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By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media On Jan. 8, Gov. Gavin New som announced he is propos ing a $2.7 billion investment to boost the state’s COVID 19 response efforts. The request is included in the state budget Gov. Newsom is sending to the State Legislature this week. He is
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asking lawmakers to take action on it immediately. The emergency response package includes money for more testing, more vacci nations, including boosters, and support for healthcare professionals. See NEWSOM page 2
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The year 2021 was particu larly stressful for many peo ple, for obvious reasons, and for some not so obvious rea sons. Loved ones passed away, jobs were lost while others thought it best to just walk away. We witnessed a cata strophic government event and got lost in silly videos to take our minds off our daily struggle to keep the virus from crossing the threshold of our safe place: home. We wanted to talk to a few people about why they are thankful. We hope that you find an encouraging word, if you need it. I am thankful for my daughter Nyelah. She has been the best blessing I have ever received. I was 20 when I had her and she has changed my life around. She makes me want
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to accomplish so many goals and dreams, so I can show her that no matter who she is, she I can accomplish anything. have become a stronger, better, passionate woman because of Nyelah. Being a mother to her is easy, because she is the carmost sweetest, smartest, ing little girl in the world. I am thankful for being able to be her mother. ~ Amaya Ford
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Last month, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans heard expert accounts explaining how the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 affected residential communities of color in the state. In the last twoday meet
r ing of 2021, the ninemembe commission invited guests to help them determine how money from President Biden’s $1 trillion Infrastructu re plan, passed into law in Nov to spent be could ember, compensate Black Americans for federal and state govern ment decisions that nega tively impacted them. See HIGHWAY page 2
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SAN DIEGO TO VACCINATE
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in San Diego, 1989. Martin Luther King sign being replaced Free Press PHOTO: Vince Compagnone, San Diego
First, the then City Manager Slyvester of Euclid Avenue stretch Murray, nominated a five-mile King, notably because and 54th Street to be named after diverse income and for it cut through an area known one of the highest posts ethnic groups. Murray attained an appointive office of any African American to hold the proposal was However, time. in San Diego at the the route launched widely rejected, and residents along to King’s tactics an angry protest, including objections the council set aside and mission. Under pressure, Murray’s recommendation.
n as the most diverse to rename Market Street—know Luther King Jr. Way. roadway in San Diego—to Martin downtown to Encanto, Extending from the bay and the region’s most the thoroughfare traversed through time, a census tract disadvantaged areas, and, at the ns of Black that had one of the highest concentratio percent. residents in the city—41
at The Vaccination Super Station Petco Park is expected to adminiscare ter 5,000 doses daily to health open 7 professionals. The station is for a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week made health care workers who have appointments online at www.VaccinaSan tionSuperStationSD.com. Photo: Diego County News Center
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San Diego County is opening what it calls a “vaccination superstation’’ that aims to inject up to 5,000 health care workers daily with a COVID-19 vaccine, officials said January 8.
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are forced to grow up with “Little children in this other America day in their little mental clouds of inferiority forming every we see it as an arena skies. As we look at this other America, said Dr. King… of blasted hopes and shattered dreams,” By Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire Contributor
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., at U.S. Source: National Archives College Park, Wikimedia Commons
Once again on the third Monday in January, much of the nation will mark the anniversary of the death of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Countless programs and events will no doubt recall several of his famous speeches from the 1963 March on Washington’s “I Have A Dream to his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” de-
members of the U.S. House bringing The new CBC features nine new time that 116th Congress will be the first the group to a total of 55. The will ever have over fifty members. the Congressional Black Caucus
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As the new Congression al Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-Calif.) was hand-
ed a large gavel from outgoing Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) it became clear that the new CBC would be making a sizable mark on the next Congress.
The new CBC includes the youngest African American woman to be sworn-in to the U.S. House in history, Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.),
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BLACK STUDENTS HIT HARD BY FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE DEBT
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Boy Scout Troop 242, led by Scoutmaster Dameion Crook, Sr., presented the 12 African American Eagle Scouts during the Eagle Court of Honor ceremony that was held at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. His son was one of the newest Eagle Scouts, which is the cherry on the top of Scoutmaster Crook’s two years leading Boy Scout Troop 242.
on the Civil Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influence his fight for Rights Movement is indisputable, but some. to equity in education remains a mystery
Calls Center for Responsible Lending Report n” For-Profit Education “a Risky Propositio
That fight began with his own education.
educational “He clearly had an advanced, refined High foundation from Booker T. Washington Theological School, Morehouse College, Crozer Reverend Seminary, and Boston University,” said Rainbow Jesse Jackson, Sr., the founder of the speeches his in education “His PUSH Coalition. and he and sermons and writings were apparent wanted us all to have that type of education.”
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Mounting student debt is a nagging problem for most families these days. As the cost of higher education rises, borrowing to cover those costs often becomes a family concern across multiple generations including the student, parents, and even grandparents or other relatives.
New research by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) analyzed student debt on a state-by-state basis. An interactive map of CRL’s findings reveal on a state basis each of the 50 states’ total undergraduate population, for-profit enrollment, and the top for-profit schools by enrollment for both four-year and two-year institutions.
Celebrating the Life of See CONGRESS page 2
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Here in the United States, the Boy Scouts of America is considered to be one of the most revered institutions for the development of young boys.
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RICHELIEU DENNIS PURCHASES ESSENCE COMMUNICATIONS
ned after Essence Magazine, Once Again, Black-Ow Dennis Richelieu Purchase by Sundial Brands Founder
Today’s 21st Century jobs usually demand higher education and specialized skills to earn one’s way into the middle class. In households where educational loans are inevitable, it becomes an important family decision to determine which institutions are actually worth the debt incurred. Equally important is the institution’s likelihood of its students graduating.
Entitled “The State of ForProfit Colleges,” the report concludes that investing in a for-profit education is almost always a risky proposition. Undergraduate borrowing by state showed that the percentage of students that borrow from the federal
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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. By Stacy M. Brown
magazine as a totally, Black and In a deal that reestablishes Essence Brands founder Richelieu Dennis recently independently-owned entity, Sundial Communications from Time Inc. announced the purchase of Essence
Higher education institutions that do not provide its students and graduates with requisite skills and knowledge become money pits that lead to deeper debt and likely loan defaults.
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INSIDE: MAJOR EVENTS IN DR. KING’S LIFE PAGES 6-7
LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL PAGES 8-9
A LOOK BACK: PAST MLK PARADES PAGES 18-19
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