WI Bridge Center Section
VOL. 52, NO. 46 • AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
When You Educate a Girl, You Educate a Nation - Page 26
DC Residents Fear for Lives of Families Caught in Harvey’s Wake Rainfall Numbers Surging, Eclipse U.S. Record with More to Come By Stacy M. Brown and D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Writer and Editor
Sharpton, Clergy Push for Social Activism, Blast Trump Presidency
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As more and more inches of rain Years Later: Racial Divide fell this week in the Houston-Galveston area, the wrath of Hurricane, Still Prevalent in U.S. downgraded to Tropical Storm HarBy William J. Ford and vey, continued along the Gulf Coast Dorothy Rowley toward Louisiana, sparking more WI Staff Writers evacuations and further heightening concerns of residents and local and Thousands of people, including a state officials. cadre of faith leaders from the ReconRainfall numbers have broken ciled Church Movement [RCM] who national records at 51.88 inches as represent various ethnic backgrounds, of Wednesday, Aug.30 joined the Reverend Al Sharpton and President Donald Trump, along with his wife, White House staff 5 Seeking Higher Ground: Residents of Houston, Texas, walk along a major artery of the city as the waters from members of his nonprofit National Action Network [NAN] Monday, and elected officials, met in Corpus Tropical Storm Harvey continue to batter portions of the Gulf Coast Region. On the other side of the highway, an Christi on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. abandoned automobile sits stalled in flood waters. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced with many still strand- Aug. 28 in the District on the 54th 29 for a briefing led by Texas Gov- ed. At least 10 have died. The storm was expected to hit Louisiana sometime Wednesday. /Courtesy photo MARCH Page 11 ernor Greg Abbott. Trump applauded the efforts of first responders in Texas and promised to make sure the recovery efforts would be swift and serve as a subsequent model for the world. He closed with comments about the impressive size of the crowd that turned out to hear him. By D. Kevin McNeir mestic violence survivors – and However, critics fault him for WI Editor many other services. saying nothing to the millions of “The entire organization, victims who remain homeless, lost the Life Ministry Foundation Prince George’s County resior dead. [LMF], is based on things I’ve dent Pamela Price, 56, rememHouston has emerged as Ground bers her best friend standing in experienced after becoming Zero with record-breaking rainfall, her living room, desperate for a single parent,” said Prince, unprecedented flooding and over help – a victim of domestic viwhose children, now 26 and 25, 17,000 people displaced and forced olence. have since graduated from colto seek refuge in three mega-centers: lege and embarked on their own But rather than wallowing in the Houston Convention Center, frustration due to her inability careers. the NRG Center and the Toyota to offer any assistance, she de“Domestic violence is a painCenter – all three at or beyond ca- cided to redirect her life, develful experience in itself. But the 5 Marking the 54th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, Rev. pacity. pain I felt when I couldn’t do Al Sharpton led a 1,000 Ministers’ March for Justice on Monday, Aug. 28. oping and founding a Christian Red Cross CEO American Red nonprofit, now two years old, anything to help someone I Marchers including many Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Sheikh religious leaders and congregants passed by the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. Martin that provides assistance for doHOUSTON Page 38 VIOLENCE Page 20 Luther King Jr. gave the iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. /Photo by Roy Lewis
'One' Can Make a Difference Prince George's County’s L.M. Foundation Tackles Domestic Violence
Celebrating 52 Years of Service / Serving More Than 50,000 African American Readers Throughout The Metropolitan Area