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Sunday, June 18th
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June 14,2023 - June 20,2023
Vol. 53 No. 24
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE - The Savannah Tribune
GET READY TO VOTE IN
2023!!
By Shirley James
ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP IN SEPTEM
BER AND NOVEMBER, and We at The Savannah Tribune
Want You To Be Ready!
• A SPECIAL ELECTION Will Be Held SEPTEMBER
19TH For Those Who Live In The 2nd Chatham County
Commission District, To Replace Former Representative
The Late Larry “Gator” Rivers. The DEADLINE to REG
ISTER is AUGUST 21ST.
• MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Will Be Held NOVEM
BER 7TH. The DEADLINE to REGISTER is OCTOBER
10TH.
REGISTER or RE-REGISTER to Vote at
https://sos.ga.gov/how-to-guide/how-guide-
registering-vote
CHECK YOUR VOTING STATUS and PRECINCT
LOCATION at mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
For Information: In Chatham County, call the
Board of Registrars: 912-790-1520. OR, Call the Board of
Registrars in your County of Residence.
Duda Lucena Will Be In Concert June 18th At The
Westin Savannah Harbor Ballroom
Duda Lucena
S avannah Jazz is
on a roll as we
head into sum
mer with more programming
than ever in our 41-year histo
ry! Our Concert series contin
ues in June, new educational
programs kick off in August,
and our Festival presents one
of our most ambitious and di
verse musical lineups. The Sa
vannah Jazz History and Hall
of Fame Exhibit in the Savan
nah History Museum contin
ues to attract locals and visi
tors to learn about our city’s
rich jazz history; to honor our
partnership with the museum,
the Coastal Heritage Society
is offering a 15% membership
discount to enjoy all their mul
tiple properties!
Duda Lucena will be
in concert Sunday, June 18,
2023 beginning at 5:00 p.m. at
the Westin Savannah Harbor
Ballroom, 1 Resort Drive Sa
vannah, GA!
Duda Lucena’s music
has truth, combining rhythms
and textures to shape a new
style of song. He creates an at
mosphere of romance and sin
cerity with rich melodies and
harmonies. At the same time,
Lucena reveals his playful and
modem style showcasing the
best qualities of Brazilian mu
sic.
As a child, Duda
Lucena spent nearly every af
ternoon in the back of Santa
Isabel Theatre (Recife, Brazil)
listening to the Pernambuco
Symphonic Orchestra. These
musical experiences helped to
inspire Lucena, at the age of
twelve, to compose his first
songs. He studied classical gui
tar at the distinguished Music
Conservatory of Pernambuco
and received musical training
in Rio de Janeiro at CIGAM, a
school-based upon the Berklee
College of Music.
Continued on Page 9
Our Spelman College Forever Blue Reunion 2023
Shirley B. James, Publisher, The Savannah Tribune - Spelman College, C’1968
Spelman Alumnae of
the Classes ending in “3’s” and
“8’s” celebrated our Forever
Blue Reunion May 17-21, 2023
in Atlanta, GA at the Geor
gia International Convention
Center and on the Campus of
Spelman College. I was fortu
nate to celebrate my 55th Class
Reunion with classmates from
the Class of 1968 who entered
the hallowed walls of Spelman
ini 964. As part of the Spelman
tradition, on the 55 th Reunion
year, Alumnae are honored
with the elevated designation
as Diamond Daughters of Spel
man. During the 50th Reunion,
Spelman Alumnae are the
Golden Girls.
As Diamond Daugh
ters, we participated in the
traditional Reunion activities
which began on Day-One with
the Sisterhood Breakfast and
Convocation, the Spelman
Arts, Literature and Music
Diamond Daughters C’68 at Reunion Brunch (Shirley James, 4th from Left - Top Row)
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Showcase, then the Presi
dent’s Society evening Event
for Alumna donors who give
annually at the $1,000.00 to $
9,999.00 level and above. One
of the most sacred traditions,
held on Day Two, is the March
Through the Alumnae Arch
where thousands of Spelman
Alumnae, in our traditional
white attire and black shoes,
gathered on the campus. Or
ganized by Classes from the
oldest up to 2022,we walked
through the Arch, preparing to
receive our newest Alumnae,
members of the class of 2023.
The oldest Alumnae present
and leading the March were
members of the Class of 1943,
celebrating their 80th Reunion.
Continued on Page 9
Father’s Day Celebration - June 18
By Veronique Lawson, SSU Student Journalist and
Intern at Savannah Tribune
Trump Indictment Reveals 37 Felony Counts Relating To His
Mishandling Of Classified Documents
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPANewswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
Turns out that Moth
er’s Day had a hand in the cel
ebration of Father’s Day in the
United States, which falls each
year on the third Sunday in
June to honor fathers and father
figures.
Undisclosed to the
public was the first known
Father’s Day, held on July 5,
1908, in Fairmont, West Vir
ginia, which was organized by
Grace Golden Clayton, daugh
ter of a dedicated minister, af
ter hundreds of men had died
in the worst mining accident in
the U.S. history. She proposed
a service in honor of fathers,
especially those who perished
in the mining accident. Howev
er, this observance did not have
a huge impact.
All hope was not lost
when a few years later, inspired
by the idea of Mother’s Day
and by Anna Jarvis, Sonora
Smart Dodd of Spokane, Wash
ington thought of a great way
to honor her own father, the
Civil War veteran and fanner,
William Jackson Smart who
reared his six children after his
wife died in 1898. She man
aged to convince many people
in her community including
the YMCA who agreed to set
aside a Sunday in June to cel
ebrate Fathers. Although she
proposed June 5, her father’s
birthday, the ministers chose
the third Sunday in June. Thus,
on June 19, 1910, the first Fa
ther’s Day event commenced,
and it became widely publi
cized.
Be that as it may, for
some reason the holiday did
not catch on right away. This
was not immediately accepted
when proposed as a national
holiday until 1972 during Pres
ident Nixon’s administration,
when he officially declared the
third Sunday in June, a day to
recognize and honor the role
of fathers in society. (Six years
later Sonora died at the age of
96.)
Continued on Page 9
An indictment
against fonner President Don
ald Trump has been unsealed,
showing an astounding 37 fel
ony charges connected to the
alleged misuse of confidential
data. Publicly released docu
ments include new details on
the criminal charges against
Trump and his associate Walt
Nauta.
Federal officials
seized over a hundred classi
fied documents from Trump’s
Florida resort in August of last
year, which led to the charges.
The indictment names seven
separate statutes that Trump
is accused of breaking and 31
counts of deliberate retention
of national security informa
tion. Among the additional
allegations are making false
statements, conspiring to ob
struct justice, hiding evidence,
and engaging in a scheme to
keep facts from the public.
Information about
US and foreign defense and
weapons capabilities, US nu
clear projects, potential vul
nerabilities to military strikes,
and plans for possible repri
sals were among the sensitive
details seized from Trump’s
possession upon departing the
White House. The indictment
Donald Trump
shows that the files were from
many government and law
enforcement groups. Those
groups include the CIA, the
Department of Defense, the
NS A, the NGA, the NRO, the
Department of Energy, the
Department of State, and the
Bureau of Intelligence and
Research. In addition, the in
dictment shows that, in two
instances in 2021, Trump dis
closed confidential material to
unapproved parties.
In one incident, he
shared a “highly confidential”
attack strategy with an author,
a publisher, and two employ
ees who lacked security clear
ance. In the second incident,
two members of his political
action group who lacked the
necessary permission saw a
classified map of a military
operation. The fact that both
instances occurred at Trump’s
New Jersey golf club sug
gests that the documents were
brought there from Florida.
The complaint fur
ther claims that the improper
ly stored documents were left
out in the open for two months,
including on the stage of the
Mar-a-Lago ballroom. A photo
attached to the court document
shows they were also discov
ered in a bathroom and a show
er. In the photograph, thirty
or so cardboard boxes appear
stacked in a tight circle around
a toilet, near a shower, with a
chandelier dangling overhead
in the picture.
The indictment also
shows that Trump knew what
was in the file cabinets. The
text communications between
Trump staff and Nauta show
the former president wanted
to see the boxes before they
were returned to the Nation
al Archives and detail how he
would direct Nauta to send him
certain boxes periodically.
Trump allegedly told
one of his lawyers, “I don’t
want anybody looking through
my boxes,” when asked to
comply with a subpoena de
manding the records return.
He even proposed making up
an answer saying there were
no such records on-site. Nau
ta removed 64 boxes from the
storage area and brought them
to Trump’s apartment with
in the club, which authorities
found disturbing because the
documents were to be collected
by the Justice Department as
part of the subpoena. Only 30
boxes were returned before the
authorities showed up.
Trump denied any
wrongdoing and claimed he
was within his rights to do
whatever he wanted with the
materials. However, these
severe allegations portray a
worrying picture of the fonner
president’s alleged mishan
dling and probable endanger-
ment of critical national secu
rity material.
As of press time,
Trump was scheduled to ap
pear in court Tuesday after
noon for his hearing related to
the above indictments.
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