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/SlUME 93 - NUMBER 50 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014 TELEPHONE (919) 682-2913 PRICE: 30 CENTS Americans Take to the because I’m con ¬ cerned about the future. If our grandparents banner. “I’m here went through Street to Protest Police By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) ■ On Saturday, thousands of Americans across the country registered their objection to po lice officers not being held ac countable after killing unarmed citizens, many of them blacks, by mounting massive demon strations and rallies, the main one held here in the nation’s capital. Organized by major civil rights organizations, the goal of the protest was to demand fed eral intervention in state prose cutorial systems that have failed to indict anyone in the police killings of victims such as Mi chael Brown, Eric Garner, Ai- yana Stanley-Jones, and Pearlie Golden. “We must have this nation deal with the fact that just like 50 years ago, the states have taken a position to rob the human rights and civil rights of citizens with states rights-protected laws,” said Al Sharpton, the rally’s chief organizer. The demands by Sharpton included: expanding the pow ers for the Justice Department to investigate state prosecution procedures; national legislation to lower the threshold for grand jury indictments of police of ficers; and independent special prosecutors to examine potential cases of police brutality or mis conduct. The march drew a multiracial, intergenerational sea of sign- toting citizens from all over the nation. Wanda Sharif, from Beau mont, Texas, had already been in Washington to help care for her grandchild, but extended her vis it to attend the march. The grand mother of seven recalled march ing with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at 11 years old, and attending all-white schools until enrolling at Spelman College in Atlanta. “I’ve been doing this for three generations. I have to be here to document for my grandchildren, so they know I was here,” she says. “It’s important that every body sees - not just America, but the whole world should see that we have not made all the prog ress and accomplished all that we thought we did. More and more eyes are opening. We’re still fighting for the same things we were fighting for in the ‘60s.” Washington D.C. residents Albert and Andrea Elliott this, and we’re going through this, Lord only knows what my grandchildren will go through,” says Davis, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. The light police presence blocked traffic and generally stayed out of the way as the loud but peaceful processional trav eled six blocks to the main stage at the foot of the Capitol’s front lawn. Both national and inter national media were present, as well as union organizations, black Greek letter organizations, civic and grassroots organiza tions, student groups, and fami lies. Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Go ing On” and “What’s Happening Brother” met the marchers as they arrived at the main stage, where media trucks, government Suburbans, and a stilted press box overflowing with photogra phers flanked the crowds. With the Capitol as a back- drop, the main stage featured a lineup of speakers including Representative Al Green (D- Texas), Newark, N.J. Mayor, Ras Baraka, Howard University Continued On Page 3) Thousands of people marched from Freedom Plaza to the United States Capi tol on Saturday, December 12, 2014 in the National “Justice For All” March. The event was sponsored by the National Action Network (NAN) to highlight police brutality and criminal justice reform in the United States. (Milbert O. Brown, Jr./NNPA) NCCU Awards 600 Diplomas; Graduates Charged with Creating ^Positive Change’ John Williams, IV son of John Williams, III and Mrs. Jayme Del-Williams meets Santa at Hayti Heritage Center for a photograph. Warren Keys is a “Santa for ALL.” Photographs can be purchased at the Center Dec. 20 and 21 at 804 Old Fayetteville St. Go to www.blacksanta.com 11 arrested in Durham during protest of police brought their 12-year-old grand son, Jeremiah, to use the march as a teachable moment. “I brought my grandson to his first march so he understands that what he is doing is right. We’re teaching him solidarity - and that he can speak up and be non- violent without being afraid,” she says. “We as a people have to stick together and be more involved. We have to go to the source, where the laws are made, to put our foot on their necks.” As they planned their atten dance, Jeremiah asked about previous civil rights demonstra tions, police violence, and tear gas. “It’s not fair to kill black peo ple because you have the power and authority to do stuff like this that we cana’,” he says of his personal reasons for attend ing. “I don’t think it’s fair to kill black people for no reason.” University of Maryland stu dents and Divine Nine fraternity members Marcus Davis, Justin More than 600 graduates of North Carolina Central University were awarded diplomas Saturday Dec. 13, 2014, during the university’s 124th annual Commencement Exercises. During the ceremony, NCCU Chancellor Debra Saunders-White recognized two December graduates: Muhammed Jobe and Melissa Culbreth. Jobe is a first-generation college graduate who moved to the U.S. from his home in Gambia in 2006. After working at Apple, he entered NCCU’s School of Business. He will join Cisco Systems Advanced Lab Operations in Research Triangle Park upon graduation. ' Saunders-White lauded Culbreth, a mental health counseling major, who is a veteran of the North Carolina Army National Guard and was its first female chaplain. Culbreth served in Iraq earned a Bronze Star and has worked to help military veterans integrate back into civilian society. She also has been battling breast cancer as she completed her Master of Arts degree in mental health counseling. Dr. Ibrahim Cisse, a 2004 NCCU physics graduate now teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave the commencement address. He congraduated graduates for their hard work and dedication. “Eagles, I am confident you all will become catalysts for positive change, Cisse said. He also quoted NCCU alumnus from the class of 2010 Stephen Alsop, now enrolled in a joint M.D./Ph.D. program at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, in telling the graduates to remember “the only limitations are those you bring Cisse thanked a host of faculty and staff members at NCCU and Durham Technical Community College for their support during his own undergraduate years. He credited his NCCU physics professor, Dr. Kinny Ken, for instilling in him a passion for physics research. While at NCCU, Cisse pursued experiments involving the packing density of various shapes using objects he had on hand, an approach he dubbed “Eagle ingenuity.” By coating his “favorite candy,” M&Ms, with household paint, Cisse generated new findings that earned academic awards, including a chance to study physics in Paris. He went on to earn a doctorate in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Referencing recent protests over killings by police of unarmed black men, including the chokehold death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, he said: “It is my belief that if one of us can’t breathe, none of us can breathe.” , . “Black lives matter - of course, all lives matter. Period. Regardless of a person s social or community standing,” he told the audience. Saunders-White concluded the ceremonies by saying, “Graduates, as you prepare to take on the challenges of your new or blossoming career, I urge you to remember that your voices and your actions are some of the most powerful means by which you can create positive change.” North Carolina Central University prepares students to succeed in the global marketplace. Flagship programs include science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, nursing education, law, business and the arts. Founded in 1910 as a liberal arts college for African-Americans, NCCU remains committed to diversity in higher education. Our alumni are among the nation’s most successful scientists, researchers, educators, attorneys, (AP) - Durham police arrested 11 people in a nighttime protest that was part of a national wave demonstrations of killings by police. Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said in a news release that about 50 protesters Saturday night (Dec. 13) marched on several streets near downtown and Duke University’s East Campus. She says the protesters blocked traffic as they marched on several streets and were ordered to disperse as they approached the Durham Freeway. Michael says most of the protesters were charged with impeding traf fic and failure to disperse. Media accounts say the protesters chanted “Black Lives Matter!” and “Hands up! Don’t Shoot!” “■W Ferguson, and Akiel Pyant car ried a “black Lives Matter” artists and entrepreneurs. Visit www.nccu.edu. Muhammed Jobe
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