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Maryland Loses a Business Icon

By Kristin Gray
AFRO Managing Editor
Raymond V. Haysbert Sr., the
pioneering community leader and
business giant behind Parks Sausage
died May 24 at Union Memorial
mathematics.
By the early ‘50s, Haysbert was
working as a business teacher in his
home state. By 1952, he’d settled
in Baltimore to join the burgeoning
Parks Sausage company, a career
move that would transform his
AFRO, the then-Baltimore Greater
Urban League chairman reflected on
the company’s rise to prominence.
“We were the first Black
company to go public with our stock
in the history of America in January
1969,” said Haysbert. “Johnson

B5
Hospital congestive heart failure, social and economic status. By this products went public later that year,
AFRO according to reports. He was 90. time he’d also married his college but we got to it first.”

Remembers Haysbert was born in Cincinnati,

Ohio, amid abject poverty. After
sweetheart, Carol Roberts, after
meeting her through Parks Sausage
But
Haysbert’s

Thurgood working for a coal company, he

joined the Army Air Corps and was
a fighter pilot with the celebrated
owner Harry Parks.
Seventeen years later the
company went public, and by the
interests
transcended
business matters

Twin Teens Kill Tuskegee Airmen.

Haysbert’s time in the military
end of the decade Haysbert was
named executive vice president.
and he was
also an active
Mom A2 did little to stifle his desire for
education, and after touring Italy
Under his leadership, Parks Sausage
became a Fortune 500 company and
participant in the
state’s political
and Africa with the military, he grossed nearly $30 million in the process. In 1954
enrolled at Central State and ‘80s, a record-breaking number for he worked as
Wilberforce universities. He went Black-owned businesses at the time. Photo by Bill Tabron
on to earn degrees in accounting and In a 2007 interview with the Continued on A4 AFRO File Photo

Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. was a respected Baltimore

East Baltimore Biotech Park

businessman. He died May 24.

45 years in the pulpit

Remains in Limbo
By Jon Aerts used to be known as Middle East.
New Shiloh Pastor
LeBron’s Mom
Denies Sex
Capital News Service

BALTIMORE - Construction of the
Since 2001, city development officials
have said the biotech park would create 8,000
jobs and attract middle-income residents to
Talks Faith, Future
biotech park linked to the $1.8 billion the area. But just one lab building has opened. By Rev. Dorothy Boulware
Rumors B2 redevelopment project north of the Johns The builder, Forest City-New East Baltimore Special to the AFRO
Hopkins Hospital has stalled, with leaders of Partnership, as well as EBDI’s leaders, say
Food Wars B4 the plan looking When he has a spare
minute he reads MacLean
for another “Biotech is not as promising as it was 10 years ago.” magazine. When he needs to
–afro.com– economic
anchor nearly 10 years into the venture. there is not enough demand now for other lab hear good preaching he leans
Quit Facebook Day Five high-tech lab buildings are on site buildings. toward “country” preachers
maps for East Baltimore Development Inc., EBDI has placed no one in a biotech job who have a certain bent
the non-profit corporation overseeing the 88- there. toward the basics, what he
acre renewal of the struggling community that calls “raw religion.” And
Continued on A6 every chance he gets he
enjoys a hearty laugh from

Listen to “First Edition”

Remembering Black Wall Street
By Talibah Chikwendu
AFRO Executive Editor
The May 31, 1921 stands as a dark day
Join Host Sean Yoes in Oklahoma and American history. A mere
 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on 58 years after emancipation, and 89 years
88.9 WEAA FM, the ago, racial tensions in Tulsa, Okla., ignited.
The result: One of the most successful Black
Voice of the Community.
townships in the country, the Greenwood area
of Tulsa, was completely destroyed.
Because facts about this 16-hour nightmare
were hidden for years in a “conspiracy of
silence,” details were sketchy. But what’s
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the Greenwood community. Black businesses
had the full support of Black residents and
the area was booming. Home to a hospital,
churches, banks, hotels and a variety of other
Black-owned businesses, Black Wall Street
was surrounded by a 40-square block area of
homes.
Despite the air of success that characterized
the suburb, or perhaps because of it, a racial
uneasiness existed with the adjacent city,
largely fueled by Jim Crow laws and the
growth of the Klu Klux Klan. This tension
came to a head on May 31, 1921, when Blacks
a good joke and he doesn’t
think people know that about
him.
These are just a few of
the distinctive marks that
compose the imprint of the
Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Sr. Photo by Rev. Dorothy Boulware
who, with a 45-year tenure The Rev. Dr. Harold A.
as the fourth pastor of New Carter Sr.
Shiloh Baptist Church, has
out served his predecessors kingdom.
of whom he was in awe with “It’s what still excites me
at the beginning. What once about ministry – the people,”
seemed to be an eternity, he Rev. Carter said. “It energizes
now characterizes as “seeming me to see them have their

clear is that Tulsa’s African-American district,
according to the final report of the Oklahoma
Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot
of 1921, “turned into a scorched wasteland
of vacant lots, crumbling storefronts, burned
churches, and blackened, leafless trees.”
Black Wall Street was the business center of
in Greenwood, according to the Commission’s to be only a moment.” lives turned around and to
report, “had every reason to believe that Dick What everyone surely see them become engaged in
Rowland [a Greenwood resident charged with knows about him? He is, ministry work.”
raping a White woman] would be lynched after heart and soul, passionate No surprise to anyone
his arrest on charges later dismissed and highly for the gospel of Jesus Christ who’s heard him preach
suspect from the start.” and the work it accomplishes
Continued on A3 in birthing souls into the Continued on A6

Ex-Detroit Mayor Jailed NAACP Hosts Discussion

on Bullying
By AFRO Staff

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was

sentenced to up to five years in prison on May
25 for violating terms of his probation, The
Associated Press reported.
According to officials, Kilpatrick is
required to serve at least one-and-a-half
years in prison, but will be granted a 120-
day credit for the time he served
from his original sentence.
Additionally, he is required
to pay his $1 million debt
to the city of Detroit.
In a ruling last
month, Judge David
AP Photo/Carlos Osorio Groner said Kilpatrick
failed to report all of
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits his assets and meet
as Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David other conditions
Groner rules that Kilpatrick violated terms of his of his probation.
probation by failing to report some of his assets Groner reprimanded
Join the AFRO on
during a hearing in Detroit, April 20. Groner Kilpatrick for his lack
Twitter and Facebook
sentenced to up to five years in prison May 25. Continued on A3
By Melanie R. Holmes
AFRO Staff Writer
Children between 11 and 14
years old are most often the victims
of bullying, said Marvin Cheatham,
president of the NAACP’s Baltimore
branch. But Geneva Biggus knows
all too well that bullying can occur
at any age. Her 8-year-old daughter
Shaniya Boyd gained national
attention last month for attempting
suicide after being tormented by her
peers.
“I had to literally take my
daughter from school,” Biggus said.
“She wasn’t learning because every
day she was getting bullied.”
No longer subjected to physical
and verbal abuse, Boyd is doing well
and attends a different elementary
school. Nonetheless, her attempt
to jump out of a window at Gilmor
Elementary School was the catalyst
of a community dialogue on bullying
Tuesday evening, hosted by the
NAACP. Officials from the state and
the city offered their insight on the
causes of and preventative measures
for physical, psychological and cyber
bullying during the panel discussion.
“In a city that over the last 35
years has had more than 200 murders
each year, the culture of the city
must change so students understand
that violence is not the answer,” said
Jonathan Brice, executive director of
the Baltimore City Public Schools
(BCPS) Office of Safety & Student
Continued on A3

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Jarmecca Whitehead, 34, was
found dead.
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The twins told authorities they
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came home and found their
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Marquise Goodwin - 410-554-8274
flag down help.
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The twins will be charged as
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Diane W. Hocker - 410-554-8243 The Georgia Bureau of
Editorial Investigation found evidence at
Executive Editor - Talibah Chikwendu - 410-554-8251 the crime scene that eventually
E-mail: editor@afro.com linked the daughters to the
Baltimore Bureau Chief - Tiffany Ginyard - 410-554-8269 incident.
Managing Editor - Kristin Gray - 410-554-8277 Police say they currently
Washington Bureau Chief - Zenitha Prince - 202-332-0080, ext. 119 know no motives for the crime.
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Survivor of Newark,
bphillips@afro.com N.J. Attacks Graduates
Washington Circulation/Distribution Manager College
Edgar Brookins - 202-332-0080, ext. 116 The lone survivor of the
Baltimore Circulation/Distribution Manager 2007 brutal attack that claimed
Sammy Graham - 410-554-8266 the lives of three Newark, N.J.,
natives recently graduated
Production Department - 410-554-8288
from college, Blackvoices.com
Washington Office reported.
1917 Benning Road, N.E. • Washington, D.C. 20002-4723 Natasha Aeriel received her
202-332-0080 Fax: 1-877-570-9297 degree from Delaware State
General Manager University on May 23, one
Edgar Brookins - ext. 116 day prior to the conviction of
Office Administrator - Mia Hayes-Hawkins - ext. 112 Rodolfo Godinez, the first of
six defendants to be charged in
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410-554-8234
Three years ago, Aeriel,
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her brother Terrance and her
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best friends Dashon Harvey
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and Iofemi Hightower were at
a schoolyard when attackers
killed Harvey, Hightower and
Terrance Aeriel.
According to Aerial, the
attackers attempted to cut her
neck with a machete before
shooting her in the face. After
hearing gun shots, she saw her
brother and friends disappear.
Following the violent event,
Newark officials began pushing
an anti-crime initiative that has
since lowered the city’s murder
and overall crime rates.
New Texas School
Curriculum Re-Writes
History
The Texas Board of
Education on May 21 voted
to change the state curriculum
of social studies and history
classes to reflect a more
positive view of capitalism,
the military, Christianity and
modern Republican figures on
American history.
The reform was approved
in a 9-5 vote, which split along
party lines. Supporters believe
the move merely evens out
textbooks which were already
“left-leaning.” Conservative
board member, Cynthia Dunbar
told those who attended the
vote that the changes need
to be made because America
was founded as “a Christian
land governed by Christian
principles.”
However, many think the
curriculum is a re-write of
history and removes truth from
Texas classrooms.
“It’s outrageous,” NAACP
President Ben Jealous said in
a conference call. “It’s going
to lock kids into the dark ages,
where the whole world’s been
turned upside down—where
Thomas Jefferson is not a
founding father, there’s no good
reason to talk about Thurgood incident dominated national
Marshall, and Joe McCarthy is news stories for weeks and
a hero.” led to an investigation into the
The new curriculum would Secret Service’s handling of the
remove Thomas Jefferson from event. In the end, it cost White
a list of historical figures whose House Social Secretary Desiree
writings should be studied. It’s Rogers her job.
an omission that Rick Agosto The couple claims they
(D), a board member from San have been receiving threats at
Antonio, found maddening. their home and in one incident,
Visit www.afro.com for a package containing a used
more on the Texas Board of condom was sent to Michaele.
Education. They’re not happy about it
because they say the truth of
Alleged White House the incident is not being made
Gatecrashers Seek public.
“There’s lots of
Apology
misinformation out there,”
Tareq and Michaele Salahi,
Tareq went on to say. “I can tell
the couple who allegedly
you, without a doubt, we were
crashed a White House state
extended an invitation [to the
dinner last November, are
event].”
asking for an apology from the
Complicating matters for
White House.
the Salahis, a stretch limousine
“It would be nice if
that the couple was riding in
President Barack
Obama greets
Michaele and
Tareq Salahi
White House Photo
somebody apologized to us
earlier this month was recently
and for [the White House] to
stopped by Secret Service near
call it quits,” Tareq told Radar
the White House on the night
Online. “I certainly wouldn’t
President Obama was hosting
treat anyone this way that
Mexican President Felipe
comes to my house, even if
Calderon for the second state
there was a question about an
dinner of his administration.
invitation, or there was some
The Salahis said they
miscommunication, I would
were not planning a repeat
still welcome anyone and be
of their alleged gate crashing
gracious.”
performance, but were instead
The couple entered a state
en route to a private dinner at a
dinner held for the Indian prime
nearby restaurant for a taping of
minister without invitations
the TV show “Inside Edition.”
they claimed to have. The

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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3 May 29, 2010 - June 4, 2010, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-

Black Students Score High In National Reading Test

AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace
multiple times in the back seat blog, she thanked fans and sup-
By Melanie R. Holmes the large-city average score in be used by principals and teachers to White and Asian kids in this the winter. Math results released
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- porters for their prayers and
AFRO Staff Writer reading. tered to Hudson’s helpmurdered
improve classroom instruction. country. This is why you see some six months
offeredago showed reward
a $100,000 that Black,to
“These results tell us truly and
brother, was towed with the“The reality is, our kids can districts doing better than others. We fourth-grade
anyone who returnedBCPS
students in the boyhad
African-American students realistically how well we are doing, do it,”
boy’s body inside and is being he said. “If they’re not need to be at the forefront of how outperformed
alive. their national peers,
in fourth and eighth grades are and how we compare to other big- by evidence
processed performing, techni-it’s because we’re not districts are closing that gap.” but that eighth-grade math scores
Since the investigation,
successfully competing with city districts like us,” Alonso said. doing
cians and workers. The body our job. I have to say to the Administered by the U.S. needed improvement.
Hudson – who gained Sciencestardom
students in similar school districts, “We’re ahead of cities thatwas are later
mostremoved principals,
and taken teachers
to and parents, Department of Education’s National scoresafter are appearing
expected to onbe released
“American
Baltimore City Public Schools like us. All of the districts the thatCook
are County ‘Keep up the work. We have a long
Medical Center for Education Statistics, later this
Idol,”spring or possibly
and then won an in the
(BCPS) CEO Andrés Alonso ahead of us are districts that are very office.
Examiner’s way to go.’” TUDA is often regarded as the summer.Academy Award for her role in
recently announced. Results of the different from us.” Hudson and other Alonsofamily referred to the TUDA only standard measurement of “The
the positive results of –the
movie Dreamgirls has
Nation’s Report Card Reading 2009 BCPS had the highest members arrived scores
at theasMedical
“a story of progress” but student achievement across the Nation’s
stayedReport
out ofCard on reading
the public eye.
Trial Urban District Assessment concentration of African-American Examiner’s office saidmid-after-
that there is still a long way to country. Participating school justify the Theinvestments
Chicago Tribunewe have report-
(TUDA) show that fourth-graders students to participate in the noonnational
to identify go.theDespite
body. his optimism, JulianAlonso King, Jennnifer Hudson’s
districts must havenephew.
a population of made ed in that
Baltimore
a paradeCity Public
of cars moved
in Baltimore City outperformed exam, which is comprisedGiven of higher-
the choice saidbetween
he feelslook- affirmed A by,spokesman
but not for the 250,000
office students or more.
the murders butCities
is being heldSchools,”
slowly
in Monday said
pastMayor Stephanie
her family’s home
their peers in eight of the 18 level, critical thinking questions ing directly at the body or
proud of, the results. range in demographics andviolation morning,
includeafter Rawlings-Blake in a statement. past the
viewing told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole
districts to participate in the test, similar to those asked on the SAT it on a wall-mounted
“I can’t be proud of results when Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., “There news vans, more
is much reporters
to be and curi-
done,
ous onlookers.
including Philadelphia, Los Angeles exam. Because CourtesythePhotos
scores reveal the our kids are below White kids in Cleveland, Milwaukee and New and I trust Dr. Alonso, members of
and Detroit.
Jennifer Eighth-graders
Hudson and her also mom, Darnell ground BCPS must
Donerson “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
whocover to become some other part of the nation,” he York City.
Neighbors stood
the school board and our teachers
quietly and
outperformed
was killed, asstudents well asinher these and Jason.
brother, one of the top districts in the said. “There is still an achievement Students took the NAEP exam will help students build on this
reflected on the
other districts, as well as exceeded country, Alonso said the scores will gap between
video screen, the family chose African American,
“remained strong for in
her reading,
fami- writing
being and science
convicted of in
attempted success in years
violence. to come.”
the body of her 7-year-old plate X584859 was found on the latter. According to the ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijack- In front of the Hudson’s
“She held hands with her fami- ing. Cook County records show home, men in heavy jackets

Discussion on Bullying Remembering Black Wall Street

nephew Monday, just hours Chicago’s West Side after Tribune, Hudson said, “Yes,
after his body was found in a police received a 7 a.m. call that’s him.” ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both and hooded sweatshirts came to
was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also kiss the twin white crosses bar-

ACORN Fights Back

moment.” convicted in 1998 for posses- ing the names of Donerson and
Continued from A1 Continued
The boy –from A1 of Julia
the son sion of a stolen motor vehicle. Jason.
Hudson,As Jennifer’s
tensions sister – had He was released from prison in
heightened, “Everybody is sick of going
Support Services. “Not until A system must be in place, school officials, parents and

Photo Courtesy of the Greenwood Cultural Center

been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
armed Blacks moved within
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
through stuff like this,” Artisha
then will we see dramatic Palmer said, for students to students on ways to recognize when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and
decreases in violence.” report incidents of bullying to and properly address the ranks of assembling West, a former resident of the
grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges.
ByBrice
Alan noted
King 1,500 someone
and Dallasthey Cowboys can trust.
players bullying.”
No White
wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, mobs, in an effort to The boy remained missing
area told the Tribune. “We all
save Rowland’s have to stick together. All these
suspensions
AFRO Staff Writer for bullying were Tony Along
Romothe andsameTerrelllines,
Owens, tryingAstoofdistance
late April,
him fromthe BCPS
the Jason Hudson, 29,life shotand to stop
death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
given in Maryland public City Council
among the names President
submitted Jack
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group, of Safety “Barack& Student
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of bullying, up 33run well. When a White man tried
Avenue.
Associated Community
was the second on the list in were doing those things
school officials to detail the without long and deep. He taught
percent from the same period classes toAntakeAmber
a gunAlertfrom–aaBlack desig- This is the aftermath of
Organization for Reform
terms of all suspensions with Now – ACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed nation
prevalence of bullying in last year. Of students who man, it
for went off,
high-risk and what
missing the riot on Black Wall
confirms the success of the
118.
sion, were fired. him for President.
public schools and outline the are bullied between 11 and was a harmless
children – was issuedshot started
Friday Street, May 31 – June 1,
organization, the head of the
That was also the
“The evidence that has sur-
steps being taken to eliminate
But now ACORN is in trouble.
14 years old, Cheatham said the riot.
after Julian was discovered 1921, in Tulsa, Okla.
group says. faced so far shows they faked Reporter: There are at least missingMany Blacks
after fled the
the murders.
academic year in which a such occurrences.
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they the majority of bullies
11 investigations across the pick
16-year-old male student “Our area with
Police onlyWilliam
arrested the clothes robbed of their homes was even remotely
we’ve done and success we’ve didn’t do, children
not to stuffdeserve
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country peers for the sakeof
thousands on their
Balfour, back.
the Some
missing stayed
boy’s step-to fight, but were
at Lemmell Middle
had,” Maude Hurd, president of School to attend schools that serve of being
boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN mean or to impress connected with the crime.”
was arrested – and recently as vehicles for educational other people. Biggus found overwhelmed,
father and estranged as people
husband come into “Little But the Comission’s final report is definitive
ACORN, said in an interview victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms. ofAfrica,”
Julia, atstealing
his girlfriend’s
sentenced to 50 years in enrichment
tor of it. and that are free thisAnnouncer:
to be true Massive
for her “bright,
voter and destroying personal about the devastation of Black Wall Street.
with the AFRO. Southside
prison“When– for thismurdering
attack started, we from
Hurd violence
said theand onlyharassment
things energetic”
fraud. And the daughter.
Obama campaign hours property, apartment
and burning several
public buildings and In quoting Walter White, a expert in racial
after the murders.
his
hadclassmate
just announced in a thatschoolwe had of anyare
bogus kind,” Youngthem-
the charges said paid“The
more [bully] said, ‘Itojust
than $800,000 an homes, augmented by private aircraft dropping violence who visited the site of the riots just
Balfour’s mother, Michele, has
stairwell.
registered 1.3 However,
million new according
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because of ACORN’s
incidents of bullying in success.” ACORN nor its employees
bullying and help to educate have loans. Nationwide
a victim of bullying.” voter fraud. homeless. A commercial district that had multi- am able to state that the Tulsa riot, in sheer
McCain, were
2007-2008 who ismuch running for been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment. story buildings was leveled, with nothing left brutality and willful destruction of life and
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent
higher across the state with
Blind ambition. Too risky for but ash and debris. property, stands without parallel in America.”
et, lashed out at ACORN in the
3,300 students suspended
votes.” America. History indicates
final debate against Barack
or expelled for bullying
The problem came about pri-
or “is marily because of the way Oklahoma may have
Obama, contending the group Since McCain’s comments, been uniquely primed for
harassment.
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been this type of violence and
SQUARE HIGH
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ingWhen
one of strategizing
the greatest frauds in rely on volunteers, it pays peo- bombarded with threats and
preventative
voter history inmeasuresthis country, for ple, many of them poor or unem- racist mail.
destruction. According to an more than just a dream.
bullying, Youth Crime article in the Aug. 30, 1918,
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
Prevention
democracy.”Specialist Michael The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the edition of the Baltimore
Palmer said it is aimportant
Factcheck.org, non-partisan to being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle Afro-American Newspaper
think
Web site,aboutfoundbystanders
those claims of the
to the registration. offices and stole computers. reporting a formal NAACP
bullying.
be “exaggerated,” with “no evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative protest, White residents BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
dence“Forof every
any such bully, we
democracy- zero tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was of Dewey, Okla., took a
probably
destroyinghave fraud.” at least 20 ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she similar approach to problem
Hurd believes the
bystanders who witnessed it,” McCain Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.” solving, four years before
charges
Palmer said.were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I., Greenwood was destroyed.
ed.
“Those children who are
required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say-
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politics.
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less than two
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lying. Intimidation
2009 release, tactics. Disruption
Kilpatrick your kids die. That’s the best Before age five, every room is a classroom.
ACORN’s detractors
Subsequently, the city allege the of business. ACORN
gained employment as a forced move. Just let your children die. Fun learning opportunities are everywhere. Simple things like
organization has engaged banks to issue risky home loans. Forget about paying for hospital
paid $8.4 million to the in mas- medical software salesman counting and identifying shapes activate a child’s learning ability,
sive voter registration fraud after The same types of loans that bills for them. I’m not gonna do and help them enter school more prepared. That’s why PNC
whistleblowers. for Covisint, an information
the reported discovery of bogus caused the financial crisis we’re it. You guys are lowlifes. And I founded Grow Up Great and its Spanish-language equivalent Crezca
“Your testimony in this technology
in today. company and hope you all die.”
names, such as Mickey Mouse con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 million program to help prepare young
Hurd thinks the hate calls will
children for school and life. Pick up a free bilingual Sesame Street™
cease soon.
“Happy, Healthy, Ready for School” kit at a PNC branch. It’s filled
“In two weeks, I think these
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will be harder for us to get our learn. Together, we can work with our communities so an entire
name back on good graces generation won’t just grow up... but grow up great.
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A4 The Afro-American, May 29, 2010 - June 4, 2010

Maryland Loses a Business Icon

Continued from A1
campaign treasurer for Sen. Harry Cole, Maryland’s
first Black state senator in Annapolis, and also
advocated for Harry Parks’ election to the Baltimore
City Council in 1963.
“Ray was a driving force behind the elections of
Baltimore City Councilman Henry Parks and State
Senator Harry Cole,” said Baltimore Congressman
Elijah Cummings in a statement. “Thanks to Ray’s
work, those two men served as the first African
Americans in those bodies. He used his leadership and
determination to transform the Baltimore Urban League
during nearly a decade of service. This was a man who
used every moment of his life trying to improve the
lives of others.”
Haysbert explained his own concern with the state
of Black America’s political and economic standing in
an interview with the AFRO.
“In those days, welfare was not what we depended
on. We had to make it ourselves,” Haysbert said. “We
had the philosophy that if we took take of our own, our
own would take care of us. We looked to the Lord and
to ourselves...now we say ‘when is [former governor]
Ehrlich or [former mayor] O’Malley going to do
something?’ We have a dependency syndrome that we
didn’t have back in the day.”
Like Cummings, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake lauded Haysbert as a “unique and
dynamic man,” and celebrated his dedication to
community uplift.
“The passing of Mr. Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. is
the end of an era in Baltimore…Over the years, Mr.
Haysbert used his success and status in the community
to help dozens if not hundreds of other minority-
owned businesses start and thrive in Baltimore,” said
Rawlings-Blake in a statement.
In 1993, Haysbert became the sole owner of the
Forum Caterers, a full-service catering establishment
that serves over 100,000 people a year. It has been the
training ground for students planning to enter the field
of hospitality, and has consistently produced jobs for
the Baltimore community. After passing the wealth
onto his four children, Haysbert ventured into other
realms of service, including work with the Greater
Baltimore Urban League (GBUL) and the President’s
Roundtable, an organization he founded.
According to J. Howard Henderson, GBUL’s
current president and a 25-year acquaintance of
Haysbert, the political adviser’s legacy cannot be
limited to business expertise or the African-American
community.
“He’s not only one of the trailblazers of the 21st
century. His legacy will be that he tried to improve the
life of not only African Americans in the Baltimore Mr. and Mrs.
region, but by doing so he has improved the lives of all Haysbert step
the citizens of the Baltimore region,” said Henderson. out in style in
“I think his legacy will also include the number of 2006.
African-American businessmen who are in business
today that he mentored…about a businessman, not
just operating a business, but being a good business
person…He was truly a renaissance man.”
Stanley W. Tucker, president of Meridian
Management Group and head of the President’s
Roundtable, a Maryland-based conglomeration of
Black CEOs, said his relationship with the business
leader began more than 40 years ago when he attended
at Morgan State University.
Haysbert, then a professor at the East Baltimore
school, exhibited an unwavering work ethic that never
waned, even as he grew older and suffered bouts of
illness.
“His work ethic was impeccable. Even a week
before he went into the hospital, we would schedule
7:30 meetings in the morning and I’d get there and he’d
be waiting. He was 90 years old and he was waiting for
me,” said Tucker. “So that’s the kind of work ethic and
person that Ray Haysbert was. He was a tremendous
leader and he will sorely be missed by everyone from
all walks of life.”

A toast from Rosa “Rambling Rose” Trusty-

Pryor at a 2006 gala in Haysbert’s honor. At home: Mr. Haysbert relaxes
with his handsome family
including Mrs. Carol Haysbert
holding baby Bryan, Nicky, and
standing in rear Reginald and
Raymond Jr.

AFRO File Photos

Mr. Haysbert
seen here at a
2006 retreat of
the President’s 1962: Mr.
Roundtable, Haysbert scans
which he the books at
founded. Parks Sausage,
where he
was general
manager.

1975: Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. was presented the first

annual United Fund Irving Blum Award at the Fund’s
annual meeting on Thursday at Walters Art Gallery.
Mrs. Robert H. Levi, chairman of the selections
committee, made her presentation. Mr. Haysbert,
president of Parks Sausage and a former vice
president of the Fund was cited for bridging the gap
between the Black community and the Fund, and for
encouraging Black involvement with Fund activities.

1981: Robert D.H. Harvey, chairman and president of

the Maryland National Bank authorizes a $10 million
corporate membership in the Baltimore Promotion Council.
Raymond V. Haysbert, chairman of the Council Membership
Campaign, discusses the Council’s membership strategy. Ray Haysbert receives a certificate of merit from
the Advance Federal Savings and Loan Association.
 May 29, 2010 - June 4, 2010, The Afro-American A5

Community Calendar For more information:

deadlinethebook.com.

June 6
Elite Café & Real Talk
Liberty Grace Church
music, drama and open mic
performances. For more
information: 410-303-9240.

NAACP Events
 
May 30
Faith-Based Membership
Drive
In a church, mosque,
or synagogue near you.
Everyone is asked to join the
NAACP on the fifth Sunday.
For more information: 410-
366-3300.
June 5
NAACP Congratulations
Dad
4801 Liberty Heights
Ave., Baltimore. 4-8 p.m.
The NAACP will celebrate
dads at this pre-Father’s Day
reception and health fair. For
more information: 410-664-
2489.
June 12
NAACP Freedom Fund
Baby Contest
Wayland Baptist Church,
3400 Garrison Boulevard,
Baltimore. 1-3 p.m. For
‘Kosher Soul’
Reginald F. Lewis
American and Jewish scholar
Michael Twitty discusses
ethnic identity in America.
Event held in conjunction
with “Beyond Swastika and
Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee
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Underground Railroad
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Hall, 1212 Cathedral St.,
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Kathleen Battle sings in
this celebration of the
roots of African-American
music. $42-$75. For more
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during the summer of
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A6 The Afro-American, May 29, 2010 - June 4, 2010

Biotech Park
neighbors who want to earn a have been a 12-year plan, year development plan. said, ‘SCIENCE!’
better career and build a better might be now a 15-to-20-year “The community, the “These things change over
life,” he added. plan before it’s totally built city, Hopkins, EBDI and time. They are organic. They
Continued from A1 With high-tech buildings and seeks its ultimate goals.” their leadership,” he said, evolve,” Shea said. “And if
“Biotech is not as despite its location across the boasting sophisticated lab While biotech construction “have become much more you’re not able to cultivate
promising as it was 10 street from the affluent, world- space -- twice as expensive has lagged, EBDI has a job sophisticated than they were that evolution, your project
years ago,” said Christopher renowned Johns Hopkins to build as office space -- the placement office to help in the early days when they will fail.”
Shea, EBDI’s president and Hospital -- a medical campus biotech park was envisioned residents find other work
chief executive officer since teeming daily with employees as a lure to private firms that around the city. Cheryl
December. With construction
on hold, he said EBDI is
and visitors.
EBDI officials say the
wanted to set up shop near
Hopkins.
More construction is on
Washington, EBDI’s director
of community and human
development, said EBDI has
New Shiloh Pastor
Continued from A1
reassessing the project. project -- paid for with city
“I think it would be and state funds as well as gifts hold. But O’Malley, now the placed 1,964 people in jobs
with his own “down home” and preached to people
unhealthy if we kept plowing from foundations -- is the governor, said he believes that since 2004.
cadence, the occasional riff who’d had that advantage
ahead,” Shea said. “Let’s take largest neighborhood renewal biotech still makes sense for Of those, most were in
that reveals the tenor voice also,” Rev. Carter said.
a time out. Let’s revisit some effort ever in Baltimore. Hopkins and East Baltimore. construction, EBDI said. The
that could have taken him “There was a time when
of our assumptions. Is science The biotech park and “Why would you others range from work at
other places, and the tears everyone had at least a
working?” the jobs it produced were want to move away from Burger King and McDonald’s
that flow as he recounts the passing acquaintance with
He now is looking to the planned to help create a biotechnology,” he asked to warehouses to security
salvation story one more songs out of our Blackness,
spending power that 30,000 diverse community settled recently, “when you have firms. Many workers,
time. but there’s not that common
Hopkins employees and in the new housing that is a city that has cleared a according to EBDI’s records,
One can only imagine language anymore. Today, in
visitors bring to the campus rising there. The range of huge amount of land for have over time lost those jobs.
the void that would have many respects, culture is a
every day. “A huge market ... Between November 2007
been created in the faith repressive weight.”
a very important market,” he and February, EBDI placed
community had the young He also addressed the
said. nearly 200 people in jobs that
Mr. Carter not encountered uphill battle to engage those
Rather than more paid an average of $10.52 an
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther who’ve somehow gotten
biotech space, Shea said his hour.
King Jr. when he was caught in the “prison outside
immediate priorities include Robert C. Embry Jr.,
choosing between the many the normal culture.”
a grocery store, coffee shop, president of the Abell
careers his sound education “It takes a lot to bring
restaurants, a health club and Foundation, which has
and upbringing could have them to the realization that
dry cleaner. “Those kinds contributed to EBDI, said
afforded him. we’ve all come from the
of things that a large, tens the biotech park was the best
It was Dr. King who same place and our aim is to
of thousands of people in a alternative for the renewal
convinced him to answer the assist in whatever ways we
business location would tend project when city leaders
call that had reverberated can. But you can’t force it.”
to want.” settled on it in 2000.
in his heart with no hint of Rev. Carter’s father, the
The shift away from a “Would it be a success
diminishing. It was Dr. King Rev. Dr. Nathan Mitchell
biotech park, even in the short if no job was created? No.
who told him that nothing Carter Sr., taught preachers
term, is a profound change for But jobs have been created,”
else would bring him the for 55 years at Selma
East Baltimore Development Embry said. “A job’s a job,”
fulfillment of doing what University, and would
Inc. From the plan’s inception whether in biotechnology or
he’d been created to do. And undoubtedly be proud of
nearly a decade ago, the household incomes was meant biotechnology life sciences construction.
what would New Shiloh his son’s pastorate at New
city tied the revival of the to strengthen a neighborhood next to a hospital research “People are better off than
have done without this son of Shiloh. “Oh my God, he’d
neighborhood to a research where 37 percent of residents institution that’s ranked No. 1 they were before,” he added.
teachers who was summoned be so proud.” But what
park that would build on the made less than $10,000, in the world year after year?” “That’s a good thing.”
from Selma, Ala., to serve would the senior Carter
science and economic power according to the 2000 census. Science and retail are A 2009 study by the
for what would add up to at think about the Black church
of the Johns Hopkins medical “This will mean thousands both important to the project, Jacob France Institute at the
least 45 years? today? “He’d be troubled
campus. of new, mixed-income the governor said. But “it’s University of Baltimore,
As much as he is excited by the numbers of sinners to
The neighborhood, which homes,” O’Malley said in not like retail is knocking on commissioned by EBDI,
by people, he is dismayed whom no one is witnessing,
once had been a stable, his State of the City speech the door in the middle of a found 43 percent of people
at the dearth of energy troubled by the loss of
working-class community, in 2002. Nearly 3,000 of recession either.” who live in the area haven’t
in the young people who sanctity of the Sabbath
was 80 percent abandoned the 8,000 jobs created at Donald C. Fry, president completed high school --
come now to the church, Day and certainly he’d be
when then-Mayor Martin the biotech park would “be of the Greater Baltimore compared with 25 percent of
not seeking salvation, dismayed by the loss of
O’Malley announced the available to high school Committee, acknowledges all city residents. There is a
holiness, liberation, family consecration.”
project in January 2001. -- not college -- graduates,” that work on the biotech park “fundamental disconnect,”
development or inspiration If there were just one
Middle East, with its O’Malley said. has gone slowly, though he is the report said, between local
for a better life, but looking thing Rev. Carter could
collapsing row houses, crime “And we will provide confident it will be completed. residents’ skills and the work
for a “packaged ministry that do to change the direction
and poverty, deteriorated training, in East Baltimore, for “EBDI, that at one time may anticipated at the biotech park.
will suit their needs or give of the church, speaking
Hopkins now is interested
them comfort.” universally, it would be to
more in office space than
“Today, it’s whether or institute a return to biblical
in lab buildings, said Jack
not they like it and if not standards of knowing the life
Ellinghaus, facilities manager
they’ll find another place. of Christ. “Gathering young
for Forest City.
Unfortunately, the vision of people in particular to grow
Helen Montag, director
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Like It Or Not, We Will Have To Wait
And See On Kagan
The nation waits with
anticipation for the scheduled
hearings on the nomination
of Solicitor General Elena
Kagan to the United States
Supreme Court Justice. Kagan
is President Barack Obama’s
choice to replace retiring
Associate Justice John Paul
Stevens.
Last week Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman Patrick
Leahy, D-Vt., announced that
Kagan’s confirmation hearings
would start on June 28. The
José Felipé Anderson speculation has already started
about how those hearings will
proceed and what questions Kagan’s opponents will pose.
I was in the Supreme Court with a group of my law students
from the University of Baltimore on April 28 when Justice
Stevens heard arguments for the last time—it’s something
of a tradition to witness a retiring justice’s last appearance.
Kagan was also present; she was friendly and relaxed as she
chatted with lawyers in the section reserved for members of
the Supreme Court Bar. Kagan’s nomination had yet to be
announced at that time but there was little surprise when she
was later tapped as the president’s choice.
Her appointment as solicitor general alone would have been
enough to place her on the public “short list” as a possible
Supreme Court nominee. It had been enough for her former
boss, Baltimore native and civil rights legend Thurgood
Marshall (for whom Kagan clerked in the 1980s), who’d taken
the same job just before he was appointed as the nation’s first
African American to serve on the Supreme Court by President
Lyndon B. Johnson. As solicitor general, Kagan represents the
legal position of the United States before the high court. She
has served in that position for about a year.
Kagan’s close association with President Obama when they
Opinion
were both on the faculty at the University of Chicago
was also a clue to her candidacy. Further, her close
association and judicial clerkship with Obama’s mentor,
former Chicago federal Judge Abner Mikva, marked her
as a front runner for any potential opening on the court
during Obama’s tenure as president.
One point being discussed in the media is that since
Kagan has never been a judge she has no record of
opinions to review for insight into her potential judicial
views. She is the first nominee to the Supreme Court
since 1972 that has no judicial experience. Therefore,
her opponents will examine the records of her scholarly
writings and speeches for clues to what kind of
decisions she would make.
Kagan opponents are commenting on a 2005
Supreme Court amicus brief she signed when she was
Harvard Law School dean, along with dozens of other
law professors, urging the Court to uphold an appellate horrific relocation of many Japanese-American citizens during
ruling that permitted law schools to limit military access to World War II as California’s attorney general. He then became
campus recruiting events because of the national policy against the greatest liberal chief justice in United States history just
gays in the military. decades later. More recently, David Souter, appointed by
On the other hand she demonstrated an ability to work conservative President George Herbert Walker Bush, became
with conservatives on the Harvard Law School faculty and surprisingly liberal and retired from the court to permit the
spearheaded the drive to hire high-profile conservatives to nation’s first African-American president to appoint the nation’s
balance the faculty. first Hispanic justice. Justice Stevens was also appointed as a
Kagan also served four years in the Clinton administration, conservative and ended up decades later as the leader of the
some of that time in the White House counsel’s office. There, Court’s liberal wing.
she wrote a few memos on controversial domestic policy issues I predict Kagan will be confirmed, but that’s as far as I’m
which will be the focus of some of the hearing questions. willing to go. We’ll need to wait until she starts deciding cases
Can any of this background help predict what Kagan will before we can label her as a justice. My hope is that she will be
do as a justice? Her credentials as a former law clerk to the fair to those who must go to the Court to have their individual
legendary Thurgood Marshall will not alone certify her as civil civil rights protected because the court is still the place of last
rights friendly. Nor will her association with President Bill resort for many to obtain justice.
Clinton’s staff assure progressive votes on major policy issues
that come before the court. José Felipé Anderson is a professor of law at the University
History teaches us better. Predicting justices’ positions, of Baltimore School of Law and an adjunct professor of legal
based on what often turns out to be decades of service, has studies and business ethics at the Wharton School of University
proven difficult. Chief Justice Earl Warren presided over the of Pennsylvania.

Henrietta Lacks’ Legacy

On August 2, I will spend
a few moments remembering
Henrietta Lacks on what would
have been her 90th birthday.
Largely unknown to this day,
she was a Black woman from
our community who helped to
change the world.
Born in rural Virginia,
Henrietta and her husband,
David, were building a life for
themselves in the Baltimore
County community of Turner
Station when Henrietta
succumbed to cancer in 1951,
Elijah E. Cummings despite receiving the limited
treatment available at that time.
Unknown to either Henrietta or her family, a sampling
of Henrietta’s cancer cells were turned over to medical
researchers. Therein, lies both the core of her contribution to
the survival of millions and the source of heated controversies
that rage to this day.
Ms. Rebecca Skloot described the continuing importance of
Henrietta’s contribution in her April 2000, article in The Johns
Hopkins Magazine (and her more recent book, released this
year, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks).
The cancer cells from Henrietta’s dying body were unique.
They were able to survive and replicate outside of her body –
the first time that this ability had ever been observed.
As Ms. Skloot describes the event, “Henrietta Lacks’ cells
multiplied like nothing anyone had seen. They latched to the
sides of test tubes, consumed the medium around them, and
within days, the thin film of cells grew thicker and thicker.”
It was in this way that Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman of
modest means, gained a measure of physical immortality.
The positive impact for humanity has been substantial. Her
prolific cells were essential in the development of the polio
vaccine – and, for the last six decades, the famous “HeLa”
line of cells has been instrumental in moving critical medical
research forward toward improved treatment of cancer, AIDS,
the effects of radiation and many other threats to human life.
That is to say, the cell line has become famous, not the
woman who provided it – a disparity that is not right.
The facts confirm that Henrietta Lacks was never asked for
– nor gave – her informed consent for the use of her cells. She
has not received adequate public recognition for the gift that
she bequeathed to humanity (although I understand that serious
consideration is being given to a local initiative to set the record
straight, an action with which I wholeheartedly agree).
Her family has received no financial compensation from
the billion dollar research industry that her cells helped to
create and sustain. In fact, many of her family members have
been unable to afford the medical insurance that would give
them better access to treatments that exist today because of
Henrietta’s living legacy.
If all of this seems unfair to some, I would have to agree.
Still, most commentators acknowledge that no laws were
broken at the time.
The laws today guaranteeing informed consent have become
far more protective during the last six decades – in part because
of Henrietta Lacks’ life story.
Where the issue of compensation (financial and otherwise)
to donors for the benefits derived by others is concerned,
however, decisions like those of the U.S. Supreme Court
in Diamond v. Chakrabarty (1989) and the 1990 California
Supreme Court case of More v. Regents offer little support.
Current law recognizes property rights (and patenting) with
respect to organisms “that represent the product of human
ingenuity,” not those (like Henrietta Lacks’) that are “naturally
occurring.”
We all can appreciate the distinction. Human cell donations
are critical to advancing our struggle against cancer, AIDS and
the other diseases – research that must not be hindered.
This, however, should not be the end of our discussion
where the ethics of medical research are concerned – and I
believe that President Obama agrees.
“As our nation invests in science and innovation and pursues
advances in biomedical research and health care,” he observed
when he created his Commission for the Study of Bioethical
Issues, “it’s imperative that we do so in a responsible manner.”
The fair compensation of cell donors and others who contribute
to medical research should be at the top of the Commission’s
agenda. Justice should also be part of Henrietta Lacks’ legacy.
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings represents Maryland’s
Seventh Congressional District in the United States House of
Representatives.

Letters to the Editor

An Open Letter
Regarding A Vacant
Supreme Court Seat
As a 47-year member
of our great sorority [Delta
Sigma Theta], I have had the
opportunity to meet or read
about the dynamic Deltas who
have excercised a positive
influence on American
society. I feel very fortunate
to have met all three of the
sorors who were role models:
The Hon. Patricia Roberts
Harris, Dr. Geraldine P.
Woods and Dr. Jeane Noble.
President Obama has
enumerated the qualities he is
seeking in the next nominee
to the Supreme Court to
succeed retiring Justice
Stevens – passion for the law,
life of service, unquestionable
character, inclusive candidate,
scholarship, excellence and
integrity, respect for the
law, intellect and a record of
achievement, eminent legal
mind and trailblazing leader.
I am convinced, without
a doubt, that our respected
and acclaimed soror, attorney
Marian Wright Edelman, has
the qualifications that President
Obama desires in his nominee
to the Court: “a person whose
decisions, that will impact upon
ordinary people, will reflect
their life experiences.”
Soror Edelman is a
graduate of one of our most
esteemed historically Black
colleges, Spelman College,
which achieved national
prominence under the
presidency of our soror Dr.
Johnette Cole. Yale University
awarded her law degree.
She is the first African-
American female to practice
law in the state of Mississippi,
and has been a civil rights
attorney and activist. Soror
Edelman is the founder-
president of the Children’s
Defense Fund, whose first
staff attorney was Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton.
In addition to fulfilling our
president’s requirements, she
embodies the ideals of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority.
Soror Caroline Ann Harcum
Alumna, Morgan State
College
Honoring Vets on
Memorial Day
Events held across the
nation this Memorial Day
will find many Americans
gathering to remember our
war dead, paying homage to
their sacrifice, service and
courage, and recalling the
selflessness that embodies
military service. Around the
world, our allies and foreign
friends will pay their respects
by visiting our nation’s
many cemeteries abroad.
Here at home, millions will
pay their respects at the 128
national cemeteries that
serve as the final resting
places of our nation’s most
courageous citizens. Maj.
Gen. Mark Graham recently
told a group of mental health
professionals gathered at
the Baltimore VA Medical
Center at an annual suicide
prevention conference, “We
are free because of the brave
who across generations have
answered the call to duty.”
The latest generation of
American veterans is engaged
in a struggle no less critical
to history than those of their
predecessors as evident by
recent events in New York’s
Time Square. Young men and
women are returning daily
from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Most return to joyous
reunions with loved ones and
revel in the collective sigh of
relief that marks a safe return.
Others return with visible
and invisible wounds, tragic
hallmarks of armed conflict,
while still others return
in solemn, eternal repose,
beneath a draped American
flag. We can’t express enough
gratitude to their grieving
families, but we can stand
with them and honor their
sacrifice and loss.
I am indescribably
proud of the employees
and volunteers at the VA
Maryland Health Care
System and the service they
provide to this newest Veteran
community. The value and
importance of their work is
evident daily in the faces
of the veterans we serve, in
their gritty determination of
undergoing rehabilitative
therapy for both visible and
invisible wounds at one of
our VA medical centers or
outpatient clinics across the
state. Those determined faces
serve as inspiration for all of
us working with Veterans to
live up to Abraham Lincoln’s
promise, “to care for him who
has borne the battle.”
This is why we pause
and remember Memorial
Day – this year, every year.
We remember those who
have paid the ultimate
price for America and all
humanity, and we reflect on
the achievements wrought by
their sacrifice. Life and liberty
are God-given rights, but
throughout history, the task
of defending these high ideals
has fallen to ordinary men
and women of extraordinary
courage and fortitude. They
are our neighbors, our friends,
our family members.
Their perseverance and
loyalty to a higher calling is
central to what and whom
we honor each Memorial
Day. Let’s remember those
who have fallen and the
immeasurable good for which
they have laid down their
lives. And let’s remember our
wounded warriors of every
age who continue on, despite
the loss of their brothers and
sisters in arms.
We must continue
educating our youngsters
about the price that has been
and continues to be paid for
their freedom. Taking them on
a trip to a veterans’ cemetery
or to any local VA medical
center and outpatient clinics
are good places to start. 
Dennis H. Smith
Director, VA Maryland Health
Care System
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Nothing’ s Slowing
Volunteer Honored for Community Service
By Takiea Hinton
Special to the AFRO
The MetLife Foundation
National Association of
Area Agencies on Aging
honored Charles Edward
Pollard for team spirit earlier
this month in Washington,
D.C. Pollard, who has, since
1972, volunteered at the
Waxter Center for seniors in
Baltimore, Md., said that after
retiring from work, instead of
“hanging around the corner,”
he decided to volunteer.
“I like to volunteer
because I am able to do what
I like to do,” said Pollard,
96, who has volunteered in
many positions at the Center,
ranging from overseeing the
senior day care and serving as
an aide to the handicapped, to
maintaining the cleanliness of
the dining room and setting
up events.
Pollard, a World War II
vet, served in the Army for
13 years. He then worked
for Proctor and Gamble for
28 years as a bricklayer and
machinist. As a teenager,
Pollard made a living from
milking cows and driving
cabs. With such work
experience, Pollard says he
considers himself to be his
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Literature and Libations

Book Club

WJZ-TV news reporter Actor and Carla Hayden, CEO

Vic Carter signs copies author Hill of Enoch Pratt Free
of his book. Harper Librarby

Gloria Roberts, Dominique

On May 15, Baltimore’s authors and lovers of literature
gathered at the Baltimore Marriot Waterfront Hotel for the
Enoch Pratt’s annual Book Lover’s Breakfast. This year’s
keynote speaker was actor Hill Harper, whose books,
Letters to a Young Brother, Letters to a Young Sister and
Moore and Charlene Smith
Vernon A. Reid, chair,
Library Board of Directors
Photos by Bill Tabron
The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Sutton. The book tells the story of a civil rights leader
Loving, Trusting Relationships, have been sold world- who worked closely with the first nine students who
wide. integrated America’s public school system.
WJZ-TV anchor Vic Carter was also a presenter, and The event drew many regional book clubs and high-
is author of From Yonder to Here: A Memoir of Dr. Ozell lighted the importance of literacy and entrepreneurship.

Morgan State University recently awarded bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate

Kendra V. Johnson degrees to hundreds of students, marking their years of study and academic
receives a doctorate excellence.
in urban educational Valerie Bowman Jarrett, senior advisor and assistant to President Barack Obama for
leadership Valerie Jarrett, assistant Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, was the keynote speaker.
to President Obama “It was a pleasure having Ms. Jarrett take part
for Intergovernmental in our commencement exercise,” said Morgan
Second Lt. Phillip Johnson Affairs and Public
State University President Earl S. Richardson in
and Christin Sanders Engagement
a statement. “She serves as a wonderful example
to our graduates and this community of what can
be accomplished with education and hard work.”
Commencement exercises were bittersweet for
Scheherazade Richardon, who will retire June 30 after serving
West Forman as the school’s president for 26 years.
Myra W. Curtis
Retiring president is awarded receives the This year’s graduation also marked the first
Dr. Earl S. Richardson Class of 1960 members Elaine McCoy her master’s in doctorate of students to receive degrees from Morgan’s new
receives the honorary Kirstaetter, Barbara Forbes, Brenda education degree School of Social Work.
engineering
doctorate of laws Hemmingway Thomas and Vivian F. Holmes
degree Photos by A. Lois
DeLaine

Kalilah C. Cummings Ronald Green,

receives her master’s electrical
in architecture Lynnette Rodgers engineering Kristen Foreman
Social work graduates
and Shadonna King receives her
Sapphire Goodman and
received a bachelor’s bachelor’s in
Darae Grant
in family consumer psychology
science

Linda Gooden, executive vice president of

Information Technology, Lockheed Martin, Graduates Danielle Bethea and Graduates prepare to receive their degrees.
receives an honorary law degree from Dallas Denard A. Smith
Evans, chairman, Board of Regents

In honor of a new exhibition celebrating New York’s famed president/CEO, Apollo Theater Foundation and Dr. Johnnetta
Apollo Theater, Marcella and Terry Jones, along with Alfred Betsch Cole, director, Smithsonian National Museum of African
Liggins, president/CEO of Radio One and an Apollo Art. This exhibition explores the Apollo Theater’s seminal impact
Theater Foundation board member, co-hosted on American entertainment and will be on display through Aug.
a reception at the W Hotel. 29.
The event, which honored “Since 1934, the Apollo has been a driving force in shaping
JoAnn Price, Apollo board the theater’s 75th anniversary, America’s musical and cultural landscape,” said Procope. “The
Ed Gray, Sherry member; Marcella Jones, co-host of included special guests Cathy Apollo has nurtured generations of artists and has been a
Blount and reception; Cathy Hughes, founder/ Hughes, founder/chairwoman source of entertainment and inspiration to millions of people
Harriette Ecton chairperson, Radio One and Alfred of the board, Radio One; throughout its 75 years. We are delighted to be partnering
Liggins, president/CEO, Radio One, Actress Leslie Uggams actress Leslie Uggams, with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African
and Jonelle Procope, Jonelle Procope, American History and Culture to present ‘Ain’t Nothing Like
and Apollo board member the Real Thing,’ which will illuminate the role the Apollo
president/ CEO, Apollo
has played in the creative life of our nation.”
Theater Foundation

Ed and Pat
Shirley, Vicki
Pinkston and
Leo Williams

James Kimsey, Rachel Pearson, Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, director, Nikki Webber and Coffi Bell of TV One,
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art; Terry and Marcella Jones, Board members Debra Shriver, Alfred Fay Webber, Candy Mitchell and Vanessa
co-hosts of reception, Thomas and Vanessa Reed Liggins and Michael Diamond Reed
B2 The Afro-American, May 29, 2010 - June 4, 2010

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NBA Semifinals Playoff Coverage—Afro.com

LeBron James’ Mom Denies Rumors of Affair with Delonte West

By Perry Green or in any way repeating these affiliated radio station in in 2004 of charges of sexually
AFRO Sports Editor false, despicable and per se Houston. The radio interview abusing five of his daughters,
defamatory statements.” has been posted on YouTube. according to The Associated
NBA superstar LeBron But gossip Web sites aren’t com. Press. Reports also say he has
James has continued to the only media representatives “Unfortunately, my 14 children by nine different
dominate sports headlines, claiming the allegations are sources in the NBA tell me mothers. Murphy was hired
despite the Cleveland true. According to reports, that it’s absolutely true. My by KFNC 97.5 FM, an ESPN
Cavaliers’ elimination from NBA Hall of Famer Calvin sources, and they’re legit, tell affiliate in Houston, in 2007
the playoffs. But he certainly Murphy went on record May me that the only people that to host the “Calvin Murphy
wasn’t expecting his name to 19, saying the rumor is true. didn’t know it was happening Show,” but the show was
be attached to these swirling “It ain’t no rumor,” was LeBron and me.” canceled in January 2010, the
reports. Murphy told an ESPN- Murphy, 62, was acquitted Houston Chronicle reported.
Just days after Cleveland
was knocked out of the Sports Commentary
Eastern Conference semifinals
last week, several Internet
blog rumors began to surface
that James’ subpar play in
Who Needs Puppets When
the series was caused by him
learning that his mom, Gloria
James, was having sex with
You Have Lakers vs. Celtics? time around—or maybe not.
Cavs teammate, Delonte on Rondo will be just an open
West, a Washington, D.C. Pau Gasol is a better
invitation to the rim for the
native. player, Kobe Bryant is still
Celtics point guard.
According to the rumor, Kobe Bryant and the rest
There’ll be a lot of clashes
AP Photo/Amy Sancetta of the Lakers players are
James was so upset with in this possible series to keep
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James poses with his trophy more experienced and better
the news that it destroyed note of: Ron Artest vs. Paul
and his mother, Gloria, after being named the NBA Most equipped to scrap with a rough
the Cavs’ team chemistry, Pierce and Gasol vs. Kevin
Valuable Player in 2009. and rugged Boston squad.
causing them to lose three Garnett will both weigh heavily
But Boston is also sporting
straight games and ultimately LeBron James. I am writing about what might have on the outcome. But, Boston
a different look these days.
the semifinals to the Boston to demand that you cease and contributed to the Cavaliers doesn’t have a man to check
Gone is the dominance of
Celtics. desist in repeating the lies that performance in the Boston Lamar Odom off the bench and
the “Big Three” and in is the
Initially, neither James you have been instrumental series was so idiotic and with the way Odom is playing
By Stephen D. Riley superstardom of All-Star point
nor his mom responded to in spreading regarding Gloria ‘off the wall’ that we did not right now, the Celtics will
AFRO Sports Writer guard Rajon Rondo.
the rumor. But, according to James,” wrote attorney Nance think that it even warranted definitely have to keep on him.
Rondo’s emergence has
Everything about this
TMZ.com, when TerezOwens. Frederick, according to TMZ. a denial. No thinking person Well, even without the continued the Celtics’ image
series—the history between the
com, a gossip entertainment “They are categorically false, could possibly believe Nike puppets and a Kobe/ of a lock-and-block defensive
teams and the lineup of players,
Web site, reported the and per se defamatory. If you such rubbish. But you LeBron matchup, thanks to unit while upping the offensive
including the superstars and
allegations as true, Gloria do not understand the legal have persisted in repeating a rejuvenated Kevin Garnett tempo and transforming them
the supporting cast—screams
James’s attorney then issued significance of those facts, I this nonsense, attributing we’ll be getting the next best into a fast-paced drive-and-dish
television viewership records.
a cease-and-desist letter to the strongly urge you to consult to an unidentified source thing: Boston vs. L.A. No team.
No other teams are hotter
Web site’s publisher. your legal counsel. all for your own personal disrespect to Orlando and The Lakers have had
right now than the Lakers
“Mr. Owens, I am the “At first blush, your gain. We demand that you Phoenix but let’s be serious; a history of being openly
and Celtics. Los Angeles has
attorney of Gloria and irresponsible speculation immediately stop publishing it’s all about the Lakers and victimized by athletic point
turned into a scoring machine
Celtics this year, again. guards and a new defensive
while Boston has been the
It’s typically out of my game plan will have to be in
premier defensive unit of the
character to just write off teams order for a Finals rematch.
postseason.
in the middle of a series, but Bryant exclusively locked
It shouldn’t be long now,
why not? Everybody else is up with Rondo in the ‘08
just have to wait for Orlando
doing it. I couldn’t wait to get a Finals in an effort to give him
and Phoenix to lie down and let
crack at previewing this series, a rest from chasing Boston
history take its course. The last
with so many twists and plots, sniper Ray Allen and from
two NBA champions set to slug
it should be another great one. the defense. But Rondo was
it out in what could be the last
So if Boston and L.A. nowhere near the scorer in
hurrah for both clubs. Kobe vs.
do eventually match up for ‘08 that he is now, so Bryant
LeBron would’ve been nice,
the 12th time in NBA Finals typically gave him an open
but who needs puppets when
history, things should be pretty cushion and the green light
you got the Celtics and Lakers?
interesting. Despite the historic to launch jumpers. While
brilliance of both clubs, the perimeter shooting still isn’t
Celtics/Lakers Finals meetings one of Rondo’s strengths, it Legal Woes
have been pretty one-sided so would be a huge mistake for
far. Boston owns a 9-2 edge the Lakers to put Bryant on Mount for
in the series with their last
victory coming in 2008 when
him again should the teams
meet. Rondo has stamina to
Lawrence Taylor
visions of a Boston comeback, burn, while Bryant, 31, is By Stephen D. Riley
a Boston blowout and Doc nowhere near the thoroughbred AFRO Staff Writer
Rivers being doused with he used to be. But L.A. will be
Gatorade defined the series. in a tough position, regardless, Former New York Giants
But things will be different this because putting Derek Fisher
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Extras: ‘The Black List’ DVD Review

Food Wars
Chef competition offers unique dining experience
By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
BALTIMORE — “Whose
cuisine will reign supreme?”
Thirty-two area chefs will
vie to answer that question
over the next few months
in the Mason Dixon Master
Chef Tournament, a unique
addition to the area’s summer
entertainment lineup.
“Good friendly
competition is very important
[for chefs] whether in small-
town USA, where you’re
competing for the cherry
pie recipe of the year at the
annual homecoming parade,
or you have a multi-city,
multi-chef competition like
this one. It pushes us to do
better,” said chef, Damon
Hersh, an emcee and judge
for the tournament.
Drawing on the mounting
popularity of television
cooking shows such as
Bravo’s “Top Chef” and
Food Network’s “Iron Chef
America,” the 16-week cook-
off launched May 10, offering
a welcome alternative to the
usual Mother’s Day fare.
Karen Folkart, chief
operations officer of the
event, said while those
network shows make for
good viewing, experiencing
the competition firsthand—
along with a four-course
dinner—is better.
“It’s great to watch those
shows on TV, but you can’t
talk to the chefs, see what
they’re doing and smell the
food,” she told the AFRO.
“Not since Lucy and
Ricky Ricardo did dinner
and a show have we done
something like this,” said
Hersh. “It’s fun and it’s
different.”
And it’s also a way of
giving back, he added. Ten
percent of the tournament’s
ticket sales will go to
Moveable Feast, a local
nonprofit founded two
decades ago to feed HIV/
AIDS patients who were shut
in.
“Twenty years ago nobody
was doing that because there
was such a stigma attached to
it (the disease),” said Hersh,
who is the executive chef of
the organization.
Since then, the group’s
mission has grown,
distributing 500,000
meals a year to “people in
crisis”—95 percent African
American—including those
with acute renal failure,
breast cancer and end-state
diabetes; ex-felons in the
midst of rehabilitation and the
homeless.
For the chefs involved,
the competition offers not
only the potential of bragging
rights but also the chance
to see what their peers are
doing.
“I’m absolutely excited,”
said David Thomas, a chef of
18 years and executive chef at
Chef David Thomas will serve up his tasty Southern Coburns Tavern & Grill, who
variations on June 15. will compete on June 15.
Thomas –the soon-to-be
owner of the Negro League
Café, which is slated for
opening next year– said he’s
sure his brand of Southern
cuisine, which “offer[s]
familiar flavors with high-
end presentation” will be a
crowd-pleaser.
Folkart said the other 31
chefs are just as talented and
are worthy of the anticipated
attention the competition will
bring.
“The original idea was to
highlight the Baltimore area
as a culinary destination,” she
said.
“For many years,
Baltimore was relegated to
the sibling role to D.C. role
and Philadelphia but that
is changing,” Hersh said.
“Maryland is putting some
people out there for people to
take notice of.”
For information on
location, times, tickets and
participating chefs, log onto
www.masondixonmasterchef.
com.

Harlem Quartet: An Inspiration in Four Parts
Desmond Neysmith, left, Juan-Miguel Hernandez, Ilmar Gavilan and Melissa White
comprise the Harlem Quartet. The group is preparing for an upcoming performance in
Columbia, Md.
By Kristin Gray
AFRO Managing Editor
While many entertainment
industry hopefuls are
hitchhiking cross country for
“American Idol” auditions
or dreaming of stardom on
reality TV shows, a group of
young Latino and African-
American musicians are
taking a decidedly different
route to fame.
Desmond Neysmith, Juan-
Miguel Hernandez, Ilmar
Gavilan and Melissa White,
members of classical music
ensemble Harlem Quartet,
look the part of pop music
prodigies. But onstage, the
foursome deftly executes the
complex cadences of lofty
classical composers with the
passion of soul artists.
Formed in 2006, the
quartet has performed with
legendary artist Itzhak
Perlman and appeared twice
at the White House.
Unlike many of their
peers, all four musicians
have spent years perfecting
their craft and learning the
complexities of classical, jazz
and Latin music.
For Hernandez, chamber
music has always trumped
other genres and he has long
fostered an innate preference
for string ensembles.
“I grew up listening
to new age and world
music around my mom and
Latin music around my dad.
But somehow, as I became a
teenager all I wanted to listen
to was classical music,” said
Hernandez, who was raised
and Saint Louis symphonies them to be exposed to a Europe and around the United
and he released his U.S. whole new art form and see States with his music theatre
recording debut, Aires Y people on stage who look company, The Gogmagogs,
Leyendas in 2002. like themselves,” said White, and performed as an actor in a
Melissa White, the lone who performed at the 2006 production of stage play Bent.
female member of Harlem NAACP Image Awards with At their upcoming
Quartet, has also released the Ritz Chamber Players. performance in Columbia,
her own album, a CD “I enjoy interacting with the Md., the group will performs
recording of An American children so the really walk works by Ravel, Haydn,
Concerto by Gwenyth Walker. away with their eyes open to Wynton Marsalis’ “At the
Although traveling the a new world of possibilities. Octoroon Balls” and the jazz
world and performing with I feel blessed that music is a standard “Take the A Train.”
internationally acclaimed part of my life and it is most
orchestras is a boon for the rewarding to share that with The Harlem Quartet
violinist’s career, working everyone but especially with will perform at Howard
with at-risk youth is also an inner-city youth.” Community College’s Smith
integral part of her life. While his counterparts Theater, 10901 Little Patuxent
“The most rewarding part have primary interests in Parkway, in Columbia, Md.,
of sharing my music with classical music, Neysmith has on June 13, 3:30 p.m. Tickets
inner city youth is seeing their branched out to other forms are $12-$30. For more
eyes light up when they hear of artistic expression. The information, call 410-997-
the sound of our music and cellist has traveled to Asia, 2324.
see the fun we are having on
stage. Many times we will
play for schools with children
who have never seen nor
in Canada. “Although all my Detroit, Atlanta, Milwaukee, heard classical music. So
friends at school listened to Baltimore, Denver, Phoenix it makes a huge impact for
popular music — rock, rap,
hip-hop — I never really had
an interest and still to this day
am quite uninformed about
those genres. This being said,
I do like listening to jazz,
but this is a relative, a cousin
to classical music in my
opinion.”
Hernandez, the first and
second prize winner in the
National Canadian Music
Competitions, has studied
with famed violinist Lorand
Fenyves and cellist Laurence
Lesser and is also a member
of the trio Lamoureux-
Hernandez-Pelletier. In 2005
and 2006, he embarked on a
whirlwind tour of Slovenia,
Salzburg, New Mexico, Los
Angeles and Israel.
Similarly, Gavilan has
harbored a keen interest
in classical music since
his childhood in Havana,
Cuba. The recording artist
has imbued the syncopated
rhythms of conga and rumba
— a musical reflection of
Cuba’s African and European
influences — into Harlem
Quartet’s repertoire.
However, Gavilan said
being a musician of color
in a predominately White
venue has not presented any
“significant challenges.”
“...Simply looking around
me and noticing that I was
one of a hand full in my
orchestra, honestly it gave
me an edge rather then a
problem.”
As a solo artist, Gavilan
has performed with the
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Obituaries
Arthalia L. Manning, 76 Datie B. Russell, 98
Educator Student of Life, Servant
Arthalia LeSane 2, 1956. From this union Datie Bridgeforth Committee, a member of
Manning was born March they had one child, Richard Russell, born April 8, 1912, the Pastor’s Nominating
3, 1934, in New Zion, S.C. F. Manning Jr., who was entered into eternal rest Committee and was voted
She was the only child the joy of their life. Arthalia on May 6. Preceding her mother of the year. She
of Willena LeSane and also became a surrogate in death were her parents, was also a member of the
Garthale Kennedy. On mother to her goddaughter, husband Sanders N. Chancel Choir, serving as a
March 3, Arthalia went Coleste Haskins, whom she Russell and siblings Elna soprano soloist.
home to be with the Lord. loved and cared for as her Bridgeforth Spaulding, After graduation, Datie
She found the Lord at an own child. Marie Bridgeforth Scott and joined the administrative
early age and was baptized Arthalia began her career George Miller Bridgeforth. staff at Tennessee State
at Howard Chapel Baptist with the Baltimore City She was the third of College and after four years,
Church of South Carolina, school system as a home four children born to Datie she accepted employment
the state of her birth. She visitor. After graduating Miller and George Ruffin in agency and sales training
later relocated to Baltimore from Coppin, she became Bridgeforth of Tuskegee, at the home office of North
where she became a faithful a teacher at Mergenthaler Ala. Her early years were Carolina Mutual Life
member of New Shiloh High School and later spent in Alabama and Insurance Co. in Durham,
Baptist Church. In 1999 ARTHALIA L. MANNING a vocational placement Kansas. DATIE B. RUSSELL N.C. Seven years later,
she was united with the First counselor. She ended her career As a high school student, of the school’s Alpha Kappa she moved to Washington,
Church of the Brethren. as a suspension counselor at the school she won a national oratorical Alpha Sorority chapter. D.C., to assist the renowned
Arthalia told her family she felt the spirit administration office on North Avenue. contest, which awarded her a She was also a member sociologist and author Dr. E.
of the Lord calling and inviting her to entry Despite her work ethic, Arthalia was a four-year scholarship to the of the Phi Beta Tau Honor Franklin Frazier at Howard
and she did. She loved the church and felt devoted family woman, charming, loyal and college of her choice. She Society and a soloist with University in the preparation
loved. She was an active member of the had a big heart. chose to attend Talladega the Tennessee State Concert of his book, The Negro
Women of Action ministiry. She leaves to mourn her passing husband College. Singers. Family in the United States.
Arthalia graduated from Frederick Richard F. Manning Sr.; son, Richard F. After two years there, she Throughout her life, Datie Upon completion of
Douglass High School in 1953 and also Manning Jr.; daughter-in-law, Mary Manning; transferred to Tennessee A&I had a passion for music. She this assignment, she was
Cortez Peter Business School and received daughter, Coleste Haskins; aunts Azalee and State College in Nashville pursued this with instructors employed by the D.C. Board
her certificate in 1955. In 1973 she graduated Julia LeSane; uncle, Junious Kennedy Sr.; where she received a from University of North of School Commissioners.
from Coppin State College (now university) brothers-in-law, James H. Owens and John bachelor’s degree in business Carolina, Duke University She later became an area
with her bachelor’s degree in social science. Manning; sisters-in-law Lolly Owens, Helen and secretarial commerce. and Peabody Conservatory. and district sales and
Arthalia, fondly known by her family and Biyant and Rosalie Manning; grandchildren She graduated cum laude. A gifted vocalist, she was personnel manager with
friends as “Thale” or “Artie,” met the love Antoinette Barber and Joseph R. Zembas; Datie then pursued well known for recitals Field Enterprises Educational
her life, Richard F. Manning Sr. Richard and great-grandchildren Anita, William, graduate study at the presented primarily in North Corporation in Baltimore for
they were united in holy matrimony on Feb. Diamond, Joey and Jalen. University of Chicago, Carolina, Virginia and the nine years.
School of Business District of Columbia. She later served as an
Administration and the In an April 1947, employment counselor and
University of Maryland, an article titled “Datie supervisor with the state of
Sharon Baptist Church College of Education. Bridgeforth, Soprano, Maryland for 12 years before
Stricker and Presstman Streets and Sharon Baptist Way • Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Datie Mae, as she Heard in District Recital,” she retired in 1980.
Office: 410-669-6667 • Fax: 410-383-8721 • E-mail: sharonbap@aol.com
was lovingly called by in the Washington AFRO After retirement,
“Serving God and Humanity Into Our 2nd Century • 125 Years”
her family and friends, read, “The talented young Datie volunteered as an
Sunday, May 30, 2010 Visit us on the gained extensive and artist, elegantly gowned, assistant in the Maryland
9:30 AM Sunday Church School varied college experience. Attorney General’s Office
web at At Talladega, where she
dignified and poised, has a
of Consumer Protection;
11:00 AM Morning Worship Service voice of beauty and quality
Preaching: Dr. Juanita Abernathy www.afro.com began serious voice training and used it intelligently in a counselor with Contact
and performance, she was the interpretation of every Baltimore and a telephone
Wednesday, May 11th - Dr. Alfred C. D. Vaughn, outstanding in voice and number of her repertoire of counselor and information
11:30 AM Mid-Day Bible Study
Senior Pastor
Dr. William E. Johnson, Jr., dramatics. At Tennessee 19 selections…She was more and referral specialist with
Pastor A&I State College, she than just a good singer—her First Call for Help in the
6:30 PM Family Bible Study
became a founding member high range (coloratura) and Health and Welfare Council
Rev. Tamara England-Hardy, Teaching
operatic vocal quality were of Central Maryland.
Thursday - 4:00 PM Children Fellowship
On May 23, 2010, Annie E. Gales; outstanding. She was a Datie and the late
Friday - 6:00 PM Boy/Cub Scouts Meeting loving mother of one son Richard Robinson, Sanders N. Russell, an
New Members Welcome bright and beautiful person
and three daughters Helen E. Young, Mildred with a beautiful voice. Her ophthalmologist who
Shaw, and Gloria Hall Bridgeford; and one practiced in Baltimore for 30
gift of music was a blessing
Saturday, June 5, 2010 sister Dorothy B. Dailey and twenty-five cherished grandchildren. years, were married in 1947.
She is also survived by six generation of great-grandchildren, great-
which brought joy to all she
Cub Scouts #257 Blue and Gold Banquet shared it with.” Their son, Sanders Jr., now
great grandchildren etc. and a host of other relatives and friends. of Beaver, Pa., was employed
4:00 PM Family will receive friends at the family owned Wylie Fu- That same year, Datie
At the Church joined Grace Presbyterian for many years in the field
neral Home P.A.; 638 N. Gilmor Street on Friday from 5-8 p.m.
Services will be held Saturday May 29, 2010 at Greater Harvest Church, where she served of airline transportation, and
Baptist Church 1617 W. Saratoga Street; 9:00 am wake; 9:30 am as a deacon, elder, chairman their daughter, Hattie Fields

A
funeral. Interment following. Inquiries@ www.wyliefh.com. of the Worship and Music Russell, was an architect.
Datie’s life has been one
TWENTY-FIFTH
of service – service to God,
nniversary service to family and service
to the community. She will

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Segregate or Integrate, but Educate at all Costs
Reprinted from the AFRO’s Road to
Brown, originally published in 2004.
By Sean Yoes
AFRO Staff Writer
In Part I: With the
Murray appeal still pending,
Marshall and Houston
were engaged in two very
important Maryland battles
simultaneously, the equal pay
for Colored teachers case
that we burgeoning in Anne
Arundel County in 1936 and
the Baltimore County school
desegregation case in 1935.
There were about 40 enclaves
in Baltimore County with
Black residents in 1935, yet
there was no high school for
Black children in the county.
‘Open Up a High School
for Me’
“I had just come out of the
seventh grade and it was time
for us to go to high school,”
recalled 81-year-old Lucille
Scott-Jones from her home
in Edmondson Village in
southwest Baltimore.
However, as Scott-Jones
reflects back to 1935, when
she was Lucille Scott, a
13-year-old Colored girl from
the small Black enclave of
Cowdensville, near Arbutus,
she couldn’t just hop on the
bus to the nearest high school
like her White counterparts.
There were 11 high schools
in Baltimore County, but all
of them were all White. There
was no high school for Black
children in Baltimore County.
“We had to walk about 4
miles from our little village,
from Cowdensville to
Arbutus, to catch the streetcar
to Baltimore,” said Scott-
Jones.
There was another hurdle,
as well. “We had to take a
very rigid test to go to the
city school. If we passed, our
parents didn’t have to pay,”
she remembered.
White children simply
were promoted to high school
upon passing the seventh
grade and they attended the
school closest to their home.
So the NAACP developed
a strategy to take the next
big step toward equality in
education. The plan was for
Lucille Scott and another
seventh-grader, Margaret
Williams (who would
become the actual plaintiff
in the case), who also lived
in Cowdenville, to attempt
to enter the nearest school,
all-White Catonsville High
School. Williams is still
alive, but age and illness have
clouded her mind. However,
Scott-Jones has vivid
memories of her first day at
the school.
“The White children were
yelling at us. But we felt
very proud. We had this nice-
looking lawyer taking us to
school.”
The memory causes her
to giggle like a 13-year-old
schoolgirl again. That lawyer
was Thurgood Marshall, a
young, rising legal star, who
represented the NAACP and
Margaret Williams in an effort
to integrate Catonsville High
School.
“He felt very protective
of us. He had each of us by
the hand and we walked into
the principal’s office,” Scotts-
Jones said.
Marshall did not actually
enter the school with Williams
and Scott, yet for the next
year, he fought mightily on
behalf of the girls and all
Black children.
The 40 or
so Black
communities
scattered
throughout
Baltimore
County
represented
an intricate
maze, creating
a real challenge
for Black high
school-age
children (grades
8 and above)
who were schooled in Baltimore City. Some had to
travel as far as 24 miles to a city high school and many,
unfortunately, never received a high school education at
all.
‘More Power to You, Sir’
Sept. 12, 1935
At about 2:30 that
Thursday afternoon in
Baltimore, Marshall sent off a and Scott were refused
telegram to Charles Hamilton
Houston, the NAACP’s
chief legal counsel in New
York. It read: “PUPILS
APPLIED WHITE HIGH
SCHOOL BALTIMORE
COUNTY THIS MORNING.
THURGOOD.”
That same day, Marshall
drafted a formal letter to
Houston briefing him in detail by the NAACP and its
on the above matter:
“As to the case itself, two
children applied to the White
high school this morning.
Their names, Margaret
Williams and Lucille Scott.
The children were refused
admission on the grounds that victory in the United States.
the regulations of Baltimore
May 29, 2010 - June 4, 2010, The Afro-American
County prevented Negroes
and Whites from attending the
same school.”
Just days before Williams
admission to Catonsville High
School, Marshall had escorted
Donald Gaines Murray to
register him for classes at the
University of Maryland Law
School.
This was the hand Black
Americans were dealt in
1935. This was the minefield
that had to be negotiated
top generals on the front,
Houston and Marshall. The
organization was emerging
from Murray v. Raymond
A. Pearson, president of the
University of Maryland, et al.,
the first school desegregation
Yet, Black children in
Baltimore County still had to
travel up to 24 miles to attend
high school in Baltimore City.
So, the NAACP had to
strike a precarious balance
between power and patience.
They could not lose the
momentum created by the
Murray victory, but they
couldn’t push White people
too far, too fast.
“The University of
Maryland case is a wedge, but
such a little wedge. And if we
do not remain on the alert and
push the struggle farther with
all our might, even this little
hole will close upon us … and
we must convince the White
people at all times that we are
fighting a defensive fight,”
wrote Houston in The Crisis
magazine, circa 1935.
Sept. 14, 1935
Regarding Marshall’s Sept.
12 letter, Houston responded
brilliantly, laying down a
loose legal blueprint for the
Baltimore County high school
case.
“Since there were two
pupils who applied to the
White high school,” wrote
Houston, “I suggest two
suits: 1 – mandamus to
have the first child admitted
into the White high school;
2 – simultaneous suit for
mandamus by second child to
force the county to afford her
high school facilities.”
Then Houston explained
his reasoning behind the
strategy.
“By filing the two suites
at once, it will be perfectly
clear that our main effort is
to get adequate high school
facilities for Negro children
and that we are in substance
leaving it up to the county
whether it will admit Negro
B5
children to the White school
or provide separate, but equal
high school facilities for the
Negro child,” he wrote.
This distinction would
prove to be pivotal in the
case. Furthermore, the notion
of separate, but equal –the
debate over segregation
or integration – was a
burgeoning firestorm in Black
America and Houston became
one of the most prominent
voices in the dialogue.
“The association
[NAACP] does not intend
to endorse the principle
of segregation, but to fight
segregation by making it so
expensive to the state that
there will be a disposition on
the part of the taxpayer to do
away with it,” stated Houston
in a 1934 memorandum.
Sept. 16, 1935
In general, Marshall
agreed with Houston’s
assessment of the high
school case; however, there
were additional factors
to be weighed. “I do not
believe these suits can be
filed at present because I
have made application to
the state superintendent, and
he has not as yet refused the
application. Then, under
our law, matters concerning
education are referred
first to the county board
of education,” informed
Marshall. “A court of appeals
case of Maryland involving
the establishment of a White
high school was lost because
of failure to refer the matter
to the county board. This will
take time.”
See the coming edition of
the AFRO for the conclusion
of this important story.
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before the 7 day of
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Druid Heights - Amendment _ - FOR the purpose
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merchandise in a certain land use classification in
the Druid Heights Urban Renewal Area, subject to
certain conditions, and to conform a certain refer-
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PUBLIC HEARING ON BILL NO. 10-0442
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conform a certain reference; waiving certain
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2010, at 11:00 a.m. local time. No bids will
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
REQUEST FOR SERVICES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES
PQS-2010-9 RFP NUMBER: B-1626-10
Sports Related and Recreational
Activities
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City
(”HABC”) is requesting proposals from
City Schools invites interested companies to
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interested and qualified firms to provide prop-
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All applications are due Thursday, June 10,
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amount of the proposed contract for Minority
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dhale@bcps.k12.md.us
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Mentor Training
Responders shall also comply with all ap-
City Schools invites interested companies to plicable requirements of Section 3 of the
submit applications to provide mentor Housing and Urban Development Act of
training for Baltimore City Public Schools. 1968, 12 U.S.C. Section 1701u.
The PQS documents are available on the The RFP may be obtained on or after Mon-
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indicated above, and must include the refer-
ence: HABC RFP Number B-1626-10.
City of Baltimore
Department of Finance
Bureau of Purchases
Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of
Estimates of Baltimore, will be received until,
but not later than 11:00 a.m. local time on
the following date(s) for the stated
requirements:
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JUNE 4, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building,
Room 722.
CITY OF BALTIMORE NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
NOTICE OF LETTING APPROVED: Ethiopia opposition bloc claims
Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk voter intimidation
Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of Estimates Board of Estimates
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for F.A.P. NO. APROVED: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
ES-000A (539) E, S.H. A. No. BC 321-010-815, CONTRACT No. Alfred H. Foxx, Director (AP) — Ethiopia’s opposition
TR10313, GREATER EDMONDSON VILLAGE STREET LIGHTING IM- Department of Transportation said they may contest the results
PROVEMENTS will be received at the office of the Comptroller, Room 204
City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. JUNE 16, 2010. CITY OF BALTIMORE of Sunday’s national election in
Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION court after reports of intimida-
NOTICE OF LETTING
opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. Baltimore REVISED tion and vote-rigging, hoping to
City hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in Any avoid the violent street clashes
Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Busi- Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of
ness Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response that marred the last poll and left
Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for
to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, F.A.P. NO. STP-3033 (7) E, S.H. A. No. BC 315-088-815, CONTRACT nearly 200 dead.
color or national origin in consideration for an award. Also, the Bidder´s No. TR04303, RESURFACING HARFORD ROAD FROM NORTH AVE- The election in Africa’s third
attention is called to the Standard Federal Equal Employment Opportunity they have lost it squarely.”
NUE TO CHESTERFIELD AVENUE will be received at the office of the most populous nation is being Negasso said a group of his
Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246) which is a Comptroller, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M.
part of the Contract proposal. All of these activities shall be done in accor- JUNE 16, 2010. closely watched by international party’s election observers were
dance with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended. Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly observers, and by critics who say
It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged arrested Saturday in Tigray. He
opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. the U.S.-allied ruling party has
Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total Baltimore City hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure also said that his party’s
Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 18%. In accordance that in Any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, harassed voters and challengers. observers were intimidated in
will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to The poll will likely lead to a Oromia and Amhara regions, and
Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be counted toward submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated
meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING A BID ON THIS against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration
new decade of power for Prime that voter cards were denied to
CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM IN for an award. Also, the Bidder´s attention is called to the Standard Minister Meles Zenawi, who eligible opposition voters. He
CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS. Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract seized control of the Horn of also said that the plastic sheets
Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined Specifications (Executive Order 11246) which is a part of the Contract
without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service proposal. All of these activities shall be done in accordance with Title Africa country in a 1991 coup. separating election booths in the
Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended. The largest opposition bloc, capital were not private enough
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after MAY 21, 2010 and copies thereof It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged Medrek, complained of intimida- and that voters could speak to
may be obtained on payment of FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO CENTS. Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total
($50.00). Payment will not be refunded. Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 30%. In accor- tion soon after Sunday’s vote each other and pass notes under
All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the dance will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance began. Spokesman Negasso the barriers.
City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633, Charles Act of 1987, Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be Gidada said some of his party’s “In many places the secret
L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. counted toward meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING
If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then in that event, the A BID ON THIS CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION observers had been blocked and ballot is being violated. This is
document that established the JV shall be submitted with the bid for PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT arrested in northern Ethiopia, very serious,” Negasso said.
verification purposes. SPECIFICATIONS. and others had been intimidated
The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined
$1,750,000.00. without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service in southern Ethiopia. Nigeria: 6 dead in religion-
BIDDERS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE PREQUALIFIED IN THE Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building, “We think we may not accept fueled violence in Jos
FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORY: Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after APRIL 23, 2010 and copies the results,” he said, emphasiz- JOS, Nigeria (AP) —
G90025 (Street Lighting and Power Lines) and D02620 (Curbs, Gutters thereof may be obtained on payment of FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO
& Sidewalks). CENTS. ($50.00). Payment will not be refunded. ing that the party would settle Witnesses say at least six people
A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the any election irregularities by have died in renewed religious
JUNE 1, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building, Room City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633, appealing in court.
Charles L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, violence in central Nigeria
722.
NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then But Negasso said his party between Christians and Muslims.
EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. in that event, the document that established the JV shall be would not refuse to participate in Witnesses told The
APPROVED: submitted with the bid for verification purposes. the government if elected, as
The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $5,000,000.00 to Associated Press that three peo-
Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk
Board of Estimates $10,000,000.00. some opposition leaders did in ple died Sunday when an angry
APROVED: BIDDERS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE PREQUALIFIED IN 2005. About 100 opposition mob filled with young people
Alfred H. Foxx, Director THE FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORY:
A02602 (Bituminous Concrete Paving) and D02620 (Curbs, Gutters politicians and activists who started violence in the troubled
Department of Transportation
& Sidewalks). challenged those results were city of Jos. The identities of the
CITY OF BALTIMORE A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on arrested. victims were not immediately
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAY 7, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building,
Room 722. Another opposition candidate, known.
NOTICE OF LETTING
NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE Hailu Shawel, said observers Authorities say that comes
Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. also had been turned away after an attack Saturday that left
Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for APPROVED:
Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk Sunday in different parts of the three Muslims cattle herders
F.A.P. NO. STP-000A(623) E, S.H. A. No. BC 315-092-815, CONTRACT
No. TR10304, RESURFACING HIGHWAYS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS Board of Estimates country. dead.
NORTHEAST will be received at the office of the Comptroller, Room APROVED: Government spokesman Bereket Jos has been the epicenter of
204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. JUNE 16, 2010. Alfred H. Foxx, Director
Department of Transportation Simon, however, said he was not religious violence in Nigeria’s
Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly
opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon. aware of not any election-related “middle belt,” where dozens of
Baltimore City hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure problems and when told by The ethnic groups vie for control of
that in Any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement,
Strictly Personal
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to
Associated Press of the opposi- fertile lands.
submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated tion claims, he said “this is sim- Politics, jobs and land often
against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration
for an award. Also, the Bidder´s attention is called to the Standard Pen Pals ply, simply an orchestrated lie.
“If they reject the result
motivate violence that falls along
religious lines. More than 500
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract
Specifications (Executive Order 11246) which is a part of the Contract before it’s declared, it means people have died in the violence
proposal. All of these activities shall be done in accordance with Title Attractive lady 5’6”, interested in cooking, music, DVDs, they know how they’ve been there since the beginning of the
VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended.
It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged good conversation and quiet evenings. I would like to accepted,” he said. “They know year.
Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total meet someone with similar interests, who is religious,
Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 30%. In accor-
dance will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance with his own home and transportation. Contact: Brenda
Act of 1987, Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be
counted toward meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING Johnson, 32 Caraway Road, Reisterstown, Md. 21136.
A BID ON THIS CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION
PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT ---
SPECIFICATIONS.
Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined
Lonesome Hearts - Pen Pals
without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service To have a notice published in the Strictly Personal Section, write
Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after MAY 21, 2010 and copies thereof the message you want printed in the space below. Enclose ten
may be obtained on payment of FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO CENTS. dollars ($10.00), check or money order for 25 words. NO CASH
($50.00). Payment will not be refunded.
All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the PLEASE. Additional words will cost 50 cents each.
City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633,
Charles L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then
in that event, the document that established the JV shall be
submitted with the bid for verification purposes.
The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $3,000,000.00 to
$4,500,000.00.
BIDDERS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE PREQUALIFIED IN
THE FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORY: To answer a Lonesome Heart notice, enclose a check or money
A02602 (Bituminous Concrete Paving) and D02620 (Curbs, Gutters
& Sidewalks). order for $2.00 for each letter you wish to have forwarded. NO
A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on CASH PLEASE. Be sure to include the box number of the per-
JUNE 4, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building,
Room 722. son you wish to contact.
NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
APPROVED: All letters, queries and notices should be sent to:
Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk STRICTLY PERSONAL
Board of Estimates
APROVED: 2519 N. Charles Street,
Alfred H. Foxx, Director Baltimore, MD 21218
Department of Transportation
CITY OF BALTIMORE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NOTICE OF LETTING

Sealed Bids or Proposals, in duplicate addressed to the Board of

Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and marked for
F.A.P. NO. STP-000A (624) E, S.H. A. No. BC 315-093-815, CON-
TRACT No. TR10306, RESURFACING HIGHWAYS AT VARIOUS
LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST will be received at the office of the Comptrol-
ler, Room 204 City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland until 11:00 A.M. JUNE 16,
2010.
Positively no bids will be received after 11:00 A.M. Bids will be publicly
opened by the Board of Estimates in Room 215, City Hall at Noon.
Baltimore City hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively insure
that in Any Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement,
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to
submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated
against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration
for an award. Also, the Bidder´s attention is called to the Standard
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract
Specifications (Executive Order 11246) which is a part of the Contract
proposal. All of these activities shall be done in accordance with Title
VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended.
It is the goal of the Department of Transportation that Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises participate in all Federal-Aid Contracts. The total
Disadvantaged Business (DBE) goal for this project is 30%. In accor-
dance will Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance
Act of 1987, Women are included in the definition of DBE and will be
counted toward meeting this goal. THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTING
A BID ON THIS CONTRACT WILL SUBMIT A DBE PARTICIPATION
PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTRACT
SPECIFICATIONS.
Plans, specifications and other contract Documents may be examined
without charge at the Baltimore City Department of Public Works Service
Center located on the first floor of the Abel Wolman Municipal Building,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 on or after MAY 21, 2010 and copies thereof
may be obtained on payment of FIFTY DOLLARS AND NO CENTS.
($50.00). Payment will not be refunded.
All Contractors Bidding on this Contract must first be Prequalified by the
City of Baltimore Contractor´s Qualification Committee, Room 633,
Charles L. Benton Jr. Building, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21202. If a bid is submitted by a joint venture (”JV”), then
in that event, the document that established the JV shall be
submitted with the bid for verification purposes.
The Cost Qualification Range for this work shall be $1,000,000.00 to
$3,000,000.00.
BIDDERS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE PREQUALIFIED IN
THE FOLLOWING WORK CATEGORY:
A02602 (Bituminous Concrete Paving) and D02620 (Curbs, Gutters
& Sidewalks).
A ”Pre-Bidding Information” session will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. on
JUNE 4, 2010 at 417 E. Fayette Street, Charles L. Benton Building,
Room 722.
NOTE: THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
APPROVED:
Bernice H. Taylor, Clerk
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CAREER CORNER
Position Vacancy Announcement Position Vacancy Announcement
Posting# 8268 Posting# 8270
Supervisor I Sr. Employment Advocate
Location: Youth Opportunity/Urban Youth Corps

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Location: Youth Opportunity/Urban Youth Corps
Salary Range: $33,510-$52,403 Salary Range: $31,625-49,395
Temporary, Full-time with Benefits Temporary with Benefits
Position Overview: Position Overview:
This is employment service work at the first supervisory level. Work involves supervision of a This is service delivery work at the full performance level. Work involves providing direct
segment of an employment and/or training services unit. advocacy and support services for ”at risk” program participants, under the supervision of the
program supervisor. This position involves a great deal of project supervision.
Examples of Work Performed:
Supervises and coordinates all segments of the Urban Youth Corps Project. Examples of Work Performed:
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Participates in selection of subordinate staff. 0
Provides supervision in the field for a variety of work related projects.
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Distributes workload among subordinate staff and instructs them in procedures for carrying 0
Works with students individually and in groups to resolve difficulties in areas which include:
out duties. program attendance, performance, peer and family interrelationships, and participation in
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Reviews all work assigned to staff and in conjunction with Unit Head, evaluates their progress program components.
and performance. 0
Makes telephone calls and/or home visits to parents of youth, as directed by the site supervisor,
0
Conducts staff meetings to solicit or develop two way communications. to obtain maximum parental involvement in affecting positive change for youth and effective
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Develops, and recommends to Unit Head, strategies to improve productivity and/or programs. implementation of the program.
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Maintains liaison with other units of the agency and with other community resources for 0
Confers with program staff to determine specific youth academic growth and/or program
improving the services of the unit. adjustment.
0
Assists staff in obtaining goals. 0
Recommends strategies to reduce or alleviate problems which hinder youth academic growth
0
Performs other duties as required. and/or program effectiveness and assure program goal attainment.
0
Assists in program recruitment and follow-up activities/procedures.
Key Attributes: 0
Assists in youth and parent orientation activities.
0
Knowledge of the goals and objectives of employment and training programs. 0
Assist with outreach to employees with job placements
0
Knowledge of the procedures, practices, and techniques in employment services and 0
Provide worksite monitoring
counseling, and of standard testing procedures.
Knowledge of the economic, cultural and social characteristics of the area. Key Attributes:
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Ability to identify and related employer needs to employment and training programs. 0
Knowledge of the needs of ”at risk” populations (education, social, employment).
0
Ability to express ideas, both orally and in writing and to make persuasive presentations 0
Knowledge of the principles of human behavior and counseling techniques
0
Ability to supervise a group of technical and clerical employees. 0
Ability to relate as a ”helping” professional; effectively counseling students regarding social,
0
Ability to analyze work processes and accomplish objectives. educational, and work related problems.
0
Ability to design and assign the maintenance of record and reporting systems. 0
Ability to motivate participants and increase their interest in personal development.
0
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, management, co workers, 0
Ability to maintain effective working relationships with MOED and other community agency
and other agencies. personnel.
0
Must be computer literate and familiar with word processing, spreadsheet, and database 0
Ability to express ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.
applications (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.). 0
Knowledge of community resources.
0
Ability to operate a personal computer.
Required Education & Experience:
Bachelor´s degree in Accounting, Business or Public Administration or related field. Required Education & Experience:
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Two years experience in a related field; at least one of which was in a supervisory capacity. 0
Completed bachelor´s degree at an accredited college or university, with major course work
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Or, any equivalent combination of acceptable education and experience in counseling, social work, and education or a related field.
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Two years of experience working with youth.
Special Requirements:
Maryland driver´s license and daily access to an automobile. Special Requirements:
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Criminal Background Investigation 0
Must have daily access to a car and possess a valid Maryland driver´s license.
0
Criminal Background Investigation
MOED Employees receive priority consideration for open positions and must apply
by 5/18/2010 4:30pm. All other qualified applicants should submit an application MOED Employees receive priority consideration for open positions and must apply
and/or resume to the MOED Human Resources Department, 417 E. Fayette Street, by 5/20/2010 4:30 pm. All other qualified applicants should submit an application
Suite 466, Baltimore, MD, 21202; via fax: (410) 396-8132, via email: resumes@ and/or resume to the MOED Human Resources Department, 417 E. Fayette Street,
oedworks.com. Please place job title and posting number in the subject line. Suite 466, Baltimore, MD, 21202; via fax: (410) 396-8132, via email: resumes@
oedworks.com. Please place job title and posting number in the subject line.

Position Vacancy Announcement

Posting# 8269 Addiction Case Manager

YOU KNOW YOU’RE IN THE KNOW...WHEN YOU READ THE “ AFRO”

Comprehensive primary care center in downtown Baltimore has an imme-
Instructor diate opening for an experienced full time Addiction Case Manager. At least
Location: Youth Opportunity/Urban Youth Corps two years experience in addiction assessment, treatment and referral
Salary Range: $31,626-$49,395 required. Good verbal and written communication skills; MD driver´s license;
Temporary with Benefits knowledge of the needs of dual diagnosed individuals. Certification at CSC
level or higher required, Bachelor´s degree from an accredited college or 3
years of progressive responsibility as an addiction counselor or case
Position Overview: manager. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred. Send resume to C. Berry,
This is teaching work at the full performance level. Work involves the development and HCH, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202. FAX (410)837-8020.
presentation of adult basic education (ABE), general educational development (GED), high Email:hrresumes@hchmd.org. No phone calls. EOE
school curricula and/or skills training classes for disadvantaged youth or young adults. Saturday Medical Provider (M.D., D.O., N.P. or P.A.) - Adult and Pediatric
Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore City is seeking a medical provider
Examples of Work Performed: who is able to provide comprehensive, outpatient medical care, in a
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Prepares course outlines and lesson plans and manages a classroom. multidisciplinary setting, to homeless adults and children on Saturdays for
0
Independently selects and uses teaching methods, techniques, and supplemental material he a minimum of 2, and up to 4 Saturdays a month.
or she feels will be most effective for teaching the assigned subjects to his or her students. Requirements:
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Initiates, designs, and carries out individualized programs of learning adjusted to the needs 0
Graduate of an accredited school based on the provider´s discipline
of individual students, or small groups of students who are having special learning difficulties. 0
Required training in Medicine and Pediatrics; or Family Medicine
0
Consults with counselors in the design and development of programs to overcome specific
0
Licensed in Maryland
0
Successfully complete credentialing processes of Health Care for the
educational needs. Homeless
0
Counsels and advises students, parents, or guardians, or others concerned with the educational 0
Comfortable with team management
attainment of students. 0
Experience in quality assurance and risk management programs
0
Communicates with students using approaches, methods and terms that are significant to the
0
Experience and comfort with indigent and homeless populations
0
Desire to collaborated in multi-disciplinary setting, integrating medical and
learner, that will arouse his or her interest, stimulate his or her participation, encourage his or behavioral services
her inquiry and investigation and lead him or her to discovery. 0
Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred, but not required
0
Uses imagination and resourcefulness to gauge and adapt basic educational subject matter
to the differences in individual ability, background and interest of special groups of students. Send resumes to C. Berry, HCH, 421 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202 by
June 14, 2010. E-mail hrresumes@hchmd.org, Fax: 410-837-8020. No
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Performs other duties as required. phone calls. EOE

Key Attributes:
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Thorough knowledge of subject fields including current development, problems and trends.
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Knowledge of principles, methods and techniques of guidance and of educational and Assistant Manager, Safety & Insurance
psychological tests and their application to counseling and of the broad objectives and content Booking Officer
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Ability to motivate students and increase their interest in learning, to adapt materials, methods Facilities Maintenance Mechanic II
and techniques of instructions to the particular background, interests, learning ability and needs Legislative Senior Secretary/Assistant Clerk
of students and to the particular classroom situation. Police Officer, Lateral Entry
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Ability to obtain and interpret occupational, economic and other data about the environments Photographic Laboratory Technician
affecting the students.
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Ability to apply background knowledge about students to help them recognize their potential
capabilities, their needs and available means of meeting them Visit our website at www.aacounty.org for additional in-
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Ability to evaluate educational and training needs and, in accordance with such needs, to formation and to apply on-line. You may use the Internet
evaluate and develop materials and/or curriculum and instructional methods, techniques, devices at any Anne Arundel County library, or visit our office at
and aids. 2660 Riva Road in Annapolis. Deadline to apply on
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with subject group of specialized education programs.

MOED Employees receive priority consideration for open positions and must apply
by 5/20/10 4:30pm. All other qualified applicants should submit an application and/or
resume to the MOED Human Resources Department, 417 E. Fayette Street, Suite
466, Baltimore, MD, 21202; via fax: (410) 396-8132, via email: resumes@oedworks.
com. Please place job title and posting number in the subject line.

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