March 13 2014 - The Mississippi Link

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Vol. 20, No. 21
March 13 - 19, 2014
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Celebration of Life for Mayor Chokwe Lumumba
Photos on page 5
Eight mayoral candidates proclaim
to be ‘the best leader for Jackson’
Special Election for the next mayor of Jackson set for April 8
Johnson
Yarber
Priester
Saturday, March 8, 2014, and
with the opening of business
Monday, March 10, the first
press conference was called
by former mayor, Harvey
Johnson Jr. announcing his
candidacy for mayor of Jackson.
Johnson went through a
list of his accomplishments
during his previous mayoral
terms, stating that the one percent sales tax that Lumumba
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
and Stephanie R. Jones
At press time, there are
eight candidates who have
entered the special election
for mayor of Jackson, after
the sudden passing of Mayor
Chokwe Lumumba Feb. 25,
2014. To follow are their announcements in the order they
were made.
Lumumba was laid to rest
got approved with 90 percent
of the electoral vote was first
initiated by his administration
in 2009.
Johnson said it is his experience as three-time former mayor that makes him
the best candidate. The final
crown during his last term
was to see the Westin Hotel
deal across the street from the
Jackson Convention Center
get off the table.
W o m e n ’ s
H i s t o r y
Lumumba
Horhn
PHOTOS BY AYESHA MUSTAFAA
And he addressed questions
about his residence, stating
that he has been a Jackson
resident, although some people got his residence confused
with a barn and horse stable
that he built and owned outside the city.
Johnson held his press con-
Candidates
Continued on page 7
M o n t h
Quinn (File Photo)
Wilson (File Photo)
S a l u t e …
Jackson (MS) Alumnae
Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Delta Chapter celebrates Indians’ chief opens Women’s
sorority’s founding
History Month Events
Chief Phyliss J. Anderson (second from left) with 2013-2014 Choctaw Indian Princess Lanena Grace John
(second from right) and first alternate Robin South (left) and second alternate Onnahinli Denson
Members of the Jackson (MS) Alumnae Chapter join President Julia Crockett and Southern Regional
Director Cheryl W. Turner at the group’s recent Founders Day celebration at College Hill Baptist Church.
Inside
The Mississippi Link Newswire
The Jackson (MS) Alumnae
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Inc. celebrated Founders Day in February with a program and inspirational message
from Southern Regional Director Cheryl W. Turner, around the
theme “Embrace the Past, Enhance the Present, Empower the
Future.”
Turner is a member of the Sorority’s National Executive Board
and responsible for 212 chapters
in the southern region, which
includes the states of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
Tennessee, and the Bahamas.
With the sanctuary of College
Hill Baptist Church filled with
Deltas from local chapters and
invited guests, Turner reminded
sorority members of their lifetime
commitment to service, urging
them to continue to live the Delta legacy and to strive for even
The Value of
HBCUs
greater impact in their local communities.
A highlight of the reception
that followed was the fellowship
among sorority members that included recognition of the “Delta
Dears” in attendance.
In 2014, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. celebrates 101 years
of scholarship, service and sisterhood. The Jackson (MS) Alumnae Chapter marks it 73rd year in
May with 300 members.
Second Annual
Black Family
Summit focuses on
the black male
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Phyllis Anderson, the first female tribal chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
helped kick off Women’s History
Month events at The University of
Southern Mississippi at an opening
reception, March 6, at the International Center on the University’s
Hattiesburg campus.
Anderson, a native of the Red
Water community, was officially
sworn in as the first woman chief
in Choctaw history in October
2011.
Book Review:
“Transforming Pain
to Power: Unlock Your
Unlimited Potential”
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The Women’s History Month
events at Southern Miss will continue March 18 with Mississippi
native and award-winning author
Jesmyn Ward, 6:30 p.m., Thad Cochran Center, Ballrooms I and II.
Research presentations by the
Committee for Services and Resources for Women grant recipients
will host a brown bag luncheon at
noon in the McCain Library room
203, March 25.
The Forum on Women’s Health
and Healthcare Access will be held
March 26, 6 p.m., in the R.C. Cook
Union, Room H. It is sponsored by
USM Feminist Majority Alliance.
The closing ceremony of Women’s History Month will be March
31 with the Committee on Services
and Resources for Women awards
presentation, 4 p.m. in R.C. Cook
Union Room B.
For more information about
Women’s History Month at Southern Miss, contact Robyn Curtis at
[email protected].
On Facebook, visit “Southern
Miss Committee on Services and
Resources for Women.”
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March 13 - 19, 2014
Fondren’s Zippity Doo
Dah® Weekend to honor
Vietnam veterans
Fondren will present the fourth
annual Zippity Doo Dah® Weekend March 21-22 honoring Vietnam veterans and raising money
for Friends of Children’s Hospital.
Activities begin with Dancing
in the Streets with The Bouffants
on Duling Avenue Friday night
and concluding Saturday with the
BancorpSouth Zippity Doo Dah®
Parade, a nighttime “Welcome
Home, Vietnam Veterans” patriotic parade throughout Fondren’s
historic business district. The parade will feature the world-famous
Sweet Potato Queens® led by Jill
Conner Browne.
“For Fondren to take this on,
it’s an extraordinary honor,” said
Jim Wiley, a Vietnam veteran who
served in 1968 and chairman of
the All-American Service Veterans
committee. Wiley brought the idea
to Fondren’s Zippity Doo Dah®
Weekend planners, saying this will
be a first-of-its-kind statewide effort to honor those who served in
Vietnam.
Erik Hearon, a 40-year Air
Force and Air National Guard veteran who rides with Mississippi’s
Patriot Guard motorcycle group,
will organize motorcyclists from
across the state to help kick off the
parade.
Fondren Renaissance executive
director Jim Wilkirson said, “We
are humbled by those who have
served our country; they are the
heroes of today. We, as a people,
owe them our debt and gratitude. It
is an honor to dedicate this year’s
parade to their loyalty and service.”
Other events on Saturday include a Children’s Character
Breakfast, the 2nd annual Color
Me Rad 5k, Sal & Mookie’s Street
Carnival and an arts & crafts marketplace throughout Fondren’s historic business district.
For more information or sponsorship opportunities, visit fondrenrenaissance.org. Follow Fondren on Twitter at @fondrenFRF
and on like us on Facebook.
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Edward Goodloe Jr.
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Goodloe
Edward Goodloe Jr. was the
second child born to Edward
L. and Flonzie Brown Goodloe
April 7, 1960, in Los Angeles,
Calif. He departed this life at his
home in Kentwood, La., March
6, 2014.
Ed, as a young boy, moved
to Canton, Miss., with his mom
and older sister, Cynthia. His
younger brother, Lloyd Darrell,
was born shortly after the family
moved back to Canton.
Ed was educated at the Holy
Child Jesus Catholic School and
served as an alter boy at the Holy
Child Jesus Catholic Church.
He also attended Canton High
School and Jackson schools Brinkley Middle School, Callaway High School and CMI
Christian School. He won several
school championships and loved
wrestling and fishing.
As a young teen, he united with
the Mt. Zion M. B. Church and
was baptized by the late Rev. P. F.
Parker. He was very active in the
Boy Scouts and Sunday School.
At approximately 9-years-old,
he discovered his life’s passion
of being a “tinkerer.” He was
known as a kid who could “fix”
anything. It was not unusual for
his buddies to bring their bicycles and old lawn mowers to his
Canton and Jackson homes and
amazingly, Ed could fix them.
Ed always had a great sense
of humor and was rather mischievous. He was known to be
a “fire-bug.” One of his well-remembered spankings was given
to him by his grandmother, Ms.
Littie, for setting the same field
on fire on three different occasions when the family lived on
Semmes Street in Canton.
In 1974 at age 14, Ed attempted to play softball at a local park
but was denied access because
segregation was still a way of
life. Upon sharing that with his
mom, a lawsuit was filed against
the City of Jackson, resulting in
the integration
of Hico Park.
At age 18,
he moved to
Los
Angeles and was
taught how to
drive an eighteen-wheeler
by his dad.
They traveled
together for
approximately
one year. As
he became a
skilled truckdriver,
one
day without
warning, his
dad handed
him the keys
and told him
he was “now
on his own.”
For more
than 25 years,
he continued to drive cross country and traveled to all 50 states.
He loved his profession and continued until his passing. He was
blessed to never have had a major accident.
In 1988, he met and married
Beblen (Velma) Pole in Los Angeles, and they were the proud
parents of one daughter, Shamia
Tierra Goodloe. He relocated to
Memphis, Tenn., for a period of
time to assist his step-mother
(Lerlean), in caring for his dad,
who was involved in a lifethreatening trucking accident.
Ed was a tribute to his family
because he was very involved in
making sure that “family kept
in touch.” That too became his
passion. He often thanked his
mom, in particular, for imparting
those gems of love for family. He
would call some member of his
family on a regular basis.
Everyone who really knew
him could not help but love him,
including the elderly, the youth,
his church family and his community friends.
In 2002, he met Debra Ann
Briggs from Kentwood. On July
10, 2004, he and Debra were
married by Rev. F.C. Stallworth.
One of the highlights of the wedding was Ed surprising his bride
by singing to her at the wedding.
At this time, Ed ended his longdistance truck driving career, as
he realized he needed to be home
with his new family.
After relocating to Kentwood,
Ed and Debra were always together as they began their walk
as one. Debra was in charge of
the computer lab at O. W. Dillon Memorial Elementary School
and was employed by Simco.
Throughout the course of their
marriage, Ed worked for several trucking companies, such as
Simpson Sod, J and B Trucking,
Barriere Construction and Kentwood Brick, to provide for his
family. In 2010, Debra was pro-
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moted to the position of parent
center coordinator at O.W. Dillon
Elementary School.
Barriere Construction was instrumental in teaching Ed and
Debra how to go into business for
themselves by setting up garage
sales on weekends. They secured
a booth at the Flea Market in Tylertown, Miss. and Kentwood,
La., to offer more merchandise
and to increase their cliental.
They established themselves as
a topnotch flea market business
and increased their customer
base. On Sept. 3, 2012, they
opened “Goodloe’s Flea Market
in Tangipahoa, La.
Ed united with the Union Chapel African Methodist Episcopal
Church, under the leadership of
Rev. F. C. Stallworth. He joined
the senior usher board and served
as president for two years. Ed
was the armor bearer for Rev.
Sherman Berry after Rev. Stallworth retired. He also served as
a junior steward and a member
of the sons of Allen, an organization of men in recognition of the
founder of the AME Church. Ed
was faithful in serving in different capacities in the church.
In February 2012, the late then
Councilman Chokwe Lumumba
presented a Resolution to Edward
in the Chambers of the Jackson
City Council. After Lumumba
was elected mayor, a Walking
Trail in the park was designated
by the mayor and City Council as
“The Edward Goodloe Jr., Walking Trail” to highlight this history making event.
His father, son - Dion Deshaun
Goodloe, one step-brother - Eric
Perryman, grandparents - Bishop Clifton and Helene Goodloe
Sr., Frank and Littie P. Brown,
two uncles - Sydney James and
Frank Lavell Brown Jr., sisterin-law, Gloria Briggs, father and
mother-in-law, Oscar and Dorothy Briggs, all preceded him in
death.
He leaves to cherish his memory a loving and devoted wife
Debra Goodloe, mother Flonzie
Brown (William) Wright, of Jackson; stepmother Lerlean Goodloe, of Memphis; children Kathy
Sylvester and Gacobie Matias
Boyd, of Jackson; Shamia Goodloe, of Los Angeles; stepchildren,
Jackie, Tiarra and Nakial Briggs,
of Kentwood, La.; grandchildren,
Moesha Sylvester (Jackson) and
Sierra Brown, of Los Angeles;
sister Cynthia Goodloe Palmer,
of Jackson; god-children Mija
Crosby, Brennen Brumfield, of
Kentwood; brother Lloyd Goodloe, of Cleveland, Ohio; stepsister Wanda Wilson, of Dayton,
Ohio; stepbrother, Rev. Kermit
(Sharon) Johnson, of Clearwater, Fla.; Pastor Henry (Carol)
Wright, of Bowie, Md.; William
(Judy) Wright, of Los Angeles;
Pastor Cliff Wright, Cleveland;
Steve Wright, Sunset, Fla.; sis-
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ter-in-law Sharon Briggs, Kentwood; brothers-in-law Ministers
Andre (Althea) Briggs, of Tylertown, Miss.; Edward Charles
Burkhalter, of Kentwood; Michael (Sherice) Briggs, of San
Antoine, Texas; Oscar (Annie)
Briggs Jr., of Hammond, La.,
and Roger (Angela) Briggs and
Rayford Burkhalter, both of
Portland, Oregon; uncles Rev.
Clifton (Delores) Goodloe, of
Canton; Floyd (Cleo) Goodloe,
of Memphis; Henry (Francis)
Goodloe, of Los Angeles; Curtis
(Mary) Burkhalter, of Roseland,
La.; Allen (Sandra) Burkhalter, of Kentwood; Leroy (Dot)
Burkhalter, of Franklinton, La.;
Willie (Essie) Burkhalter, of Los
Angeles; aunts Mildred Benton,
Marie Rhodes, Marcella Jenkins,
of Los Angeles; Jimmie Mae
Goodloe, Cora Jean Watkins, of
Canton; Mary Seay, of Chicago;
Georgia Bickham, of Franklinton; Gwendolyn Dyson, of Los
Angeles; Augustine White, of
Dayton; Carol Jean Bell, of Atlanta; great aunt Mary (Sarah)
Detroit, Mich; best friends Jeffery Marshall, Terry Coleman, of
Jackson; Hilton Miller, of Kentwood; and a host of close cousins, relatives and friends from
coast-to-coast.
March 13 - 19, 2014
Jacksonians line Northside
Drive in farewell to Lumumba
By Stephanie R. Jones
Contributing Writer
Talking to people standing
along the homegoing processional route on Northside
Drive, as the late honorable
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba was carried from the
Jackson Convention Complex to Autumn Woods Cemetery, the running themes in
their statements quickly became apparent: “He came to
my ward”; “He came to my
neighborhood”; “That meant
a lot to me”; “I wanted to pay
my respects.”
After the March 8 ceremony, Lumumba supporters waited mostly seated in
lawn chairs and rose quickly
with a farewell salute as the
procession came into sight.
Many chanted “free the land”
and “power to the people.”
Those
who
expressed
themselves believed that Lumumba would do what he
said he would do, because he
showed up in their neighborhoods.
Marchia Williamson, of
Pocahontus Heigths, said he
was camped out on Northside
Drive to pay respect to the
late Mayor because no other
candidate or city official had
ever visited his neighborhood, which is off U.S. 49
North across from Presidential Hills.
“He came to my neighborhood, Pocahontus Heights,
and talked to us and listened
to us,” said Williamson.
“And he stayed and ate with
us. That meant a lot to me.”
Williamson said he felt Lumumba was trying to do good
things for the city and taking
the city in the right direction.
“He came to every community, every ward. I’ve never
seen any candidate for office
or elected official do that in
my neighborhood,” he said.
“I’m proud to be here today.”
Nick Collins, also of Pocahontus Heights, said he was
there to show respect. “He
was an icon, a legend. He
came to Pocahontus Heights,”
said Collins. “He asked me to
work on this campaign. That
meant a lot to me.
“He governed by committee; did what the people said
do. He has impacted many
people, not just here in Jackson, but all over the world.
I am proud to have known
him,” Collins said.
Staniece Studaway, who
was standing on the street
with her sister Lillie Studaway, said she was acknowledging the impact that Lumumba had on Jackson’s
people.
“He wanted the best for
all,” said Studaway, who
grew up in Georgetown. “I
want to pay my respects to
our mayor. He had an impact
on all people: black, white,
everyone. That’s why I’m
here today,” Studaway said.
Leroy Johnson made note
of Mayor Lumumba’s promise to get potholes fixed
in the city. The mayor got
passed through the state Legislature a one percent sales
tax to finance road repairs.
Johnson said, the late mayor
“is paving roads and filling
potholes in the sky, I know.”
Johnson added: “He went
to every ward in the city.
That meant a lot to me.”
Estell Williams said Lumumba’s message of unity
was the key for his support.
“[Lumumba] promoted unity
in this community, in this
city. That’s what we have
to thank him for. One love
- that’s what he said,” Williams said.
Jake Fulton said he supported the one percent city
sales tax Lumumba got
passed to finance repair of
city streets and infrastructure. “I would have supported a five percent tax if that’s
what he asked for because we
need repairs, and I believed
in him,” Fulton said.
“As long as I see some
ditches being dug and pipes
being laid, I’m OK,” said
Fulton. His advice to whoever becomes mayor: “Let the
office run itself as Lumumba
set out. We may have peo-
Marchia Williamson of Pocohantus Heights and Marilyn Fulton pay respect to Mayor Lumumba along the funeral route on Northside Drive.
Henry Johnson Jr., Staniece Studaway and Lillie Studaway stand
along Northside Drive to watch Mayor Lumumba’s funeral procession.
Clara Johnson, left, Rayleigh Ervin, Raven Ervin and Terry Ervin
Leroy Johnson says, “Chokwe is now paving roads in the sky.”
ple with different heads and
thoughts, but let it work.”
Henry Johnson, a supporter of the late mayor, said
he hopes the next mayor of
Jackson will carry on the vision and mission Lumumba
set forth. “I hope the next
mayor steps up to the plate
and carries out Lumumba’s
legacy,” Johnson said.
“I miss him very much and
had a great deal of respect for
him. He was taking the city in
the right direction,” Johnson
said. “He went to every ward
in the city and every neighborhood and that meant a lot
to me. Only God knows what
is coming,” Johnson said.
Stephanie R. Jones can be
reached at srjones13@gmail.
com or (601) 260-4232.
Grand farewell to Mayor
Chokwe Lumumba
Celebration, Commemoration,
Connectivity, Continuity
By Dr. Jerry Komia Domatob
Contributing Writer
March 7 and 8, 2014, will
go down in the annals of
Mississippi history for the
pomp, panoply and pageantry which distinguished the
celebration of life for the late
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba,
as well as the positive energy his passing infused into
the Jackson community and
beyond.
For over two weeks since
his death Feb. 25, 2014,
Metro Jackson and the state
of Mississippi media outlets, along with local and
national leaders, lavished
praise on the late mayor for
his spectacular accomplishments in diverse spheres.
Lumumba’s
focus
on
“what the people want” and
stressing unity, solidarity
and cooperation resonated
with admirers and even detractors, who had predicted
radical doom and gloom if
he became the mayor.
Lumumba’s funeral service and internment transformed the occasionally
serene Jackson Convention
Complex into a grand venue
for euphoric celebration.
Inspirational
speeches,
deep reflections, uplifting and historic poems like
Margaret Walker’s “For My
People,” melodious songs,
vibrant
dancing,
rhythmic drumming, elevating
tributes as well as moving prayers made the event
unique, entertaining, educative and enlightening.
Lumumba was not only
hailed for upholding family values, community development and leadership
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but he was also idolized for
his bravery, masterful legal mind, zest to assist the
downtrodden all with the
zeal to serve all.
His life and legacy is a
true testament of what a
“servant leader” espouses:
sacrifice, service, compassion, hard work and respect
for human rights and dignity. He left indelible bequests
in sundry spheres - the judiciary, church, government,
culture, sports, and family,
always promoting excel-
lence in whatever he did.
In an era, when few men
and women of color (or others) leave office with untarnished reputations, Lumumba was laid to rest with
a send off hailing his unimpeachable integrity in all of
his pursuits.
Lumumba courageously
challenged many stereotypes, great injustices, immeasurable inequities and
bigotries. Moreover, supporters, admirers and fans
stand posed to see what his
“leadership seeds” that he
has planted will come to
bear.
Dr. Jerry Komia Domatob
is a mass communication
professor in Alcorn State
University, Lorman, Miss.,
where he also serves as interim department chair. An
author, journalist, photographer, poet and researcher,
his latest publications obtainable from are: Positive
Vibrations and Communication, Culture and Human
Rights and can be found at
AMAZON.com Please contact him at [email protected].
Joi Haywood, Rose McGowan, Judy McGowan and Debra Blair are aware of the historic significance of the
moment as Lumumba is carried to his final resting place. PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE R. JONES
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The Chokwe Lumumba Legacy
Arbitrator, Attorney, Mediator and Negotiator
By Dr. Jerry Komia Domatob
Praises pour from all parts of the globe
Over a legend’s demise
Yes, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba left indelible imprints
Wherever he traversed
For over three score years
Chokwe Lumumba’s illustriousness
Inspired like his industriousness
As he tackled formidable odds with stunning skills
Brave and brilliant visionary
He achieved as a historic revolutionary
Foremost militant activist
Lumumba towered as a “constructivist”
Man of enormous tact
He excelled for a grand act
Respected and revered negotiator
Lumumba aced as an arbitrator
Astute avant garde analyst
Who uplifted as a social catalyst
Lumumba’s shrewd outlook
Enthused like his kaleidoscopic look
Champion of fairness, equity, justice and dignity
He undauntedly promoted human integrity
Supporter of the weak and oppressed
Lumumba valiantly lifted the depressed
Venerated and admired mediator
Who shined as an interlocutor
Chokwe Lumumba’s witty artistry
Powered as his humane chemistry
Articulate attorney, advocate and adviser
Chokwe Lumumba activated as an incisive leader
Staunch, stolid and sturdy liberation fighter
Admired counselor, pragmatist and realist
Fare thee well, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba
March 13 - 19, 2014
Scenes from the Celebration of Life for
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba
Jackson, Miss., Saturday, March 8, 2014
photos by Jay Johnson
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Candidates
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ference in front of the Smith
Robertson Museum. The historical connection was not
lost, as the museum’s namesake Smith Robertson was
the first black alderman and
the structure where it is now
housed was the first African
American high school in
Jackson.
Johnson was Jackson’s
first
African
American
mayor, elected in 1997, and
subsequently went on to be
re-elected mayor two more
times, losing in last year’s
primary, which led to Lumumba facing off businessman Jonathan Lee in the general election.
Tuesday, March 11, at
9 a.m. city councilman of
Ward 6, Tony Yarber held a
press conference outside City
Hall, where he expressed that
all of his recent years have
been dedicated to city government.
Yarber has been councilman for Ward 6 since 2009;
he served as council vice
president in 2012 and as its
president in 2013. While on
the council, he has chaired its
budget committee and was
chairman of its education and
youth ad hoc committee.
He said he is a founding
member of Alignment Jackson, which works to bring
job-based training back to the
city’s public schools.
He announced his “threepoint plan to unify the city
as: progressive infrastructure
improvement, aggressive approach to reducing crime;
and innovative platform to
support economic stability.
On Tuesday, March 11, at
2 p.m., Ward 2 city councilman and the council president Melvin Priester Jr. held
a press conference at his law
offices on Executive Place,
where he laid out his plans to
enter the special election for
mayor of Jackson.
Priester, now serving eight
months, won the council seat
vacated by Lumumba when
he became mayor last July
2013. He pointed out that he
was “instrumental in working to help pass the one percent sales tax that took effect
March 1, 2014.
He listed as his accomplishments:
leading
the
charge to re-establish bus
service for Jackson’s afterschool program and building
his law firm for the past 10
years. He is noted for holding
Ward 2 movie nights and other types of community based
entertainment.
Priester said since being on
the council he has fought to
improve relations between
the Jackson Police Department
and
neighborhood
groups and to transform the
city’s budgeting process. He
said in his ward, he responds
to his constituents’ concerns
about potholes, drainage and
blighted properties.
Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.,
candidate Chokwe Antar
Lumumba (son of the late
MayorLumumba) officially
entered the mayoral race calling a press conference on the
steps of City Hall.
Lumumba acknowledged
the emotional past two weeks
when his father died and was
laid to rest just two days earlier, stating that he will be the
one to carry on his father’s
“The People’s Platform.” He
added that he in fact helped
his father write that platform.
The younger Lumumba
also co-chaired his father’s
successful bid for mayor that
he said was based on new
ideas to benefit all of the
citizens of Jackson, promote
transparency in government
affairs, and fortify the city’s
infrastructure - water, drainage, roads and sewer.
Lumumba said, in the spirit
of his father, that “the people
must decide” who they want
as their next mayor. He said
he will run a grassroots campaign reaching out to professionals as well as the working class and the underserved
communities.
“We intend to make the
people’s voice the centerpiece of this campaign. We
will exchange ideas with
the people and allow them
to have a voice in the working of this city. The people
of Jackson will participate
in molding this campaign as
well as my administration,”
he said.
Wednesday, March 12, at
10:30 a.m., six-term State
Sen. John Horhn called a
press conference to announce
his candidacy for mayor of
Jackson, held at the Cade
Courtyard on West Mayes
Street.
Horhn said, “I have dedicated my life to Jackson….
And the race will be about
who has delivered for this
city and who can deliver for
Jackson as we push our way
forward,” thus his campaign
theme: The Way Forward.
He chronicled his 20 years
as state senator, during which
he said he was instrumental
in bringing business to Jackson - like the McDade’s store
at Westland Plaza, the Food
Depot on Northside Drive,
the Telcom Center at the
Jackson Convention Center
and his help to get $20 million from the state to break
ground for the $50 million
Westin Hotel to be built in
downtown Jackson.
Horhn said, “I know what
it means to fnd a job for
somebody who has limited
skills and training and who
may find their meals at the
nearest soup kitchen. I under-
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stand the value of culture and
the arts…. I know my way
around corporate boardrooms
to put deals together….
“And I recognize the importance of incentives in creating high-quality yet affordable housing in struggling
neighborhoods, like the site
where we are standing now,
Cade Courtyard. I helped develop this $14 million, threestory, 81-unit senior housing
development fully occupied
with over 60 people on the
waiting list.”
Also a candidate in the
2013 mayoral race, Regina Quinn, confirmed over
WAPT on Monday, March
10 and on the Charles Evers
radio show Wednesday night,
March 12, that she is entering the special election to
become the next mayor of
Jackson. Quinn was former
general counsel for Jackson
State University.
Quinn said she has lived in
Jackson all of her life and has
influence in all seven wards.
She finished fourth in the primaries of the last election as
a democratic candidate. In
the runoff between Councilman Chokwe Lumumba and
businessman Jonathan Lee,
she put her support behind
Lumumba and actively
campaigned for him.
During that time, Lumumba reportedly said
he would like to have her
on his staff; several members of her campaign staff
went on to hold positions
in the Lumumba administration.
Quinn is the only woman so far who has declared
her candidacy.
Candidate Albert Wilson announced his run for
mayor Wednesday, March
12, at his office at Genesis and Light Center on
North State Street. Wilson
said he has been working
for the community for
the last 20 years with his
non-profit organization,
which provides services
to young people and life
management and parenting training to the community.
Wilson said his priority
will be investing in “people, places and things”
in the city, starting with
city workers. “City workers are long overdue for a
raise,” Wilson said.
He said his focus will
be on marketing Jackson
and increasing revenue by
first cleaning up the city
to make it more appealing to tourists and to lure
businesses here. “I will
work to resolve the issues
that have hindered our
city,” he said, adding that
he would work with the
school district to improve
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deficiency.
“I want city government to
be transparent and focused
on people rather than things,”
he said. Wilson said the current leadership is to blame
for where the city is today
because leaders have tried
to work independent of other
cities. He thinks cooperation with cities such as Pearl
and Ridgeland would benefit
Jackson.
This is Wilson’s first run
for mayor, but he has run
for the Jackson City Council
three times, the latest being
last year against LaRita Cooper-Stokes. He ran twice before for the same seat against
then Councilman Kenneth
Stokes.
Wilson is a Wingfield High
School and Jackson State
University graduate, where
he studied computer science.
He also studied education at
Mississippi College. He and
his wife Kim have three children.
Some news reports show
Kenneth Swartz as a mayoral
candidate, however at press
time he had not held a press
conference or issued any
statements.
City Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon of Ward
7 said that she will make a
decision on whether she will
enter the mayoral race by this
Friday, March 14.
Jonathan Lee, the runner up to Lumumba in last
year’s mayoral election, issued a statement saying that
he would not run.
Candidates have until 5
p.m. March 19, to qualify
by filing a petition with 50
qualifying electors’ signatures. Candidates do not have
to declare whether they are
Democrat, Republican or Independent.
Absentee ballots will be
accepted Saturday, March 29
from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and
Saturday, April 5 from 8 a.m.
to 12 noon.
The special election date
established by the City Council within the required 30 to
45 day period after the death
of Mayor Lumumba is Tuesday, April 8, 2014.
The City Council considered April 15 as a possible
date for the special election
but decided against it, as that
is deadline for Income Tax
filings with the IRS.
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NATIONAL
March 13 - 19, 2014
Last transmission from
missing plane was routine
By Chris Brummitt and Eileen NG
Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The last message from the
cockpit of the missing Malaysia
Airlines flight was routine. “All
right, good night,” was the signoff transmitted to air traffic
controllers five days ago.
Then the Boeing 777 vanished
as it cruised over the South China
Sea toward Vietnam, and nothing
has been seen or heard of the jetliner since.
Those final words were picked
up by controllers and relayed
Wednesday, March 12, in Beijing
to anguished relatives of some
of the 239 people aboard Flight
MH370.
The search for the missing
plane, which left Kuala Lumpur
for Beijing early Saturday, March
8, now encompasses 35,800
square miles (92,600 square kilometers) of Southeast Asia and is
expanding toward India.
After several days of sometimes confusing and conflicting
statements, the Malaysian military officially disclosed why it
was searching on both sides of
country: A review of military radar records showed what might
have been the plane turning back
and crossing westward into the
Strait of Malacca.
Air force chief Gen. Rodzali
Daud said the radar showed an
unidentified object at 2:15 a.m.
about 200 miles (320 kilometers)
northwest of Penang. “I am not
saying it’s Flight MH370. We are
still corroborating this. It was an
unidentifiable plot,” he said.
Foreign experts and the manu-
facturers of the radar were studying the images to try to determine
whether the blips were in fact the
missing plane. For now, authorities said the international search
effort would stay focused on the
South China Sea and the strait
leading toward the Andaman
Sea.
Some of the confusion over the
statements by Malaysian officials
has led to allegations of incompetence, lack of coordination or
even a cover-up.
“There’s too much information
and confusion right now. It is
very hard for us to decide whether a given piece of information is
accurate,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said
in Beijing. “We will not give it
up as long as there’s still a shred
of hope.”
Two-thirds of the passengers
on the flight were Chinese.
“We have nothing to hide,”
said Malaysian Defense Minister
Hishammuddin Hussein. “There
is only confusion if you want to
see confusion.”
Flight MH370 disappeared
from civilian radar screens at
1:30 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at
an altitude of about 35,000 feet
above the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and southern
Vietnam. It sent no distress signals or any indication it was experiencing problems.
The government said it had
asked India to join in the search
near the Andaman Sea, suggesting the jetliner might have
reached those waters after crossing into the Strait of Malacca,
some 400 kilometers (250 miles)
from the flight’s last-known coordinates.
Malaysian officials met in
Beijing with several hundred
Chinese relatives of passengers
to explain the search and investigation, and to relay the last
transmission that Malaysian air
traffic controllers received before
the plane entered Vietnamese airspace, according to a participant
in the meeting.
Aviation officials in Vietnam
said they never heard from the
plane.
Its sudden disappearance led
to initial speculation of a catastrophic incident that caused it to
disintegrate. Another possibility
is that it continued to fly despite
a failure of its electrical systems,
which could have knocked out
communications, including transponders that enable the plane
to be identified by commercial
radar.
Authorities have not ruled out
any possible cause, including
mechanical failure, pilot error,
sabotage and terrorism, and they
are waiting to find any wreckage
or debris to determine what went
wrong.
In June 2013, Boeing issued
a safety alert to Boeing 777 operators, telling them to inspect
for corrosion and cracks in the
crown fuselage around a satellite
antenna. The alert said one airline found a 16-inch crack in one
plane, then checked other 777s
and found more cracking.
“Cracks in the fuselage skin
that are not found and repaired
can propagate to the point where
the fuselage skin structure cannot
sustain limit load,”
Boeing said. “When
the fuselage skin cannot sustain limit load,
this can result in possible rapid decompression and loss of
structural integrity.”
The FAA issued a
safety order Wednesday that is effective
April 9, directing
operators to make
repairs outlined in A member of Indonesian National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) uses
Boeing’s safety alert. a binocular to scan the horizon during a search operation for the missing Malaysia
Asked about the Airlines Boeing 777 conducted on the waters of the Strait of Malacca off Sumatra island,
safety alert as it re- Indonesia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Malaysia asked India to join the expanding
lates to the Malaysia search for the missing Boeing 777 near the Andaman Sea, far to the northwest of its last
Airlines disappear- reported position and a further sign Wednesday that authorities have no idea where the
ance, former U.S. plane might be more than four days after it vanished. AP Photo/Heri Juanda
National Transportation Safety Board member and technical help, the board said.
din Abdul Rahman, was asked
aircraft maintenance expert John
Hishammuddin described the why the Strait of Malacca was
Goglia said he thought it was multinational search as unprec- being searched and replied,
“pretty far down on the probabil- edented. Some 43 ships and 39 “There are things I can tell you,
ity list.”
aircraft from at least eight nations and things I can’t,” suggesting
“It could lead to depressuriza- were scouring an area to the east that the government wasn’t being
tion of the airplane,” Goglia said, and west of Peninsular Malaysia. completely transparent.
“but it wouldn’t turn off the tranIf all those on board are con“It’s not something that is easy.
sponder and it wouldn’t prevent We are looking at so many ves- firmed dead, it would be the
the pilots from calling” by radio. sels and aircraft, so many coun- deadliest commercial air accident
Aeronautical engineer Chuck tries to coordinate, and a vast in 10 years.
Eastlake, a former professor at area for us to search,” he told a
Choi Tat Sang, a 74-year-old
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Uni- news conference. “But we will Malaysian, said his family is
versity in Daytona Beach, Fla., never give up. This we owe to the still holding out hope that the
added that it’s unlikely a rapid families of those on board.”
plane and all on board are safe.
depressurization of the plane
Confusion over whether the His 45-year-old daughter-in-law,
would cause it to disintegrate in plane had been seen flying west Goh Sock Lay, was the chief
the air.
prompted speculation that dif- flight attendant. Her 14-yearTwo U.S. Federal Aviation ferent arms of the government old daughter, an only child, has
Administration technical experts might have different opinions been crying every day since the
and a regional representative are about its location, or even that plane’s disappearance.
in Kuala Lumpur as part of an authorities were holding back in“We are heartbroken. We are
NTSB team supporting the information.
continuing to pray for her safety
vestigation. Experts in air traffic
Earlier in the week, Malaysia’s and for everyone on the flight,”
control and radar are providing head of civil aviation, Azharud- he said.
Obama calls for a ‘rethinking’ on Crimea vote
By Julie Pace and Bradley Klapper
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President
Barack Obama expressed a
glimmer of hope Wednesday,
March 12, that a referendum
on the future of Ukraine’s
Crimean Peninsula can be
halted, as he met with the new
leader of the former Soviet republic.
Sitting side by side in the
Oval Office with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Obama
said he hoped last-ditch diplomatic efforts might lead to
a “rethinking” of Sunday’s
Russian-backed referendum.
If the vote does occur, Obama
said, the U.S. will “completely reject” its results. And he
warned that the international
community would be “forced
to apply a cost to Russia’s violation of international law.”
“There’s another path available and we hope President
Putin is willing to seize that
path,” Obama said, referring
to Russian President Vladimir
Putin. “But if he does not, I’m
very confident that the international community will stand
firmly behind the Ukrainian
government.”
As Obama and Yatsenyuk
met, a U.S. Senate committee advanced a measure to
impose significant sanctions
on Russia - a bid to pressure
Putin to pull Russian troops
out of Crimea. The measure,
which now would go to the
full Senate, would authorize
$1 billion in loan guarantees
to Ukraine’s new government
and allow the Obama administration to impose economic
penalties on Russian officials
responsible for the intervention in Crimea or culpable of
gross corruption.
In the 14-3 vote, all Foreign
Relations Committee Democrats supported the
measure.
Republican
objections
concerned
how
the
U.S. would
pay for the
loan guar-
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Soviet Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Obama in the Oval Office, Wed., March 12. AP PHOTO
antees and provisions to expand the lending authority of
the International Monetary
Fund.
The bill stops short of going
after Russian banks or energy
companies as some legislators
proposed, but it would give
Secretary of State John Kerry
more leeway as he readies for
diplomatic talks with his Russian counterpart in Europe on
March 14.
Yatsenyuk, a 39-year-old
pro-Western official, took
control in late February after
Ukraine’s pro-Russian president fled after three months
of political protests. With
Ukraine now caught in a diplomatic battle between East
and West, Yatsenyuk said
Russia must recognize that
his country can have ties with
both.
“Ukraine is and will be part
of the Western world,” Yatsenyuk said, speaking in fluent
English.
Obama’s meeting with Yatsenyuk amounted to a diplomatic dig against Russia,
which does not recognize
Ukraine’s new government.
Russia has moved military
forces into Crimea, a proRussian area that will vote
Sunday on whether to become
part of Russia or remain in
Ukraine with broader powers.
Obama urged Congress to
quickly approve the $1 billion loan guarantee to help
Ukraine’s fledgling government. That guarantee is supposed to supplement $15 billion in assistance from the
European Union, as well as
additional money from the International Monetary Fund.
EDUCATION
March 13 - 19, 2014
Women’s History Month Salute…
JSU alumnae highlights for
Women’s History Month
JSU Salvation
Army Week
Gail Wright Lowery
Name: Gail Wright Lowery
Graduation Year: 1978
Major: Political Science
Current Residency: Jackson, MS
Current Employment Status: City Attorney
Favorite quote: “And the Peace of God,
which passeth all understanding, shall
keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus.”
Lowery
Gail Wright Lowery is presently serving
as the city attorney for Jackson, Miss.,
appointed by the Honorable Chokwe
Lumumba. She is also a practicing
attorney with Lowery Law Firm, in the
City of Jackson. Attorney Lowery has
served as municipal court judge for
the City of Jackson, appointed by the
Honorable Mayor Harvey Johnson.
Judge Lowery has served as special
master in the Chancery Court of Hinds
County, Mississippi appointed by the
Honorable William Waller, chief justice
of the Mississippi Supreme Court as
recommended by the Honorable Denise
Sweet Owens, chancellor, Hinds County
Court.
Shasta Averyhardt
Name: Shasta Averyhardt
Graduation Year: 2008
Major: Accounting
Current Residency: Orlando, FL
Averyhardt
Current Employment Status: Professional
Golfer
Favorite quote: “Savor the opinions of
others too much today, and you’ll be a
prisoner to their validation in the future.”
When she earned her tour card for the
2011 season, Averyhardt became the
fourth black player in L.P.G.A. history.
She was also the fourth African American
woman member in the 60 year history of
the LGPA.
JSU student gets
accepted into
MIT program
Jackson State University
student Sirak M. Mekonen, a
physics and computer engineering major, has been accepted into the MIT Summer
Research Program (MSRP)
for the second consecutive
year.
“It’s the number one research program in the world.
Out of 500 students, there
were 40 students selected
across the country, and I was
one of them,” said Mekonen.
Since 1986, MSRP has been
aiming to address the underrepresentation of African
Americans, Native Americans, and other ethnic groups
in the U.S. in engineering and
science fields.
The program seeks to prepare and recruit the most talented students for graduate
education. Students accepted
into MSRP gain invaluable
knowledge in research and
innovation from skilled scientists and engineers associated
with MIT.
“In Ethiopia, your efforts
count for everyone. They push
you to be successful hoping
you will become someone
someday. I’m a curious person
and that is the motivation I
have right now. I like to know
something about everything,
because the more you know
about people the more you understand,” said Mekonen.
Jared with Lt. Governor Tate Reeves, who sponsored his day as a page in the state senate.
es generally run errands for
officials and Senate staff.
Jared is the son of Rosalind Walls and Johnnie Greer
and attends Forest Hill High
School.
When asked about the
week, Jared said, “I want
Jackson State University is
hosting Salvation Army Week
from 12-4 p.m. March 24-25
and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 2628.
All graduating students
for May 2014 are required to
complete 120 hours of service
to graduate, and transfer students must complete 60 hours.
Salvation Army Week offers
students four hours of daily
community service totaling
20 hours that week. JSU will
provide daily transportation
for a maximum of 56 students.
Students will be picked up in
the Student Center parking
lot. Students will complete a
community service form to
properly record their hours on
their transcript.
This is one of many initiatives that the university hosts
to help students fulfill this requirement.
The Alice V. Harden Center
for Service and Community
Engaged Learning works with
more than 400 agency partners
to help students complete service hours. Students wishing
to complete their hours outside of the agency list must go
through an approval process.
For more information, call
601-979- 1294.
Miss.
Legislative Black
Caucus, Ole Miss
officials discuss
Jones
Mekonen
Student page assists at State Capitol
Jared Goodman of Jackson
recently served as a page for
the Mississippi Senate. Pag-
JSU students doing community service, fulfilling a graduation requirement.
to thank Lt. Governor Tate
Reeves for allowing me to
be a part of this experience. I
would love to do this again.”
At the regularly scheduled
meeting of the Legislative
Black Caucus, representatives
from the University of Mississippi were present to address
the vandalism of James Meredith’s statue on campus
Dr. Donald Cole, assistant
professor and assistant to the
Chancellor for Multicultural
Affairs, Lee Tyner, chief of staff
to the Chancellor and General
Counsel, made remarks about
the University’s response to the
incident and the ongoing FBI
investigation. Perry Sansing,
associate general counsel and
special assistant to the Chancellor for governmental affairs,
was also present.
The discussion then turned to
the University’s efforts to educate students about diversity, as
well as the university’s efforts
to achieve diversity in the student body and the faculty.
Members of the Caucus
asked questions about the University’s plans and offered suggestions for actions to be taken
by the university in the area of
diversity.
The University has made
significant strides in minority
enrollment and faculty hires.
During the past four years, a
thousand more African-American students enrolled at all Ole
Miss campuses for a total of
3,132 for the 2012-13 school
year. This number represents a
48 percent increase from 200809 to 2012-13.
Currently Ole Miss has a
higher percentage of AfricanAmerican faculty than other
schools in the Southeastern
Conference.
“As important as these numbers are, the Caucus is committed to an ongoing relationship
with Ole Miss as we work together to do more, both in enrollment and in hiring, and in
creating an environment that is
both welcoming and safe for all
students at Ole Miss. The Caucus appreciates the commitment
of Ole Miss and its leadership
to work with us to achieve these
results,” said Senator Kenneth
Wayne Jones, chairman of the
Legislative Black Caucus.
10 • THE mississippi link
March 13 - 19, 2014
W o men ’ s H i s t o r y M o nt h Sa l u te …
Black women who helped
make America great
Truth
Jones
Special to the Mississippi Link
Last week, the stories of
three black women who
helped to make America
great were shared. Those
women of African descent
were Hattie McDaniel, Fannie Lou Hamer and Ida B.
Wells. They deserve the distinction of being at the top
of the list for Women’s History Month. Their perseverance and God’s guiding hand
helped them to achieve what
many thought was the nonaccomplishable. They are
black women who helped to
advance our nation under the
most challenging of circumstances.
Other legendary females
whose work is admired
N
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s
Tubman
among generations are:
Sojourner Truth
An abolitionist and women’s rights activist, Sojourner
Truth escaped from slavery
in her late 20s with her infant son. At the time, Truth
was forced to leave her other children behind, and one
of them was sold to another
slave master in Alabama.
Never backing down, Truth
took the master to court,
won the case and got her
son back. She is one of the
first black women to take a
white man to court and win.
Known for her speech, “Ain’t
I a Woman,” Truth spent the
rest of her free life speaking
at anti-slavery and women’s
suffrage conferences and was
f
r
o
m
one of black America’s firstleading women who spoke
against slavery long before
the system ended.
Vivian Malone Jones
One of the first two African
Americans to enroll at the
University of Alabama, Vivian Malone faced down a menacing George Wallace who
vowed to never allow blacks
to enroll in the all-white institution. Not only enrolling
and graduating, Malone went
on to retire as director of civil
rights and urban affairs and
director of environmental
justice for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In
2000, the University of Alabama awarded her a doctorate of humane letters.
t
h
e
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman led about
70 slaves to northern freedom
through the Underground
Railroad. At age 29, Tubman
escaped slavery but eventually returned for the rest of
her family. When the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was
enacted, Tubman lead slaves
to Canada, where slavery was
prohibited. Years later, when
discussing her dangerous
missions, Tubman said:
I was conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight
years, and I can say what
most conductors can’t say I never ran my train off the
track and I never lost a passenger.
W
o
r
d
The need for bad things to
happen to God’s people
By Rev. Leon Collier
Special to The Mississippi Link
This week as
we study “the
need for bad
things to happen
to God’s people,
we will examine
Genesis 50:1820; John 21:17.
We don’t like how God is
willing to use trials to be a
blessing to us. Our thoughts are
not God’s thoughts. Max Lucado said, “We think of preserving the body, but God thinks
of saving the soul. We dream
of a pay raise, but God dreams
of raising the dead. We rejoice
at our successes, but God rejoices at our confessions. We
want our children to be like
LeBron James; God points to
His Son and wants them to be
like Christ. We say we want
to live it up before we die, but
God wants us to die to self so
we can truly live. We like the
things that rust away, but God
loves things that endure forever. We avoid pain and seek
peace, but God uses pain to
bring us peace.”
God doesn’t think like us,
but He knows everything and
if we remain faithful to Him
He will use bad things for our
advantage. Let’s look at more
reasons why bad things need to
happen to God’s people.
John 21:17, “Jesus said to
him the third time, Simon, son
of Jonah, do you love Me? Peter
was grieved because He said to
him the third time, Do you love
Me? Peter said to Him, Lord,
You know all things; You know
that I love You.” Jesus said to
him, “Feed My sheep.”
You all may recall the time
I said God will permit trouble
in our lives to help us discover weaknesses in our lives in
areas where we think we are
strong. You all recall Luke
22:33 where Peter said, “Lord,
I am ready to go with You, both
to prison and to death.” Peter
expressed his faith, love and
loyalty to Jesus, but Jesus responded in Luke 22:34, “I tell
you, Peter, the rooster shall not
crow this day before you will
deny three times that you know
Me.”
Peter had love for Jesus, but
that love was not fully developed yet. Peter had enough
love to at least go to the trial,
but the other disciples had ran
and hid. So, Peter had some
love for Jesus but it was not
perfected and as a result he
eventually denied Jesus under
pressure. If your love for Christ
is not fully developed, there is
no way you can stand if enough
afflictions come upon your life.
Love that is fully developed
is willing to make sacrifices.
John 15:13 says, “No greater
love has no man than this, that
a man gives up his life for his
friends.” This is a picture of
fully developed love.
In John 3:16 it says God so
loved that He gave... There is
no question that God’s love is
perfected/fully developed because He sacrificed His only
child for sinners He loved and
we were not His friends.
Something to think about I believe many church people
these days obey God out of fear
of getting in trouble and fear
going to hell, but they don’t
obey God because they love
Him and have passion for Him.
I don’t believe God wants peo-
ple to obey Him because they
know He can destroy them. I
believe that God would prefer
that we obey Him because we
love Him so much and want to
be with Him. Deuteronomy 6:5
expresses this sentiment: “You
shall love Lord your God with
all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your might.”
This verse says to me that
fully developed love reflects
that one is sold out to God.
They love God with their heart,
soul and might. The Hebrew
might is vehemence, which is
passion/intensity/driven...being wildly in love. This is how
God wants us to love Him. The
problem is many people have
diverted the love they should
have for God to a woman or a
man or a spouse. A trick not of
the enemy but a trick of your
own self is to not sufficiently
develop your relationship with
Christ as you need to and it
leaves you no choice but to divert the love you should have
for Christ to a boyfriend or
girlfriend or your spouse and
material things which become
your everything and not God.
I heard on Christian radio
that some faithful single Christians who find it hard to find a
mate usually end up being closer to Christ than those who find
mates. They end up experiencing Christ in more ways than
those in relationships. But the
key is faithfulness to Christ.
As Iyanla Vanzant said, “You
must do your work.”
A love that is fully developed
is what God wants for His people and the way to get us to this
point God often permits testing
and affliction.
Once again, Peter had love
for Jesus, but when Jesus was
on trial and the pressure was
on Peter, he discovered that his
love was not fully developed.
But after the testing it helped
Peter in the love department
and in John 21:17 Jesus asked
Peter for the third time, do you
love Me?
There are things I’d like you
to notice about this verse - one
we will examine this week and
begin with the second, next
week: The first one is that Peter said Lord, you know that I
love you. In other words, Lord
I can’t trick you. You know exactly how much I love you. Peter’s love had risen to the point
to where now if he was put in
the same situation as before
this time he would not deny
Christ but he would be willing
to die for Christ.
I look forward to sharing
more with you next week as
we continue the study, “The
need for bad things to happen
to God’s people.”
Rev. Leon Collier is the pastor of Makarios Worship Center, 464 Church Rd., Madison. Residents of Madison, he
and wife, Minister Yolanda;
are the proud parents of three
daughters. He received degrees from Criswell College
in Dallas; Southern Methodist University - Perkins School
of Theology; and a Masters of
Divinity from Memphis Theological Seminary. A pastor for
23 years, Collier serves as a
volunteer chaplain for various
law enforcement agencies in
the metro area and for the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion.
He may be reached by calling
601.260.3016, 601.855.7898
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Message from the Religion Editor
By Daphne Higgins
Religion Editor
It’s Women’s
History Month and
who better to celebrate during this
month of recognition but my sisters
of African descent.
Several women have already been
recognized but I want to pay homage to someone who I believe is
one of the greatest singers to ever
lift her voice in praise - Mahalia
Jackson.
I have loved Mahalia’s voice
since I was old enough to know her
name. Being the daughter of a gospel DJ, our home was always filled
with songs of worship. We would
wake up to my father’s “early”
morning broadcast and each evening, we’d listen to demos that
he’d bring home from the radio station. He used these to decide what
his playlist would consist of for
the next day. I can remember asking him to play a Mahalia Jackson
song just because I wanted to hear
her sing.
Regarded as the first “Queen of
Gospel Music,” Mahalia Jackson is
still known for her powerful voice.
She transcended the music industry as one of the most influential
gospel singers in the world. During
her career, she recorded more than
30 albums and for those who can
recall the golden age of 45 rpm records, Jackson is also known for a
dozen “gold” - million sellers.
I shared this information with
you before, but because I truly believe that Mahalia Jackson is the
greatest gospel singer ever, I’d like
to share it with you again.
Mahalia Jackson, born in 1911,
and nicknamed “Halie,” grew up in
the Black Pearl section of the Carrollton neighborhood of uptown
New Orleans. Halie loved to sing
and church is where she loved to
sing the most. Halie’s Aunt Bell
told her that one day she would
sing in front of royalty.
Mahalia Jackson began her
singing career at the local Mount
Mariah Baptist Church. She was
baptized in Mississippi by Mt. Moriah’s pastor, the Rev. E. D. Lawrence.
In 1927, at the age of 16, Jackson
moved from the south to Chicago
in the midst of the Great Migration. After her first Sunday church
service, where she had given an
impromptu performance of her
favorite song, “Hand Me Down
My Favorite Trumpet, Gabriel,”
she was invited to join the Greater
Salem Baptist Church choir. She
began touring the city’s churches
and surrounding areas with the
Johnson Gospel Singers, one of the
earliest professional gospel groups.
In 1929, Jackson met composer
Thomas A. Dorsey, known as the
Father of Gospel Music. He gave
her musical advice, and in the mid1930s they began a 14 year association of touring with Jackson
singing Dorsey’s songs in church
programs and at conventions. His
“Take My Hand, Precious Lord”
became her signature song.
In 1936, Jackson married Isaac
Lanes Grey Hockenhull (“Ike”),
a graduate of Fisk University and
Tuskegee Institute, who was 10
years her senior. Mahalia refused
to sing secular music, a pledge she
would keep throughout her professional life. She was frequently
offered money to do so and she
divorced Isaac in 1941, because of
his unrelenting pressure on her to
sing secular music and his addiction to gambling on racehorses.
At age 26, Mahalia’s second set
of records were recorded on May
21, 1937, under the Decca Coral
Label.
In 1947, she signed up with the
Apollo Label, and in 1948, recorded the song “Move On Up A Little
Higher,” a recording so popular
that stores could not stock enough
copies of it to meet demand; selling
an astonishing eight million copies.
(The song was later honored with
the Grammy Hall of Fame Award
in 1998.) The success of this record rocketed Jackson to fame in
the U.S. and soon after in Europe.
During this time, she toured as a
concert artist, appearing more frequently in concert halls and less often in churches. As a consequence
of this change in her venues, her arrangements expanded from piano
and organ to orchestral accompaniments.
Other recordings received wide
praise, including: “Let the Power
of the Holy Ghost Fall on Me”
(1949), and “Silent Night, Holy
Night,” which became one of the
best-selling singles in the history of
Norway.
Other recordings on the Apollo
label included “He Knows My
Heart” (1946), “Amazing Grace”
(1947), “Tired” (1947), “I Can Put
My Trust in Jesus” (1949), “Walk
with Me” (1949), “Let the Power
of the Holy Ghost Fall on Me”
(1949), “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (1950), “The Lord’s Prayer”
(1950), “How I Got Over” (1951),
“His Eye is on the Sparrow”
(1951), “I Believe” (1953), “Didn’t
It Rain” (1953), “Hands of God”
(1953), and “Nobody Knows”
(1954). In 1950, she became the
first gospel singer to perform at
New York’s Carnegie Hall.
She started touring Europe in
1952, and was hailed by critics as
the “world’s greatest gospel singer.” In Paris, she was called the
Angel of Peace. Jackson’s career
in the late 1950s and early 1960s
continued to rise. She began a radio series on CBS and signed to
Columbia Records in 1954.
At the March on Washington in
1963, she sang “I’ve Been ‘Buked,
and I’ve Been Scorned” in front of
250,000 people. Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. made his famous “I Have
a Dream” speech there. She also
sang “Take My Hand, Precious
Lord” at his funeral.
Jackson sang to crowds at the
1964 New York World’s Fair. Her
last album was What The World
Needs Now (1969). She ended her
career in 1971 with a concert in
Germany, and when she returned,
made one of her final television
appearances on “The Flip Wilson
Show.”
Jackson devoted much of her
time and energy to helping others.
She established the Mahalia Jackson Scholarship Foundation for
young people who wanted to attend
college. For her efforts in helping
international understanding, she
received the Silver Dove Award.
Chicago remained her home until
the end. She opened a beauty parlor
and a florist shop with her earnings,
while also investing in real estate
($100,000 a year at her peak). Mahalia Jackson died Jan. 27, 1972, of
heart failure.
Initially, she did not know the effect that her messages would have
on those who listened but in time
it became obvious that what she
shared would unite countries and
become a monumental achievement not only in Women’s History,
Black History, and global history.
The Mississippi Link, a messenger for news in and around the
state of Mississippi, would like to
serve as your personal messenger
to share the news of your places of
worship.
Contact Daphne M. Higgins at
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March 13 - 19, 2014
Jesus desires that all men seek
the true and lasting riches
By Pastor Simeon R. Green III
Special to The Mississippi Link
The Gospel of
Matthew 6:20 record Jesus saying,
“But lay up for
yourselves
treasures in Heaven,
where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt and where
thieves do not break through nor
steal.”
In our society today, we can see
that many people are bound by
the spirit of materialism. They are
never really satisfied with what they
possess. Some continually yearn to
reach out for more, thinking that it
will bring them happiness. Others
strive to gain fame and popularity
among those around them.
The writer of the Gospel of Matthew is in no way saying that it is
sinful to have wealth or possessions, neither does being financially well off mean that a person
is evil. Also, because a person
holds a prominent position is no
evidence that he or she is crooked
in his or her business dealings.
The evil comes whenever a person allows worldly riches, possessions or position to gain control
of his or her heart and life. If one
is not careful, spending too much
time seeking earthly gains that
will soon rust or decay can become dangerous.
These things can immediately
take first place in a Christian’s
life if he or she does not stay on
guard. Anything placed ahead of
Christ will soon rob the soul of
peace and joy, thus rendering that
individual unfit for true service to
the Master.
You need to remember that
worldly fame or wealth is never
proof of an individual being in a
right relationship with the Lord. At
times, riches have been mistaken
for spirituality. Unfortunately, some
people have thought they were
pleasing God because they had an
over-abundance of wealth.
God sheds His goodness on the
just as well as the unjust. When the
Lord sends the rain, it blesses the
sinner’s crops as well as the righteous man’s crops.
In I Timothy 6:9-10, the Apostle
Paul tells us: “But they that will be
rich fall into temptation and a snare
and into many foolish and hurtful
lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of
money is the root of all evil; which
while some counted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sor-
rows.”
Earthly riches can become a
snare because men are tempted to
place their trust in the riches instead of God who gave them the
riches. They are much like the rich
young ruler who came to Jesus
seeking soul rest. He had obeyed
all the commandments from his
childhood, yet he lacked one thing;
something was missing in his life.
When Jesus required him to go
and sell all that he had and share
it with the poor, his flesh cringed.
He turned and went away sad and
empty that day because he loved
his wealth more than he loved or
wanted Jesus.
The Savior desires that all men
seek the true and lasting riches,
riches such as living a holy life,
working in the Kingdom, visiting
the sick, winning souls, and doing
many good deeds that manifest a
Christ filled life.
The forementioned are valuable
riches that are laid up in Heaven
and never fade away.
Let your heart be encouraged and
challenged to seek the lasting riches.
There is great joy in serving others
and striving to be a blessing whenever opportunity presents itself.
Being physically rich may be
pleasing, but being spiritually rich is
far greater and far more rewarding.
Rev. Simeon R. Green III is pastor of Joynes Road Church of God,
31 Joynes Road, Hampton VA
23669. He is married to Velma L.
Green. He honorably served in the
U.S. Army for 20 years. Rev. Green
is a member of the National Association of Evangelism Church of
God, Anderson, Ind. He serves as
chairman of the Southeastern Association of The Church of God,
Inc.
R eigning A nnouncements
Cade Chapel M. B. Church, 1000 W. Ridgeway St., Jackson, will observe
its Woman’s Day Celebration Sunday, March 16, at 11 a.m.. The Women’s
Missionary Ministry will host its special service, using the theme “What in the
World Are Christian Women Doing?” The guest speaker for the day is First
Lady Mary Polk Day of St. John M. B. Church. The events will begin Saturday,
March 15, at 8 a.m. with a prayer breakfast and Women’s Conference. Young
ladies ages 12 -17 are encouraged to attend. The women of Cade Chapel
celebrate the gift from God with their rich legacy of mission and service to
God and His people; serving citizens in the local communities and beyond the
Jackson Metro Area. For more information about the Women’s Day events
and the Women’s Missionary Ministry, call 601.366.5463.
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Recalibrate your life
By Shewanda Riley
Columnist
Like so many
other people,
I began 2013
with hopes of
big changes in
my life. I was
going to lose
weight, save more money, and
become more organized with
my time. And like a few of you,
I ended 2013 a few pounds
heavier, wishing I had more
money saved and less organized.
So, I began 2014 with a plan
to change. The more I meditated on how to make changes
in my life, the more one word
came to my spirit: recalibrate.
My first thought was that it
sounded painful and unpleasant. I looked up the meaning
of recalibrate just to make sure
that I wasn’t jumping to bad
conclusions. What I found was
that the word perfectly fit what
I felt needed to happen in my
life.
At this point in the year,
many of us are reevaluating the
goals we made just a couple of
months ago. Instead of reevaluating, we should recalibrate.
Recalibrate means to correct
a measuring process by checking or adjusting again in comparison with a standard. It’s
about tweaking something that
appears to be working just fine.
For example, you can recalibrate the touchscreen on a tablet or smartphone that allows it
to work better.
When I first read this definition, I thought about the areas
of my life that needed to be recalibrated. If I was honest with
myself, I had to admit that in
the past year I hadn’t become
a back slider but things in cer-
tain areas of my life (especially
spiritually) weren’t working
as well as they could. Without
realizing it, I’d drifted away
from my previous standard of
consistent prayer, fasting and
consecration.
Sometimes we think change
comes because God is trying
to move us to another level of
faith which sometimes is true.
However, sometimes change
comes to show us that we need
to return to more authentic
place of praise and intimacy
with God where we honored
His standard for our lives. Isaiah 59:19 says “When the enemy comes in like a flood, The
Spirit of the Lord will lift up a
standard against him.”
For me, recalibration came
after a season of great spiritual questioning where my
faith was tested. Even though
God’s standard of holiness remains unchanged, recalibration
is different for everyone. For
some, recalibration may mean
that you finally join that church
that you’ve been attending for
years.
The standards that I’d set
for myself in 2013 I’d met but
these were not the standards
that God had for me….which
is why in 2014, my focus is
on recalibration. Often we expect God to ask us to make
big changes, but recalibration
involves trusting Him to give
you the faith to make the more
necessary smaller and important adjustments.
Shewanda Riley is the author of the Essence best-seller
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From Pain to Purpose after a
Relationship Ends.” She can
be reached at lovehangover@
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Big money lobbying
The
Value
of
HBCUs
Part
III
protects big tax havens
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By Rev. Jesse Jackson
NNPA Guest Columnist
Eighteen American multinationals - companies
such as Nike,
Microsoft
and
Apple - have used
tax havens abroad to avoid what
Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) estimates as $92 billion in federal
taxes.
This is money that could be
used to provide universal preschool for America’s children.
CTJ also found 235 companies
reported last year more than $1.3
trillion stashed abroad to avoid
paying the taxes that domestic
companies must pay.
A senate hearing showed how
Apple used Ireland as its favorite
tax haven, developing what Sen.
Carl Levin (D-Mich.) called “the
Holy Grail of tax avoidance,”
creating “offshore tax entities …
while claiming to be a tax resident
nowhere.”
This outrage is not illegal. In a
dodge known as “deferral,” the
tax laws allow companies to forego paying taxes on money earned
(or reported as earned abroad) until the company brings the money
back to the United States.
Can anything better highlight
how the rules are rigged? This
perverse loophole gives companies a very big incentive to ship
jobs or report profits abroad.
Through transfer pricing, multinationals can easily game the
system to report their profits in
low tax countries abroad, even
while the bulk of their sales are in
In all the hoopla
surrounding
President Barack
Obama’s
“My
Brother’s Keeper”
initiative,
overlooked is that fact
that our young girls also need to be
targeted for special attention.
Sure, they outpace black males
in college attendance and, in many
instances, in the workplace. Still,
that does not mean they do not also
need special attention and encouragement.
Nothing illustrates this better than
recent events where sandwiched between Obama’s announcement of
his special effort to help black males
and jubilation over Lupita Nyong’o
winning an Oscar for best supporting actress in “12 years a Slave” was
the news out of Florida: Marissa
Alexander, who was sentenced to
20 years in prison for firing a “warning shot” in the direction of her estranged and abusive husband, will
be retried. Now she could face 60
years in prison instead of the original 20.
Florida State Attorney Angela
Corey, the same prosecutor whose
office failed to win murder convictions against George Zimmerman
in connection with the death of
Trayvon Martin and, more recently,
against Michael Dunn for the death
of Jordan Davis, announced that instead of the 20 years originally given
to Alexander, she will seek to triple
that by requesting that her three 20year terms be served consecutively
rather than concurrently.
Alexander was convicted of three
counts of aggravated assault with a
deadly weapon in 2012 and was sentenced to 20 years under Florida’s
10-20 law that requires stiffer penalties for crimes committed with guns.
On appeal, the conviction was
overturned because Circuit Judge
a c
By James Clingman
NNPA Columnist
the U.S. This, in part, is how General Electric can make millions in
profits and pay nothing in taxes.
But that isn’t the end of the perversity. As companies park more
and more cash abroad, they then
pay more in lobbying and campaign contributions to persuade
Congress to give them a deep
tax break if they bring the money
home in what they call “a tax repatriation holiday.”
But this scheme is anything but
patriotic. The companies argue, as
WinAmerica, the front for the current campaign does, that they’ll
invest in jobs here in the U.S.,
but can’t afford to pay the taxes
due (the same taxes that domestic
small businesses can’t avoid). So
let them bring the dough back at a
nominal tax rate and they’ll reinvest millions in America.
Of course, each time the Congress provides this kind of tax
holiday or amnesty, it gives the
corporations an even greater incentive to stash their cash abroad.
And more and more corporations
hire accountants to figure out how
to report their profits abroad, even
if earned here in the U.S.
The last time the Congress
bought this malarkey, even the
jobs argument turned out to be
false, as General Electric’s CEO
Jeff Immelt admitted. The companies bringing the dough back
actually laid off workers in the
ensuing years.
They used the money to buy
back stock (raising the value of
their stock options), or to buy
other companies, often merging
and purging workers or just to pay
down debt.
Now with the trillions sitting
abroad, the game is beginning
again. “Bipartisan” bills have
been introduced in the House and
the Senate to let corporations bring
bucks back home at a zero percent
tax rate, if they agree to use some
of the money to purchase bonds
issued by a newly created federal
infrastructure bank.
They get to bring $6 back taxfree for every $1 they invest in
infrastructure bonds. Instead of
taxing multinationals as it does
small businesses, the federal government will borrow money from
them and pay them interest on it.
This is an easy problem to
solve. Congress could simply get
rid of deferral and tax companies
on their profits no matter where
they are reported, allowing them
credit for taxes paid to foreign entities. Multinationals should pay
the same tax rates as domestic
companies do.
The obstacle is politics - and
big money - not policy. Republicans in Congress will block anything that closes overseas loopholes, but at least the states can
act. Oregon recently raised millions by forcing multinationals to
pay the state its fair share of taxes
on profits stashed abroad.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group estimates that states
could raise another billion in revenues by following Oregon’s example. Surely, it is long past time
to get on with it.
Jesse L Jackson Sr. is founder
and president of the PUSH Rainbow Coalition.
My Sister’s Keeper
By George E. Curry
NNPA Columnist
l
James Daniel placed the burden on
Alexander to prove that she was
acting in self-defense. In his instructions to the jury, the judge said Alexander had the responsibility to prove
that she had been battered by her
husband.
In a cruel twist, the prosecutor has
announced that she will re-prosecute
Alexander, this time seeking a longer sentence.
Marissa Alexander shouldn’t
have ever been prosecuted, let alone
convicted. If Florida’s Stand Your
Ground law should apply to anyone,
it should be Alexander, not George
Zimmerman and Michael Dunn.
If convicted a second time, Alexander will join other black women
who make up the fastest growing
segment of prisoners.
According to the Sentencing
Project, the number of women in
prison increased by 646 percent between 1980 and 2010, from 15,118
to 112,797. As of 2010, more than
one million women were under the
supervision of the criminal justice
system.
Black women are three times
more likely to be incarcerated than
white women. While most men are
in prison for violent offenses, women are more likely to be in prison for
drugs or property crimes.
Many, like Kemba Smith, become romantically entangled with
drug dealers, often serving as their
“mules” to transport drugs and
money.
We know the fact that Lupita
Nyong’o was awarded an Oscar at
the recent Academy Awards lifted
the spirits of dark-skin girls across
the country and indeed around the
world. African Americans, especially females, are told in so many ways
that when it comes to skin color,
“white is right.” And if you can’t be
white, light is the next best thing.
Of course, there was the famous
dolls test conducted by psychologists Ken and Mamie Clark, which
was instrumental in the landmark
Brown v. Board of Education 1954
Supreme Court decision outlawing
racially segregated public schools.
When asked to pick out the most
beautiful doll, most black girls selected white dolls over black ones.
When the test was repeated in recent
years, the results were the same.
Muhammad Ali once described
racial brainwashing this way:
“We’ve been brainwashed. Everything good is supposed to be
white. We look at Jesus, and we see
a white with blond hair and blue
eyes. We look at all the angels; we
see white with blond hair and blue
eyes. Now, I’m sure there’s a heaven
in the sky and colored folks die and
go to heaven. Where are the colored
angels? They must be in the kitchen
preparing milk and honey.
“We look at Miss America, we see
white. We look at Miss World, we
see white. We look at Miss Universe,
we see white. Even Tarzan, the king
of the jungle in black Africa, he’s
white. White Owl Cigars. White
Swan soap, White Cloud tissue paper, White Rain hair rinse, White
Tornado floor wax.
“All the good cowboys ride the
white horses and wear white hats.
Angel food cake is the white cake,
but the devils food cake is chocolate.”
Still today little chocolate girls are
being peppered with those white-isbeautiful images. Yes, we need to
save our black boys, but we can’t
save our community without saving
black girls, too.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine,
is editor-in-chief of the National
Newspaper Publishers Association
News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media
coach and can be reached through
his website, www.georgecurry.com.
Follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and the George E. Curry
Fan Page on Facebook.
My
series
on HBCU related articles
prompted
a
two-hour long
discussion recently
aired
on the Carl Nelson Show in
Washington, D.C. (WOL1450).
As the invited guest, I had
the opportunity to deal with
the issue of whether we value
HBCUs enough to help save
them. On the very next day,
St. Augustine College, in
Raleigh, NC, was said to be
in dire financial straits and
would shut down for a week.
We have answered the
“what” question; we have
heard from the “so what?”
crowd; and we are now faced
with the final question: “Now
what?”
Do we take responsibility for HBCUs, or do we allow them to flounder to the
point of nonexistence? Do
we leave them to the will and
largess of government? Do
we sit back and say, “Somebody will fix the problem
someday?”
As I once heard a preacher
say, “Somebody is not in the
phone book and someday is
not on the calendar.”
Others have shown what
an individual can do for an
HBCU - Bill Cosby (Central
State), Willie Gary (Shaw),
Oprah Winfrey (Morehouse),
so imagine what our collective efforts could do. Black
people should be the first line
of defense for black schools.
Yes, with all of their challenges, they are still our
schools, and we must preserve them. If we contributed more, had better relationships with administrators,
and promoted HBCUs more,
they would be more accountable, responsible, responsive, and financially sound.
Yes, they must be good
stewards of their financial resources, but we can be partners in that stewardship.
We are quick to romanticize the past and celebrate
schools like Wiley College
k o
n
o
m
in “The Great Debaters.”
We like to visit HBCUs and
watch our students “stomp
the yard,” high-step in the
marching bands, play football and basketball at the
CIAA Tournament, and sing
in the choirs.
We love to see HBCU students perform in stage plays
and in spoken word sessions;
and those honorary degrees
are great, too. Most of all,
we love to see our children
graduate, many of whom
would not have been able to
were it not for an HBCU.
Where is that same love
for HBCUs, when it comes
to our giving back to them?
Well folks, this is what some
would call a “Kairos Moment” for black people. We
can save our schools if we
have the will to do so.
We have the financial resources, and we have the
intellectual capacity to solve
this lingering problem, or at
least to be able to come to
the rescue when necessary.
Our abandoning HBCUs is
tantamount to what we did to
our black-owned businesses
back in the 1960’s. You don’t
have to look too far to see the
results of that self-inflicted
wound; take a stroll around
your neighborhood and start
counting the black stores.
A couple of suggestions.
Consider athletics. Top black
athletes overwhelmingly attend non-HBCU schools.
They believe they will not
make it to the pros if they
attend an HBCU, because of
small market TV exposure thus, no advertising revenue
for scholarships and less
competitive conferences.
That’s a “Catch 22” situation: they are not in HBCUs
because HBCUs don’t have
the TV exposure and competition, but HBCUs don’t
have the TV exposure and
competition because the best
athletes are not there.
I wonder how Walter Payton felt about that, or Earl
“The Pearl” Monroe, or Avery Johnson, or Doug Williams, or Jerry Rice. How
did they get exposure, and
how did they make it to the
i
c
s
pro ranks? If most of the topnotch black athletes attended
HBCUs, the pros would find
them no matter where they
played. I know this is “quantum leap thinking” for some
black folks.
However, short of going
to HBCUs, black athletes
should hire black agents,
accountants,
real
estate
reps, insurance agents, and
other black businesspersons
through whom some of the
their dollars could be circulated and maybe find their
way to HBCU coffers. Collectively, black athletes,
HBCU grads or not, could
also create an endowment for
HBCUs.
Entrepreneurs, entertainers, scientists, engineers,
doctors, dentists, and you
name it, came out of HBCUs. Can you say Oprah?
Tom Joyner? Spike Lee?
Common? Alice Walker?
Toni Morrison? Colbert King
(Pulitzer Prize winner)? Evelynn Hammonds (Physics)?
Millions of other HBCU
lesser known grads are contributing to this society as a
result of their HBCU education. Sounds like a pretty
good list for another huge
endowment.
Non-HBCU alumni, Dr.
Dre and Jimmy Lovine gave
$70 million, much of which
was earned from black consumers, to USC, where relative few blacks attend. Dillard University President
Walter M. Kimbrough, was
absolutely correct to ask,
“Why not an HBCU?”
From Howard University,
to St. Augustine, to Barber
Scotia, our schools need our
support - in many forms. Are
we going to love them or
leave them? Their fate is in
our hands, our minds, and in
our pockets.
Jim Clingman, founder of
the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of
Commerce, is a writer on
economic empowerment for
black people. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and can
be reached through his website, blackonomics.com.
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
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BUREAU OF BUILDING, GROUNDS AND
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RFP 2014-03 Four Year Contract for Student
Transportation Services
Sealed bids will be received at the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property
Management, 501 North West Street, Suite 1401 B, Jackson, Mississippi, 39201, until
2:00:00 p.m. on Thursday, 04/03/2014 , for:
Sealed bids will be received at the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real
Property Management, 501 North West Street, Suite 1401 B, Jackson, Mississippi, 39201, until 2:00:00 p.m. on Thursday, 04/03/2014 , for:
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at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Contract documents may be obtained from:
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Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564
228-762-6575
A deposit of $350.00 is required. Bid preparation will be in accordance with Instructions
to Bidders bound in the project manual. The Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real
Property Management reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject any or all
bids. NOTE: Telephones and desks will not be available for bidders use at the bid site.
Project is funded by a combination of Federal, State, and Non-Governmental sources.
Project includes Federal Grant C76HF20718 in the amount of $2,772,500 (11.5%) and
Non-Governmental funds in the amount of $5,000,000 (21.1%).
GS# 103-277 Library Envelope Repair
Jackson State University
at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Contract documents may
be obtained from:
Burris/Wagnon Architects, P.A.
500L East Woodrow Wilson Avenue
Jackson, Mississippi 39216
601-969-7543
A deposit of $50.00 is required. Bid preparation will be in accordance with
Instructions to Bidders bound in the project manual. The Bureau of Bu ilding,
Grounds and Real Property Management reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject any or all bids. NOTE: Telephones and desks will not be
available for bidders use at the bid site.
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
City of Jackson
Jackson, Mississippi
Sealed, signed RFP’s are invited and will be received by the City of Jackson, Mississippi, until 3:30 P.M. in the City Clerk’s Office of Jackson, the proposal must be stamped
in by 3:30 P.M. Tuesday, April 08, 2014, at which time said proposal will be publicly
opened at the City Hall located at 219 South President Street (City Council Chambers)
in City Hall for the following:
RFP 20853-040814 Integrated Software for Utility Billing with Oracle
RFP-98141-040814 Rental of 2014 Model Year Golf Carts for City of Jackson/Parks
& Recreation
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS/PROPOSALS
The Mississippi Children’s Museum is holding a pre-qualifications meeting
for firms or individuals interested in providing renovation/remodeling/construction services for its Education Center. The meeting will be held March
17, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at the Mississippi Children’s Museum, 2145 Highland
Drive, Jackson, MS 39202. The project will include renovation/remodeling/
construction of office spaces, sewer pipe replacement, flooring installation
and/or repair and bathroom remodeling. The meeting will include review of
the current spaces, with an office plan available for review. No Deposit is
required and bids on the project must be received at the Museum by close of
business March 28, 2014. The Museum’s physical address is 2145 Highland
Drive, Jackson, MS 39202; the mailing address is P.O. Box 55409, Jackson,
MS 39296. A performance bond will be required for the chosen bid. The bids
must be hand delivered or mailed to be received by the above date and time.
No telephone requests will be honored.
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BIDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.JACKSONMS.GOV.
A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held at the district offices located at 101 Near Street, Jackson, MS, 39203 on March 21, 2014 at 10:00
a.m. Attendance at this meeting is for any proposer wishing to submit a
proposal. The purpose of this meeting will be to answer any questions regarding the proposal specifications and the current transportation system.
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Glenn R. Kornbrek, Bureau Director
Sealed, written formal RFP proposals for the above RFP will be received
by the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District, in the
Business Office, 662 South President Street, Jackson, Mississippi, until
10:00 A.M. (Local Prevailing Time) March 27, 2014, at which time and
place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The Board of Trustees
reserves the right to reject any and all RFPS, to waive informalities, and
to withhold the acceptance of any RFP if approved for forty-five calendar days from the date RFPS are opened. Proposal forms and detailed
specifications may be obtained free of charge by emailing Bettie Jones, at
[email protected], in writing to the at JPS Central Office, Bettie
Jones, 662 S. President Street, Jackson, MS 39201 or downloaded from
our JPS website at www.jackson.k12.ms.us under Current News
NOTICE OF APRIL 8, 2014 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO FILL THE
UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE LATE MAYOR CHOWKE LUMUMBA.
On Monday March 3. 2014, the Jackson City Council voted to set the date of April
8, 2014 for the Municipal Special Election to fill the unexpired term of the late Mayor
Chowke Lumumba.
Each candidate shall qualify by petition filed with the Municipal Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on or
before March 19, 2014. Said petition must be signed by not less than fifty (50) qualified
electors. Qualifying packets will be available for pick-up on Wednesday, March 5,2014.
The City Clerk’s Office will be open March 4, 2014 to March 7, 2014 for Voter
Registration from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., and on Saturday, March 8, 2014 from 8:00
a.m. uniil 12:00 (noon).
The scheduled absentee voting period is March 29 - April 5, 2014. The City Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday, March 29, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 (noon), and on
Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 (noon).
If necessary, a run-off election will be held on Tuesday, April 22,2014. All inquiries
should be directed to Cily Clerk, Brenda Pree at 601-960-1036.
THE USE OF VOTER ID WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THIS ELECTION.
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The above must comply with the City’s specifications. Copies of proposal forms can be
obtained from the Purchasing Division, 200 South President Street, Room 604, Hood
Building, Jackson, Mississippi 39201. Copies of bid specifications are filed with the City
Clerk for public record in accordance with House Bill No 999, 1986 Regular Session of
the Mississippi Legislature.
The City of Jackson is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in Public Purchasing. It is the policy of the City of Jackson to promote full and equal business opportunities for all persons doing business with the City. As a pre-condition to selection,
each contractor, bidder or offer shall submit a completed and signed Equal Business
Opportunity (EBO) Plan Application, with each bid submission, in accordance with the
provisions set forth by authority of the City of Jackson’s EBO Ordinance. Failure to
comply with the City’s EBO Ordinance shall disqualify a contractor, bidder or offer, from
being awarded an eligible contract. For more information on the City’s EBO Program,
please contact the Office of Economic Development at (601)960-1638. Copies of the
EBO Ordinance, EBO Plan Application and a copy of the EBO Program are available
with the Office of Economic Development at 218 South President Street, Second Floor,
Jackson, Mississippi.
The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The City also reserves the right
to waive any and all informalities in respect to any bid submitted. Bid awards will be
made to the lowest and best bidder quoting the lowest net price in accordance with
specifications. The award could be according to the lowest cost per item; or to the lowest total cost for all items; or to accept all or part of any proposal. Delivery time may be
considered when evaluating the bid proposal. In those cases where it is known prior
to advertising that the City’s intention is to award according to the lowest total cost for
all items, or in some variation thereof, statements to this affect will be included on the
proposal form. Absence of such statement means the City will make that determination
during the bid review.
Hellene Greer, CPPB, NPCA, CPPO, Manager
Purchasing Division
(601) 960-1533
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ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF TESTING
AND ASSESSMENT PROCESSES FOR PROMOTION TO
FIRE LIEUTENANT/DRIVER OPERATOR
Notice is hereby given that the City of Jackson, Mississippi (hereinafter “City”), will receive sealed proposals for the Development, Administration and Management of Testing and Assessment Processes for Promotion to Fire Lieutenant/Driver Operator at the
Office of the City Clerk at 219 South President Street in Jackson, Mississippi 392050017 or P. 0. Box 17, Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0017 until 3:30 p.m. central standard
time, Tuesday, March 25, 2014.
Copies of the Specifications and Proposal Form for the Development and Management
of Testing and Assessment Processes for Promotion to Fire Lieutenant/Driver Operator
are on file in the Office of the Director of Personnel Management, 1000 Metrocenter,
Suite 102, Jackson, Mississippi 39209, and copies will be provided upon request. All
proposals must be submitted to the City Clerk no later than 3:30 p.m.. Tuesday, March
25, 2013 in a sealed envelope, addressed as follows:
For Delivery:
For Mailing:
City of Jackson City Clerk City Hall
219 S. President Street Jackson, MS 39205-0017
City of Jackson
City Clerk
P.O. Box 17
Jackson, MS 39205-0017
All proposals must be delivered or mailed in a sealed envelope (mailed proposals must
be contained in a sealed envelope inside the mailing envelope) and labeled in the lower
left comer as follows:
SEALED PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT PROCESSES FOR PROMOTION TO FIRE
LIEUTENANT/DRIVER OPERATOR TO BE RECEIVED AND OPENED AT CITY
HALL 3:30 P.M., TUESDAY, APRIL 1,2014
The City reserves the right to reject any and all such proposals.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROPOSAL
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
PROCESSES FOR PROMOTION TO DISTRICT FIRE CHIEF
Notice is hereby given that the City of Jackson, Mississippi (hereinafter “City”), will receive sealed proposals for the Development. Administration and Management of Testing and Assessment Processes for Promotion to District Fire Chief at the Office of the
City Clerk at 219 South President Street in Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0017 or P. 0.
Box 17, Jackson, Mississippi 392U5-0017 until 3:30 p.m. central standard time, Tuesday, March 25, 2014.
of Testing and Assessment Processes for Promotion to District Fire Chief are on file
in the Office of the Director of Personnel Management, 1000 Metrocenter, Suite 102,
Jackson, Mississippi 39209, and copies will be provided upon request. All proposals
must be submitted to the City Clerk no later than 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 25, 2013 in
a sealed envelope, addressed as follows:
For Delivery:
For Mailing:
City of Jackson
City Clerk
P.O. Box 17
be contained in a sealed envelope inside the mailing envelope) and labeled in the lower
left corner as follows:
OF TESTING AND ASSESSMENT PROCESSES FOR PROMOTION TO DISTRICT
FIRE CHIEF TO BE RECEIVED AND OPENED AT CITY HALL 3:30 P.M.,
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Notice is hereby given that the City of Jackson, Mississippi (hereinafter “City”), will receive sealed proposals for the Development, Administration and Management of Testing and Assessment Processes for Promotion to Fire Captain at the Office of the City
Clerk at 219 Sou^h President Street in Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0017 or P. 0. Box
17, Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0017 until 3:30 p.m. central standard time, Tuesday,
March 25,2014.
The purpose of this notice is to advise all interested parties, including transit and paratransit operators, of the services being planned for providing transportation services for
the elderly and disabled within the area as described above, and to ensure that such a
program would not represent a duplication of current or of proposed services provided
by existing transit or paratransit operators in the area.
of Testing and Assessment Processes for Promotion to Fire Captain are on file in the
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“Transforming Pain to Power:
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Daniel Beaty
Berkley Books Hardcover
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Excerpted from the Introduction (pages 4-6):
“I grew up in Dayton, Ohio
in a home scarred by addiction
and incarceration. For most
of my childhood… I thought
chaos, bondage and sadness
were the norm… My concept
of who I could be in the world
was greatly influenced by the
men in my house…
“My father was a heroin addict and dealer… and my older
brother followed in [his] footsteps, becoming addicted to
crack cocaine and spending
time in prison as well…
“My life has been graced
with the appearance of ANGELS who have led me
through moments of intense
darkness and empowered me
to realize my potential… In
this book, through memoir, poetry, character monologues, re-
covery technology, exercises,
and statements of affirmations,
I intend to share all that I have
learned with the goal of empowering people to create the
lives of their dreams.”
By any measure, Daniel
Beaty had a pretty challenging
childhood, starting even before
his birth.
He was almost born in prison, when his very pregnant
mother was busted for possession of his dope-dealing dad’s
heroin. She eventually had to
raise him all alone when his trifling father finally abandoned
the family after ping-ponging
back and forth between home
and the slammer.
Fortunately, while in the
third grade, Daniel’s teacher
played a video of Martin Luther King delivering his “I
Have a Dream” speech. The
historic address had a salutary
effect on the young lad in need
of a positive role model. Right
then and there, a seed was
planted which put Daniel on a
path to transcend his tragic circumstances.
That journey would include a
BA in English and music from
Yale University and an MFA in
acting from the American Conservatory Theater. Today, he’s
quite an accomplished poet,
playwright, actor, singer and
motivational speaker.
And he’s also the author of
Transforming Pain to Power:
Unlock Your Unlimited Potential, an uplifting opus which is
as much an autobiography as it
is a positive thinking, self-help
tool.
Underpinning this tough
love tome is a simple enough
basic philosophy, namely, “No
matter who you are, where
you are, or what you’ve been
through, there is a power within you that is the unlimited
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potential to create, do, or be
anything.”
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is filled with interactive exercises from role play to affirmations (“I am worthy of
my dreams”) to fill in the
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An inspirational, practical
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This Week’s Horoscopes
This is a good week to clean house in the
workplace and start off on a fresh foot.
1/21 - 2/19
Aquarius
ACROSS
1. Dislike
5. Popular stadium
9. Mined metals
10. Indian tribe’s head
11. Resist
12. ___ Matisse, painter
13. Bind
15. Directory (abbr.)
16. Metal canopy
18. 1800’s Italian secret society
21. Before, poetically
22. Bezzant
26. Multi-colored rock
28. Roman eight
29. Filled
30. Lazy
31. Otherwise
32. Desire
DOWN
1. Bum
2. Middle East dweller
3. Signal
4. Igloo dweller
5. That girl
6. Eastern religion
7. Strange
8. On fire
10. Small red fruit
14. Clothed
17. 16th century Persian capital
18. Stop
19. Wild sheep
20. Animal products
23. Assistant
24. African river
25. Same score
27. Ball holder
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If you trust your instincts this week, they
probably will not fail you.
7/23-8/21
Leo
Make sure you're not demanding too
much of yourself today because in the
long run, you may not have this much
energy!
2/20 - 3/20
Pisces
Don't bet it all, but small risks taken with
confidence might pay off this week.
8/22 - 9/23
Virgo
At this time, a well designed program is
determined by whether or not you can
keep it going on an off day.
3/21 - 4/20
Aries
This week one success will likely lead to
another!
9/24 - 10/23
Libra
It's a fantastic time for counterintuitive
solutions, so think outside of the box.
4/21 - 5/21
Taurus
Fortune unfolds one moment at a time,
and with patience, may build a stock pile
of wealth.
10/24 - 11/22
Scorpio
If it feels right, it's probably not today, so
don't jump to conclusions based on a
hunch.
5/22 - 6/21
Gemini
You can be lucky without having to trust
in luck today.
11/23 - 12/22
Sagittarius
Bat ideas and feelings back and forth and
look at both sides of the issue this week!
6/22 - 7/22
Cancer
Your improved dietary routine and lifestyle
changes will begin to pay off this week.
12/23 - 1/20
Capricorn
(For puzzle answer keys, see page 14)
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March 13 - 19, 2014
Broncos get Ware; Bucs
cut Revis; Decker to Jets
By Howard Fendrich
AP Pro Football Writer
Well, that didn’t take long.
Pass rusher DeMarcus Ware got
a $30 million, three-year contract
from the Denver Broncos Wednesday, less than 24 hours after being
released by the Dallas Cowboys.
Not quite keeping pace with
the nonstop nature of Day 1 of
free agency, Day 2 did include
the Buccaneers releasing cornerback Darrelle Revis after failing
to trade him; wide receiver Eric
Decker bolting Denver to sign
with the New York Jets; receiver
Golden Tate leaving the Super
Bowl champion Seahawks to play
alongside All-Pro Calvin Johnson
with the Lions; and the Browns
cutting two quarterbacks, Brandon
Weeden and Jason Campbell.
The Revis move saved the Bucs
a $1.5 million bonus that would
have been due if he remained on
the roster with his $16 million salary. It also freed up room under the
cap for a continuing roster overhaul under new coach Lovie Smith
and general manager Jason Licht.
With Broncos executive John
Elway showing the same ability to
close a deal that he did during his
Hall of Fame career as a quarterback - and used two years ago to
lure Peyton Manning to Denver Ware’s first team visit resulted in
a deal that includes $20 million in
guaranteed money.
“It’s a perfect fit for me,” Ware
said at a news conference.
He’ll pair with linebacker Von
Miller to give AFC champion
Denver a pair of quarterback chasers. Elway has been busy upgrading the defense during the first
two days of the NFL’s free-agency
period, adding cornerback Aqib
Talib from the Patriots and safety
T.J. Ward on Tuesday.
“Their mentality is a ‘now’
mentality,” Ware said about the
Broncos. “Not looking forward
to next season or the season after
that. The time is now.”
The 31-year-old Ware had 117
sacks and went to seven Pro Bowls
in nine seasons with the Cowboys.
He had a career-low six sacks last
season, when he missed time with
a thigh injury, then had offseason
elbow surgery.
The Cowboys made another
move to clear cap space Wednesday, jettisoning receiver Miles
Austin, as expected, saving about
$5.5 million. Austin’s release is
effective June 1. And they signed
free agent defensive linemen Terrell McClain and Jeremy Mincey.
Revis, meanwhile, spent only
one season with the Bucs, who
got him from the Jets for a 2013
first-round draft pick and a 2014
fourth-round choice.
If Revis had still been on Tampa
Bay’s roster by 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, the Bucs would have needed
to upgrade that 2014 draft pick to
a third-rounder. The Bucs already
signed a topflight cornerback,
former Titans player Alterraun
Verner, on Tuesday, when they
also brought aboard defensive end
Michael Johnson, defensive tackle
Clinton McDonald and tight end
Brandon Myers.
Decker spent all day Wednesday at the Jets’ facility and had
dinner with a contingent of team
officials, including coach Rex
Ryan. He gives quarterback Geno
Smith and the offense a sorely
needed playmaker and No. 1-type
wide receiver.
The 6-foot-3, 214-pound Decker, who’ll be 27 Saturday, set career highs last season catching
passes from Peyton Manning with
87 catches and 1,288 yards receiving to go along with 11 touchdowns. He had 85 receptions for
1,064 yards and a career-best 13
TDs in 2012.
Tampa Bay added a quarterback Wednesday by agreeing to a
two-year contract with Josh McCown, a backup who got a chance
to start five games last season for
the Bears in place of an injured Jay
Cutler.
A player expecting to be on the
move soon was Carolina receiver
Steve Smith, whose agent, Derrick
Fox, told The Associated Press the
five-time Pro Bowl pick “is not
going to play for the Panthers next
year.” Fox said he expected Smith
to get cut, although Carolina was
trying to trade him.
In other news Wednesday:
-Yet another pass rusher became available when defensive
end Chris Clemons was released
by the Seahawks. Clemons was
due to make $7.5 million in base
salary next season. He is the fourth
member of Seattle’s defense to
be released or sign with another
club as a free agent. Tate departs
from the offense, getting a fiveyear deal worth $31 million with
$13.25 million guaranteed, according to a person familiar with
the negotiations. The person spoke
to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been
announced.
-Seattle did add a player finally,
agreeing with former Jaguars re-
File - In this Sept. 22, 2013, file photo, Dallas Cowboys defensive
end DeMarcus Ware walks the field during the second quarter of
an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas. The Dallas Cowboys are
releasing franchise sacks leader Ware to save salary cap room after
the worst season of his career. AP Photo/LM Otero, File
ceiver Taylor Price on a one-year
deal. But it also lost guard Breno
Giacomini to the Jets. New York
also re-signed backup defensive
lineman Leger Douzable to a oneyear deal.
-Offensive lineman Rodger Saffold failed his physical and won’t
sign a contract with Oakland. The
Raiders agreed to a five-year,
$42.5 million deal with $21.5
million in guarantees with Saffold shortly after the start of free
agency on Tuesday. But the team
said Wednesday night that Saffold
did not pass his physical.
-Cornerback Corey Graham’s
agent said on Twitter the player
agreed to a four-year contract with
the Bills, leaving the Ravens.
-Returner-receiver Jacoby Jones
agreed to a four-year contract to
stay with the Ravens.
-Linebacker Jon Beason agreed
to stay with the Giants, who also
re-signed kicker Josh Brown and
safety Stevie Brown.
-Cornerback Eric Wright resigned with the 49ers.
-Offensive lineman David
Stewart was waived by the Titans
after failing a physical. Tennessee
also signed former Steelers defensive lineman Al Woods to a multiyear deal.
-Saints running back Pierre
Thomas agreed to a two-year contract extension.
-Miami defensive tackle Randy
Starks signed a $12 million, twoyear contract.
-Tight end David Johnson
joined the Chargers from Pitts-
burgh, which re-signed safety Will
Allen, long snapper Greg Warren
and offensive lineman Cody Wallace.
-Former Seahawks safety Chris
Maragos and former Texans linebacker Bryan Braman joined the
Eagles.
-Linebacker Dekoda Watson
went to the Jaguars from the Bucs.
-Former Rams guard Chris Williams went to the Bills - then joked
he was prepared to go anywhere to
get a chance to play.
“I’d go to Antarctica,” Williams
said. “But Buffalo’s a lot better
than Antarctica, so I’m just excited
to be here.”
AP Sports Writers Tim Booth,
Tom Canavan, Fred Goodall, Pat
Graham, Larry Lage, Janie McCauley, Steve Reed, John Wawrow,
Steven Wine and Tom Withers contributed to this report.
Jets agree to terms with
former broncos Decker
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- The
New York Jets have agreed
to terms with former Denver
Broncos wide receiver Eric
Decker, considered by many the
top free agent at his position.
The Jets on Monday cut talented but oft-injured wide receiver Santonio Holmes after
four seasons. The move saved
the Jets $8.25 million, and Holmes was also scheduled to have
a $10.75 million cap number, a
lofty total for a one-time Super
Bowl MVP who has struggled
with inconsistency the last
two seasons. He turned 30 last
week.
The Jets get a rising star in
Decker, who last season combined with Demaryius Thomas
as the most prolific receiving
tandem (2,718 yards) in the
league, meshing with Peyton
Manning all year.
Getting a top receiver was a
priority as the Jets headed into
free agency, especially after
parting with Holmes.
Decker emerged late last
season, with a four-touchdown
breakout at Kansas City on Dec.
1. Until then, the only starring
role Decker enjoyed with the
Broncos had come in his reality TV show about his wedding
to country and pop singer Jessie
James.
He was in the final year of the
contract he signed as a rookie
four years ago with no extension in hand. He ended December with eight touchdowns for
the Broncos, a triumph of sorts
for a player who had contended
with a balky shoulder and endless comparisons to teammates
Thomas, Wes Welker and Julius
Thomas. The slump-busting
performance against the Chiefs
did wonders for him as the
Broncos advanced to the Super
Bowl.
Also Wednesday, the Jets
agreed to terms with former
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 file
photo, Denver Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker (87) makes
a touchdown reception against
Kansas City Chiefs cornerback
Brandon Flowers during an NFL
football game in Kansas City, Mo.
The New York Jets have agreed
to terms with Decker, considered
by many the top free agent at his
position. AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File
Seattle Seahawks right tackle
Breno Giacomini, quickly finding a replacement for Austin
Howard.
The Jets re-signed backup
defensive lineman Leger Douzable to a one-year deal, too.
Giacomini missed seven
games with a knee injury last
season for Seattle, but was
back in time for the Seahawks’
run to their Super Bowl title
against Denver. The 6-foot-7,
318-pound Giacomini will replace Howard, who signed with
Oakland as a free agent after
starting every game the last two
seasons. Giacomini was a fifthround pick in 2008 of Green
Bay, where he spent three seasons before spending the last
three with Seattle.
Douzable signed with New
York as a free agent last offseason and had 20 tackles and a
career-high 1 1/2 sacks.
The Jets earlier released cornerback Antonio Cromartie,
clearing $17.75 million of salary cap space. New York could
also save another $8.3 million if
they cut quarterback Mark Sanchez, who missed last season
with a shoulder injury.
March 13 - 19, 2014
Second Annual Black Family
National movement promoting
Summit focuses on the black male economic development and black
businesses kicks off April 1
The “Influence of Grandfathers on
Family Stability, Athletes and Education, and Fatherhood” are among
the topics headlining the second annual Black Family Summit, taking
place March 18-19, 2014 at the Mississippi e-Center at Jackson State
University.
“Reclaiming, Restoring, and Preserving the Black Male Presence
in Mississippi” is the theme for the
two-day convening, which is presented by Mississippi Families for
Kids (MFFK), Jackson State University’s Schools of Public Service
and Social Work, and the Mississippi
NAACP, among others.
The Summit opens with a keynote address from Rev. C.J. Rhodes
at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 18,
followed by a series of panel discussions focusing on family dynamics, education, family health,
and eco-boomers. Also on Tuesday
from 12:30-1:30 p.m., there will
be a discussion titled “Beyond the
Ballgame,” when panelists will talk
about the influence of sports on education.
Day 2 of the summit Wednesday,
March 19, will pay tribute to the life
and legacy of Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and will feature a panel of
activists who will provide insight on
what the community can do to continue his work.
An annual award will be pre-
sented in Lumumba’s name for advancing social justice in the black
community. Special guests for
the summit include Congressman
Bennie Thompson, W.K. Kellogg
Foundation’s William Buster, Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Southern
Regional Director Cheryl Turner,
and former Miss Mississippi Kimberly Morgan-Myles.
“The black male is in a state of
emergency,” said Dr. Linda West,
executive director for MFFK.
“From education to the criminal justice system, our black boys and men
are constantly targeted and forced
into a pipeline of destruction. It’s up
to us to address these issues and find
solutions to ensuring success for our
rocks in the community. This summit gives us the opportunity to have
Regions Bank and Jobs for
Mississippi Graduates have
partnered to develop a mentorship program for students
of Murrah High School.
The JMG Regions Mentorship Program (JR MP) is designed to link at-risk youths
at Murrah High School with
Regions Financial Corporation executives in an effort
to eradicate academic underachievement, risky health behaviors, and low self-esteem
while enhancing the socialization, productivity, and charitable giving of the Regions
executives.
A meeting is scheduled
for members of the Regions
Bank-JMG Mentorship Project and Murrah High School
mentees Wednesday, March
19, at 10 a.m. The meeting
will be held in the Murrah
High School Library, located
at 1400 Murrah Dr., in Jackson.
Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, an employability skills
training and drop-out prevention program, has sites in 43
schools across the state of
Mississippi.
JMG, an affiliate of Jobs
Keynote speaker entrepreneur and radio executive
Oscar Joyner, registration deadline approaching
a collaborative effort to engage in
that dialogue.”
Dr. Olga Osby, JSU social work
professor and summit co-chair said,
“About 300 people are expected to
attend this year’s summit. We are
very excited to have our partners
join us as well as Humana, who will
provide health screenings and health
insurance information.”
Other hosts for the 2014 summit include the SMHART Institute,
Children’s Defense Fund, and the
City of Jackson.
Registration is $25 for early bird,
$30 for on-site, and$40 for exhibitors.
For more information, contact
Nadeane Sander at 601-957-7670 or
via email to [email protected].
Register on-line at www.mffk.org.
A national movement to
promote economic development, designed to grow black
businesses and change the
economic landscape of urban
communities will kick off in
Jackson, featuring a keynote
speech by Oscar Joyner, entrepreneur and media executive.
The Partnership for Economic Development (PED)
program will be held from 8
a.m. until 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at the
Mississippi e-Center at Jackson State University, 1230
Raymond Road.
Joyner, president of Reach
Media Inc. and executive
producer of the nationally
syndicated, “Tom Joyner
Morning Show,” will join
a group of leaders from all
segments of the community,
including local businesses,
churches, community and
civic groups, fraternities, sororities and local and state
elected officials.
“We need to wake up this
city - and this nation,” said
James Covington, author,
entrepreneur, and creator
of The Partnership for Economic Development. “I’m
sick and tired of us waiting around for help when
we need to step up and help
ourselves. We need to invest
in our communities to create new businesses, which,
in turn, will create new jobs
and transform our communities.”
Participants in the April
event will have a chance to
become founding partners
of the Partnership For Economic Development, which
is a national collaboration of
African-American organizations and economic engines,
including governmental entities, colleges and universities, faith-based institutions,
businesses, and non-profits
working to stimulate economic development in the
African-American community.
PED is designed to complement
WhereToGo411.
com, an economic development tool that connects black
businesses to local and national buyers.
WhereToGo411.com was
launched by Covington and
Kathy Y. Times, an Emmy
award-winning
journalist
and past president of the National Association of Black
Journalists.
Mississippi’s public universities are among buyers
using the online interactive
marketplace to reach black
businesses.
Any one interested in attending the April 1 kick off
must RSVP by Monday,
March 24, by emailing Ashley Guy at [email protected].
For any questions about
PED or WhereToGo411.com,
call 769.553.1978 or email
[email protected].
“Jobs for Mississippi Graduates” partners
with Regions Bank for mentorship program
for America’s Graduates, is
a state-based national nonprofit organization dedicated
to preventing dropouts among
young people who are most
at-risk.
In more than three decades
of operation, JAG has delivered consistent, compelling
results - helping nearly threequarters of a million young
people stay in school through
graduation, pursue postsecondary education and secure
PSA
quality entry-level jobs leading to career advancement opportunities.
According to Atty. Ramona
Williams, executive director of the Job for Mississippi
Graduates Program, the goals
of the mentorship program
are to pair caring adult professionals with identified
JMG students at Murrah High
School.
The professionals will provide academic remediation,
guidance, career counseling,
and emotional support to the
students.
Additionally, the Regions
executives (mentors) will
aid and assist the JMG participants to remain in school
and graduate and provide real
time, work based learning opportunities and implementation of employability skills.
The mentorship program
will provide the mechanism
whereby Regions Financial
Corporation can make a comprehensive investment in the
education of youths in Jackson.
For more information about
Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, visit www.jmgms.org or
www.jag.org.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 13 - 19, 2014
Sony swoops rights to graphic
novel ‘The Harlem Hellfighters’
eurweb.com
Sony Pictures has acquired
the rights to “World War Z”
author Max Brooks’ soon-tobe published graphic novel
“The Harlem Hellfighters,”
about the U.S. Army’s 369th
infantry regiment, an AfricanAmerican unit fighting in Europe during World War I.
The famed infantry regiment, which spent more time
in direct combat than any
other American unit during
the war, returned home only
to face the hard hand of racism from their fellow soldiers,
citizens and the federal government.
Michael De Luca will
oversee the project in one of
his first projects with Sony
as production president of
Columbia Pictures. Caleeb
Pinkett and James Lassiter
will produce for Will and Jada
Illustrated by Caanan White
Pinkett Smith’s Overbrook and set in 1918, Harlem HellEntertainment and Brooks fighters is set to be published
will adapt the script.
April 1 by Broadway Books.
Jennifer Beals to star in
Kyra Sedgwick-produced
TNT pilot ‘Proof’
eurweb.com
Jennifer Beals has been cast
as the lead in TNT’s “Proof,”
a supernatural medical drama
executive produced by actress
Kyra Sedgwick.
Beals will play Dr. Kathryn
Russo, a skeptical, hard-science, brilliant female surgeon
with a caustic edge who has
been struggling with the devastating loss of her teenage
son and a growing estrangement from her surviving
daughter.
She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation,
out-of-body
experiences,
hauntings - all of it looking for
verifiable proof to answer one
of life’s greatest questions: Is
death truly the end, or is there
something else beyond?
Beals was in hot demand for
broadcast pilots this season,
reports Deadline.com. She
previously starred in Showtime’s “The L Word” and
Fox’s “Chicago
Code.” She also
co-created and
is executive producing “Laughs
Unlimited,” in
development at
HBO.
C o m p e t ing for talent
with dozens of
broadcast drama pilots, TNT
has been able
to successfully
cast all three of
its pilots, with
Beals toplining
“Proof” and Julia Stiles as the
lead of “Guilt
By Association.”
The third drama, “Agent X,”
snagged Sharon
Stone before the Actress Jennifer Beals arrive at the 6th annual
beginning of pi- SELF Magazine’s Women Doing Good Awards at
lot season.
Apella Sept. 11, 2013 in New York City.
Malik Yoba joins Terrence
Howard, Taraji P. Henson
in Fox’s ‘Empire’
eurweb.com
Malik Yoba has joined the
expanding cast of Lee Daniels’ hip hop-themed Fox
drama “Empire.”
Terrence Howard stars as
Lucious Lyon (Howard), a
charismatic, savvy music superstar who is about to take
his company, Empire Entertainment, public.
Yoba will play Vernon
Turner, Lucious’s longtime
friend from the streets and
business associate who is
now the chairman of the
board of Empire Entertainment.
As
previously
reported, Taraji P. Henson plays
Cookie Lyon, Lucious’ exwife and former business
partner who did 17 years in
prison for dealing drugs money she funneled directly
to Lucious’ fledging music
empire.
Now
she’s been released early for
good behavior
and she wants
what’s hers.
Jussie Smollet plays Lucious and Cookie’s gay son
Jamal, who has
been judged and
rejected by his
father
despite
being a musical
prodigy.
Timbaland
has signed on as
the pilot’s songwriter and song
producer. Lee
Daniels, Danny
Strong and Brian Grazer are Malik Yoba attends ‘The Lonliness Of A Long
executive pro- Distance Runner’ opening night at Jake’s Saloon
ducing.
Jan. 21, 2014 in New York City.
March 13 - 19, 2014
Dear Fellow Jacksonians,
My family and I are truly grateful to you for your overwhelming support and presence on Tuesday
evening at City Hall as I announced my candidacy for Mayor of the City of Jackson. Despite less than
favorable weather conditions, you stood with us and, for that, we say THANK YOU.
Your positive energy and enthusiasm were truly humbling. Being in the midst of so many passionate
and dedicated citizens provided a small glimpse of the collective impact we can make in this City.
This was an incredible first step in OUR campaign - The People’s Campaign! This campaign is not
about an individual or one man, this campaign is about our City and one People! I believe in this City. I
believe in the People of Jackson.
Please like our Facebook Page “Elect Chokwe Lumumba” for real-time updates. If you are interested
in getting involved with The People’s Campaign, please email us at ChokweAntarForMayor@gmail.
com or follow us on Twitter at @ChokweLumumba. You can also receive updates on Instagram @
ChokweAntarForMayor. You may also contact The People’s Campaign by contacting the campaign
office at 601.362.0021.
If you would like to contribute to The People’s Campaign, please send your donations to:
The Committee to Elect Chokwe A. Lumumba
P.O. Box 11691
Jackson, MS 39283
There is much work to be done and WE NEED YOU to continue the vision and make prosperity and
security a reality for all of Jackson. Love + The People’s Power = Progress.
In sincere gratitude,
Chokwe Antar
#ThePeoplesMissionContinues
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