Doctor Passes At 76 Dr. Esther B. Nelson-Johnson was born July
12, 1931 to Louis & Hestella (Holmes) Byrd in
Hickman, Ky. She departed this life Feb. 2, 2008 in
Arlington, Texas, following a lengthy illness. >>more
Going Mobile For
a woman who is 110 years old, local senior Mother
Ruby Muhammad gets around pretty good. Mother Ruby
will now be able to do even better thanks to the generosity
of the Scooter Store and a motorized wheelchair. >>more
Obit: Maybelle Joynes, 94 Maybelle
Joynes was born on July 12, 1913 in Hamilton, Bermuda,
to Daniel and Loretta Scott. She was the third of
five daughters that Daniel and Loretta were blessed
with. Joynes was the daughter with the spit-fire spirit. >>more
NATIONAL
HEADLINES
Reflecting King's Death “Martin
Luther King III and Rev. Bernice King for the first
time in history made a pilgrimage to the Lorraine
Motel on the date of their father’s assassination,”
said Beverly Robertson, executive director of the
National Civil Rights Museum. >>more
30 Years For Stealing $62 When
he was 23 years old, Ronald James Coleman-Bey, also
known as James Robert Percy-Bey, stole $62 from a
bookstore by pretending his finger was a gun. He estimates
the robbery lasted about 20 seconds. >>more
COMMENTARY
Strong Leader Needed The NAACP is at a critical point in its history.
It is challenged with changing political and social
landscape, with many holding their breath, hoping
the NAACP will find a way to live up to expectations
for the oldest and most recognized advocacy group. >>more
Liberate Blacks From Prisons A
new Pew Center study confirmed what we have known
for quite a while. The U.S. went on an incarceration
binge in the first Bush and Clinton administrations
that now finds America holding one-quarter of all
the prisoners in the world. >>more
