Los Angeles Sentinel back issues from September 2004:
World's Most Powerful Woman; Most Powerful Woman Rice and Most Popular Republican Powell Will Not Attend GOP Convention
Sep 02, 2004; ... Cato, Velma, Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Condoleezza Rice has been dubbed the world's most powerful woman. The chief advisor to the world's largest superpower has the ear of leaders around the globe. Forbes Magazine ranks the U.S. National Security Advisor ...
Korean vs African American Merchants
Sep 02, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Black and Korean store owners along Inglewood's Market Street are currently at war according to at least two African American proprietors, who say the Koreans are aiming to systematically push them out of business. Joy ...
Almost Two Hundred Arrested in Drug Bust
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 The city of Compton, which has been besieged with negative publicity for years, is at the center of more disturbing news. A six-month, undercover operation by a joint task force, targeting gangs and low-level drug dealers, netted 184 ...
Bloods and Crips Play Nice; Making Peace on the Playing Field
Sep 02, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 For one afternoon, peace reigned in Watts. If only for a few hours, the ringing of gunfire ceased. The violence that has plagued the South Los Angeles urban hub the last several decades was silenced because of a football ...
Los Angeles Embraces Union Leader Flo Walker
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 A broad coalition of African American clergy, community, business, political, and labor leaders recently gathered to welcome one of the nation's highest ranking African American women in labor. More than 75 community leaders joined the ...
Game Creator Sees Fruition of Long-Held Dream
Sep 02, 2004; ... Hawkins, Shirley Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 It was the fruition of a long-held dream. Clyde Beasley, founder and CEO of Beasley Creations, stood with pride as the ribbon was cut Saturday, August 14 on his new 1,200 feet facility in Torrance, CA. The ...
Creator of BlackNLA Finds What We Need
Sep 02, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Cherice Calhoun started BlackNLA.com four years ago, first to be able to have at her fingertips services and products of interest to her and her friends. Then, she discovered the need for resources and networking among Los ...
Compton Should Be Proud! The Majority Media Should Be Ashamed
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Last Saturday I attended an extraordinary event in the city of Compton, the Summer Jazz Jam, and it was totally unnoticed and unreported by the main-stream media. Just imagine ...Beautiful Black people dressed in fine summer linens, straw hats ...
WORD FROM THE STREET; There is a New Sheriff in Town
Sep 02, 2004; ... Spellman, Malik Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Who is this man named Mr. Leroy Baca? What possesses me to write about him? I attended the 2004 National Executive Session on Gangs (July 16, 2004, University Southern California) where people from every walk of ...
Keyes to Bush's World
Sep 02, 2004; ... Jackson, Jesse L., Sr. Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Alan Keyes' sudden entry into the Illinois Senate race provides a good test. Not of State Senator Barack Obama, the dynamic Democratic frontrunner, but of George Bush. A couple of weeks ago, the president spoke before ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE; Dissatisfied, Demanding Communities Key to Police Reform
Sep 02, 2004; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Stanley Miller, Rodney King, Margaret Mitchell, Deadwyler, Eula Love and John Doe 1 through ad nauseum were all victims of the grotesque underbelly of the "Protect and Serve" gang. Of course, Stanley Miller and Rodney ...
VERONICA'S VIEW; Life Lessons I've Learned from the Computer
Sep 02, 2004; ... Hendrix, Veronica Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Not a day goes by that I don't use my computer for either checking or sending email messages, shopping for bargains on some of my favorite internet sites, and doing research for the myriad of projects I often juggle with ...
The Bridge: The Black Top Ten
Sep 02, 2004; ... James, Darryl Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 No, this isn't about sports, although I do talk about a former football player. It is about my very own top ten things of any variety. It seems almost everyone and his or her mother has a top ten list, so I decided to create my ...
Between the Lines; Locke H.S. and Community Empowerment in Watts: The People Who Live There Do Know Best
Sep 02, 2004; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 There is no greater example of community empowerment, a community destined to take their fates in their own hands, than Watts, California. The community that has been most analogous to what famed author, James ...
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water...
Sep 02, 2004; ... Smith, Bobby Glanton Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 "I'd rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log" than vote for either George Bush or John Kerry. As the article in last week's Los Angeles Sentinel by Lela Ward Oliver suggests, John Kerry is taking the ...
The Serving Spoon
Sep 02, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Who eats catfish for breakfast? Try the dining crowd who frequents the Serving Spoon located in North Inglewood. They say it's the diner's most popular dish. For more than twenty years, celebrities and plain folk alike have ...
Councilmember, Coalition Hold Rally to Protest Proposed New School Site
Sep 02, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 In front of Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters Monday, Ninth District councilmember, Jan Perry joined a community coalition made up of six organizations in a rally and news conference in protest against its ...
Preparing the New Kid in School
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Moving to a new home also means moving to a new school, a big challenge for kids of all ages. How they adjust depends on their age and phase of development. It also depends on what kind of move you're making, whether it's from a small town to ...
Charlie Waller, Bluegrass Legend, Dies at 69
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Bluegrass legend Charlie Waller, a self-taught guitarist and vocalist with Louisiana roots who founded the Country Gentlemen band, died Wednesday at his home in Gordonsville. He was 69. Family members say Waller had been in poor health ...
Ridley-Thomas and Empowerment Congress Have Night Out
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 On Tuesday, August 3, 200 South Los Angeles Residents joined Assemblyman Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles) and the 48th Assembly District Empowerment Congress at the "2nd Annual National Night Out Event" in Exposition Park to foster ...
Hayes Scorches Olympic Record; Daughter of homeless activist Ted Hayes wins 100-meter hurdles gold medal in screaming fashion
Sep 02, 2004; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 After telling the Sentinel on Monday that she felt so confident they would have to catch her to win it, Los Angeles' newest golden girl Joanna Hayes burst past the field in the Olympic 100-meter hurdles setting a new ...
Dominguez Powers Up With Powell; Former Compton College Coach is second African American to lead the men's basketball program in Carson
Sep 02, 2004; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 It didn't take Cal State University Dominguez Hills long to hire the second African American head basketball coach in 34 years when it announced that former Compton College head coach, Damaine Powell, was their man. Powell ...
Rowing Down Barriers; Aquil Abdullah paddles to history as 1st Black rower
Sep 02, 2004; ... Beaumont, Michael Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Burning in a furious splendor is the Olympic Flame, which arrived in Athens, Greece, after a long journey through thirty-three cities. But long before the 2004 Olympic Torch was ignited, another was lit--one carried ...
Boxing's Grant is Straight from the Hood; Former Los Angeles High School football player is new kid on block as manager for fighters
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 Local resident Steve Grant has long admired famed boxing promoter Don King, but not in his wildest dreams did he ever think he would be following into the footsteps of the legendary icon. Grant attended Los Angeles high school where he ...
Pelle Pelle's Celebrity Catwalk Forecasts Fall Fashions
Sep 02, 2004; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 The Thursday night Hollywood club crowd gathered early at the Palladium, Aug. 1 for the "Pelle Pelle Celebrity Charity Catwalk" hosted by Nicole Richie, with partial proceeds going to the National Animal Rescue for abused and ...
Solid-State Elocution at Long Beach Jazz Festival
Sep 02, 2004; ... Miro, Peter Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 At first glance, there was something different about the 17th Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival. A familiar setting had been subtly transformed. Against a backdrop of round and rectangular towers defining the Shoreline Drive ...
Honoring Slaves' Struggle for Freedom
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which preserves a shameful part of American history, was officially dedicated this week in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati was a major junction on the Underground Railroad, the ...
Ask Deanna
Sep 02, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 ... Real People ... Real Advice "Ask Deanna" is an advice column known for its fearless approach to reality-based subjects! Dear Deanna! When does an ex-boyfriend have the right to disrespect an old flame? ...
MARIAN J. PATTERSON; Retiree Writes Book of Prayers
Sep 02, 2004; ... Murray, Virgie W. Los Angeles Sentinel 09-02-2004 An elder and liturgist at the Park Hills Community Church of the Reformed Church in America, 5258 Overhill Dr., Dr. Marian Jackson Patterson collected the prayers she wrote for church and published them in Prayers in Praise ...
Larry McCormick, Revered Broadcaster and Community Treasure, Dead at 71; He Was a Mentor, Co-Worker, Father Figure; So Much to Me
Sep 08, 2004; ... Anderson, Gayle Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 It's Friday. August 27, 2004. 3pm. I just got the bad news. Larry McCormick is gone. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. I can't breathe. I can't talk. I can't see. I cry and laugh simultaneously, as I flashback to ...
New Beginning for FAME's Beloved Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray
Sep 08, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 After 27 years of unwavering service to his church, the community, and to the world, Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray, pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME), will relinquish his role as head of the oldest Black ...
Is Kobe Bryant the O.J. of the Decade?
Sep 08, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Kobe Bryant's upcoming sexual assault trial could drive a deeper wedge into an already deteriorating relationship between African Americans and white America. The national media has already dropped the race card on the general ...
Eric Davis, Former Pro Baller and Challenger for Life, Pledges $1 Million to the Boys & Girls Club
Sep 08, 2004; ... Jones, Rae Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Trying to catch up with Eric Davis these days is like chasing a speeding bullet. Since recently founding Mogul Media Group, the former pro baseball player is running a marketing and promotional company, an independent record company ...
Willie Crawford, Major Leaguer, Succumbs at 57
Sep 08, 2004; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Hailed as the greatest baseball player in the history of Fremont High School in South Los Angeles, and praised for his graceful and enduring 14-year major league career with six teams, Los Angeles native Willie Crawford will be ...
Who is Elizabeth Anania Edwards?
Sep 08, 2004; ... Cypress, Jerrold Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Who is Elizabeth Anania Edwards? She's an accomplished attorney, a mother of two children and the wife of John Edwards the Democratic Party's Vice Presidential running mate with John Kerry. I met Mrs. Edwards, at Pann's ...
Joe Dudley of Dudley Products to Receive Business Courage Award; Will Address Opening of L.A. Black Business Expo September 10
Sep 08, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 This is a rags to riches story if ever there was one; as one of 11 children from meager beginnings-- to becoming the founder of the $30 million company, Dudley Hair Care Products that employs 500 people. This is the story of Joe Louis ...
McDonald's Once Again Tops Fortune Magazine of Best Companies for Minorities
Sep 08, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 OAK BROOK, IL--McDonald's Corporation, for the second consecutive year, tops the Fortune Magazine list of Best Companies for Minorities. The annual survey from Fortune evaluates the number of minority employees, hiring, promotion, and ...
Looking the Other Way with Illegal Aliens
Sep 08, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Being on the same side of an issue with Governor Schwarzenegger, even if it might only be for less than 24 hours, is something a little hard to imagine. Last week when the State Senate narrowly passed, and the Assembly barely approved ...
Intellectual Terrorism
Sep 08, 2004; ... Person-Lynn, Kwaku Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 The Emancipation Proclamation became legal January 1, 1863, intending to free enslaved Afrikans in the rebellious Confederate states. After almost three hundred years of enslavement, decades of racial ...
STREET SURVIVAL 101; The Drive-By
Sep 08, 2004; ... Basheer, Aquil Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Honey and her husband Fred have just arrived for their dinner date at the local and very popular eatery, during idle conversation Honey thinks to herself "it is really pleasant to be out with just my husband, it's so rare to ...
URBAN PERSPECTIVE; New Census Multiracial Options Unlikely to Benefit Blacks
Sep 08, 2004; ... Aubry, Larry Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Census 2000 was the first to allow Americans to choose one or more races. Previously, they only listed one race when identifying themselves and their children. Not surprisingly, "diversity +" California leads ...
VERONICA'S VIEW; The Winning Spirit of Women
Sep 08, 2004; ... Hendrix, Veronica Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Poets such as Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez and even Sista Soulja have painted vivid images of the strength, courage and tenacity of women, particularly Africa American women, in their prose. One of my ...
BETWEEN THE LINES; Not Voting is Bad; Not Wanting to Vote is Worse
Sep 08, 2004; ... Samad, A. Asadullah Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 As more and more people begin to understand what is at stake in this November's election, more and more everyday people, celebrities, community and service organizations, media companies, advocacy and ...
The Bridge: The Angry Black Woman
Sep 08, 2004; ... James, Darryl Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 The label "Angry Black Man" was once popularized among white racists out of fear and among Blacks out of admiration, referring to the pro-Black revolutionary man who spoke against oppression and stood defiantly against racism and ...
Grand Opening of Community's First Full Service Day Care Center for Elderly and Disabled Adults
Sep 08, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Lynwood's only adult day health care center celebrated the grand opening of its new facility on Friday, August 20, with a focus on the multicultural aspects of the communities it serves. Its celebration began with songs by members of the ...
Chef Marilyn's
Sep 08, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Someone driving north on Crenshaw Blvd. towards Adams, will most likely notice a long line of people between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. It may be because Chef Marilyn's has the best tasting ...
Study Says Seniors Skipping or Reducing Prescription Medication
Sep 08, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Senior citizens who cannot afford to refill prescriptions once their drug benefits are used, resort to significantly reducing or skipping altogether, their recommended dosages, making it difficult to maintain health according to ...
Nickolas Shammas Scholarship Fund Award Recipients
Sep 08, 2004; ... Bihm, Jennifer Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Eleven students of color from various schools within Los Angeles County were the recipients of the first round of Nickolas Shammas Scholarships Fund awards. The Southwest Los Angeles Rotary Club developed the scholarship in ...
Facing the Music -- That's Missing!
Sep 08, 2004; ... Asante, Janeska Smith Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 In the year 2004, our African-American legacy of creating society's ~supreme music is being stamped out as if it were a raging fire out of control. Many people claim that one person can't really make a ...
Now, That You're on Top of the High School Food Chain
Sep 08, 2004; ... Parrish, Kyra Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 As the summer begins to wind down, thoughts of going back to school plague the minds of children across the country. For many of us, the new school year is a fun and exciting chance to show off your new clothes and if you are a ...
Torch Goes Out in Athens but Black Flame Still Burning; Despite USA Men's Basketball Bronze Medal, Local Women Brilliant on World Stage at Olympics' Birth Place
Sep 08, 2004; ... Miller, Kenneth Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 The 28th Olympic Games, their 200 countries represented by 10,000 athletes blew out the torch in a flickering lighted ceremony before more than 70,000 spectators at the home of its birthright in Athens Greece, but the glory ...
Local Boxing Champ Defends WBO Title
Sep 08, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 More than four months ago local WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster was a heavy underdog against Wladimir Klitschko at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Brewster survived a furious flurry from Klitschko and pummeled the ...
Baseball Losing Identity With Urban Blacks
Sep 08, 2004; ... Long, Rob Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 There a myriad of events and milestones in baseball in which African-Americans can look. For instance, Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, Barry Bonds breaking Mark ...
Top Diva Ready for Open
Sep 08, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 "Theoretically I'm not. But I kind of am," said Williams, who beat sister Venus to win the US Open title two years ago. With both Serena and her sister Venus absent due to injuries, Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne captured the 2003 title ....
Local NBA Star Goes Hart to Heart
Sep 08, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 It's important for young people to have good role models, and on Monday, Aug. 23rd, NBA player Jason Hart stepped up to the plate at Monroe Middle School in the Inglewood Unified School District. The 26-year-old recently signed with the ...
Remembering Larry McCormick
Sep 08, 2004; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 There are usually just a handful of people that cross our beginning paths and leave lifelong impressions. The winter ('69-'70) Los Angeles High School journalism banquet had the distinct opportunity to have local newsman, ...
Backstage at the 2004 'Summer Jazz Jam'
Sep 08, 2004; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Who knew, other than Compton residents, that nestled in the heart of the city is a respite of lush, rolling turf - the Par Three Golf Course - the site of the Summer Jazz Jam, the brainchild of Sentinel publisher, ...
MTV Video Awards -- A Little Too Tame?
Sep 08, 2004; ... Williamson, Kathy Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 MTV was prepared (with tape delay) for any unexpected flesh, Sunday, but it never happened. The MTV Video Music Awards show went off in Miami's American Airlines Arena without any unforeseen sexy incidents. Naomi ...
THE ROBERTSON TREATMENT; Taye Diggs Stars in 'Kevin Hill'
Sep 08, 2004; ... Robertson, Gil Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 The talented Taye Diggs can be seen in UPN's new fall series. Diggs plays the title role with such credibility and finesse, we believe that he is "all that and a bag of baby wipes (storyline)." He stars as the dashing, ...
Birth of a Nation
Sep 08, 2004; ... Montoya, Mary Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Could Aaron McGruder be the Spike Lee of comics? It appears to be so because just like the controversial director, McGruder is candid on how he sees the world. The genius behind the oft-amusing Boondocks comic strip, collaborated ...
Natural Health Professional Makes Lifestyle Changes
Sep 08, 2004; ... Lee, Cheryl Tillman Los Angeles Sentinel 09-08-2004 Diamond Akhanki Buchango is a Naturalist, Iridologist, Certified Herbalist, Botanist, and a Natural Health Professional. She is a spiritual consultant of natural health and living, and CEO of the Healer Woman Products ...
Kobe Free; Was it Rape or Money? Why Was the Media Hush-Hush?
Sep 15, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 09-15-2004 It must be the money that 20-year-old Katelyn Faber has been after all along. That's how some in the Black community feel about Faber's motives after accusing Kobe Bryant of rape last summer. Now with Bryant's criminal case ...
West Nile Hits the Hood; State Surpasses New York with Highest Toll
Sep 15, 2004; ... Oliver, Lela Ward Los Angeles Sentinel 09-15-2004 A couple of weeks ago, the Los Angeles Sentinel received a call from a resident of the West Adams area of the city stating she had seen a crow near 18th Street and Manhattan Place. When she reached the Los Angeles County ...
Governor Moves to Close Down Baldwin Hills Park
Sep 15, 2004; ... Freeman, Dennis Los Angeles Sentinel 09-15-2004 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may be making plans to do some terminating in the Baldwin Hills area soon. Schwarzenegger and the California Performance Review have joined together in an effort to eliminate the Baldwin ...
Chicago Defender Names New Executive Editor
Sep 15, 2004 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 09-15-2004 Roland S. Martin, nationally syndicated columnist has been named executive editor of the nation's only Black daily newspaper, the Chicago Defender. The appointment, which is effective immediately, was announced August 31 by Clarence Nixon, ...