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Parents issue statement on twin sisters fatally struck by vehicle
OW Staff
Jan 17 2013

They were fighting in the street, police say

The family of 31-year-old twin sisters struck by a vehicle while fighting in a Leimert Park street issued a statement asking that people avoid speculation regarding the circumstances surrounding their deaths and “consider how medical conditions might affect any of us.”

Tanisha R. and Tamaya J. Davis were struck about 3 a.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Leimert Boulevard and died at the scene.

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Kingdom Day Parade
Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 17 2013

The founder is gone, but his vision endures

For 27 years Larry E. Grant was the engine that drove the annual Los Angeles Kingdom Day Parade, but in 2013, with the 86-year-old Texas native and former Carson resident gone (he died in August), it is Grant’s spirit and vision that are guiding those at the Congress of Racial Equality California (CORE-CA), which has assumed organization of the parade.

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California continues to fly low on the flu radar
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Jan 17 2013

Most of the country is experiencing an outbreak

The spread of the flu across the United States appears to have slowed in some areas, but officials won’t know for weeks whether the outbreak has peaked. According to reports by the Centers for Disease Control, the only states that aren’t reporting widespread flu activity are California, Hawaii, and Mississippi.

“Widespread” means that more than 50 percent of geographic regions in a state—counties, for example—are reporting flu activity. The term addresses the spread of the flu, not its severity.

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Remembering the man and the movement
Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Jan 17 2013

Rev. James Lawson recalls his days with King

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. James Lawson were both 29 when they first met in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1957. Like Lawson, whose birthday is in September, King would have been 84 on Tuesday, Jan. 15, had he lived.

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Across Black America
Jan 17 2013

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.


California
California Community Foundation has launched IamBLOOM (www.iambloom.com), a new website and online community, as part of a strategic initiative to create a viable pathway to better educational and job opportunities for Black male youth who have been involved with the probation system. BLOOM’s spokesperson, Larenz Tate, has taken a great interest in the well being of Black male youth and continues to be a voice for these marginalized youngsters. IamBLOOM features the profiles of the Black youth who are turning their lives around, as well as opportunities for companies, government agencies, charitable foundations, service organizations and concerned individuals to provide much-needed support. BLOOM seeks to create jobs and educational opportunities for at least 2,000 young Black men, ages 14-18, by 2017.
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Essence, the magazine for African American women, continues its commitment to recognizing excellence and achievement during its fourth annual Essence Black Women in Music event on Feb. 6, in Los Angeles. The invitation-only, red-carpet Grammy-week event will highlight the contributions of Black women in music, with a special salute to what’s current, what’s new and what’s next. Hosted by global, multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning artist Kelly Rowland and Essence editor-at-large Emil Wilbekin, the 2013 event will shine a spotlight on artists Lianne La Havas and Solange Knowles, who will each perform live as part of the celebration.

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

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Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.

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