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JME 92 - NUMBER 46
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2013
HBCUs S
the
D.C.-based Thurgood Mar-
By Dorothy Rowley
Special to the NNPA
from
The Washington
Informer
The president of
Malcolm X
rst MLK’s Kids, Now the Heirs Of
Malcolm X Are Headed to Court
Special to the NNPA from the
Houston Forward Times
lily members of Malcolm X have filed suit to pre-
ic publication of the slain leader's diary.
ssue is the diary Malcolm X kept during the year
his assassination, as he traveled through the Mid
st and Africa. The diary has been reproduced for
ation and lists the daughter of Malcolm X. Ilyasah
zz. as an editor. Other family members, however,
ng suit, alleging that the publisher. Third World
does not own the rights to the diary.
: President of Third World Press. Bennett Johnson,
diets the family's claim and says the publisher has
act signed by one of Malcolm X's daughters,
deo promoting the publication of the diary shows
ighter of Malcolm X discussing the importance of
ry been added to the body of work already pro-
by Malcolm X.
really beautiful that we get to see Malcolm in
n voice - without scholars, historians or observers
what he was thinking or what he was doing or
e meant." Shabazz says.
d World Press says the memoir "described deep
)nal connections [Malcolm Xj developed during a
that was constantly colored by his prophetic sense
tending tragedy." They also promote the diary as
ng a "unique" blueprint for African-Americans,
diary is scheduled to be published on November
court papers filed by the heirs of Malcolm X in
ttan court could delay or even prevent publica-
NA AC P Meets
Nov. 24
The Durham Branch
NAACP's Monthly Mem
bership meeting will be
Nov. 24 at 4 p.m. at Em
manuel AME Church. 2018
Riddle Rd..
Rev. Anita Thompson is
the host pastor.
The public is invitedto
attend.
Struggling
To Keep Up
College Fund said re
cently that historically 7
black colleges and univer
sities (HBiCU) are feeling
the effects of unc lerfund-
ing. but are getting seri
ous about resolving those
Johnny Taylor, president of the Thurgood Marsha II
College Fund in D.C., said HBCUs are laying off fac
ulty and staff and eliminating student work study pro
grams. (Courtesy photo)
^^^X Joshua group support desegregation agreement
1.11 11.1. R()C K. Ark. (AP) - I he Little Rock School District and a group of patrons known as th e
Joshua Intervenors are both now on board with a planned settlement of a 30-year-old desegregation!
lawsuit that has resulted in the state's giving $ I billion to integrate schools in Pulaski County.
A federal judge has set a hearing for Dec. 9 on the state of Arkansas' request to stop $70 million in
payments altogether. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel negotiated an acreement with the Little Rock
North Little Rock and Pulaski County school districts to end payments after four more years.
He also wanted the Joshua Intervenors to agree. Little Rock television station KATV reported the
inteiveneis said Monday they were on board. Lhe Little Rock district also voted Monday to proceed
1 he district's board voted unanimously to go forward with or without the Joshua Intervenors. How
ever. after a resolution was passed, the interveners agreed to the settlement.
'’Ois" t °* tlie settiement includes continued payments from the state through the school year 2017-
Prior to the board approving the settlement, members passed a resolution to commit to a facilities
study, find out winch schools are top priority and also focus on helping schools in southwest Little
Rock. "
It was this lesolution that made the Joshua Intervenors jump on board.
McDaniel issued a statement calling the agreement "a historic milestone decades in the making."
With this agreement, the state and the three Pulaski County school districts can move forward to
focus on the best interests of the students, rather than on costly , burdensome litigation." he said.
He added that he looks forward to presenting the agreement to the court soon.
In doing so. the 106 schools
- which the University of
the District of Columbia
and Howard University -
can help keep their doors
open.
"They're struggling and
many are teetering on clos
ing their doors." the presi
dent. Johnny Tay lor, told
NewsOne's Roland Martin
about a crisis causing many
of the nation's 104 HBCUs
to lose millions of dollars.
"The reality is we are
sending students home,
we're laying off faculty
- so we're impacting the
markets and communities
in which these schools ex
ist and thrive or should be
thriving." fay lor said. "So
it's a real issue.”
Asked about how col
lege officials are dealing
with the financial losses.
Taylor said they 're tighten
ing spending in all areas.
"They 're lay ing off." he
said. "They're getting rid
of work study [programs
that have) helped many of
us get through college."
Taylor said that the U.S.
Department of Education
has yet to fully grasp the
se verily of the schools' fi
nal icial woes.
• 'They 're closing librar
ies (early and reducing op-
erati ng hours and student
services
said.
Am ong
functions."
HBCUs
have closed recently
that
are
OP blocks key Obama court
nominee in Senate vote
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sHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans blocked another of President Barack Obama's picks for one of the nation's top courts, the l’atest skir-
i a nominations battle that has intensified partisan tensions in the chamber.
vote derailed Obama's selection of Georgetown University law professor Cornelia Pillard to fill one of three vacancies on the 1J S Court of
xx^ in favor ° f cnding GOP ^^ d ^ s lhat have ^ ™ard: from win-
C . c * rCUlt i? 1 "? 8 ! c ° nsidered one of the nation ' s most Powerful because it rules on administration orders and regulations and because
can J „“' y uprcme Court Jus,ices ' The D C cir '" i, ^ — ^ di ' ided
nomine 86 ! V0te 1 ° 3883,1 . Re P ublicans for °PP osin g female nominees to the D.C. circuit. Republicans have blocked votes on two other
nominees to the same court this year, attorneys Patricia Millett and Caitlin Hallman
«" ^ federal courts. So what kind of message are Senate Republicans sending bv refusing to even all ow
Sen c ? ual ' bed kma e attorneys in this country ." Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy. D-Vt. said
i Sen. Chai les Giassley. top Republican on the Judiciary panel, called such arguments "offensive " adding that Democrats' "last line of d -
1 to accuse Republicans of opposing nominees based upon gender or race " Uemociats last line of d.--
day's vote prompted Democrats to threaten anew to unilaterally rewrite Senate rules to make it harder for the chamber's minoritv
.uhlieanT 8 ’ ; i0C,at l could a o i hat by T"‘ b,ng a minorit y’ s abilit > to Wire ^ votes to end procedural delays called filibuster^ '
ng closer and closer to that line. I'd hope they 'll torn back, " said No. 3 Senate Democratic leader Check SclXr of New
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Morris Brown College in
Atlanta, which was $35
million in debt at the time
of its ck 'sure in 2012. and
St, Paul'.'-: College in Law
renceville . Va.. which had
only 111 :students enrolled
when it dosed in June.
Like the n Majority of HB
CUs. both schools had
been in exh ’fence for more
than 100 y er irs.
In April, i Renee Higgin-
botham-Broo ks. a member
of Howard University's
Board of Tr u: stees. warned
in a letter to her fellow
trustees that tl ic university
could possibly be shuttered
by 2016.
But Mar ybeth Gasman,
an educatk in policy pro
fessor at the University
of PennsyT vania who has
studied FIB CUs at length,
said the sit nation isn't as
bad as it's i nade out to be.
In a recent interview, she
alluded to a newspaper ar-
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