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The Friends of Zack Reed will sponsor its 22nd Annual 2018 Toys for Tots Holiday Party & Celebrity Fashion Show with the goal to collect 1,000 toys for the needy children of Northeast Ohio. Beverages will be pro-vided with admission. Celebrities invited include: Alec Blackmon, Andrea Vecchio, Tiffany Tarpley, and Vanessa Whiting, Esq. Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10 at the door with a new, unopened toy for donation (or $20 without a toy).

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The Friends of Zack Reed will sponsor its 22nd Annual 2018 Toys for Tots Holiday Party & Celebrity Fashion Show with the goal to collect 1,000 toys for the needy children of Northeast Ohio. Beverages will be pro-vided with admission. Celebrities invited include: Alec Blackmon, Andrea Vecchio, Tiffany Tarpley, and Vanessa Whiting, Esq. Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10 at the door with a new, unopened toy for donation (or $20 without a toy).

Toys For Tots event to be held ... The Harvard Community Services Center will extend its Food Pantry hours to distribute Food Baskets & Care Packets to the community and primarily Ward One re-sidents on Thursday, August 13th from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Jazz for Harvard: Healing Arts-Virtual event. The weekly Food Pantry hours are: Tuesday 9-12pm, Wednesday 9-12pm, & Thursday 9-2pm Care Packets and available and include: Includes masks, hand sanitizer, paper towels, toilet tissue; for families with babies - diapers and bottles; and for women (personal items as needed).

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Kid’s Corner A city council in the heart of the South, where slavery raged until the Civil War, has una-nimously passed a resolution for reparations for its Black residents. Asheville, North Carolina, said it “apologizes and makes amends for” participating in and sanctioning slavery, enforcing segregation, and other discriminatory practices, in addition to carrying out a destructive urban-renewal program.

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region whose average has jumped back over $2/gallon. At $1.86, Indiana carries the second most expensive aver-age in the region, while Mis-souri ($1.54) touts the cheap-est. The Energy Informa-tion Administration (EIA) reports that regional gasoline stocks have decreased for six straight weeks, bringing total stock levels down to the low-est measurement of the year at 54 million barrels. How-ever, stocks remain above the year-ago level of 49.5 million barrels and the five-year aver-age of 52.6 million barrels.This week’s average pric-es: Northeast Ohio Average $1.915

The average price for gasoline across Northeast Ohio is six cents higher this week at $1.915 per gallon, ac-cording to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The nation’s largest weekly gas price increases can be found for a second week in the Great Lakes and Central States region. Five states from the region land on the top 10 list for largest jumps, although this week’s increases are less than a dime: Wisconsin (+7 cents), Iowa (+7 cents), Kan-sas (+7 cents), Nebraska (+5 cents) and Minnesota (+5 cents). With increases over the last two weeks, Illinois ($2.13) is the only state in the

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Two brothers died early Thursday a pair of gunmen wearing masks shot them outside a home in Cleveland’s Lee-Harvard neighbor-hood, police said. Dominique King, 26, and his brother Devonta King, 22, died in the shooting outside a home on Walden Avenue near East 161st Street, accord-ing to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office.No arrests have been made in the case, police said. Homicide detectives learned the shooting occurred just before 1:30 a.m. as Devonte King stood in a drive-way and spoke with Dominique King, who was sitting in a Jeep, police said. Two unidentified men wear-

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Trump wants to send federal troop to stem violence Fifteen people in Cleveland suffered gunshot wounds from Friday night through Sunday night, ac-cording to police. Three peo-ple were killed in the shoot-ings. A fourth person who was shot on Thursday died on Saturday according to po-lice. There have been 89 homicides in Cleveland so far in 2020, compared with 68 at the same time in 2019. As a consequence of the rise in homicides, Trump wants to send federal troops to Cleveland. The Justice Depart-ment said Wednesday it will deploy nearly 100 federal

agents to Detroit, Cleveland and Milwaukee as an ex-pansion of its crime-fighting initiative dubbed “Operation Legend.” Officers from the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Adminis-tration and Bureau of Alco-hol Tobacco and Explosives will be dispatched to combat rising crime rates in the city.The expansion of Operation Legend comes as state and local officials have become wary of increased federal law enforcement in major cities. Several mayors across the country have warned the Trump adminis-tration about sending federal

officers to their cities, point-ing to the aggressive tactics used to battle the civil unrest in Portland. The Justice Depart-ment, however, says the offi-cers will assist in criminal in-vestigations, not quell rioting.“For decades, the Department of Justice has achieved signifi-cant success when utilizing our anti-violent crime task forces and federal law enforcement agents to enforce federal law and assist American cities that are experiencing upticks in vi-olent crime,” Attorney General William P. Barr said in a state-ment. Barr added that all three cities have reported a “disturb-ing uptick” in violent crime.Still, the cities’ mayors ap-peared skeptical.

In Cleveland, 25 agents from the FBI, DEA and ATF will be assigned to existing local and state task forces under the direction of Justin Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Cleveland has re-ported a 13 percent in-crease in homicides and a 35 percent jump in shoot-ings over the same period last year, the Justice De-partment reported. Milwaukee and Cleveland will each re-ceive about $10 million to hire police and parole offic-es as well as state troopers. Cleveland and Milwaukee will receive $1 million and $2 million, respectively, to fight crime.

Two brothers fatally shoting masks came up to the broth-ers and shot both of them multiple times, police said. The gunmen ran away after the shooting. Devonte King died at the scene. Dominique King died after an ambulance took him to University Hospitals, police said. The brothers are among three men killed in shootings early Thursday in Cleveland, which has experienced a spike in gun vio-lence this year. Experts and some officials, including Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and police Chief Calvin Williams, said the rise in violence could be attributed at least in part to the stress of the coronavirus pandemic.

Harry Boomer from Channel 19 talked to protesters including Jones and Davis of Father’s Lives Matter in front of the Department of Children and Family Services. The rash of several children dying in their custody has lead to the protests demanding more transparency from the organization.

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Deputy Chief Victor Mc-Dowell passed out badges and talked to the children about safety during the art day event at Woodhill Home Estate last Saturday. Story and additional photos on page 2.

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For the second time in four years, experts told top Cleve-land police officials that the de-partment needs more detectives in its homicide unit to solve more cases. This newest recommen-dation came from the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice’s National Public Safety Partnership arm that aims to help cities with violent crime by assessing specific issues facing each city and offering police train-ing and strategies to better solve and deter crimes. Cleveland needs 38 ho-micide detectives to investigate the increasing number of homicides in the city properly, the report says. Cleveland police currently have 19 full-time detectives and three other detectives working with the unit on a temporary, 90-day basis. The reports’ findings come as deadly violence in Cleve-land has increased this year, in-cluding a particularly bloody Fourth of July weekend that saw at least 27 people shot and four killed. Police filed charges in one of the four homicide cases as of Monday afternoon. The report issued recom-mendations similar to the 2016 Po-lice Executive Research Forum re-port that called for more detectives in the homicide unit and for the department to put more resources towards solving homicides. The city implemented some of those changes, made some improve-ments in other areas, but ignored other PERF recommendations. Cleveland city officials refused to release the 10-page

Homicides up; solved cases way downPublic Safety Partnership report for five months, despite repeated requests from cleveland.com. It also took 14 months for the depart-ment to release the original PERF report. City officials did not respond to inquiries explaining why it took so long to release them. Cleveland police’s agree-ment with the U.S. Department of Justice, known as the consent de-cree, has so far created a number of changes within the department, but its focus is on reforming misconduct and mismanagement in the depart-ment, not on how to better solve crimes. Adding more detectives to the homicide unit would not neces-sarily cost the city more money, al-though the report suggests the city should pay homicide detectives more. Detectives make the same pay as patrol officers, based on their se-niority. The report does not specify whether replacements for district detectives moved that are moved to the homicide unit should come from the patrol, if there district detective position should be left unfilled or if more hires are needed. Cleveland City Council Safety Committee chair Matt Zone, whose son is a Cleveland Police of-ficer, said ensuring the police depart-ment’s specialty units — homicide, sex crimes and domestic violence — is “among the highest priorities” for council. He said he had not been given the Public Safety Partner-ship report. Zone said he previously raised the issue of paying detectives in those units more than patrol of-ficers as an incentive to recruit and retain good detectives in those units.

William Jordan Jr., was posing as a lobster as he waited his turn to decorate a face mask he attended with his mother Destyni Iverson

Judge Wanda Jones talk-ed to members of Black On Black Crime, Inc. this week and answered questions about justice reform in Cleveland. According to Al Prter Jr., CEO and president of Black on Black Crime, Inc., Jones discussed the changes in the Courts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jones was very informative and answered questions from the au-dience. Jones lost a close race against Judge Daniel Gaul in No-vember. The race made local and na-tional headlines after being featured in season three of hit podcast Serial. Facing 28-year incumbent Judge Daniel Gaul, the Solon attor-ney ran on less than $5,000. Jones, who became a lawyer after spend-ing two decades as a mail carrier and banker, had just over the required six years of law experience. She thought it’d be a learning experience to build on for future races. To Jones’s surprise, she was appointed by then-Governor John Kasich to a recently vacated Com-mon Pleas seat in December — right next to her former foe. In January, Jones joined three other African-American judges — the most ever — on the first majority-female Com-mon Pleas bench in Cuyahoga Coun-ty’s history. The milestone is a continu-ation of the groundwork laid by the likes of Sara J. Harper, an African-

Judge Jones speaks in East Cleveland

American woman who went from public housing projects to serve on the Eighth District Court of Appeals, Ohio Court of Appeals and as president of the Cleveland NAACP. “She’s been my idol since I met her when I was 13 years old,” says Jones. “It’s re-ally important for people who come in the courthouse to see people who look like them and that the bench would represent the people that are coming in the courts.” The Glenville High School and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law graduate shared her thoughts on Serial and her agenda before running for re-election in 2020.

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rica. We worked in a factory that made water clamps, it was a small company and the wor-kers sat relatively clo-se together. After some time, he started asking me about what part of the USA I was from? It was the time in the 60’s the media was displaying the bru-tality the black people in the south were expe-riencing at the hands of beasts that were in char-ge there. He thought that was only in the southern USA, those things hap-pened and that’s becau-se I was from in north that wasn’t the case. I laughed and said, that it’s everywhere in the USA. He sat there for a few minutes, then began telling about some of his family members had mi-grated to the USA. After arriving in the states, they com-municated with him and part of what they told him was that the authori-ties who talked to them, showed them degrading movies about blacks in America. Told them to stay away from them, that is where criminals and bums who were dirty, they didn’t want to work. They would rape them. Now, you have to keep in mind, he told me what his fa-mily told him. It came to me at that moment, that he had to be telling me the truth, becau-se as a younger person coming up, I would see the DP’s almost running in fear when they saw us anywhere near them. I could never figure out why. What he said woke me up and made me understand what it was. Over the years I’ve been told the same stori-es by other immigrants, from various groups, the identical stories. One of the ones that stands out is, there were some Koreans who were ta-ken on tour of Harlem as part of their orienta-tions, they were on a bus

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The 3 C’s (Co-ping, Creating, and Caring) sponsored an arts and crafts event for kids at the Wood-hill Home Estate, outside the Community Center, 2491 Baldwin Road, last Saturday. More than 60 kids participated with their pa-rents. Marilyn Burns, who is a resident at the Esta-te, is the spokesperson for the 3 C’s and was an orga-nizer of the event for kids in the Estates. It had a variety of kids arts and crafts which including decorating face masks, balloon animals, free books, and plenty of food and beverages. The kids at-

tending the event decorated their masks for their own ar-tistic individuality. During the event, Burns was able to pass out more than 60 masks to people in attendance. Ac-cording to Burns, during the event, the people kept physical distance and wore masks. Burns goal is for every household in the Woodhill Homes Estate to have masks for their prote-ction. According to Burns, the event was suc-cessful. ”It was a very successful event. People

The 3 C’s held an arts and crafts festival at Woodhill Home Estate

Children and their parents enjoyed a fun day of arts and crafts and food at the Woodhill Home Estate last Saturday. The event was organized by Mariyln Burns and sponsored by 3Cs (coping, creating, Caring)

Painting and decorating the face masks was one of the activities for children. Kendall Davis, left, and Stephanie Gandy and Jeanette Love supervived the chil-dren as they personalized their masks.

Joyce Hanson works making ballons animals for children during the arts and crafts event at Woodhill Home Estate. Derick Smith waited his turn to choose the color of balloons that he wanted.

with windows that had been narrowed, empha-sizing the danger they could be in if the black people were to see them. The media has always played its part in maintaining the nega-tive images, along with Hollywood. There are instances where local newspapers have cau-sed lynching’s and riots. They have underpin-ned police brutality and murders of blacks. Na-tional news outlets have had to expose the cor-ruption of local politics. The racism is imbedded so deeply these people feel they have free hand. Any company looking for diversity have avoi-ded cities where the ra-cism is displayed with such arrogance and pri-de. They should conti-nue to do so. With all this being said, it shows what has been going on consistently, forever in this country. That these people have no intention of ever changing becau-se they can’t, of their accord. That, every fa-cility here in this coun-try and the people who populate those positions are maintenance wor-kers , whose jobs, sani-ty and lives depend on being the way they are. They cover everything and position that effe-cts a way of life. They have never been anyway other that the way they are today, nor have their people / folks before them. It occurred to me, that any person who comes this country has to give up some of their humanity in order for them to fit in. What a human being is or isn’t, can’t be described by sub-humans. Whatever “good people” that may be here are of no effect. The evil ones run the programs. Whatever at-tempts made to change the climate / system is met with defiance and brutality. Everyone has

been affected by the sickness of the society. You can’t live in an en-vironment run by people have no respect or spiri-tual presence anywhere, and not become less than human yourself. Apathy, “Oh well what the hell” are part and parcel of the sickness. Unfortunately, there is no end in sight. For years now there have been accelerated rates of suicides, drug overdoses wives and husbands killing them-selves and their chil-dren. Somehow life has no meaning, is the mes-sage that’s being passed along. Men and wo-men returning from mi-litary service, 15 to 20 a day unable to cope with what they were required to do to other humans while in ser-vice. All these actions come from the loss of humanity and not being able to handle it. Additionally, having to come to terms that they have been used by the system and then discarded, has had a tremendous negative effect on their psy-che. We have people who go with weapons to government offices demanding death for themselves and others, including their own fa-milies. The nation re-mains handicapped, by their own rules. Mad-men at the helm. Un-happy hours at home, alone. What’s more unbelievable is, the question of why would we be affected by a plague? Why do we have leadership that is twisted and incompe-tent? What have we done as a people, as a nation that war-rants not being hit by dozens of plagues? The reason why it’s so difficult being in lockdown, is because as long as blacks were

Marlyin Burns, center, directs children as they decorate their masks. Burns gave out more than 60 masks to residents of Woodhill Home Estate.

locked down, that was / is okay. When innocent black men and women were being shipped off to prison for things they didn’t do, killed for no other reason than some sick cop just had a bad day. it was / is “so what, they’re used to it” At what point do people think they will have to pay? Having in their minds,” I’m not a nigger! You’re taking away my freedoms!” One of the more disappointing things about these is-sues is, they never le-arn and they will be worse than ever before. So, get ready for it. It’s next to impossible to reach people who have no remorse or con-science. People who are proud of all heinous acts they have done in the name of whatever it is that day. People who do what they do is in some sick way is patriotic. These same miscreants go to religi-ous services, for what? What are they worshi-ping? In no scripture can be found the kind of behavior they exhi-bit and justify. One of the reasons attendances has fallen off with the younger generation at these places is, because they see the hypocrisy and malpractice done by those who try to en-join the same behavi-or on them, after they see them going to play like they believe in something other than bigotry and hatred. If younger pe-ople decide to do good or evil, they don’t need to waste time with a middleman who says, he’ll talk to God for them, and they can just go back the strip club. In the meantime, we’re stuck with this, with no relief in sight.

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planning the next event which will be at the end of August. ”I’m very appre-ciative of the support from the councilman (Blaine Griffin) and CMHA,” Burns said.

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It was one of those weeks when the more I com-pleted, the more I had to do. These are not my favorite kind of weeks. So frustrating. During these weeks, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage finagles her infa-mous “Honey-Do-List” in my direction. Because I am busy doing other things and distracted, I do not actually see what she is doing. She can slip one of her “To-Do” jobs on to my schedule without my know-ing it. I see it on my schedule and assume it is one more job to do. When I see it, I say to myself, “I’ll do that tomor-row.” Then I can move on to my next project. My favorite saying has been, “Why do today what you can put off until to-morrow?” It has become a hab-it with me. The wife will ask me if I have time to do some-thing and I always say, “Not now, but I can do it tomor-row.” Of course, I am hoping that by the time tomorrow comes she will have forgot-ten that little job. It seems that the older I get, the more I am pushing everything off until tomorrow. Then, when to-morrow comes, I push it off until the next tomorrow and soon, it is too late to do it. Do not let this get out, but that has been my plan all the time. I seem to have got-ten away with it until re-cently. I love it when a plan comes together, but when it falls apart, it certainly is no laughing matter. Pushing things off until tomorrow does have a good side to it. Many things I am supposed to do are not that significant and if they are not done, there is no consequence. My life sometimes gets all caught up in doing things I do not have to do, and I know who I have to blame

for that. Just saying. This started when I was in grade school. When I had homework to do and for some reason I did not do it, I always promised the teacher that I will do it tomorrow. I got away with it for a while. When I was going to grade school, the teach-ers were so very smart. I do not know what they are like today, but then they could catch up with somebody like me with very little effort. My teacher finally caught up with me. “So,” my teach-er said as I told her that I would have to do my home-work tomorrow, “this is the tomorrow you talked about yesterday. Tomorrow is here and so now you must do the work.” All I could do was just stare at her. Never for one moment did I think to-morrow would ever come. My teacher was a good teacher so she taught me that when I put things off until tomorrow, tomorrow finally shows up. According to her, my tomorrow had caught up with me. I had to forfeit many recesses to catch up with all the home work I pushed off until “tomorrow.” Of course, it was not long until my wife caught up to my “tomorrow strategy” like my teacher did. One morning she got up a little bit before me and got the coffee going. I got up and stumbled into the kitchen. There she stood with a huge sign that read, “Today is your Tomorrow you talked about Yesterday. Welcome to Tomorrow.” To see this before having my morning coffee was rather alarming. At first, I had no idea what she was talking about. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, what was she trying to say. I just was not on the same page as she was. In fact, I was not in the same book.

“What are you talk-ing about?” I said about as confused as I have ever been in my life. “Remember,” she said rather seriously, “all the things you told me that you would do tomorrow? Well, it’s tomorrow.” Then she handed me a list with “Tomorrow’s To-Do List” written on the top. There were about a doz-en things she jotted down that I said I would do tomor-row. As I was reading through this list, she said to me, “I have you figured out. Your favorite day of the week is tomorrow.”She has me figured out, al-right. It is not that I do not like doing things; I am a pro-crastinator when it comes to certain things. My whole idea is, if I put something off long enough my wife will forget that she asked me to do it. I looked at her and said, “You do know that it will take me at least three to-morrow’s to finish this list!”She laughed one of her hys-terical laughter’s and said, “Let the tomorrows be with you.” This was the first time my tomorrows ever caught up with me. As I began working on my “tomorrow tasks,” I happen to think of what Da-vid said in one of his Psalms. “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). I need to learn how to appreciate each day and not push things off until to-morrow. Tomorrow is an-other day, but I certainly have no guarantee that I will see it. I need to learn how to “rejoice and be glad” in the day that is be-fore me. Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail jamess-nyder2@att.net. Visit www.jamessnyderministries.com.

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By IMAM MUTAWAF A> SHAHEED

Like all institutions the Masjids are no different than any institution that must be maintained by the people or groups that come through these entities. The masjid is the center of the Islamic actions. Anyone thinking differently is way off the mark. Only a de-vil would try and say it isn’t. When looking at many of the places, i.e.: Harvard, Yale, the free masons the list goes on and on. These institutions are still around, because of the commitment of those who believed in them, supported them. They are held in high esteem by the individuals who came through them. There are generations of families and, leaders who sprang from these organizations. Through these institutions the Status Quo is maintained. When the chil-dren of these people grow up, and get serious about being in control, they have places that have been established for them and kept in place by those who went before them. As I look forward, as far as I’m able to see, I don’t see that happening with the majid in the African American

communities. The youngsters have a better chance of em-bracing other organizations, masons, frats, sororities, mo-torcycle clubs etc., because those organizations have been maintained for many decades for the purpose of passing on the legacies they established to keep the influence in place. The parents of the Muslim children walked away from the community masaajid. Worse still, is many of these same individual parents do whatever they can to under-mine the Masjids and hope they close down. These are the Houses of Allah. One must question the sanity of this kind of behavior? In fact, it smacks of mental illness and total loss of any spiritual guidance. Their commitment to the Dunya is obvious for anyone that can see. They use the excuse, deflection, that the masjid do-esn’t reflect their understan-ding of the Deen. Similar to the story of the people who were told to sacrifice the cow and many other parables in the hi-story of Islam. No Masjid fits their exquisite profile and taste. Many of these parents are good people who take care of their families, pray five times a day, they do what they can to prote-ct the children. Basically, good people. There good people who are not Muslims,that do the same thing with their families. We are told that the Masjid are the best places and the Dunya / market places are the worst places, also making salat in congregation at the Masjid is 25/27 times better than making it elsewhere. That the women get more blessings for praying at home. The list goes on. After an evening of desperately sheik shopping, they finally get the answer they had been looking for. Here is a simple equ-

The Masjid as an institution in the community

Muslims celebrate Eid ul Adha this weekend Eid ul Adha 2020 or Bakra Eid 2020 is expected to be celebrated on Friday, 31 July. This is the tentative date as the actual date is con-tingent on the sighting of the moon of Dhul Hijjah, 1441, the 12th and last month of Islamic Calendar. Eid ul Adha is a festival celebrated among Muslims all over the world in remembrance of the sacrifice that Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) made out of his strong faith in Allah. Ibrahim (AS) showed a willingness to sacrifice his son Prophet Ismail (A.S.) but his son was replaced with a lamb by Allah. Allah was so pleased with Ibrahim’s (A.S.) submission to Him that He made this demonstration of sacrifice and faith a permanent part of a Muslim’s life. This event is mentioned in Quran - Surah As-Saffat (37:102). Hence, every year on the 10th of Dhul Hijjah, Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid ul Azha. On this day, Muslims slaughter a lamb, sheep, goat or a camel to honor the sacrifice of Ibrahim (AS). Both Eid ul Fitr and Eid Al-Adha have great sig-nificance in Islam as the same is evident from the following

Hadith of Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.): “Allah has given you better than those feasts (festivals of non-believers): the ‘Eid-ul-Adha’ and ‘Eid-ul-Fitr.’”(An-Nasai: 1556) Fasting on Eid al-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr are strictly forbidden as the same is obvious from the following Hadith of our beloved Prophet (S.A.W.): “No fasting is permis-sible on the two days of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha.”(Sahih Bukhari: 1995) First 10 days of Dhul Hijjah: Dhul Hijjah is one of the four sacred months of Islamic Calendar and first 10 days of this month are the days which are selected by Allah as the best days of the year. Rituals of Hajj are started during the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah (from 8th to 13th). Fasting on the day of Arafah (9th Dhul Hijjah) is a confirmed Sunnah of our beloved prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) but only for those who are not performing Hajj. Fasting on this day is a forgiveness for two years. (Ibn Majah: 1731) Eid al Adha is cel-ebrated during these 10 days (10th Dhul Hijjah) and animals are sacrificed on these day (10th to 13th). Days of Tashriq starts on 9th of Dhul Hijjah (9th to 13th) and these are days of eating and drinking. During the days of

Tashriq, it is necessary for every Muslim (male or female, whether praying in congregation or alone)

to say the Takbir (Takbirs of Tashriq) immediately after each obligatory (fard) prayer from the

Fajr Prayer on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah to the Asr Prayer on the 13th of Dhul Hijjah.

Thus, these Takbirs last 5 days, and 23 prayers. Muslims around the

world celebrate Eid al Adha for two to four days (depending on the country).

ation, they spend $100 on to-tally unrelated items to what they claim to be the single most important thing in their lives, they do these activities constantly, now, this the part that doesn’t add up, they spend nearly nothing on what they claim is the most important thing to them and the families. The kids are watching and are waiting to tell them at some point how much of a joke they are, either by doing what they have seen them, the parents doing, or maybe just leaving the religion altogether. They didn’t set any examples for the children to follow, in reference to the Is-lamic institution of the Masjid. Most of the time kids do what they see their parent do. They will probably claim Islam as their religion, but the masjid will not be in the fore front of their daily lives. Why would it be? The parents had other pri-orities, so why shouldn’t they? These people didn’t come from some other planet or even ano-ther country, recently that is. These are the descendants of slaves, the further we go along the closer we get to back to sla-very. They talk about Mus-lim business, what is the dif-ference between that business and other business, when there is no goal set for supporting the masaajid or any other Mus-lim institutions? In fact, those Muslim business for the most part, give the city, county, state and federal organizations be-nefits through taxes, registrati-ons, fees, etc. more than given in support of any masaajid. You can see these loose cannons visit the masjids and give nothing in Sadaqa. If the lights get cut off or the gas or any needed repairs, they just go somewhere else whe-re they don’t have to commit to anything. Ask any of them what their plans are going

forward? They can’t tell you. Because most of the plans they have are for them -selves. Some of them tell you that money is what is needed, or learning about the Arabic. for what? They will use slick terms like, economics, para-digms and the list goes on. As a diversion, they play the knowledge game, the fiq game. Looking to justify their personal choices, which by the way, never include long term commitments to any masjid. They are tricking themselves a with a smile on their faces. The question is, learn all that for what, where are they going to use any of it? They are so divided among them- selves, its’ not unlike the store front church story. The sad thing about this behavior is, the kids depended on them, their pa-rents, to leave them something in terms of an institution for, their children. This is the futu-

re I see. Of, course Allah can produce a people who will step up and do the right thing. He is the Knower of the unse-en. There are probably some individuals somewhere here in the USA who are trying to have a masjid for their grand-children. The A.I., Artificial Intelligence, is Arrogance and Ignorance. InshAllah. May Al-lah destroy this kind of menta-lity for the sake of our children and grand children Ameen!

SPORTSEAST SIDE DAILY NEWS

Due to uncertainties created by the COVID-19 outbreak, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) is suspending fall and winter athletics to safeguard student-athletes, coaches and community spectators.

Hopkins talks about Clemson racism Tuesday, July 28, 2020- Friday, July 31, 2020 NFL star DeAndre Hopkins refers to himself as a Daniel High alum instead of a Clemson product during in-troductions for prime time NFL games. Arguably the best receiver in the world explained why.Hopkins said that he doesn’t associate himself with Clemson during introductions because of the university’s ties to John C. Calhoun.The South Carolina native and politician, who was the vice president of the United States from 1825-1832, is well known for his pro-slavery stance. The Clemson University website says Calhoun “declared that slavery was not an ‘evil,’ but rather a ‘positive good.’”

Read more here: https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/

Changes in rules about student-athlete profits In a significant shift for college sports, the NCAA’s top governing body said it supports a rule change allowing student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, so long as the college or university they attend does not pay them directly. The NCAA’s Board of Governors announced Wednesday it supports allowing “student-athletes to receive com-pensation for third-party endorsements both related to and separate from athletics.”

By KARL BRYANT

They used to say it was good luck for baseball teams to be in 1st Place on the 4th of July. Well it’s near the end of July, and the Indians are in 1st Place, so that must be a good omen, too. Right? Of course, the 2020 season didn’t begin until July 24, but we’re not going to quibble about par-ticulars. Led by their pitch-ing, the Tribe not only lead the AL Central Division, but

Tribe pitchers lead the way

By KARL BRYANT

The Columbus Crew, who breezed through the Group Stage of the MLS Is Back Tournament unbeaten and un-scored upon, got eliminated in their very first game of the tourney’s Knockout Stage. They ended their match with Minnesota in a 1-1 tie, so the

Crew loses to Loons in MLS is Back Tourneygame went into a penalty kick shootout. The Crew lost there to the Loons by a 5-3 count. When Robin Lod scored for the Loons on Andrew Tar-bell at the 18’ mark, it was the first time in the Tourna-ment that a Crew goaltender had been beaten. The Crew’s Giasi Zardez knocked in a rebound of his own penalty

kick at the 79’ mark to tie the score. Even though the Crew controlled the ball for over 60% of the match, they had only four shots on goal, same as the Loons, resulting in one goal apiece, so had to go to a shootout. Minnesota, who went first, made all five of their shoot-out penalties, as Tarbell could not catch up to anything in crunch time. Columbus had missed their third shot, so when the Loons’ 5th shot went in, their final attempt

as of this writing during the Opening Week of the season, are tied for the best record in MLB, at 4-1. Indian batters are not ex-actly knocking the cover off the baseball. In fact, in some of their games, they’re barely discoloring the “olde horse-hide.” Jose Ramirez did hit two HRs in last Sunday’s 9-2 win over the Royals. But just three other Indians have cleared the fence: Francisco Lindor, Bradley Zimmer,

and Carlos Santana. Through their five games to date, they also have but six doubles. In Sunday’s nine-run outburst, they hit two doubles to go with Ramirez’ HRs. Their 26 other hits are singles, so you get the picture. The saving grace for the Indians has been their pitch-ing. In all honesty, everyone knew starting pitching would be their strong suit going into the season. In five games, with five different pitchers,

they have posted five Qual-ity Starts allowing a total of just eight runs. The Tribe Bullpen surprisingly also has been strong, allowing just three runs. Tribe pitch-ers lead the Majors with a 1.96 ERA. On Tuesday, the Tribe took a Twin Bill from the White Sox, 4-3 and 5-3. The double-header came about since Monday’s game was rained out. Aaron Civale, gave up just two runs in 6.0

innings, while striking out nine, to win the first game. Lindor hit a 2-Run HR and Bradley added a solo shot. Brad Hand gave up a run, but notched his second Save. The double dip gave Adam Plutko a shot at be-ing a starter again, since he began the season listed as a member of the Bullpen. He took full advantage of the schedule change, posting a “W” in the nightcap, while giving up just two runs in 6.0 innings, while strik-ing out four. Santana hit a 2-Run HR. Cam Hill, who came back from Tommy John surgery in the Minors, earned his first career MLB Save. Afterwards, Plutko told the Media, “The game plan is simple: The starting pitching goes deep; Bullpen picks them up; we score a couple of runs in between and play solid defense. That’s the Indians’ way. I love being part of it.” By the way, the strike-

outs have been adding up for Indian pitchers, as they’ve posted 61 K’s - 43 by starters. Only the Cincin-nati Reds have struck out more -69 – but their pitch-ers have put up a whopping 5.00 ERA, while posting a reverse of CLE’s record, at 1-4. The Tribe’s Gold Glove-winning catcher Roberto Perez was put on the 10-day Injured List (formerly called the DL) for a shoulder prob-lem. OF Daniel Johnson was brought up from the Indians alternate training site in Eastlake (the A Lake County Captains’ Home) to take his spot on the ac-tive roster. Sandy Leon was already on the roster as the Tribe’s backup backstop. Beau Taylor just had been added as the backup to the backup backstop. John McNamara, who managed the Tribe in 1990-91, passed away on Tues-day. He was 88.

By KARL BRYANT Just at Press Time, things got out of Hand as purported Tribe Closer Brad Hand delivered a win to the White Sox. Indian batters, who haven’t been all that great, didn’t score any runs, so have to share the blame for wasting a remarkable ef-fort by starter Zach Plesac. He went 8.0 innings, gave up no runs on three hits, and struck out 11. Chicago’s Lu-cas Gioloto, who gave up 7 runs in his first start, hand-cuffed the Tribe over 6 in-nings. With the score tied 0-0 in the 9th, Hand came in and promptly gave up a double. He walked the next batter and then hit the one after

Hand delivered win to ChiSoxthat. His only out then came on a Sac Fly. The absence of Roberto Perez – just put on the IL – next came into play. Beau Taylor, called up to take the Gold Glove catcher’s place, interfered with Old Friend Edwin En-carnacion to send him to 1B and reload the bases. Adam Cimber comes in for Hand, gives up another SF, and then a hit to allow two more runs. The Tribe gets no runs in the bottom of the 9th, so the game is A. Bummer. Liter-ally, since Aaron Bummer gets the ChiSox win. Hand loses, is charged with four runs, three earned, and is sporting a massive ERA of 15.43.

Cuevas

Boxing NostalgiaBy JIM AMATO

When I think of some of the best fighters in recent years who never won a title. I can not help but think of Jerry Quarry and Yaqui Lopez. Pierre Fourie and “Bad” Ben-nie Briscoe also come to mind. Without a doubt another one is Armando Muniz. Born in 1947, Muniz turned professional in 1970 and won his first 12 bouts. In 1971 he drew with rugged Os-car “Shotgun” Albarado. Then came big wins over Gil King and Clyde Gray. Muniz suf-fered his first loss when he was out boxed by the great Emile Griffith in 1972. There were also losses to Raul Soriano and Jose Martin Flores. He closed the year halting Adolph Pruitt for the NABF welterweight title. In all Armando had 11 fights in 1972. In 1973, Muniz lost the NABF title to cagey Ed-die Perkins. He was also upset by Zovek Barajas. The fol-lowing year saw Muniz lose again to Perkins. He also lost to the capable Marcos Geraldo. He blitzed Billy Lloyd in one round but dropped a verdict to smooth boxing Angel Espada. Muniz ended the year on a big note though defeating the high-ly regarded Hedgemon Lewis. The win over Lewis earned him a shot at the great Jose Napoles and the world welter-weight title. In a bout with a high-ly controversial ending a badly cut Napoles was a awarded a technical decision after 12 rounds. The details of this fight would make for a story in it-self. The controversial ending led to a rematch and this time Napoles won a 15 round deci-sion. In between his two bouts with Muniz, Napoles gave up the WBA version of the title. Angel Espada would beat Clyde Gray to claim the vacant crown. Napoles would even-tually lose his title to England’s John H. Stracey. The Brit in turn would lose his title to Car-los Palomino. In 1977, Muniz would challenge Palomino for the WBC championship. In a great fight Palomino stopped Muniz for the first time in his career in the fifteenth round and final round. Muniz stayed in the mix for a rematch beating Barajas in their return encoun-

Dream Fight: Pipino Cuevas vs Armando Muniz

ter. He was upset by Jose Pala-cios but he came back to stop the rated Pete Ranzany. Next came a 1978 rematch with Palomino and Carlos retained his title by deci-sion. Sugar Ray Leonard was then looking to move up in the ratings and who better to fight then a four time world title chal-lenger. Muniz was no longer the fighter he once was and Leonard was a rising superstar. Leonard stopped Muniz ending his career. In 59 fights Muniz posted a 44-14-1 record with 30 KO’s. Pipino Cuevas is in-ducted in the International Box-ing Hall Of Fame. I was not sure if I agreed with that honor but when you look at his cham-pionship reign, one has to be impressed. He won the WBA version of the welterweight crown in 1976 when he upset Angel Espada in two devastat-ing rounds. Until losing his title in two rounds to the fearsome Tommy Hearns in 1980, Pipino racked up 11 defenses. He was a crushing puncher with a wreck-ing ball left hook that left a trail of broken bones and victims. He was in a word, awesome. What if, In the build-ing of a possible unification showdown between Palomino and Cuevas, the Cuevas camp decided to meet Muniz and use him as a “measuring stick” so to speak. Let’s say the fight took place in 1977 after Muniz’s first loss to Palomino. This would be for Cuevas’ WBA title. This bout would have been a huge draw in Los Angeles. Who would have won ? Here is one possible sce-nario. ROUND 1- Cuevas comes out fast and wastes little time introducing himself. Firing away with both hands he quickly has Muniz on the defensive. Armando is using all his guile to avoid the onslaught. Finally a big left hook drops Muniz to his hands and knees late in the round. Armando is up at “5″ but

seems to be OK. The bell sounds before Pipino can follow up. ROUND 2- Cuevas is again going after Muniz in ear-nest. Some punches are missing but the ones that are landing hurt Armando. Muniz is just trying to weather the storm at this point. Again another Cuevas left hook drops Muniz on his side. This time Muniz takes the “8″ count and is able to ward off Cuevas until the bell. ROUND 3- Cuevas is like a machine that never stops throwing punches. Most of them are bombs. Muniz is wobbled a few times but he keeps his feet. When possible Armando is dig-ging in some body shots but Pipino is still in charge. ROUND 4- The pat-tern of the fight is the same as Muniz has all he can do to hold off Cuevas’ relentless attack. At this point Cuevas has a huge lead and it seems like only a matter of time before Muniz will cave in. ROUND 5- For the first time in the fight Muniz has landed some meaningful punch-es. A left hook got Pipino’s at-tention and later a straight right. Cuevas has slowed down a bit but he is still very dangerous. ROUND 6- There were some pretty good exchang-es in this round and again Cue-vas hurt Muniz. Armando man-aged to stay upright but Cuevas pulled out the round to add to his commanding lead. ROUND 7- Muniz is mixing his punches well to the body and head and Pipino ap-pears to be bothered. Cuevas is still winging away and draws blood from Armando’s nose. Still Muniz was the busier fight-er this session and he is awarded the round. ROUND 8- Cuevas is still launching bombs but now he is missing more then he is landing. Muniz is matching punch rate with Cuevas and his punches are more accurate now.

A couple of nice combinations by Muniz jolt Cuevas. Another round for Armando. ROUND 9- The Cue-vas corner is trying to fire up their charge. Cuevas continues to come forward occasionally landing a good punch. At this point though his work rate has diminished and Muniz has land-ed some effective counters and is still working Pipino’s midsec-tion. ROUND 10- Although Muniz has rallied he is still far behind on the cards with three rounds left. Both men are show-ing the marks of a very intense battle. Cuevas appears to be tir-ing while Muniz seems rejuve-nated. A hard straight right stuns Cuevas after he missed a wide left hook. Muniz then stepped in with his own left and Cuevas is down. Cuevas is up at four but looks confused. The two are trading shots and Pipino’s legs buckle from another hard left but he does not go down. Finally the bell sounds as the crowd is in a frenzy. ROUND 11- Muniz is looking to land another big shot but he is wisely not loading up. He is throwing short punches in nice combinations. He is now slipping most of Cuevas’ arc-ing shots and countering well. A body shot seems to freeze Cue-vas for a moment and a sharp left hook to the temple sends him staggering across the ring. Muniz follows with a flurry that drops Pipino to his knees. Cue-vas is up at “6″ but he is in a bad way. Muniz is teeing off as Pipino is now defenseless. Just as the referee is jumping in Cue-vas slides down the ropes. The referee waves it off at 2:03 of the eleventh round. The winner and NEW, WBA welterweight cham-pion, Muniz. For whatever reason a unification fight between Palo-mino and Cuevas never took place. It should have. All the ingredients for a classic fight were there. I personally always thought that Palomino was the better man. One reason why is because he defeated who I thought at the time was the #2 welterweight in the world, Mu-niz. There is a good chance that if Armando would have re-ceived a title shot with Cuevas he may have finally won that elusive world title.

Muniz

was unnecessary, so not tak-en. Tarbell and Minnesota G Tyler Miller each had three Saves in regulation. At least the Crew’s three Group Stage victories will count in the regular season standings when that resumes following the get-back-in-shape tourney’s conclusion. The Crew is owned by Dee and Jimmy Haslam, who also own the Cleveland Browns, so they certainly have to be hoping that their American football team also is success-ful.

By KARL BRYANTt This is Training Camp 2020. The Browns will begin virtual learning at home this week and take COVID-19 tests. If a player passes three tests, he can come to the facility for a physical this weekend. Those that pass will begin conditioning workouts next Monday in

Browns to open training campsmall groups. Full team practices will not be al-lowed until Aug. 14. No fans will be allowed at Camp. Live-streamed video of Training Camp will be available to follow the team virtually. There are no pre-season games. If all goes well, the Browns first game will be in Baltimore on Sept. 13. Keep your fingers crossed.

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EAST SIDE NEWSDaily Chris' Cinema Trivia &Movie Match UpBy CHRIS APPLING

TRIVIA - (Science Fiction)

1. In the movie Ghost (1990), who is the Oscar- winning, African-American actress who starred as a psychic, scam-artist whoactually becomes able to speak with the dead and helps white actor Patrick Swayze (as the murdered, lead char-acter), warn his still-alive girlfriend (Demi Moore) about his killer? 2. In what movie did mixed-race actor Jaye Davidson star opposite whiteactors James Spader and Kurt Russell as the ageless, race-less, alien dictator of a planet that crosses ancient, Egyptian history with space-age technology? 3. In the movie Spe-cies (1995), who is the Afri-can-American actor/ director that starred as an 'empathy': (a psychic that can sense strong emotions/feelings) who as-sists a special, government

task force track down an escaped, extraterrestrial that looks like a blonde, super-model? 4. In what futuristicfilm did black, acting icon Denzel Washington star as an ex-cop turned prison in-mate who is released to find a computer-generated, su-percriminal (Russell Crowe)who is 'sampled' from the profiles of the worlds' worstserial-killers? 5. Who is the rap-per/ actor that starred in Deep Blue Sea (1999) as a bornagain chef that works onan isolated, marine-biology 'island' that becomes under attack by the super-smart sharks their scientists were experimenting on to find a cure for Alzheimer's?ANSWERS: 1. Whoopi Goldberg 2. 'Stargate' (1994)3. Forest Whitaker 4. 'Virtu-osity' (1995) 5. L.L. Cool J

MOVIE MATCH-UP - (James Bond Enforcers)

TITLES:1. Goldfinger (1964)2. Live Or Let Die (1973)3. The Man With TheGolden Gun (1974)4. Never Say Never Again(1983)5. A View To A Kill (1985)AC TOR S / CHARAC -TERS:a) Euro-Asian actress BarbaraCarrera as 'FatimaBlush'

b) Asian actor Harold Sakata as deadly-derbytossing 'Odd Job'c) Caribbean-born actressGrace Jones as steroidenhanced'May Day'd) Hispanic actor HerveVillacheze as tiny terror'Nick Nack'e) African-American actorClifton James as hookhanded'Tee-Hee'ANSWERS: 1, d; 2, e; 3, b; 4, a; 5, c

'Mo' Better Blues' is a romantic drama Nunn) and clarinet and saxo-phone player ‘Shadow’ Hen-derson (Wesley Snipes). The band is contracted at a New York club called ‘Beneath The Underdog’ that is owned by a pair of Jewish brothers, Moe and Josh Flatbush (Ital-ian brothers John and Nicho-las Turturro). The band is man-aged by Bleek’s long-time, childhood friend, ‘Giant’ (Spike Lee himself). The band is quite talented and successful, so trouble starts to brew when Bleek and the boys begin to pressure Gi-ant and Moe and Josh to give them all a long-overdue raise. When the Semitic siblings refuse to budge on the wage increase, the band’s temper starts to flare. And, person-ally, Bleek’s love life is in crisis as well. He is caught in a classic love-triangle with an emerging songstress named Clarke Bentencourt (Cynda Williams) and a school teacher named Indigo Downs (Joie Lee, Spike’s re-al-life sister). Washington’s character goes back and forth between the two lovelies un-til both women grow tired of his inability to choose one of them over the other. So, they both break up with him as a consequence. Lee’s character as Giant finds him in hot wa-ter also. The unsuccessful, diminutive manager has a serious gambling problem. After making bets with his long-time contact Petey (Ruben Blades), his hand is broken by two, loan shark thugs, Madlock (Samuel L. Jackson) and Rod (Leonard Thomas). At the climax of the motion-picture, everything hits the fan when Bleek finds out that Clarke (Williams) has been seduced away by Shadow (Snipes) which causes them to fight and break up the band. But, later that same night, when Bleek runs to the aid of saving Giant from a torturous thrashing by the same thugs (Jackson and

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Thomas), he is struck in the mouth by his own trumpet, seemingly ending his music career. While recovering, Bleek has a breakdown. A year later, after Bleek and Giant have fully recovered from the beat down, Shadow now leads his own band with Clarke as fea-tured vocalist. When Bleek fails to perform after trying to ‘sit in’ on a session, he then quickly assesses his life and decides what he really needs to do. He apologizes to Indigo and after some ini-tial refusal, she begrudgingly forgives him. In a swift mon-tage of scenes, backed by the song ‘A Love Supreme’ by John Coltrane, we see Bleek and Indigo get married with all their friends in attendance; Indigo is pregnant, then gives birth in a hospital; the baby boy is named ‘Miles’ after jazz legend Miles Davis; then when he is 4, we see Bleek in-troducing him to the trumpet. The film makes a full 360 de-gree turn as in the begining, Bleek practiced his trumpet, now Miles does. But, Bleek makes the decision not to let music consume his son’s life like his mother Lillian made him to do. (Bill Lee, Spike’s real-life, musician dad, makes a cameo appearance in the wedding clip). Besides the ro-mance and drama, the movie has several, memorable, fun-ny moments. One is when Bleek’s band was razzing the sophisticated and urbane Left Hand about his lateness and his white, French girlfriend, Jeanne (Linda Hawkins). Another is when deceased, stand-up comic Robin Harris, who played ‘Butterbean’ in the film, de-livered an outrageously hi-larious backdrop act at the club. Plus, the love scenes between Denzel, Cynda, Joie and Wesley are sizzingly sen-sual. Over all, Mo’ Bet-ter Blues isn’t of blockbuster quality, but it is a sound, romantic drama and one of Spike’s better works.

By C.M. APPLING

The story of the black American music art-ist has been around since the very foundation of the motion-picture industry it-self. Ever since white, Jew-ish entertainer Al Jolson donned blackface make-up to perform in the first, ‘talking’ film The Jazz Singer (1927), the concept of making a movie based on the exploits of an African-American mu-sic artist has been interwoven with the history of cinema. From Lena Horne in Stormy Weather (1943), Irene Cara in Sparkle(1976), Prince in Purple Rain (1984), Krush Groove (1985), Kid ‘N’ Play in House Party (1990)Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard (1992), Mariah Carey in Glitter (2001), 50 Cent in Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (2005), Dream Girls (2006), or Beyonce in Cadillac Records (2008), the list seems endless. So, when African-American filmmaker Spike Lee decided to make a feature about a modern, jazz musi-cian, movie-goers were sure to be treated to something with his unique,special, cin-ematic signature to it. That film was Mo’ Better Blues. Released in 1990, the movie chronicled the ups and downs of a prolific, jazz trumpeter named Bleek Gilliam. The role of Bleek was portrayed by the great, Denzel Washington. This was the first time Washing-ton worked with Lee on a film and they would later collaborate together in Mal-colm X, He Got Game and Inside Man. Made to prac-tice the trumpet as a child by his parents ‘Big Stop’ (Dick Anthony Williams) and Lil-lian (Abbey Lincoln), Bleek grows up to lead his own jazz quintet. It stars pianist ‘Left Hand’ Lacey (Giancarlo Es-posito), drummer/percus-sionist ‘Rhythm’ Jones (Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts), bass player ‘Bottom Hammer’ (Bill

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A much underrated jazz pianist, Cedar Walton has been nearly overlooked by fans and the press, even though he has consistently per-formed since rising to promi-nence in the mid-60s with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. With his new versionof the Eastern Rebellion quar-tet (initially formed in 1975 with saxman George Coleman and the late Sam Jones) Wal-ton has gained more attention. Drummer Billy Hig-gins, a charter member of thequartet, has regularly workedwith Walton since the 1950s. Recordings in the past few years have includedbassist David Williams, a Walton collaborator since the 1970s, and young London- born saxophonist Ralph Moore, the spark plug who ignited the dor-mant Rebellion on a 1990 session when Freddie Hubbard couldn't play. Moore joined Wal-ton's energetic mainstream jazz trio to record Mosaic (Music Master's, 1992). Eastern Rebellion's second album, Simple Plea-sure, released in 1993, fea-tured mostly Walton originals.

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Senator Sherrod Brown has declared rac-ism a public health crisis: "Cities and coun-ties around Ohio have led the country in declaring racism a public health cri-sis. The first step tosolving a problem is rec-ognizing its existence. That’s why I joined my colleagues Senators Ka-mala Harris and Cory Booker to continue the effort at the federal level.We introduced a Senate resolution last week that declares racism a national public health crisis, and acknowledges the sys-temic barriers that people of color, especiallyBlackAmericans, continue to faceinourhealthcaresys-tem. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the “Great Revealer,” and ex-posed what Black Ohio-ans already knew: racism threatens their health, their safety,andtheirlives,ev-ery day.

We see it in dispar-ities in access to health in-surance and quality health providers, and implicit bi-ases in our health care sys-tem. We see it in a justice system and an economic system that toooften treatBlack lives as expendable. And we see it in all the so-cialdeterminantsofhealth– education, environmental hazards, housing, and job opportunities. Of course weknow a resolution alone won’t solve centuries ofracism baked into so many

Senator Brown declares racism a public health crisisof our systems. This ac-knowledgment must be the beginningoftheconversa-tion – it’s a commitment to engage with communities thathavebeensilencedfortoo long, and work togeth-erforlong-termchange. It’s why in craft-ing this resolution, I held virtual roundtables to get inputfromOhioansacrossthe state – NAACP chap-ters and groups of youngBlack leaders and public health officials. The bestideas aren’t going to come outofWashington–they’llcome from Black andbrown communities who have been living with these inequalities and fightingthisfightforgenerations. This month we lost an American hero and aniconoftheCivilRightsMovement, Congressman John Lewis. From the age of20, John riskedhis lifefightingforjustice and ra-cial equality in this coun-try. We must carry the torch he has passed us as

long as we can, and honor his legacy by continuing the fight to finally teardown the walls of racialinequality in this country onceandforall." Inspired by his faith, Brown is commit-ted to social and economic justice. He joined Civil Rights legend Congress-man John Lewis as co-chairoftheCongressionaldelegation to commemo-rate the 50th anniversaryof the march for votingrights in Selma in 2015,and made the pilgrimage toSelmaforthefifthtimein2019. Brown is fightingback against politicians and judges who erect more and more barriers to voting. AsaformerOhioSecretary of State, Sher-rod has long championed voting rights, and the Washington Post called his voter registration ef-forts, “probably the mostintensive and wide-rang-ing in the nation.”

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Unexpected money fromafriendorrelativecanbea great surprise or a potentially difficult money lesson. Howyouplanforunexpectedmoneyissues overall can be a key to how well you'll handle a sudden windfall. Many people don't do so well. A recent study (http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/inheritance.htm) from OhioState University suggests that adults who inherit money are saving only about half ofwhatthey receive. Researcher Jay Za-gorsky reported that about only 11 percent of the participantshad received an inheritance with the median amount only around $11,340. Zagorsky suggestsawareness of such high spend-

ingnumberssuggestitistimefora campaign on saving inherited wealth. Want to get there ear-ly?Here'saplanfordealingwithan unexpected inheritance or any other surprise money issues in thefuture: Start by getting control of your current finances. Whywaitforaninheritance? In2013,theGallupor-ganization reported that only 1 in 3 Americans actually prepared a written or computerized house-hold budget. If you've never pre-paredabudgetbefore,knowthatit is the traditional starting point forallpersonalfinancedecisions. Start saving now. The long-term purpose of budget-

ing (http://www.practicalmo-neyskills.com/ budgeting/) is to find excess dollars so you cansave and plan for the future.Evenifit'safewdollarsaweekas other resources go toward ev-eryday expenses, get in the habit of regular savings and invest-ment now. Consider activating direct deposit to build those amounts automatically. If aninheritance happens, you will already have savings habits in place and account relationships set up to receive the money. Line up qualified ad-vice. Skilled financial or taxexperts can help you review what you've done so far withyour money and suggest ways to make your personal savings or investmentsgofarther. Having this relation-shipinplacebeforeanexpected– or unexpected – windfall isvaluable. They'll know your situ-ation and the best ways to handle new money. If an inheritancehappens, consider a certified fi-nancial planner, certified publicaccountant and an attorney in-volved in trust or estate matters foryourfinancialteam. Evaluate your relation-ships. Money can change people forbetterorworse.This iswhyyou see so many troubling news

Help with unexpected inheritancestories about people who have an unexpected windfall. Thebest approach to sudden money is to go quietly and immediately into the planning phase – don't make announcements and in-volve only key loved ones who needtobepartoftheprocess. Don't go on a spending spree.Ifyou'reluckyenoughtoreceiveaninheritanceofsignifi-cant size, planning doesn't mean quitting your job, buying a car or moving out of your currentplace, at least not immediately. Involve members of your financial team in yourplanning.Afteranytaxorestateissues are settled and money is free for use, extinguish long-standing expenses, build an emergency fund and then es-tablish savings and investments thatareappropriateforyouandyour loved ones. Once details are com-plete, do have some fun, buttry to keep the cost below 10percent of the total inheritanceamount. Inherited money can helpbuildafinancialfuture.Getsome advice, plan thoughtfullyfor taxes and investments andsavealittlebitforfunorluxury.Without proper planning, wind-fallsdon'talwayslastaslongasyou think.

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(NAPSI)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious health problem, affectinganestimated30million adults in the Unit-ed States. Yet more than nineoutof10peoplewhohave kidney disease don’t know they have it. The sooner you findoutyouhavekidneydisease, the sooner you can take steps to prevent or delay serious health problems. CKD means your kidneys are damaged andcan’tfilterbloodtheway they should. Kidney damage can cause wastes to build up in your body and can lead to other health problems such as anemia, bone disease and heart disease. You can have CKD without any symp-toms, especially in the early stages of the dis-ease, and over time it may leadtokidneyfailure. If your kidneysfail,youwillneeddialy-sis or a kidney transplant to maintain your health. You can’t reverse pro-gressive kidney damage but you may be able to avoid or delay dialysis or a kidney transplant with medicationsand lifestylechanges. If you have dia-betes, high blood pres-sure, heart disease or a family history of kidneyfailure,youareatriskforkidney disease. An estimated one in three people with diabetes, andone infiveadults with high blood pressure, have CKD. Therefore, it’s importantforpeoplewhoareatriskforthediseasetogettest-ed. Testing for kid-ney disease is simple—it involves a blood test and a urine test. Your health care provider uses a blood test to check how well your kidneysarefilteringyourblood and a urine test to checkforproteininyoururine.

If you have dia-betes, high blood pres-sure, heart disease or a family history of kidneyfailure, talk with yourhealth care provider about kidney disease. Stay informed and askfor the results of yourkidney tests. You can start the conversation with your health care provider by asking these three ques-tions: Have I been test-edforkidneydiseaseandhow healthy are my kid-neys? How oftenshould I get my kidneys checked? What should I do to keep my kidneys healthy? Take Steps to Protect Your Kidney Health Ifyoudon’thavekidney disease but are atriskforit,yourhealthcare provider may sug-

gest ways you can keep your kidneys healthy. Here are some steps you can take to protect your kidney health: Manage your dia-betes, high blood pressure and heart disease Make healthy foodchoices Aimforahealthyweight Make physical activitypartofyour rou-tine Get enough sleep—aim for seven toeighthoursofsleepeachnight Stop smoking Find healthy ways to cope with stress. For more infor-mation about kidney disease, kidney failure,diabetes and more, visit the National Institute ofDiabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NI-DDK) website at www.niddk.nih.gov.

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The Murch Canopy Walk and Emergent Tower are closed, but other trails are open.

By AARON ANDERSON “ F o r t y - o n e percent of black-owned businesses nationwide were forced to close dur-ing this horrific Covid-19 pandemic compared to seventeen percent of white-owned businesses. According to a recent study by experts, most of those impacted are black-owned bars and restaurants ̶ that’s about 440,000 companies ̶ but I will do all I can to make sure I can not only thrive during this time but will motivate others to do the same,” said Aaron An-derson, franchise owner of four The Original Hot Dog Factory restaurants in Philadelphia. Two more fran-chises are scheduled to open this week, another in Philadelphia and one in Brooklyn, NY. Menu items include the Jamai-can Jerk Chicken Dog, topped with grilled pine-apples, sweet onions and a sweet island sauce; a surf ‘n’ turf dog; an all-beet hot dog topped with lump crab meat and the Italian dog, a deep-fried

Holden is open Holden Forests & Gardens (HF&G) will welcome the public to The Holden Arboretum for long summer walks. “We are excited to reopen our gardens and walking and hiking trails,” said Jill Koski, president and CEO of Holden Forests and Gar-dens. “We are all in need of rejuvenation and a re-spite, and there’s no bet-ter and safer way to do this than by surrounding yourself with the beauty and wonder of nature.” The decision to reopen at the end of May was being guided by Governor Mike DeW-ine and Dr. Amy Acton and Responsible Restart Ohio. As we welcome back visitors to the Arbo-retum, we will continue to adhere to the public health guidelines provid-ed by federal, state, and local authorities. New advance purchase, timed-entry tickets are required to visit the Holden Arbo-retum. To purchase a timed ticket to the Arbo-retum, visit holdenarb.org. Adult tickets are $15 and children three and up $10. Kids under three are free. Arboretum hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Arboretum closes at 5 p.m. Tickets are on sale now.

“As we wel-come the public to the arboretum grounds, we will continue to adhere to the public health guide-lines provided by federal, state, and local authori-ties. The following public health measures outlined by the State of Ohio Department of Pub-lic Health are in place for the foreseeable future for the safety and comfort of our members and staff. If you’d like to visit with others, please limit your guests to people you live with. The maximum group size when visiting the grounds is 10 people. Visitors are en-couraged to wear a mask or facial covering when visiting the grounds. Please comply with the state mandated six-foot physical distanc-ing rule. The Arboretum needs visitors to help us to remain open. Please follow the Ohio Depart-ment of Public Health guidelines so that we can continue to provide access to the arboretum grounds for exercise, re-laxation, and enjoyment of nature. Please check holdenarb.org and cb-garden.org regularly as visitation guidelines may change.

Rhododendron in bloom. They are a highlight every year, but the hundreds of rhodo-dendrons in the 4.5 acre Eliot and Linda Paine Rhododendron Discov-ery Garden and the 20 acre Helen S. Layer Rho-dodendron Garden are an especially welcome sight this year. Holden’s huge collection of rho-dodendrons includes 52 species, 46 of which can be found in the Layer or Paine gardens. Visitors must enter through the Main Entrance and park in the Main Parking lot only. Please do not approach HF&G staff when you are on the grounds. If you have a question, please

call (440) 946-4400 Ext. 224 and someone will as-sist you. Please bring water and snacks. Food and beverages are not available for purchase. All build-ings will remain closed including the Visitor Center. Restrooms are available at the Visitors Center. The Murch Canopy Walk & Kalber-er Emergent Tower are closed until further no-tice. We love dogs, and they must always be on leash, bring your own bags for pet waste, and remember water for your pet…no water will be available onsite.

New book by father/daughter writing team Journey to a new world with The Treasure Tree, a whole-some tale that weaves adventure, suspense and sweet romance with bib-lical principles that will resonate and prompt you to reflect upon your own choices and life journey. The story be-gins after a severe fam-ine has overtaken the village, putting most of the residents at risk of

painful starvation. Matt Loman is a young man look-ing for a way to help his parents and the village survive. What he doesn’t know is that his selfless demeanor will lead him into a supernatural world where he will ultimately discover his true destiny. Along the way, Matt re-ceives guidance from a sage named Jedidiah, the mentor who offers Matt the choice between hon-

or and dishonor. Matt’s opportunities and poten-tial are limitless, but will he choose the pathway to greatness or settle for a wasted life? Will he pass the tests of the Treasure Tree? Would you? The Treasure Tree is the first install-ment in a new series from father-daughter authors Bruce and Vernae Ewing. The imaginative tale is easy to read and suitable for all ages.

Dr. Bruce Ew-ing has been a pastor for 48 years, with 28 of those spent as a military chap-lain. He has been married to the love of his life, Valerie, for 47 years and is the father of two pre-cious daughters, Brecia and Vernae. Dr. Bruce is a Marriage and Family Relationship Consultant, teacher of biblical princi-ples and teller of stories. His love for God and family is the catalyst for his writing. Love healed his own heart, so he tells stories to inspire others to dis-cover the same grace he has received. Co-author and Dr. Ewing’s daughter, Vernae Ewing Thomp-son, holds a BS in Mar-keting and a MBA. She is married to singer/song-writer Lance Thompson. She is an actor, model,

dancer, producer, direc-tor and business owner. She acquired her love for books and writing through her childhood experiences while listen-ing to her father’s wild bedtime adventure sto-ries and stories from the Bible. Watch for the next installment in the Treasure Tree series, Coming Home. For more information, please visit www.thetreasuretree-book.com or connect with the authors on Insta-gram: @thetreasuretree-book; or on Facebook: thetreasuretreebook. The Treasure Tree Publisher: High Bridge Books ISBN-10: 1940024609 ISBN-13: 978-1940024608 Available from Amazon.com and thetreasuretreebook.com.

sausage topped with peppers and onion. The Original Hot Dog Fac-tory also serves chicken wings, burgers, fries and corn dog nuggets. Anderson cred-its some of his success these past few months to catering to first respond-ers and essential workers, and making sure all of his employees and take-out customers are in a safe environment to prevent the spread of Covid-19, with social distancing, face masks and the in-stallation of self-service kiosks. A n d e r s o n ’ s newest endeavor, Steak-house 1635, will open this fall. This will be the blueprint for a new fran-chise of steakhouses to be opened in major cities across the United States and abroad. Born and raised in the tough inner city of Philadelphia, PA, Ander-son credits his mother, a single parent of five, with his unyielding strength, discipline, humility, pas-sion and persistent need to be of service to those in need. Anderson’s for-

ay into being a business owner ̶ the very first in his family ̶ started with the launch of his very own screen-printing company in 2009, Union Printing. The idea to start this company culminated while working as an as-sistant to a top record company executive at Sony in New York City. Anderson real-ized a need to provide quality merchandise for an affordable price after seeing an invoice at work and convinced his bosses that he could not only meet the demand for the record label’s printing, but most importantly, for a far better price. As the saying goes, the rest is history. Anderson not only surpassed expecta-tions at Sony, but Union Printing established itself as a leader in the industry and is still hugely suc-cessful more than a de-cade later. Anderson’s suc-cess with Union Printing provided not only finan-cial stability but the nec-essary experience needed to embark on another one of his passions, open-

ing his first restaurant franchise in March of this year, which he did without needing any loans. His im-mediate success within The Original Hot Dog Factory organization has led to him becoming an area repre-sentative, trainer for new franchisees, and obtaining a percentage of company ownership. Aaron Anderson’s keen interest in technology prompted him to become an investor in the pharmaceuti-cal application QwikScript, and flight simulator applica-tion Flype. These strategic investments contribute to his growing financial port-folio and further strength-ens his parent company Axxeum LLC, which was formed in 2018. In line with his desire to give back to the community, he became a member of Philadelphia’s Chamber of Commerce and The Pyramid Club. His future plans include having ownership in a professional sports orga-nization and to become an elected official in his home state of Pennsylvania. An inspirational memoir about his life is also in the works to provide invaluable infor-mation and encouragement to others who desire to fol-low in his footsteps.

HBCU libraries important role in shaping leadership in Black communities The Ameri-can Library Association (ALA) President Julius C. Jefferson, Jr., will pay a virtual visit to the John Brown Watson Memorial Library at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where he will discuss how libraries at Histori-cally Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) shape leaders within their communities. Watson Memo-rial Library will host a roundtable discussion, Strengthening Com-munities and Develop-ing Leaders at HBCU Libraries, to illustrate the role of Historically Black College and Uni-versity (HBCU) Librar-ies in developing the leaders of tomorrow. The event features a panel of

longstanding leaders in HBCU librarianship, as well as some rising stars. Joining Jefferson are leaders from Black Cau-cus American Library Association (BCALA), as the organization marks its 50th anniversary and the library community celebrates BCALA’s con-tributions to developing leaders in the profession: Edward Fonte-nette, Library Director, John Brown Watson Me-morial Library Shauntee Burns-Simpson, BCALA Presi-dent, and Manager of School Outreach, New York Public Library Dr. Jessie Car-ney Smith, Dean Emeri-tus of the Library, Fisk University Andrew ‘Sekou’

Jackson, Executive Di-rector Emeritus, Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Li-brary and Cultural Cener, and Trustee, Queens Pub-lic Library Kathy An-derson, Director, D.W. Reynolds Library & Technology Center, Phi-lander Smith College “Watson Memo-rial Library and HBCU libraries across the na-tion are cultivating a new generation of leaders, empowering students as they grow intellectually and professionally,” said Jefferson. “Many of these successes take place in the shadows. Their sto-ries need to be told, their local community and professional organization need to listen, and their

elected leaders need to support them.” BCALA Presi-dent Shauntee Burns-Simpson said, “At this time, when we are work-ing to eradicate white su-premacy and break down systemic racism, it’s important that we build up and support our next generation of leaders. HBCUs create a space that allows for Black in-novation. It’s that work and imagination that strengthens our com-munities and improves lives.” Watson Memo-rial Library is the fifth stop on Jefferson’s 12-stop virtual tour, Hold-ing Space: A national conversation series with libraries, to spotlight how libraries of all kinds

across the country are addressing the needs of their diverse communi-ties and engaging stake-holders to advocate for libraries. At each stop of the 10-day tour, Jeffer-son will hold community

discussions exploring lo-cal and national solutions to local and national is-sues addressed by librar-ies, such as workforce development programs, children and family ser-vices, outreach to rural

residents, and broadband for rural and Tribal com-munities. Throughout the tour, Jefferson will also invite participants to join ALA advocates, who are currently supporting the Library Stabilization

Fund Act to provide fed-eral resources to libraries during the COVID pan-demic. For more infor-mation on tour stops and ALA advocacy efforts visit http://www.ala.org/advocacy/holding-space .

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Herman Cain, the former Republican presi-dential candidate and busi-ness executive who was hospitalized this month with the coronavirus, has died. He was 74. Cain attended Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla., last month and tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after. His death was an-nounced Thursday on his website and social media accounts. Early this month, he said he had been hospi-talized in the Atlanta area. Cain, the former chief executive of God-father’s Pizza, ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2012, and his irreverent style and rags-to-riches story made him an unlikely hero of Tea Party conservatives. He dropped out of the race after he was ac-cused of sexual misconduct, which he denied, but his celebrity in conservative circles endured, and he be-came a steady ally of Presi-dent Trump. In a video post-ed to his website after the president’s rally, Cain said he had worn a mask while in groups of people. But he also posted photographs of himself on social media that showed him without a mask

and surrounded by people in the arena. Cain’s presi-dential campaign was not his first attempt to jump into politics, but it raised his profile out of his home state, Georgia, and onto a national stage. His platform was likely best known for his 9-9-9 tax plan: a flat 9 percent individual income tax rate, a 9 percent corpo-rate tax rate and a 9 percent national sales tax. He continued to appear at political confer-ences and in the conserva-tive news media long after his campaign ended. And after Trump took office, Cain’s name was sometimes floated as a potential addi-tion to the administration. Last year, Cain withdrew from consideration as one of Trump’s picks for the Federal Reserve Board, fol-

lowing the re-emergence of accusations of sexual ha-rassment. On Twitter, Kay-leigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, said Cain “embodied the Ameri-can dream and represented the very best of the Ameri-can spirit.” In speeches, on talk radio and on the trail, Cain often spoke about growing up poor in Geor-gia, telling of how his father worked three jobs to buy a house for the family. Cain went to Morehouse Col-lege and earned a master’s degree at Purdue Univer-sity before becoming a vice president at Pillsbury. Following the ad-vice of the company’s presi-dent, Cain quit and entered the Burger King training program, in which poten-tial executives are trained from the grill up, working as “Whopper floppers” and cleaning bathrooms. He rose to take charge of his region, and Pillsbury asked him to help turn around the Godfather’s chain, which he eventually joined. One of his first brushes with national fame came in 1994, when he chal-lenged President Bill Clin-ton on his health care leg-islation during a televised town-hall-style meeting.

From 1996, when he left the pizza company, until 1999, Cain ran the National Restaurant Asso-ciation, a once-sleepy trade group that he helped trans-form into a lobbying power-house. In a 2011 inter-view with The New York Times Magazine, Cain said he became a Republican af-ter a Black man at a restau-rant yelled out: “Black Re-publicans? There’s no such thing.” “When I got back to Omaha, I registered as a Republican,” he said. “It haunted me for three days that someone would dare tell me what party affiliation

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Ohio insur-ance consumers pay among the lowest av-erage auto and home-owners insurance pre-miums in the country according to a recent analysis, Ohio Depart-ment of Insurance Di-rector Jillian Froment announced. Ohioans paid an average of $862 (9th lowest) for home-owners insurance and $778 (13th lowest) for auto insurance in 2017, according to the most recent data from the National Associa-tion of Insurance Com-missioners. That com-pares to the national averages of $1,211 and $1,005, respectively, producing a combined average savings for

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Bill to save post office Postal work-ers will be flooding phone lines today to urge Senate leaders to act quickly to pro-vide emergency fund-ing for the U.S. Postal Service. The pandemic has only exacerbated the financial woes of the USPS, which now is projecting a $13 billion loss for 2020. President of Ameri-can Postal Work-ers Union Cleveland Area Local 72 Daleo Freeman contends the Postal Service is the very fabric of the country. “The Postal Service, in terms of the American peo-ple, is one of the top agencies that is trust-ed,” says Freeman. “People depend on us for so many ser-vices, whether it be medicine, whether it be Social Security checks and the like.” During their Senate Day of Ac-tion, the American Postal Workers Union is calling on congres-sional leaders to pass legislation that would

provide $25 billion in relief aid for the ser-vice. The postal service is the sec-ond biggest civil-ian employer in the U.S, with more than 630,000 employees. Freeman notes that during the pandemic, mail carriers have faced their own chal-lenges as front-line essential workers. “We’ve had our own members take ill to the CO-VID-19,” says Free-man. “It put a lot of stress on those be-cause they’ve either had to take off due to a family member or themselves contract-ing the virus.” The Postal Service is funded solely through the sale of stamps and other services, and some estimates say funding could run out by the fall of 2021. There have been calls to privatize it, but critics contend that could shut out ru-ral communities not served by other deliv-ery services.

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Johnson addresses economic disparity An article in Axios written by Dion Rabouin entitled 10 Myths About The Racial Wealth Gap, (link below) assert-ed, “…the wealth gap is the product of centuries of inequality and racism that has grown too large to be impacted significantly by individual actions, achievements, or choices.” The article fur-ther stated, “Here are some of the most popular myths about the racial wealth gap’s causes and solutions – and why each falls apart with a closer look.” Johnson said, “Black elected officials, national Black organiza-tions, and the Democratic Party, which receives ap-proximately 90% of Black voter support, must refute the Axios article with com-pelling evidence; and, if unable to do so, must pro-pose viable alternative so-lutions that will convince Black Americans that we can achieve economic jus-tice in the form of wealth parity when compared to white Americans.

I believe that it is patently unfair to make the case to 40 million Black Americans that long-standing government pro-grams will work to solve wealth inequality if fac-tual data, presented in the Axios article, shows that these programs, whether operating individually or collectively, will not close the wealth gap. I further suggest we admit to Black Americans that if these government-sponsored programs do not work as promised; and, if there are no viable alternatives, it is time to demand, on behalf of Black Americans, long-overdue, full and total rep-arations.” Johnson fur-ther stated, “I urge every American who is con-cerned about the Black/white wealth gap to read the Axios article https://apple.news/ADs408tlqTj-Y4dDkfR-Bfg to form your own opinion about next steps to address this divisive economic situa-tion.” Attached are my

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Blacks disportionately used for organ transplantation It’s no secret that the nation has seen a disproportionate loss of life among black Ameri-cans. That was the case in May 1968, when Bruce Tucker, a black factory worker, suffered a skull fracture and was rushed to the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). In less than 24 hours, the MCV surgeons had trans-planted Tucker’s heart into the chest of a white businessman, prompt-ing America’s first civil lawsuit for the wrong-ful death of its kind as explored in The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Seg-regated South (Gallery/Jeter Publishing), by Pu-litzer Prize nominee and investigative journalist Chip Jones. For the first time, The Organ Thieves shows how racially bi-ased attitudes fit a broad-er pattern of discrimina-tory behavior toward black patients in the 1960s. Jones uncovers never-before-heard de-

tails and new investiga-tive reporting including: The non-consensual surgical extraction of Bruce Tucker’s heart by surgeons at the Medical College of Virginia. After a junior medical examin-er okayed the operation, Tucker’s beating heart was transplanted into the chest of an ailing white business-man without any prior consent by Mr. Tucker’s family. Original ar-chival legal and court documents, buttressed by eyewitness interviews with physicians, lawyers and journalists—many of whom will be avail-able for an interview for the book—who provide a tense, minute-by-minute account of the last hours of Bruce Tucker. Medical professional betrayals that mounted after the MCV doctors and administrators were shocked and dismayed to lose the heart transplant race to a previously ob-scure South African doc-tor, Christiaan Barnard, on December 3, 1967.

The first in-terview about the case in nearly half a century with L. Douglas Wilder, who was the Tucker fam-ily’s attorney in the case, and who would go on to become the first elected black governor in the United States. How Tucker’s brother William, a local storeowner and cobbler, was frantically calling the hospital after getting a tip from an insider that surgeons were planning something strange for Bruce, who was uncon-scious at the time. An in-depth exploration of the tradi-tion of body-snatching that required surgical residents to work with professional grave rob-bers, a/k/a “resurrection-ists.” These practices lingered in the former capital of the Confed-eracy throughout Recon-struction and near the dawn of the 20th century. The book re-veals the strange life of MCV’s live-in body snatcher, Chris Baker—

a black man who was revered by white medical students even as he faced threats of violence by lo-cal black citizens. A controversy surrounding MCV in 1994 when evidence of

dumping bodies into old wells popped into pub-lic view during a con-struction project at what is now Virginia Com-monwealth University’s medical center. After archeologists managed

to exhume more than 50 human remains, the uni-versity ordered the site shut down—leaving an untold number of other remains beneath the front entrance of the building. To receive a

hard copy or to discuss interview opportunities with Chip Jones, please contact Justin Loeber at 212-260-7576 or justin.loeber@mouthdigitalpr.com. The Organ

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Writer reflects on the legacy of the late John LewisBy GAIL C. CHRISTOPHER C o n g r e s s m a n John Lewis understood that human suffering often ignites the human heart, a phenomenon experi-enced globally recently as George Floyd’s suffering spurs an awakening to the racism around us. As a young free-dom fighter, Congressman Lewis suffered a brutal beating and a fractured skull at the hands of law-enforcement troopers in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Yet, that suffering ignited a lifetime of courageous fighting and standing up for right, or as he would certainly put it, “a lifetime of making good trouble.” C o n g r e s s m a n Lewis lived long enough to witness the massive, heartfelt protests after the horrific and callous killing of Mr. Floyd by the Min-neapolis police. Congress-man Lewis said the pro-tests would “redeem the soul of America and move us closer to a community at peace with itself.” I was privileged to come to know Con-gressman Lewis and ben-efit from his wisdom while serving as Vice President of the W.K. Kellogg Foun-dation. He was an amaz-ing, heart-driven leader who held a hopeful vision for a healed America. When I created and led the implementation of Amer-ica Healing, a multi-year, $75 million racial equity and racial healing initia-tive in 2010, Lewis stood with us at the launch. “At a time when our nation shows disturbing signs of becoming more polarized, this courageous effort by the W.K. Kellogg Foun-dation to promote healing within local communities is sorely needed,” he said. “It reminds us of our true democratic ideals as a na-tion and of the inalienable right guaranteed by our founding documents to the

free and unfettered oppor-tunity that every human being deserves.” C o n g r e s s m a n Lewis believed in the potential, indeed in the promise of America. Yet he also recognized the multifaceted, comprehen-sive effort it would take to actualize that dream. He foresaw the danger of po-larization and called on all of us to mobilize and stand up for what is right. Twelve years later, even in the midst of the fight of his life, bat-tling pancreatic cancer, Congressman Lewis again supported work that can heal America and move us forward – Truth, Racial Healing and Transforma-tion (TRHT). Congress-man Lewis understood that America has never implemented a compre-hensive national Truth process. TRHT, which we also crafted at the Kel-logg Foundation, offers a Truth Commission ap-proach that addresses this country’s unique, divided and protracted history of racial hierarchy. My goal in creating this model was bringing together the combined energy of stand-ing up for justice, non-violence and racial healing – the combined energies also embodied in the leg-acy of Congressman John Lewis. Just weeks ago, when Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced HR 100, a resolution call-ing for a US Commission on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation, Con-gressman Lewis supported us in his final days. “The Truth and Racial Healing Commis-sion resolution puts us on the path of reconcil-ing our nation’s brutal history with the grave situation we currently face,” he said in a state-ment supporting the TRC Commission. Reflecting on the unfinished work of

the Civil Rights era, Con-gressman Lewis said, “We were able to build a move-ment to transform the face of our nation. We knew, however, that the roots of racism, bias and centuries of socioeconomic inequal-ity are deep and require thoughtful, inclusive and comprehensive efforts. This resolution moves our country in the right direc-tion of establishing a mod-el and process to explore, expose, confront, and reconcile the truth of our past so that we may create a more just and equitable future for all, not just for a select few.” Once again, Congressman Lewis fur-

thered his visionary call for telling the full truth of our story as he has re-peatedly done over the decades. His legislation created what now stands as part of his legacy: The Smithsonian National Mu-seum of African American History and Culture. This National Treasure centers the Afri-can American story in the heart of America’s story as a way to deepen our ca-pacity to know and to love ourselves, one another and our country. As a non-vi-olent warrior and guardian of truth, his life‘s work has been to open our hearts and minds to the power of the beloved community.

In 2013, honor-ing the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washing-ton, Congressman Lewis noted that Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, ‘We may have come here on different ships, but we all are in the same boat now.’ Then, he deliv-ered a powerful ending to his speech, “So it doesn’t matter whether they’re black or white, Latino, Asian-American or Native American, whether we are gay or straight -- we are one people, we are one family, we are all living in the same house -- not just the American house, but the world house.”

I am angered by the news that we the taxpayer will have to pay for the damages to busi-nesses by the rioters. Why?! The po-lice knew about the bus loads of “”protesters” bussed into Cleveland. They also knew that the busses were waiting at Steelyard. This was bro-adcast on a radio show. If the police knew about this, why has no one from the city or county prosecutors office gotten involved? They should be subpoenaing the records of the bus company in-volved to find out who rented those busses. That person(s) should be the one responsible for ALL costs incurred by the ri-ots. These “protesters were bussed in from out of town. They acted like they were just protesting, then they rioted, destroy-ing police cars and busi-nesses. The rioters arre-sted gave phony names and addresses when going for bond hearings. This was sre-ported by FOX8 I-Team Ed Galek. This is why the records of the bus com-pany MUST be subpo-enaed! It is time for the

federal prosecutors need to get involved. The federal Prosecutors could threa-ten the bus company with revoking the charter to operate under USDOT, if they refuse to divulge the identity of the person(s) renting the busses. A mandate ne-eds to be set forth that re-quires bus rentals be made IN PERSON ONLY! The The person(s) requesting bus rentals need to be photographed. They MUST present valid govern-ment issued ID. The ID needs to be scanned ,on baecode reader, and co-pied. The copy and photo needs to be retained for at least 1 year. Payment required in check form with organization name, address, phone on it. The check ne-eds to be copied as well, and retain such copy. This would deter rioters being bussed in. We MUST bring these people to court for trial and demand money from them. By doing this, it would eliminate futu-re rioters being bussed in. We need to make an example. We must recoup the cost of damages, and save the taxpayers the pain of paying. Geza John Vamos

Letters To The EditorWriter angry about taxpayers footing bill for damage