Los Angeles Sentinel back issues from February 2003:
A Taste Of History: `ONE SHOT HARRY'; Photojournalist Harry Adams; His Pictures Told the Story
Feb 05, 2003; ... Clark, Libby Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Born in Arkansas in 1918, Harry Adams became interested in photography at the age of 12. His career began after completing a tour of duty in World War II and graduating from the California School of Photography and Graphic Design, ...
18th Century Authors: Rufus Estes and Tom Bullock; Focus on Good Eats and Drinks -- It's History!
Feb 05, 2003; ... Clark, Libby Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Rufus Estes (1857-?) was born a slave, yet became one of the best chefs of his time, feeding presidents and royalty who traveled in George M. Pullman's private train car. The almost 600 recipes in Mr. Estes' book, Good Things to ...
Research Expert Says Corporations Made Strides But Rate Only a C
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Corporations and retailers reported some progress reaching the African American market but, in the main market failed to devise compelling strategies to reach African Americans in 2002. This occurred, in part, because marketers did not ...
Looking Over the President's Shoulder
Feb 05, 2003; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 An American history lesson comes to life in "Looking Over the President's Shoulder," showing at the Pasadena Playhouse through Feb. 23. Actor John Henry Redwood ("Amber Waves," "Fences") portrays the obscure, yet significant ...
Groundbreaking of The Watts Towers Charles Mingus Youth Art Center Feb. 6: James Newton Conducts Luckman Jazz Orchestra
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 The Luckman Jazz Orchestra, conducted by James Newton, will perform works by Charles Mingus on Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee Center (WLCAC), 10950 South Central Ave., Los Angeles. The concert is part of ...
Comedian Dave Chappelle Brings His 'Blackzilla' Tour to the Wiltern Theatre Feb. 14
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Stand up comedian Dave Chappelle will roll out his own national 24-city theatre tour, "Dave Chappelle is Blackzilla," kicking off February 13th at the Spreckels Theatre in San Diego before coming to the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Fri., ...
A Taste of Reality
Feb 05, 2003; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 For many years and for many reasons black women in America have had to struggle with their sense of self worth. In an environment where broad noses, full lips, kinky hair and chocolate skin doesn't fit, being intelligent, honest ...
Music Watch
Feb 05, 2003; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 The coastal highlands of Central California were the setting for Billy Childs' initial steps to studying piano. In 1971 while attending Midland, a small private boarding school, he heard a recording of Emerson, Lake, ...
SPOTLIGHT ON: Lorraine Hansberry
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry broke social conventions by depicting black experiences of white prejudice. She also broke Broadway records by being both the youngest person and the first African American to win the Best Play award from the New ...
Towne Street Theatre Celebrates 10 Years
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Towne Street Theatre (TST), L.A.'s premiere African American theatre company, kicks off its 10th Anniversary with "The Best of Towne Street," featuring three revivals from their history of producing original work by African-American ...
Actress-Singer Nell Carter Dies at Age 54
Feb 05, 2003; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Popular actress and singer Nell Carter, best known for her television roles as the housekeeper in the TV sitcom "Gimme a Break!" and her stage role in "Ain't Misbehavin'" died Thursday at age 54. Carter had successfully ...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Makes OCPAC Debut
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Includes West Coast premieres of Lynne Taylor-Corbett's `Prayers from the Edge' and Francesca Harper's `Apex' One of America's greatest dance companies, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will make its Orange County Performing Arts ...
Jones Offers King a Chance To Be a Cut Above
Feb 05, 2003; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Famed boxing promoter Don King called superstar Roy Jones, Jr. "Superman' at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles to hype "Hard Road to Glory," a WBA heavyweight championship featuring Jones and the unheralded John Ruiz, ...
Serena 'Slam' Now Complete With Australian Open Win
Feb 05, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Despite an Australian Open match against older sister Venus that was littered with errors, Serena Williams now has all four WTA major titles in her possession, completing her "Serena Slam." Williams won in three sets last ...
Tough Losses Casts Doubt on Lakers' Progress
Feb 05, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 It may be hard to admit, but the reality of the Lakers' inability to sustain a succession of wins has become more than apparent with the team's recent misfortune after winning five straight games and providing optimism to those ...
Where Do The Raiders Go From Here?
Feb 05, 2003; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 SAN DIEGO -- It was supposed to be their crowning achievement, their moment to erase 19 years of flawed attempts to live up to their mottoes of Pride and Poise and, Commitment to Excellence, but now they must feel like an empty ...
Not Close Enough
Feb 05, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 It may have been a battle between the NFL's best offense and defense, but this time it was defense that won the game. Unfortunately for the Oakland Raiders, their offense decided not to show up Sunday to Super Bowl XXXVII at ...
Inside Newcastle Disease: What's Foul About our Fowl?
Feb 05, 2003; ... Miller, Ian Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 People in the agricultural sector of the economy are fully aware of Exotic Newcastle Disease, or END. Most city dwellers have not heard of this disease but they might now since the latest outbreak of the disease is believed to have ...
MESHING BLACK, INDIAN AND MEXICAN CUISINES: African-American Food Preferences
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize Laureate and father of the Civil Rights Movement in America loved crispy, golden brown fried chicken. The food preferences of the prominent, deceased Angelenos were as follows: architect ...
A 'Taste' of History: Guardian of History; Carter G. Woodson
Feb 12, 2003; ... Vaughn, Leroy Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 EDITOR'S NOTE: Tribute in this section is paid to the two people who through their dedication, untiring efforts and fortitude advanced the cause, knowledge, progress and history of African Americans nationally and locally ...
Black Women of the South
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 In our present clamorous age, people are for the dignities, the grand prerogatives, and the glory of womankind. There is not a country in Europe where she has not risen somewhat above the degradation of centuries and pleaded successfully ...
'Honeyboy' Featured Sunday at PAFF
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 More than a biography of 87-year-old Delta blues singer David "Honeyboy" Edwards, delivers the Blues, its roots, personal accounts of the Deep South before the Civil Rights Movement, heartfelt stories of Edwards' missed recording ...
Suge Knight Assists Families of Two Murdered Children
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Following the murders of two youngsters--two-year-old Osvaldo Martinez and seven-year-old Horace Ray Ferguson, Jr.--in separate incidents on Monday, Jan. 20, Tha Row Records founder and CEO Suge Knight assisted the anguished families in ...
City of Los Angeles Kicks Off African American Heritage Events
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Mayor Jim Hahn joined 2003 African American Heritage Celebration Chairman and Owner/Director of One United Bank Jheryl Busby, music legend Stevie Wonder, and gospel artists Yolanda Adams, Kirk Franklin, and Donnie McClurkin to kick off the ...
African Diaspora Films Featured at Pan African Film Festival
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 "Nha Fala," one of the rare African musicals with a score by Manu Dibango and "Bamako Sigi Kan," which examines the clash between globalization and traditional African values in Mali are among the films from the African Diaspora featured in ...
Fountain Theatre Presents 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black'
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 The hit off Broadway play, "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," a celebration of the life and works of playwright Lorraine Hansberry runs through Feb. 23 at the Fountain Theatre. Also published as a book in 1969 (four years after Hansberry's ...
Choreographer Jon Johnson Succumbs
Feb 12, 2003; ... Mahern, Michael Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Jon Johnson, whose innovative choreography drew on classical, jazz, and "street" forms, and brought new energy to the African-American dance scene in Southern California in the 1980's, died on Jan. 24 in Los Angeles ...
'Mongo' Santamaria, Percussionist, Musical Pioneer, Dead at 85
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Legendary, Grammy award winning, Cuban percussionist and conga player, Mongo Santamaria died at a Miami hospital Saturday Feb. 1 after a stroke the week before left him on life support. He was 85. Born Ramon Santamaria, on April 7, 1922, ...
HBO Kicks Off Black History Month with 'Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives' Feb. 10
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 In tribute to the African American experience, both past and present, HBO offers a powerful line up of programming for Black History Month 2003, highlighted by the historically significant documentary, "Unchained Memories: Readings from the ...
A Lasting Legacy
Feb 12, 2003; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 There are more African Americans participating in professional sports today than at any other time in the history of America. Many will argue that it's still not enough. They will point to those dismal numbers in college ...
West Still the Wizard After All These Years
Feb 12, 2003; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 He is the winningest prep basketball coach in Southern California but he wants to take a back seat these days to national powers Fairfax and Westchester. Shoe giant Nike is treating him like an ugly stepchild and he's ...
Kobe Surge Stimulates Lakers Game Plans
Feb 12, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 The Lakers are now back at a point where they seem to be on a path to winning again, but it's an unsure one, considering that they've been on a some what seesaw pace all season and are still fighting to even be considered a ...
Organ of the Week: Maintaining Healthy Skin
Feb 12, 2003; ... Miller, Ian Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Many people might not be aware of it but the skin is the body's largest organ. This is because it has many functions; eliminating waste through the pores with sweat, cooling the body with sweat, heating the body with body hair, ...
Organ of the Week: Healing the Eyes
Feb 05, 2003; ... Miller, Ian Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 The human eye is a very complex biological mechanism. Its purpose is to receive light from our environment (through the lens), focus this light (with eye muscles in the ciliary matter, "the white of the eye", and flip and send the ...
Lagrant Communications Selects Keisha Brown to Key V.P. Post
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Keisha N. Brown has been promoted to vice president of media & promotions for LAGRANT Communications where she will be responsible for a wide variety of duties, including managing the firm's media & promotions planner, new business ...
Animation Workshop to Present Heritage Month Salute to Black Cartoonists
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 In honor of Black History Month, Animation Creations is hosting the first "Salute to African American Cartoonists." The free event is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 1 at the cartoon workshop studio, 14622 Ventura Blvd. in ...
Troubles Mount for R. Kelly with Additional Charges of Child Abuse
Feb 05, 2003; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 The taping in Miami of R&B singer R. Kelly's video for the new hit "Ignition" was suddenly cut short last week when police arrested the singer on 12 counts of child pornography possession. Kelly, 36, is already facing 21 ...
Diversity Means More than Skin Color to Chrysler Group
Feb 05, 2003; ... Washington, Frank S. Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Early last summer, Katherine Adams was trying to keep her company afloat when she attended a procurement fair in Detroit. She approached a minority supplier development manager from the Chrysler Group and told him that ...
Bush Proposes Funding Increase For HBCUs And Hispanic Institutions
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 WASHINGTON-- President George W. Bush has proposed an increase in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to ensure educational freedom, opportunity and access for every ...
HBCUs: More Than a Legacy
Feb 05, 2003; ... Johnson, Merlisa Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Across the county this month, Americans are celebrating the life of Morehouse College graduate, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The image of Dr. King--graduate of the class of 1948--is so larger than life, that it is hard to ...
THE BUDGET MELTDOWN: What It Means For Black Communities
Feb 05, 2003; ... Hudley-Hayes, Genethia Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 It used to be that the universal caveat for black workers in public and private sector employment was "last hired first fired," Now, as the state reels from a record budget deficit, the spirit of that caveat holds ...
`Gimme a Break!' Star Nell Carter Remembered in Southland
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 CULVER CITY--Tony-winning entertainer and former TV sitcom star Nell Carter was eulogized Monday, as a consummate professional, a loving mother and a good friend to many. Carter died last Thursday at her home in Beverly Hills. She was ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE: Genethia Hudley Hayes and the Politics of Accountability
Feb 05, 2003; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Los Angeles school board member Genethia Hudley Hayes recently co-authored a plan to reduce the academic achievement gap for Latino as well as African American students. Neither her constituents nor community groups supporting the ...
BETWEEN THE LINES: Race-Class Politics in Today's Republican Party Give Blacks No Reason to Switch
Feb 05, 2003; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 If the Trent Lott comments gave Blacks a reason to listen to the rhetoric of the Republican Party, more recent activities of President Bush have given blacks ample reason to continue to shun the party that claims ...
Veronica's View: The Perennial Struggle of the Invisible 'Hue-man'
Feb 05, 2003; ... Hendrix, Veronica Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 This is my favorite time of year. It's the end of January, much of the country is battling severe weather (with the exception of Los Angeles), and football season has come to another dramatic end. For all intents and ...
Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. as We March Against War
Feb 05, 2003; ... Fletcher, Bill, Jr. Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 There are two Martin Luther King Jrs. There is the one that we see on television every year around January 15th. We see clips from his "I Have a Dream" speech--but rarely the entire speech. We see images of him that bring ...
Let's Talk About Parenting
Feb 05, 2003; ... Smith, Shirlee Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Word has it that we're supposed to get fifteen minutes of fame. I can't promise fifteen minutes, nor can I actually promise fame. But I can deliver cameras, lights and action. I can deliver the opportunity for your opinion ...
Waters Addresses Concerns About Flu Shots; Announces the Availability of Free Vaccinations
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Congresswoman Maxine Waters last week joined World Vision Los Angeles Storehouse on South Gramercy Place, the availability of free flu shots for the residents of several South and Central Los Angeles communities. The flu vaccine, 100,000 ...
Feb. 1 Tribute Set for Morris Kight; Founder of Gay, Lesbian Center
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Gay rights pioneer Morris Kight died last week in his sleep. He was 83. A memorial is scheduled for Feb. 1 at 1 p.m. at the Metropolitan Community Church, 8714 Santa Monica Blvd., in West Hollywood. "Morris Kight can never be ...
Free Business Development Training Offered to Leimert Park Area Businesses
Feb 05, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 The Leimert Park Village Community Development Corporation (LPVCDC), in collaboration with the Kreative Images (KI) Foundation, are currently offering "free" business development training to all Leimert Park businesses. The Leimert ...
Candidates Jockying for Key Seats in 8th and 10th Districts
Feb 05, 2003; ... Herrera, Kevin Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Neighborhood councils, economic development, gang violence and the future of Leimert Park were the key issues discussed Saturday at a political forum that featured candidates for the 8th and 10th City Council districts. No ...
BUDGET CUTS: Community Colleges May Lose Thousands of Black Students
Feb 05, 2003; ... Austin, Lanea Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Over 150 students gathered last week near downtown to protest Gov. Gray Davis' proposed cuts to the community college system, which they called unfair and a devastating blow to the state's poorest students. The protesters, ...
Bus Riders at Odds with MTA Again: Riders Say Any Cuts to Line is 'Transit Racism'
Feb 05, 2003; ... Herrera, Kevin Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's six-month "shake-up," which could include a fare increase and cuts in bus services to communities of color, amounts to transit racism, according to the Bus Riders Union, ...
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Jan Perry and Her Refusal to Budge on Homeless Issue
Feb 05, 2003; ... Austin, Lanea Los Angeles Sentinel 02-05-2003 Editor's Note: Two weeks ago, the Sentinel profiled homeless activist Ted Hayes, spotlighting his efforts to eradicate homelessness. In this issue, the following interview with 9th District Councilwoman Jan Perry, will reveal how ...
Black Health History: Charles Drew, Father of Blood Bank
Feb 12, 2003; ... Miller, Ian Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Charles Richard Drew was definitely one of, if not the, most influential doctors of the 20th Century. His work with blood plasma and blood storage led to the development of the first blood bank. Now blood banks exist in almost ...
The 4-1-1 on Avoiding Home Improvement Nightmares
Feb 12, 2003; ... Hale, Gene Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Recently in Southern California, an elderly widow paid $16,000--all but $200 of her life's savings--to an unlicensed contractor who befriended her, took her money for promised ceiling work, then completely abandoned ...
Prayers Go Out All Over L.A. For Lost Astronauts
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 At houses of worship throughout the Southland on Sunday, worshipers mourned the deaths of the seven astronauts on space shuttle Columbia. As millions watched the shuttle's re-entry on national television early Saturday, Columbia exploded ...
Brokering For Our Children: Real Accountability for the 21st Century
Feb 12, 2003; ... Hayes, Genethia Hudley Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Last week, Sentinel columnist Larry Aubry published an opinion piece that sharply criticized me for being unresponsive to the community about a resolution I co-sponsored with fellow board member Jose Huizar in ...
BETWEEN THE LINES: President Bush's War Pitch; Black America Needs To Vocalize Opposition to War
Feb 12, 2003; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 President George Walker Bush used his 2003 "State of the Union" address to ignore the real state of our country (weak economy, growing budget deficits, health care system in decline and increasing social class disparities) ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE: Blacks and Race; From Second Class to Oblivion?
Feb 12, 2003; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Political leadership in African American communities has long been tenuous and now the very future of black politics is in jeopardy. Emulating white politics (and politicians, never really sound) is increasingly passe in light of ...
When Black Men Ruled the World
Feb 12, 2003; ... Clegg, Legrand H., II Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 As we enter February, Black History Month, we find that the world is bracing for war. It seems that each day President George W. Bush issues a new ultimatum to Iraqi leader Sadam Hussein, and world leaders in the United ...
Shirlee on Parenting...Promoting Obesity in Our Children
Feb 12, 2003; ... Smith, Shirlee Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 The dark maroon colored Lincoln Navigator. Explorer with tinted windows pulled into the long line at the local McDonald's drive-thru on Crenshaw Blvd. It was dinnertime and business was bustling with lots of new expensive ...
Ex-Carson Mayor Pleads Guilty
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 CARSON--Former Carson mayor Agapito "Pete" Diaz Fajardo pleaded guilty last week to federal corruption charges linked to more than $100,000 in bribes he admitted soliciting in exchange for votes. Fajardo--who was elected to the City ...
Cole Praised, But Not Endorsed
Feb 12, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 An endorsement reportedly issued last week to 8th District City Council candidate Robert Cole by First AME pastor Cecil "Chip" Murray, was misinterpreted by the candidate, a spokesperson for Murray told the Sentinel Tuesdsay. "Robert ...
Council and School Board Candidates Focus on Themselves at Forums
Feb 12, 2003; ... Herrera, Kevin Los Angeles Sentinel 02-12-2003 Candidates for the 10th City Council district last week used the Baldwin Neighborhood Homeowners' Association's political forum to distance themselves from one another and their predecessor, focusing on their individual ...