Michael Rainey Jr. shares how he learned his character, ‘Tyriq’ would take center stage in the “Power” series in the newest installment, “Power Book II: Ghost.”
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Money saving tips this morning for DC residents. It’s no secret that COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on many of our wallets making it challenging to pay our utility bills. The Public Service Commission and others are teaming up to provide residents and businesses some energy and money saving initiatives. My guest is Willie Phillips – Chair of the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.
The #Here2HelpDC webinar on Facebook Live is September 9 at 12:30pm #Here2HelpDC can directly assist residents and businesses about energy and money-saving initiatives that will help minimize negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. More information here:
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This year’s presidential election has been called one of the most important of our lifetime. WHUR wants you to vote like your life depends on it, because it does. We have compiled a list of important deadlines and dates for you to keep in mind.
What you need to know to vote in the Commonwealth of Virginia
For the 2020 Presidential General Election
Virginia offers online voter registration. You can register by mail to vote in Virginia by printing a voter registration form, filling it out, and mailing it to your local election office. You can also register to vote in person if you prefer.
Deadlines and Dates:
Deadline to register to vote, or update an existing registration, is Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
Deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed to you isFriday, October 23, 2020. Your request must be received by your Registrar by 5:00 p.m.
October 31st last day to apply in person for an absentee ballot. Application must be completed at the GR office.
Starting 45 days before Election Day, visit your local registrar’s office or a satellite voting location in your county or city to vote early. Remember, the Saturday before Election Day is the last day to vote early.
In person voting begins September 18th
September 19th Absentee voting begins
You do not have to have a reason or fill out an application to vote early.
At the registrar’s office or satellite voting location, you must provide your name and address and show an acceptable form of ID or sign an ID Confirmation Statement.
This year’s presidential election has been called one of the most important of our lifetime. WHUR wants you to vote like your life depends on it, because it does. We have compiled a list of important deadlines and dates for you to keep in mind.
What you need to know to vote in Maryland.
For the 2020 Presidential General Election:
Maryland offers online voter registration. You can register by mail to vote in Maryland by printing a voter registration form, filling it out, and mailing it to your local election office. You can also register to vote in person if you prefer.
Deadlines and Dates:
Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
The deadline to register online to vote is Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
The deadline for registering by mail to vote is (postmarked by) Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
The deadline to register in person to vote is Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
The deadline to request a ballot by mail is (received by) Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
The early voting period runs from Monday, October 26, 2020 to Monday, November 2, 2020, but dates and hours may vary based on where you live.
This year’s presidential election has been called one of the most important of our lifetime. WHUR wants you to vote like your life depends on it, because it does. We have compiled a list of important deadlines and dates for you to keep in mind.
What you need to know to vote in the District of Columbia
For the 2020 Presidential General Election:
You can register by mail to vote in The District of Columbia by printing a voter registration form, filling it out, and mailing it to your local election office. You can also register to vote in person if you prefer.
Deadlines and Dates:
Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
The deadline for registering by mail to vote is (received by) Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
The deadline to register in person to vote is Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
You can also register and vote on Election Day.
Vote Centers for the November 3 General Election will open Tuesday, October 27, 2020, through Monday, November 2, 2020, from 8:30 am – 7:00 pm.
November 3, 2020 (Election Day), Vote Centers will open from 7:00 am – 8:00 pm.
You may drop off your voted mail ballot in ANY Ballot Drop Box at ANY time, before 8:00 pm on Election Day, November 3, 2020.
The Greater Washington Urban League is kicking off its 8th Annual Health and Wellness Back2School Festival this week. It will feature a socially distance backpack and school supply giveaway. My guest is Kendra Oates – Greater Washington Urban League Back2School Festival Coordinator
The Greater Washington Urban League’s Virtual Health and Wellness Back2School Festival is September 10th – 20th and will feature socially distant backpack and school supply pickup. The festival also offers virtual fitness demonstrations, workshops, healthy cooking classes, youth conversations, mental health resources and more. Register here:
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Howard University is known for bringing in great leaders to continue the legacy of truth and service here at our institution. We have a new voice on campus and she brings 20 years of experience working in the healthcare industry. She will be taking Howard University Hospital to the next level. On this episode of “The Journey,” President Wayne Frederick talks to the CEO of Howard University Hospital, Mrs. Anita Jenkins.
The District could soon have a new fire chief. Mayor Muriel Bowser has nominated John Donnelly, currently the assistant chief, for the top job.
Donnelly is a 28-year veteran of the fire department. Current chief Gregory Dean is retiring, until then Donnelly will serve as acting chief. The D.C. Council must now approve Donnelly’s nomination.
The DC chapter of the ACLU is blasting the DC police for the police involved fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man in Southeast DC Wednesday.
The organization says the officer who shot Deon Kay, said the police “made no attempt to de-escalate, gave Kay no warning or directive given to drop a weapon — a weapon that Kay appears to have thrown in the air and which was recovered almost 100 feet from his body.” The officers involved in the Deon Kay slaying have been put on administrative leave.
Queen Aishah said she’s open to dating in this pandemic. But they have to stay outside. lol
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In this installment of HUR@Home Lifestyle, it was a fun night filled with laughs with comedians Red Grant and Queen Aishah. We were also joined by fashion designer, Tori Soudan, who gave us a history lesson on how shoes and boots are made in Italy. Thanks to WHUR’s Coka-Lani who joined in on the fun by bringing along her friend, DC’s own Red Grant.
Josh X got us started with a beautiful rendition of Brian McKnight’s “Cross Your Mind.” He later serenaded us with a verse from his new single,”I Miss You.” Josh X has be fortunate to collaborate with many greats, but the biggest blessing was becoming the protege of the legendary Stevie Wonder.
KEM joined the conversation from his home studio. Whew! The comment section was lit up! Our conversation was so inspirational as he talked about overcoming drug and alcohol addiction. His powerful relationship with God, and how he’s grateful to be surrounded by family. Congratulations KEM. Love Always Wins!
Be your own boss… make your own money… control your own time. That sounds like the life long dream for us all. This morning I have information about a 6-month training program for young DC adults to help you do just that. It’s part of an organization called “Can I Live” and they are gearing up for their next cohort of the Resident Owned Business Incubator Program. My guest is Racquel Williams Jones – President of Can I Live, Inc.
Can I Live is now accepting applications for it’s Resident Owned Business Incubator Program for young adults ages 18 to 24 who live in DC. It’s a 6 month training program and you can earn while you learn. More information here:
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Politics and race have gone hand and hand since the nation’s founding. Today, the political and racial divide in the United States appears more stark than ever. Tonight, we discuss if that division can be bridged.
Prince George’s County is setting aside $2 million to help daycare providers hurt by COVID-19 pandemic
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LARGO, MD (Thursday, September 3, 2020) – Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks today announced details of the County’s Child Care Provider Recovery Program, which provides grants to child care centers that had to close their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, which was originally scheduled to begin accepting applications on September 4, will now begin taking applications on September 9, 2020. In addition, the deadline to apply has been extended to October 2, 2020. Child care providers may receive a grant up to $20,000 for licensed child care centers and up to $3,000 for registered family child care homes to support reopening costs, including personal protective equipment (PPE), payroll, supplies, rent, fixed debt payments and other operating costs.
To be eligible, child care providers must be in “good standing” with the State of Maryland, must not be in bankruptcy or litigation, and must have incurred financial losses caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency, among other requirements. The County has allocated $2 million for this program and grant awards will be announced October 9, 2020. For more information and a complete list of eligibility requirements, or to access the application starting September 9, visit: https://www.pgcedc.com/covid-child-care-recovery
A confirmed tornado reportedly hit parts of Anne Arundel county. A tornado watch in effect in the metro region until 10 p.m. Heavy rains and strong winds hitting our region. Major concerns over flooding. A flash flood warning is in effect for the District and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties until 8:30 Thursday night. Some areas reporting downed trees.
Body camera footage of the police involved fatal shooting of a Southeast DC man has been released. Police say the video allegedly shows 18-year-old Deon Kay holding a gun before he is shot by a police officer. The incident happened yesterday near Orange and 2nd Streets in Southeast. The mayor offered condolences to Kay’s family. Protesters gathered outside of the mayor’s home earlier today calling for police chief Peter Newsham to be fired. The officer who shot Kay has been identified as Alexander Alvarez. All officers involved in the incident have been put on administrative leave. Chief Newsham says it is too early to determine if the shooting was justified. Here’s a look at the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNsAa9lCicU&feature=youtu.be
Bloomberg Philanthropies provides largest ever gift to Howard University College of Medicine to help increase the number of Black doctors
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WASHINGTON – September 3, 2020 – Howard University and Mike Bloomberg today announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies is making a $32.8 million gift to support scholarships for current College of Medicine students with financial need. The gift is part of a total $100 million awarded to the nation’s four historically Black medical schools over the next four years to help increase the number of Black doctors in the U.S. by significantly reducing the debt burden of approximately 800 medical students, many of whom face increased financial pressure due to COVID-19. The gift marks the largest donation to the College of Medicine in its history.
“Healthcare disparities exist for a myriad of reasons related to systemic infrastructural issues, not the least of which is the dearth of black doctors. Black doctors with cultural competency are a major part of the solution, but their path is often hampered by a compromised financial situation,” said Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, President of Howard University. “This gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies is the first stone dropped into a calm lake of opportunity and promise. The ripple effects that it will have on the lives of our students and our programs will carry on for generations.”
Currently in the U.S. only five percent of practicing physicians are Black, yet data proves that Black patients — who are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than white Americans — have better outcomes when treated by Black doctors. More Black doctors will mean more Black lives saved in America as well as a reduction of the health issues that end up suppressing economic opportunity in Black communities. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ grant to the historically Black medical schools will provide scholarships up to $100,000 to nearly every medical student currently enrolled and receiving financial aid at these schools over the next four years. This is the first investment of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, a new effort to increase generational wealth among Black families and address systemic underinvestment in Black communities.
Although Black doctors are more likely to serve minority patients, and in medically-underserved areas, the devastating economic impact of the current pandemic threatens to worsen existing disparities potentially preventing current Black medical students with financial need from completing their degrees or by forcing Black medical school graduates to pick specialties that offer higher pay in the interest of paying off their medical school debt. Ultimately, the pandemic could both slow the placement of Black doctors in communities with the most need and significantly limit the ability of historically Black medical schools — which have produced as many Black medical school graduates over the last 10 years as the top 10 non-HBMSs with the highest number of Black graduates — to meet increased demand for financial assistance.
“COVID-19 has been especially devastating for the Black community, and the scarcity of Black doctors practicing in Black communities is one reason for it,” said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloomberg LP, and three-term mayor of New York City. “More Black doctors will mean more Black lives saved and fewer health problems that limit economic opportunity. But right now, the burden of student debt and lack of financial aid means that the shortage of Black doctors could get even worse. During my campaign for president, I proposed a set of bold policies — which we called the Greenwood Initiative — to increase generational wealth among Black families and shrink the racial wealth gap. The commitment Bloomberg Philanthropies is making today is just the first step we will take to bring that work to life.”
With this strategic investment, Bloomberg Philanthropies strives to reduce health and wealth disparities in Black communities by improving health outcomes for Black Americans and accelerating the Black community’s ability to create generational wealth.
“The Bloomberg Philanthropies gift reaffirms that Howard Medicine Matters and this generosity will change the trajectory of our student’s post-medical school career paths,” said Dr. Hugh E. Mighty, dean of the Howard University College of Medicine. “Instead of carrying the burden of thousands of dollars in debt, they will now be able to focus on practicing their craft and fulfilling their purpose. For many students, less debt may create an opportunity to pick a specialty based more on interest and less on which specialties yield high incomes. This is truly a remarkable gift for each student and their entire families.”
Howard University College of Medicine will determine the eligibility of their students currently enrolled and receiving financial aid for scholarships up to $100,000 ($25,000 for each year of medical school from 2021 through the academic year that ends in 2024). Students currently in years two, three, and four of medical school will receive retro-active scholarships, meaning that they can receive up to $100,000 in support regardless of whether they are graduating in 2021 or 2023. With the goal of reducing debt load, the grants can be used for tuition and fees. Recent data suggests that this support will significantly reduce the debt burden of these medical students. The grant also includes “wrap around” services, such as financial counseling for students and resources to track the program’s success, for each school.
“This transformative gift is part of a continuing trend of increased giving to Howard University as aligned with our strategic plan to keep moving Howard Forward. The Bloomberg Philanthropies investment will allow Howard University to further its mission of training culturally competent physicians who will utilize their skills to make a profound impact in diverse communities all across the country. This gift positions our future caregivers to keep their eyes on the prize of completing school so they can help solve the health disparity issues that currently plague our society,” said David. P. Bennett, vice president of Development and Alumni Relations.
This is the first investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, born out of a commitment Mike Bloomberg made earlier this year during his campaign for U.S. President to help accelerate the pace of wealth accumulation for Black individuals and families and to address decades of underinvestment in Black communities nationwide. Bloomberg Philanthropies will partner with leaders and organizations across the country to implement, scale, and advocate for efforts that increase economic and social mobility — and ultimately create intergenerational wealth for Black people in America.
As a business owner, mayor, and philanthropist, Mike Bloomberg has a long-standing commitment to reducing health disparities, addressing the most complex public health crises, and improving access to quality K-12 and higher education for lower income students.
Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 11 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visitwww.howard.edu.
About Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bloomberg Philanthropies invests in more than 570 cities and over 160 countries around the world to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. The organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: the Arts, Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health. Bloomberg Philanthropies encompasses all of Michael R. Bloomberg’s giving, including his foundation and personal philanthropy as well as Bloomberg Associates, a pro bono consultancy that works in cities around the world. In 2019, Bloomberg Philanthropies distributed $3.3 billion. For more information, please visit bloomberg.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok.
Maryland largest county will not move into Phase 3, instead it will stay in Phase 2 as it hopes to see its positive COVID-19 decrease before moving to Phase 3.
Maryland’s governor has announced that the state is prepared to move to Phase 3 of reopening. But the leader of the state’s largest jurisdiction says his county is not there yet and will stay in Phase 2. Tonight, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich joins us to talk about that decision and other issues pertinent to the county.
Parents, teacher,administrators and students all dealing with new experiences with virtual classrooms. We discuss how the first days of the new school year are going.
Day two of the school year for many DMV jurisdictions. Have the technical bugs that hit some of the school systems been worked out? Tonight we talked about the first days of a new “virtual” norm for schools.
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Our guest:
Theresa Dudley – President, Prince George’s County Educators Association
Elizabeth Davis – President, Washington, DC Teachers Union
Body cam video of MPD shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay set to be released later today.
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Washington, D.C. (Thursday, September 3, 2020) – Protesters are staged outside the home of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser this morning shouting the name Dion Kay. He’s the 18-year-old fatally shot in SE yesterday by a Metropolitan Police officer. Demonstrators want to see police body cam video of the shooting and they are calling for the firing of police Chief Peter Newsham. Kay was shot in the 200 block of Orange Street.
Newsham says officers were called to the Congress Heights area Wednesday afternoon around 4 for reports of men in a car with a weapon. He says when officers approached the men Kay began running and that Kay brandished a weapon. Family members say that’s not true. Reports indicate police body cam video of the shooting will be released today.
Protestors have staged several demonstrations since the shooting, including outside the 7th district police station and at the scene of the shooting.
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History is gearing up for its 105th Annual Conference. The activities run thru out the month of September virtually with broadcasts every Thursday and Saturday via Zoom. My guest will be Sylvia Cyrus
ASALH is marking its 2020 conference with the theme African Americans and the Vote. The conference is in its 105th year and will take place virtually this year thru September 30th. More information here:
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The death of Chadwick Boseman from colon cancer was stunning and seemingly abrupt. He kept his condition private. But his death has people talking about colon cancer and how someone as young as Boseman (43-years-old) could die from the disease and why African Americans are more prone to die from colon cancer than any other group of people. Tonight colon cancer is our focus.
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Our guest
Dr. Lori Wilson, Chief of Surgical Oncology at Howard University Hospital
DC Police say a man was shot and killed by one of its officers in Southeast DC Wednesday evening. Police say the incident happened around 4 pm near Orange Street and 2nd streets. The victim, whose name has not been released, was reportedly 18-years-old. The chief says two guns were found at the scene. There are reports that the victim was running from police.
Tuesday, Governor Larry Hogan gave the state’s county leaders the go-ahead to move into Phase 3 of reopening. But today, Montgomery County’s leader says the county will stay in Phase Two of coronavirus restrictions. County Executive Marc Elrich said that the virus is still too dangerous. Prince George’s County officials say they will announce their plans tomorrow. Charles, Howard and St. Mary’s Counties have announced they will move into Phase 3 reopening.
Maryland is planning to go into Phase Three of coronavirus restrictions effective Friday at five p.m.
The month of September is Sickle Cell Anemia Month. Bringing awareness to the disease is the goal of doctors, advocates, volunteers and those living with it.
Sickle cell, the focus of this edition of ‘HUR@Home.
(Tuesday, September 2, 2020) – Several new revelations today in the Breonna Taylor case. Her boyfriend is suing Louisville police and city officials over criminal charges filed against him. The suit argues Kenny Walker, a legal gun owner, is protected by stand your ground laws and should not face charges for firing at police during that no-knock raid last March that left Taylor dead.
Walker “has already sustained life-long trauma, still fears harm from those who consider him a danger and seek to take away his freedom again,” according to a complaint filed by his lawyer, Steve Romines. “Although Breonna’s life tragically ended that morning, Kenny’s nightmare had just begun.”
Meantime in another twist, Taylor’s family is accusing prosecutors of trying to smear her good name. This after it was revealed that prosecutors tried to get Taylor’s ex-boyfriend to label her a criminal in a recent plea deal over a month after her death. The attorney representing Taylor’s family says prosecutors offered Jamarcus Glover a plea deal to say Breaonna was involved in organized crime. Glover is facing multiple drug-related charges.
Taylor was killed when three plainclothers Louisville Metro Police Department officers in plainclothes burst into her home to executive a search warrant in a drug case back on March 13th at 1:30am. Walker thought they were intruders and opened fire on the officers, injuring one in the leg. The officers fired a hail of bullets killing Taylor.
One officer was fired. None has been charged despite months of protests.
The state of Maryland is moving into Stage 3 of reopening effective Friday at 5 pm.
Governor Larry Hogan said retail stores and churches and houses of worship can move up to 75-percent capacity. Movie theaters and live indoor entertainment can open at 50 percent capacity with up to 100 people, 250 if outdoors.
The governor said COVID-19 numbers and hospitalizations are down in a majority of the state’s counties. On another note, Hogan added that absentee ballots have been mailed to all eligible Maryland voters.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Black man was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after he was stopped for a traffic violation while riding a bike, then ran from police, punched one officer and dropped a bundle that included a gun, authorities said.
The Monday afternoon shooting death of Dijon Kizzee in South Los Angeles prompted a peaceful protest hours later and Black Lives Matter began marching Tuesday evening from the scene to a sheriff’s precinct station.
The killing came on the heels of the police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that left Jacob Blake, who is also Black, paralyzed and spurred days of protests, reinvigorating the national debate on racial injustice and policing.
Also Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to ask the coroner to conduct an inquest into the fatal deputy shooting of 18-year-old Andres Guardado on June 18. Guardado was shot five times in the back after deputies said they saw him with a gun and he ran. Guardado’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday against the county, the Sheriff’s Department and deputies involved in the shooting.
Kizzee’s family and friends created a small memorial for him at the shooting scene in the Westmont neighborhood — leaving flowers, balloons and candles just feet away from first responders’ discarded blue medical gloves and rolled bandages.
The Sheriff’s Department has not released Kizzee’s name, but two relatives confirmed his identity. In interviews with The Associated Press, they remembered the 29-year-old Kizzee as an energetic man with many friends and expressed anger at the shooting.
“You guys take care of dogs, you don’t take care of us,” said Kizzee’s aunt, Fletcher Fair, addressing the Sheriff’s Department. “He was a sweet and loving young man. He had his whole life ahead of him and it was cut short by rogue sheriffs.”
Kizzee’s uncle, Anthony Johnson, 33, said they grew up together and were as close as brothers. Johnson said he often warned his nephew that, as a Black man, he had to be especially careful.
“‘You have a target on your back, just by being you,’” Johnson remembered telling Kizzee as recently as a few weeks ago. “He was like, ‘Yeah, all right, uncle,’ like he always says.”
Sheriff’s Lt. Brandon Dean said Monday that investigators had not yet interviewed the two deputies involved, but he gave this account: When deputies tried to stop Kizzee for riding his bicycle in violation of vehicle codes, he dropped his bike and ran. When they caught up to him he punched one of them in the face and dropped a bundle of clothes he was carrying. The deputies spotted a handgun in the bundle and opened fire.
“He was in possession of a firearm and did assault a deputy,” Dean said.
Dean did not describe the alleged violation that prompted the stop and the Sheriff’s Department did not provide any additional information about the investigation on Tuesday.
Neighborhood resident Arlander Givens, 68, questioned why deputies fired at a man who, according to the sheriff’s official, wasn’t holding a weapon.
“If he reached down to grab it, that’s different,” Givens told the Los Angeles Times. “But if it’s on the ground, why shoot? That means he was unarmed.” Police said the handgun was recovered and no deputies were injured. TV news helicopters showed a gun near the body. Dean said investigators had not yet interviewed witnesses or reviewed any surveillance or cellphone video. “Give us time to conduct our investigation,” he said. “We will get all of the facts of this case and eventually present them.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the largest in the nation, does not have body cameras for deputies, though that soon will change. The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved funding and the first round of deputies will be equipped with cameras next month.
Ed Obayashi, a use-of-force consultant to law enforcement agencies and a deputy sheriff in Plumas County, said the Los Angeles County deputies will need to explain how they felt Kizzee presented an immediate threat even though his weapon was on the ground.
“For the officers to justify their shooting of Mr. Kizzee, they are going to have to articulate that they reasonably feared for their safety,” Obayashi said.
It will be important for the deputies to be specific, he said.
“What made you believe that he was an ongoing, immediate threat to the public?” Obayashi said. “Did you believe he was still armed? Why? And if he was armed and running away, what was your reason for feeling that he constituted a threat to yourselves or the public?”
Fair described her nephew as “a mother’s child,” saying Kizzee took care of his mother after a car crash until her death in 2011 from a heart attack. After that, he took care of his younger brother, Sean Jones, who is 18 and a recent high school graduate.
Fair lives near where Kizzee was killed and couldn’t believe the circumstances surrounding her nephew’s death.
“How do you get a violation on a bicycle?” she asked. “I stayed here until they picked his body up. I didn’t want to leave.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ESV
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; …
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Frank Ski’s Inspirational Vitamin is his positive daily spiritual note to keep you going!
John 14:1-4 ESV / 142
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.”
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Frank Ski’s Inspirational Vitamin is his positive daily spiritual note to keep you going!
According to the lawsuit, McDonald’s steered Black franchisees to stores in inner-city neighborhoods with lower sales volumes and higher security and insurance costs.
More than 50 Black former McDonald’s franchise owners are suing the burger chain, saying the company steered them to less-profitable restaurants and didn’t give them the same support and opportunities given white franchisees.
The 52 plaintiffs, who owned around 200 U.S. stores before being forced to sell them over the last decade, are seeking compensation of $4 million to $5 million per store, according to the lawsuit. The suit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Chicago, where McDonald’s is based.
According to the lawsuit, McDonald’s steered Black franchisees to stores in inner-city neighborhoods with lower sales volumes and higher security and insurance costs. The company would provide them with misleading financial information or push them to decide quickly when a store became available, the lawsuit says.
Once Black franchisees owned a store, they would be asked to rebuild or remodel within a shorter period of time than white franchisees without the rent relief and other financial support given to white franchisees, the lawsuit says. Black franchise owners were also denied the chance to buy more profitable stores in better neighborhoods, it says.
As a result, the plaintiffs averaged sales of $2 million per year. By comparison, McDonald’s average U.S. store brought in $2.7 million annually between 2011 and 2016 and $2.9 million in 2019, the lawsuit says.
“Revenue is determined by one thing and one thing only: location,” said James Ferraro, the Miami-based attorney representing the plaintiffs. “It’s a Big Mac. They’re the same everywhere.”
Ferraro also noted that the number of Black McDonald’s franchisees has fallen by half over the last two decades. The chain had 377 Black franchisees in 1998; it has 186 now. At the same time, the number of franchised restaurants has more than doubled to 36,000.
McDonald’s Corp. denied the allegation and defended its history with Black franchisees.
“These allegations fly in the face of everything we stand for as an organization and as a partner to communities and small business owners around the world,” the company said. “Not only do we categorically deny the allegations that these franchisees were unable to succeed because of any form of discrimination by McDonald’s, we are confident that the facts will show how committed we are to the diversity and equal opportunity of the McDonald’s System, including across our franchisees, suppliers and employees.”
McDonald’s has a troubled history with Black franchisees. In 1969, activists boycotted four McDonald’s in Cleveland until the company sold them to Black owners. In 1983, a Black franchise owner from Los Angeles sued the company for discrimination; McDonald’s eventually paid him $4.5 million.
In 1996, McDonald’s leadership acknowledged that Black franchisees weren’t achieving parity with their white counterparts and resolved to make changes. Don Thompson, the company’s first Black president and CEO, served from 2012 to 2015.
But charges of discrimination continued. In January, two Black McDonald’s executives sued the company. They claimed McDonald’s shifted advertising away from Black customers, graded Black-owned stores more harshly than white ones and implemented business plans that had a discriminatory impact on Black franchisees.
At the time, McDonald’s said it disagreed with the characterization of its actions. It noted that 45% of its corporate officers and all of its field vice presidents are people of color.
The tech giants on Tuesday launched the second phase of their “exposure notification” system, designed to automatically alert people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of the coronavirus by building more of the necessary technology directly into phone software.
That could make it much easier for people to get it on their phone even if their local public health agency hasn’t built its own compatible app.
The tech giants on Tuesday launched the second phase of their “exposure notification” system, designed to automatically alert people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.
Until now, only a handful of U.S. states have built pandemic apps using the tech companies’ framework, which has seen somewhat wider adoption in Europe and other parts of the world.
States must choose whether they want to enable the Apple-Google system. If they do, iPhone users in those states will automatically be able to opt into the system without having to download an app. They’ll be prompted with a notification asking if they consent to running the system on their phones.
For people with Android phones, Google will automatically generate an Android app for public health agencies that phone users can then download.
The companies said they expect Maryland, Nevada, Virginia and Washington, D.C., to be the first in the U.S. to launch the new version of their tool. Virginia says nearly half a million residents have downloaded its app since the state in August became the first to launch a customized pandemic app using the Google-Apple framework.
But state officials have said their app doesn’t work as well outside Virginia, although they expect a group of coordinating public health agencies to get a national server up and running before long so other states can join in.
The technology relies on Bluetooth wireless signals to determine whether an individual has spent time near anyone else who has tested positive for the virus. Both people in this scenario must be using the Google-Apple app. Instead of geographic location, the app relies on proximity. The companies say the app won’t reveal personal information either to them or their public health agency.
Individuals who receive such proximity alerts will typically be offered testing and health advice to prevent potential future spread.
The San Francisco-based company unveiled a new policy Tuesday stipulating that if a driver reports to Uber that a rider wasn’t wearing a mask, the rider will have to provide Uber with a selfie with one strapped on the next time they summon a car on the world’s largest ride-hailing service.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mask slackers will now have to provide photographic proof they’re wearing a face covering before boarding an Uber.
The San Francisco-based company unveiled a new policy Tuesday stipulating that if a driver reports to Uber that a rider wasn’t wearing a mask, the rider will have to provide Uber with a selfie with one strapped on the next time they summon a car on the world’s largest ride-hailing service.
The mask verification rule expands upon a similar requirement that Uber imposed on its drivers in May to help reassure passengers worried about being exposed to the novel coronavirus that has upended society. Now, Uber believes it’s time to help make its drivers feel safer, too.
The requirement will roll out in the U.S. and Canada later this month before coming to other parts of the world.
The additional safety measures are part of Uber’s ongoing efforts to rebuild a service that has seen ridership plunge this year. People have been seeking to minimize the chances of becoming sick and and also have had fewer reasons to go anywhere, with offices, bars, restaurants and nightclubs closed through much of the U.S. and other parts of the world.
The adverse conditions caused the number of trips on Uber during its most recent quarter to plunge by 56% from the previous year.
Called Walmart+, it will cost $98 a year, or $12.95 a month, and give members same-day delivery on 160,000 items, a fuel discount at certain gas stations and a chance to check out at Walmart stores without having to wait at a register.
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is launching a new membership service that it hopes can compete with Amazon Prime.
Called Walmart+, it will cost $98 a year, or $12.95 a month, and give members same-day delivery on 160,000 items, a fuel discount at certain gas stations and a chance to check out at Walmart stores without having to wait at a register.
Walmart has a long way to go to catch up with Amazon Prime. Launched in 2005, Prime has more than 150 million members worldwide who pay $119 a year, or $12.99 a month, for faster shipping and other perks, such as discounts at Amazon’s Whole Foods supermarkets and access to its video streaming site.
Walmart’s online sales are growing rapidly, especially during the pandemic, when more people have turned to the company to order groceries online and pick them up at a store. But the world’s biggest retailer is still a distant second online to Amazon. Walmart is expected to take 6% of all online sales in the U.S. this year, compared to Amazon’s 38%, according to market research firm eMarketer.
Last week, Walmart emerged as a possible suitor for the U.S. business of TikTok, the fast-growing video app with more than 100 million users. Analysts have said the bid with tech company Microsoft could be a way for Walmart to grow its online shopping business and connect with millions of young shoppers.
Janey Whiteside, Walmart’s chief customer officer, said it wasn’t launching Walmart+ to compete with any other shopping membership.
“We’re launching it to meet the needs of our customers,” she said. “And it really was designed to make their busy lives easier.”
Walmart+ members will still have to spend at least $35 online to qualify for free same-day delivery. Items are delivered from stores, which typically costs as much as $9.95 for non-members. The 160,000 items that qualify include groceries, toys, electronics and household items, such as toilet paper and soap.
Members will get a discount of up to 5 cents a gallon at Murphy gas stations or at the 2,000 Walmart locations that have gas pumps. The company said it’s working to add more gas-station chains to its list.
At its stores, members can unlock an app to scan items as they shop and pay without having to stop at a cashier.
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said Walmart+ will launch Sept. 15.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor and comedian Niecy Nash surprised fans with her weekend wedding to singer Jessica Betts.
Nash and Betts posted Twitter and Instagramphotos Monday of their outdoor marriage ceremony in a lush garden setting.
Nash, whose legal first name is Carol, captioned the photo “Mrs. Carol Denise Betts,” adding a rainbow emoji and the hashtag #LoveWins.”
“I got a whole Wife,” Betts wrote in her own caption.
The couple had kept their relationship under wraps, and the revelation of the ceremony also served as a coming out for Nash, who had not publicly been in a relationship with a woman before.
“#PlotTwist,” she wrote in another Instagram post with a photo of herself and Betts, along with a rainbow emoji.
Nash’s divorce from husband Jayson Tucker was finalized in March.
Nash, 50, is known for her roles on the television series “Reno 911,” “Never Have I Ever” and “Claws.”
Akon, who first announced his idea for the utopian city back in 2018, has described it as a “real-life Wakanda,” comparing it to the technologically advanced fictional African place portrayed in the blockbuster film “Black Panther.”
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — American R&B singer Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing Monday that construction will begin next year on the $6 billion project despite global tourism’s uncertain future.
Akon, who first announced his idea for the utopian city back in 2018, has described it as a “real-life Wakanda,” comparing it to the technologically advanced fictional African place portrayed in the blockbuster film “Black Panther.”
On Monday, Akon said he hoped his project would provide much needed jobs for Senegalese and also serve as a “home back home” for Black Americans and others facing racial injustices.
A hotel within the city plans to feature rooms decorated for each of the 54 nations of Africa. However, the project was designed by a Dubai-based architect because Akon said he couldn’t find a suitable one in Africa fast enough. It’s also unclear what percentage of the building materials and construction teams will be sourced locally.
Akon City is promising a bit of everything: a seaside resort, a tech hub, recording studios and even a zone dubbed “Senewood” that developers hope will help develop Senegal’s film industry.
The singer acknowledged the comparisons made between Akon City and the utopian society in “Black Panther,” calling it an “honor.”
Plans eventually call for Akon City to have its own hospital, police station and even its own cryptocurrency already named AKoin. Without giving specifics, the singer also said he’s considering franchising the concept to other countries on the continent.
Akon rose to R&B fame after his 2004 debut album, but has increasingly focused on development projects in Africa in recent years.
In 2014, he started Akon Lighting Africa, which backs solar energy projects in rural area. For him the inspiration was deeply personal: he found his grandmother was still using candles in Senegal to light her home.
“It just doesn’t make sense how 20 years can pass by and the condition doesn’t change,” he said back in 2016.
In Mbodienne, hopes are high that this project will change lives even if two-thirds of the funding needed has yet to be secured.
“We have a lot of hope. Many promised us projects, but we saw nothing,” village chief Michel Diom said.
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are making room for their new bundle of joy and have placed their luxurious Beverly Hills home up for sale. The couple have listed their beautiful home at $23.95 million.
Their current home includes seven bedrooms and eight baths and over 8,200 square feet and the high drama of the home’s entry with 33-foot ceilings, curving stairwell leading to a second-floor catwalk and purple grand piano. It leads into a large living room with a floor-to-ceiling glass wall with views over the canyon. The chef’s kitchen is the ideal venue for a chef-author to test sumptuous recipes and leads into a spacious family room. The master suite has a brass, concrete and clay fireplace, a balcony with far-reaching views and his-and-her dressing room and walk-in closets that are more like fashion showrooms and Italian-inspired “Glam Room.” All seven bedrooms are ensuite and have balconies. Also included is a gym and comfy home theater. Special finishes and decor include mandala-patterned ceilings from Thailand, ebonized cerused oak floors, clay-and-steel-rolled walls, onyx sinks and Italian quartz countertops.
Outside, the entertainment area includes fabulous canyon views from the pool terrace, which has a heated saltwater pool, jacuzzi, chef’s grill and wood-fired oven. A grapevine-shaded pergola is perfect for alfresco dining.
Howard University and L’Oreal Dark & Lovely are teaming up for a back to school campaign to support HU students. My guest is Melissa Hughes – Direct of Marketing for L’Oreal Dark & Lovely.
Howard University and L’Oreal Dark & Lovely are hosting a virtual fundraiser September 2nd @ 6pm to support HU students via the Howard University Emergency Fund.
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DC police took around 70 people into custody over the weekend as protesters took to the streets in DC. Mayor Bowser says the violence in those protests was the work of outside agitators. Some have been arrested and identified, but the mayor says more help needs to come from the federal government. 10 officers were hurt during the weekend protests. Police chief Peter Newshum says the reactions of officers is understandable when they are hit with bricks, glass and bags of urine. Newshum says most of the people arrested at the protests don’t live in DC.
Schools begin today for several local jurisdiction. And online learning is the model for DC schools and Prince George’s, Montgomery, Charles, Frederick and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland. In Prince George’s there is a new hotline for parents to help them navigate the virtual classroom system with several schools serving as help centers for parents. In Virginia, Stafford and Manassas City schools began virtually, today, as well.
The 3-year-old District girl abducted by her father has been found safe. Police say McKenzie Washington was forcibly taken from a Southeast DC home by Tavonte Robinson Sunday morning. Police are searching for Robinson, who is wanted for burglary and parental kidnapping.
John Thompson, the legendary basketball coach at Georgetown University, has died. An iconic figure in the DMV and college basketball, Thompson led the Hoyas to the 1984 men’s NCAA basketball title, becoming the first African American head coach to do so. The Hall of Famer also lead the Hoyas to the NCAA title game in 1982 and 1985. In 1989 before a game against Boston College, Thompson walked off the Capital Centre court to protest Proposition 48, an NCAA measure that would ban academically ineligible freshmen from receiving scholarships. Thompson said he protested because he believed the proposition aimed to limit opportunities for minority students. 97 percent of his players that remained at Georgetown University for four years graduated. A native of Washington, DC, Thompson starred for Archbishop Carroll High School. At Providence College he lead his team to the 1963 NIT championship. He was captain in the school’s first NCAA tournament team in 1964. He played in the NBA for two years with the Boston Celtics, backing up Bill Russell. Thompson coached at Georgetown for 27 years. No cause of death has been released.
We have lost a legend and history maker, former Georgetown Basketball coach John Thompson. Thompson who coach at Georgetown from 1972-1999 led the Hoyas to the NCAA title in 1984 and became the first African-American coach to win a major college Championship. We are forever thankful for his contribution to College Basketball and his dedication to the students he coached. RIP
“We all know what it’s like to be told that there is not a place for you to be featured — yet you are young, gifted and black,” Boseman said, accepting the film’s Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble. “We know what it’s like to be told there’s not a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on.”
The image that keeps replaying in my head since the death of Chadwick Boseman is from early 2018. It was just days before “Black Panther” would open in theaters and the exhilaration aroused by this long-in-coming cultural event was everywhere around Boseman. Flocked by fans, he repeatedly paused for pictures until he was handed a months-old Black child whom he gently held, beaming.
Boseman’s family said that the actor, who died Friday at the age of 43, was first diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016. Did he know when he held that baby that he might not live long enough to see a child of his own raised? Did he know that in playing Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall and T’Challa — in so gracefully filling the screen with the dignity of Black lives — that he was helping to cradle another generation?
In a tragically brief but historically sweeping life as an actor, Boseman played men of public life and private pain. Before Friday, we didn’t know he, too, was bearing such a burden. That has only magnified his accomplishment, bringing him closer to the great figures whose shoes he wore on film. He played men who advanced a people’s progress, a trail he helped blaze himself. He played icons, and died one, too.
“There’s a lot to learn from Jackie Robinson. There’s a lot to learn from James Brown. There’s a lot to learn from Thurgood Marshall,” Boseman said that day two and a half years ago. “I would like to say that some of those qualities have infused themselves into me at this point.”
Boseman started out as a playwright. He was raised in the manufacturing town of Anderson, South Carolina, the youngest of three boys. As a junior in high school, he wrote and staged a play inspired by the shooting death of a basketball teammate. Before he was a Hollywood star, he penned numerous hip-hop-infused plays: “Hieroglyphic Graffiti,” “Rhyme Deferred,” “Deep Azure” — and directed others. In New York, he performed with the National Shakespeare Company.
He compared his alma mater, Howard University, to his own personal Wakanda.
“If you have a blanketed idea of what it means to be of African descent and you go to Howard University, you’re meeting people from all over the diaspora — from the Caribbean, any country in Africa, in Europe,” Boseman said. “So you’re seeing people from all walks of life that look like you but they sound different.”
That early development of an expansive, historical understanding of African American identity surely fed the grace and humility of Boseman’s most famous roles. It wasn’t until he was in his mid-30s, after a handful of brief television appearances, that he landed his first leading role as Robinson in “42.” He was, from the start, a self-evident movie star with a rare, effortless charisma. Rachel Robinson, the Hall of Famer’s widow, said it was like seeing her husband again.
In the hours of shock since the news of Boseman’s death, the story of how Denzel Washington paid for Boseman and other Howard students to attend a summer theater program at the University of Oxford has been much retold. It’s especially fitting because it, as if by fate, links Boseman with Washington. Like his long-ago benefactor, Boseman exuded strength and self-possession. When he played Robinson and Brown (in “Get on Up”) and Marshall (in “Marshall”), Boseman’s power wasn’t asked for or worked up to. It was innate. It was there already. “When I hit the stage, people better be ready,” he says in “Get on Up.” “Especially the white folk.”
Many would have, after playing Robinson and Brown, turned a blind eye to biopics. But by playing a young version of the Supreme Court justice in “Marshall” (which he co-produced) Boseman confirmed the ongoing nature of his project, one that would reach a staggering climax in “Black Panther.” Boseman first made his debut as King T’Challa in “Captain America: Civil War” in 2016, the same year he was diagnosed with colon cancer.
After playing a string of pioneers, Boseman led the “Black Panther” revolution.
“We all know what it’s like to be told that there is not a place for you to be featured — yet you are young, gifted and black,” Boseman said, accepting the film’s Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble. “We know what it’s like to be told there’s not a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on.”
It’s mind-boggling what Boseman was able to accomplish, facing down an industry’s historical prejudice while suffering through cancer treatments. But it’s equally hard to measure what lay in front of him. In less than a decade, Boseman changed the movies. His more recent films suggest the next decade was going to be at least as interesting. In last year’s “21 Bridges,” a film he also produced, Boseman plays an NYPD detective whose cop-killer case uncovers the department’s own persistent corruption. Boseman’s very presence reorients the story.
During the filming of “Black Panther,” Boseman said he was communicating with two boys who had terminal cancer. They were hoping to make it long enough to see the film. “I realized they anticipated something great,” Boseman said in a SiriusXM interview. The kids, Boseman said through tears, didn’t make it. But in his unjustly short career, Boseman held in his hands a world, illuminated on screen like never before.
“These are pillars in our community,” Rev. Al Sharpton said. “In times of instability, you depend on pillars. It’s bad enough when there’s a storm outside and you hear the lightning and thunder. It gets worse when the pillars that you’re building and standing on (are) shaking. It’s like they’re chipping away at our foundation. The very building is shaking down, because the things that undergird and protect us from the storms are being removed.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant. Rep. John Lewis. And now, Chadwick Boseman.
So far, 2020 has been marred with bad news and tragedy with the deaths of several popular Black icons including Bryant, Lewis and recently Boseman, who died Friday. All three were viewed as leaders in their respective fields of sports, politics and film — places where people, particularly in the Black community, have often looked for inspiration during a year of racial tension and protests against the police brutality of unarmed Black people.
But for many, the loss of another major figure such as Boseman is taking a toll. The actor, who starred in the blockbuster superhero Marvel film “Black Panther,” shockingly died at the age of 43 in his home in Los Angeles after he privately battled colon cancer for four years.
“These are pillars in our community,” Rev. Al Sharpton said. “In times of instability, you depend on pillars. It’s bad enough when there’s a storm outside and you hear the lightning and thunder. It gets worse when the pillars that you’re building and standing on (are) shaking. It’s like they’re chipping away at our foundation. The very building is shaking down, because the things that undergird and protect us from the storms are being removed.”
Sharpton called Boseman an important pillar that humanized several Black historical trailblazers in his roles — including color-line breaking baseball star Jackie Robinson, legendary singer James Brown and the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Boseman’s family said he endured “countless surgeries and chemotherapy” while portraying King T’Challa of Wakanda in the Oscar-nominated “Black Panther,” a film that proved a person of color could lead in a successful superhero film.
“For him to pass at this time when we are disproportionately affected by COVID and have all of these attacks by law enforcement, and him being the symbol bringing us to Wakanda, it’s just a blow,” Sharpton said. “To hear that our superhero who projected a positive light was now gone, it was a gut blow.”
Boseman was elevated to a stage that many Black actors don’t get the chance to occupy, said Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. And his ability to be “transcendent” on that stage brought a comic book character to life for many in the Black community.
“Even though we knew that it was like a fictional story, it actually felt real. It actually felt like we finally had our Black superhero and nobody could touch us. So to lose that, it’s sad in our community,” James said, lamenting on the loss of “the Black Panther and the Black Mamba in the same year.”
In January, Bryant died in a helicopter crash involving eight others including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. Lewis died in July after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year.
“The year 2020 has been up and down for everybody,” Milwaukee Bucks player Giannis Antetokounmpo said, adding that Boseman left “so much behind.”
“It’s a lot to unpack,” said Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul. “Chadwick was a special guy. I think everyone took it hard, especially the Black community. That was one of our black superheroes. I think ‘Black Panther’ was something so powerful, for myself along with my kids to see a superhero that looks like them and the way that he played it with such class and elegance. That was tough.”
Activist Martin Luther King III called Boseman’s death another “great loss.” But he encourages people not to lose hope even in a year of tumult.
“We could easily say ‘Oh my God. This is the most terrible year that existed.’ But I choose not to say that,” said the son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “Our ancestors had to go through so, so much. And yet, we’re still here. We are nowhere where we need to be, but we are always making progress and moving ahead.”
Gil Robertson, the co-founder and president of the African American Film Critics Association, said Black people are at a critical crossroads of their survival in America.
“We’re getting it from all sides of the fort,” Robertson said. “We’re losing these strong men. These men who operated with a level of integrity. A level of authenticity. I find all of this alarming. I hope that our community can really come together. … Not just for one cause. Just to make a consistent effort to rehabilitate our community.”
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AP Sports Writer Brian Mahoney contributed to this report from Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will air “Black Panther” commercial-free Sunday as a prime-time tribute to Chadwick Boseman.
The film will be followed by an ABC News Special, “Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King.” Disney said the special “will celebrate Boseman’s storied life, legacy and career” and “shine a light on the medical condition he privately battled.”
Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC, released “Black Panther” as well as the other three Marvel movies Boseman appeared in. The film will be broadcast at 8 p.m. EDT, with the special following at 10:20 p.m. EDT.
“Black Panther” won three Oscars, was nominated for best picture and grossed more than $1.3 billion worldwide.
Sunday’s airing will make the film widely watchable at the same time in several regions and could a collective place to celebrate and grieve Boseman. He is the latest major Black figure to die in 2020, which has already seen the loss of civil rights legend John Lewis and retired NBA star Kobe Bryant.
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This story has been corrected to fix spelling of Boseman’s name in the title of the ABC News special.
Palmer said Boseman was “a true hero, not just on screen but in everything he did.” On screen, Boseman played Black icons like Jackie Robinson, James Brown and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
NEW YORK (AP) — “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, whose death from colon cancer shocked fans, was honored at the MTV Video Music Awards as a hero in real life, not just on the big screen.
Host Keke Palmer said the Sunday night awards show was dedicated to Boseman, who died at the age of 43 on Friday .
Boseman had previously been honored by the MTV Movie & TV Awards in 2018 for his role as the Marvel Comics superhero.
Palmer said Boseman was “a true hero, not just on screen but in everything he did.” On screen, Boseman played Black icons like Jackie Robinson, James Brown and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
“His impact lives forever,” Palmer noted.
Later on Boseman was included during an in memoriam segment alongside other artists like Juice WRLD and Little Richard who died in the past year. And after Black Eyed Peas wrapped the show with their performance of “I Gotta Feeling,” singer Will.I.Am shouted out “Wakanda Forever,” a reference to the fictional kingdom the Black Panther rules in the film and comic series.
It’s was the second channel to recognize the impact of the actor that night. ABC aired “Black Panther” commercial-free Sunday as a prime-time tribute to the actor, followed by an ABC News Special, “Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King.”
We are closing out National Black Business Month with a reminder that supporting Black Businesses should be a year round commitment. My guest this morning is Brittany Jefferson – Owner of Messy Treatz at the National Harbor
August is National Black Business Month and The Waterfront District at National Harbor is proud to welcome two new African-American owned businesses. Messy Treatz opened Saturday, Aug. 22 and The Furlough Cheesecake opened a few weeks ago. Both shops are being operated by African-American women entrepreneurs and they join other African-American owned shops in the Waterfront District including Miguel Wilson, House of JonLei Atelier, New York New York, A Beautiful Closet, ZAAF and BrookieGirl. Also in the Waterfront District is The Brass Tap, an African-American owned craft beer bar with more than 150 craft beers from around the world.
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Is it Monday night yet? Over the past few days, weeks and months we all have been struggling to get a grasp on what’s going on in the world. The Verzuz sessions have been a good source of escapism for us all to just reflect fall in love with songs, artists and music that take us back to places and times when things were a little simpler.
Monday night we will have the opportunity to listen and watch two dynamic women who blessed us with their voices since they were teenagers. So here is a little refresher course in case you need to be reminded of the talents of Monica and Brandy. Enjoy!
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ty and L’Oreal Dark & Lovely are teaming up for a back to school campaign to support HU students. My guest is Melissa Hughes – Direct of Marketing for L’Oreal Dark & Lovely.
