Los Angeles Sentinel back issues from April 2003:
SALUTE TO BLACK PRESS MONTH; The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter/Boston Guardian Publisher
Apr 03, 2003; ... Clark, Libby Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 "You've got to have fire in your belly, a belief in humanity, perseverance and a defiance of death," wrote the brilliant, militant newspaper publisher William Monroe Trotter, in the first edition of The Boston Guardian, which he ...
KEN AND JENNIFER THOMAS, 21ST CENTURY VISIONARIES; Enterprising Prestige Couple Took the Sentinel to New Heights
Apr 03, 2003; ... Clark, Libby Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 EDITORS NOTE: I wouldn't let March slip away, especially March 2003, without acknowledging it's significance! The Sentinel's 70th Anniversary, the 176th Anniversary of the black Press and National Women's Month. We're privileged ...
In Tribute to National Black Press and National Women's Month; A TASTE OF HISTORY; LEGACIES THAT TRANSCEND THE MILLENNIUM
Apr 03, 2003; ... Clark, Libby Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 The dedicated women, now deceased, played pivotal roles in molding and shaping the Los Angeles Sentinel into the powerful, prestigious, "institution," the ubiquitous, "Voice of the West," nationwide that speaks to its 65 years of ...
A 'Taste of History'; Hard Work, Ingenuity Paid Off -- He Gave Millions Back; Crispus A. Wright: His Philanthropy Benefited the Sentinel
Apr 03, 2003; ... Clark, Libby Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Intellectual pundits refer to "giving" as either charity, generosity or philantrophy. Crispus A. Wright, attorney at law, business entrepreneur and visionary who has been helping others and sharing with his fellow human beings ...
'Electric Circus' Tour
Apr 03, 2003; ... Jefferson, Jevaillier Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 "The "Electric Circus" tour ended its Southern California run on Thursday night at House of Blues-Anaheim. But, its opening night at the House of Blues-Sunset Strip was marked by high energy, lots of dancing and ...
Too Beautiful for Words
Apr 03, 2003; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Author Monique Morris tells a story of the beauty in love, life and the importance of cleansing the soul in her debut novel Too Beautiful for Words. In it she talks about the cycle of poverty in one inner city community, ...
Still With Me
Apr 03, 2003; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Andrea King Collier personalizes the stages of dying in Still with Me. This is the story of her mother's bout with ovarian cancer and its effects on the family. She shares with readers the long range of emotions that ...
Age Ain't Nothing But a Number; Black Women Explore Midlife
Apr 03, 2003; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 In essays, prose and poetry, 45 writers including Nikki Giovanni, Susan Taylor, J. California Cooper, Maya Angelou, Pearl Cleage, Alice Walker and more, celebrate the second half of their lives. The book is edited by ...
Selah's Bed
Apr 03, 2003; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Selah lives in the well-to-do hills above her photography studio in Leimert Park. She is a photojournalist for the Sentinel newspaper. She is married to her young sweetheart, Parker Lareaux, now a minister in a local ...
Wise Women Don't Have Hot Flashes -- They Have Power Surges
Apr 03, 2003; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Wise Women Don't Have Hot Flashes, written by D. Reid Wallace, is the story of how a husband, Doug, strives to understand and support his wife, Claire, as experiences health and emotional events that often occur during ...
THE ROBERTSON TREATMENT; Spotlight On; Mekhi Phifer
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 There are few roles, on T.V. today more coveted than that of medical professional on the hit-show E.R. Catapulting the seemingly obscure to super-stardom, NBC's flagship drama has launched the careers of Noah Wiley, Eriq LaSalle, Anthony ...
Decorating; New Urban Style Goes Harlem with Roderick Shade
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Interior designer and author, Roderick Shade, addresses new urban style and it's very wide demographic and appeal in Harlem Style: Designing for the New Urban Aesthetic. People across the country are moving back into urban centers. This ...
HBFF Organizers Cite World Events for Postponing Weeklong Event
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF), which had been scheduled to kick off on March 25 in Hollywood, has been postponed until June 3, it was announced today by Tanya Kersey-Henley, Founder and Executive Director of HBFF. For the ...
Tiger Captures Fourth Straight Bay Hill Crown
Apr 03, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 The biggest battle for Tiger Woods last Sunday wasn't the rain during the final round of the Bay Hill Invitational, it was a battle with food poisoning that almost kept him from winning his fourth straight title at the ...
The Prospect of Winning
Apr 03, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Basketball is obviously a sport, along with football golf and others. People play them for the fun and competition they provide, and other recreational reasons. But the mission and poise of a handful of local residents is to ...
Dynasties Persist for Local Powers
Apr 03, 2003; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Trevor Ariza of Westchester and Sade Wile-Gatewood of Lynwood probably only know each other from their lofty expectations on the basketball court. Last Saturday Ariza put Westchester on his shoulders and carried the Comets ...
Westchester Rolls Through State On Ariza's Showcase
Apr 03, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Facing a rematch of last year's state championship finals, the entire Westchester team knew that it needed a big finish in order to stay alive and repeat as champions. Fortunately the Comets had the benefit of the talent of ...
NAACP-LDF Sues N.Y. on Behalf of Felons Who Lost Right to Vote; Say Law is Biased
Apr 03, 2003; ... Herrera, Kevin Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 NEW YORK--Attorneys fighting voter disenfranchisement hope a class-action lawsuit filed against Gov. George Pataki will eliminate certain voting restrictions for felons and in the process, spur a progressive debate across the ...
RACE, PRIDE AND PROGRESS SPARKED THEIR EFFORTS; Pioneer Angelenos Whose Vision/Perseverance Shaped Black L.A.
Apr 09, 2003; ... Phillips, Ted, Jr. Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 EDITOR'S NOTE: For the past twenty years, Angelus Funeral Home has produced colorful and informative historical calendars for public consumption featuring graphics and illustrations by talented artists such as Ted Phillips ...
The Hatwearer's Lesson
Apr 09, 2003; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Author Yolanda Joe's (This Just In, He Say She Say) seventh novel, The Hatwearer's Lesson talks about the significance of faith, patience and always listening to one's heart. It also makes clear the importance of simplicity in ...
James Reynolds Stars in 'I Too Am America' at Pasadena's Fremont Center Theatre
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Actor James Reynolds will star in "I Too Am America" at the Fremont Center Theater in South Pasadena. Reynolds is also the writer of the one-man play. The show, which begins April 20 will run through May 11. Reynolds created the show 20 ...
Rahzel, The Lifesavas at the Knitting Factory, Hollywood
Apr 09, 2003; ... Jefferson, Jevaillier Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Those who know Rahzel Brown recognize him as an equally adept beatbox artist and rapper. Dubbed the "Godfather of Noyze," Brown's ability to make sounds normally associated with electronic devices has parlayed into ...
Local Actor, Arlen Escarpeta, Stars in NBC's Weekly Nostalgic Drama 'American Dreams'
Apr 09, 2003; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 If you thought that "American Dreams" was another "Happy Days" or "Ozzie and Harriett" show that dismissed black people's existence in the `50s and early `60s .... you are pleasantly wrong. The drama does depict America as ...
Rahman Draws in Ring Comeback, No Street Names for King
Apr 09, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 The height of his boxing career stemmed from knocking out Lennox Lewis two years ago for the heavyweight championship, but then again Lewis put Hasim Rahman's career in the dark by returning the favor months later in ...
Serena Storms Through Nasdaq-100 for Another Title
Apr 09, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Serena Williams' season continues to get better, and her improvement was more than obvious Saturday, as the world's top-ranked women's tennis player came back from a set down to beat Jennifer Capriati 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 and win her ...
Late Season Climb
Apr 09, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 If this season has taught the Lakers one thing, it's that whatever was accomplished last year means nothing when you're visibly struggling. But the team put it's woes behind it for good after the All-Star break and emerged ...
Ariza Grabs Player of the Year Nod, Among Honors
Apr 09, 2003; ... Reneau, Frank Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 He helped push his Westchester team to the top this year, and picked up an impressive regular season record and a Division I state title along the way. But now that the final buzzer on the Comets' Trevor Ariza's high ...
Price Christian Blessed to be the Best
Apr 09, 2003; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Last week, tiny Price Christian became the first boys team to capture four consecutive California State Championships when it defeated Modesto Christian 80-72 in Sacramento. It was a feat that hasn't been accomplished by ...
Hundreds Jam Leimert Park to Express Dissapproval of War
Apr 09, 2003; ... Austin, Lanea Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Although there was no marching or constant chants of anti-war slogans, Leimert Park protesters got their point across, Saturday, by dancing and singing to the sounds of '70s anti-war music such as Edwin Star's "War." "War ... ...
Good Samaritan, ACS Present Free Spring Cancer Conference for the Community
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Good Samaritan Hospital in cooperation with the American Cancer Society has partnered to present the health profession and community with the Taking Control Spring Cancer Conference. The conference will focus on Gastrointestinal (GI) ...
Just Breathe; The Power of Deep Breathing
Apr 09, 2003; ... Miller, Ian Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Take one moment as you begin to read this article and think about your breath. If you're anything like I was before I began breath training, you'll say to yourself "Think about breathing? How? Breathing just happens." While ...
Those with Heart Problems Might Need Some New Wheels
Apr 09, 2003; ... Miller, Ian Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 The human heart is a biological masterpiece. It is a perfect pump, two complementary pumps and two valves working in unison better than the finest Swiss watch. In an average lifetime, the heart beats 100,000 times a day. That adds ...
First 5 L.A. Gets Closer to Goal of Universal Early Care
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 First 5 LA, also known as the Los Angeles County Children and Families First --Proposition 10 Commission has recently convened an Advisory Committee of experts from diverse fields of child development, business, healthcare, philanthropy, ...
Calif.'s Kids 'Kick Butts'
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Kids in California took center stage in the fight against tobacco on April 2 as they join thousands of young people nationwide for the eighth annual Kick Butts Day. This year's Kick Butts Day comes as states faced with large budget ...
Survey; Blacks Wearing Seat Belts
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 We're buckling our seat belts at the highest rate ever, the government says, after years of using them less than drivers in general. We're also using seat belts about three-fourths, or 77 percent, of the time, according to a report ...
Henry Ford and African American Workers; His Employment Policies Helped Create the Black Middle Class
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Henry Ford is a man who is remembered for a lot things, and ironically, some of the things he's remembered for he did not do. If you ask most Americans, they will tell you his most significant achievement was the invention of the ...
Couple's Dream Comes True; Set to Open First Black-Owned Health Club in Franchise History
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 FREMONT, CA--Fremont residents Jahid A. Wilson, Sr. and wife Kitara R.Wilson will be officially welcomed to the city of Fremont as business owners in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday April 11. They will celebrate the opening of their ...
King/Drew Medical Center Lab Receives CAP Accreditation
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 The Los Angeles County King/Drew Medical Center Laboratory has recently been awarded an accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The two year award was based on the results of ...
Event Set to Assist Students in Persuit of Higher Education
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 The first annual Bresee College Fair entitled "The Key To Success" will be held Saturday, April 5, 2003 at the Bresee Youth Center, 184 S. Bimini PI., Los Angeles, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Presented by the Junior League of Los Angeles and ...
BETWEEN THE LINES; We Must Come Together to Stop This Unjust War
Apr 03, 2003; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 America began its invasion of Iraq last week in the midst of vehement opposition at home and abroad. America has taken it upon itself to "liberate" the people of Iraq by forcing a "regime change," language that was used ...
VERONICA'S VIEW; Fulfilment Following Her First Finale; A Women's History Month Special
Apr 03, 2003; ... Hendrix, Veronica Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Part of a series I am a black woman tall as a cypress, strong beyond all definition, still defying space and time and circumstance. Assailed. Impervious. Indestructible. Look on me and be renewed. --Mari Evans from ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE; Peace in the `Hood and Who Can Deliver; Youth, Young Adults and OGs--Peacemakers Speak Out!
Apr 03, 2003; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Part 2 Los Angeles area youth, young adults and OGs collaborated on the following street-level perspective on the increasing violence in Los Angeles: Increase the Peace! (Continued) Peace activists trying to win ...
Peace, Justice and Resistance to War
Apr 03, 2003; ... Karenga, Maulana Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 In spite of the Bush administration's unilateral decision to wage war against Iraq, we must continue to resist and oppose it. For the war against Iraq is a war against the Iraqi people without justification and thus ...
Chemical & Biological Attacks Hit the Inner Cities of America!
Apr 03, 2003; ... Spellman, Malik Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Dear Mr. BaBy Bush: We have a serious crisis in the inner cities of America; Someone has dropped a great deal of liquor stores and contraceptives, AIDS and Drugs and weapons of mass destruction into the hood and we need to ...
War, What is it Good For?
Apr 03, 2003; ... Smith, Shirlee Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Is there something extra difficult for parents when it comes to tackling the issue of explaining America's war with Iraq to their children? Too many parents have decided not to discuss the matter at all. "Well, it doesn't ...
Black Writers on Tour to Feature Something for the Whole Family
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 This year's 8th Annual Black Writers On Tour Conference in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 5 will be more dynamic than ever--featuring 300 black authors, agents, and editors gathering for a one day networking event. This year's theme, says ...
Marches, Rallies Behind, City Emergency Center Shifts to Minimal Level Staffing Following High
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 City officials this week reduced staffing at the Emergency Operations Center to a minimal level Monday, shifting most of its operations to the police department. While up to 26 city employees staffed the EOC following its activation ...
Advocates Praise Report on Economic Feasability of Low-Income Housing
Apr 03, 2003; ... Herrera, Kevin Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Housing advocates this week praised the release of a study, commissioned by the city that found the implementation of an inclusionary zone requirement could be economically feasible. The report, conducted by David Paul Rosen ...
Local NAACP Planning Bus Trip to Supreme Court
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 A coalition of civil rights organizations, clergy and college students will join forces to demonstrate at the U.S. Supreme Court, which will be hearing arguments in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases. And they want you to ...
With Husband on Iraqi Front Lines, Army Wife Spared for the Moment
Apr 03, 2003; ... Austin, Lanea Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 With 19 soldiers dead, 7 missing and 7 captured, at press time, Honesty Goodwill-Alsobrook--wife of 21-year-old marine LaKieth Alsobrook, who was sent to Kuwait in January--says, "no news is good news at this point." A few ...
Interracial Couple Targets of Cross Burning
Apr 03, 2003; ... Austin, Lanea Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 When Greg Harris woke up at 3:30 a.m. to find flames from a 10-foot torched wooden cross burning as high as his two-story home in the 5800 block of Paseo de Balboa in Anaheim Hills, the ex-marine and Vietnam War veteran said the ...
Saturday Rally in Leimert Park to Answer Where Community Stands on War in Iraq
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Despite opinion polls showing a majority of African Americans oppose the U.S. war against Iraq, nationwide demonstrations where thousands of people have filled the streets, have failed to attract blacks in significant numbers. Although ...
GRENADE ATTACK; Accused Soldier Attended Locke, Local Mosque
Apr 03, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Federal officials continued their search in the Southland this week for background information on an U.S. Army sergeant in custody on suspicion of killing a captain and wounding 15 soldiers in a grenade attack in Kuwait. According to ...
New DCFS Chief Takes Center Stage at Troubled Agency
Apr 03, 2003; ... Herrera, Kevin Los Angeles Sentinel 04-03-2003 Since its establishment in 1984, Los Angeles County's Department of Child and Family Services has been heavily criticized by civil rights organizations for its "abysmal" record of failed foster placements and behavioral ...
Youth Receives Unlikely Response from President
Apr 09, 2003; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Last year, 17-year-old high school student Clarissa Dolphin, acting on compassion, wrote a letter to President George W. Bush on behalf of the people of Afghanistan. She wrote of the country's desperate position after United ...
Metro Network & Westwood One to Pay Black Reporter $150,000 for Discrimination
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 ST. LOUIS--The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Metro Networks Communications, Inc. and its affiliate, Westwood One, Inc., have agreed to pay $150,000 to settle the EEOC's claims that Metro/Westwood ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE; The Infinite Hypocrisy of an Illegal and Unjust War
Apr 09, 2003; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Blatant hypocrisy defines the United States war on Iraq. (Given its limited capability vs. America's unparalleled weapons of destruction, this is clearly a war on Iraq, not a war with Iraq. Nonetheless, Iraqis did not follow the ...
Between the Lines; Can the United States Cheat the Prophesied 'Apocalypse'
Apr 09, 2003; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 As this war escalates, so does the perception of America as being involved in something that is larger than themselves, larger than anything they perceived and maybe something they haven't seen before. The Bush ...
VERONICA'S VIEW; A Heart and a Habit for Humanity; A Women's History Month Special
Apr 09, 2003; ... Hendrix, Veronica Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 President and CEO. Thirty-eight-years old. African American. What do all these adjectives have in common? Elenore A. Williams is the answer. She is the President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity's (HfH) ...
Dear Young Homies -- Urgent Message!
Apr 09, 2003; ... Spellman, Malik Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Peace beloved youngsters from the hood, I come to you today with real facts about what I suggest that we do together to make our lives a lot more productive. First of all, we have to learn the art of talking to one another ...
I Know Why You Weren't There!
Apr 09, 2003; ... Smith, Shirlee Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Sorry not to have seen you or your daughters at the Sally Ride Science Club, Reach for the Stars Los Angeles Science Festival held at Caltech this past Saturday. Since I don't know you by name, what makes me so darn sure you ...
Motown Founder Berry Gordy to Present at L.A. Urban League's Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award Dinner
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Motwon Records founder Berry Gordy will be a presenter at the Los Angeles Urban League's 30th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award Dinner on Thursday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Los Angeles Ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel, Los ...
Teacher's Union Says Washington Prep H.S. Lacked Safety Plan for a Mass Disturbance
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Washington Prepetory High School was unprepared for a brawl that resulted in 11 arrests, due to a "safety plan" that lacked specifics on how to deal with such disturbances, an official for the United Teachers' Union of Los Angeles charged ...
Tenet Ordered to Pay Low Income Residents $400,000
Apr 09, 2003 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Tenet Healthcare will pay $400,000 to low-income Marina area residents to settle an Attorney General lawsuit that blocked the closing of Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital. The settlement does not necessarily mean the medical facility will ...
Businesses, Leaders Kick Off Black Business Month Festivities
Apr 09, 2003; ... Glanton-Smith, Bobby Los Angeles Sentinel 04-09-2003 Recycling Black Dollars joined a diverse group of African American business owners and leaders in front of the Los Angeles Sentinel offices on Tuesday, to commemorate the kick off of Black Business Month in the city of ...