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Nurse Sues Issa Rae Wants Opioid Crisis Hospital for to Change Continues Honoring a the Way Dark to Destroy Patient’s Racist Skinned Women Communities Request Are Portrayed and Families Page 10 Page 9 Page 4 PRST STD White 75c U.S. Postage PAID Jacksonville, FL Enrollment Permit No. 662 at HBCUs RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Increasing at Alarming Rates Page 7 75 Cents Legal Battle Begins Over Volume 31 No. 39 Jacksonville, Florida August 23 - 29, 2018 Georgia Voter Suppression President’s Hateful Demeanor The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law warned a Georgia elections board that it’s ready for a legal battle in federal court Continues to Attack America to stop a proposal that would suppress Black voter turnout in a key gov- ernor’s race. Only two days after President core. What’s more, First Lady The civil rights group submitted a pre-suit demand letter to the Donald Trump met with nearly two Melania Trump has unveiled a plat- Randolph County Board of Elections, objecting to a plan that would dozen predominately Black pastors, form, “Be Best”, which in part, close 75 percent of the polling places in the predominantly African- he tweeted yet another racially campaigns against cyberbullying. American county. Georgia’s Black voters have the opportunity to elect charged message calling CNN He has also verbally or electroni- Stacey Abrams, who could become the nation’s first female African- news anchor Don Lemon the cally portrayed the media as the American governor. “dumbest man on television”. In enemy of the people, African Randolph County, which is 60 percent Black, has a two-member elec- that same tweet, he insulted the nations as “shithole” countries; tion board that is expected to vote on whether to shutter seven of the intelligence of basketball star NFL players as sons of bitches; county’s nine voting sites. Supporters of the plan claim the sites violate Lebron James, saying Lemon Congresswoman Maxine Waters as federal disabilities law because they’re not wheelchair accessible. “made Labron look smart, which a person with a “very low eye Q” Opponents believe that reason is a pretext to veil underlying racism isn’t easy to do.” and President Obama as establish- and to keep the governor’s office under Republican control. If the plan In yet another angry tweet days ing "stupied" policies. goes through, many of the rural county’s Black voters, who don’t have later, he called his former White These racial stereotypes - reliable transportation, would have to travel up to 10 miles to cast a bal- Shown (l-r) are elementary awardees: Ofavia Wilson, Leighmar House assistant Omarosa attempting to denigrate the intellect lot at alternative polling stations. Wilson, Josiah Parker, Bryson Mims and Graylin Brown Manigault Newman a “crazed, cry- of Black people - and other obscen- Doing Our Part ing low life” and a “dog” amidst ities and absurdities are among the her release of taped White House reasons that Bishop Reginald T. Girl Kicked Out of School Local Foundation Working to End conversations as promotion for her Jackson, president of the Council of Because of her ‘Unnatural’ Hair new book. the African Methodist Episcopal Disparity of Drowning Black Youth This most recent public vitriole – Church (AME), is organizing an A young Black girl was expelled from her Louisiana middle school despite private meetings with cler- ecumenical “Call to Conscience: On Saturday, August 18th, the Shawn Delifus Foundation celebrated because her hair was “unnatural,” according to activist Shaun King. gy and advisors – have added to a Day of Action”, set for Lafayette their 2nd graduation of 86 swimmers ages 6 months to 88 years old. King posted a video on Instagram on Tuesday of the young girl, who long list of equally unsavory tweets Park across from the White House Both local senior citizens and youth held court at the William Raines hasn’t been identified, crying after she was allegedly told to leave the the President has unleashed – many at 10 am Sept 6. High School pool to showcase their swimming skills and receive medals school. of which appear to be racist at the Continued on page 2 It just happened again. Christ The King Middle School in Gretna, for passing swim courses. Continued on page 3 Louisiana expelled this beautiful young Black girl saying that her hair- style was “unnatural,” King wrote. “She was humiliated and removed from the school over it.” Black Panthers Among Protesters Leading to Arrest of White Officer The shocking video mirrors a recent incident in Apopka, FL. where a The Black Panther Party has resulting in the death of Green," young Black boy was not allowed to go to his private school because of always been at the forefront of according to a Georgia Bureau of his dreadlocks. fighting for the rights of African Investigation (GBI) report. King says that the school implemented the new rule about hair this Americans. Recently, a member of According to the arrest warrant, summer, despite it being in its handbook. the New Black Panther Party was Presley acted "solely as the result arrested in nearby Kingsland, GA, of a sudden, violent, and irre- Georgia State Senator Says It’s for participating in a protest. sistible passion, resulting from Minister Mikhail Muhammad serious provocation sufficient to OK if Trump Used the N-Word was arrested last week for protest- excite such passion in a reason- ing outside the Kingsland City able person." A Republican Georgia state lawmaker said that he would not have a Hall. He was cited for disorderly The GBI reviewed video from problem with President Donald Trump using the n-word in the past and conduct for not giving up his Presley's patrol car and body cam- that it would “set a bad precedent” to hold a president liable for mistakes megaphone. He was protesting the era. Arrest warrants were issued made before they entered political office. murder of Tony ‘Punch' Greene, for Presley, who turned himself in State Sen. Michael Williams spoke to CNN’s Victor Blackwell on New who was killed by Kingsland to the Camden Sheriff's Office. Day Saturday that the use of the n-word is wrong, but Trump gets a pass police officer Zechariah Presley Kingsland Police Chief Daryl if he said it before he became President. on June 21, 2018. Griffis recommended that Presley “I will always say using the n-word is wrong, and it’s bad, and should Presley, who is white, was fol- be fired, and Kingsland City never be accepted in our society,” he said. “But just because [Trump] Shown is Minister Mikhail Muhammad confronts Police Chief Griffis. lowing Green, who was black and Manager Lee Spell agreed. The might have done it years ago, not as our president, doesn’t mean we Muhammad was later arrested and released. New Black Panther Party pulled him over for a reported department also released Presley's need to continue to berate him because he used it.” will be back in Kingsland for the next City Council meeting. traffic violation. Presley made personnel file, which shows he Omarosa Manigault Newman, who worked for Trump in the White physical contact, but when Green was hired last year despite admit- his wife, had bought or sold mari- dents and had been arrested for House for a year, said in her new book Unhinged that Trump used the n- ran, "Presley fired multiple shots ting that he had physically fought juana, repeatedly shouted at peo- "reckless, eluding, speeding," word on the set of The Apprentice and that there’s a recording of it. ple, was involved in "2-3" acci- according to his handwritten text. “It would not necessarily matter to me as the person that is running our country,” Williams said about Trump using the slur. “[Trump] has his personal beliefs, his personal ideas. I truly believe he is able to separate August is the Month of Philanthropic Receiving those from how he is running the country.” National Prison Strike Taking Place in 17 States A burgeoning movement for change has been birthed within prisons across the nation. Inmates in at least 17 states have been participating in a widespread strike that is expected to last through Sept. 9 as rallies have ramped up for jail reform. Prisoner groups said they were looking to raise awareness and push for action to address several incarceration issues: forced labor for low wages, poor living conditions, jailhouse deaths, disenfranchisement, limited access to rehabilitation and more. Protest methods — including sit-ins, boycotts and hunger strikes — have been suggested by Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a South Carolina group of prisoners who give help and legal training to other inmates, according to The Guardian. What the strike can mean in real-time is the absence of prison labor in jail Shown accepting donations (l-r), Desmond Meek and Tony Hill; Karen Britt and Rep Tracie Davis; CBIC Pastor Karl Hodges kitchens, laundry rooms, corridors and outside lawns. with Royal Vagabond members (l-r): Danny Larkins, Seabon Dixon, Lavale Paulin, and Pastor Karl Hodges. The strike could potentially become the largest in U.S. prison history, but that came with a high risk of punishment. Prisoners, however, were During the month of August, $5,000 check from the United Mine her efforts to create a healthy start thanks for your blessings, Central moving forward by issuing a list of demands, hoping that the end justi- three local organizations were the Works and Concerned Citizens – for young women and children in Baptist International Church Pastor fies the means. recipients of philanthropic gifts the group is currently running a the community.