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Event unveils total of over$31,457,576; growth comes as MPSfocuses on college, career readinessMilwaukee Public Schools’ Class of 2014

has earned more than $31 million in scholar-ships, topping last year’s total by about $7million as the district continues to focus its ef-forts on preparing all students for college andcareers.The $31-plus million total compares to about $24 mil-

lion in scholarships for the Class of 2013 and about $17million for the Class of 2012.

The exact dollar amount -- $31,457,576 and counting-- was unveiled at a Friday morning event.“This is the result of a focus on college and career

readiness and an incredible amount of hard work by ourstudents, families, teachers, school counselors, principals,CollegeAccess Center staff, and partner organizations in-cluding College Possible and Great Lakes Higher Educa-tion Guaranty Corporation,” MPS SuperintendentGregory Thornton said. “Last year, I set a goal of $30 mil-lion for this year – and we’ve topped it!”Scholarships help make college a reality for students

— and MPS’ college and career readiness efforts areaimed at helping students earn scholarships and graduatewith the skills needed to succeed. Those efforts include:

• Comprehensive Literacy and Math/Science plans thatalign with the Common Core State Standards to set aclear, high bar for the skills students must master• Securing a GEAR UP grant worth $30 million to

strengthen academic preparation and foster an under-standing of the pathways to colleges and universities- Increasing the number of students taking college-level

Advanced Placement courses and bringing the CollegeBoard’s SpringBoard pre-AP program into seven schools• Expanding International Baccalaureate offerings• Strengthening high school options• Opening two College Access Centers to demystify the

process of applying to college and get students thinkingabout higher education, funded by Great Lakes HigherEducation Guaranty Corporation

• Partnering with College Possible Milwaukee, whichworks to make college admission and success possiblefor low-income students through an intensive curriculumof coaching and supportMPS’ top-earning schools – those whose students

earned $1 million or more in scholarships — include:• Rufus King International High School: $8.8 million• Ronald Reagan College Preparatory IB High School:

$7.3 million• Carmen High School of Science and Technology –

South Campus: $3.3 million• Riverside University High School: $3.2 million• Milwaukee School of Languages: $1.7 million• South Division High School: $1.3 million• Alexander Hamilton High School: $1.2 million

Beat the heat, but stay active in the summerAfter a long, cold and snowy winter, summer is finally here!

June kicks off the season for picnics, trips to the beach, thepark, Milwaukee’s festival season and a long list of summer-filled activities. And, while everyone enjoys summer, the heatcan be a dangerous—especially for seniors. The older we get, the more vulnerable we are to heat and

humidity. According to the American Geriatrics Society'sFoundation for Health in Aging, seniors 50 and over are lesssensitive to heat and feeling thirsty, making it potentially dan-gerous. During this time, extra precautions should be taken to pro-

tect from sunburn, dehydration and heat-related illnesses. Age,weight, and prescription drug use are all factors that can makeseniors more or less susceptible to heat hazards. And certainly, seniors want and need to take advantage of

the summer’s many offerings, but care must be taken to avoidsome of the negative effects of heat such as: Sunburn: Water pills, antibiotics, some anti-depressants and

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can increase sensitivityto the sun. According to the Mayo Clinic, signs include a pink or red

color, pain or tenderness in a particular area and skin that feelswarm or hot to the touch. If you get sunburn, the Mayo clinicsuggests taking a cool bath and applying over-the-counter aloe

or hydrocortisone cream. If blisters appear, do not break them,but cover them with light, nonstick gauze.Heat cramps: Muscular pains and spasms sometimes occur

in the legs or stomach and can affect anyone who sweats.Those suffering from heat cramps should drink water regu-larly and apply firm pressure to muscle spasms while takingtemporary shelter from direct sunlight. If cramps continue formore than an hour, seek professional medical assistance.Heat exhaustion: Several days of consistent exposure to

high temperatures and humidity can cause dizziness andweakness, accompanied by nausea and headaches. Seniorswill more than likely be sweating heavily. To treat heat ex-haustion, loosen all clothing, apply cool clothes or towels toall areas of the skin, and drink plenty of water. Heat stroke: If body's temperature rises to 105 or more de-

grees, seniors may experience rapid, shallow breathing, vom-

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK: “We askedNorth Division High School alums at theirclass reunion for graduates from the 50sand 60s if it’s still important to hold high

school class reunions in the age of Facebook? Why or why not?”

PULSE OF THE COMMUNITYPhotos and question by Yvonne Kemp

MARIA DONLEY-MAXWELL: “Yes. OnFacebook you can onlyreach classmates who areInternet savvy for futureclass reunions.”

ALAN W. WALKER: “Yes.Facebook is too personaland too much informationis shared.”

DR. HOWARD FULLER:“Yes. There is still a hugevalue to human contact.You can’t hug on Face-book.”

JACKIE SMITH: “Yes. It isimportant to have the per-sonal contact with friends.”

KathleenCunningham(seatedbelow at left)recently cel-ebrated her100 birthdaywith familyand friends.She’s seenin this photowith hergreat nieceVeronicaPeeple (farleft) andgranddaugh-ter Toni Har-ris (farright).(Photo byYvonneKemp)

National NAACP,local branchesurge Congressto pass Voting Rights Amendment ActTwo NAACP Wisconsin State

Conference members urged the U.S.Congress Wednesday to protect vot-ing rights and pass the Voting RightsAmendment Act (VRAA), during anews conference outside the RobertW. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse inMadison.Wendell Harris, first vice president

of the NAACP’s Wisconsin Confer-ence of Branches and Gregory Jones,political action chair of the state con-ference and NAACP Dane CountyBranch, discussed the critical need toprotect Wisconsin voters from dis-crimination and highlighted recentexamples of voter discrimination inthe state.The state conference members

made their plea around the same timerepresentatives of the legendary na-tional civil rights organization’s of-fice testified before Congress. They citied the inherent danger

Americans face one year after theU.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby Countyv. Holder decision, which invalidateda key section of the Voting Rights Act(VRA).In July 2013, the Supreme Court

invalidated Section 4 of the VotingRights Act, single handedly freezingthe use of Section 5, and thus allow-ing jurisdictions to pass and imple-ment election laws unchecked. UnderSection 5 of the Voting Rights Act,nine states and approximately 41other jurisdictions were required tosubmit election law changes for pre-approval before implementation.“The elimination of Section 4(b) of

MPS grads earn $31-plus million in scholarships, topping last year’s total by $7 million

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke rides along side a youth group walking down Atkinson Avenuecalling for a stop to the gun violence in the community’s streets during the annual Juneteenth Parade.The Sheriff and his deputies participate yearly in the parade, which preceeds the Juneteenth Day Festivalwhich was held Thursday along Martin Luther King Drive. (Photo courtesy of the Sheriff’s office)

Ride along!

MPS students, Board Director Mark Sain, staff and administratorsjoin district partners to celebrate $31 million in scholarships earnedby the MPS Class of 2014! (Photo courtesy of MPS)

Celebrating a century of living!

“SENIORS 50 AND OVER ARE LESS SENSITIVE TOHEAT AND FEELING THIRSTY, MAKING IT POTEN-TIALLY DANGEROUS. DURING THIS TIME, EXTRA

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT FROMSUNBURN, DEHYDRATION AND HEAT-RELATED

ILLNESSES. AGE, WEIGHT, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGUSE ARE ALL FACTORS THAT CAN MAKE SENIORSMORE OR LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT HAZARDS.”

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Brewers wives help kickoff “Fed The Kids”Summer Meals programCecelia Gore, executive director ofthe Milwaukee Brewers CommunityFoundtion (far left), and TiffanyWeeks, wife of Brewers SecondBaseman Rickie Weeks (far right)joined other community, city andcounty leaders and officials from theSalvation Army in preparing 1,800lunches for the Salvation Army’s“Feed The Kids” summer meal pro-gram. The program is designed tomeet the needs of children in Mil-waukee’s poorest neighborhoods.The lunch prep was done at RedArrow Park, 920 N. Water Street.Begun in 1990, the Salvation Armyhas prepared and delivered over 2million meals in Milwaukee. In2013, The Feed The Kids programprovided 127,671 meals to hungrychildren between June and August.(Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Four men riding three-wheeled bicycles sported a sign calling for other Black men in the community to putdown their guns during the recently held Juneteenth Day festival. During the Juneteenth Day parade, held be-fore the festival, a group of community youths marched holding signs calling for a halt to the violence thathas claimed lives and injured countless others (pictured on front page). (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

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Milwaukee change leaderspartner to launch campaignto prevent human traffickingin the cityBevin Baker, Milwaukee City HealthCommissioner, spoke at a Mondaynews conference at a bus shelter onWisconsin Avenue between eighthand ninth streets. Baker was one ofseveral speakers who spoke out insupport of the “Unlucky Thirteen”campaign to grow awareness andencourage prevention of human traf-ficking in Milwaukee. The campaigndraws its name from research re-leased by the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation (FBI) citing that 13 is theaverage age a person starts beingtrafficked for sex. The news confer-ence was sponsored by the HumanTrafficking Task Force of GreaterMilwaukee (HTTFGM), MilwaukeeCounty, City of Milwaukee, Milwau-kee Health Department, United Wayof Greater Milwaukee, Clear Chan-nel and SERVE Media, who areworking collectively in this effort. Tomaximize attention around the eventand the issue, supporters also or-ganized a flash mob leading up tothe news conference. Participants inthe flash mob carried informationalsigns and wore cause-related shirtsdepicting the number “13.” (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Sign of the Times!

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PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVESQUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Hip-Hop isn’t just music, it isalso a spiritual movement of the Blacks! You can’tjust call Hip-Hop a trend!”--Lauryn Hill

In honor of Black Music Month...

Lauryn Hill

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A title correction to the Greenlee article dated June 13, 2014,“Chicago’s DuSable Museum celebrates life of writer and filmmakerSam Greenlee.” Dr. Carol Adams’ correct title is “President and CEO”of the DuSable Museum of African American History and the full nameand title of the evening’s program moderator is Pemon Rami, Directorof Education and Public Programs at the DuSable Museum

When the Koch Foundation gavethe United Negro College Fund $25million, it set off a maelstrom ofcomments in cyberspace and realtime. How dare the UNCF take money

from the Koch brothers, some asked.They ought to send it back, said oth-ers. One woman told me she would

never give to UNCF again because ofthe Koch donation. Another says theKoch donation changes her percep-tion of UNCF.The donation will provide $18.5

million in scholarships, money that isbadly needed to get some of ouryoung people out of school, espe-cially with the cuts so many experi-enced because of reduced access tothe Parent Plus loan. Another $4 million will go to the

37 UNCF schools for general sup-port, again to make up some of thelosses that came from reduced enroll-ment due to Parent Plus. The remain-der goes to UNCF for their generalsupport.What’s wrong with this picture?Koch scholarships will be awarded

to students with good grades, finan-cial needs, and an interest in studyinghow “entrepreneurship, economicsand innovation contribute to well-being for individuals, communities,and society.” Sounds like conservative free mar-

kets to me. More than that, it soundslike granting scholarships to furtherthe Koch government-reducing, free market focus. Koch protects its interest by having two seats on the five member scholar-

ship committee, with the other three from the UNCF. While non-Koch inter-ests are the majority, it will be interesting to see if a donor can sway acommittee.What else? The Koch brothers are making the most of this gift in the media.

Rarely have I seen so many headlines generated by a gift of that size. $100million, maybe. $250 million, surely. But while $25 million will mean a lot to the UNCF, schools such as Harvard

would likely consider it nothing more than a modest behest. The Koch broth-ers must think they’ll get some positive publicity from their gift, and they ob-viously have the PR team to pitch it.Furthermore, these are the very Koch brothers who have supported voter

suppression efforts. They would reduce the size of government, which meansthe Pell grants that so many students depend on would shrink in size. Whatone hand gives, in other words, the other takes away. If the Koch brothers would fight to maintain or increase the size of the Pell

grant, fewer would look askance at their gift. Instead, many see this as thecynical manipulation of a deep-pockets donor who gets much publicity fromtheir gift.It kind of reminds me of the Donald Sterling gift to the Los Angeles branch

of the NAACP. After Sterling’s racist rant, his donation was returned. Still,the NAACP was in the process of giving him a second lifetime achievementaward prior to his verbal rampage. Indeed the 2014 outrage against Sterlinghad elements of class bias. The multi-million dollar players weren’t angry when he discriminated

against African Americans and Latinos in the slum housing he owned – whichcost him a couple of million dollars to settle with the Justice Department –but they were dismayed when he made negative comments about them. Theirearlier silence equaled acquiescence to Sterling’s racism; their protest sug-gested that they would get angry only when rancid racism was directed atthem.

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Did United NegroCollege Fund TakeDirty Money?By Julianne Malveaux--NNPA Columnist

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Malveaux“Koch scholarships will beawarded to students withgood grades, financial needs, and an interest in studying how ‘entrepreneurship, economics and innovation contribute to well-being for individuals, communities, and society.’Sounds like conservativefree markets to me. Morethan that, it sounds likegranting scholarships to fur-ther the Koch government-reducing, free market focus.”

Why HBCUs need ‘My Brother’s Keepers’

ontrary to popular belief, thecurrent ratio of black females toblack males at HBCUs is lessthan 2-to-1 (1.57-to-1 to be

exact) — nonetheless, it is a disparitywith unfavorable consequences, espe-cially when we unpack the numbers.According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System,

across the 311,671 students who currently attend HBCUs, there are68,843 more females than males. Among the private HBCUs sup-ported by the UNCF, the average enrollment for females is 1,499, andthe average enrollment for males is 656.According to the American Community Survey, among black people

in the United States age 25-years and older, 825,414 more blackwomen have at least a Bachelor’s degree than black men. Notwith-standing, problems with college under-preparation negatively impactsblack females and males.In the current educational environment, even our most gifted black

males and females with the most dedicated families can leave highschool underprepared. In 2014, the Department of Education releasedthe results of the 2011-2012 Civil Rights Data Collection.The data reveals that opportunity gaps exist between black students

and their peers across the country, particularly around three key areas:(1) black children are more likely than many of their peers to attendschools that offer a less rigorous curriculum; (2) black boys havehigher suspension rates than any of their other peers — 1 in 5 blackboys receive an out-of-school suspension; and (3) schools serving thehighest percentage of black students tend to have higher numbers ofinexperienced teachers.Undoubtedly, these issues are reshaping the higher education land-

scape for black males in ways that are unfavorable to HBCUs.Over the last 15 years, the total share of black male college students

at HBCUs has declined, while their representation at less competitivehigher education options has increased. Currently, the top ten collegesfor enrolling black males are comprised of 3 for-profit colleges, 4 com-munity colleges, and 3 public 4-year institutions.Today, of the 1.2 million black males currently enrolled in college,

43 percent attend community colleges and 11 percent attend for-profitcolleges. Less than half of all black male college students attend tra-ditional 4-year colleges and universities, including 11 percent who at-tend HBCUs.Education is vital to the economic strength of communities and our

progress as a nation. If we are not equipping all students with whatthey need to be successful in college, in their career and in their lives,we are hindering our communities and our country.Recently, I had a conversation with Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, the pres-

ident of Florida Memorial University (FMU). President Clark Artistold me that she has come into contact with numerous students whohave not had the benefit of advanced math courses because they aresimply not offered in their high schools. FMU has responded to these challenges by creating bridge programs

for high school students, but as a nation, we have to do a better job ofgiving all students the opportunities they need to prepare for college.Recently, President Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK)

Task Force released its 90-day report, which contained recommenda-tions on steps our society can take to begin to expand opportunity forall. In response, seven university-based research centers jointly issued

a statement describing their view ofMBK as “an important opportunityto reframe hopeless, deficit-orientednarratives about boys and youngmen of color, schools that educatethem, and communities in whichthey live.”Specifically relevant to HBCUs,

MBK calls for initiatives to makesure that all students, including boysand young men of color, graduatefrom high school ready for collegeand have the resources they need tocomplete college. The president hascalled for an all-hands-on-deck ef-fort.A coalition of leading foundations

and businesses that have longworked with others in philanthropyto create opportunities for youngmen and boys of color has an-nounced that they are committingsignificant resources to research crit-ical intervention points in the livesof boys and young men of color;change the often-damaging narrativeabout them; and catalyze coordi-nated investments to seed, replicateand scale up effective communitysolutions.Dr. Bryant T. Marks of the More-

house Research Institute found 19 African-American male initiativesacross the private HBCUs that are UNCF member institutions. Con-sistent with the President’s call, 94.7 percent of them identified men-toring as a major characteristic of their initiatives. However, a recentreport from the Foundation Center only identified one HBCU as hav-ing a research institute with a focus on Black men and boys.In response to the President’s call to action in MBK, HBCUs have

the potential to play a major role in expanding college access. MBKcan amplify HBCU leaders’ call for policy solutions to resolve in-equities in U.S. public schools that impede academic progress.Consistent with the Task Force’s recommendations, HBCU aca-

demic affairs administrators can promote a pathway through APclasses that can help students transition from public schools to collegesand universities. In addition, through research at teacher education programs and

trainings, HBCUs can examine the impact of teacher preparation onthe academic achievement of Black males and aid in eliminating thediscipline gap in our nation’s schools.As the deputy director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs, and

a researcher who has published extensively on black male achieve-ment, I committed to working with HBCU administrators and scholarsto start and sustain programs that expand opportunity for all youth, in-cluding boys and young men of color.By taking leadership in the MBK initiative, HBCUs can contribute

to the national agenda to help all youth, including black males, to reachtheir full potential, contribute to their communities, and build success-ful lives for themselves and their families.Ivory Toldson is the Deputy Director of the White House Initiative

on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Follow Ivory Told-son on Twitter @Toldson

The challenge facing HBCUs, both private and public, is primarily financial. (Video still via NBC News)

GUEST COMMENTARYBy Ivory Toldson, courtesy of thegrio.com

C “Over the last 15years, the totalshare of blackmale college stu-dents at HBCUshas declined,while their repre-sentation at lesscompetitive highereducation optionshas increased.Currently, the topten colleges forenrolling blackmales are com-prised of 3 for-profit colleges, 4community col-leges, and 3 public4-year institu-tions.”

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RELIGIONRELIGIONRELIGIOUS QUOTE: “In my Father’s house aremany rooms. If it were not so, would I have told youthat I go to prepare a place for you?”--John 14:2

WASHINGTON, DC – The officeof Congresswoman Gwen Moore(WI-4) recently announced thatHouse Democratic Leader NancyPelosi has recommended Milwaukeeresident Hannah Rosenthal to theCommission on International Reli-gious Freedom.“I am so proud to announce the ap-

pointment of Ms. Rosenthal to theCommission on International Reli-

gious Freedom,” the congresswomansaid in a statement.“ As the former U.S. State Depart-

ment Special Envoy to Monitor andCombat Anti-Semitism and the cur-rent CEO and President of the Mil-waukee Jewish Federation,Rosenthal has dedicated so much ofher time to combatting hatred andbigotry. “I have long supported her tremen-

dous work and the vital role she hasplayed in our international commu-nity. I look forward to her continuedservice and emboldening our fightagainst hatred, injustice and intoler-ance.”To learn more about the Commis-

sion on International Religious Free-dom, please visit their website atwww.uscirf.gov.

Gwen Moore announces Commission on International Religious Freedom Appointment

Study: Putting religion on your résumé hurtsyour job chances - unless you're JewishIt was a big deal on AMC's "Mad Men" when Sterling

Cooper Draper Pryce hired Michael Ginsberg in seasonfive. Hiring "the Jew," as Roger Sterling referred to him,was an attempt to update the agency's image in an era(1966) when those who clung to the notion that businesswas a WASPy boys' club were on the wrong side of thegeneration gap - a potential problem for an ad firm look-ing to reach young consumers."Turns out everybody's got one now," Sterling said, re-

ferring to Ginsberg.Turns out, according to a new study, that when you're

Jewish and searching for a job, you're not just one of thechosen people, you're one of the more chosen people, atleast in the modern American South. The study of religious discrimination in hiring recently

published in the journal Social Currents found job appli-cants whose résumés betrayed a religious affiliation were26 percent less likely to be contacted by an employer -except for Jewish applicants.Researchers Michael Wallace, Bradley R.E. Wright and

Allan Hyde of the University of Connecticut sent 3,200fake applications to 800 jobs within 150 miles of twomajor Southern cities through a popular employment Website. Each employer got four résumés with comparable job

qualifications. The only thing that set the fake job candi-dates apart was whether their résumés mentioned in-volvement with a religious group - such as membershipin the Muslim Student Association or Hillel House, aJewish organization.Résumés for the control group indicated no religious

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This year the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul falls on a Sunday, June 29. Thereadings are: Acts 12: 1-11, 2 Tim 4: 6-8, 17-18, Matt 16: 13-19.Peter and Paul were so different. What they had in common was both were

Jews and knew Jesus. Peter walked with Jesus and was there when Jesus washauled off to be killed. Peter loved Jesus, but in spite of that love, denied that he knew Him, three

times. But for Peter, as well as the others who fled rather than be caught up inthe death march of Jesus, Peter was forgiven and turned around and becamethe leader of the band.Paul may or may not have ever seen Jesus. He certainly heard of him and

after his crucifixion, became part of the "jihad" against Jesus' followers. Hewas an accomplice to murder, if not a perpetrator. And then, suddenly he waschanged, radically and became an "apostle" to the Gentiles. This hyper-fervent Jew now becomes the bearer of Good News to folks he

considered scum. We don't know what happened to cause this "change ofheart." It happened and the entire Christian world can be grateful, especiallythose of us who are not Jews.

Both men came toRome and both were murdered there a few years apart. They have become therole models for us; both sinners, both had a change of heart and both were notonly forgiven but were given roles that insured that the small Christian sectwould grow world-wide. And they ended their lives as "witnesses" to the forgiving love of God as

shown us by the life and death of Jesus.Will we be witnesses, martyrs? We hope and pray that we are not. We all

want to die of old age sitting in our easy chairs with our loved ones around us.But there are still martyrs today. And again, most become martyrs because theystand up for the poor and the powerless by taking on the power structure. Few,if any, are killed because they won't renounce an aspect of doctrine or dogma. Martin Luther King, Jr. was not killed because he believed in the Trinity or

Virgin Birth. Archbishop Oscar Romero was not shot dead while celebratingmass because he would not renounce his belief in the Immaculate Conceptionor The Communion of the Saints. Both men were shot dead because they stoodup for the poor and powerless. They were vocal advocates for those on themargins of society, for the throw away people.Can we follow in the paths of these heroes? With God's grace we can step

out and risk even our lives for the other. But we will probably die of old age.And that is okay as long as our lives were spent for the weak and the oppressed,the poor and the powerless. St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Martin, St. Oscar, pray forus!

Peter and Paul: Role Models of ChristianityBREADIN THE WILDERNESSBy Fr. Carl Diederichs,All Saints Catholic Church

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St. Matthew Breaks GroundRepresentatives of city, county, state and national political figures, clergy and community basedorganizations “dug in” during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a new St.Matthew CME Church at the corner of Chambers and Eight Street.(Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

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The recent rash of violent gun crimes across the cityand in the 15th Aldermanic District has prompted newlyelected Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II to create theCommunity Crisis Response Team (CCRT).The team - composed of community activists and Al-

derman Stamper - has a mission to assist and inform thecommunity and to foster a stronger, more vibrant andhealthier community. "The CCRT will go through neighborhoods proactively

to prevent crime and to serve as a conduit to vital re-sources," Alderman Stamper said.

"The CCRT will stress crime prevention while educat-ing our community about how to get the fastest responsesfrom the authorities and how to hold these same authori-ties accountable for slow or no responses at all," Alder-man Stamper said.Alderman Stamper said the CCRT will provide work

opportunities and resources "to better all within the 15thDistrict. "The CCRT aims to help our community bybeing in direct contact with our community at the streetlevel," he said. Please contact Alderman Stamper's officeat 286-3771 for more information about the CCRT.

Alderman Stamper creates Community Crisis Response Team

Every year, Milwaukee communities commemorateJuneteenth Day, the date federal troops arrived in Galve-ston, Texas in 1865 to announce the end of the Civil Warand enforce the end of slavery. Last week marked Mil-waukee’s 43rd annual Juneteenth Day celebration. Community members celebrated with a parade and fes-

tival on the city's North Side, where they enjoyed a visitby Gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. Burke, currently tied with Scott Walker in the race for

Governor of Wisconsin, met with community memberscelebrating Juneteenth in Milwaukeelast Thursday and inMadison on Saturday. Burke called the celebration “anopportunity to renew our commitment toward a strongerand more united Wisconsin.” Mary Burke has made strengthening Milwaukee a key

priority in her campaign for governor and a central partof her vision to turn the state into a top-ten thriving econ-omy. Mary knows Milwaukee is full of resources and in-stitutions that can help get Wisconsinites back to work.Recently, the Anne E. Casey Foundation issued a report

exposing Wisconsin as one of the worst states in the na-tion for African-American children. For Burke, such out-comes are unacceptable. She believes that every person

should have the resources and opportunity to succeed. As Scott Walker fended off rumors of being involved

in a “criminal scheme” to skirt campaign finance laws,Burke’s visit made a notable impression on festival goerswho have felt left behind by those in power in the state’sCapitol. In contrast to Walker, her brand of politicsdoesn’t take communities or their issues for granted.Wisconsin can and must do better when it comes to

providing opportunities to everyone - whether it’s accessto higher education or bringing family sustaining jobs tohard working families all across the state. Burke knowsin order to get ahead we have to make Milwaukee a realpriority again - and provide opportunities to people whoneed them. Nearly four years after taking office Walker’s dracon-

ian budget cuts, rejection of federal dollars, jobs failure,and attacks on local control have left him out of touchwith the real struggles everyday Milwaukeeans face asthey simply to try to move up and get ahead.As the governor fights for his political life, in both the

race for governor and the legal wrangling of the federalJohn Doe investigation, voters in Milwaukee are gettingvery familiar with a leader committed to fighting forthem, a leader named Mary Burke.

Mary Burke leads at JuneteenthArticle courtesy of Urban Media News

City-owned vacant lots will sellfor $1 in 15th Aldermanic DistrictProperty owners in Milwaukee’s 15th Aldermanic District

on the north side will be able to purchase vacant lots from thecity for $1, under legislation sponsored by Alderman RussellW. Stamper, II and approved by the Common Council on Tues-day.“It’s my hope that this pilot program will unburden the city

of its obligation to maintain vacant lots resulting from the fore-closure crisis,” Alderman Stamper said. “There’s no reason that these parcels shouldn’t be turned

over to responsible home owners, who will in turn be able tosee to their upkeep and improve their neighborhoods.”The city currently owns more than 2,700 vacant residential

lots, a disproportionate number of which (15 percent) are lo-cated in the 15th Aldermanic District. Alderman Stamper said that many of the properties were

taken as a part of the tax foreclosure crisis, and that, due to

neglect, blight and criminal activity, the city was forced to de-molish the buildings that stood on those properties.Under the local pilot program, each vacant residential lot in

the 15th Aldermanic District will be offered to adjacent prop-erty owners for the purchase price of $1, provided the buyer isa City of Milwaukee resident.If more than one neighbor is interested in the property, the

lot may be subdivided, but buyers must be in good standingwith the city and agree to pay taxes on the property after it issold.“This program stands to save the city money, get properties

back onto the tax rolls and help rebuild our neighborhoodsfrom the inside out,” Alderman Stamper said. “If it meets with success in my dis-

trict, we may be able to expand it to other parts of the city.”

Council makes it official: 2nd annualBronzeville Week to celebrate arts, his-tory and communityMilwaukee’s Bronzeville will again

take center stage as a destination for art,entertainment, history and culture whenthe 2nd annual Bronzeville Week is heldAugust 2 – August 9, hosted by Alder-woman Milele A. Coggs.Approved unanimously as an official

city-sanctioned event at today’s meetingof the full Common Council, this year’sBronzeville Week will kick off with amajor street festival, AlderwomanCoggs said.“With no African World Festival this

year, I am hoping Bronzeville Week canattract a wide array of visitors who wantto experience the flavor and energy ofthe Milwaukee Bronzeville of the earlyto mid-1900s, when Bronzeville was thebusy, primary hub of commerce, culture,and arts and entertainment for Milwau-kee’s African-American population,” thealderwoman said.Alderwoman Coggs said Bronzeville

Week 2014 will feature a positive focusand vibe, and will include a variety ofactivities and events.Bounded by Garfield Avenue to Cen-

ter Street, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,Drive to 7th Street, the Bronzeville Cul-tural and Entertainment District iswholly located in the 6th AldermanicDistrict. The district is a City of Milwaukee re-

development initiative inspired by Mil-waukee’s original Bronzeville, and it isstriving to revitalize the area of Milwau-

kee where African-American culture hasbeen a mainstay. The Bronzeville Redevelopment Plan

seeks to create economic development

in a predominantly African-Americanneighborhood in a way that recapturesthe enthusiasm and attractiveness of theoriginal Bronzeville District.

Council makes it official: 2nd annual BronzevilleWeek to celebrate arts, history and community

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Wisconsin Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke with attendees during the recent June-teenth Day along Martin Luther King Drive. (Photo courtesy of Urban Media News)

Ald. Russell Stamper, II (second from left) was joined by some residents in the Sherman Park Neighborhoodand Mayor Tom Barrett in a walk through the area as part of the “Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days” initiative kickedoff earlier in the week by the mayor. The walk began at the Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club on Sherman Boule-vard. “Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days” is a city-wide effort to engage city residents and families to lead a moreactive lifestyle and implement physical activity into daily routines. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

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YOUTHYOUTH&&EDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATED QUOTE: “By teaching you will learn; By

learning you will teach!”--Latin proverb

60th Anniversary of Brownv. Board of Education

We’ve Come a Long Way but We Have a Long Way to GoPart Two

Despite the SupremeCourt's ruling in Plessyand similar cases, our An-cestors continued to fightfor the abolition of JimCrow and other raciallydiscriminatory laws. One particular organization that fought

for racial equality more than any otherwas the National Association for the Ad-vancement of Colored People (NAACP)founded in 1909 by the great W.E.Dubois. For about the first 20 years of its exis-

tence, it tried to persuade Congress andother legislative bodies to enact laws thatwould protect Blacks from lynching andother racist actions. Beginning in the 1930s, the NAACP's

Legal Defense and Education Fundbegan to turn to the courts to try to makeprogress in overcoming legally sanc-tioned discrimination. From 1935 to 1938, the legal arm of

the NAACP was headed by CharlesHamilton Houston. Houston, togetherwith Thurgood Marshall, both Black un-sung heroes, devised a strategy to attackJim Crow laws by striking at them wherethey were perhaps weakest—in the fieldof education which included the follow-ing four cases:Murray v. Maryland (1936) - Disap-

pointed that the University of MarylandSchool of Law was rejecting black appli-cants solely because of their race, begin-ning in 1933 Thurgood Marshall (who

was himself rejected from this law schoolbecause of its racial acceptance policies)decided to challenge this practice in theMaryland court system. Before a Baltimore City Court in 1935,

Marshall argued that Donald GainesMurray was just as qualified as white ap-plicants to attend the University of Mary-land’s School of Law and that it wassolely due to his race that he was rejected. Furthermore, he argued that since the

"black" law schools which Murray wouldotherwise have to attend were nowherenear the same academic caliber as theUniversity’s law school, the Universitywas violating the principle of "separatebut equal." Moreover, Marshall argued that the

disparities between the "white" and"black" law schools were so great that theonly remedy would be to allow studentslike Murray to attend the University’s lawschool. The Baltimore City Court agreed and

the University then appealed to the Mary-land Court of Appeals. In 1936, the Courtof Appeals also ruled in favor of Murrayand ordered the law school to admit him.Two years later, Murray graduated.Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada

(1938) - Beginning in 1936, the NAACPLegal Defense and Education Fund de-cided to take on the case of Lloyd Gaines,a graduate student of Lincoln University

UNIVERSALLYSPEAKING

By Rahim Islam

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation awarded $29,800 ingrants to area agencies through its second annual SummerGrants for Kids program.Grants of up to $1,000 each were given to 30 selected agen-

cies throughout the metro Milwaukee area to support supervisedsummer programs and activities that introduce kids to new ex-periences, provide opportunities that would normally be un-available to them and encourage the participation of theirparents and family members.“We were thrilled with the variety of quality experiences that

our nonprofit partners provided to area youth last summer withhelp from our Summer Grants for Kids program,” said JanelHines, director of grant programs. “We were fortunate to offerthe opportunity again this year and, through support from ourdonors, to nearly double the amount of money available.”Grant recipients include the following nonprofits:Milwaukee CountyBay View Community Center: for its Summer of Learning

day camp for 3- to 12-year-oldsBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee: to support

scholarships for children to attend Camp Whitcomb/MasonChildren’s Hospital and Health System Foundation Inc.:

for Camp Ujima, a six-week summer day camp that provides asafe haven for youth victims of community violenceCOA Youth & Family Centers: for camp scholarships for

low-income youth to attend Camp Helen BrachmanCops & Kids Foundation, Inc.: to support two to three Cops

and Bobbers fishing events with at-risk youth from Waukeshaand Milwaukee countiesCORE/El Centro: to expand its Sustainable Sprouts garden-

ing and nutrition program for children ages 6 to 12DanceCircus: supporting participation in Youth Dance Com-

pany Summer 2014Danceworks: to provide scholarships for children ages 3 to

17 to attend its weeklong Summer Creative Arts CampsDiscovery World: in support of its summer camps and teen

workshopsFirst Stage Children’s Theater: for its Summer Theater

AcademyGirls Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast: toward outdoor lead-

ership experience at summer campHeartLove Place: to expand its summer youth garden pro-

gram for youth ages 3 to 12

La Causa: to support Take Flight, an 11-week summer pro-gram for children ages 5 to 12 at its Early Education & CareCenter that will focus on enhancing literacy and science skillsLatino Arts, Inc.: to support two instructors for a five-week

Latino Arts Strings Program. The instructors are alumni of theprogram.Lead2Change: to assist with transportation costs for the

Dream Big! Summer Leadership Program for teensMilwaukee Ballet Company: supporting the Summer

Relevé community outreach ProgramMilwaukee Center for Independence: to provide scholar-

ships for children to attend Sensational Summer Camp, a campespecially for children ages 6 to 9 with autism and other sensorydisordersMilwaukee Public Museum: for its Summer Urban Acad-

emy, an eight-week camp focused on science that serves under-served children ages 8 to 14 from the central cityOur Next Generation: for an eight-week day camp that

combines academic, enrichment and recreation activities forcentral city childrenPenfield Children’s Center: to support costs of at least five

field trips for children from its Early Education and Care Pro-gram. Destinations include Discovery World, MilwaukeeCounty Zoo, Milwaukee Public Museum, Betty Brinn Chil-dren’s Museum and the Mitchell Park Domes.St. Marcus Lutheran School: to help grow its four-week

summer school program, which combines academics and en-richment activitiesThe Friendship Circle: to support a three-week project,

building a life-size, polystyrene boat as part of its Camp GanIsraelTRUE Skool Inc.: for its six-week Summer Urban Arts Pro-

gram for 14- to 19-year-oldsUnited Community Center: for a five-week summer enrich-

ment program that serves more than 900 children from kinder-garten to high schoolUrban Ecology Center: to support scholarships for children

ages 3 to 8 to attend summer campWild Space: for its five-week Summer Creative Arts Pro-

gram for fifth- through eighth-grade students in MilwaukeeWisconsin Humane Society: to support People Animals

Learning, a violence prevention program for at-risk Milwaukeearea youth ages 10 to 13, at the agency’s Ozaukee campus

Alumni representing classes from the 1950s and ‘60s at North Division High School gathered re-cently at the Italian Conference Center to renew old acquantences and rekindle memories duringthat legendary school’s reunion dinner/dance. The next day, Saturday, they gathered again at Dret-zka Park for a picnic. Yvonne Kemp, who is an alum of North Division, took this photo.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation investsnearly $30,000 toward Milwaukeearea summer programs, activities

KALEIDOSCOPEKALEIDOSCOPERahim Islam

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”--Victor Hugo

MovingForwardTogetherBy Mark MoneInterim Chancellor--Univer-sity of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeChange constantly happens in life,

and that fact is certainly true for uni-versities. A major change happened recently

at UWM with the departure of Chan-

cellor Michael Lovell and my ap-pointment to the position of interimchancellor. A hiring process is already under

way to find a new permanent chan-cellor, which we hope to complete bythe end of the year.I am new to the position of chan-

cellor, but I am not new to the univer-sity. I joined UWM’s faculty in 1989and have served primarily as a pro-fessor in the Lubar School of Busi-ness and director of the LubarExecutive MBA Program, includingour relations with many communityand business organizations, careerservices operations and related areas. In recent years, I have also served

in a special position in which I’veworked with leaders from across theuniversity to develop UWM’s 2020strategic plan, and to develop and im-plement campus-level programs tomake the university a better place towork.Those experiences over the past 25

years have helped me develop abroad perspective that will serve theuniversity and community well dur-ing the interim period. They have also helped me develop

a plan to guide us during the interimyear that I am calling “Moving For-ward Together.” Some of the Moving Forward To-

gether plan focuses on internal activ-ities such as completing our strategicplanning process, stabilizing studentenrollment and finding new re-sources to fund major campus initia-tives and appropriately pay ouremployees. Other parts of Moving Forward

Together involve the community andespecially include further engage-ment with those we serve in GreaterMilwaukee and throughout Wiscon-sin through research, education andservice activities. You can see the work of each of

our schools and colleges as we en-gage in local, regional and broaderendeavors. There are many excellentexamples, among them:• The College of Nursing operates

two Community Nursing Centers –Silver Spring in Westlawn and Houseof Peace in the Walnut Way neigh-borhood.• The School of Education is not

just preparing tomorrow’s teachers,counselors and administrators. It isalso overseeing a dozen charterschools and additional programs thatprepare teachers for urban education.• The Helen Bader School of So-

cial Welfare works alongside Grow-ing Power and other communityorganizations to help city residentsdevelop healthier diets and create

more food-related jobs in the process.If the University of Wisconsin-

Milwaukee is going to make a greaterdifference – to realize our mission ofresearch and access – we will furtherembrace and focus in diverse areassuch as these to improve the lives ofthose we serve. We will not take a break in these or

any other activities during the timewhen a new chancellor is being se-lected. We will instead move ahead,

preparing UWM for its next chancel-lor and a strong future. I look forwardto further working in the communitythat UWM serves while I am interimchancellor. (continued on page 7)

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Part Two KALEIDOSCOPEKALEIDOSCOPEt h e MC J l i f e s t y l e & e n t e r t a i nm e n t s e c t i o n

NOT ENOUGHWe live in a society where we often say NOT ENOUGHWe will say:Not Enough SunshineNot Enough Hours in the DayNot Enough MoneyNot Enough Material ThingsWe get so caught up and focus on the Not Enough wedon't haveWe forget about What we do have Enough ofWhat we tend to not remember is that we have God!!!!When we put God first He will assure us that having a relationshipwith Him You Have EnoughDon't let society dictate what is Not Enough and Let God be Enough!!Always Keeping It Real, Tara R. Pulley

FORTUNATEMoney does not denote true fortune or happiness…Fortune to me is true friendship.I feel fortunate to have made a new friend in class that told me: “Money chases her, she doesnot chase money.“You see, that’s a God/Faith alliance that will not work for many because they choose not to be-lieve.How fortunate for those of us that do believe.I know I am fortunate to have one lifelong friend, that alwaysincludes me, is not “sometimey” with her moods…She is con-sistently true to her word.You see, that’s called true friendship, hard to come by andworth more than gold.How fortunate for those of us that have one real friend.So I will spend less time worrying about and doing things withthose so called friends, who’s word is not bond. You can takethat to the bank.True investment of time with real friends is where the greatest fortune awaits us all.==Sonya M. Bowman

“IT IS WHAT IT IS”All We NeedSome people seek more because they never had enough.Some people pursue more because they want to impress.Some people search for more because they feel empty.Some people want more because they are greedy.Some people strive for more because they want to give.Some people request more because they want to take.Some people achieve more because they want to grow.Some people ask for more because they never sought itwithin themselves.Some people look for more because they need answers.Some people inquire for more because they are afraid to ask questions.Some people try for more because they are simply afraid not to.Some people crave for more because they are hungry.Some people pray for more because all of the above have failed.Vision Represents Faith!!!--Zelda Corona

Sista Speak...Sista Speak...Speak Lord!Speak Lord!ABUNDANCE

Happy New Mid- Year! That’s correct. Instead of Happy

New Year, I’m checking to see whereyou’re at with the various goals youset at the beginning of the year. Now that half of the year is over,

it’s time to check under the hood ofyour business and assess if the same“beginning of the year” energy andexcitement still exists today. Are youtrending in a direction that is cultivat-ing relationships and generating revenue or is your business on autopilot stilllooking for direction and guidance? In today’s information age, unstable economy and moving technology, busi-

nesses must know when and how to implement the necessary changes. Busi-ness owners who fail to incorporate quarterly or mid-year “tune-ups” findthemselves reacting to matters that could have been resolved if the proper as-sessment took place. So, let’s be proactive and check under that hood andsee what’s really going on. Here are some suggested “tune-up” tactics:1. Watch and Properly “Assess” Your Spending - In an unstable econ-

omy it is vital that you properly assess your business “needs” and “wants”.Ensuring that you have the appropriate business necessities are critical how-ever do not cut your budget so drastic that it negatively impacts the “customerexperience”. During difficult times business owners typically cutback or eliminate their

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2. Experience “The CustomerExperience” – Are your customersbeing treated as you expect them to?It is always a good idea to experiencethe “customer experience”. Haveyou ever called your office to seehow long it takes your staff to answerthe phone, are they polite, can theyanswer basic questions; can theyhandle a difficult customer? Doing this will give YOU a chance

to take a step back and observe the details that make up the experience. Afteryour assessments ensure that you acknowledge the people that “passed thetest”, effectively communicate your observations and let your team know theareas that need to be improved. 3. Automate & Integrate – Do you know what your employees are doing? If not, it is time to assess their duties and explore ways to efficiently com-

plete various tasks. As you know, technology advances daily and the abilityto automate and integrate your efforts becomes easier and easier. Take a step back and review their tasks and determine if you can streamline

some duties and leverage their talents in other areas. You can also look forways to eradicate tasks from your operations and sales efforts. These arethings to think about and assess. Making the time to tune up your business is not easy, however it will assure

that you’re being innovative, keeping your business fresh and ensuring therelationship you have developed with your customer is being properly nur-tured. Just note…if you don’t alter the way you do business, you risk not being

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(an all-black college) who applied to theUniversity of Missouri Law School butwas denied because of his race. The Stateof Missouri gave Gaines the option of ei-ther attending an all-black law school thatit would build (Missouri did not have anyall-black law schools at this time) or hav-ing Missouri help to pay for him to attenda law school in a neighboring state.Gaines rejected both of these options,and, employing the services of ThurgoodMarshall and the NAACP Legal Defenseand Education Fund, he decided to suethe state in order to attend the Universityof Missouri's law school. By 1938, hiscase reached the U.S. Supreme Court,and, in December of that year, the Courtsided with him. The six-member majority stated that

since a "black" law school didnot currently exist in the State of Mis-

souri, the "equal protection clause" re-quired the state to provide, within itsboundaries, a legal education for Gaines.In other words, since the state providedlegal education for white students, itcould not send black students, likeGaines, to school in another state.Sweat v. Painter (1950) - Encouraged

by their victory in Gaines’ case, theNAACP continued to attack legally sanc-tioned racial discrimination in higher ed-ucation. In 1946, a Black man namedHerman Sweat applied to the Universityof Texas’ "white" law school. Hoping thatit would not have to admit Sweat to the"white" law school if a "black" school al-ready existed, elsewhere on the Univer-sity’s campus, the state hastily set up anunderfunded "black" law school. At this point, Sweat employed the

services of Thurgood Marshall and theNAACP Legal Defense and EducationFund and sued to be admitted to the Uni-versity’s "white" law school. He arguedthat the education that he was receivingin the "black" law school was not of thesame academic caliber as the educationthat he would be receiving if he attendedthe "white" law school. When the case reached the U.S.

Supreme Court in 1950, the Court unan-imously agreed with him, citing as its rea-son the blatant inequalities between theUniversity’s law school (the school forwhites) and the hastily erected school forblacks. In other words, the "black" lawschool was "separate," but not "equal."Like the Murray case, the Court foundthe only appropriate remedy for this situ-ation was to admit Sweat to the Univer-sity’s law school.McLaurin v. Oklahoma Board of Re-

gents of Higher Education (1950) - In1949, the University of Oklahoma admit-ted George McLaurin, a Black man, to itsdoctoral program. However, it requiredhim to sit apart from the rest of his class,eat at a separate time and table from

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white students, etc. McLaurin, stating that these actions wereboth unusual and resulting in adverse effects on his academicpursuits, sued to put an end to these practices. McLaurin em-ployed Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense andEducation Fund to argue his case, a case which eventually wentto the U.S. Supreme Court. In an opinion delivered on the same day as the decision in

Sweat, the Court stated that the University’s actions concerningMcLaurin were adversely affecting his ability to learn and or-dered that they cease immediately. THANK GOD FOR THENAACP!! Even today, the NAACP continues to fight justice onbehalf of Blacks with the recent attempts made by nearly 35states to roll back the Voting Rights Gains of the 1960 using nu-merous voter suppression tactics (most of those legal challengeswere temporarily won). In the case that came to be known as Brown v. Board of Ed-

ucation was actually the name given to five separate cases thatwere heard by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the issue ofsegregation in public schools. While the facts of each case are different, the main issue in

each was the constitutionality of state-sponsored segregation inpublic schools. Once again, Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal De-

fense and Education Fund handled these cases. Although it ac-knowledged some of the plaintiffs’/plaintiffs claims, athree-judge panel at the U.S. District Court that heard the casesruled in favor of the school boards. The plaintiffs then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

When the cases came before the Supreme Court in 1952, theCourt consolidated all five cases under the name of Brown v.Board of Education. Marshall personally argued the case beforethe Court. Although he raised a variety of legal issues on appeal,the most common one was that separate school systems forblacks and whites were inherently unequal, and thus violate the"equal protection clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment to theU.S. Constitution. Furthermore, relying on sociological tests, such as the one

performed by social scientist Kenneth Clark, and other data, healso argued that segregated school systems had a tendency tomake black children feel inferior to white children, and thussuch a system should not be legally permissible.Meeting to decide the case, the Justices of the Supreme Court

realized that they were deeply divided over the issues raised.While most wanted to reverse Plessy and declare segregationin public schools to be unconstitutional, they had various rea-sons for doing so. Unable to come to a solution by June 1953 (the end of the

Court's 1952-1953 term), the Court decided to rehear the casein December 1953. During the intervening months, however,Chief Justice Fred Vinson died and was replaced by Gov. EarlWarren of California. fter the case was reheard in 1953, Chief Justice Warren was

able to do something that his predecessor had not—i.e. bringall of the Justices to agree to support a unanimous decision de-claring segregation in public schools unconstitutional. On May 14, 1954, he delivered the opinion of the Court, stat-

ing that "We conclude that in the field of public education thedoctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educa-tional facilities are inherently unequal. . ."Expecting opposition to its ruling, especially in the southern

states, the Supreme Court did not immediately try to give di-rection for the implementation of its ruling. Rather, it asked theattorney generals of all states with laws permitting segregationin their public schools to submit plans for how to proceed withdesegregation.

After still more hearings before the Court concerning the mat-ter of desegregation, on May 31, 1955, the Justices handeddown a plan for how it was to proceed; desegregation was toproceed with "all deliberate speed." Although it would be manyyears before all segregated school systems were to be desegre-gated, Brown and Brown II (as the Courts plan for how to de-segregate schools came to be called) were responsible forgetting the process underway.WHAT IS OUR REALITY TODAY? The integration of pub-

lic schools was never achieved – segregation is alive and thriv-ing. Public education is still separate and still very muchunequal. According to the U.S. Department of Education in 2009-2010

school years, there were nearly 8.2 million Blacks attendingpublic schools and approximately 400,000 that attend privateschool (nearly 80% attending religious schools with the major-ity Catholic Schools). What’s most astonishing is that nearly 77% of all Black stu-

dents attended predominantly all black schools within urbancities with nearly 30% of white students leaving public schoolsaltogether. The academic disparities are alarming - Black HighSchool graduation rates hover around 60% compared to 80%for whites. When you unpack these numbers, many of our high schools

are dropout factories with many hovering under 50%. Also,within these numbers is another glaring statistic – black boysare dropping out of high school at a disproportionally ratehigher than black girls (almost 3-1) and both black boys andblack girls are ranking near the bottom on SAT exams and entryinto elite colleges. Black trail whites by nearly 30 percentage points in history,

geography, civics, math and reading. These numbers are dis-couraging but more damaging when coupled with high levelsof poverty rates, unemployment, teen pregnancy, and incarcer-ation rates, and high level of divorces amongst Black families. Couple with the never-ending fight for resources, many of

the schools that Black children attending are what we call “op-portunity gaps” – they are simply inferior to predominantly allwhite schools, which I believe was the true purpose of Brownv. Board of Education case. Not only was it about addressing the issue of “separate” but

it was also about “unequal.”Not only our school facilities unequal and inferior, many of

our schools lack the very essentials to educate our children (i.e.Books, Equipment, Facilities, Educational Programs, SummerSchool, etc.). There are several components that are absolutelynecessary for equitable education: facilities, funding, and teach-ers. Given the struggles that Blacks have had in this country from

the beginning, you would’ve thought that at least one commit-ment would be fulfilled for Black people – equitable schools. While I’m in full support of the legal challenges that our great

ancestors made to fight structural racism, discrimination, andbias against Black people, but inherit in their defense was thatBlack led schools were inherently inferior. What has made ourschools inferior then and now is the inadequate and unequalfunding that it has gotten. Every negative demographic can be tied directly to academic

achievement; in fact, they are now calling our public schools“pipelines to the prison industrial complex” – another form ofslavery. Why has the fight for equality been so elusive in this country

for Black people, especially in the area of education and givenour history. Unfortunately, like before, today America refuses to live up

to its creed of fairness and equality and has opposed at everyturn to fully provide education to Black children. I think it’snow time to legally challenge these disparities – I’m a supporterof the idea of Reparations.

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affiliation. The others indicated the applicant was atheist,

Catholic, evangelical Christian, Jewish, pagan, Muslimor a made-up religion called "Wallonian."Employers preferred the control group. This confirmed

the researchers' hypothesis that employers would be putoff by overt statements of religious identity. Even in the South, which is more religious than any

other part of the country, it's possible that employerswould view overt religious expression as potentially of-fensive to clients and co-workers.Muslims were least likely to be contacted by employ-

ers, receiving 38 percent fewer e-mails and 54 percentfewer phone calls than the control group. Atheists and pagans were also unpopular and, to a

lesser extent, Wallonians and Catholics. Evangelicalsfared about the same as the control group.

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Aaron Wilder and Meredith Gingold are the 2014 Dr. Wesley L. Scott Scholarships. They receivedthe scholarships during the meeting of the Milwaukee Urban League Young Professionals held re-cently at Manpower Group headquarters, 100 Manpower Place. Wilder is one of the MUL’s NASAchievers and a 2014 Black Excellence Students. With Wilder and Gingold are (far left) Ralph Holl-mon, president and CEO of the MUL, and Dorinthia Robinson. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

National and local NAACP branchesurge Congress to pass VRAAthe Voting Rights Act of 1965 has opened the door to allsorts of mischief inside our Nation’s sacred voting box,and as such we risk the disenfranchisement of whole seg-ments of our society,” said Lorraine C. Miller, NAACPInterim President and CEO. “ The right to vote for all isunder threat and the time to act is now.”Rev. Francys Johnson, NAACP Georgia State Confer-

ence President, testified that since the Shelby decision,“We are witnessing the wholesale elimination and chang-ing of polling locations, significant changes in the meth-ods of electing school board, town and city councilmembers, a rush to move to at-large districts, and limitingearly voting to have the purpose or effect of denying orabridging the right to vote.”As part of that decision, the Court invited Congress to

revise the VRA to provide for protections against votingdiscrimination that reflect current circumstances.“The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act

made clear that Congress has the authority and obligationto fix the VRA; protecting the fundamental right to vote,”Jotaka Eaddy, NAACP Senior Advisor to the President

and CEO and Senior Director of Voting Rights.“What this Congress does with the Voting Rights Act

is the real measure of this Nation’s commitment to free,fair, and accessible elections. The United States mustnever again permit racial discrimination to silence ourwitness of freedom and darken our light of liberty in thisworld.”Wisconsin was one of many states where NAACP

branches held rallies calling for the protection of votingrights for all Americans.NAACP branches in Texas, Virginia, Oklahoma, Ala-

bama, South Carolina and other states held rallies to mo-bilize community members to protect the right to vote.During the news outside the Madison federal court-

house, Harris and Jones stressed the VRAA would pro-vide common sense solutions to prevent discriminationagainst all voters regardless of race, including remediesto address current discrimination as it is occuring, an abil-ity to review voting changes in places that have engagedin discrimination in the present and recent past, and betterpublic notification of potential voting changes to enhanceaccountability.

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Do basketball players really think that Sterling is theonly NBA owner who harbors racist views? Those own-ers have enough sense not to articulate them publicly. Ifthey know that other owners share Sterling’s views thenthey condone closed door racism, not the open door kind.If they are aware, and don’t care or share, they are makingdeals with the devil.If the Koch brothers are the devil, then most of our or-

ganizations are making deals with the devil. Look at thelist of sponsors for any African American organization orevent. Sit through a board meeting, and listen to folks re-view possible sponsors, many corporate. There are “good” corporations whose diversity portfo-

lio is robust, and then there are those who need a littlehelp. The need for funds notwithstanding, are we for salefor the price of a table or a few salmon (used to bechicken) dinners?On the other hand, when the New York Times criticized

the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation for its cor-porate support, Elsie Scott, the then-director said that ifwe spent money on certain products it was only right that

we get their support. Does this apply to the Koch dona-tion?Unfortunately, too many African American organiza-

tions buy what we want and beg for what we need. Manyin the African American community have $25 million togive to the United Negro College Fund. Many could spend the dollars to support our students.

The fact that we do not leaves us vulnerable to contribu-tions like Koch, contributions that come with strings and,perhaps, a conservative agenda.Should UNCF President Michael Lomax send the

money back? Only if someone steps up to replace it. The$18.5 million for scholarships represents 3,700 scholar-ships for students. If the $4 million is divided equally among 37 schools,

it means $108,000 per school, enough to hire back one ofthe people laid off and to support some programs. ShouldMichael Lomax lay down with the devil? Where is theangel?Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based

economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Ben-nett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

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Eve Hall (center), president and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) congratu-lates to representatives of high schools that participated in the join Milwaukee Public Schools-AACCpilot entrepreneurship program titled, “Shaping Our Future.” Patricia Bridges (far left), co-director ofNova High School, and Tamika Isabell (far right), a math instructor at Assata High School talked aboutthe impact the program has had on their students during the monthly AACC “Women In Business” lunch-eon held at the Milwaukee Yacht Club, 1700 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. (Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

Scholarship winners recognizedby Milwaukee Urban League

AACC Women in Business Luncheon

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