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June 21, 2007
National World
Black press prepares next generation for leadership
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WASHINGTON (NNPA)
~ In 1827 when Samuel Cor
nish and John Russwurm
founded the Freedoms Journal,
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Black people were still in ifiv
ery.
Tt was that publication, Fred
erick Douglass' North Star, and
the hundreds that came after
them that led the way to free
dom and citizenship for Black
people in America. Through
the “Double V" campaign of
US judge awards Goldman
family right to 0.,
Simpson's canceled book
By JENNIFER KAY
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI (AP) - A federal
bankruptcy judge awarded
Ron Goldman's family the
rights to O.]. Simpson's can
celed book, If 1 Did I, which
the Goldmans want to rename
Confessions of a Double Mur
derer.”
Goldman was slain along
with Simpson's ex-wife Nicole
Brown Simpson in 1994. The
Goldmans want the book's
proceeds induded as part of a
nearly $33.5 million (euro2s
million) civil jury award they
have been trying o collect for
almost a decade.
The ruling Friday “ensures
that Mr. Simpson will never see
another dime from this book,”
said Paul Battista, an attomey
for the Goldman family.
U.S. Bankrupcy Judge A.
Jay Cristol ruled that Lorraine
Brooke Associates, which
owned the rights to the book,
can be considered as belonging
to the former NFL football star.
‘The company is run by Simp
son’s daughter from his first
marriage, Arnelle.
OO.J. Simpson's book con
tract with Harper Collins, and a
money trail showing $630,000
(473,000) transferred from the
publisher to LBA and then to
Simpson for his expenses, con
firm his connection to the com
pany, Cristol said.
LBA was “clearly accom
plished to te a fraud,”
Cristol smfdpmn
Kc?odridc Whicde, tj: attor
ney for Simpson's ter,
said he had not decided y:tg’llf he
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the hearing but did
Court's ruling ensures eligible voters with felony convictions can vote
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(NNPA) - The Alabama
Supreme Court has ruled chat
state and local election officials
have violared the state constitu
tion and laws, causing the loss
of voting rights for eligible vot
ers.
The June 1 ruling in Gooden
v. Chapman, I'!T:fitd from a
dass action law suit filed on
bdmalfofdedeool;dyma(rl:d
Angela Thomas e
NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund and Alabama
atoney Edward Sl
Aooord“i’rfi“m an LDF state
ment, “The suit challenged the
unlawful denial of the right ©
vote to eligible voters with
felony convictions.”
County registar “ignorfed)] the
World War II that fought the
batde against racism at home
and fascism abroad, to lynch
ings and Jim Crow, Black
reporters, who could not work
in White news rooms, dedicat
ed themselves to groundbreak
infi stories that impacted public
policies for Black v&)hrogrm. The
stories also put White segrega
tionist newspapers to shame.
Eventually, during the civil
right:d movement, Whitec;i
owned newspapers open
their doors forp ,&m-/{)r‘neri
cans. The did it - in part -
because they needed the per-
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not with reporters after
mspak repo
Whittle said Cristol's ruling
set a “scary” precedent: “What
if she opens another business
tomorrow? Are the Goldmans
allowed to pursue that, too?
Where do they stop?”
O.J. Simpson has main
tained his innocence since his
1995 acquittal in the killings; a
aivil jury later found him liable.
In the book, Simpson
explains how he might have
committed the slayings.
Harml\( ollins had planned to
publish it, but canceled the deal
with Simpson after public out
mgfche book's rights now pass
to an independent trustee,
Drew Dillworth, who will
decide what to do with them,
Bartista said. A manuscript of
the book was given to the
trustee Friday, \Y/Elitde said.
Dillworth’s attorney, Brian
Rich, said they will now
attempt to try to sell the rights
to everything pertaining to the
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distinction [as to which felony
offenses involve moral turpi
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ton.
“We filed this case for only
one reason and the Supreme
Courts ruling today makes
clear thar state and local elec
ton officials must follow the
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convictions o vote -
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Black Press Fellows Heather Faison, Shari Logan, Amber English
and Brandon Holmes after Capitol Hill meeting with U. S. Rep.
James E. Clyburn, House Majority Whip.
Paris Hitton controversy smothers case of missing black woman
By RICHARD PRINCE
SEccial to the NNPA
“I'm livid,” Miami Her
ald reporter David Ovalle
wrote June 8 on his Miami
Herald blog. “I agreed to
conduct a last-minute
interview with MSNBC
about the case of missing
Stepha Henry, the 22-year
old college grad who went
missing May 29 from
Miami-Dade. | rushed to
MSNBC’s studio but a few
minutes before the inter
view, | was told that it was
oft——Paris Hilton cover
age was more important.
“Turns out, I'm not the
only one. Miami-Dade
Cajun town bans saggy pants; mayor says cover up ‘private parts’
DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) -
Overly saggy britches are
obscene, the Delcambre Town
Coundil says. So does Mayor
Carol Broussard, who said he
will sign an anti-sag ordinance
m&sef:nmlimoujg this week.
The new indecent exposure
ordinance in this Cajun-coun
try town of about 2,000 carries
penalties of up to six months in
jail and a SSOO fine for being
Cm:f'ht in pants that show
undergarments or, in the
mayors phrase, “private parts.”
“I dont know if it will do any
good, but it wont hurt,” said
Delcambre Councilman Albert
Roy, who introduced the ordi
nance. “Its obvious, and any
body with common sense can
see your parts when you wear
ts.
Sa%l’ngnggung Monday nifiht
g:kai the small trailer that has
Town Hall since Hurri
cane Rita swept in six feet of
storm surge on Sept. 24, 2005.
Low-hangmg.&% pants
have become a fashion fad,
mostly for young men in the
hip-hop culture. Several resi
thar’s all we wanted,” said Ryan
Haygood, LDF assistant coun
sel 1n a statement.
According to the LDE “the
plaintiff, Richard Gooden, like
thousands of other African-
Americans, was not permitted
to register to vote in Alabama
until passage of the Voting
Rights Act in 1965. Unil that
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to deny voting and office hold
ing to Blacks, Mr. Gooden was
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Stepha Henry has been
missing since May 29
police lead spokeswoman
Linda O'Brien was can
celed by MSNBC the hour
dents objected that the ordi
nance targeted blacks.
Broussard denied any racial
motivation.
“White people wear sagging
pants, too. l/)\tn)"bod wh?%vg]mri
these pants shouKi be held
responsible.”
Although Roy, who is black,
introduced the ordinance, he
said a SSOO finc is outrageous:
“I think it should be something
like $25.”
The ordinance states, “It shall
be unlawful for any person in
any public place or in view of
the public to be found in a state
of nudity, or partial nudity, or
in dress not becoming to his or
her sex, or in any indecent
exposure of his or her person or
undergarments, or be guilty of
any indecent or lewd behavior.”
The law applies to women as
well as men, the mayor said
Wednesday. “If you expose
some of your privates, the crack
of your behind, if somebody
feels insulted they should press
charges. If you're offended Ey it,
we want to straighten that out.”
The dause about “dress not
registered to vote from the mid
-1960s until 2000, when he was
convicted of felony DUI (driv
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munity in order to report sto
ries of injustices with any sem
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of Blggk ple in Rmcrica, is
reaching %?r) the next genera
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Through the “Black Press Fel
lowship”, a partnership
between the Department of
Journalism at Howard Univer
sity and the National Newspa
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before me. She tells me:
"1 am’ upset because
MSNBC caficd me and
asked me to go to their stu
dio in Broward County, 30
miles away from my office.
I was there for a total of 45
minutes, was already seat
ed and had the mic ready
for the interview. As I
waiting to be interviewed,
I was Fistening to the Paris
Hilton coverage to include
discussion to the effect if
anybody had seen or knew
the whereabouts of her
Chihuahua.
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have to cut the piece, cut
my interview because
they're doing constant cov
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becoming to his or her sex”
doesn’t nForbid cross-dressing,
Broussard said. “A dress, |
wouldn' find that obscene. As
long as he covers himself and its
not too short.”
The ordinance isnt needed
because the state has an inde
cent exposure law, resident
Sylvester Harris said during
Monday’s meeting, But town
attorney Ted Ayo said the
measure expands on the state
lawh(yaddi underwear to the
list o forbiggcn exposures.
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pants,fpfflayo said. “lt’sgfi%
showing off your underwear in
ing under the influence of alco
l?o%), and informed by the State
of Alabama that his voting
young journalists are 1
to carry the torch m
newspapers around the coun
uy.
*“1 was interested in writi
stories for an audience thatnfi
cared about. I really believe in
the power of the media and |
found, when looking at my
options, that this medium
would help me do that more
than any,” says Shari [ of
Brooklyn New York. X%: of
people, when they looked at
my resume, they were surprised
See Loadership, page 10A
erage of Paris Hilton. I'm
appalled that a missing
woman cannot get even 60
seconds of air time because
the priorities of MSNBC
was to have footage of the
front gates of Paris Hilton’s
house. They asked me to
come to the interview and
I'm going out of my way to
do every interview to keep
in the public eye that
Stepha Henry, a bright
beautiful woman, is miss
ing and we need help in
this case.”
“I'm through with cable
TV news. It’s a joke.
“For her part, O’Brien
Sce Miissing, page 8A
public.”
Town resident Adam George
had another objection.
“It’s just going to be harass
ment,” he said at the Monday
meeting, “People that dont like
me are going to call and com
plain on me and say I've got
saggy pants. I'm going to have
to pay to bond out, even if I'm
right.”
Police Chief James Broussard
said he didnt have a problem
with George's pants, which
hung below his waist but were
covered by a long T-shirt.
“Its not like I'm showing my
privates or anything like that,”
George said. “It's my boxers.”
Mayor Broussard’s public
advice for people who like their
pants to hang low: “Just wear it
properly. Cover your vital parts.
I mean, if you expose your pri
vate parts, you'll get a fine. If
you walk up and your pants
drop, you get a fine. They're
better off taking the pants off
and just wearing a dress.”
rights were revoked.”
See Folony, page 8A