INSIDEINSIDE Responses Mixed on Homeless Domestic Violence Remains Challenge Shelter Plans Page 12 in Prince George’s Page 21 VOL. 51, NO. 19 FEB. 18 - 24, 2016 Director, Actor of ‘Race’ Discuss Kendrick Lamar Shines at We’re Celebrating Black History Month - Page 28 Making of a Masterpiece Page 28 Grammy Awards Page 42 Fellowship, History Merge in WI Heritage Tour Hundreds Explore Baltimore in Annual Trip By Sarafina Wright hosted all six of the Informer’s WI Staff Writer tours to embark on a Black his- @dreamersexpress tory tour – this time focusing on the rich but often untold The Washington Informer’s history of Baltimore. 6th Annual African American “Baltimore is a place whose Heritage Tour kicked off this notoriety rose in the news be- year’s journey with the theme cause of crime, police and lack “Discovering Baltimore: The of economic development. The Charm City of Neighbor- news hasn’t been favorable hoods, Monuments and Rich in contrast to the real story,” Heritage. Washington Informer Publish- Hundreds of Informer read- er Denise Rolark Barnes said. ers including men, women and “There is a strong and very a large number of children, rich African-American history along with corporate sponsors, in Baltimore. Our history of- 5 Washington, D.C. resident Vera Abbott and Washington Informer staff members Angie Johnson and Saraf- gathered on Saturday, Feb. 13 ten gets lost and this is a great ina Wright, WI Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, and Desmond Barnes view a depiction of the conditions on a at THEARC [Town Hall Ed- opportunity to remind every- slave ship in the middle passage on the African American Heritage Tour in the “National Great Blacks in Wax ucation Arts Recreation Cam- one about our contributions,” Museum” in Baltimore on Saturday, Feb. 13. / Photo by Roy Lewis pus] in Southeast which has TOUR Page 8 CBC PAC Endorses Battle Ensues Over Hillary Clinton Replacement of By Stacy M. Brown Special to NNPA Newswire Supreme Court Justice Obama Faces GOP Challenge as He While Sen. Bernie Sanders was in New York dining with the Rev. Al Sharpton and courting the Black vote, Hillary Clinton Seeks to Fill Seat of Antonin Scalia scored a major coup in the nation’s capital by earning the en- dorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action By D. Kevin McNeir Committee, an organization that works to increase the num- WI Editor ber of African Americans in the U.S. Congress and who offers support to non-black candidates who champion the interests While President Barack Obama has vowed that he will of minorities. “fulfill his constitutional responsibility” by nominating a The CBC PAC also promotes African-American participa- new justice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died tion in the political process with an emphasis on young voters suddenly last Saturday during a hunting trip, Republican – a group that proved pivotal in President Barack Obama’s two senators and presidential candidates say they will filibuster election victories. any nominee the White House sends to Capitol Hill. “When we needed someone to come and rally the Demo- Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Shultz said the crats and the Congressional Black Caucus, Hillary Clinton has White House will not rush to offer a nomination and will been there,” said Congressman Gregory Meeks, in announcing wait until the Senate returns from recess. 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