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Honoring Those Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice On Memorial Day Tougaloo gala honors Chokwe Lumumba civil rights legends the new face of Jackson On the trail of Lumumba’s Peoples Platform- ‘It’s time for government to serve the people’

Roberta Flack performing her greatest hits. PHOTOS BY JAY JOHNSON

Chokwe Lumumba wins the Democratic runoff for mayoral candidate May 21, 2013. The general election will be held Tuesday, June 4. He is joined by son Chokwe Antar and daughter Rukia at the runoff celebration.

Master and Mistress of Ceremonies TV personalities Howard Ballou and Joy Redmond

(L-R) Tougaloo Board of Trustees Chairman LeRoy Walker Jr.; Tougaloo President Beverly Hogan; Honorees Dr. Herman Jack Geiger and Robert P. Moses; Reena Evers and Congressman Bennie Thompson

By Stephanie R. Jones Dr. Herman Contributing Writer Jack Geiger, Tougaloo College’s gala 50th a founder and Anniversary Celebration of the past president Civil Rights Movement paid of Physicians tribute to four people who have for Human worked to advance human and Rights. Edelman civil rights: Geiger and Marian Wright Edelman, Moses attend- founder and president of the ed the gala. Children’s Defense Fund; Mor- Edelman and ris Dees, co-founder of the Dees sent vid- Lumumba supporters filled the ballroom at the Clarion Hotel on I-55 in Jackson in high celebratory spirits. Southern Poverty Law Cen- eo messages. PHOTOS BY JAY JOHNSON ter; Robert P. Moses, founder (See photos Lumumba See photos on page 3 of The Algebra Project and on page 17) Dees Continued on page 6

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liability litigation. She worked at another has spent ($4,037 on 11 trips) and es. Some colleges are taking part in a thing they said was, `We’re going to ap- Brown nominated Jackson firm, Phelps Dunbar, more than roughly four times as much as Wright Survey: Job program in which students can sign up for peal. Don’t worry about it. We’re going to for U.S. district 14 years. has spent ($2,177 on six trips). seekers start weekly email updates from the Mississippi take care of everything,”’ he remembered. Brown graduated with a bachelor’s In her almost two years as super- Department of Employment Security. Mis- “I remember this because I said, `You judgeship in Miss. degree in architecture from Mississippi intendent, Liddell held the post on an search early sissippi College features a job-search Pin- know I’m going to need a rock.’ And they State University in 1987 and a law de- interim basis in 2011-12 and her travel terest board and Twitter posts on openings. said, `We’ll be your rock.’ I knew at that gree from the University of Mississippi expenses have totaled $18,860. Her Old-fashioned methods still work, too, point that I was going to be able to make in 1997. predecessor, Del Phillips, spent Bell said adding, “Always ask questions it,” Halat said. The U.S. Supreme Court $5,990 during his last two years as and keep looking.” denied Halat’s appeals in 2000. superintendent. Halat said even if he’s never cleared Liddell makes no For the past three years, the on earth, he’s confident God knows the apologies for time CMSD has been on “academic watch” Ex-Biloxi mayor truth. “If there is a final arbiter, and I truly or rated “D” (low performing) by the still denies role in believe that there is, I have absolutely no away Mississippi Department of Educa- doubt when I get up there that Vince and tion. The ratings for the current school killings Margaret will be standing next to him, and year will be released in September. they will embrace me,” he said. “I have no The Mississippi Legislature passed (AP) Chris Bell knew he couldn’t wait problems with final judgment. Believe me an expanded charter-school bill this until his recently completed senior year at when I tell you that.” session, which allows charter schools Millsaps College to start hunting for work The Sherrys were slain in their Biloxi Attorney Debra Brown (Photo to open in any district that is rated as or establish his credentials. The job market home on Sept. 14, 1987, in a plot involving from mslitigationreview.com) D or F. was on the upswing but still swollen with a lawyer, a Louisiana prisoner and a strip The possibility of a charter school, scores of candidates scrambling to fill each club owner. (AP) President Barack Obama on which could draw away students - and new opening. In the 1980s, Bobby Joe Fabian, Di- May 16 nominated Jackson attorney The graduate with a bachelor’s degree the state and federal funding that ac- Halat xie Mafia kingpin Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. Debra M. Brown to be a U.S. District companies each student - represents in public management did a research in- and other inmates at the Louisiana State judge for northern Mississippi. If con- a possible crisis for CMSD. Liddell ternship with a local lobbying firm. He spent (AP) Former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat, Penitentiary at Angola began running firmed, Brown would be the first African- says her frequent travels are efforts six months studying abroad in Grenoble, now free from prison, still says he had no lonely-hearts telephone scams that mainly American woman to serve as a federal to gain information that could prevent France. He helped organize a rare meet- part in a murder plot that led to him spend- targeted homosexual men who sent thou- district judge in the state, said a spokes- that possibility. ing on campus of the Jackson City Council ing almost 16 years in federal prison. Halat sands of dollars, thinking they were helping man for Mississippi’s senior U.S. sena- Martha Liddell “Every superintendent in this state and, in turn, aided in putting together a city- told WLOX-TV that he had “absolutely young men get out of minor scrapes with tor, Republican Thad Cochran. who is scoring below a “C” is worried sponsored talent-retention fair. nothing” to do with the murders of Harrison the law and join them. “I congratulate Debra Brown on her (AP) If you have tried to reach about (charter schools),” she said. He also looked for jobs amid that bustle County Circuit Judge Vincent Sherry and Fabian testified that Nix ordered the historic nomination and am hopeful the Columbus, Mississippi, Schools Su- “Certainly I’m worried about it. When of activity, landing a position as a data his wife, Margaret, in 1987. Sherry slayings because Halat had con- Senate will conduct a timely and thor- perintendent Martha Liddell at her you think about what happens to your analyst and policy consultant in the Missis- Sherry and Halat had been law partners vinced Nix that Vincent Sherry had stolen ough consideration of her qualifications office this school year, there’s a one- school district and what could hap- sippi Development Authority’s energy and starting in 1981. Halat was elected mayor some of Nix’s proceeds in the scam. Fabi- to join the federal bench,’’ Cochran said in-three chance you were told she pen, it’s absolutely worth it. It’s an natural resources division. “The market is 1989, losing a re-election bid in 1993. Halat an estimated the scam may have collected in a news release. was not in the office. In fact, there’s investment in better achievement as tough, especially if you’re not a science, was convicted in 1997 of conspiracy to $5 million. Former Biloxi strip club owner Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., also is- a one-in-three chance that Liddell we move forward. We stand to lose technology, engineering or mathematics commit racketeering, obstruction of justice, Mike Gillich was the chief prosecution wit- sued a statement praising the nominee. wasn’t even in town. a whole lot more than we gain. We major. You have to start your job search conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspira- ness when Halat and three others were “Debra Brown has a distinguished back- So far during the 2012-13 school could lose half a million dollars.” early,” said Bell, originally from Little Rock, cy to commit wire fraud. He was sentenced convicted in 1997. ground in the practice of law,’’ Wicker year, Liddell has taken 21 trips that Liddell says all of her travel has Ark. to 18 years in prison. Gillich, John Ransom, Nix and Nix’s girl- said. “She is well-regarded among a kept her out of the district for at least been for professional development, in- Class of 2013 graduates could be According to court testimony, Halat friend, Sheri LaRa Sharpe, were convicted number of people across the legal and 60 of the 180 school days this year. cluding training on the Common Core rewarded not long after leaving school, a knew about the murder plot against the in 1991 on a federal conspiracy charge. political spectrum, and I am impressed Her contemporaries in Starkville, curriculum that will be implemented in new report from CareerBuilder.com and Sherrys and failed to notify law enforce- Gillich was released from prison in July by what they say about her qualifica- Lewis Holloway, and Lowndes Coun- 2015. “Because I don’t have anything CareerRookie.com indicates. Its survey ment. “I had nothing to do with that. Abso- 2000, after serving nine years of a 20-year tions and character. I will ask the Senate ty, Lynn Wright, have made 17 trips to hide as far as transparency, I’m go- of more than 2,000 hiring and personnel lutely nothing,” Halat told WLOX. “If I would sentence, and died of cancer in April 2012. Judiciary Committee to schedule her between them and have been away ing to be honest and above board in managers nationwide states 53 percent have had anything to do with it, if I would Fabian, who had congestive heart hearing in the very near future.’’ from their districts a combined 23 whatever I do,” Liddell said. “Certainly plan to hire new and recent grads. While have known anything about it, I would have failure and other health problems, died in Brown is a shareholder in a Jackson days. I’m not saying others are not, but over that percentage is fairly flat, it’s nine per- done everything in my power to prevent it.” 2012 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary law firm, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, And in a school year in which the the years I’ve worked with other people centage points higher than in 2010. Halat said his family’s support made in Parchman. where she has worked since Janu- superintendent put all “non-essential who may not be as accurate as they Information technology, financial servic- him able to endure prison, starting with the Glen Joseph Cook, a former police of- ary 2012. The firm’s website says her spending” on hold in January, Liddell’s should be. But that’s them. I haven’t es and health care were the fields looking moments after the July 1997 guilty verdict ficer and strip club owner, was released main areas of practice have been in extensive travels have cost the district been to anything that hasn’t been re- to do the most hiring. Social media could when he was taken into custody. “My wife from prison in 2012. Cook was convicted commercial, construction and general $8,058, twice as much as Holloway lated to professional development.” help this year’s graduates in their search- and daughter came back, and the first for helping arrange the 1987 slayings. www.mississippilink.com MAy 23 - 29, 2013 THE mississippi link • 3 Congratulations Chokwe Lumumba on a successful Democratic mayoral campaign May 21, 2013 Runoff Celebration Clarion Hotel • Jackson, Miss. Photos By JAY JOHNSON AND AYESHA K. MUSTAFAA STATE

4 • the mississippi link MAy 23 - 29, 2013 www.mississippilink.com Wreath laid on civil rights battlefield, home of Medgar Evers By Stephanie R. Jones also feels good.” Contributing Writer She added, “We are here not only Fifty years ago, a house on for a celebration of Medgar’s life Gwines Street in Jackson was home but also many people whose names to one of Mississippi’s most active are not as well know - because we and influential Civil Rights leaders. must remember them. This is a time As field secretary of the Mississippi for us to join hands, remembering NAACP, Medgar Evers fought for not in anger but remembering in do- the rights of African Americans ing deeds that need to be done not to vote and to end Jim Crow laws only to bring Mississippi forward mandating segregation in the state but the rest of the country.” and helped galvanize masses. National NAACP President Ben- Also, 50 years ago June 12, 1963, jamin Jealous touched on the appar- NAACP National President Ben Jealous speaking at wreath laying ceremo- Judge Fred Banks and Myrlie Evers-Williams at the gospel tribute. he was gunned down in the drive- ent mood of many in attendance. ny at the Evers home museum way of his home by bullets from an “I can’t express the humility, the assassin’s shotgun, bringing the bat- humble nature of standing on this also significant because the Na- tlefield to his front door. His death hallowed ground before so many tional NAACP Board of Directors turned a tide in the Civil Rights great fighters, so many people who held its first meeting in the state in Movement in the state and prompted have risked and brazed so much,” 30 years. Mississippi Conference further opposition to state-sponsored Jealous said. NAACP President Derrick John- segregation across the South. He said ‘field secretary’ wasn’t son said he was honored to have the Thursday, May 16, the Missis- a sufficient title for Medgar Evers. national Board of Directors meet in sippi Conference NAACP and the “He was the man who led us on the the city after such a long wait. National NAACP paid homage most violent battlefield surrounded While Johnson paid tribute Thurs- to the memory of Medgar Wylie by violent battlefields with his full day to veterans of the organization Evers with the laying of a wreath heart and his full faith and his ul- and the Civil Rights movement, he at his former home on the street timate acceptance that it may cost spoke of work ahead. “We can’t now named Margaret W. Alexander him his life.” honor Medgar Evers unless we con- Drive, which is just off a main thor- The wreath-laying was among tinue to do the work that he fought oughfare now named Medgar Evers several events May 16 - 18 com- so hard for” - especially voter equal- Boulevard. memorating Evers’ legacy and the ity and workers rights, he added. The Evers home is now a muse- Mississippi Civil Rights Move- Evers’ brother Charles Evers was um recording the history of the slain ment, including a gospel musical unable to attend the wreath-laying leader’s service to the Civil Rights tribute Friday, May 17, at M.W. ceremony because he had the flu. Movement in the state. Evers’ Stringer Grand Lodge and Tou- His daughter Wanda Evers was there The Mississippi Mass Choir performance honoring Medgar Evers. PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE R. JONES widow Myrlie Evers-Williams, a galoo College’s 50th Anniversary on his behalf. “I’m always honored NAACP National Board member, Commemorative Civil Rights Gala to be here (at this house) and I love was in town from California to at- Saturday, May 18, at the Jackson being here. This wasn’t a sad mo- tend the events as was Civil Rights Convention Center (see photo essay ment for me,” Wanda Evers said. veteran and NAACP National on page 17). Judge Fred Banks of Jackson, the Board member Julian Bond. Bond, a stalwart of the move- longest continuing serving NAACP Evers-Williams talked about the ment, attended the tribute Friday, Board member, said, “I was just get- devastation on that fateful night but where the Mississippi Mass Choir ting on the Board when they were now looks to the present and future. and Jackson State University’s here 30 years ago and that event “Today, here in Mississippi we are Maddrama performed. “I’m just was a commemoration of Medgar growing and I am back in the state,” glad to be here,” he said. Evers. We hope his legacy will sur- she said. “It felt odd at first but it The events of the weekend were vive for many centuries.”

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www.mississippilink.com MAy 23 - 29, 2013 THE mississippi link • 5 Estimated 2,000 veteran-owned small businesses to get lending commitment from SBA, adding $475 million in capital The Mississippi Link Newswire proximately 100 additional regional tegic initiative that offers small busi- al and community lenders across the ans are more likely than those with erans through its 68 local SBA dis- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The and community lending partners ness financing discounts and train- U.S., we stand ready to serve vet- no active-duty military experience trict offices, 15 Veterans Business U.S. Small Business Administra- across the United States, SBA ex- ing to veterans who own businesses eran entrepreneurs with loan-guar- to be self-employed. 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Mustafaa according to his campaign website, porters began to swell at the Clarion the WAPT and the Clarion Ledger lice department; and build alterna- out rate, Lumumba said, “First Editor arose from discussions conducted Hotel Tuesday night before3 the fi- at the Mississippi College School of tives for youth.” boost the self esteem in black males; Chokwe Lumumba, 65, Ward 2 with Jackson residents over the past nal vote count, many stayed glued Law, between Lumumba and Lee, At the May 19 forum for Demo- let them know they are as good as City councilman for four years and 24 years. It is described as a “living to the television watching the run Lumumba gave a more descriptive cratic and Independent candidates anybody else. Take a look at how civil rights attorney, won the demo- document which will continuously off returns dance across the bottom view of who he is. for mayor hosted by the “Parents ‘zero tolerance’ rules are impacting cratic mayoral runoff election over be shaped and developed by the of the screen, as the above showed The question was posed: “They for Public Schools of Jackson,” drop out rates. businessman Jonathan Lee. collective voice and wisdom of the the final competition for Dancing call you militant and divisive and Lumumba stated, “School Board “Keep classroom sizes at 16, not In the May 7 primary, Lumumba people of the city.” with the Stars - as if to intensify that you don’t respect the pledge to members must have the best inter- raised to 23 as prescribed by the came in second with Lee holding 35 From the need for more love to the competitive spirit already in the the flag; how do you respond?” est of students at heart - not resume’ state. The mayor must take on more percent of the votes to Lumumba’s drainage problems, streets in need room. Lumumba answered, “If to be building. For 20 years, I ran the responsibility, as he appoints the 27 percent. In an upset May 21, Lu- of repair, security concerns, the In the days leading up to this militant puts me with people like Jackson Panthers Basketball orga- School Board.” mumba received 55 percent of the need for jobs, youth programs and night, what may become the new Medgar Evers, Dr. Martin Luther nization and still fund it. Lumumba moved to Jackson in votes in the runoff. economic growth, the platform face of the city of Jackson - Chok- King, and Fannie Lou Hamer, then “The drop out rate of 47 percent 1988 from Michigan. He practices With two of his three children states that “residents called for lead- we Lumumba - began to emerge. I am in good company. They say means students don’t want to go to law with Lumumba, Chokwe-Lu- by his side, son Atty. Chokwe An- ership committed to the interest of A week earlier in the City Council ‘militant,’ I say ‘passionate.’ I have school. Some students are properly mumba Freelon and Associates in tar and daughter Rukia, Lumumba the population of the city. meeting of Tuesday, May 14, he ex- never opposed giving respect to the motivated from home; some are Jackson. He attended law school thanked his family, campaign work- For Lumumba, LOVE is: L - pressed his concern for an increased flag.” college bound; and some would do at Wayne State University Law ers and he said “all the people of Leadership; O - Operational Unity; revenue stream for the city. Responding to a question about best with vocational training - this is School in Detroit. Jackson who had the courage to V - Values; and E - Education. Responding in review of the him not liking white people, Lu- important. There are other skills that In the general election June 4, Lu- vote for change.” His description of POWER is: P pending resolution authorizing and mumba said, “As an attorney, I pay more than what one earns with mumba will face Independent may- Chokwe Antar spoke to the ob- - People, Public Safety, and a Pub- directing the city’s issuance of a have successfully represented many a liberal arts degree.” oral candidates Cornelius Griggs, stacles he said his father faced in the lic Health System; O - Organiza- water and sewer system revenue white people.” He said school must be inspiring Frances Smith and Richard “Chip” run for mayor. Rukia gave thanks tion; W - Workers Rights, Women bond of $90,000,000, Lumumba He also responded to the sugges- and related how his 30-year-old son Williams. The new term will begin to her late mother, Nubia, and to Rights, and Wages; E - Economic said, “We have to have a revenue tion that he does not like the police, Chokwe Antar, now an attorney, did July 1, 2013. the supporters who came out “even Growth; and R - Reconstruction of stream; this is a performance con- saying, “I am against crime. I have not do well in elementary school. In the City Council runoffs, though there was no money in this the city’s Infrastructure like streets, tract. It will employ people. Sei- a good relationship with the police “It was at Davis Magnet School De’Keither Stamps became the campaign.” drainage, housing, revitalization of mens has been very cooperative to department.” where he got excited by a wonder- Democratic candidate for Ward 4 Lumumba’s billboards announc- neighborhoods, and fair restitution the employment of Jacksonians and In his campaign action agenda, ful teacher, Sophia Marshall, who and Charles Tillman for Ward 5. ing his entering the race for mayor to victims of injustice and reckless- to use Jackson contractors and sub- he said to reduce crime, he would put Hanzel and Gretel on trial for For a You Tube viewing of Lu- first graced the Jackson landscape in ness. contractors.” “focus police power against serious killing the wicked witch.” mumba’s runoff victory speech, go mid 2012. His ‘Peoples Platform,’ As the crowd of Lumumba sup- At the second debate hosted by crime; establish a strong but fair po- Speaking further to the high drop to www.TheMississippiLink.com

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www.mississippilink.com MAy 23 - 29, 2013 THE mississippi link • 7 State of equality and justice in Blackonomics America: The presumption of guilt Al is Sharp, Ben’s not Jealous By Congressman John Lewis the National Academy of years old are being led out By James Clingman and Bryan Stevenson moving collectively and pub- Some say it was simply an ef- Science proved there was no of classrooms in handcuffs NNPA Columnist Special to The Mississippi Link evidence of arson in the fire. for acting out or throwing licly toward one goal. Could fort to “compete” and make After serving Wrongly convicted, Tay- temper tantrums. They have Dudley Ran- our penchant for one-ups- irrelevant the NAACP and its 42 years in an lor was finally released - 42 been arrested for throwing an dall’s poem, “It man-ship be attributed to an- president, who overwhelm- Arizona prison years later. It would be hard eraser at a teacher, breaking a seems to me, other syndrome called, the ingly defeated his opposition for a crime he to call Taylor lucky, but the pencil, and having rap lyrics said Booker T; “HNIC,” as described in Nor- candidate last November. didn’t commit, truth is thousands just like in a locker. I disagree, said man Kelley’s excellent book Idiocy has prevailed since a 58-year-old him, including innocent chil- Black children constitute W.E.B.” points of the same name? then, mainly because of a few man was finally dren, are being victimized by 18 percent of the nation’s out an issue that All the silliness, rancor, re- malcontents and sore losers released this a presumption of guilt that public school population but has plagued black folks for dundancy, and, yes, jealousy who “don’t like” the NAACP April. never sees black and brown 40 percent of the children generations. During Booker among our people are both president and are desperately When Louis youth as blameless, as en- who are suspended or ex- T’s time, some blacks said he unnecessary and divisive. trying to bring him down. At Taylor was just gaged in proverbial “good, pelled. was working “for the man” as I recall when George Bush the same time, the images of 16, he ventured clean, fun,” as harmless. In Arizona, Alabama, Geor- he tried to build an economic attended the 2003 Urban our two organizations are be- out of his com- Instead it attributes to them gia and a growing number of foundation for his people via League convention but dissed ing dragged through the mud fort zone to try every violence and vice, even states, legally sanctioned ra- education, industrial training, the NAACP’s meeting. on, of all places, a “black” a happy hour advertised by if those suspicions contradict cial profiling has been resur- self-help and business prin- Marc Morial and Kweisi radio station. How stupid is an upscale Tucson hotel, a the facts. rected leading Latinos partic- ciples. Mfume were at the helms that? typical foray for an adven- For nearly 50 years, start- ularly, and other U.S citizens W.E.B. DuBois said Wash- of those two organizations, My use of Al Sharpton and turous teenage boy. Unfortu- ing in the 1920s, America of color, to fear harassment, ington’s program came along and the feathers started to fly Ben Jealous in the title of this nately, that night a fire broke maintained a prison popula- suspicion and detention. “at the correct psychological about what George Bush did. article is just a generic rep- out that ultimately claimed tion of close to 200,000 peo- In New York City between moment,” but he ended up More importantly, our folks resentation of how some of 29 lives. ple. Today, we have the high- 2002 to 2011, 90 percent of being Booker T’s antagonist began to take sides because our people have and continue In that moment, Taylor est incarceration rate in the the city’s notorious “stop because black people began Bush decided he would deal to make Randall’s W.E.B./ stopped being typical and be- world with 2.3 million people and frisk” victims have been to choose sides. Rather than with Morial rather than the fi- Booker T. poem relevant to- came extraordinary. He did in jails or prison. One out of black and Latino residents. take the best of both of those ery Mfume. day. Al and Ben may disagree not run from the danger as three black boys born in 2001 In 88 percent of those stops, giants, we succumbed to the As long as we, both indi- on some issues, but they are most people would. Instead is likely to serve time in jail people of color were found to “divide and conquer” syn- vidually and organization- not trying to tear each other he took responsibility. He or prison during his lifetime. be innocent of any wrongdo- drome. ally, are fighting one another down. was spotted during the crisis Half of our incarcerated are ing. In 1915, Marcus Garvey de- and choosing sides, as if we Our penchant for choosing busily helping people escape imprisoned for non-violent This year the nation will cided to come to this country are on different teams, our sides and trying to destroy the the flames, escorting guests drug crimes. celebrate the Supreme to meet with Booker T., who economic empowerment will opposite side is detrimental to safety and assisting people While African American Court’s historic ruling to died before Garvey’s arrival. always be an illusory, quix- to our progress. Whether we on stretchers. and Latino teens are less create a right to counsel for But the naysayers and detrac- otic and romanticized state of like it or not, we are all on Ordinarily, he would have likely to abuse drugs and al- indigent people accused of tors soon started dividing the mind rather than a substantive the same team. And as on any been hailed a teenage hero for cohol than whites, they are crimes. people again, pitting DuBois realization. sports team, the best players demonstrating a civic duty 3-4 times more likely to be In a courtroom, where against Garvey instead of tak- In my hometown of Cin- are starters and the less ac- only expected of grown men. arrested, convicted or sent to justice should be blind, the ing the best of what both of- cinnati, Ohio, our NAACP complished ones are bench- Yet eyewitness accounts of jail or prison for non-violent presumption of guilt is espe- fered and working toward our branch will be 100 years old warmers. his beyond-the-call-of-duty drug offenses. The violent cially dangerous. Today, too collective uplift. in 2015. Under its current Yes, some on the bench service were not credited as crime rate in America is the many innocent prisoners like Since then, we have seen leadership over the past seven may secretly hope for the de- outstanding demonstrations same as it was in 1968, yet Taylor are trapped by system- similar scenarios played out, years, we have advanced from mise of a starter so they can of good character. our prison system has grown ic pressure to plead guilty in such as Malcolm and Martin, a fledgling 400 or so member- get into the game, but at least To police and even some by over 500 percent. a system where 96 percent of Stokely and Martin, Al and ship base and a tenuous finan- they are not sitting there out- bystanders, his very presence The presumption of guilt all convictions are rendered Jesse, Tupac/Biggie/Knight/ cial position, to a 2,400-mem- wardly booing their own team made him automatically sus- follows too many poor and by plea bargains. Dogg and all that madness, bership base and a long-term in order to get their chance to pect. More than the possibil- minority children to school, a The Innocent Defendant’s Eddie Long and Al Sharpton, and stable financial position. play. ity that he could have saved place where children should Dilemma, a recent study, Smiley/West and Dyson/Har- We have also built strong, mu- Jim Clingman, founder of someone’s life, people were be nurtured and supported, describes how the blame- ris-Perry, and the list goes on. tually beneficial, broad-based the Greater Cincinnati Af- consumed by their sense that not criminalized and incar- less, particularly those who It’s not that we should agree relationships - unprecedented rican American Chamber he “did not belong in a fancy cerated. are poor, find it an onerous, on everything; that would cre- in the history of this branch. of Commerce, is a writer on Tucson hotel.” Yet the pipeline from nearly impossible burden to ate a bunch of robots. Around the first part of this economic empowerment for The forensic evidence sug- school to jail is so insidi- prove their innocence. With We should, however, have year, 98 years after the found- black people. He is an ad- gested faulty electrical wir- ous, many parents now fear few resources for defense, enough sense and knowledge ing of Cincinnati branch of junct professor at the Univer- ing or some building defect schools as much as they fear they find themselves trapped of the past and the present to the NAACP, a local chapter sity of Cincinnati and can be as the likely cause, not arson, the criminal justice system. by a system that presumes deal with our personal dis- of the National Action Net- reached through his Web site, but scientific facts could not In 2012, the Justice Depart- their guilt. agreements in private while work (NAN) was established. blackonomics.com. derail a hardwired determina- ment sued school officials in Since the odds seem hope- tion that because Taylor was Meridian, Miss., for system- lessly stacked against them, black, he had to be at fault. atically incarcerating black many innocent individu- His youth, his innocence, and disabled children for als reluctantly plead guilty and even his dramatic work days at a time for minor dress to avoid the longest prison Discrimination against the unemployed to save and comfort the vic- code infractions like wear- terms or even death. Innocent tims were imperceptible and ing the wrong color socks or victims lose years in prison, By Bill Fletcher, Jr. able pool of workers. A younger worker who has irrelevant. Outraged citizens talking back to the teacher. face rejection because of NNPA Columnist Instead of treating some- been the victim of long-term wanted the death penalty. According to the American criminal records, and many It will strike one who has been out of unemployment is frequently A profiler was brought in Civil Liberties Union, chil- never reach their potential. many of you as work for a long time but has viewed as not serious and not who swore under oath that dren have been expelled for Lewis and Stevenson write counter-intuitive, been seeking work as a com- willing to make sacrifices. the likely perpetrator was “a giving Midol to classmates, for “The State of Equality but there has been mitted and diligent worker, I had a discussion with a black teenager.” bringing household goods to and Justice in America,” a a rising phenom- many employers treat them wealthy businessman some Taylor was convicted by an school for Goodwill dona- 20-part series of columns enon of unem- with suspicion, acting as if time ago who was bemoan- all-white jury and sentenced tions and scissors to class for written by an all star list of ployed workers suffering there was something wrong ing what he saw as too many to multiple life sentences, en- an art project. Recently, one contributors to commemo- discrimination when they with the worker that kept younger workers taking ad- suring he would die in prison. black in Florida was charged rate the 50th Anniversary of have sought work because … them out of work. vantage of unemployment Fortunately, the Arizona Jus- with starting a fire during a the Lawyers’ Committee for they have been unemployed. Instead of appreciating insurance in order to avoid tice Project recently took up science experiment. Civil Rights Under Law. This This is not an exaggeration. that there have been and are starting at the bottom and the case. New research from Children as young as 5 is No. 15 in the series. In fact, the situation is so se- millions of workers who working their way up. This rious that the City Council have been displaced, either sort of prejudice appears of New York passed an order due to temporary downturns to be very common among prohibiting discrimination or, as has been the case with many employers. against the unemployed, an many black workers, as a New York City took the order that was vetoed by the result of structural changes right step in banning dis- mayor but was then overrid- in the economy, too many crimination against the den by the Council. employers are prepared to unemployed. Hopefully, Since the beginning of the write off the long-term un- other jurisdictions will do Great Recession, the prob- employed as nonredeemable. likewise. But at the end of lem of discrimination against Most employers will not the day, government inter- the unemployed has been acknowledge that they are vention in another way will gaining attention. It was so biased against the long-term be essential. odd that few people actually unemployed when they deny We not only need laws took it seriously. After all, an someone a job. Instead, the prohibiting discrimination unemployed person looking job-seeker may not get an against the unemployed, for work is what one would interview or may be politely we need jobs for the un- expect, right? dismissed. If you add onto employed. Government What has happened is that other factors, such as should be committed to something that is quite com- age, race and gender, long- both steps. mon within our economic term unemployed persons Bill Fletcher Jr. is a senior system of capitalism. When can find themselves moved scholar with the Institute for there is an economic down- into the category of the per- Policy Studies, the immedi- turn, the labor market gets manently unemployed, with ate past president of Trans- flooded with people who are little chance of getting work. Africa Forum, and the author looking for work. In that sit- Younger workers face the of “They’re Bankrupting Us Louisiana Public School Funding uation, employers often have challenge of discrimination - And Twenty Other Myths the upper hand and start to for being unemployed, but about Unions.” Follow him By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX, courtesy of BlackCommentator.com cherry-pick from that avail- it plays itself out differently. at www.billfletcherjr.com.

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JPS and JSU partner to form Lanier High School students advance in Blackburn Laboratory Middle School Raytheon “Build it Better” competition The Mississippi Link Newswire Three Lanier High School students recently advanced to the top ten in the “Build it Better” competition hosted by Raytheon. In the contest, students are challenged to select any aspect of their school life (big or small) and describe how it could be redesigned for a better school experience through video, photography, or es- say via the MathMovesU Facebook page. First, second and third- place winners will receive $2,000, $1,000 and $500 classroom grants for their schools, respectively. You JPS Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray and JSU Dr. President Carolyn Meyers create a partnership to enhance can help the Lanier students Lanier students (pictured left to right) Takera Bibbs, Joseph the quality of education offered at Blackburn Middle School. win by casting a vote for Thomas, Bria McGee used a video to redesign their school’s them. To do so, follow these schedule. directions: count-you can always unlike Find the video that says “Jo- ·Log into your facebook it later.) seph, Bria, Takera,” watch and search “MathMovesU” ·Click on the icon that it, and VOTE FOR IT!!! ·“LIKE” the MathMovesU says “Build It Better Con- You can go back once ev- facebook page. (You have test” below it ery 24 hours to vote again. to in order for your vote to ·Click on “View Entries.” Key Elementary students prepare for the MCT2 with pep rally The Mississippi Link Newswire In an effort to keep students fo- cused on learning, Key Elemen- (Seated) JPS Superintendent Cedrick Gray and JSU President Carolyn W. Meyers; Standing left to right are tary School hosted a school-wide, Vonda Beaty; JPS executive director of Middle Schools, Marietta Carter; principal, Blackburn Laboratory MCT2 (Mississippi Curriculum School, and Dr. Daniel Watkins; dean, JSU College of Education and Human Development Test, 2nd Edition) pep rally Friday, May 10. This motivational activ- The Mississippi Link Newswire ity offered school-wide support for Meyers said, referring to fac- sippi. Improving education in third through fifth grade students. Jackson State University ulty and staff at the school and the state has been discussed The theme for the rally was “Don’t and Jackson Public Schools the university. “We’re making for years by groups that range Clown Around with MCT2!” entered into a historic agree- sure every student at Black- from elected leaders to com- Principal Dionne Woody, along ment May 16, 2013, creating burn gets exactly what he or munity activists. Gray said ac- with teachers and staff, dressed in a partnership to enhance the she deserves. That’s the best tion - not talk - is the key. clown costumes to get the students quality of education offered at education possible.” “We create graduates in high enthusiastic about state testing. Blackburn Middle School. Blackburn Principal, Mari- school, but we create dropouts Peeples Middle School brought Blackburn will become a etta Carter, said improving in middle school,” he said. “If thunderous excitement with perfor- JSU laboratory school. JSU academic achievement at her we say we want a better me- mances by the school’s drumline faculty and researchers will Key music teacher Shelia Richardson and Principal Dionne Woody are ex- school has always been prior- tropolis, then we have to begin and other band members. start working this summer cited about the MCT2 test. ity. by shutting our mouths and The event concluded with Blackburn faculty and ad- “We’re always trying to find opening our hands.” with a visit from the ministrators to create a school better ways to educate our About 9 million students pilot of the Metro One where excellence in education children, especially those who attend the nation’s middle crime fighting helicop- theory and practice can be ob- are struggling. This ensures schools. Experts say those ter. After an exciting fly served, studied and utilized. our students are successful and years are a critical time for over Key Elementary, The school will also provide can achieve,” Carter said. youth. According to research- Mike Huff from Metro clinical experience for JSU Dr. Daniel Watkins, dean ers, some middle school en- One encouraged stu- students and create a living of JSU’s College of Educa- vironments have been blamed dents to study hard and laboratory for research and tion and Human Develop- for the increase in student be- stay focused during test applied practices to improve ment, explained the urgency havior problems and cited as time. He informed the teaching. It will be renamed in addressing the educational the cause of low achievement. students that reading and Blackburn Laboratory School. needs of middle school stu- Meyers, who is an engi- comprehension are big JSU President Carolyn W. dents across the nation: a sig- neer, said she recalled some parts of his job as a pilot. Meyers said she was “thrilled” nificant percentage is deficient of her middle school teachers The MCT2 is a mea- about the agreement she in reading and math. He said and credit them for her love sure of student achieve- signed with Jackson Public 1.3 million students drop out of music and her introduction ment in language arts Schools Superintendent Ced- of school each year. into advanced math, includ- and mathematics de- rick Gray. “We must use the middle ing calculus. She also said her signed to meet the fed- “All of us have to be en- school as a preventive mea- mother was a middle school eral testing requirements gaged in the preparation of sure,” said Watkins. teacher. That’s one of the rea- of the No Child Left Be- The Peeples Middle School band, band director and principal participated in the the next generation. We’re us- Gray leads one of the larg- son the day had special mean- hind Act. pep rally at Key. ing each other as resources,” est school districts in Missis- ing to her.

Mike Huff with the Metro One Helicopter gives encouraging words to K-2 scholars about how important it is to study because in a few years they will be taking state tests.

Principal Dionne Woody and students perform a step/chant to get students excited about the upcoming state tests. EDUCATION

www.mississippilink.com MAy 23 - 29, 2013 THE mississippi link • 9 Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates By Darlene Superville degree and get a fancy job and guests to wear clear plastic pon- four years is, there’s no longer Associated Press nice house and nice car and nev- chos over what amounted to their any room for excuses.” ATLANTA - President Barack er look back.” Sunday-best clothes. Rain be- Speaking in personal terms as Obama, in a soaring commence- “So yes, go get that law de- gan falling again, accompanied he often does when addressing ment address on work, sacrifice gree. But if you do, ask yourself by more thunder and lightning, predominantly black audiences, and opportunity, on May 19 told if the only option is to defend the minutes after Obama began to particularly of black males, the graduates of historically black rich and powerful, or if you can speak. nation’s first black president also Morehouse College to seize the also find time to defend the pow- “I also have to say you all are spoke intimately of his desire to power of their example as black erless,” Obama said. “Sure, go going to get wet,” he said. “I be a better father to daughters President Barack Obama receives an honorary degree from Robert men graduating from college and get your MBA, or start that busi- would be out there with you if Malia and Sasha than his absent Davidson, chair of the Board of Trustees, partially visible, during the use it to improve people’s lives. ness, we need black businesses I could. But Secret Service gets father was to him, and to be a Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 19, The president said his success out there. But ask yourself what nervous, so I’m going to have to better husband to his wife, Mi- 2013, in Atlanta. Morehouse is the historically black, all-male institution was due to “the special obliga- broader purpose your business stay here, dry. But know that I’m chelle. that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. (AP Photo/Carolyn tion I felt, as a black man like might serve, in putting people to with you in spirit.” He told the graduates to pay Kaster) you, to help those who need it work, or transforming a neigh- Obama urged graduates to “in- attention to their families, saying most, people who didn’t have borhood.” spire those who look up to you to success in every other aspect of better man. the Nobel Prize I received,” said the opportunities that I had - be- “The most successful CEOs I expect more of themselves.” life means nothing without suc- “It’s hard work that demands Obama, 51. cause there but for the grace of know didn’t start out intent on Obama used the speech to cess at home. your constant attention, and fre- “I’ll be thinking about a walk God, go I. I might have been in making money. Rather, they had once again share his personal “I was raised by a heroic single quent sacrifice. And Michelle I took with my daughters, a lazy their shoes. I might have been a vision of how their product or story of growing up without a mother and wonderful grandpar- will be the first to tell you that afternoon with my wife, whether in prison. I might have been un- service would change things, and father, confessing that along the ents who made incredible sacri- I’m not perfect,” he continued. I did right by all of them.” employed. I might not have been the money followed,” he said. way he made unspecified bad fices for me. And I know there “Even now, I’m still learning The speech was Obama’s sec- able to support a family. And that For those headed to medical personal choices “like too many are moms and grandparents here how to be the best husband and ond commencement address of motivates me.” school, Obama said, “Make sure men in our community.” today who did the same thing for father I can be. Because success the season. He first spoke May Noting the Atlanta school’s you heal folks in underserved “Sometimes I wrote off my all of you,” he said. “But I still in everything else is unfulfilling 12 at Ohio State University in mission to cultivate, not just communities who really need it, own failings as just another ex- wish I had a father who was not if we fail at family. Columbus. His third and final educate, good men, Obama said too.” ample of the world trying to keep only present, but involved. And “I know that when I’m on my graduation address will come graduates should not be so ea- Before Obama arrived in At- a black man down,” he said. “I so my whole life, I’ve tried to be deathbed someday, I won’t be May 24 at the U.S. Naval Acad- ger to join the chase for wealth lanta, thunderstorms drenched had a tendency to make excuses for Michelle and my girls what thinking about any particular emy in Annapolis, Md. and material things, but instead hundreds of people who gath- for me not doing the right thing. my father wasn’t for my mother legislation I passed, or policy About 500 students received should remember where they ered on the campus lawn for the But one of the things that all of and me. I’ve tried to be a better I promoted. I won’t be think- undergraduate degrees May 19 came from and not “take your outdoor ceremony, forcing many you have learned over the last husband, a better father, and a ing about the speech I gave, or and became “Morehouse Men.” Former British PM Hinds County Project Head Start offers hope heckled in Maine to mothers and children with disabilities By Angelique Rawls that may not be so apparent. museums, zoos and libraries. services to pregnant teens Special to The Mississippi Link college speech Another specialized pro- Each classroom is staffed by and women and their families Hinds County Human Re- gram offered by Early Head a certified teacher who holds in an inclusive environment. source Agency (HCHRA) is Start is the Expectant Moth- a Bachelor’s Degree in Early There are also two satellite widely known for operating ers Program. It is designed to Childhood Education, Child- sites. Head Start programs for in- create a healthy head start for care and Family Education, Each center provides a nu- fants, toddlers and children children even before birth by Child Development or Child tritious and enjoyable break- ages 6 weeks to 4 years old. meeting the medical and so- Development Technology, fast, lunch and afternoon What many may not know cial needs of expectant moth- and must have prior experi- snack for all children. Limit- is that HCHRA offers spe- ers. Each mother is teamed up ence working with preschool ed transportation is provided cial programs for expectant with a family service worker children at designated centers. mothers and children with home visitor who visits the While their primary focus Those who wish to apply disabilities. mother to provide encourage- is the education and devel- for Head Start/Early Head Hinds County Project Head ment and support, helps her opment of children, Hinds Start must provide proof of Start welcomes children with identify health care provid- County Project Head Start child’s age, family income, disabilities to enroll in Head ers, set and keep medical ap- is equally concerned about and residency in Hinds Coun- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair shakes hands with a Colby Col- Start. Project Head Start pointments. the well being of the entire ty. Children who meet the age lege graduate after giving the commencement address May 19, 2013, in works in partnership with the Early Head Start’s goal is family. Each of its Head Start and family income criteria Waterville, Maine. At left of Blair is college President William Adams. (AP local school districts, First to enroll mothers in the pro- families receives the support and those with a disability Photo/The Central Maine Morning Sentinel, David Leaming) Steps and health care provid- gram during their first tri- of a Family Services Work- are eligible for enrollment. ers to develop individualized mester of pregnancy so that er - a licensed social worker Families who exceed the in- The Associated Press son was arrested. plans of treatment for each of they and their babies get the who helps to insure that the come guidelines may apply, WATERVILLE, Maine - A In his address, Blair appealed the children with disabilities greatest benefits of quality children and those in their but will be placed on a wait- handful of protesters briefly in- for international cooperation to ensure that they receive prenatal care. The program household receive medical ing list to first accommodate terrupted a Maine college grad- and for people to try to under- the needed therapeutic and provides information and and dental care, nutrition families who meet the guide- uation speech by British Prime stand other cultures. developmental services and offers monthly training ses- services, social services, and lines. Priority is given to ex- Minister Tony Blair calling for The 59-year-old Blair, the experience the full range of sions to help prepare families any disability and mental pectant mothers and children world unity. Labor Party’s longest-serving learning and enrichment ac- for the birth and care of their health therapy that may be with disabilities. Blair addressed more than 400 prime minister, served from tivities provided to all Head newborn babies. needed. The normal school year Colby College graduates and 1997 to 2007. Start children without being In addition to the prenatal Parents also receive sup- runs from August through their guests Sunday morning, Since then, he has served as isolated from their peers. and postnatal services pro- port in areas of personal de- May. Parents are encouraged May 19, at the school’s 191st the envoy of the Quartet on the Project Head Start also vided to the mothers, Early velopment, such as education to submit applications no lat- commencement in Waterville. Middle East, representing the helps the families of children Head Start makes plans with and employment. All of the er than July 19 for enrollment Police say the protesters United States, Russia, the Eu- with disabilities build con- the family to enroll the new- services provided by Hinds in the upcoming school year; shouted phrases such as “war- ropean Union and the United nections with other families born infant in its program at County Project Head Start however, applications can be monger” and “war criminal” Nations in working with Pales- in the community to estab- six weeks. are offered at no cost to the submitted at any time during during Blair’s speech. One per- tinians to prepare for statehood. lish a network for support “At Hinds County Proj- parent. the year. Enrollment slots are and ultimately helps them to ect Head Start, we place a Each year, Hinds County limited, so apply early. discover that their children high level of importance on Project Head Start enrolls Hinds County Project Newsweek, Daily Beast list can succeed in regular class- the education and develop- more than 2,000 children in Head Start is funded by the rooms and develop skills that ment of our children,” said one of its seventeen Head United States Department of names four Mississippi schools would empower them to be Kenn Cockrell, president and Start Centers located through- Health and Human Services, leaders in the community. CEO of HCHRA, who is also out Hinds County, which in- Administration for Children among “America’s Best” Physical disabilities that serving as interim vice presi- cludes the cities of Jackson, and Families, and operated can be seen are the most ob- dent of Head Start and Early Clinton, Byram, Raymond, by Hinds County Human Re- The Mississippi vious and easiest to detect. Childhood Programs. Terry, Bolton, Utica, Learned source Agency. Link Newswire However, there are many dis- Infants are engaged in age- and Edwards. For more information on Four Mississippi abilities that are less apparent appropriate activities that Thirteen of the Head Start programs for preschool chil- high schools made and may require a compre- stimulate and support physi- Centers serve three and four dren with disabilities and Newsweek’s list of hensive assessment to deter- cal, cognitive, social and year olds. Children must be expectant mothers, or to ap- “America’s Best mine. emotional development. Tod- at least three years old on ply for enrollment in Hinds High Schools” for Autism, hearing impair- dlers and preschoolers are en- or before September 1. Four County Project Head Start, 2013. 1732. ment, emotional disturbance, gaged in the same. They also Early Head Start Centers are call (601) 923-3940. Compiled by Newsweek and “The Mississippi Department visual impairment or a specif- participate in outdoor play open to infants and toddlers For more information on The Daily Beast, the list ranks of Education and the Missis- ic learning disability are just activities and enrichment ac- and will provide comprehen- HCHRA programs and ser- the best 2,000 public high sippi Board of Education ap- a few examples of disabilities tivities such as field trips to sive prenatal and postnatal vices, visit www.hchra.org. schools in the nation - those that plaud the schools that have been have proven to be the most ef- named to this list. This recogni- fective in turning out college- tion validates the hard work of tests taken per student, average ready graduates. The following communities, teachers, students SAT/ACT scores, average AP/ Mississippi schools have been and administrators who are re- IB/AICE scores, and percent of ranked: sponsible for their success,” students enrolled in at least one ·Mississippi School for Math- said Dr. Lynn House, interim AP/IB/AICE course. ematics and Science - No. 352 state superintendent of educa- All the data analyzed was (the school’s second year on the tion. self-reported by each school for list) The list is based on six factors: the 2011-12 school year. More ·Center Hill High School - graduation rate, college accep- than 5,000 high schools were No. 1617 tance rate, Advance Placement invited to participate in the sur- ·Desoto Central High School (AP)/International Baccalaure- vey this year, and nearly 2,500 - No. 1679 ate (IB)/Advance International responded. All public high ·Oxford High School - No. Certificate of Education (AICE) schools in the U.S. are eligible. HEALTH

10 • the mississippi link MAy 23 - 29, 2013 www.mississippilink.com Study questions how sharply U.S. should cut salt By Lauran Neergaard But below 2,300 mg a day, “there is That’s harder to prove, especially wich in a restaurant has 1,000 mg or The Associated Press simply a lack of data that shows it is since the panel stressed many of more, and some restaurant meals can WASHINGTON - A surprising beneficial.” the studies it reviewed had quality provide a full day’s supply of sodium new report questions public health The average American consumes problems. Among those problems, in one entree, she said. efforts to get Americans to sharply more than 3,400 mg of sodium a day, Antman said, was including some The Food and Drug Administra- cut back on salt, saying it’s not clear equivalent to 1½ teaspoons. Current patients too sick for diet to matter. tion is working on a program to get whether eating super-low levels is U.S. dietary guidelines say most Debating how little salt is too little food manufacturers to gradually low- An advisory on salt shakers location is seen on a table at a Boston Market worth the struggle. people should limit that to 2,300 mg is a moot point, added nutritionist er sodium levels in their products, restaurant in Alexandria, Va., May 14, 2013. Boston Market has removed Make no mistake: Most Ameri- a day, while certain people - those Bonnie Liebman of the Center for thus helping shoppers who don’t the salt shakers from the tables in their restaurants nationwide. AP Photo/ cans eat way too much salt, not just older than 50, African-Americans, Science in the Public Interest. scrutinize food labels to get closer Cliff Owen from salt shakers but because of so- and people with high blood pressure, “The average American is still in to dietary guidelines. The FDA said dium hidden inside processed foods diabetes or chronic kidney disease - the red zone, the danger zone,” she that it was reviewing the IOM report, Some restaurants already are tak- the salt shaker?” read signs sitting and restaurant meals. should aim for just 1,500 mg. said. calling it consistent with its own ef- ing steps. The Boston Market chain, next to the pepper that explain the But there’s no good evidence The May 14, 2013 report sparked The salt industry, in contrast, has forts “to work toward achievable and for instance, has begun reducing so- chain’s move to reduce sodium and that eating very low levels - below an immediate outcry from health or- long opposed the push for sharp so- reasonable voluntary reductions in dium in its most-sold items by about advise that customers who really the 2,300 milligrams a day that the ganizations that have long battled to dium reductions and welcomed the the sodium content of the U.S. food 20 percent - and removed salt shakers want an extra pinch will have to get government recommends for most lower the nation’s salt consumption. report. supply.” from the restaurant tables. “Where’s up to find some at the counter. people - offers benefits even though The American Heart Association “There is no scientific justifica- national guidelines urge that certain said it stood by its own recommenda- tion for population-wide sodium re- high-risk patients do just that, the In- tions, stricter than the government’s, duction to such low levels, and the stitute of Medicine concluded. that everyone eat no more than 1,500 recognition by the IOM experts that Also, there are some hints, albeit mg of sodium a day. Studies make such low levels may cause harm may Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer from studies with serious flaws, that clear that eating less sodium helps help steer overzealous organizations eating the lowest levels might actu- lower blood pressure, and lower away from reckless recommenda- ally harm certain people - those who blood pressure in turn leads to less tions,” said Morton Satin of the Salt Foundation to get new site are being aggressively treated for se- heart disease, said heart association Institute. rious heart failure, the report added. spokesman Dr. Elliott Antman, a Some salt is necessary for good eurweb.com The prestigious group, which ad- cardiologist at Boston’s Brigham and health, although it’s not clear exactly RULEVILLE - A cancer cen- vises the government about health, Women’s Hospital. how much. ter named for noted civil rights urged more and better research to “We’re sticking where we have the But today, it’s very hard to cut back activist Fannie Lou Hamer, settle the best target range. most solid evidence,” Antman said. to 1,500 mg unless you always cook has secured a site for its new “We’re not saying we shouldn’t be What to study is key to the debate: from scratch, or eat too little food in headquarters and they have lowering excessive salt intake,” said The IOM committee was asked to general because of illness, Liebman launched a campaign to raise Dr. Brian Strom of the University examine whether eating less salt di- added. Three-quarters of people’s the $5.5 million needed for the of Pennsylvania, who led the Insti- rectly affects longer-term outcomes daily sodium come from processed new state-of-the-art facility. tute of Medicine (IOM) committee. such as heart attacks and death. or restaurant food. The average sand- “We’re looking at about $3.5 million to actually build the building, and the other money would be used to equip and fur- This rendering of the new Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Center in Ruleville Diet swap provides clue to African nish the building,” said Freddie was designed by architect Thomas Stewart of Architectonics in Starkville. White-Johnson, founder and president of the Fannie Lou Americans’ level of colorectal cancer risk Hamer Cancer Foundation. She hopes to raise quite a bit Black PR Wire into this disparity and pave the Digestive Disease Week® of money in 2013. Research presented at way for new research.” Re- (DDW) is the largest interna- “It’s a national fundraising this year’s Digestive Dis- searchers fed 20 Zulu Africans tional gathering of physicians, campaign,” said White-John- ease Week® (DDW) features 600 grams of meat per day for researchers and academics in son. “We’re trying to reach new data on gut bacteria and two weeks and fed 20 African the fields of gastroenterology, out to anybody and everybody colorectal cancer risk in Afri- Americans in Pittsburgh a tra- hepatology, endoscopy and across the country and outside can Americans. Researchers ditional Zulu diet comprised gastrointestinal surgery. the country for support.” found a dramatic and rapid primarily of a corn-based por- Jointly sponsored by the The foundation has already shift in gut microbiota after ridge called putu. Comparing American Association for received international help, in- switching the diet in healthy stool samples before and after the Study of Liver Diseases cluding donations from Japan subjects from a traditional the diet exchange in each case, (AASLD), the American Gas- and Germany. Two acres of land located on the southwest corner of Highway 8 and Western diet to a Zulu African researchers found dramatic troenterological Association The Fannie Lou Hamer Can- Floyce Street near Ruleville, has been purchased as the new site of the diet and vice-versa. Funded by changes in colonic microbiota. (AGA) Institute, the American cer Foundation will move to Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Center Foundation building. Photo by FLH Can- a grant from the National In- “Our results show that the Society for Gastrointestinal Miss. Highway 8 and Floyce cer Center stitutes of Health, the study’s human colonic microbiota is Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Street in Ruleville. results might explain levels of shaped by diet in a very dy- Society for Surgery of the Ali- Renderings for the center from Ruleville and was interna- Hamer Cancer Foundation colorectal cancer risk. namic manner,” said Rex Gas- mentary Tract (SSAT), DDW have been created by architect tionally known as an organizer identified more than 450 wom- “African Americans have kins, PhD, professor of Im- took place May 18 to 21, Thomas Stewart of Architec- for the Mississippi Freedom en who hadn’t had a mammo- the highest colorectal cancer munobiology at University of 2013, at the Orange County tonics in Starkville. Democratic Party. gram in more than two years or incidence and mortality rates Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Convention Center, Orlando, “One thing we definitely She died from stage four, un- had never had one. of all racial groups in the U.S. “Not only that, we observed Fla. The meeting showcased want inside the center is a can- treated breast cancer on March Among other things, the The reasons for this are not yet alterations in the balance of more than 5,000 abstracts and cer resource center, a computer 14, 1977. foundation helps with money understood,” said Franck Car- beneficial and detrimental hundreds of lectures on the center where people can go in The foundation in her honor for transportation and medical bonero, postdoctoral research microbial groups, which may latest advances in GI research, and look at types of cancer,” was established in 2005 and is expenses, and its reach extends associate at University of Il- explain, in part, the increase medicine and technology. said White-Johnson. “The cen- already a benefit to the Delta. far. linois at Urbana-Champaign. in colorectal cancer risk that is More information can be ter would be linked to oncolo- “One thing I do see that the “Even though the cancer cen- “Our findings offer insight conferred by a Western diet.” found at www.ddw.org. gists throughout the country cancer center is already doing ter sits in Ruleville, the Fannie who could help provide some with the people who already Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation type of service to that individ- work with the cancer founda- services the entire state of Mis- ual at no cost.” tion is identifying women who sissippi,” said White-Johnson. The building will also house have not had breast screen- “We have also done contribu- Be good to your liver a museum in honor of Hamer. ings,” said White-Johnson. tions outside of Mississippi in By Shawntell Muhammad liver, a dark reddish-brown organ through the liver. The liver processes The civil rights activist hailed In 2012, the Fannie Lou Tennessee and Alabama. Special from The Final Call that weighs about 3 pounds, has mul- this blood and breaks down the nu- The liver is the tiple functions. trients and drugs in the blood into duction of certain proteins for blood stage of alcohol-related liver disease. prevent further damage. second largest or- The liver holds about 13 percent forms that are easier to use for the plasma, production of cholesterol There are usually no symptoms. If According to the American Liver gan in the human of the body’s blood supply at any rest of the body. and special proteins to help carry symptoms do occur, they may in- Foundation, up to 25 percent of the body, and is lo- given moment. The liver regulates More than 500 vital functions fats through the body, regulation of clude fatigue, weakness, and weight American population is afflicted cated in the upper most chemical levels in the blood have been identified with the liver. blood levels of amino acids, which loss. Almost all heavy drinkers have with non-alcohol fatty liver disease. right-hand portion and excretes a product called bile, Some of the more well-known func- form the building blocks of proteins, fatty liver disease. However, if they Obesity and foods high in saturated of the abdominal which helps to break down fats, pre- tions include the following: produc- processing of hemoglobin for use of stop drinking, fatty liver disease will fat contribute to this disease. Me- cavity, beneath the paring them for further digestion and tion of bile, which helps carry away its iron content (the liver stores iron), usually go away. tabolizing fatty foods turns them diaphragm and on top of the stom- absorption. All of the blood leaving waste and break down fats in the conversion of poisonous ammonia to Alcoholic hepatitis causes the into fatty acids, which attach to the ach, right kidney, and intestines. The the stomach and intestines passes small intestine during digestion, pro- urea (urea is one of the end products liver to swell and become damaged. liver. Fried food and hydrogenated of protein metabolism that is excret- Symptoms may include loss of ap- oil should be avoided. Foods high ed in the urine), clearing the blood of petite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal in saturated fats include meat, whole drugs and other poisonous substanc- pain, fever and jaundice. Up to 35 milk, butter, cheese, and cream, ac- es, regulating blood clotting, and percent of heavy drinkers develop cording to MedlinePlus. resisting infections by producing im- alcoholic hepatitis. Alcoholic hepati- Sulfur-containing compounds are mune factors and removing bacteria tis can be mild or severe. If it is mild, one of the primary types of mol- from the blood stream. liver damage may be reversed. If it ecules used to help the liver detoxify DIAGNOSING PROSTATE CANCER When the liver has broken down is severe, it may occur suddenly and a wide range of prescription medi- harmful substances, they are ex- quickly lead to serious complications cations, pesticides, and other types Because factors other than cancer only about 20 minutes. Unappealing here in McComb at THE MISSISSIPPI creted into the bile or blood. Bile including liver failure and death. of environmental toxins. Foods in can influence test results, an elevated as this procedure may sound, biopsy CANCER INSTITUTE. Our state-of- value on a prostate-specific antigen finding are among the most important the-art radiation therapy treatments byproducts enter the intestine and ul- Alcoholic cirrhosis is the scar- this category would include organic (PSA) test is only an indication that factors considered when determining a include 3D treatment planning, IMRT timately leave the body in the feces. ring of the liver - hard scar tissue onions, garlic, broccoli, cabbage, cancer may be present. To confirm course of treatment. (intensity modulated radiation therapy), Blood byproducts are filtered out by replaces soft healthy tissue. It is the cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts. the actual existence of cancer, a IGRT (image-guided radiation therapy), prostate biopsy is necessary. This Treating prostate cancer requires an and brachytherapy. Please call us at the kidneys and leave the body in the most serious type of alcohol-related High-fiber foods such as fresh or- procedure involves passing a needle individualized approach. Older men 601-249-5510. We’re located at 1501 form of urine. liver disease. Symptoms of cirrho- ganic fruits and organic vegetables through the rectal wall to the prostate with slow-growing tumors may choose Aston Avenue. A prostate biopsy report Alcohol consumption can cause sis are similar to those of alcoholic is especially helpful in keeping the and removing snippets of tissue for not to treat it. Men under around age contains information about the extent of examination. Anesthetic is used to 70 and those with aggressive tumors the cancer, its location, and the overall three types of liver disease: fatty hepatitis. Between 10 and 20 percent liver healthy. dull any discomfort related to the slight face different choices. Imagine cancer percentage of cancer in each sample c liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, and of heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis. Shawntell Muhammad operates pinch of the needle which is guided in treatment that boosts your body’s alcoholic cirrhosis. The damage from cirrhosis cannot Organic Nourishment. For more accordance with images provided by immune system, making you less an ultrasound probe inserted in the susceptible to side effects and less Fatty liver disease is the buildup of be reversed and can cause liver fail- information, e-mail organicallybal- rectum. The entire procedure takes prone to recurrence. It’s happening right extra fat in liver cells. It is the earliest ure. Not drinking alcohol can help [email protected] NATIONAL

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The Associated Press still missing and with the MOORE, Okla. - The cost death toll at 24 people, au- of a massive F5 tornado that thorities and residents turned battered the Oklahoma City toward assessing the damage suburb of Moore could be and plotting a future course more than $2 billion, accord- for Moore, a town of about ing to a preliminary estimate 56,000 which was also hit by a announced Wednesday, May massive tornado in 1999. 22, by the Oklahoma Insur- Authorities have yet to pres- ance Department. ent concrete numbers for how Spokeswoman Calley Herth many homes were damaged or told The Associated Press that destroyed, but the view from the early tally is based on vi- the air shows whole neighbor- sual assessments of the exten- hoods obliterated, with gouged sive damage zone stretching earth littered with splintered more than 17 miles and the wood and pulverized cars. fact that the tornado was on Dan Ramsey, president of the ground for 40 minutes. the Independent Insurance She said the financial cost of Agents of Oklahoma, said a Monday’s (May 20) tornado in damage estimate in the low Moore could be greater than billions is “not surprising.” the $2 billion in damage from “Certainly it’s in the hun- the 2011 tornado that killed dreds of millions,” Ramsey 158 people in Joplin, Mo. said. “I suppose seeing projec- Herth said that twister left a tions from similar disasters, it smaller trail of destruction. could stretch to a billion” or With no reports of anyone more. This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit in Moore, Okla., May 20, 2013 AP Photo

Magen Stanley, 5, walks away from her grandparents destroyed home. AP Photo Rescuers recover a horse from the remains of a day care center and destroyed barns. AP Photo

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, left, picks up a stuffed dog from the rubble of Kimberly Graham’s home, at the Steel- man Estates Mobile Home Park, May. 20, 2013 AP Photo

Emergency crews recover a body from the 7-11 store. AP Photo

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N e w s fr o m t h e W o r d Message from the Religion Editor

By Daphne Higgins life, to celebrate victory, to Religion Editor celebrate joy. I’m promoting Above Average Christianity (Part Five) The month an attitude of cheerfulness for is almost over everyone. By Rev. Leon Collier thew 5: 29 reads: “If your right eyes. Job 31:1reads: “I made a from envy…from hidden sins of Special to The Mississippi Link and I haven’t Now, I need to let you in eye, entices you to sin, pluck covenant with my eyes, how then the heart. congratulated on a little secret. Yes, I have Today, we it out and cast it from you. It is should I look lustfully at some- In Luke 21:36 Jesus said, the area’s many deemed May as a time of cele- continue to look better for you to lose one of your thing or someone.” “Watch therefore, and pray al- graduates yet. bration but I also want to share at things we can bodily organs, than to have your One scholar said a covenant ways that you may be counted College grad- with you that it shouldn’t be do to live above whole body to be cast into the with the eyes means that I will worthy to escape all these things uates across the state of Mis- the only time we celebrate average Christi- pit.” not look at anything that could that will come to pass.” Jesus sissippi are transitioning to each other. anity. I find it interesting that Jesus stimulate impure desire. We must was referring to the end times, careers/jobs/post graduate Life is a wonderful thing First - over- used the eye as an example. In sacrifice or not allow ourselves but notice He said His disciples studies while many area high and is filled with so many coming the lust within. Matthew Matthew 6:22, 23, Jesus said: to look upon things that keep lust could escape these things if they school students are transition- remarkable events. We paid 5:27-28 reads: “You have heard “The light of the body is the eye; alive in us. All of this is easier watch and pray at all times. If we ing to a new level of indepen- tribute to mothers just days that it was said, ‘You shall not if then your eye is true, all your said than done. So what else can pray more we will leave no room dence - college, and yes, for ago; we are celebrating gradu- commit adultery. But I say to body will be full of light. But if we do that can help us get rid of for lust in our hearts. If we pray some work as well. ates and members of the mili- you that everyone who looks at your eye is evil, all your body will lust? more we may not be sinless, but Throughout the month, cel- tary now and soon, fathers a woman lustfully has already be dark. If then the light which is You should make sanctifica- we will sin less. Prayer keeps us ebrations have been taking will receive their recognition; committed adultery with her in in you is dark, how dark it will tion your primary goal (Ephe- in the presence of God and when place to congratulate students not to mention all of the other his heart.” be!” It is as if He is saying your sians 1:4). You will never get past you are aware of His presence it’s on every educational level. special days of the year. The righteousness of the Phari- eyes affect and influence your bad habits and lust if you haven’t hard to maintain lustful thoughts. Parties, dinners and gifts are 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 sees and the law was that if you whole body. What your eyes let made sanctification a number one Loving God is the key as indi- in abundance for those who (NIV) reads - 16 Rejoice al- didn’t commit the literal act of in can impact your whole body. If goal in your Christian life. By the cated in Luke 10:27: “You shall are being honored for such a ways, 17 pray continually, adultery then you were ok, but you look at a bottle of wine and it way, do you even have a goal as a love the Lord your God with wonderful milestone in their 18 give thanks in all circum- Jesus said if you even think of looks good to you, you can drink Christian? The sad thing is some all thy heart, and with all your lives. stances; for this is God’s will being with someone that’s not it and get drunk and your body church folk have goals, but none soul, and with all your strength, The Jackson metropolitan for you in Christ Jesus. your spouse then you have com- will stagger and stumble. of it has to do with their Christian and with all your mind; and thy area has begun paying tribute This message may iden- mitted adultery/fornication in Isn’t it our eyes that can po- life. Jesus said we need to seek neighbor as thyself.” to hundreds of high school tify specific observances, but your heart. So, when Paul said in tentially get us in trouble? The first His kingdom and righteous- The reason God told His people graduates and the ceremo- each day is also another one Ephesians 5:19-21 - those who eyes are attracted to beauty and ness and all other things would be to love Him with all of their mind, nial acknowledgement con- of God’s days so remember to fornicate (adultery) will not enter it’s been this way ever since God added to us anyway. heart and soul was because if they tinues across Memorial Day observe Him in all that we do. the kingdom of heaven; including created us. Proof of this is in Gen- Ephesians 1:4 reads: “…even do this they would automatically weekend. As we celebrate our Because of God’s good- those who committed adultery in esis 3:6 which reads: “Eve saw as He chose us in Him before the choose to do what’s right not just graduates, let us not forget to ness, we ask that you help us their hearts. that the fruit was good and was foundation of the world, so that because it’s the right thing to do, honor our military personnel celebrate His Holy Name by Jesus makes no difference be- pleasing to the eye and she ate it.” we might be holy and free from but because they adore Him so on Monday, May 27. sharing His wonderful works tween physical and mental adul- If you look, you will get hooked all evil before Him in love.” No- very much. In Exodus 20: the first I’m just as guilty as many throughout your life and com- tery. This is what Jesus meant in most of the time. This is why tice two reasons why God chose thing God said was that He had others when it comes to taking munity and as always, we ask Matthew 23:27 - “Woe unto you, King Solomon wrote in Proverbs us before the foundation of this delivered His people from bond- advantage of the last Monday that you let us help you to scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 6:25 - “Do not desire her beauty world: (1) That we might be holy age and if His people love Him in May; also known as Memo- communicate the good news For you are like whitewash in your heart, and do not let her and (2) That we might be free with all of their heart, mind, soul rial Day. I must confess that I of our Lord. Isaiah 52:7a tombs, which appear beautiful on capture you with her eyelashes.” from evil, lust included. and strength they would have no often find myself enjoying this reads, “What a beautiful sight the outside, but within are full of What can we do to get rid of Since it is God’s will that we be other god beside Him, they would holiday by doing everything it is to see messengers coming dead men’s bones, and of all un- lust in our hearts? holy; sanctification should be our not covet, they would not steal, but paying tribute to those the with good news!” cleanness.” Let’s study the Eye Covenant goal; as well as having the mind they would not murder, they day was set aside to honor. The Mississippi Link, a If the truth be told, all of us (Job 31:1). We know that pluck- of Christ. As a Christian, no mat- would not envy, and they would Memorial Day is also messenger for news in and have had a desire for something ing out our eyes is not what Je- ter what you desire to do in this not commit adultery. known as the official start to around the state of Missis- that doesn’t belong to us; envied sus is talking about in Matthew life your primary goal should be We need to develop our love summer and when all of the sippi, wants to serve as your someone else; lusted after some- 5:28. But it is clear that sacrific- sanctification. By the way, when for God if we want to get rid of summer cook-outs begin. personal messenger to share thing or someone before. Think ing something is meant here. So, you have a goal and purpose it’s lustful desires within. It is then Long story short - May is cel- your good news and testimo- about it. What is it that you have what has to be sacrificed? We easier to stay on the right path. that we will experience Christi- ebration time. nies. We want to hear about a problem with when it comes to will have to start controlling and This is why Proverbs 4:25 reads: anity on a higher level making I know that I’ve basically your personal celebrations as lust? disciplining what we let our eyes “Let your eyes look straight our lives replete with joy, peace, lumped two special events well as the good news that is Therefore, it’s easy for many look upon. We will have to sac- ahead. Fix your gaze directly be- and power that will spill over and (graduation and Memorial part of your places of worship. people to simply say, “It’s a no rifice certain kinds of TV shows fore you.” One scholar said when touch those around us thereby Day) into one month of cel- Contact Daphne M. Higgins win situation. We will always that do not edify us as Christians you pursue a sincere and direct impacting their lives. ebrating and for some it may at religion@mississippilink. have some wrong thoughts in and start watching more Christian purpose you avoid temptations. Rev. Leon Collier is the pastor seem that all I’m referring to com. Fax 601-896-0091 or hearts from time to time.” How- programs, reading more Christian Next, develop a praying spirit of Makarios Worship Center, 464 is - constant merriment. mail your information to The ever, don’t use your humanity as material, spend time in God’s (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This Church Rd., Madison. Residents Well, in a way, I am. I’m Mississippi Link, 2659 Liv- an excuse to continue to live in word, pray and fast more often. scripture tells us to pray without of Madison, he and wife, Minister promoting a time that people ingston Road, Jackson, MS sin or to continue sinning.” God If you are one who hangs out ceasing. Colossians 4:2 says con- Yolanda; are the proud parents gather together to celebrate 39213. knows how we think so, He led in the wrong places or you hang tinue in prayer; Romans 12:12 of three daughters. He received the Apostle Paul to write the fol- around the wrong people too of- says be instant in prayer, and degrees from Criswell College in lowing words in Romans 6:1, 2 ten and they cause you to feel Ephesians 6:18 says pray always Dallas; Southern Methodist Uni- “…Are we to continue in sin that guilty, you need to sacrifice where in the Spirit. Some folk will never versity - Perkins School of The- grace may abound? No indeed; you go and/or sacrifice those rela- be delivered from hidden sin be- ology; and a Masters of Divinity how shall we who have died to tionships and get with some real cause they have very poor per- from Memphis Theological Semi- sin still go on living in it.” Christians who edify you. sonal prayer lives. nary. A pastor for 23 years, Col- The fact that we are made dead Prayer will not do you any In Luke 11:4 after one of Je- lier serves as a volunteer chap- to sin means that we now have good if you keep doing the same sus’ disciples asked Him to teach lain for various law enforcement the Holy Spirit in us to help us old things and never change your them how to pray one of the agencies in the metro area and for overcome the lust within, but we actions and the places you go that things He told them to pray was: the Mississippi Governor’s Man- must be intentional about trying are not godly. You have to take “And do not lead us into temp- sion. He may be reached by call- to overcome lust. charge of what you are allowing tation, but deliver us from the ing 601.260.3016, 601.855.7898 Secondly, we must sacrifice yourself to lay your eyes on. You evil…” He told them to pray to be or e-mail [email protected]. something to get rid of lust. Mat- must make a covenant with your delivered from evil…from lust…

I n M em o riam Mother, evangelist, citizen of the year The Mississippi Link Newswire and “The Judgment.” “You all but have to hold her The homegoing celebration Cavett was a church event down to keep her from over for Ruth Lee Cavett, was held organizer, evangelist, church working,” said Bishop Ca- Saturday, May 18, at Holy fundraiser, church planter, vett. “She liked to get it done City International Empower- program director, youth lead- and believed in taking it to a ment Ministries, 251 Kearney er, international supervisor of whole ‘nother level. I say that Park Road, Flora. the women’s department of not only as her pastor, but as Her son, pastor and presid- International Empowerment her son too. She believed in ing bishop of Holy City Inter- Ministries, Inc., and minister working and that same work national Empowerment Min- of the Word of God. ethic has been passed on to her istries, Bishop Stanley Cavett She organized Christmas in children.” Sr., officiated the services. November, a charity which In a 2008 interview, Cavett Cavett wrote and produced annually provides items in said she was taught strong several Christian plays which November to the needy in the work ethics at an early age. “I Cavett were presented at various lo- City of Flora. love to work and especially for cations throughout the Jackson Because of her charitable the Lord,” she said. er. Since its founding, the metro area including the Can- contributions to the city, Moth- A native of Jackson, she church’s growth has been phe- ton Community Center, Jack- er Cavett was honored with and her husband Glen, reared nomenal. son State University and local the Citizen of the Year Award all four of their children into He said his entire family churches in surrounding areas. by the Flora Area Chamber of adulthood. supported the initiation of the Her works included “It’s com- Commerce in 2008. Bishop Cavett founded church and his mother’s work ing up Again,” The Hanging Bishop Cavett said his moth- Holy City in 1990, with five at this house of worship never of Hymen,” “The Crucifixion” er is a treasure; a gold mine. members, one being his moth- ceased.

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p r ese r v e d The Kingdom of God is at Hand Scandalized (Part 2) – Repent and Believe in the Gospel - Part III The Gospel according By Pastor Simeon R. Green III erty and victory in our soul. that He gave His only begotten be beheaded, yet he was not Special to The Mississippi Link No matter what kind of con- Son, that whosoever believeth ashamed of the Gospel. When Now after John dition you are in, the power of in Him should not perish but he was brought before kings to Olivia Pope’s dad was put in pris- God is found in His Gospel and have everlasting life. For God and dignitaries, he regretted on, Jesus came to He is able to lift you out of that sent not His Son into the world only one thing, and that was By Shewanda Riley determination to get to Ol- Galilee preach- sinful condition and give you to condemn the world, but that not everyone was fully per- Columnist ivia. He stops at nothing to ing the Gospel grace to live right. Many times the world through Him might suaded. “Hello Ol- get to her and we see the re- of the Kingdom I have looked back over my be saved. He that believeth on Paul said to King Agrippa, ivia.” “Dad?” sult of his efforts at the end of God and say- life and have seen from what Him is not condemned. But he “I would to God, that not only After hearing of this episode. He’s got her ing, “The time is fulfilled, and Christ has brought me. I thank that believeth not is condemned thou but also all that hear me these three cornered and terrified. the Kingdom of God is at hand. God for His mercy. already because he hath not be- this day were both almost, and words close Social media, blogs and Repent and believe in the Gos- Ephesians 2:8-9 says: “For lieved in the name of the only altogether such as I am, except the season fi- other fan sites are buzzing pel.” (Mark 1:14-15) by grace are ye saved through begotten Son of God.” these bonds.” (Acts 26:29) nale episode with questions about how When Jesus came upon the faith and that not of your- As long as the Gospel is Like Paul, we who have re- for ABC network’s political much of a role did her fa- scene, He spoke to very re- selves: it is the gift of God; not “foolishness” to anyone, they pented and believe should not drama Scandal, like 9 mil- ther play in what happened ligious people and told them of works, lest any man should are lost and will stay lost. He be ashamed of the Gospel of lion others I was stunned. in Olivia’s life. Did he try to to repent of their sins and be- boast.” The power of the Gos- that believes not the Gospel Jesus Christ. For those who may not know have her killed? Did he leak lieve the Gospel. Many people pel preached in its fullness will of Jesus Christ is lost. You are Next week - “Almost per- what Scandal is, it is a tele- that she was the President’s do not get the kind of experi- result in the same soul salva- lost until you find Jesus. It is suaded; almost don’t count!” vision drama set in Wash- mistress? ence they ought to get because tion for those outside the fold not Jesus’ will that any should (Acts 26) ington, D.C. that details the However, I’d like to take a they do not repent. To believe of God. The power of the Gos- perish, but that all might come Rev. Simeon R. Green III is professional and personal different view of Rowan and the Gospel, the Bible says you pel is something wonderful. to repentance. pastor of Crossroads Church life of Crisis Management his obvious ruthlessness. must first repent of your sins. If you have salvation, you The command of God is of God in Farmhaven (Can- Expert Olivia Pope. The From his introduction onto Once you repent of your sins have no need to be ashamed, “Repent ye and believe the ton), Miss., and is married to irony of the story is that Ol- the show, Rowan’s made it and believe the Gospel, it is the but you should be proud. You Gospel.” The Apostle Paul Velma L. Green. He honorably ivia’s ability to handle other clear that his goal is to get power of God unto salvation. have something for continual said, “For I am not ashamed of served in the U.S. Army for 20 people’s problems is only to Olivia Pope and that he I am trusting and praying that glorification to God because the Gospel of Christ, for it is years. Presently, Rev. Green matched by her inability to was willing to do whatever each of us who has received the world does not have it. the power of God unto salva- is a member of the National do the same in her personal it took to make that happen. the Gospel of Jesus Christ and The world never gave it to you tion to everyone that believeth, Association of Evangelism life. Shewanda Riley is the au- has been saved through it will and do not let the world take it to the Jews first, and also to the Church of God, Anderson, Ind. In this episode, Rowan, thor of the Essence best-sell- endeavor to take it to the next away. Salvation is real. Greek.” He serves as vice-chairman at the man who this season er “Love Hangover: Moving generation. The Gospel of Je- Jesus said in John 3:16-18, Paul was on his way to Rome the Southeastern Association clandestinely controlled so From Pain to Purpose after sus Christ gives us sweet lib- “For God so loved the world, where he would eventually of The Church of God, Inc. many people and activities a Relationship Ends.” She around Olivia, was revealed can be reached at lovehang- College Hill Missionary Baptist Church to be her father. Yet, we [email protected], at www. know little about him. All shewandariley.com or www. The Top 10 GospelSince 1907 SongsB IBLE B ASED from•C HRIST CtheENTERED Billboard• H OLY S PIRIT L ED viewers see is his persistent anointedauthorsontour.com SUNDAY: Worship Services 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Gospel Charts for the weekSunday School of9:30 a.m. May 23 1600 Florence Avenue MONDAY: Intercessory Prayer 9:00 a.m. Jackson, MS 39204 SONGS Ph: 601-355-2670ARTISTS WEDNESDAY: Prayer Service 6:30 p.m.ALBUM Fax: 601-355-0760 Classes: Children • Youth • Adult - 7:00 p.m. 1. Take Me To The King Tamela Mann 2. It’s Not Over www.collegehillchurch.orgIsrael & New Breed Featuring James • [email protected] Fortune & Jason Nelson Shekinah Glory 3. God Will Make A Way Shirley Caesar Baptist Church 4. Your Best Days Yet Bishop Paul S. Morton “Shining the Radiant 5. Break Every Chain Tasha Cobbs Light of His Glory” 6. Testimony Anthony Brown & Group Therapy 7. Here In Our Praise Fred Hammond-United Tenors WEEKLYACTIVITIES 8. 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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Information for Bidders is on file and open for public inspection at JAN at the following address: RFP 2013-07 Re-Bid - Software Management Programs Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Sealed, written formal bid proposals for the above bid will be received Suite 300, Main Terminal Building by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the 100 International Drive Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until Jackson, Mississippi 39208 10:00 A.M (Local Prevailing Time) June 5, 2013, at which time and place Telephone: (601) 664-3566 they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board of Trustees re- Facsimile: (601) 664-3545 serves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and Attention: Garry Montgomery, Maintenance Manager to withhold the acceptance of any bid if approved for forty-five calen- dar days from the date bids are opened. Proposal forms and detailed A copy of the Bid Documents (including plans and specifications for the Work) may specifications may be obtained free of charge by emailing awebbley@ be obtained upon payment of a $50.00 refundable fee per set at the following ad- jackson.k12.ms.us, calling (601) 960-8700. No email submissions will dress: be accepted. Only a hard copy submission will be accepted. Scott C. Woods & Associates, P .A. 5/16/2013, 5/23/2013 112 Lone Wolf Drive Madison, Mississippi 39110 LEGAL Telephone No.: (601) 959-9864 Facsimile No.: (601) 859-2564 REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS Attention: Scott C. Woods, P.E., President AND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES JMAA will hold a Pre-Bid Conference at 10:00 a.m. on June 6, 2013 in the Staff Con- BY THE JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY ference Room, Third Floor of the Main Terminal Building at JAN. Attendance at the IN CONNECTION WITH DEVELOPMENT OF A Pre-Bid Conference is mandatory for all those submitting bids for the Work. CONSOLIDATED RENTAL CAR SERVICE FACILITY AT JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JMAA will award the Work to the lowest and best bidder as determined by JMAA in (JMAA PROJECT NO. 015-11) accordance with the criteria set forth in the Bid Documents. MAY 22, 2013 JMAA reserves the right to amend the plans and specifications for the Work by Ad- The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (“JMAA”) requests Statements dendum issued before the Bid Deadline and delivered to all bidders by facsimile, of Qualifications and Expressions of Interest (each, a “Statement of mail, electronic mail or other reliable means; to reject any and all bids; to waive in- Qualifications”) to provide architectural, engineering and related servic- formalities in the bidding process; and to hold and examine bids for up to ninety (90) es (“Services”) to JMAA in connection with the development of a Con- days before awarding the Contract. solidated Rental Car Service Facility at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Airport (JAN). JACKSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

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PASS 3.556 x 6 48 Web Dish Network Dish Network 2x6 2x6 16 • the mississippi link MAy 23 - 29, 2013 www.mississippilink.com NBA star ‘Big Al’ Jefferson’s Preparation is everything: so ‘Let’s Get Ready For Some Football!’ ‘The Master’s Plan’ proceeds By Corinne Millien Special to The Mississippi Link ORLANDO, Fla. - Football, benefit children of Mississippi marching bands, and good food The Mississippi Link Newswire make a perfect combination for a Al Jefferson, born Jan. 1, good time in the upcoming football 1985 in Monticello, Miss., season. spent most of his childhood in The 2013 MEAC/SWAC Chal- Prentiss, Miss., a small nearby lenge presented by Disney will town. While Al was very young showcase a matchup between the his father, Alvin Jefferson, was Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley killed in a work related acci- State University (MVSU) and the dent, leaving him without the Rattlers of Florida A&M University guidance and discipline that a (FAMU) in the Florida Citrus Bowl. father figure provides. Over the next few weeks as the His mother, Laura, worked two teams - MVSU and FAMU - as an assistant teacher at Pren- prepare for the game, journalism Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference ever memorable battle of the bands. tiss Elementary School. His students from both schools will pro- (MEAC) to the city of Orlando. The MEAC/SWAC Challenge extended family provided him file their head coach, key players, It will be a weekend jam packed presented by Disney provides a a strong support system. This and band directors sharing their sto- with more than just the game. Game bowl like experience to HBCUs that support system was led by his ries. The students will also discuss weekend includes a high school include exposure for their program grandmother, Gladys Jeffer- why they chose to attend a histori- seminar featuring figures in the sport and school on the national stage. son. Grandmother Jefferson cally black college and university industry, a pep rally at Downtown We encourage you to follow our lived on the same property as (HBCU). Disney, a band showcase at Disney’ journey as we lead up to the MEAC/ Al and his mother, and several On Labor Day Weekend ESPN Epcot, a Legends’ reception honor- SWAC Challenge presented by Dis- other family members lived in will bring a football team from a ing influential figures in the HBCU ney. As you join us in Orlando on the nearby town of Progress. historically black college and uni- community at Disney’s Contempo- Labor Day Weekend, you will see As Al entered his teen years, versity in the Southwestern Ath- rary Resort, the Great Heart & Soul why the MEAC/SWAC Challenge he experienced an incredible letic Conference (SWAC) and the tailgate at McCracken Field, and the is “More Than Just A Game.” growth spurt which resulted in him sprouting into a 6’4” eighth-grader and he discover ed what would become his first love - basketball. His talent for basketball was first nurtured at Prentiss High School where in the 2002-2003 season, he led his team all the way to the Mississippi 3A Championship Final. Politeness has been a trade- mark for Al. At Prentiss High and in the NBA, Al is known as one of the most polite young Jefferson men you could ever meet. The budding star always known as fort around players like Al - or Minnesota, the chance to play Big Al never let his increasing trade their young talent for vet- with All-Star Deron Williams popularity go to his head. erans who could bring immedi- and the rest of the talented After his astonishing season ate success. Utah team was a long-awaited at Prentiss High scouts from Still, Al felt comfortable gift. colleges all over as well as with his situation, and felt that Currently, Jefferson is one the NBA were attempting to he had done enough to warrant of the league’s best centers recruit the young star. After an extended stay in Beantown. and an unrestricted free agent careful counseling and consid- But he received word that the at the prime of his career. He eration from family, he decided team who brought him into the is “hunting the opportunity for to bypass the college scouts league was trading him, along his first NBA Championship.” and went straight to the NBA. with several other players and He launched the Al Jeffer- Al was a first round draft pick draft picks, to the Minnesota son’s 5th Annual Benefit week, at number 15 and joined the Timberwolves for future Hall themed “Let’s Move and Get Boston Celtics. of Famer Kevin Garnett. Healthy,” as part of his non- Being the first high school The Wolves did their best to profit 501c3 “The Master’s player ever to be drafted by make him feel welcome, hand- Plan” community, support and the Boston Celtics carried a ing him a five-year, $65 mil- outreach organization dedicat- boatload of expectations, but lion contract extension. And ed to introducing and promot- Al proved from the moment he Al certainly didn’t disappoint. ing health, fitness and educa- arrived in training camp that Earning every dollar of his tion in the community. he was up to the task. He stud- new contract, he started all 82 The Master’s Plan goal is to ied every move of the veteran games for Minnesota, averag- provide 200 tennis shoes, 2,000 players and put his ferocious ing 21 points and 11 rebounds, backpacks filled with school work ethic on display. The re- and establishing himself as a supplies, 10 Tablets and gift sults on the court were solid for premier low-post player, as cards to Mississippi children a 19-year-old rookie. Al posted one of the brightest young stars for the 2013-2014 school year. solid number in points (6.7) in the sport. The great event will be held and rebounds (4.4) in just over His name was plastered all Wednesday, July 24 through 14 minutes a night. over the league leaderboards, Sunday, July 28 and is designed When the season was over, finishing 20th in the league to create fun and fitness activi- Al had averaged a double-dou- points per game, fifth in re- ties for children and youth ages ble, notching 16 points and 11 bounding, second in offensive 3 to 18. boards a night. boards, and third in double- Big Al could use help in He solidified himself as a doubles. More importantly, the meeting these goals and en- rising star, but the Celtics as Wolves had found their go-to courages everyone to sched- a team was floundering. They guy and a floor leader who wel- ule a pickup of their contribu- were a franchise at a cross- comed the challenge of leading tions - items or monetarily - by roads with a mix of young a young, rebuilding team. calling Development Director talent and veteran leaders like In the summer of 2010, Al Telisha Goree at (601) 454- Paul Pierce. The front office was traded from the Timber- 4588. had to decide whether to move wolves to the Utah Jazz, and You may also visit www.Mas- players like Pierce and commit he couldn’t have been happier. tersPlanMS.org to a complete rebuilding ef- While he enjoyed his time in www.mississippilink.com MAy 23 - 29, 2013 THE mississippi link • 17 Tougaloo College Commemorative Gala and Honors May 18, 2013 • Jackson Convention Complex, Jackson, Miss.

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By Kam Williams and future eras. much a morality play about hu- A cleverly-concealed, cen- DVD Reviewer They transpire in locales as man fears, frailties and failings as turies-spanning head scratcher Sudoku Based on David Mitchell’s far afield as a Pacific atoll in the it is a mind-bending sci-fi mystery. constructed with fans of the The challenge is to fill every row across, every column down, and every groundbreaking novel of the same 1840s, Cambridge, England in the While you’re busy deciphering original sextet of stories in mind. 3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear name, Cloud Atlas offers an in- 1930s, San Francisco in the 1970s, complicated clues, the picture in- Rated: R for violence, pro- only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box. triguing and visually captivating current-day London, Korea in the termittently indulges in pretentious fanity, sexuality, ethnic slurs, cinematic experience that’s well 2140s and a post apocalyptic Ha- fortune cookie philosophy prompt- nudity and drug use; Very Good worth the investment for its un- waii in the 2340s. ing reflection upon the deeper (3 stars) orthodox narrative alone. Meanwhile, their equally-di- meaning of life. Running time: 172 minutes in Be forewarned, however, that verse themes range from slavery to Hence, the dialogue is needless- English and Spanish with sub- you would be well advised to arrive gay love to corporate mind control. ly diminished by preachy poster titles at the theater already familiar with It took a collaboration by a trio speak like “Separation is an illu- Distributor: Warner Brothers the cryptic best seller’s inscrutable of noted directors - Tom Twyker sion,” “To know yourself is only Home Entertainment Group; plot structure, if you hope to have a (Run Lola Run) and Andy and possible through the eyes of an- with Cloud Atlas Blu-Ray/DVD decent idea about what’s going on. Lana (formerly Larry) Wachowski other,” and “From womb to tomb combo pack extras: A Film Like Since I hadn’t read the British (The Matrix), to execute this am- we are bound to others” designed No Other; Everything Is Con- Book Award-winner, I initially bitious, $100 million, big screen to hit you over the head with a sim- nected; The Impossible Adap- found myself quite baffled by the adaptation. In addition, the prin- plistic New Age message. tation; The Essence of Acting; surrealistic saga’s elliptical story- cipal cast members, including Os- Another minor flaw is the film’s Spaceships, Slaves and Sextets; line. Still, I was able to enjoy it im- car-winners Tom Hanks (for Phila- almost three-hour running time, The Bold Science Fiction of mensely after gradually discerning delphia and Forest Gump), Halle which can easily be explained by Cloud Atlas; and Eternal Recur- the underlying method to the time- Berry (for Monster’s Ball), Susan the directors’ desire to remain as rence: Love, Life and Longing shifting madness. Sarandon (for Dead Man Walking) faithful to the 544-page source ma- in Cloud Atlas. It essentially consists of a half- and Jim Broadbent (for Iris) - as terial as possible, rather than con- To see a trailer for Cloud At- dozen insular adventures which ul- each play multiple versions of re- flate characters, condense chapters las, visit: http://www.youtube. timately interlock despite unfold- incarnated characters. and make other concessions for the com/watch?v=V8IIxXjtpQk&fe ing over the course of past, present Nonetheless, Cloud Atlas is as sake of a Hollywood formula. ature=relmfu © 2008. Feature Exchange

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Mc- though many wouldn’t on that album - to direct Morgan Freeman Creary, Curtis Burch, Pe- agree with that title, Janet from dance to and Diane Keaton in “Life ters and Tracy Mercer are Jackson, has remerged after soul to rock to Itself,” a comedy based on producing, and Freeman getting married to her rich opera on “This the Jill Ciment novel He- will executive produce. beau and allegedly convert- Time.” Did you roic Measures. “We are happy to be ing to Islam. have to fight to Charlie Peters wrote the working with Morgan and The entertainer is recently keep some of the screenplay, about a long- Lori again (Myriad pre- celebrated her 20th anniver- bolder songs on married NY couple who viously handled interna- sary of the album “janet.” there - was any- find themselves swept into tional sales for “10 Items Her groundbreaking fifth one telling you an emotional and comi- Or Less”) and of course album has sold over 7 mil- this wasn’t “pop” cal real estate bidding war the extraordinary Diane lion copies and spawned six enough? when they put their beloved Keaton on this clever and Hot 100 singles. The album JJ: I’ve been downtown apartment on timely comedy set in the was a sexual awakening for exposed to all the market - and must come world of New York real es- both Jackson and American types of great to terms with the possibility tate and art,” Myriad’s Kirk culture. Hits like “That’s The music. I like to of moving from the home D’Amico said. “We know Way Love Goes” and “Any collaborate on where they have spent most that Richard Loncraine will Morgan Freeman leaves his hotel to attend the Time, Any Place” were some my music. The of their adult lives. do a great job directing this 2013 Boston University graduation where he was of the most sexually frank to creative process Freeman and Lori Mc- insightful script by Charlie presented with a Doctor of Humane Letters at the reach the upper reaches of is fun and you Jackson Creary’s Revelations En- Peters.” University’s graduation. (May 18, 2013) the charts at the time. get a lot of ideas During an interview with from having discussions big inspiration to me. I hope Billboard, the singer talks about it. Ultimately, the fi- I do the same for others. about her career and the nal decision is mine. BB: Several of the songs A broke Sinbad files for next album in the making. BB: There are musical on “janet” and their ac- Billboard: May 18 marks references and direct sam- companying videos were the 20th anniversary of “ja- ples of janet songs all over groundbreaking at the time bankruptcy … again net.” How would you de- the place now, most notably for their overt sexuality. scribe what that album cap- on Kendrick Lamar’s “Poet- Why was it so important for eurweb.com million to the CA Franchise tures about your life at that ic Justice.” Have you heard you to express that part of Dang, Sinbad said he’s broke Tax Board. time? most of these re-interpreta- yourself in your work, and again. He also claims he owes $8.3 Janet Jackson: I can’t be- tions (Moon Boots’ “Sugar,” how did you convince oth- Sinbad filed for bankruptcy million to the IRS for taxes lieve it is already 20 years. which samples “If,” How ers around you at the time to for the second time since 2009. from 1998-2006, and admits I always write my music To Dress Well’s cover of let you take those risks? Poor guy. Last month he filed he owes both state and federal Sinbad based on what is going on in “Again,” MNEK’s “That’s JJ: Like I said before, I chapter 13 bankruptcy. taxes from 2009-2012. my life at the time. I wanted The Way Love Goes” etc?) write about my experienc- The comedian whose real According to the bankrupt- home office equipment … and to allow people in… I want And how does it feel to see es or things that touch me name is David Adkins, said he cy docs, Sinbad earns only 200 copies of “Sinbad’s Guide my fans to really know me. your work have such impact deeply. I was really begin- owes $10,991,715 in debt … $16,000 per month and can’t to Life” currently for sale on The ‘janet’ album was sex- on new artists? ning to get in tune with my and only has $131,000 in as- afford to pay his bills. Amazon for $6.25 each. ual and I was beginning to JJ: I have listened to the sexual self. This is what I sets. But the bright side, he’s still As we said, Sinbad filed really discover that side of music that is out there and I wanted to express so I did. Specifically, according to got some possessions - a 2007 for bankruptcy once before in me. love Kendrick’s “Poetic Jus- The decision to move for- TMZ, he owes $374,979 to BMW 750i, a 2006 VW Bee- 2009. However, the case was BB: Although you worked tice.” There are artists, true ward in an artistic way is American Express, $32,199 tle, a 2010 Ford F150, a 2010 dismissed because he didn’t primarily with Jimmy and performers that have come mine. 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