a Writing 'Mis-Education of In addition to his writing pur- the Negro' suits, Woodson also worked

national cultural In 1915, Carter G. Wood- in a number of educational force recognized son helped found the Associ- positions, serving as a prin- ation for the Study of Negro cipal for Washington, D.C.'s by a variety of “ Life and History (which lat- Armstrong Manual Training media formats, er became the Association School before working as a for the Study of Afro-Ameri- college dean at Howard Uni- organizations can Life and History), which versity and the West Virginia and educational had the goal of placing Afri- Collegiate Institute. can-American historical con- Creating Black History institutions. tributions front and center. Month The next year he established Woodson lobbied schools the Journal of Negro History, and organizations to partici-

RACE | JUSTICE | FREEDOM Working together BEYOND THE DREAM to end poverty and injustice. OPALTOMETI SOCIAL ACTIVIST & CO-CREATOR OF #BLACKLIVESMATTER Beyond The Dream keynote speaker Wednesday, February 20, 2019 | 7 – 9 p.m. Bowen-Thompson Student Union CIVILITY IS THE Lenhart Grand Ballroom “RECOGNITION THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE Opal Tometi is a Nigerian-American strategist, DIGNITY THAT’S writer and community organizer committed INHERENT TO THEIR to advancing social justice and human rights. PERSON, NO MATTER As a co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the THEIR RELIGION, RACE, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for GENDER, SEXUALITY, Just Immigration (BAJI), Opal works to amplify OR ABILITY. Black voices to defeat structural racism –OPAL TOMETI” and discrimination.

SHAUNKING JOURNALIST, HUMANITARIAN & ACTIVIST Black issues Conference keynote speaker Friday, February 22, 2019 | 12:30 p.m. Bowen-Thompson Student Union Lenhart Grand Ballroom WE ARE IN A Shaun King is a columnist for The Intercept PAINFUL“ AND PECULIAR and the Writer-In-Residence at Harvard Law POINT IN AMERICAN School’s Fair Punishment Project, and is HISTORY. SO MUCH IS amongst the most compelling voices: a humane WRONG THAT IT’S HARD and passionate advocate for justice and TO KEEP UP, families, and an extremely visible fundraiser for BUT WE MUST. victims of brutality and discrimination. –SHAUN KING ” “The arc of the moral universe is long, To our guests with disabilities, please indicate if you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in this event by contacting Accessibility Services, [email protected], 419-372-8495. Please notify us prior to the event. but it bends toward justice.” bgsu.edu/beyondthedream ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Together, we do the community justice. ablelaw.org | lawolaw.org 19SA8152 The Toledo Journal • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • Page 9 Black History The critical role of education in the history of African Americans, Part l

By Jennifer Gamble-Theard, Even in parts of the hood public schools, there leaders in every field. M. Ed., ASALH Historian antebellum north, educa- is a lack of resources, en- For more than a century, tion was discouraged for dured overcrowding, a sig- African Americans sought Dr. Carter G. Woodson Blacks. The schools that nificant racial achievement to ensure access to equal once wrote: “If you teach a were relegated to Black gap and policies that fail to educational opportunity. Negro that he has accom- communities in the north deliver substantive oppor- With knowledge of the ju- plished as much good as were mostly inadequate tunities. Tragically, many dicial system, young, edu- any other race he will as- and lacked many basic re- poorly performing schools cated Blacks fought unre- pire to equality and justice sources. serve as a “pipeline to lenting legal challenges of Richest Person without regard to race.” Whether due to laws, prison” for some of today’s segregated public schools. Having experienced a politics or practices, ra- youth. Those school cases lack of education while he cially segregated schools Even here in St Peters- gave the impetus that was in History is a was a young child, Wood- remained the norm in burg, some of our neigh- needed in the ongoing son understood very well America during the Recon- borhood schools have struggle for civil rights, so- the implications that were struction Era (1865-1877) been labeled “failure facto- cial equality and racial jus- Black Man ries.” A lack of money and tice in the United States. resources from the Pinel- There are so many ele- Submitted las County School Board ments that depict a more over a period of about complete picture of the History's wealthiest person is a Black man named eight years had a negative critical role of education Mansa Musa, who was an emperor of the West Afri- effect on students’ aca- in the history of African can kingdom of Mali from the year 1312 and 1337. demic performance and Americans. This article will He was worth more than $400 billion, making him the social behavior. be continued in order to number one richest person in history... period! How Yet, African-American present a detailed devel- he obtained his wealth history can remind us that opment of how far Black Well, Musa's empire extended from the Atlantic we have been resilient to education has come, and Ocean to the Niger River - a distance of more than pitfalls that have plagued how much further we must 2,500 miles. According to 100 Amazing Facts About our pursuit of knowledge. go. the Negro by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., his territory was It’s important to know our Education is a means to contained the world's largest depositories of both salt history so we can become empowerment and there- and gold. more aware of what we fore addressing the crisis He inherited the land when his predecessor, Abuba- must do to overcome the in black education should kari II, never returned from a risky expedition across current barriers of neglect be considered one of the the Atlantic ocean. But his wealth was more than just and lack of resources in most important goals in an inheritance. He was also a clever business man our schools. America’s past, present who helped open key trading routes to North Africa. After the Civil War, there and future. A visionary was the rise of education- Jennifer Gam- Musa is also known for introducing West Africa to associated with the deni- through the 20th century al institutions for Black ble-Theard, M.Ed. is a an architect and poet named Abu Ishaq al-Sahili, who al of access to education. and in many places today. youths. Black colleges retired Pinellas County was the first to start building domed palaces to Mali's After a keen observation In the 21st century, crit- and universities were es- educator in the study of skyline. This made the city look futuristic, and attract- of how slavery and its af- ical problems in Black tablished throughout the history and language. She ed tourists and investors from all over the world. termath affected the mul- education have grown south as well as a few is also the historian for the He also launched diplomatic relations with the titude of Black people in significantly in urban northern and mid-western St. Petersburg Branch of nearby African country of Morocco, which brought America, he called atten- neighborhood schools. It’s Border States. It was in ASALH. even more wealth to his empire. tion to the critical situation the same old problem that those halls of higher learn- This article was original- But his biggest win, according to one historian, was that had resulted from dates back to the “sepa- ing that educated the ar- ly published in The Weekly that of being able to succeed despite living in a world persistently imposed racial rate but equal” doctrine. chitects of freedom move- Challenger. of racism and prejudice - which often held other lead- barriers to education. In many urban neighbor- ments and cultivated Black ers back from attaining their financial goals. The “crisis” in Black ed- ucation first began in the days of slavery when it was against the law for slaves to learn how to read and write. From the 1600s to the late 1800s, educat- ing Black people–both en- slaved and free–was often discouraged, and eventu- ally made illegal in many of the southern states. With the exception of Maryland and Kentucky, all slave states prohibited educating the enslaved. The rationale was that lit- eracy was a threat to the institution of slavery or a threat to jobs in northern states. In spite of Anti-Literacy Laws that had been es- tablished by state govern- ments, there were slaves that learned to read and write. They were pas- sionate about learning as much as they could from those who were willing to teach them, and some were even self-taught with knowledge obtained from reading the Bible. Slaves had to hide away so as not to get caught learning to read and write, and they had little resourc- es on hand. At times, those who taught the slaves risked their own safety with threats of harsh beatings and imprisonment. Black History Page 10 • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal UT Excel sponsors 35th Annual Conference For Aspiring Minority Youth

By Michael Daniels youth of today. Like most face as they venture into Keynote speaker, Dr. sulting LLS'. He has writ- superintendent, brought Journal Staff Reporter of us, when we dream our the world to pursue their Terrell Strayhorn drove ten over 10 books and is students from hisTPS dreams, we only dream goals in life. Understand- this messages home internationally recognized program called, 'Young On January 26, The the good things. We nev- ing that those situations even more during his as a student success Men and Young Women University of Toledo's of- er imagine something bad which seem impossible address, telling the stu- scholar and the foremost of Excellence,' a peer to fice of Toledo Excel and might happen, or some- to solve at the time and dents, “You must learn authority on issues of eq- peer mentorship group. the UT Joint Committee thing or someone may try try to block your way how to persist. Persisting uity and diversity. Dr. Durant said, “I try presented the 35th Annu- to stand in our way. For can be overcome with requires us as aspiring Following Dr. Stray- to get our students in- al Conference for Aspir- many this is knowledge persistence and sheer minority youths to be will- horn, in the second ses- volved in community ing Minority Youth. This that only comes with age determination is valu- ing to change and adjust sion of the program, was activities so they can year’s theme was, 'On- and experience. able knowledge. Know- to our environment. You speaker and UT grad- become a part of the ward and Upward, Per- This year’s confer- ing these facts and other must persist through bar- uate Christopher Scott community, and one day sisting Through Barriers ence sought to give the methods of survival is riers.” who showcased his new contribute even more and Obstacles'. young folks a heads up, definitely an advantage in Adding, “Someday you book, “7 Secrets to Sur- to the community as Indeed, a fitting topic as well as, solutions to life and that was the mes- will encounter something viving College.” Mr. Scott an adult. We want our for the ambitious minority the problems they might sage of the day. or someone, who tries to who has a Masters of Ed- youths as well as all keep from reaching your ucation Degree said, 'I'm youths to continue to as- goals. You must under- here today to uplift and pire. We are TPS proud stand that you must not teach our high school and very excited to be let anything or anyone and college bound stu- here today.” come in between you dents the 7 secrets that Toledo Excel was es- and that, which you are it takes to navigate col- tablished in 1988 and designed to do. Persist lege and be successful in is a community project through the barrier and this world. I say take no bringing various groups discover your why. Why losses in life. Mr. Scott is together for a common you are here and what the founder of Reach to purpose. That purpose you are designed for and Teach National, an or- is to help underrep- find your inner light. As ganization that provides resented students in- we pursue our greatness motivational service to cluding African, Asian, in the face obstacles and youth across the country. Hispanic and Native barriers never forget that An estimated crowd Americans go to college, deep inside if us there of over 350, seventh be successful there and is a light that will always through 12th grade graduate. be there, and even in our students, parents and The first Annual Con- darkest hour we must members of the commu- ference for Aspiring Mi- turn inside and connect nity attended this annual nority Youth was held in with that light and let that free event. 1985 and continues to PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL light shine,” he said. Knowing that his stu- grow in popularity ever (Left to right) David Young Director Toledo Excel, Keynote Speaker Ter- Dr. Strayhorn is the dents would benefit from since. rell Strayhorn Ph. D, Marie L. Bush, Ph. D.,Mistress of Ceremonies Alexis Founding Chief Execu- the Excel program, Dr. The current Director tive Officer of, 'Do Good Romulus Durant, Tole- of Toledo Excel is David Means, Lydia Myrick Group XXVIII Toledo Excel and Toledo Council Wom- Works Educational Con- do Public Schools (TPS) Young. an Yvonne Harper.

PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL Keynote Speaker Terrell Strayhorn Ph. D. conferring with David Young TPS Superintendent/CEO Dr. Romules Durant (3rd from right) brought Director of Toledo Excel after 35th Annual Conference for Aspiring Minori- his group of TPS students, The Young Men of Excellence to the Aspiring ty Youth.. Minority Youth Conference.

PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL PHOTO CREDIT / TOLEDO JOURNAL The Bowsher High School Chapter of Young Women of Excellence at- Second Session Speaker UT grad, Christopher Scott with his book, 7 Se- tend Aspiring Minority Youth Conference. crets to Surviving College The Toledo Journal • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • Page 11 Black History Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman to Have Statues in Maryland State House Submitted cording to The Baltimore and Mr. Douglass, we need of representation, we try to “We want a place where By Micha Green Sun. “But there has been a to do it the right way,” Ivey go back to source material,” students walk from the critical component missing wrote in a letter to the board he said. Senate chamber, have the Some of the most nation- inside the walls of the State according to a Baltimore Sun StudioEIS also did a picture taken with George ally recognized Marylanders House: the important contri- report. George Washington statue Washington, walk over to the happen to be Black, were butions of African-Americans Board member Franchot that stands in the Maryland House chamber and have slaves and made a huge to that story. These statues agreed with Ivey and felt State House, which is part their picture taken with Fred- impact on American histo- will fill that missing gap and that a Maryland artist would of the reason their services erick Douglass and Harriet ry; yet they’re just now get- I’m pleased to see this project have been a stronger option were recommended again. Tubman, which is important ting statues in the Maryland moving forward,” said Busch, as well. “I’ve measured George because — guess what — State House. Abolitionists who has been advocating for “Couldn’t we find a very Washington’s clothing. I’ve Maryland rejected the 13th, Frederick Douglass and Har- the statues since 2016. talented sculptor right here riet Tubman, who famously The Department of General in Maryland?” Franchot said. helped over 300 slaves es- Services recommended that Maryland Senate Presi- cape the South into free- $575,000 be awarded to The dent Thomas V. Mike Miller dom, will be memorialized in Christman Co. of Sterling, (D-27, Calvert County) ex- the Old House of Delegates Va., which would be contrac- pressed his concern in the Chamber, and while people tually responsible for com- length of time it will take the are pleased about the deci- pleting the statues in 390 company to construct the sion, some lawmakers are days. A sculptor from Studi- statue. critical of how the statues oEIS, a firm from Brooklyn, “I’ve been asking for them are coming to be. NY will be tasked with the for two years,” Miller said, The Maryland Board of creation of the statues. who had been advocating Public Works, which in- Despite the excitement for the statues with Busch. cludes Gov. Larry Hogan (R), surrounding the decision to “They were supposed to be Comptroller Peter Franchot erect the bronze memorials, ready and installed in March. (D) and Treasurer Nancy certain lawmakers were con- They tell me it’s going to be Kopp (D), voted 3-0 to erect cerned with the businesses another year. What kind of statues in honor of Douglass the state is choosing for the nonsense is that?” and Tubman. project as well as the time Ivan Schwartz, director Maryland House of Dele- the pieces will take to con- and founder of StudioEIS, gates speaker Michael Bus- struct. who plans to present designs photographed some of Fred- 14th and 15th Amendment,” ch (D- District 30A, Anne Del. R. Julian Ivey (D- of the statue next month erick Douglass’ clothing,” Miller said according to The Arundel County) remarked 47A, Prince George’s Coun- when he meets with Gener- Schwartz said, about his pro- Baltimore Sun. “They denied on the importance of includ- ty) raised concerns about al Services Department and cess in ensuring the histori- those rights, but we want to ing Douglass and Tubman in not using a minority busi- the Maryland State Archives, cal accuracy of the statues. make sure people under- the State House. ness when considering who said the work takes time and Miller is anxious about the stand where we were then “The Maryland State to collaborate with for statue precision. construction of the statues to and where we are today.” House tells the story of our construction. “You have to do it well,” he ensure all of Maryland’s his- This article originally ap- state and our country,” Bus- “If the state of Maryland is said. “There’s a very high lev- tory is shared with those who peared in The Afro. ch said in a statement ac- going to honor Ms. Tubman el of skill and craft. In terms visit the historic State House. This Former Slave Was Making Cars Long Before Henry Ford

Submitted death, his son, Frederick Douglass RLGbuilds.com Patterson, took the reins. Although Henry Ford is often con- From Horse Carriages to Automo- sidered the father of the American biles automobile industry, many people In the early 20th century, they don’t realize that one of the first shifted their focus to automobiles. We’re In This Together. manufacturers of automobiles in Their first car rolled off the produc- America was a former slaved named tion line in 1915. The Rudolph Libbe Group is proud Charles Richard Patterson from Although the small size of the to be a valued resource and lasting Ohio. company prevented growth to the partner to the communities where Getting started mass-production levels which saw we live and work. Patterson was a slave in West Vir- Henry Ford grow into a household ginia before he escaped to freedom name, the company did expand out in Ohio prior to the Civil War. Once to the manufacturing of trucks and in the north, he bought into a black- buses as well. smith business before ultimately Due to the limited production of taking over control of the company. Patterson-Greenfield automobiles Their line of horse-drawn carriage and their unique history, they are began production in the 1860's, and now highly sought after additions to Patterson continued his work on any classic car collection. carriages until his passing. After his Religion/Family Page 12 • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief history of gospel music’s evolution

By Robert Stephens Professor of World Music, University of Connecticut THE CONVERSATION The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony of Virginia in 1619 after being force- fully removed from their natural environments left much behind, but their rhythms associated with music-making journeyed with them across the At- lantic. Many of those Afri- cans came from cultures where the mother tongue was a tonal language. That is, ideas were con- veyed as much by the inflection of a word as by the word itself. Melody,

as we typically think of As my research con- centuries by enslaved example, to make sure it, took a secondary role firms, eventually, the Africans. Richard Allen it would be accepted and rhythm assumed melding of African rhyth- published a hymnal in by those from whom he major importance. mic ideas with Western 1801 entitled “A Collec- expected to raise mon- For the enslaved Afri- musical ideas laid the tion of Spirituals, Songs ey, primarily from whites cans, music – rhythm in foundation for a genre of and Hymns,” some of who attended their per- particular – helped forge African-American music, which he wrote himself. formances. a common musical con- in particular spirituals His spirituals were in- As with spirituals, sciousness. In the under- and, later, gospel songs. fused with an African ap- the gospel singers’ in- Can I personalize my funeral service? standing that organized Spirituals: A jour- proach to music-making, timate relationship with Absolutely, in fact, we recommend it. After all, the fu- sound could be an effec- ney including communal par- God’s living presence neral is a celebration of life. Funeral directors are happy tive tool for communica- John Gibb St. Clair ticipation and a rhythmic remained at the core as to discuss all options and ensure your funeral is tailored to tion, they created a world Drake, the noted black approach to music-mak- reflected in titles like “I your wishes. It may be personalized in many unique ways. of sound and rhythm to anthropologist, points ing with Christian hymns Had a Talk with Jesus,” Contact us at (419) 255-7682 to explore the possibilities. Why should we have a public viewing? chant, sing and shout out that during the years and doctrines. Stories “He’s Holding My Hand” There are many reasons to view the deceased. It is part about their conditions. of slavery, Christianity found in the Old Testa- and “He Has Never Left of many cultural and ethnic traditions, and many grief spe- Music was not a singular in the U.S. introduced ment were a source for Me Alone.” cialists believe that viewing aids the grief process, by help- act, but permeated every many contradictions that their lyrics. They focused He Never Has Left Me ing the bereaved recognize the reality of death. Viewing is aspect of daily life. were contrary to the reli- on heaven as the ulti- Alone. even encouraged for children, as long as it is their desire to In time, versions of gious beliefs of Africans. mate escape. The rise of gospel do so, and the process is explained well. these rhythms were at- For most Africans the Spread of spiritu- Gospel songs – while Why do we need an obituary notice? tached to work songs, concepts of sin, guilt and als maintaining certain as- It is helpful to friends and the community to have an obit- field hollers and street the afterlife, were new. After emancipation in pects of the spirituals uary notice published announcing the death and type of cries, many of which In Africa, when one 1863, as African-Ameri- such as hope and affir- service to be held. A notice can be placed in a local news- were accompanied by sinned, it was a mere cans moved throughout mation – also reflected paper, or on the Internet. dance. The creators of annoyance. Often, an the United States, they and affirmed a personal these forms drew from animal sacrifice would carried – and modified relationship with Jesus, Send your question to: The Toledo Journal an African cultural in- allow for the sin to be – their cultural habits as the titles “The Lord P.O. Box 12559, Toledo, Ohio 43606 ventory that favored forgiven. In the New and ideas of religion Jesus Is My All and All,” c/o Ask Your Funeral Directors communal participation Testament, however, and songs with them to “I’m Going to Bury My- and call and response Jesus dismissed sacri- northern regions. self in Jesus’ Arms” and singing wherein a leader fice for the absolution of Later chroniclers of “It Will Be Alright” sug- C. BROWN FUNERAL HOME AND PRE-NEED CENTER 1629 Nebraska Avenue presented a musical call sin. The Christian tenet spirituals, like George gest. Tel. 255-7682 Fax: 255-5981 that was answered by a of sin guided personal White, a professor of The rise of gospel www.cbrownfuneralhome.com group response. behavior. This was pri- music at Fisk Universi- song was also tied to Professional Service with Dignity A cornfield holler. marily the case in north- ty, began to codify and the second major Afri- ern white churches in share them with audienc- can-American migration the U.S. where the be- es who, until then, knew that occurred at turn of lief was that all people very little about them. On the 20th century, when should be treated equal- Oct. 6, 1871, White and many moved to north- ly. In the South many be- the Fisk Jubilee Singers ern urban areas. By the lieved that slavery was launched a fundraising 1930s, the African-Amer- justified in the Bible. tour for the university ican community was ex- This doctrine of sin, that marked the formal periencing changes in which called for equali- emergence of the Afri- religious consciousness. ty, became central to the can-American spiritual New geographies, new preaching of the Baptist into the broader Ameri- realities and new expec- and Methodist churches. can culture and not re- tations became the stan- In 1787, reacting to ra- stricted to African-Amer- dard of both those with cial slights at St. George ican churches. long-standing residence Methodist Episcopal Their songs became in the North and the re- Church in Philadelphia, a form of cultural pres- cently arrived. two clergymen, Absalom ervation that reflected For the former, there Jones and Richard Allen, the changes in the reli- was little desire to re- followed by a number of gious and performance tain what some called blacks left and formed practices that would “corn-shucking” songs, the African Methodist appear in gospel songs songs associated with Episcopal Church. in the 1930s. For exam- plantation life. New ar- The new church pro- ple, White modified the rivals, however still wel- vided an important home way the music was per- comed the jubilant fervor for the spiritual, a body of formed, using harmo- continued on page 14 songs created over two nies he constructed, for The Toledo Journal, February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 - Page 13 THE TOLEDO JOURNAL TO PLACE ADS CALL (419) 472-4521 or email: [email protected], [email protected] NOW ACCEPTING: OFFICE HOURS: MON-TUE 9-noon & 1-5, THUR-FRI 9-noon & 1-5 Closed Wed You Can Use Your Debit Card, Mastercard or Visa Deadline Friday 4:30 pm CLASSIFIEDS For Placing Classifieds FOR RENT HELP WANTED HELP WANTED PROPOSALS/BIDS

APARTMENTS CITY OF MAUMEE, OHIO NATURAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS 30 LOCATIONS Section 8 Welcome EXAMINATION FOR POLICE OFFICER RESOURCES TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PORT Studio from $395 CONSERVATION AUTHORITY 1bdrm from $425 The Maumee Civil Service Commission announces ASSISTANT TOLEDO, OHIO 2bdrm from $425 an open non-competitive examination for the posi- 3bdrm from $550 tion of entry-level police officer for the City of Metroparks Toledo has NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Sealed Bids will Call 419-259-0619 Maumee, Ohio. Purpose of this examination is to openings for seasonal be received by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Au- Text 419-721-6490 establish an eligibility list for police officer. Natural Resources thority for all labor, material, insurance, and equip- Conservation Assis- ment necessary for the Superior Street Parking RENT TO OWN REQUIREMENTS: Applicants shall be at least 21 tants. Must be 18 or Structure Restoration 2019 project located at 334 years of age and less than 36 years of age onApril Houses Rent To Own older with high school N. Superior Street, Toledo, Ohio 43605, in accor- 30, 2019, must be a citizen of the United States, 1brm, $325 + util diploma or equivalent dance with the approved plans and specifications. OPOTA certified, and have an associate degree or 2brm, $350 + util and valid driver’s li- The engineer’s estimate for the base bid is approxi- equivalent from an accredited college or university. 3brm, $365 + util cense. $11.00/hr. Some mately $339,300.00 and alternate bid 1 is approxi- For info and/or tour, The minimum equivalent is 96 quarter hours or 61 training or coursework mately $177,975.00. Call Toll free semester hours. in environmental sci- 1-877-850-2143 ences or natural re- Bids will be received at the Port Authority’s admin- EXAM:Full testing services for the position of po- sources management istrative offices at One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, OH FOR RENT lice officer isthrough National Testing Network, Inc., preferred. Some out- 43604 until Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at 10:00 at a cost of $49.00 to each candidate. To fill out an door work experience AM, at which time and place all bids will be publicly application and schedule a test, go to NORTHGATE with natural systems, opened and read aloud. APARTMENTS www.nationaltestingnetwork.com, select Law En- forestry or horticulture forcement and sign up for the City of Maumee Po- 610 Stickney Avenue preferred. Go to Plans, Specifications, Instructions to Proposers, and lice Division. Toledo, Ohio www.MetroparksToledo.com Forms of Proposal and Contract are on file and may 43604 to view detailed position be obtained by either (1) obtaining hard copies from SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:A notarizedCity 419-729-7118 description and job re- Becker Impressions, 4646 Angola Road, Toledo, OH of Maumee employment application and copies of: quirements. Must apply 43615, phone 419.385.5303, during normal busi- OPOTA Certification, College Transcripts, Birth *Now accepting online. EOE ness hours, or (2) ordering from Becker Impres- Certificate and Driver’s License must be sent to: applications for One sions, via their website www.beckerplanroom.com City of Maumee, Civil Service Commission, 400 and Two bedroom LEAD NATURAL at the cost of reproduction. Conant Street, Maumee, OH 43537. Application Apartment Homes* RESOURCES and documentation must be received by: April 26, Senior Community for Please note that there will be a pre-bid meeting for 2019. Exam must be taken by April 30, 2019. CONSERVATION persons 55 years and ASSISTANT this project for all prospective bidders on Wednes- older. Rent is based on day, February 6, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Port For a complete notice and/or to obtain a City of income. Our Activity Authority’s administrative offices at One Maritime Maumee employment application, go Metroparks Toledo has and Service Coordina- Plaza, 7th floor, Toledo, OH 43604. Attendance is to:www.maumee.org. openings for Lead Natu- tors are on site. Heat suggested, but not necessary. Please submit all The City of Maumee is an Equal Employment ral Resources Conser- included. Chauffeured questions to the Port Authority, Tina Perkins at Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. vation Assistant. Must transportation to be 18 or older with high [email protected] by Friday, February 8, nearby shopping and 2019 at 10 AM local time. Additional information can HELP WANTED school diploma or banks available. Call equivalent and valid be found at www.toledoport.org 419-729-7118 for driver’s license. $12.25/ details. GROUNDS MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT hr. Up to 40 hours per Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority week. Some training or Paul L. Toth, Jr., P.E., President & CEO Metroparks Toledo has a great opportunity for you coursework in environ- to join our team! We currently have openings for mental sciences or Equal Housing seasonal maintenance staff. If you are going to natural resources man- February 9, 1906: Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first Opportunity/Equal work, why not do it in the beautiful outdoors. Must agement required. African-American to gain national eminence as a poet, Opportunity Employer be 18 or older with high school diploma or equiva- Some outdoor work ex- dies. lent and valid driver’s license. Graduating high perience with natural COVENANT school seniors may apply if 18 years of age or older. systems, forestry or hor- February 12, 1909: NAACP founded HOUSE $9.00/hr. Duties include cleaning and facility and ticulture required. Go to APARTMENTS grounds maintenance. Employment varies through www.MetroparksToledo.com February 7, 1926: Negro History week originated December based on need. Must enjoy working One & Two Bedroom to view detailed position by Carter G. Woodson is observed for the first time. outdoors and be able to learn to use power tools Apartments descriptions and job re- and equipment. Go to www.MetroparksToledo.com Immediate Openings quirements. Must apply Now to March 10, 1959: Dr.and Mrs. King spend a to view the job description, position requirements 702 N. Erie Street online. EOE month in India studying Gandhi’s techniques of non- and apply online. EOE Beautiful Apartment violence as guests of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Homes, Utilities Nehru. Dr. King resigns as pastor of Dexter Avenue Included. FAMOUS BLACK FACTS & QUOTES Orangeburg. Baptist Church to focus full-time on the civil rights Reduced Security movement. February 12, 1983: Pia- Deposit February 11, 1644: First Black legal protest in “Real education means to inspire people to live more nist Eubie Blake dies. LMHA Vouchers America. abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it Accepted and make it better...” February 10, 1992: Alex CALL TODAY February 12, 1809: Abraham Lincoln born in Hardin Carter G. Woodson Haley, renowned (419) 243-2334 County, Ky. “It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to February 6, 1993: Ten- February 9, 1906: Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first be either at the bottom, top, or in between...We will nis player Arthur Ashe African-American to gain national eminence as a go where the internal drive carries us like everybody dies. Ashe was the first poet, dies. else. It is up to the individual.” African American to win THE TOLEDO JOURNAL Zora Neale Hurston, 1942 at Wimbledon STILL THE LEADER February 12, 1909: NAACP founded AMONG AFRICAN “Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and February 7, 2006: AMERICAN READERS February 7, 1926: Negro History week originated work of our own hands. No other human power can Coretta Scott King first by Carter G. Woodson is observed for the first time. accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it interred at King Center. will be so.” 97.1% Now to March 10, 1959: Dr.and Mrs. King spend a Martin R.Delany, 1852 month in India studying Gandhi’s techniques of non- February 11, 1644: First OF HOUSEHOLDS violence as guests of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Black legal protest in “It ain’t nothing to find no starting place in the world. REGULARLY RECEIVE Nehru. Dr. King resigns as pastor of Dexter Avenue America. You just start from where you find yourself.” THE TOLEDO JOURNAL Baptist Church to focus full-time on the civil rights August Wilson movement. February 12, 1809: CALL US (419) Abraham Lincoln born in “Why pose and posture a self that is other than you, 472-4521or February 8, 1968: Three South Carolina State stu- Hardin County, Ky. when I know your true name.” [email protected] dents are killed during segregation protest in Leon Forrest Entertainment/Advice Page 14 • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal Ask Alma Ask Dr. Sam

Hey Alma, I met a great guy on- line. We talked for a long time be- fore we met and really got a chance Love is powerful to know each other. He is funny and kind and I totally enjoy being with Commentary: him. He’s tall and handsome and Most people want to experi- has a great job working for the gov- ence true love, but what does that ernment. He has a condo and a nice mean? Love is powerful. Love will car. I mean, he has it going on. We make you do things you wouldn’t have the same mutual interest and do under normal circumstances. I really want to see us work it out, Love is more than being in a rela- but there’s one thing. He has terri- tionship, it’s a 24-hour commitment ble gaps in his teeth and some are to your love. crooked. When he smiles, he looks Love is powerful, love is a choice, homeless. I know he has insurance it will make you commit to your because he has a professional job. partners well- being, their health, I don’t want to stop seeing him, but dreams, happiness, mistakes, vic- I can’t stand it when he opens his tories and making their life better. mouth. What do you think I should Love is powerful because it doesn’t judge you on past mistakes, bad Dr. Samuel L. Mallette, III do? www.sammallette.com 419.972.1SAM Mizz LaRose decisions or unauthorized entry. It Hey Mizz LaRose, loves you in the here and now. Love will always look at you from You ain’t said nothing but a word. I good, things that mattered before the end back to the beginning. Un- cannot tolerate a man with a jacked don’t matter that much. The eu- derstand the greatest love always up grill. I know dental costs are ex- phoria that love brings is unbeliev- starts from God and ends up in pensive, but if your car and your widow, who raised her only son and able you will feel it. Lori when love you. If you ever come across your home are plaaya, how in the world everyone else on the block. She’s comes your way, write me and let one true love you will understand can you walk around with tic-tac-toe the nicest woman you could ever me know what happens. Love is love is powerful. teeth? What a super turn off. meet and has helped single mothers powerful. Question 1) Now, let me back step a minute and in our area with childcare for years. For answers to “Ask Sam,” Dear Dr. Sam, I have never been say, I do admire your persistence I lost my mother when I was young, speaking engagements, or ques- in love before, but I am waiting on and ability to focus on all the posi- so I’ve really enjoyed the bond that tions and responses go to drsam- the day it will come into my life. My tives, he has to offer and not dwell we share. She recently told me that, [email protected] check out question is what should I expect on a negative that can be corrected. “I’ll always be her daughter-in-law our site for everything from new when it comes? (Lori, 36) I also agree with you, he should (DIL) no matter what.” I’ve always updates, consulting, relationships, Answer) have insurance, but maybe he’s shopped, cooked her meals and tak- business, sex, manhood, em- Lori, when loves comes it will afraid. You know many people are, en her to her doctor appointments, powering women, education, and show up in so many ways. For ex- surveys show 75 percent of Amer- but I understand this has to stop. My health/wellness just to name a few. ample, you will feel empowered, icans admit to being afraid of the ex and his new wife should take care www.thedrsamshow.us free, and divine. Everything looks dentist. Let’s help him get past that. of her now, although I don’t see that You gotta tell him, cause you really happening. My problem is, now that like him. In a nice way, there’s no my ex is remarried, I want to step need to be brutal or hurtful. Have him out of the way when it comes to my over for dinner, or go out, whichever mother-in-law (MIL). How do I get African rhythms you prefer. At the end of the evening, them to recognize their responsibil- continued from page 12 after the kiss, right before the good- ity to step up and start taking care of bye, hand him a card to your dental his mother? and emotionalism of camp meetings and harmonies but had the added fea- office. Mention you just recently had — Robin and revivals that included, among ture of using his feet to play the bass your teeth cleaned and your dentist Dear Robin, other things, the ring shout, a form of as well. This enhanced the players’ is looking for new patients. Use the I hear you Robin, but I don’t be- singing that in its original form includ- ability to control melody, harmony and word “we” not “you” as you continue lieve you. You don’t wanna let go, ed singing while moving in a counter- rhythm through one source. with, “We all need to keep up with our nor should you. You love your MIL clockwise circle often to a stick-beat- The Hammond became an indis- dental hygiene.” Boom, there you like you would your birth mother, and ing rhythm. pensable companion to the sermon go. If he goes, then he’s interested that’s fantastic. What a blessing you The 1930’s were also the era of in getting the work done. If not, he two are for one another. Sadly, your Thomas A. Dorsey, the father of gos- doesn’t mind the way his teeth look marriage didn’t last but your obliga- pel music. Dorsey began his cam- or again, he may be afraid. Give him tion to family remains unmovable. paign to make gospel acceptable in a few weeks and check on his prog- Maintaining your role as a stepmoth- church after the tragic death of his ress. If the relationship is still on the er and DIL was not an easy task, I’m wife and child. A former bluesman The Hammond became an right track, tell him you’re going to sure. There’s a reason you did and who performed under the name of indispensable companion to make his appointment and go with it’s bigger than you and your ex-hus- Georgia Tom, Dorsey, after his tragic the sermon and the musical him, providing the encouragement band. loss, rededicated his life to the church. “ foundation of the shout and and support he needs. Remind him, Listen, the truth of the matter is His first gospel song published was “If girl, how handsome he is and how the new DIL is not interested in car- You See My Savior.” He went on to praise breaks. Solo pieces professional he’ll look when this sit- ing for her MIL or she would have publish 400 gospel songs, with the within the service imitated the uation is corrected. Oh, and after his stepped up or paid someone to do best known being “Take My Hand, rhythms of traditional hymns “ teeth are repaired, don’t forget to it by now. In the same breathe, your Precious Lord.” in blues-infused styles that kiss him every time he flashes that ex couldn’t find his mother in the for- Thomas A. Dorsey discuss- great big beautiful smile. est for the trees and that ain’t gonna es his gospel song “Precious created a musical sermon, a Dear Alma, change any time soon. When and if Lord.” practice still common in gospel I was married for 12 years. I raised your ex and his new misses want to Dorsey was also one of the founders performances. our son and his twin daughters from make a change, they’ll let you know. of the first gospel chorus in Chicago, his first marriage. When we separat- I’m sure both don’t find it broken, and, with associates, chartered the ed and divorced I was heartbroken. so there’s no need to fix it, at least National Convention of Gospel Choirs But all the children remained with not for now. Not to mention, your and Choruses, the precursor to gos- me. They are adults now, all finished MIL probably wouldn’t welcome the pel groups in today’s black churches. college, married with children and change anyways. That’s why she Gospel song and the Ham- and the musical foundation of the living wonderful lives of their own. told you your role, in her heart, will mond organ shout and praise breaks. Solo pieces I’ve never remarried. Recently after remain the same. In the ‘30s black gospel churches in within the service imitated the rhythms all these years my ex-husband mar- I say, continue to be her caregiver. the North originally, began using the of traditional hymns in blues-infused ried a very young woman. It works I know this isn’t ideal, but it’s doable. Hammond organ, which had been styles that created a musical sermon, well for the local political life that he Do it out of love for family, not as a newly invented, in services. This trend a practice still common in gospel per- lives. He has a high-ranking position favor to your ex. Your MIL is in her quickly spread to St. Louis, Detroit, formances. with the city and is constantly busy 80’s, commit to loving her delightful- Philadelphia and beyond. The Ham- Gospel’s journey continues today and on the go. Because of his ca- ly for the rest of her days. I promise mond was introduced in 1935 as a producing musicians of extraordinary reer, I’ve always remained close to you, your heart will be glad you did. cheaper version of the pipe organ. dedication who continue to carry the his mother, who is in her late 80’s, a To: [email protected] A musician could now play melodies word. The Toledo Journal • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • Page 15 Auto/Sports Louisville airport renamed in honor of Muhammad Ali City officials expect the name change will attract tourists to the city

By Frederick H. Lowe port, the worldwide hub gion of the globe to pay BlackmansStreet.Today of United Parcel Service their respects to their or UPS.. champion,” said Donald Louisville, Kentucky’s The Kentucky Air Lassere, president and International Airport National Guard’s 123 CEO of the Muhammad has been renamed the Airlift Wing operates Ali Center. Louisville Muhammad C-130 transport aircraft He meant a lot to al- Ali International Airport from the co-located Lou- most everyone. in honor of Muhammad isville Air National Guard My brother, Karl, Ali, a Louisville native, Base. called me in Chicago to three-time heavyweight During the Kentucky ask if I had attended his boxing champ and a Derby’s derby week, funeral since I had met world-renown figure who which begins April 27, “The Champ” twice and caused people to stop in the airport fills up with introduced my brother to their tracks, reach out to private jets flying in the him. touch him, or just stand wealthy to Louisville to The acceptance of happily in his glow. watch and bet on horses Muhammad Ali’s name The list of his fans in- at Churchill Downs. The and Muhammad Ali as cluded young black men actual race is scheduled person is significant. who wanted to emulate for May 4 this year. In 1960 at the Olym- his boxing style, old- “Muhammad Ali be- pics in Rome, he took er black men who took longed to the world, but home the Gold Medal pride in his unabashed he only had one home- after winning the heavy- confidence, boasting “I town, and fortunately, weight championship. am the Greatest,” and that is our great city of With pride, he wore anti-Vietnam War activ- Louisville. Muhammad the medal around his ists who respected his became one of the most neck. A Louisville courageous refusal to be well-known people to restaurant, however, re- inducted into military and ever walk the Earth fused to serve him be- fight in a war he abhorred and has left a legacy of cause he was black. Ali, and deemed racist. humanitarianism that then known as Cassius world heavyweight title. from other publications the 15-round fight, asking, Ali could even call has inspired billions of Clay, angrily threw his The Honorable Elijah refused to call him Mu- “What’s my name?” Leonid Brezhnev, presi- people,” Mayor Fischer gold medal into the Ohio Muhammad of the Na- hammad Ali. And even Toward the end of his dent of the Soviet Union, said. “It is important we, River. tion of Islam renamed some blacks dismissed life, sportswriters still a fan. A smiling Brezh- as a city, further champi- However, it was a Clay Muhammad Ali. He his newly adopted name. didn’t respect him. nev met with Ali for 35 on The Champ’s legacy white Louisville busi- told me that Clay was a Boxer Ernie Terrell re- He begin to slur his minutes in 1978 at the and the airport renam- nessmen who invested slave owner and blacks fused to call him Muham- words, a sign of Parkin- Kremlin in Moscow. ing is a wonderful next in Ali as he moved to the were given the last mad Ali. During a heavy- son’s Disease, which I never saw my dad, step.” top of profession. names of their property weight championship would eventually kill Mitchell Lowe, smile so The Airport Authority Clay joined the Nation owners. boxing match in 1967 at him. Some sportswriters much as when Brezhnev Board signed an agree- of Islam in 1964 after he The Chicago Tribune, the Astrodome in Houston, maligned him, saying he met Ali. It was as though ment with Muhammad defeated the heavy favor- The New York Times Ali verbally taunted the was addicted to heroin. he and other black men Ali Enterprises LLC for ite Sonny Liston for the and other sports writers overmatched Terrell during had met one of the use of his name. most-powerful men in Lonnie Ali, his widow, the world. said, “I am proud the C MIKE COLBERT ERTI GOOD CREDIT? Louisville Mayor Greg Louisville Regional Air- FIED HAS A DEAL PRE-O Fischer on Thursday port Authority and the WNED announced Louisville VEH BAD CREDIT? City of Louisville are ICLES Regional Airport Author- supportive of changing FOR YOU! ity voted on Wednesday the name of the Louis- NO CREDIT? to rename the airport in ville International Airport FIRST TIME BUYER? honor of Muhammad Ali to reflect Muhammad’s who born Cassius Mar- S impact on the city and AR cellus Clay Jr. in Lou- his love for his home- C ED IC L isville on January 17, town.” PR EL 1942. Today would have S By renaming the air- TO been his 76th birthday. port, Louisville expects A formal renaming is to boost the city’s tour- scheduled for the week ism. JEEP GRAND CHEEROKEE of June 3rd at the “I am “Adding Muhammad GRY/BLK LTHR, AWD Ali” festival, which will Ali’s name to the Lou- LOADED ! be held at the Muham- isville International Air- 2017 FORD FUSION SE mad Ali Center, Jean port reminds travelers RED/BLK, SR, LOW MILES Porter, communications from around the world REALLY SHARP ! director for Mayor Fisch- that our city is a place to er, told Blackmans- have a touchpoint with D? BON Street.Today. That’s ED A DAY one of the most-recog- NE T TO L 'OU S' when signs should be nized icons of all time,” CAL OND AILB 265 installed throughout the said Karen Williams, B 34-2 19-5 airport and on roads president and CEO of @ 4 leading to the airport. the Louisville Conven- More than 3.2 million tion and Visitors Bureau. ALL WITH LOW MILES, passengers and 4.7 When Muhammad Ali CERTIFIED PRE OWNED, FROM $ 21 - 29K! million pounds of cargo died June 3, 2016, at the GET CLEAN FOR SPRING! passed through the air- age of 74, city officials Choose from Northwest Ohio’s Best Used port in 2014. The airport learned how much he Cars. We specialize in SUPER CLEAN, has three runways and meant to the world. “Vis- 5272 Monroe Street • Toledo, OH ALMOST NEW 2009 and newer sits on 1,500 acres. The itors flocked to Louisville 419-882-7171 airport is home to World- from nearly every re- franklinparklincoln.com pre-owned vehicles. THE TOLEDO JOURNAL Page 16 • February 6, 2019 - February 12, 2019 • The Toledo Journal Students call for a City of St. Pete to honor National Voting Day Ray Charles and his song

Submitted Although Ray Charles segregation, but also at By The Weekly Challenger Robinson was born in the Bayfront Center and Georgia and is associat- at an outdoor concert at ST. PETERSBURG ed with that state because Campbell Park. — The City of St. Peters- of his classic rendition of “For all these reasons,” burg plans to declare Feb. “Georgia on My Mind,” he reads the proclamation, 15 “Ray Charles Day,” was raised in the little north “we declare Ray Charles with a proclamation and Florida town of Greenville. as an Adopted Son of St. a musical evening at The His formative years were Petersburg Florida, and Studio@620. A group of difficult. The family was his song an official song of presenters and local mu- poor. His older brother the city.” sicians will showcase the drowned. Ray lost his vi- Clark sees this, not as legacy of Ray Charles, sion. an end, but as a launch whose first recorded song He attended the St. point of creativity for the in 1950 was “The St. Pete Augustine School for the city. “We are urging the Florida Blues.” Blind, where he devel- celebration of Ray’s life While that song, also oped his musical skills. and work in images, texts called “I Met My Baby In his teenage years, he and music, on murals and There,” is no secret–you lived and worked across statues, in museums, and can find at least three ver- the state with gigs in Jack- in musical performances sions on YouTube–it has sonville, Orlando and then and festivals in his name been under-appreciated Tampa. There he was and ours.” as a musical icon of the known as R.C. Robinson. Speakers and perform- city until now. Into the 1950s and 60s, ers will include author “It may be the happiest Ray Charles became one John Capouya, Alex Harris slow blues song ever re- of America’s most versatile and His Band, The Schei- corded,” said Roy Peter performers, a singer, mu- ber Family, J.J. Pattishall, Clark, a writing teacher at sician, composer, band- Eric Deggans, Lillian Dun- the Poynter Institute, who leader and arranger. Over lap, Paul Wilborn, with a has spent two years lead- time he became master of special guest appearance ing this effort. “He meets countless musical genres: by soul artist Latimore. the girl of his dreams, right gospel, jazz, rock, country, Mark your calendars for here in St. Pete, Florida.” rhythm and blues, rocka- St. Pete Celebrates the Actually, he met the girl billy, soul. His version of Florida Legacy of “The while he was still a teen- “America the Beautiful” Genius” Ray Charles Fri- ager, living and working in has been applauded as day, Feb. 15 @ 7 p.m. at Tampa. But when it came our second National An- The Studio@620, 620 time to write the song, it them. First Ave. S. Tickets start at sounded better with the Over a half century, Ray $10. For more information, name “St. Pete.” Charles often returned to please call 727-895-6620. “Back then,” said Clark, Florida with many visits to This article originally “Tampa may have gotten St. Pete, including perfor- appeared in The Weekly the airport, the university mances at the Manhattan Challenger. and the football stadium, Casino, a venue for black but we got the song.” performers in the days of

BGSU registration deadline for Black Issues Conference featuring Shaun King , Feb. 8

Submitted In addition to the keynote luncheon, By Amber Stark the conference includes a diverse set of workshops and panel discussions BOWLING GREEN, O – A power- led by undergraduate and graduate ful line-up of speakers and events is students, faculty, administrators and scheduled for Bowling Green State member of local, regional and national University’s annual “Beyond the communities. Dream” series, which includes the 19th “The Black Issues Conference is annual Black Issues Conference. an opportunity for BGSU to share Shaun King, journalist, activist and with northwest Ohio current research writer-in-residence for Harvard Law and knowledge impacting the Afri- School’s Fair Punishment Project, can-American community on the local, will speak on “Civil Rights Today: The state, regional and national levels,” News Civil Rights Movement” at 12:30 said Ana Brown, interim director of p.m. Feb. 22 in the Lenhart Grand Ball- the Office of Multicultural Affairs. “The room at the Bowen-Thompson Student presenters come from a broad base of Union. Tickets are $35 for the general experience, from nationally recognized public and $20 for non-BGSU college speakers and activists to undergradu- students and high school students. ate students for whom this is the first Attendees must register by Feb. 8 at opportunity to share information with bgsu.edu/shaunking. an audience this size.”