Marilyn Davenport

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Apr 28 2011
Demanded her resignation

A group of 20 to 30 protesters marched in front of the Fullerton home of Marilyn Davenport, the embattled member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee who sent an email two weeks ago depicting the president of the United States as a chimpanzee.

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Apr 21 2011

Says she won’t resign

Just a week before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in Los Angeles, a member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee was adamantly determined to save her position after appending the president’s face on a chimpanzee with the words, “Now you know why—No birth certificate!”

Marilyn Davenport sent the email containing the depiction, which included a chimpanzee mom and dad dressed as humans, with the picture of Obama superimposed over a smaller chimpanzee’s face.

Apr 18 2011

Picture of President Barack Obama as chimpanzee

IRVINE, Calif.—The Orange County Republican Central Committee will meet tonight to discuss the actions of a member who sent out an email with a picture of President Barack Obama's face on the body of a baby chimpanzee, but the organization is limited on what type of discipline it can mete out.

Apr 18 2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Eddie Jones

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Black leaders in the Southland redoubled their efforts today to have a tea party activist thrown off the Orange County Central Committee for disseminating a picture of President Barack Obama's face on the body of a baby a chimpanzee.

Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Los Angeles Civil Rights Association President Eddie Jones and four other Black community leaders planned to hold a news conference in Inglewood early this afternoon to detail their plans.

Apr 17 2011

Says she won't resign

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A tea party activist and elected member of the county Republican central committee said she will not heed calls to resign because she e-mailed a picture of President Barack Obama's face on the body of a chimpanzee.

Marilyn Davenport of Fullerton recently emailed a picture of Obama's face superimposed over a baby chimp's face with the caption, "Now you know why—No birth certificate!"

Across Black America

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

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”