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VOLUME 20 NO. 3 WEEK OF JUNE 10, 2018 $1.00 Imagine a teenager who not only had never seen a pizza, she didn’t even know what a pizza was! That was the reality for Southeast Raleigh High’s Plaxides Njeri when her family received green cards in 2013 and moved here from their village in Long Ball opened its Kenya. 10th season with a At 13 years old, Plaxides helped her single mother with cooking, house- hold responsibilities and taking care of her two younger siblings so her special ceremony for mother could work multiple jobs to financially support the family. At the time, her mother also started taking classes to become a medication tech- sponsors and nician at an assisted living facility. supporters. In their Kenyan village, Plaxides’s family spoke Swahili and Kikuyu. Plaxides knew English, but she says she still had trouble communicating when she first moved to the United States. It took a while just to figure out what “y’all” means.

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Civil Judicial rights redistrict groups bill grinds ahead sue STAFFNC REPORTS RALEIGH – The North Car- Decry move to olina Division of Motor Vehi- cles has revoked the licenses create ‘rubber of hundreds of thousands of people simply because they stamp’ courts cannot afford to pay traffic By Melissa Boughton fines and court costs. The Southern Poverty Law THE POLICY WATCH Center (SPLC), the ACLU, the RALEIGH – Lawmakers are ACLU of North Carolina and still trying to sort out their the Southern Coalition for So- plans for judicial redistricting cial Justice are suing to end less than two weeks before the practice, which funnels candidate filing commences low-income people further for judicial office, and it’s not into poverty, in violation of at all clear where the finish their due process and equal line will be. protection rights under the FREDA FREEMAN Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, all but promised last week 14th Amendment to the U.S. Marchers protest against deaths at the Durham County Jail. Constitution. that a committee meeting at The North Carolinians im- which two bills were ap- pacted by this punitive proved would be the end of scheme are stripped of their judicial redistricting, but Sen. ability to support themselves Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, said and their families as drivers’ Monday that there were still licenses are crucial to secur- Family of man who died imbalances across the state ing and maintaining employ- that could be dealt with. ment, driving children to The Senate Committee on school, and obtaining basic Elections, which Hise chairs, needs. in Durham County jail gave a favorable report Mon- The federal lawsuit chal- day to House Bill 717, which lenges the DMV’s automatic was changed from a statewide revocation of driver’s licenses judicial redistricting bill to a without providing sufficient more targeted measure that demands answers reduces the state’s judicial di- notice of alternatives to full payment under state law, and Dashawn Evans’s death is seventh since 2013 visions from eight to five, re- a hearing to ensure that peo- By Freda Freeman said. “They said his death was Evans’s family, friends, and districts some western undetermined. They said noth- supporters from Inside-Out- ple who cannot afford fines CORRESPONDENT counties, prohibits the State and costs will not lose their li- ing came up on the autopsy. side Alliance held a protest and Board of Elections and Ethics DURHAM – Dashawn Evans’s He was perfectly healthy, 23 press conference last week at cense. family wants answers. They Enforcement from labeling ju- “No one should have to live years old, and they don’t have the jail. His family is demand- dicial seats by incumbents’ want to know how a seemingly no cause of death. There’s got ing a copy of the original State with the burden of their li- healthy 23-year-old man names, and attempts to cense being revoked, and all to be a cause of death. You got Bureau of Investigation report, change the rotation and as- “drops dead” in jail. to die from something. I’m try- an independent investigation the expenses that come with On May 27, Evans became signment of Superior Court that, simply because they ing to get a cause.” beyond the SBI investigation, judges. the seventh person in five Evans had been in jail since and the release of information don’t have any money,” plain- years to be found dead in the “I think the two bills we’ve tiff Seti Johnson said. “I’d pre- October on a robbery charge. from Sheriff Mike Andrews done so far with Mecklenburg Durham County Detention According to a report from the stating the name of the deten- viously fallen behind on my Center. His family wants to districts, I felt like we really rent and sacrificed the needs Durham County Sheriff’s Of- tion officer in command the needed to address, and I feel know how and why he died. fice, Evans’s cause of death morning and all relevant infor- of my children just to keep “I haven’t heard anything like this is the clean-up lan- my license. I cannot afford to was listed as undetermined mation in his death. guage for some other parts of from anyone since my son was rather than natural causes or a do that again. This has to found dead,” Tammie Evans the state,” Hise said of HB stop.” suicide. Please see FAMILY/2A 717. “I think that’s covered The DMV’s unlawful license most of what we’re accom- revocation stems from a plishing this session. There North Carolina statute that re- are still [population] balance quires the automatic revoca- issues that exist all over the tion of licenses for state that have not yet been nonpayment of a traffic ticket addressed, and it will just be 40 days after a court judg- a question of whether or not ment. But the law does not re- Raleigh transition center steers there’s the will to move on it.” quire a hearing before He also said he didn’t know revocation to ensure that a of any constitutional amend- person punished under the ments regarding judicial re- statute is actually able to pay drugBy Mick addictsSchulte back on right path form that were likely to be and willfully failed to do so. CORRESPONDENT considered, but added: “I U.S. Supreme Court precedent wouldn’t rule out that possi- RALEIGH – Drew Long opens the makes it clear that inability to bility.” door to the detox room at Healing pay must be considered be- Lewis, in contrast, said he Transitions recovery facility. It is fore punishing a person for didn’t expect that there would dark and quiet, with a few men oc- nonpayment of a court fine. be any constitutional amend- cupying the stark white beds “I just want a fair chance to ments dealing with judicial re- arranged like cubicles in an office. take care of my family,” form, and particularly judicial Their discomfort is visible as they Smoot added. “I can’t afford selection. Senate lawmakers endure the first step toward rehabil- to pay the tickets right now, had been pushing for a “merit itation. but that shouldn’t prevent me selection” plan for the ap- With his bright smile and lively from having a driver’s li- pointment of judges while demeanor, it’s hard to believe that cense.” House members were pro- Long, 22, was one of those detox pa- More than 15 percent of moting statewide judicial re- tients only 13 months ago. He came North Carolina residents live districting. to the nonprofit recovery center in poverty. North Carolina’s The other two bills that have with an addiction to a lethal combi- practice of revoking licenses been gaining steam over the nation of drugs: heroine, painkillers, for nonpayment without en- past two weeks and that were and cocaine. MICK SCHULTE suring ability to pay dispro- expected to pass this week are “I had a $300 per day habit, which portionately harms people of Several of the men at Healing Transitions relax on the porch. Senate Bill 757, which redis- I didn’t have the money for, so I’d color due to longstanding tricts Superior and District steal to support it,” Long said. After racial and ethnic gaps in through treatment that offered Like Peacock, many at the facility Court districts in Wake, Meck- seeing his mother’s best friend poverty and wealth. tours to visitors. are victims of the opioid crisis. The lenburg, New Hanover and complete the program at Healing “North Carolina’s unjust “This event gives us a chance to state’s division of Public Health re- Pender counties; and HB Transitions, he decided to give it a traffic fine collection scheme show the community that we are ported the number of opioid over- 1037, which redistricts pros- try along with his parents, who are has created a two-tiered sys- people just like them. We want to dose deaths in North Carolina ecutorial, Superior and Dis- both fighting addictions of their tem of justice, where people show who we are trying to become increased by 640 percent since trict Court districts in Duplin, own. charged with the same traffic – contributing members of the com- 1999, and state leaders are looking Jones, Sampson, Onslow, Long told his story during an open offense are punished differ- munity,” said Alexander Peacock, to recovery centers for solutions to Hoke, Moore, Montgomery house at Healing Transitions on 29, who came to Healing Transi- Please seePLAINTIFFS/2A June 1. He was one of the men going tions with a heroine addiction. Please seeTRANSITIONS/5A Please seeJUDICIAL/2A

Index Follow The To subscribe: 919-688-9408 or Tribune on News 1A Religion 5A Email: [email protected] Classifieds 4A Sports 6A © 2018 The Triangle Tribune 2A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, June 10, 2018 Family of man who died in Durham County jail demandsContinued from page 1A eyesanswers to see that, even if you family was told that jail per- Evans’s father, Lewis Jacobs, committed a crime or are ac- sonnel found Evans unre- said the grief of losing his son cused of committing a crime, sponsive at the second cell is compounded by not having you’re in their custody, just check. any answers. Jacobs said do your job, just do your job. “They do those every 15 to Evans did not have any med- Don’t nobody have to lose 20 minutes. Even if a person ical problems, and he is cer- their life for nothing. My son is having a heart attack, tain his son did not take his and the other people here and they’re going to grab at their own life. all over America, just do your chest or fall or do something. “I know without a shadow of job, and a lot of this could be These men are telling me this a doubt he didn’t kill himself,” prevented.” man didn’t ask nobody to COURTESY Jacobs said. “There’s no way Jasmine Jacobs, Evans’s sis- help him or nothing. You just Senior Plaxides Njeri, left, and her mother, Ann Kamau. possible; it’s not even in his ter, said she was in shock walk around in 15 more min- DNA to do it to himself. He’s when she first learned of her utes, and he’s just lying there survived through so much brother’s death. She said dead. That’s not what hap- stuff in his life, he wouldn’t there has to be an explana- pened. Something else had to do that.” tion. have happened to him.: Jacobs hopes the march and “It was unbelievable. I said Heather Wilson, mother of From developing country to protest will draw public atten- Dashawn’s in jail, he can’t be Evans’s son, Jaden Evans, 5, tion to the treatment of in- dead, he’s in jail,” she said. said all the families of people mates not only in Durham but “And when I asked what hap- who have died in jail deserves Continuedfuture from pageIvy 1A Leaguewas determined not toscholar let this cited for her first winter in up- throughout the country. He pened to him, everybody said answers. Culture shock new world of opportunity go state New York. doesn’t believe jail staff are they don’t know what hap- “I want them to do a private And then there was the cul- to waste. “Kenya was hot and didn’t doing their jobs as they pened. How do you not investigation to find out what ture shock. Her village did not “College prep here became have four seasons,” she said. should. know? How does a healthy 23- happened to him, and the have a sewage system or run- much easier (than it was in “North Carolina hasn’t been “To my understanding, year-old just drop dead? I other ones too. Everybody de- ning water. She had never Kenya),” she said. “I even took that cold. I’m looking forward there have been more deaths don’t understand how people serves to know what hap- seen a microwave and didn’t some online courses because to winter in upstate New York just like Dashawn,” he said. “I just die in jail.” pened. I don’t feel it’s right know what cheese was. In what I wanted wasn’t offered and the snow!” hope it opens up people’s Jasmine Jacobs said the that he left us,” she said. North Carolina, she now had at the school, like AP psychol- Proud mother running water and indoor ogy, AP world history, and Kamau beams with pride plumbing, air conditioning, honors pre-calculus.” while watching her daughter hundreds of television chan- Her junior year, Plaxides wearing her graduation cap nels and a world of new food took seven AP exams, earning and gown, talking about her options, like pizza. college credit. This year, she college and career plans. Like Plaintiffs sue DMV for But Plaxides didn’t allow took six more AP exams, earn- Plaxides, Kamau is also start- herself to get distracted by all ing additional college credit. ing a new college program the luxuries of her new world. Ready for the Ivy League this summer, working to- Continued from page 1A a hearing to keep their license. ing amount. The fees were Because of the language bar- When applying to colleges, wards becoming a registered revoking drivers’The order indicates thatlicense the due on May 22, and Johnson ently based on how much rier, she had to work harder in Plaxides had her sights set nurse. money they have,” said only way to restore a revoked fears that he will lose his li- school than most of her high. She applied to 12 uni- “I’m feeling great,” she said. Cristina Becker, criminal jus- license is to pay all outstand- cense again. eighth-grade classmates to versities, including four Ivy “I know everyone has a story. tice debt fellow for the ACLU ing traffic fines and court Smoot is a single black keep up with assignments League schools. Ours has been a challenge, of North Carolina. “Those costs in full. mother struggling to support and make sure she under- Planning to major in engi- but I know our family is going who can afford to pay their Johnson, a black father of her daughter. She lost her dri- stood the lessons. The hard neering (possibly computer or far. God has blessed the work traffic tickets get to keep their three, had to choose between ver’s license in 2016 when work paid off, and Plaxides mechanical engineering) and of our hands.” license, while those who can- paying traffic fines and sup- she could not afford to pay a made the honor roll every se- minoring in engineering busi- Working to give back not have their license re- porting his children. During a traffic fine and court costs. mester. ness, Plaxides turned down Plaxides says she wants to voked, making it harder to traffic stop last summer in Every day, she faces an im- Working toward offers to attend Carnegie Mel- become an engineer so she find and keep a job and take Cabarrus County, he was sur- possible choice between driv- future goals lon, Duke, East Carolina, Geor- can go back to Kenya and care of their families. North prised to learn that his license ing illegally to work and Plaxides had always known gia Tech, N.C. State and other developing areas to Carolina is denying a basic ne- had been revoked for unpaid losing her job. she wanted to go to college. UNC-Chapel Hill. Instead she help them. cessity – having a driver’s li- traffic tickets. He was forced The plaintiffs seek a court “But your chances in Kenya to chose to attend Cornell, one “I want to connect those cense – to hundreds of to use his rent money to pay order declaring that North get into college were limited,” of her Ivy League options. people who don’t have re- thousands of residents sim- off the more than $700 he Carolina’s law and the DMV’s said her mother, Ann Kamau. And she won’t have to wait sources to people who can ply because of their economic owed to reinstate his license. practice of revoking drivers’ “And even if you made it to long to get there. Plaxides is help them get things like standing, trapping countless Johnson’s license was rein- licenses are unconstitutional. college, in Kenya, your job op- leaving this month to get a water, clothing, food, health people in a cycle of poverty. stated, but not before he re- The plaintiffs also seek an in- portunities after college were jump-start on her college ca- care and other basic necessi- This unfair and unconstitu- ceived a separate traffic ticket junction to prevent the DMV extremely limited.” reer by participating in Cor- ties,” she said. “Sometimes, tional system must end.” for driving with a revoked li- from revoking licenses for By high school, Plaxides had nell’s Pre-Freshman Summer communities don’t just need When the DMV receives no- cense. The charge was later nonpayment without first worked her way up to ad- Program for engineering stu- food or water brought in. tice from the court that a per- reduced, and the court or- providing motorists sufficient vanced, honors and AP col- dents. As a Ryan Scholar, Maybe what they really need son has not paid a traffic fine dered him to pay a $100 fine notice and a hearing to deter- lege-level courses. Instead of she’ll move in and start taking is a bridge to connect their vil- or cost, it enters a license rev- and $208 in court costs. He mine whether they willfully taking four classes a semes- classes preparing her for Ivy lage to other communities. I’d ocation order that becomes was able to pay $100, but did not pay. The suit also re- ter, sometimes she took six League life and academic like to help them pinpoint effective 60 days after mailing couldn’t pay more, and was quests an injunction that classes and additional rigor. where the problem is and or personal delivery to the assessed an additional $20 would require the DMV to re- courses over the summer. She Plaxides says she’s also ex- help them solve it.” motorist. The order does not fee because he couldn’t pay in store any licenses that were explain that, if a motorist can- full that day. Without a job, he revoked solely for nonpay- not pay, they can petition for struggled to pay the remain- ment. Judicial redistricting bill

Continued from page 1A risdiction over entire districts members, pointed to a popu- moves towardand denying votersfiling their right lationstart imbalance in Mecklen- and Stanly counties. Lawmakers argued Monday to vote for someone they may burg County Superior Court night and Tuesday morning come before in court is not districts as evidence of a need over those two bills. Both still only bad policy, it’s disenfran- for judicial redistricting, but passed and have been sent to chising. Morey said it wasn’t fair to the Senate for concurrence. Rep. Scott Stone, R-Mecklen- drag District Court into that If all three bills currently ad- burg, said he didn’t believe same argument. vancing become law, around there was any confusion at all “To compare the functions 3.5 million people, or roughly about SB 757. “If there is of a Superior Court judge to a a third of North Carolinians, something confusing about District Court judge is like would be impacted. the election of judges, it’s the comparing an apple to a ba- House Minority Leader Dar- way it’s done now in Mecklen- nana,” she said. ren Jackson, D-Wake, objected burg County,” he said. to how fast changes were He, like other Republican moving through the legisla- ture — a pace, he said, that left members without an ability to really grasp the causes and effects of the legislation. “We don’t have copies of the maps or anything,” he said. “That’s very unusual in redistricting. It’s just not the way to be doing these types of changes.” Jackson said the changes would mean that he, as a Wake County voter, would only get to vote for one-seventh of the district court judges there, but Lewis, as a voter in Harnett County, a more rural area, would get to vote for all of the judges running for election there. “I don’t know how that’s fair,” Jackson said. “I don’t know why people think it’s OK to do one thing in urban counties that they don’t do in rural counties.” In raising concerns about the residency requirements contained in SB 757, Rep. Mar- cia Morey, D-Durham, pointed out that the bill takes effect Jan. 1, 2019, but purports to apply to elections that will be held in 2018. Will, she asked, District Court judges in whole counties that are being carved into smaller areas be able to file anywhere until the law takes effect? “The confusion, I think, is apparent,” she said. She also argued during two separate House sessions that District Court judges have ju- 3A FOCUS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, June 10, 2018 2018 Beta Phi chapter Fatherhood conference kicks officers installed off with ‘Barbershop Buzz’ Barbershops in Raleigh, Wendell and Garner participated in the “Barbershop Buzz,” the kickoff event for the 2018 N.C. Fatherhood Conference next Saturday at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. The conference is sponsored by the Family Resource Center South Atlantic.

COURTESY Bottom, left to right: Clifton Johnson, keeper of records and seal; Clayton Jones, first vice basileus; Russel Jones, basileus; Phillip Terry, second vice basileus; Antonio Jones, keeper of finance; and Carlos McCall, immediate past basileus. Top l-r: Hank Speller, parliamentarian; John Ervin, editor; Ricky McGhee, assistant MATHIAS BISHOP keeper of finance; Cedric Fairbanks, assistant scholarship chairman; Calvin Riley, Jazmyne Jones of the FRC presents Dee Highsmith, owner of the Taperz Barbershop keeper of peace; Lucious McEachin, chaplain; Ty Littles, assistant chaplain; and in Raleigh, with a certificate for his participation in the “Barbershop Buzz.” Stoney Brown, assistant editor. Not pictured: Tony Jenkins, assistant keeper of records and seal; Robert Hoover, historian; Dominque Oliver, assistant historian; Jason Evans, dean of education; and James Richardson, keeper of peace.

Michael McClean Raleigh native serves with

NavyBy Kayla Turnbow strikeNavy. fighter I work harder for things squadronwithout the need to get an- NAVY OFFICE OF so that I can achieve them.” other country’s permission to operate within its borders. COMMUNITY OUTREACH Members of VFA 14 work with the F/A 18 Super Hornet, As a member of one of the LEMOORE, Calif. – A 2011 one of the most advanced air- U.S. Navy’s most relied-upon Athens Drive High School craft in the world. The Super assets, McClean and other graduate and Raleigh native is Hornet takes off from and sailors know they are part of serving with a U.S. Navy strike a legacy that will last beyond NAPS lands on Navy aircraft carriers fighter squadron that flies one at sea and is capable of con- their lifetimes providing the of the world’s most advanced ducting air-to-air combat as navy the nation needs. warplanes. well as striking targets on “I like the people I work Petty Officer 3rd Class land. It is approximately 61 with,” McClean said. “The Michael McClean is an avia- feet long, has a loaded weight people I serve with are my Socioeconomic status can tion ordnanceman with the of 51,000 pounds, and a max family away from my family.” Tophatters of VFA 14, which speed of 1,190 miles per McClean is also proud of operates out of Naval Air Sta- hour. earning a Navy Achievement affectSTAFF REPORTS howimportant old because we negative feelrelative socioeconomic status, tion Lemoore. A Navy aviation Operating from sea aboard Medal for going above and be- RALEIGH – A recent study attitudes about aging, and the younger people felt and ordnanceman is responsible aircraft carriers, the Super yond job expectations from finds that how older adults how old we feel, determine the better their attitudes for uploading and download- Hornet gives the Navy the July 2016 to February 2017. perceive their socioeconomic how we respond to stress and about aging; the lower one’s ing ordnance on the aircraft. power to protect America’s in- “Serving in the navy is a way status influences how old can affect quality of life – and perceived status, the older “In Raleigh, I was taught to terests anywhere, at any time. for me to get my life on track,” they feel and their attitudes health – in a meaningful way.” people felt and the worse they stay humble,” McClean said. The versatile jet has the abil- he continued. “It has helped toward aging. Researchers conducted an felt about aging. We found “It has helped me further with ity to destroy targets located me set better goals for my- Specifically, the lower peo- online survey of 296 adults this effect regardless of age, what I am expecting out of the hundreds of miles inland self.” ple deem their relative socioe- over the age of 60 from across physical health, sex or race. conomic status, the worse the United States. Study par- “In short, the urge to ‘keep they feel about growing older. ticipants were asked a series up with the Joneses’ appears “We’re not talking about ac- of questions to assess their to have real consequences as tual socioeconomic status, socioeconomic status, how we grow older.” but about how people feel they felt that status compared The paper, “It’s ‘the Jone- their socioeconomic status to others in their community, ses’: the influence of objective Children’s Home Society compares to others in their and their attitudes and expe- and subjective socioeconomic community,” said Shevaun riences related to aging. status on subjective percep- Neupert, a North Carolina The researchers found that tions of aging,” is published expandsSTAFF REPORTS program“The safety and well-being ers help families build social State associate professor of actual socioeconomic status, in the European Journal of RALEIGH – With the number of the children always comes capital by connecting them to psychology and co-author of education and income, did Ageing. Lead author of the of children in foster care on first,” said Lisa Cauley, child resources like food banks, ed- a paper on the work. not correspond to changes in paper is NCSU undergraduate the rise, Children’s Home So- welfare director for the N.C. ucation services, mental “So someone could be suc- aging attitudes. But the way Alaina English. Corresponding ciety of North Carolina, with Division of Social Services. health services, etc. cessful and affluent, but if people perceived their status author of the paper is Jennifer the state Department of “The value of keeping chil- Last year the program kept they feel less successful and relative to their community Bellingtier, a former NCSU Health and Human Services, dren in their families is re- 775 children with their fami- affluent than their peers, they made a significant difference. Ph.D. student who is now a has expanded its prevention flected by outcomes that lies, saving the state $15.2 are more likely to feel older “We found that the effect postdoctoral researcher at program, Intensive Family include fewer teen pregnan- million in foster care costs. Of and have more negative atti- was linear,” Neupert said. Friedrich Schiller University Preservation. CHS has added cies, fewer children ending up these families, 97 percent tudes regarding aging. This is “The higher one’s perceived Jena. 12 new staff positions in the juvenile justice system were still intact after one year. statewide, three in the Raleigh and more of them likely to “Our Children’s Home Soci- area, to address the critical successfully find and keep a ety social worker came into needs of families in crisis. job.” our lives at a time when I felt MOVERS AND SHAKERS Family Preservation occurs as CHS’s Intensive Family very broken, defeated, and DUKE UNIVERSITY one of “50 great cation process the prevention step prior to Preservation team spends 10 alone. She made me feel that Christopher African-Ameri- for Minority removing children from their hours a week in the home she genuinely cared. I plan on Bush has been can leaders in Business Enter- homes. with each family to evaluate paying this forward by getting named the 2018 healthcare to prises and sup- “Nearly 11,000 children are what is needed to keep chil- my degree to help domestic Parking Staff know.” Grant is ports members in foster care in North Car- dren safe. They spend a total violence victims and children Member of the the burn out- t h r o u g h o u t olina. The first priority is to of 28 days with each family. affected by child abuse,” said Year for Duke’s reach coordina- North Carolina, keep children safely with their The program helps families a client who wished to remain anonymous. Parking and tor at the North Grant South Carolina Milton families when possible,” said increase their strengths, en- Transportation Carolina Jaycee and Virginia. Mil- Rebecca Starnes, vice presi- hance their children’s devel- For more information on Services by the Burn Center at UNC Hospitals, ton earned a B.S. degree in dent of programs, Children’s opment, and remain together. Children’s Home Society, be- Bush International and is president of the Amer- economics from Spelman Col- Home Society. “Our program Often families need help ob- coming a foster or adoptive Parking Institute. ican Nurses Association. lege. works with families whose taining housing or employ- parent, volunteering, or pro- Bush has been employed at children are at imminent risk ment to provide basic needs viding financial support, call Duke since 2016 and has CVMSDC Are you or someone you of removal to prevent place- or they may need help devel- 1-800-632-1400 or visit helped set up over 1,400 spe- Dominique Simpson Milton know a Mover and a Shaker? ment in foster care.” oping parenting skills. 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RALEIGH COMPASSIONATE BAPTIST 2310 Compassionate Drive Youth Day is June 10 at 11 a.m. All youth are encouraged to bring friends. Also, please bring canned goods and non-perishable items. • Proctors are needed for EOG testing at Walnut Creek Elementary June 19-21. Contact Janika Lee at [email protected].

APEX HOLLAND CHAPEL AME ZION 360 Burgess Road SHAW Graduation Day is June 10 at 10 a.m. All are invited. Left to right: Shaw VP of Institutional Advancement Marilyn Richards, GBSC President DURHAM Nilous M. Avery, and Shaw Divinity School Dean Johnny Hill. WEST DURHAM BAPTIST 1901 Athens Avenue Men’s Day is June 17 at 10 a.m. The theme is “Bless Be the Ties That Bind.”

Send your church news to: The Triangle Tribune, 115 Market Street, Suite 360-G, Durham, Shaw receives gift from NC 27701; e-mail [email protected]; or fax 688-2740. Deadline: Tuesday by noon. General Baptist State Healing Transitions helps ConventionBy Kandace Harris this gift…,” interim president Shaw University are the first SPECIAL TO THE TRBUNE Paulette Dillard said. “The in their families to go to col- convention’s continued sup- lege,” Shaw Divinity School Continued from page 1A They won’t search you, but and started taking drugs in drug addictsthey’ll tellin on yourecovery if they find high school. After progressing RALEIGH – Shaw University port over the decades is affir- Dean Johnny Hill said. “Shaw the problem. Mandy Cohen, received a gift of $100,000 mation that Shaw is fulfilling has provided a path to eco- North Carolina’s new Secre- you using again.” to harder and harder drugs from the General Baptist State our mission to prepare young nomic prosperity and em- tary of Health and Human The program is a long-term throughout college and after, Convention of North Carolina men and women for the chal- powerment to thousands of Services, visited the open commitment for addicts, last- he came to Healing Transi- at the organization’s annual lenges of life with a Christ- young black people for 152 house and commented on the ing between nine to 24 tions when he went home for mid-year session in Rocky centered education.” years. The black Baptist important role the center months, and longer if neces- help and his mom refused to Mount. Shaw officials say the gift church has always been an in- plays in fighting the opioid sary for a full recovery. More let him take a shower. She Shaw and the GBSC have will help the university con- tegral part of this success, and problem. than 290 men and women use brought her homeless and ad- been linked since 1867 when tinue to educate students of many clergy members today “I appreciate every opportu- the free services each day, dicted son into the program, it was founded to form an as- all backgrounds and prepare received their degrees from nity I have to visit Healing and the center reports a 76 hoping it would provide a sociation to support the edu- the next generation of clergy Shaw. This gift from the Gen- Transitions,” she said. “The percent sustained recovery miracle that would change his cational and missionary for service. eral Baptist State Convention peer support workers I met one year after program com- life. efforts of the black Baptist “As is the case with many will help Shaw continue that provide compassionate care pletion. Eventually he did complete church. HBCUs, many students at legacy.” to help folks on the road to re- Rodney Williams, 55, who the program and now he “We are honored to receive covery, and I’m thankful for has been sober for 8.5 works as the volunteer coor- the role the center plays in the months while living at Heal- dinator and attends graduate community. It is important ing Transitions, explained school at N.C. State. He helped that the department, recovery how the treatment helped get start a pilot project with the services, treatment facilities to the core of his problem. Wake County Opioid Coali- and stakeholders continue to “The best thing this place tion, where they send out two Colorado cake baker’s win support each other to turn the has done for me is it’s made peer support specialists – a tide of the opioid crisis.” me aware of who I am. The man and a woman – with EMS Peacock explained the dif- process checks my attitudes teams responding to opioid most basic religious convic- sociate Justice Anthony ference between other reha- and behaviors which helps overdose cases. affirmsBy Tom Strode religious liberty control my drinking,” he said. Those peers can speak to bilitation facilities and the BAPTIST PRESS tions of millions of Americans Kennedy said the commission as hateful or bigoted. So I was did not treat Phillips' case peer-based program at Heal- Williams is proud of his the patients from experience WASHINGTON – The U.S. very glad to see the strong re- "with the religious neutrality ing Transitions. “I went progress in the recovery pro- and link them to support sys- Supreme Court delivered an buke of hostility toward reli- that the Constitution re- through five different program and plans to move to tems. “We want to assertively important, if not wide-rang- gious people's viewpoints." quires." grams before coming here the final phase in a few weeks. outreach to an invisible pop- ing, victory for religious lib- In 2012, Phillips, a Christian, "The Commission's hostility and none of them were like Throughout the tour, visi- ulation,” Garrity said. erty June 4 in its continuing refused a request from the was inconsistent with the First this. They were run by people tors were told stories of re- While his mother most faceoff with sexual liberty. men as a cake artist and Amendment's guarantee that who never had addictions and demption: how men of all likely wishes she never had to In a 7-2 opinion, a high owner of Masterpiece our laws be applied in a man- don’t know what it feels like ages walked in to detox at bring her son to a recovery court majority that included Cakeshop because of his be- ner that is neutral toward re- to live with one. Because this their lowest point, then center, Garrity’s story and de- conservatives and liberals lief that marriage is only be- ligion," Kennedy wrote. place is peer run, they can see through mentoring, counsel- sire to help others is part of ruled the Colorado Civil tween a male and a female. He "Phillips was entitled to a neu- through our ‘B.S.’ and keep us ing, and hard work, they be- what makes Healing Transi- Rights Commission violated told them, however, he would tral decision-maker who accountable. We need that,” came productive people tions work. He is one of over the religious free exercise make and sell them all other would give full and fair con- he said. giving back to the commu- 1,000 “silver chippers” who clause of the First Amend- baked items. At the time, gay sideration to his religious ob- Long also emphasized the nity. completed the program suc- ment by penalizing Jack marriage was not legal in Col- jection as he sought to assert accountability of the peer-run One of the most compelling cessfully and now encourage Phillips for declining to design orado. it in all of the circumstances system. “We are encouraged stories is how it transformed others “to not to leave before and decorate a cake for the After the men filed a com- in which this case was pre- to tell on each other. It’s how Justin Garrity’s life. He grew the miracle happens,” Long wedding of two men. The plaint with the state, the Col- sented, considered, and de- we keep each other in check. up in a wealthy home in Cary, said. commission demonstrated orado Civil Rights cided." "religious hostility" toward Commission ordered Phillips Kennedy pointed to two BUSINESS BRIEFS Phillips in its action, the jus- to create custom cakes for ways hostility was demon- FORUM SEMINAR SHOWCASE tices said in a decision on one same-sex ceremonies or quit strated: in the disparaging Greater Durham Black Durham Business & Profes- Youth and Young Adult En- of multiple court cases in- designing wedding cakes. He language from the commis- Chamber of Commerce will sional Chain will host the trepreneur and Career Show- volving wedding vendors who stopped designing wedding sion to describe Phillips' be- host its next Black Business seminar, “The Four Pillars of case is June 23, 10 a.m. to 6 oppose using their talents in cakes. The commission also liefs and in the panel's finding Forum June 12, 6-7:30 p.m., Intergenerational Wealth,” p.m., St. Aug’s MLK Bldg, 1315 support of same-sex mar- ordered him to re-educate his that at least three other bakers M&F Corporate Auditorium, June 14, 6-8 p.m., Southwest Oakwood Ave. Visit riage. employees on complying with acted legally in refusing to 2634 Durham-Chapel Hill Regional Library, 3605 Shan- www.theDecosterAgency.com. Religious freedom advo- the Colorado Anti-discrimina- create cakes with messages Blvd. Email: non Road. Call 683-1047. cates praised the high court's tion Act, which includes sex- that opposed same-sex mar- [email protected]. OPENINGS: decision. ual orientation as a protected riage. LUNCHEON • ALDI will open its first "The Supreme Court got this class and the panel found Phillips expressed his grati- KNIGHTDALE CHAMBER Central Carolina Women in Apex location at 1770 W. one right," said Russell Moore, Phillips had violated. When tude to the high court for its • June 14, noon to 5 p.m. – Business will host second an- Williams St., on June 14. president of the Southern Phillips appealed, the Col- decision. "It's hard to believe Business Expo, The Life En- niversary luncheon June 19, Baptist Ethics & Religious Lib- orado Court of Appeals up- that the government pun- richment Center, Wake 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Croas- erty Commission in a written held the commission's order, ished me for operating my Chapel, 3805 Tarheel Club daile Country Club, 3800 Send business briefs to: statement. "I have long been and the Colorado Supreme business consistent with my Road Farm Gate Ave. Register at [email protected]. concerned by the erosion of Court declined in 2016 to re- beliefs about marriage," he www.hillsboroughchamber.c religious liberty and the char- view the decision. said in a written release. "That om/. acterizing of some of the In his majority opinion, As- isn't freedom or tolerance." BOOK AROUND THE TRIANGLE RALEIGH DURHAM BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL DANCE A celebration of black arts Raleigh’s International Food Empower Dance Studio will and artists is June 16, 8 p.m., AuthorBy Larry Barber penstruth, inspirational and truth sets one free vivid and book real-to-life dreams. from the fears of conse- Then there was this unknown Festival is June 9-10 along host its 2018 recital June 10, Hayti Heritage Center, 804 SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE quences,” Torian explains but persistent yearning for Fayetteville Street. 4:15 p.m., Carolina Theater of Old Fayetteville St. Visit Wisdom: Mediator Durham. Visit www.caroli- www.africanamericanarts.org when asked about the title something that I knew was far Between Truth & name. All biblical references bigger than visual compre- POOL PARTY natheater.org. Consequences A summer pool kickoff • June 16, 5-6:30 p.m. – Fa- FATHERHOOD come from the King James hension…yet somehow at- By Bessie R. Torian Version. tainable. I knew of this party is June 10, 11 a.m. to 2 ther Daughter Dance. Visit NC Fatherhood Conference Page Publishing, $9.95 PB p.m., Raleigh-Cary Jewish empowerdancestudio.com. is June 17, Sheraton Imperial Barber: What are some of yearning by the time I was 5 the ideas and ideals you years old. Community Center, 12804 Hotel, RTP. Visit frcfather- DURHAM – The old adage is Norwood Rd. Call 676-2170. CEREMONY hoodconference.org. wanted to come out of this LB: In what ways did you that everyone has a book in book? use your own wisdom to for- Annual Rites of Passage them. Realistically, most DIABETES graduation is June 10, 3-5 PARTY Torian: I would like to see mulate the concept of the never get written, but Torian a refocus to the ideal founda- book? Region 7 Diabetes Collabo- p.m., NCCU’s Criminal Justice The Love Movement Hip escaped that general normal- rative meeting is June 15, 11 Bldg. Call 683-1047. Hop and R&B Party is June 16, tions that solidify our com- BT: The content encom- ity and has penned her first mitment to treating people passes scenarios, dialogue a.m.to 2 p.m., NC Rural Eco- 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Motorco book, Wisdom: Mediator Be- nomic Development Center, DRAFT Music Hall, 723 Rigsbee Ave. the way we want people to and also life experiences. tween Truth & Consequences. treat us. This concept of ide- Through experiences of my 4021 Carya Dr. Email An open house to view V i s i t The finished product is the [email protected]. Durham Belt Line Trail Master www.motorcomusic.com alism will give a more tangible own, I have learned that fruit of a literary tree that has and reachable idea to the re- thoughtless choices which are Plan is June 11, 4-7 p.m., been growing and ripening SCREENING ality of joy and peace in and choices void of wisdom, can Durham Nativity School, 1004 CHAPEL HILL for over 30 years. A screening of “America Di- to mankind. Do unto others bring about regrettable conse- N. Mangum St. PROJECT To deliver her message, To- vided” is June 16, 1 p.m., Liv- as we would have them do quences. Two show-and-tell sessions rian uses Bible passages, ing Arts College, 3000 unto us. Love your neighbor LB: The title and content STORYTIME for the Charting Our Future everyday scenarios and her Wakefield Crossing Dr. Dis- as you love yourself. Surely it could suggest a specific read- Preschool storytime is June project are June 10-11, Al- own colorful illustrations and cussion to follow. Call (336) is a truth whose time is at ership, but in what ways can 13, 10:15 a.m. for ages 2-5 at fredo’s Pizza Villa at Univer- worldly insight. She wrote in 327-7909. hand. the book reach other groups? Regulator Bookshop, 720 sity Place, 201 S. Estes Drive. the introduction that she has Ninth St. Visit www.ChartingOur- LB: The book has obvious BT: The exercise of wisdom remained inspired and stead- overtones; besides the Bible, is profitable for everyone for Future.info. fast to the leadership of the CARY what else inspired you? it strengthens both hope and DANCE Holy Spirit and now has been FESTIVAL BT: Of course, my greatest character. No matter what The American Dance Festi- CHHS led by the prompting of the Beyond: The Film Festival is and constant inspiration is group, the value of the val kicks off its 85th year June An outdoor groundbreaking Holy Spirit to share the mes- June 13-17 at The Cary The- the Holy Spirit. That said, in group’s pertinence is con- 14, 7 p.m., at Duke’s Reynolds ceremony for construction of sage of wisdom as it was ater. Visit thecarytheater.com. Industries Theater. Visit Chapel Hill High School is retrospect, I see my early cluded by the relevance of its given to her. years as being enormously in- head or leader. americandancefestival.org. June 12, 8 a.m., 1709 High “Wisdom highlights the School Road. spired by dreams. So many Plenty of WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM The Triangle summer TRIBUNE fun for SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2018 – PAGE 6A fansWith summer just around the corner, options for sports fans are getting bigger. The annual Triangle Golf Challenge is June 22 at North COLLEGE CORNER Carolina State’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course. This is the first time the event will be held at the course. Sports The golf challenge is run by The Banks Foundation, formed in 2000 by The Banks Law Firm in Durham. Pro- ceeds benefit low-income families seeking to become first- time homeown- ers and Communities In Schools of Durham, the top BONITTA dropout prevention organization BEST in the United States. Celebrity hosts for the Chal- lenge are former North Car- BONITTA BEST Left to right: Norma Harvey, Jacqie olina greats Phil Ford and Longtime sponsor Chevy Youth Baseball donated $500 to the Long Ball program. McWilliams and Ike Readon. Walter Davis, and North Car- olina Central men’s basketball coach LeVelle Moton. There will be prizes for first and second place, closest to the pin on Par 3, longest drive Hampton for both men and women, and a $10,000 hole-in-one contest, among others. inducts 3 into The one trophy no one wants to earn is the DAL trophy. What does DAL stand Virginia Union golf coach E. Lee Coble has Hallbeen invited to of coach inFame the U.S. Open Cham- for? In the words of Attorney Sherrod Banks: “Dead. Ass. pionships in Southampton, New York. Last.” “While this is my second time working the Teams can be in three U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hill, each one is a flights: seniors (60 and up), great experience and I am excited to at Shin- non-seniors and Panhellenic. necock Hills again,” Coble said. And, of course, there is al- Three Hampton alumni were inducted into BONITTA BEST ways my favorite thing: lots of its third athletics hall of fame last weekend. food! Deadline to register is Teams from Henderson and Charlotte are a part of the league this season. Norma B. Harvey was given the Humanitar- June 15. Visit www.triangle- ian Award for 40 years of service to the ath- golfchallenge.org or call (919) letics department. She is dubbed Hampton’s 474-9137. No. 1 fan. Jacqueline “Jacqie” McWilliams was a two- Scholarship fundraiser sport athlete in basketball and volleyball. She On June 30, The Humbled played on both the 1988 NCAA Division II Initiative will host a celebrity Long Ball Durham women’s basketball national championship basketball game at Hillside team, and the 1987 and 1990 CIAA volleyball High School featuring 8th championship teams. McWilliams is the CIAA Wonder, PosterBoy, Hugh commissioner. Thornton, Lenjo Kilo and Issac “Ike” Readon played both wrestling Joshua Gunn. celebratesBy Bonitta Best “I just want10 to thank seasons God others. and football. He helped the Pirates to a 1985 Sponsored by SpokeHub [email protected] for all He has done for me AW North Carolina do- CIAA football championship title, their first and this program,” James nated six college scholar- in over 50 years. He was drafted by the and A Plus Test Prep, all pro- DURHAM – Long Ball ceeds will go towards the said at the pre-game cere- ships to any Long Ball Kansas City Chiefs but ended his career with Durham Triple Play Leagues mony. “He gave me an awe- participant. Applications the Miami Dolphins. funding of the T.J. Dunaway opened its 10th season last Scholarship to help families some husband, Robert can be picked up in the Hampton alumnus Derius Swinton was the week at the Durham Ath- James, who shares my pas- press box at any game. keynote speaker. Swinton is an assistant of- pay for college tuition. letic Park. Dunaway died of cancer but sion and commitment to Deadline is July 1. fensive coach for the Detroit Lions. The inner-city baseball young people, and for that I “This is a fantastic pro- family member David Garvin summer league showcases Jr. is keeping his name alive as am truly grateful.” gram for Durham and for WOMEN the talents of middle school Long Ball operates under the city,” Schewel said. “You N.C. Central a co-founder of The Humbled and high school students in Initiative. the North Carolina High guys are doing an excellent Another baseball player signs a pro con- Durham and the surround- School Athletic Association job.” tract…uh, oh, this time it’s softball. Alumnae The first contest at noon will ing areas from June through pit first responders against rules and guidelines, as well In addition to the DAP, Courtney Mirabella signed a contract with August in two divisions: 13 as Major League Baseball’s games will be played at Hill- the Labadini Collecchio in the Italian Softball local high school athletes, and to 15 and 16 to 18 years old. the second game will be the RBI program, which stands side Park and Crest Street League. Henderson Parks & Recre- for Reviving Baseball Inner City Park. “It’s an amazing opportunity that I just celebrity matchup. ation has both a junior and Volunteers and vendors also cities. James, who wrote a 109- couldn’t say no to,” Mirabella said. “I get to senior team in the league, as Several supporters at- page paperback book of live in Italy for a little while!” are needed. Visit www.Dun- well as the Charlotte RBI awayClassic.com. tended the opening day fes- poems as a fundraiser for Dang, CC is ready to schedule a visit right program. tivities, including Courtney the program, created a now! It’s been quite a journey Old reliables Nehls, Minor League Base- poem for opening day. You Mirabella has already pitched her first for league president Patricia ball and Charities assistant can read it on our website. game with the Labadini, going the distance Of course, summer wouldn’t James and her staff. Long be summer without these fix- director for community en- Visit www.longball- in a 3-2 win and striking out 12. Ball was founded in 2009 gagement, another Long durham.com for game “It’s amazing for her to go over to Italy and tures in the Triangle. through the dogged efforts Long Ball Durham Triple Ball sponsor; Tony Leak, schedules. To buy a copy of play for Labadini,” NCCU coach Vashion of James after Durham Long Ball’s first vice presi- James’s book, email pno- Johnson said. “The Italian coaches were won- Play Leagues began play last Parks and Recreation elimi- week as it celebrates its 10th dent; Duke baseball coach [email protected], or call (919) dering if she would be fresh after pitching so nated its youth baseball Chris Pollard; Durham 236-3101. much [at NCCU], and I was like, ‘she is a season. program. I admit I never thought the Mayor Steve Schewel; and workhorse and ready to go.’ She is an amaz- league would get to this point. ing ball player.” Not because of any lack of faith in league president Pat Shaw James or her all-volunteer HBCU FOOTBALL The soccer program released its 2018 staff, but when you’re trying schedule. After playing all of their games on to help people that society the road in their inaugural season, the Bears tends to overlook or snub its will host six contests at Durham County Me- uppity nose at, it’s not easy to morial Stadium and WakeMed Soccer Park. get support from the commu- New coach Matt Brown will make his debut nity. on Sept. 4. “This year’s schedule, we have But James & Co. have man- looked to challenge our student-athletes by aged to do just that, and the competing against more NCAA Division II league is better and stronger programs,” he said. “We have a better bal- than ever. ance with the addition of home games which Dons Basketball League be- will help grow our program in the local area.” gins play this month. The DBL Shaw finished 4-10-1 last season. has two summer leagues: one in Raleigh and one in Durham. MEN Both showcase the talents of N.C. Central boys and girls ages 12 to 17. Alumnus Troy Marrow is part of a 22-mem- And showcase is putting it ber inaugural class of Major League Base- mildly. The league is run like ball’s Diversity Fellowship Program. He will the NBA, with a preseason work for the San Francisco Giants. draft, trades, playoffs and “My initial reaction was almost a disbelief, championship games. The kind of like a dream,” Marrow said. “I had next televised game is June 17 just gotten back to my house when I got the at 3 p.m. to be aired July 8 on call, and I was so nervous After the call ended, I cried for like two minutes because I FOX 50. Former Alcorn State quarterback Steve McNair still holds the FCS record in yards passing. Raleigh contests are played felt a weight was finally lifted off of my at Word of God Academy on shoulders.” Rock Quarry Road. Durham Marrow started in all 174 games and batted games can be seen at the Sal- .269 during his four-year career. He also vation Army on Alston Av- knocked in 103 runs and scored 105 times. enue. 12 HBCU players on ballot “This is just another tremendous opportu- Like James, Otis “Vegas nity Troy has earned through his hard work,” Don” Lyons has done a re- baseball coach Jim Koerner said. “As he con- markable job getting the com- tinues to advance his career in baseball, for College announcedHall on Jan. of 7, 2019, Famefour-year career. everyone will see him do more great things.” munity and businesses to buy By Bonitta Best prior to the college football He finished third in the into the DBL and the commu- [email protected] national championship. Heisman Trophy voting. nities it serves. Shaw Alcorn State and NFL great McNair still holds the FCS The other 11 HBCU can- Coming in August, Lyons is The men also released their soccer sched- Steve McNair is one of 100 record in passing with didates: hosting an inaugural basket- ule. While the ladies will play 10 matches, the Division I-FCS – and 12 14,495 yards. He also is the • Ashley Ambrose: defen- ball tournament from Aug. 16- guys will go 17 rounds. Shaw is coming off a HBCU players – on the 2019 only four-time winner of the sive back, Mississippi Valley 19. Visit www.dbaanc.com for nice 6-6-2 record in its first season. The Bears ballot for the College Foot- SWAC Offensive Player of State. Led nation in punt re- more information. will play their home games at the MAC Sports ball Hall of Fame. The in- the Year Award. ASU never turns in 1991. duction class will be and Entertainment venue, WakeMed and Please see SUMMER/7A lost a home game during his Please see BLACK/7A Durham County. 7A SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, June 10, 2018 HBCU BASKETBALL

Mike Davis led Texas Southern to four NCAA Tournament appearances.

DavisBy Bonitta BestleavesUniversity Texas of Alabama-Birm- SouthernRoberts has decided to stay [email protected] ingham. close to home. Roberts aver- COURTESY aged 16 points per game last Ashley Robinson, left, is re-introduced at Jackson State. In the shocker of the spring Chowan adds to season, including averaging a so far, Mike Davis has re- women’s program double-double against CIAA signed as Texas Southern As it prepares for its final teams. She ended her career men’s basketball coach. season in the CIAA, Chowan with 921 points, 563 re- According to numerous re- women’s basketball has bounds and 135 3-pointers. ports, Davis will become the added to assistant coaches to “It is a blessing to be Black college standouts on next coach at Detroit Mercy. its program. granted the opportunity to “Coach Davis informed me Johnette Walker was a two- coach at my alma mater,” later this afternoon that he year assistant at Division I Roberts said. “I’m excited to Continued from page 1A consecutive national champi- tional titles; 10 conference ti- was going to accept the head USC-Upstate. She also worked be reunited with my Chowan ballot for footballonships in 1977 and ’78,hall in- tles andof 10 fameplayoff appear- • Vincent Brown: line- coaching position at Detroit at Division II Francis Marion. family doing what I love most. backer, MVSU. Set NCAA cluding the first NCAA ances total. Mercy,” TSU Athletics Director “Johnette is a person of high I look forward to the transi- record with 570 career tack- Division I-AA national title. Charles McClelland told FOX character, energy and has a tion of my leadership role this les. Led all divisions in tack- • Eddie Hurt: coach, Vir- Welcome back 26 Sports on Tuesday. “He’s passion for coaching and year and hope to inspire the les in 1986 and ’87. ginia Lynchburg. Guided Ashley Robinson, who has done a tremendous job at mentoring young women,” ladies as coach Jones and all • Parnell Dickinson: quar- Morgan State to six black col- guided Prairie View A&M’s Texas Southern. I know he’s Chowan coach LaToya Jones of my past coaches here have terback, MVSU. Finished ca- lege national titles and 14 athletics department for the going to do well there. It’s said. “She is a strong recruiter, inspired me.” reer as SWAC’s all-time CIAA titles from 1930-59; past five seasons, has been going to be a huge loss for communicator, and a positive leader in total offense (7.442 recorded 11 undefeated sea- named AD/vice president at Texas Southern.” presence to be around. Her Vacancy yards). sons, including a 54-game rival Jackson State. Davis won four SWAC titles professional playing experi- Edward Waters College is • William Dillon: safety, win streak. Robinson worked at JSU 10 in six seasons, which earned ence and success will greatly seeking a head men’s basket- Virginia Union. Recorded 16 • Dwight Reed: coach, Lin- years ago as assistant com- the team four NCAA Tourna- benefit the direction of the ball coach. ECW plays in the interceptions in 1983. Black coln (Mo.) Coached 93 All- pliance director, but has ment appearances. He also program as a whole.” Gulf Coast Athletic Confer- college player of the year. Americans in four sports steadily moved up the career head coached at Indiana and 2018 graduate Chantel ence. • Bob Gaddis: wide re- from 1949-71. ladder at various HBCU insti- ceiver, MVSU. Led the NAIA in • Gideon Smith: coach, tutions since then, including yards per catch in 1971 and Hampton. Guided the Pirates Mississippi Valley State, the ’72. to the 1922 black college na- SWAC office and PVAM. • Tyrone Poole: DB, Fort tional championship; “We had a good thing going Valley State. Two-time SIAC recorded four CIAA titles and at Prairie View,” Robinson player of the year (1993-94); two unbeaten seasons. said at his press conference. 4 lessons the NFL could learn amassed 44 pass breakups • Joe Taylor: coach, “But [I like] coming home and and 17 interceptions, four for Howard, Virginia Union, being a part of Jackson State touchdowns. Hampton and FAMU. Win- and a bigger tradition [for a football altogether due to the tempts to use his political pul- • Rudy Hubbard: coach, ningest coach in Hampton school] that really believes in fromBy Terrance WoodburyABC on leadership treatment of Colin Kaeper- pit to bend the private sector Florida A&M. Led Rattlers to history (74 percent), includ- the importance of athletics.” SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE nick’s peaceful protest. This to his will. Prior to Barr’s in- ing four black college na- Following Roseanne Barr’s downtick in viewership sidious remarks, Trump obscenely offensive com- should’ve served as a warning raved about her ratings and ments about former Obama to the NFL. boasted about their close re- Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, Many spectators, myself in- lationship. Naturally, follow- ABC took immediate and de- cluded, are waiting with ing her departure, he did what cisive action to demonstrate baited breath to see how this we all expected…defended that her words describing an decision will affect NFL rat- Barr and attacked ABC for pre- accomplished black woman ings in the upcoming football vious statements made to- as an ape did season. But while we wait, wards him. Many expect not reflect the there are a few lessons the Trump’s attacks toward ABC networks val- NFL should have learned from to continue and possibly es- ues. The net- ABC’s decisive response to calate, but the network has re- w o r k ’ s bias and racism. mained unwavering, and I cancellation of 1. Do not mistake the ag- sure hope they continue to. its highest rate gressive banter of a few loud The NFL failed to demon- show - a move racists as an erosion of Amer- strate the same fortitude to- that prioritized ican ideals and values. ABC ward sustained attacks from TERRANCE integrity and a understood the Barr-fiasco for Trump, who has had the BONITTA BEST WOODBURY commitment to what it was: an opportunity to League in his crosshairs since decency over declare that the normalization they blocked him from buy- Eighteen scholar-athletes from Durham Public Schools honored at banquet. money, ratings and even po- of hateful and divisive lan- ing an NFL team over a decade litical expediency - surprised guage does not reflect the val- ago. Following sustained at- many. ues of this nation, no matter tacks against the players and The NFL, as it faces contin- who they come from or how encouraging fans to boycott ual media and public scrutiny, loudly they are tweeted. professional football, the NFL Hillside’s Beasley, NCSSM’s could stand to take a knee and The NFL had an opportunity commissioner and team own- learn a lesson from ABC. to make a similar declaration ers (a group of all white men To be fair, ABC faced well- about American values. De- with one single exception) deserved scrutiny regarding spite the feeble attempt of made a unanimous decision MoreyBy Bonitta Best earnThe topaward is namedhonors after GPA, USC its decision to reboot some to co-opt a movement to comply with Trump’s de- Hillside legends Russel E Erik Bahnson, 4.0 un- [email protected] Roseanne in the first place about justice and dignity into mands. Blunt, who coached track, and weighted GPA, Princeton given Barr’s previous divisive a debate about white nation- DURHAM – Durham Public 4. Put some women of color Willie Bradshaw, who played and racist comments. The alism thinly veiled as patriot- Schools’ best and brightest in charge at the NFL front of- and coached football. N.C. School of cancellation, nonetheless, has ism…we still hold some student-athletes were hon- fice. It took less than three Retiring Riverside High ath- Science & Math been generally well-received truths to be self-evident. That ored Wednesday night by the hours for ABC President letics director Margratha Ellen Yu: 5.48 weighted GPA, by the public, or at least black freedom of both speech and Durham Sports Club at its an- Channing Dungey, a black Chambers was also honored Vanderbilt twitter, as a bold and affirm- protest are inextricably nual Scholar-Athlete Awards woman, to cancel the highest- with a bouquet of flowers for Karna Morey: 4.0 un- ing commitment to the di- woven into the fabric of our Night. rated show on her network her 46 years as an educator. weighted GPA, MIT verse audience that ABC nation. In the coming season, School athletics directors following Barr’s comments. In Chambers said she has no reserves. athletes that choose to accept nominate a female and male today’s atmosphere of height- grets. Northern High ABC and the NFL – both punishment over censorship, scholar-athlete for one of four ened expectations of corpo- “I enjoyed every minute of Jenna Garrison: 3.99 un- massive media corporations - as many undoubtedly shall, scholarships given by the rate responsibility, many it, but I’m ready to retire and weighted GPA, UNC are at two ends of a spectrum will be remembered on the sports club. The nominees enterprises can learn from travel with my sister,” she Tyric Swennie: 3.6 un- with handling racism in the right side of history and jus- then submit an application such decisive action. There is said. weighted GPA, Wake Forest Donald Trump era. Under tice, just as Muhammed Ali and a transcript to be judged simply a greater social con- Greg Dale, Duke’s director pressure from President has been honored for protest- by a committee of club mem- sciousness, sensitivity and re- of sports psychology and Riverside High Trump and donors, the NFL ing the Vietnam draft. bers. sponsibility among leadership program, was the Janae Andrews: 3.99 un- recently decided to censor its 2. Stand up for and defend Hillside High senior Kayla communities that are most af- guest speaker. Dale gave the weighted GPA, UNC players’ peaceful protest by the dignity of the people re- Beasley won the Mildred fected by oppression. And, in students three pieces of ad- Lewis Reo: 3.74 unweighted forcing them to stand for the sponsible for making your Barnes Scholarship for the fe- American society, over the vice: “Start thinking about GPA, Ohio State national anthem or to invisi- brand among the most valu- male scholar-athlete. Kayla is longest sustainable time, that your purpose in life. Start bly protest in the locker room. able in the world. ABC built a three-time state champion community has been women thinking about your legacy, Southern School of Energy The new policy, set to go into one of the most diverse audi- in the shot put, where she of color. and success is not going to & Sustainability effect in the upcoming NFL ences in entertainment by holds the state record, and is A league that spent decades make you happy.” Sumre Freshwater: 3.8 un- season, poses a serious ques- ushering in content that is a two-time national cham- covering up irreparable phys- Below are the 18 scholar- weighted GPA, N.C. A&T State tion: How will this decision af- created by, starred in, and pion. She is on the USA Track ical and psychological trauma athlete nominees, their GPAs Aqil Nasir: 3.8 unweighted fect players who feel silenced catered to minority audi- and Field Junior Olympics to its players, that shows and college choice. GPA, Catawba College and fans who feel ignored by ences. Blackish, Scandal, How Team and plans to compete in more contempt toward peace- the League’s aggressive to Get Away With Murder and the 2024 Olympics. ful protest than it does toward Durham Academy Voyager Academy stance against such a perva- Grey’s Anatomy - successful Senior Karna Morey of North domestic violence, and that is Austen Dellinger: 4.0 GPA, Anna Teer Barringer: 3.5 un- sive social justice issue. shows created and produced Carolina School of Science & more concerned with white University of Chicago weighted GPA, UNC Charlotte A poll that I conducted ear- by women of color whose ap- Math earned the Harold comfort then it is with black Kenan Ulku-Steiner: 3.72 Aaron Beasley: 3.5 un- lier this year on behalf of pearance Barr presumably Strawbridge Scholarship for lives, is a league that can take GPA, Middlebury College weighted GPA, Duke BlackPAC, an organization equates to apes. ABC made the male scholar-athlete. notes from an institution that committed to increasing po- the bold, or maybe just fis- Karna ran on the cross-coun- was bold enough to get it Durham School of the Arts litical participation of black cally prudent, decision to try, and indoor and outdoor right – despite what it might Ziya Bradby: 3.8 un- voters, showed that in the stand in solidarity with its di- track and field teams in all cost. weighted GPA, UNC Charlotte previous NFL season, 21 per- verse audience and talent four years of high school. He Ben Kearsley: 3.99 un- cent of black consumers pool. was named all-conference Terrance Woodbury is a sen- weighted GPA, Brigham watched less football and 14 3. Do not capitulate to a and all-region. ior analyst at Brilliant Corners Young percent stopped watching tyrannical president’s at- Both received a $2,000 col- Research & Strategies. lege scholarship. Hillside High Two Blount-Bradshaw Kayla Beasley: 3.98 un- sium later this month. away and started their own Scholarship Awards in the weighted GPA, N.C. State College players get to show thing on North Carolina amount of $1,000 each were Summer off their skills for bragging Central’s campus. Michael McGirt: 3.6 un- Continued from page 1A given to Durham Academy’s weighted GPA, Howard rights and a championship The N.C. Pro-Am Summer Austen Dellinger and Durham Margratha Chambers is Nothing is more reliable trophy at the end. League has since disbanded School of the Arts’ Ben Kears- The Chavis League was due to consistent run-ins Jordan High congratulated by DPS that the Chavis Summer ley. Erin Light: 4.0 unweighted League, which returns to St. around long before Jerry with NCAA rules. AD Larry McDonald. Augustine’s Emery Gymna- Stackhouse and friends broke 8A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, June 10, 2018