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Rapper indicted gun charge WHITE PLAINS. N.Y. (AP) - Jadakiss. the rapper who wrote controversial lyrics about President Bush and the Sept. 1 1 terrorist attack on New York City, lias been indicted on gun and drue charues Using his real name of Jason Phillips. Jadakiss entered a not guilt) pica last Thursday to chaises of possessing a loaded handgun and marijuana. He was arrested Oct. 7 with three other men in his native Yonkers. Police said they stopped the car he was in after smelling marijuana and then found the gun. "I have yet to see or hear of any evi dence connecting my client to possessing this weapon." said the rapper's lawyer, Clement Patti. He said Jadakiss was in Jadakiss the hack scat and didn t know there was a gun in the tront con sole. If convicted on the gun charge in Westchester County Court, the maximum sentence he would face is 16 months to seven years in prison. The law was toughened in November to provide a min imum sentence of 3 1/2 years. Two of the other arrested men face similar charges. No indict ment of the fourth was announced. NBJC applauds NBA's Amaechi for coining out as gay \ WASHINGTON, D.C. The Nationj*KBIack Justice Coalition, www.nbjc.org. AmericajiOjily^Black LGBT civil rights organization . last week congratulated John Amaechi, a former NBA player, on his decision to come out as gay. Amaechi, whose autobiography is scheduled to be released next week, has revealed in the book that he is gay, making him the first male basketball player to come out in the U.S. During his career, Amaechi played for the Orlando Magic. Houston Rockets and the New York Knicks. The National Black Justice Coalition has included' Amacheci in its month long Black History series honoring highly accom plished Black lesbian, gay. bisexual, transgender and same-gen der-loving individuals past and present. The National Black Justice Coalition is a multi-layered organization with extensive and multiple initiatives which focus upon Media relations. Religion Affairs, and Youth mentoring as j} directly relates to Black lesbian, gay. bisexual, and transgender communities. On Saturday. March 10, the organization will host its 2nd Annual Black Church Summit which will bring together Black iconic intellectuals such as the Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson plus several other religious leaders both anti-gay and gay affirming. They will discuss and facilitate discussions ranging from HIV and the Black Church to debating the legitimacy of scripture referring to homosexuality. Accidental drug mix said to kill Levert CLEVELAND - R&B singer Gerald Levert's death last fall was an accident caused by a fatal combination of prescription narcotics and over-the-counter drugs, a coroner said. The drugs in his bloodstream included the narcotic pain relievers Vicodin. Percocet and Darvocct, along with anxiety medication Xanax and two over-the counter antihistamines. Ueauga Lounty Coroner Kevin Chartrand said. The offi cial cause of death was acute intoxica tion, and the death was ruled accidental. Chartrand said his office received a report last Thursday from the Cuyahoga County coroner's office, which conduct ed the autopsy. Levert. 40, son of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, died Nov. 10 in his subur ban Cleveland home. He was a member /.evert o! mo k?? mo ueven. wnose nits included "(Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop) Goes My Mind" and "Casanova." He sold millions of albums and had numerous hits over his career. Andy Gibson, a family spokesman, said Levert was taking the pain medication-beCause of chronic pain from a lingering shoulder problem and surgery in 2005 to repair a severed Achilles tendon. The autopsy revealed that Levert had pneumonia. Levert also took Xanax for anxiety attacks, Gibson said. Black leaders concerned over Denver police promotion DENVER (AP) - Several blfck community leaders want to meet with Mayor John Hickenlooper and Manager of Safety A1 LaCabe after the city's police department chose a Latino over a black commander for a key promotion. On last Thursday. Police Chief Gerry Whitman announced that District I Cmdr. David Quinones was promoted to divi sion chief of special operations. Division chiefs are two levels below Whitman and above commanded. The department does not have any black officers above commander. Including Quinones. it will have tw6 Latino men and one Anglo woman above commander. "(Quinones) is solid, very responsive to the community," said LaCabe. who is black. He believes strongly in commu nity service and he believes strongly in accountability." LaCabe and Whitman were responsible for the selection. City Councilwoman Elbra Wedgeworth said she was dis appointed that Quinones was chosen over District 3 Cmdr. Tracie Keesee. "It has nothing to do with (Quinones)." Wedgeworth said. "I was very disappointed because I know (Keesee) was the best candidate." Sgt. Joe Unser. former president of Denver's Black Police Officers Association, said Keesee was the most impressive among the candidates. "She's created programs that increased community satis faction with the police department." he said. The Chronicic (USPS 067-9 10) was established by Ernest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicic Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street. Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. Annual subscription price is S30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem. NC 27102-1636 Black History 'Left Behind' in educational initiative, say educators BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEY NNPA CORRESPOND! M WASHINGTON - One hundred and forty-one years since the Thirteenth ^jAmendmenl abolished slav ery, Black history scholars and education experts say ele mentary and high school stu dents across America have few or no textbooks that fully incorporate Black history. "Clearly there's not enough being done on a cur riculum to incorporate African-American topics into the day to day learning of stu dents in schools," says Daryl Scott, chairman of the Department of History at Howard University and vice president of the Association for the Study of African American History (ASALH) at Howard. "But. when we look out and say African American students are not getting enough Black history, we could also say African American students are not getting enough history of any sort." Scott says the "No Child Left Behind" Act, the center piece of Bush's education ini tiatives, in fact, leaves history behind. Klan buster Stetson Kennedy still active at 90 BY RON WORD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. AUGUSTINE, Kla - Stetson Kennedy still gets threatening phone calls, six decades after he gained fame for infiltrating and exposing the Ku Klux Klan and other domes tic ter r o r i s t groups. 1 n some, the caller says, "This is Klan." T o which Kennedy replies, "This is Klan buster." Another caller says, "We think about you every time we drive by your house." Kennedy, who turned 90 in October, is not letting age nor the Klan slow him down. He's working on his autobiography, "Dissident-at-Large." and another book on Key West. Kennedy, who is miffed at recent allegations that some of his writings about the Klan were fabricated or exaggerated, is also giving a speech this month at the Pentagon. To top it off, he just got married for the seventh time. "He gets more serious work done in a day than most people half his age," said author and Sec Kennedy on A 14 Scott "No Child Left Behind," signed into law by President Bush on Jan. 8. 2002, calls for "strong standards in each state for what every chilik should know and learn in reading and math in grades 3 8," a White House citation describes. "Schools will be held accountable for improv ing performance of all student groups, so ever) school will be performing at proficient levels within 12 years." Scott says the act could have a detrimental effect on the emphasis of history in America's schools. "The only history that many kids are going to get - White or Black - is coming out of their community. And so. this is the larger problem," Scott says. "I'm more con cerned about history in gener al being restored to the class room. I'm as concerned about thijt as I am about the Black History Component. It's a larger problem because ulti mately. you're not going to understand African-American history if you do not under stand American History just like we also say you can't understand American history if you're not understanding African- American histqry." This is the reason tn? the ASALH has started a special project with Holt, Rinehart and Winston? a leading pub lisher of textbooks and educa tional materials for grades six Sec Histor) on A 15 Htf ALLEGACY WIRELESS BANKING Cell phone, Pocket PC device, PalmOr* handheld and BUckbeny i Transfer funds, pay bills, view accounts, anytime, anywhere Plus, use your Allegacy Check Card to earn Rewards Points redeemable for merchandise and travel (accepted worldwide; ADVANTAGE i ?fl scc^ws to Bttfli htr ?obi la llfMtyl* linttd to Morn 1? rii Mat* aiaply by wiag b*r VIM' Cback Card / |?( chooiM f egacy Smart Banking for th? Good Life. ChooseAllegacy.org 336.774.3400 800.782 4670 IMCUA First Time Homebuyers You May be Eligible if: ? 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