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To commemorate the 50th an-niversary of the March on Wash-ington for Jobs and Freedom, a new photo essay featuring never-before-published images from the historic rally has just been released. The book of stunning black and white images, “This is the Day: The March on Washing-ton,” features the work of Ameri-can photographer Leonard Freed, and also includes a foreword by civil rights leader Julian Bond, an essay by Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson and an after-word by scholar Paul M. Farber.

Freed, who was born in New York in 1929 to Russian Jewish im-migrants, spent much of his adult

life in Europe working as a docu-mentary photographer. In 1961, he traveled to Berlin to take pictures of the wall that was being built through the middle of the city. He saw several American GIs there, and snapped a photograph of one black soldier standing in front of the Berlin Wall that would change the course of his career.

“We, he and I, two Americans,” Freed later wrote. “We meet si-lently and part silently. Between us, impregnable and as deadly as the wall behind him, is another wall. It is there on the trolley tracks, it crawls along the cobble stones, across frontiers and oceans, reach-ing back home, back into our lives and deep into our hearts: dividing us, wherever we meet. I am White

and he is Black.” Haunted by the encounter,

Freed decided to return to the United States to document racism and segregation in his home coun-try. After spending some time in New York, Freed and his German-born wife, Brigitte, traveled to the nation’s capital for the March on Washington in 1963. As Bri-gitte recalled last week at a book event at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., she doesn’t have a single picture of herself at that historic event because her husband wanted to use every bit of film to capture the marchers.

While the most iconic images from that day are close-ups of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. standing

Howard Manly

William “Mo” Cowan of Mas-sachusetts became the U.S. Sen-ate’s newest member last week, bringing the total number of Afri-can Americans in the 100-member body to two.

Vice President Joe Biden admin-istered the oath to Cowan, a Dem-ocrat and former chief of staff to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Cowan was appointed by Patrick after the seat opened by John Kerry’s confirmation as Secretary of State. A special election will be held June 25 to fill the seat.

“This might be the shortest po-litical career one has, but I look forward to it,” Cowan told the gathering. “It’s definitely a thrill to be part of the U.S. Senate.”

Cowan has made it clear that he will not run in the spe-cial election.

Cowan is the state’s second Af-rican American senator. Repub-lican Edward Brooke served from 1967 to 1979.

With Cowan and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., there are now two African American senators serving together for the first time. Scott, who was also a gubernatorial appointee to his seat, greeted Cowan on the Senate floor shortly after he was sworn in.

The primary is scheduled for April 30. Reps. Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch have declared their candidacies. On the Republican side, Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and newcomer to state politics, launched his campaign this week. Norfolk state Rep. Daniel Winslow became

the first Republican to announce his candidacy two weeks ago.

The first major hurdle facing both candidates is collecting the 10,000 voter signatures needed to get their names on the ballot. The deadline for submitting the signa-tures is Feb. 27.

“It’s for the people to decide, ulti-mately, who serves them long-term in the Senate,” said Cowan.

Cowan grew up in North Car-olina and graduated from Duke University and Northeastern Uni-versity’s law school. He was a part-ner in the prominent Boston law firm of Mintz Levin before going to work for Patrick.

Cowan has said in pub-lished reports that his mother, Cynthia Cowan, who attended the swearing-in ceremonies, was a child of the segregated S o u t h w h o raised him and his sisters alone while working as a seamstress after his father died while he was a teen.

“Days like today are what my mother spoke of when I was a kid, that if you worked hard and did the right things and you treated people well, anything could happen,” Cowan said.

Cowan joins Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a fellow Democrat who ousted Republican Scottt Brown from the Senate in last fall’s election.

Asked if he would be filing any legislation, Cowan told reporters that it was just his first day on the job.

“I just discovered the ‘Senate Only’ elevator, so give me time,” he joked.

Ted Langston Chase

It was called “the New Bedford Annex for Boston Radicals,” and at the dawn of the 20th century, the well-appointed house on Arnold Street was one lively place.

Owned by African Ameri-can lawyer Edwin Bush Jourdain, the house in the West End sec-tion of New Bedford saw the likes of W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter debating strate-gies that challenged the accom-modationist policies of Booker T. Washington.

To this day, Jourdain’s descen-dants confirm that at one time their ancestor’s house had been frequented by the black intelligentsia, who ex-changed ideas, rehearsed speeches and executed plans for curing the ills facing black Americans.

Jourdain was a prominent member of a thriving community of color that had been living in New Bedford for decades. His middle-class status and education were noth-ing new to this community. Coming from a long line of established small businessmen, Jourdain was

‘That relentless spirit’Photo essay features never-before-seen images of historic March on Washington

Cowan sworn in as interim U.S. Senator

Boston radicals found a home in New Bedford

Freed, continued to page 7

Radicals, continued to page 8

“Days like today are what my mother spoke of when I was a kid, that if you worked hard and did the right things and you treated people well, anything could happen.”

— U.S. Senator William “Mo” Cowan

This photo was taken on Aug. 28, 1963 at the March on Washington by American photographer Leonard Freed, and appears in the new photo essay, “This is the Day.” © Estate of Leonard Freed – Magnum Photos (Brigitte Freed).

Niagara Movment members J.L. Clifford, L.M. Hershaw, F.H.M. Murray and W.E.B. Du Bois convened in Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., in 1906. These black intellectuals often met at the “New Bedford Annex for Boston Radicals” on Arnold Street to debate and address the barriers facing African Americans at the time. (Photo courtesy of University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

Haley House

Just a few blocks shy of Dudley T station is a cultural and culinary oasis: the Haley House Bakery and Café. It has become a staple in the commu-nity where neighborhood residents, college students and vigilant politi-cos all come to dine. The organiza-tion Haley House began serving the homeless through temporary hous-ing and a soup kitchen in the 1960s. In 2006, they changed their mission to sustainability and community with the erection of Haley House Bakery and Café in an area where it was welcomed and needed. The staff includes individuals who were previ-ously incarcerated and have success-fully completed their Transitional Emplyoment Program.

The Décor:The interior of the café has a neigh-

borhood coffeehouse vibe with large square tables in the center of the room and long wooden benches that run along the windows. The walls have been turned into a mini-art gallery where curator Celia Grant brings in the works of neighborhood artists on a monthly basis. The space is more than cozy — it’s tight; you’re constantly excusing yourself and shifting to make room for passersby, but the cramped space is advanta-geous for a homey feel. The “Excuse me’s” turn into smiles, which later turn into “Hello, my name is…”

Drinks and Bites: Founding chef Didi Emmons

has deep roots in the area’s culinary scene, making her mark in estab-lishments like Delux, Pho Republic and Veggie Planet. Her vision for the café was to give a healthier twist to Southern classic fare with menu

items like the Jerk Chicken Grilled Cheese and Peppery Corn Bread. Graduates of The Transi-tional Employ-ment Program also have an influence on the menu and are encouraged to be creative. Just last week, worker Audley Mills came up with an Orange Chicken Zuc-

chini Soup to which another worker, who is from Cambodia asked, “Are you sure you’re not from Cambodia? — [because] this tastes like home.”

The creativity continues with the daily blue plate specials, which regulars call in for as they change daily. You can have a meal like Chicken Guisado with Rice & Pigeon Peas or Nate’s Chicken Firecracker Wrap with Collards, Asiago, Scrambled Eggs and Ju-nior’s Hot Sauce.

My must-have on the menu is their vegan collard greens. For those who are skeptical and feel turkey neck bone or ham hock make the greens, give theirs a try — trust me, you won’t regret it.

You can’t talk about Haley House Bakery and Café without talking about their bakery items. Cran-berry-walnut and banana-walnut are amongst the favorites in the muffin category, but the most popular item by far is their chocolate chip cookie.They keep the food as health-con-

scious as possible, focusing more on flavor than fat and by using qual-ity ingredients that are seasonally local. It may also surprise you to know that they have a selection of hard-to-find organic beer and wine available.

Entertainment:Entertainment nights at Haley

House have grown organically. Frequent visitors make suggestions to Business and Marketing Direc-tor Bing Broderick, and he tries to bring them to reality. A longstand-ing Thursday night feature is Art is Life Itself, a weekly discussion with distinguished community speakers about art, film and historical events.

They also frequently collaborate with community groups such as The Color of Film Collaborative for their Dinner and a Movie series (quarterly); Discovery Roxbury for ArtROX; and Common Thread Coalition for the summer’s Rox-bury Night Lights.

Upcoming Events:Drown your sorrows about the

Pats missing the Super Bowl ticket in a hot bowl of soup at their annual 5th Annual Souper Bowl, February 24th. The event will feature soups from local chefs, artistry (soup bowl) from Mass Art students and of course lots of soup to try! Visit their website for complete information.

Outside Services:In addition to serving in the café,

Haley House expands its message of delicious and healthy food with ca-tering both for businesses and indi-

viduals. With this additional service, the non-profit was able to break even for the first time since it was estab-lished seven years ago. Last year, 90 percent of their expenses were cov-ered overall through sales.

Why You Should Go:When you go to the Haley House, you can’t help but feel good. You’re supporting a mission that helps so many in so many vital ways. But maybe the best part is that even if you took all the feel-good away, you’d still have a great place to sit and have an excellent meal, which is sustainability at its finest.

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Haley House features health-conscious fare, catering services and regular entertain-ment nights. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo)

Macaroni and cheese, collard greens and sauteed spinach. (Tiffany Probasco photo)

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Susan Saccoccia

When Carlo Goldoni crafted his 18th-century masterpiece, “The Servant of Two Masters,” he bor-rowed from a theatrical tradition that used gags not only to entertain but also to expose injustice, hypoc-risy and class pretensions.

The exuberant Yale Repertory Theatre production of the play that was at the Paramount Center Main-

stage through Sunday, a presenta-tion of ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage, was content to jab the funny bone and offer a valentine to the joys of theater.

Director Christopher Bayes and actor Steven Epp, who plays the central character, Truffaldino, are alumni of the former Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis, a com-pany steeped in old-school tech-niques of full-body physical comedy.

The production also stirs doses of Yiddish theater and British music hall routines into its savory melting pot of comic traditions. Set designer Katherine Akiko Day evokes the hardscrabble era of old-time theater troupes by draping a soiled curtain over wooden planks to create a stage. Framing it is a worn but romantic arch of rosettes and fractured bricks.

The play starts with a brief pre-lude: Entering a darkened stage, two

performers shine flashlights into the audience as they stumble into what they describe in Italian as a dark, dirty old theater. Opening a battered trunk, they release a cloud of stardust.

The lights go up and a backdrop of blue sky and white clouds unfurls over a dollhouse-sized townscape. Set in Goldini’s hometown, Venice, the scene opens on the betrothal of two lovers, Clarice and Silvio. Ruckus ensues as they learn that Clarice’s original fiancé, Federigo, who was killed in a duel, is at the door to claim her hand and dowry (Actually it is the dead man’s sister, Beatrice, in disguise. She seeks her lover Florindo, the duelist who killed her brother, we know not why).

Three couples find their way to love after whirling through a cy-clone of mistaken identities, mix-ups, deceit and double-dealing. At its center is the crafty Truffaldino, who schemes to double his meals and pay by hiring himself out to both Federigo (Beatrice) and Florindo, who arrives in search of Beatrice.

Music is a huge part of the fun. Outfitted in peasant costumes and feathered caps are two onstage mu-sicians, Carolyn Boulay on fiddle and Aaron Halva on drums and ac-cordion. Composed by Halva and Christopher Curtis, the score min-gles Italian pop and folk songs with wafts of R&B, gospel, hip-hop and light opera, including a few charm-ing arias and a lovely three-way chorus by the women in the cast.

Period costumes by Valérie Thérèse Bart evoke the gallery of stock characters Goldini drew from in his play. A character based on a clown, Truffaldino is sheathed in a classic diamond-patterned Har-lequin bodysuit. The courtiers are cloaked in black capes, jackets and garters and the servants wear beige peasant attire.

The women are terrific: Sarah Agnew, a cool, calm Beatrice, is fun to watch as she both stokes and stays above the folly around her. Adina Verson’s Clarice is a sweet hysteric. Liz Wisan’s Smeraldina, her devoted and down-to-earth servant, is adorable in her love scenes with Truffaldino and heart felt soliloquies with the audience.

Each character has a signature tic that takes on a life of its own. Every time Florindo, a hilarious Randy Reyes, tosses his extravagant mane, a collective swoon ripples through the onlookers. When Beatrice stamps her foot to seal a command, it sets off a cascade of sound effects, such as crashing pots.

More kin to the Three Stooges than the Marx Brothers, all this is fun up to a point. But you may side with Truffaldino when, near the end of the two-and-a-half hour production, he asks, “Will this play ever end?”

The ebullient, 11-person cast gives its all to the production, in-cluding its bits of improvisational surprise. As it did in Goldini’s time, the play makes room for local humor. Fodder for its here-and-now jokes includes the Patriots, mul-lets, Scott Brown and the MBTA. When, by mistake, Truffaldino pulls a switch and plunges the theater into darkness, he asks, “Did I get on the Green Line?”

Amid the humor is a sweet hint that beyond his chronic craving for food, Truffaldino also hungers for happiness. Smitten by Smeraldina, he shyly woos her, and declares, “You’d satisfy me more than all the food in the world.”

In the final scene, Smeraldina and Truffaldino evaporate into dancing fireflies and a crescent moon rises, a tribute to the dis-banded Theatre de la Jeune Lune and to romance.

Play serves up physical comedy, romance, tradition

A scene from the Yale Repertory Theatre production of the 18th-century masterpiece, “The Servant Of Two Masters,” at the Paramount Center Mainstage in Boston. (Richard Termine photo)

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Thanks for the memoriesSavion Glover is the reason years ago

that I started enjoying the arts. I joined Dance Umbrella and had season tickets until they went out of business.

In reading this article (“Glover’s ‘SoLe Sanctuary’ honors artistic ancestors,” Bay State Banner, Jan. 17, 2013) I was so sad-dened to see Dianne Walker had passed.

This article reminded me of a few things. How fortunate I was to see Jimmy Slyde, Gregory Hines and Dianne Walker perform and also to meet with them after the show! Thank you to all who have given so many so much pleasure.

Janice Haneef

History’s greats work together

February is Black History Month and the birth month for both President Abra-ham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809; Douglass, whose birth date is unknown, chose to celebrate his birthday on Febru-ary 14, 1818 because he was his mother’s “little valentine.”

While Douglass campaigned to elect Lincoln to the presidency in 1860 using his celebrity and leadership in the Abo-litionist Movement, the two had never met and yet both shared a genuine ad-

miration and respect for each other. The first meeting between the two American “self-made” men was in the midst of the Civil War on August 10, 1863 at the White House. Their friendship, as described in John Stauffer’s Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, was strictly “utilitar-ian”: Lincoln needed Douglass to help destroy the Confederacy and Douglass needed Lincoln to help end slavery.

Douglass was the chief recruiter of black troops from the north and trav-eled to Washington to speak with the President to demand equal pay and the opportunity to serve as officers for the Massachusetts 54th and 55th Regiments. Douglass, standing in line with several others requesting an audience with the President, sent his card forward and the President saw him immediately.

These American giants felt at ease and an immediate friendship. After the meeting, Douglass and Lincoln both shared their growing and extraordinarily high regard for one another. Douglass stated: “I at once felt myself in the pres-ence of an honest man — on whom I could love, honor and trust without re-serve or doubt.”

Remember these two great men as we celebrate black history this month and throughout the year. Like the amazing stories we share at the Museum of African American History, and the people in them, we need to work together, to remember the different and intricate American lega-cies that built and move this nation.

Beverly A. Morgan-Welch Executive DirectorMuseum of African American History

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The level of academic achievement of American youth is a major public policy con-cern. When considering the problem, the most prominent issue that arises is the racial dispar-ity in academic attainment. Undoubtedly, some analysts attribute the results to racial intellec-tual inferiority of blacks, although they are re-strained by political correctness from asserting this openly.

Scholars have recently published a unique analysis of the problem in the Journal of Human Resources. Their study, “Non-cognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments,” claims that the feminiza-tion of behavioral standards in schools has dam-aged boys, regardless of race. Teachers expect students to be attentive, sit still and work inde-pendently, all skills developed fi rst by girls.

The study of boys and girls in primary school (kindergarten to fi fth grade) found that “teach-ers’ assessments are not aligned with test-score data, with greater gender disparities appearing in grading than testing outcomes.” They found that these disparities applied to “boys in all ra-cial categories” especially in math and science.

Black boys and girls scored roughly the same on math tests, but the boys received lower grades. Researchers concluded “that girls are substantially more amenable to the learning process than boys, and that this non-cognitive skill is a signifi cant factor in teacher assessments, even after controlling for test outcomes.”

An unappealing school environment and non-competitive grades contribute to boys’ aversion to the academic life. Colleges and uni-versities have struggled for some time to re-cruit an adequate number of male applicants. In 1976, the percentage of black male students in historically black colleges and universities was 44.4 percent. By 2010, that percentage had declined to only 38.2. Now, on average, 62 per-

cent of the students are women, and the ratio is even higher in some schools.

The gender gap also affl icts white college stu-dents. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the white student population is only about 43 percent male. Higher graduation rates for whites — 60 percent to 40 percent for blacks — suggest that white college students are from a higher socio-economic group than blacks.

Information developed in the Journal of Human Resources study established the economic level of the children who participated in the research. The study found that white boys from higher in-come families suffered less discrimination in grad-ing because they had exhibited “the same attitude towards learning as white girls in the classroom [and] are rewarded with a kind of grade ‘bonus.’ ”

The report concludes that from kindergarten, black boys are forced to adjust to a feminized school environment and suffer grade defl ation throughout their primary school years. Media reports later characterize them as being defi cient when compared with white students, the alleged gold standard of academic performance.

However, it is well-known that Asians are the highest-performing academic group in Amer-ica. This includes Chinese, Koreans, Indians, Japanese and Filipinos. For example, in New York, only 14 percent of the city’s public school students are Asian. Yet last year, 8,549 of the students admitted to the prestigious Stuyves-ant High School, the Bronx High School of Science and New York City’s six other exam schools were Asian. That is 59 percent of the total 14,415 admissions.

The Journal of Human Resources report has broken new ground in analyzing the impedi-ments to black academic achievement, espe-cially for boys. It is time to resolve the prob-lems and look to Asian cultures for a model for academic success.

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The Dimock Center has ap-pointed Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, M.D., as its new President and CEO to succeed Ruth Ellen Fitch, who is retiring after nine years at the helm of the renowned community health center.

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I helped shovel out my neighbor, who is my best friend’s mother.

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President Obama’s State of the Union speech under fi re again

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The GOP’s response to President Obama’s first post re-election State of the Union address in some ways will be markedly different than in its response to his prior addresses.

But in one way it will be the same. Their blatant frontal assault on him didn’t work for four years. So this time, the GOP’s rebuttal will be softer and gentler in tone and theme. But underneath the flowery rhetoric, the GOP’s relentless attack on his policies is still very much in place.

The party is desperately trying to find some way — any way — to rebound from the November losses and is banking on their rising star Sen. Marco Rubio to soft sell its attack ploy. Rubio will hit the usual GOP fallback themes of freedom, liberty, free enterprise and restrained spend-ing, and add a new wrinkle: responsible immigration reform.

These aren’t exactly code words and terms, but they’re close enough in that they subtly reinforce the ingrained notion of millions of Obama opponents and critics that he is an unreconstructed leftist, tax-and-spend, big-government, anti-business Democrat.

The State of the Union speech is always one of the most watched and listened-to political speeches. It’s a president’s report card on the past accomplishments and future initiatives of his administration and his vision for the country.

State of the Union addresses boost the stature, prestige and power of the presidency, and usually bump up the president’s approval rating

by a point or two. The opposi-tion’s response to the speech is typically feeble, pale and little-watched by Americans.

The history of the State of the Union speech underscores the power to shape policy and bol-ster the president’s image. Presi-dent James Monroe announced the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. In 1862, President Abraham Lin-coln flatly called for the end of slavery in the rebellious states. This was the prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation he issued a year later.

Woodrow Wilson warned of the dangers of impending war in 1913. Franklin Roosevelt outlined the famed Four Freedoms in 1941. Lyndon Johnson unveiled the outlines of his Great Society program to fight poverty in 1965. Bill Clinton unveiled his health-care reform plan in 1993. George Bush prepped the nation for the Iraq inva-sion in 2002 and 2003.

Presidents quickly latched on to the media to give their State of the Union speech more exposure and political wallop. Calvin Coolidge gave the first radio broadcast in 1923. Truman gave the first televised broadcast in 1947.

The GOP’s attacks on Obama’s State of the Union address are not new. They hit their shrillest level with his second State of the Union address in January 2010. GOP critics leveled all sorts of absurd charges against him before he even uttered a word of his speech.

His first State of the Union address was hardly spared from withering GOP criticism either. The GOP harangued him for allegedly lashing out at Republicans. Business Insider headlined its State of the Union piece with the question, “A Less Partisan State of the Union?”

It scolded Obama for his criticism of the Supreme Court for its conser-vative majority decision in Citizens United in 2010. The decision opened the floodgate for corporations to pour unlimited dollars into elections with minimal checks and accountability. Major corporations and financial institu-tions wasted little time in doing that. They poured millions into the midterm election campaigns. The bulk of money, as Obama and the Democrats knew, went to ads for corporate-friendly GOP candidates and incumbents.

Obama pretty much tipped what he will say this year to a gathering of House Democrats. The centerpiece will be the looming battle over what and how big the GOP-demanded budget cuts should be. A part of that will be to extend the olive branch to obstructionist and intransigent House Republi-cans to get them to work out a deal to avoid fiscal gridlock.

But making nice with the GOP won’t stop it from again turning the tables and ripping him for allegedly being a polarizing, divisive leader. Former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels did exactly that in his rebuttal speech in 2012 again.

But Obama, as with his annual addresses in the past, is on firm ground in that Americans still overwhelmingly want him and Congress to end the rancor and work together to resolve the crucial problems that face the nation.

Obama will say that and so will the GOP. The difference is that one will really mean it and the other won’t. And the other that won’t is not the president.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst.


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before a sea of people, Freed’s are the opposite: He focuses on the faces in the crowd, leaving King in the background. “The day offered Freed a spectacle, not to marvel at from afar, or at a fixed distance, but to explore the March at its ground level,” said Farber, who is cur-rently working on a biography of Freed, at the same event. “Freed meandered through multitudes on the Mall and the resulting images

attest to his thoughtful photo-graphing eye, as well as his active footwork throughout the day.”

Through this style, Freed’s photographs — which show women and men, dressed in their Sunday best, praying, singing, holding hands, clapping and lis-tening intently to King speak — “affirm the profound beauty and historical significance of gathering as they frame collective action and democratic transformation,” ac-cording to Farber. And as Dyson said, these images capture “the calm dignity and the quiet beauty

of black people and their allies.” After the March on Washing-

ton, Freed continued to capture African American life with his camera. He followed Dr. King around the country, taking pic-tures of the civil rights leader in Baltimore, Alabama and other places where he spoke. Freed also photographed the daily lives of ordinary African Americans at protests, parades, beauty pageants and prisons — and this work was eventually published in 1968 as the photographic essay, “Black in White America.”

In 1983, Freed returned to the National Mall to photograph the commemorative 20th anniver-sary March. Unlike Freed’s work from 20 years ago, King is central to these pictures — his absence is underscored through shots of murals, signs and other parapher-nalia bearing his image.

“We get a sense of a call to galvanize around King’s image,” Farber explained.

When Freed died in 2006, his widow, Brigitte, dedicated herself to promoting her husband’s work. Sev-eral years later, she heard President Barack Obama say, “I’m here be-cause you all marched,” and came up with the idea for “This is the Day,” a collection of all her husband’s pho-tographs from the March on Wash-ington — and the twentieth anniver-sary march — in a single book.

“Leonard Freed, both in 1963 and in 1983, has captured that re-sistance, that relentless spirit, that edifying power that can never be put out by the forces of men and women who fail to see the light,” said Dyson. “He documented with aesthetic glory the beautiful calm dignity and wise purpose of human beings when they are in search of freedom.”

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Americans from all walks of life happily populated Washington, D.C. for King’s momen-tus March on Washington, the subject of a new photo essay by Leonard Freed. © Estate of Leonard Freed – Magnum Photos (Brigitte Freed).

A pair of marchers lift their voices during the historic March on Washington, which is captured in a new photo collection by Leonard Freed. © Estate of Leonard Freed – Magnum Photos (Brigitte Freed).

the nephew of Andrew Bush, who founded Bush Cleaners in 1885.

After graduating from the Boston University School of Law in 1888, Jourdain opened law offices on William Street, just across from New Bedford’s Custom House, still the nation’s oldest continuously operating custom house. Jourdain balanced a legal career with an ever-growing public career.

It wasn’t long before Jourdain found himself among a steadily growing circle of black profession-als and equal rights activists in resi-dence or in council in New Bed-ford. By 1900, his Arnold Street

house had become a critical gather-ing place for the black intellectual elite of the Northeast.

“Boston Radicals” Born between 1855 and 1875,

this generation of so-called “radicals” came up against unrelenting barriers and obstructions based on race.

Nonetheless, by accident of birth or by personal meritocracy, many of these radicals had life-altering expe-riences. Travels abroad, entry into prestigious schools and exposure to unexpected resources were advan-tages many in these circles had that other blacks did not enjoy.

Such advantages made these cir-cles conspicuous, but it also obliged them to network and congregate with one another. They soon became rep-

resentative leaders for a segment of America’s population that desperately needed agendas for public policy and political action.

By the turn of the 20th century, these circles were participating in and witnessing the birth of grassroots civil rights meetings and organizations in black America. One of the more famous of these gatherings took place in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 1905.

It was not by chance that E.B. Jourdain was one of the “original twenty-nine” who attended the first meeting of what became known as the “Niagara Movement.” In fact, he was typical of these original founding members who were often politically motivated and unabash-edly opinionated when it came to the topic of equal rights for African Americans.

Jourdain and his guests debated the issues of their day in the seclusion of the New Bedford Annex. Back then the list of problems was extensive, and cloaked under concepts such as “sep-arate but equal” or “Jim Crow.”

But it was clear where Jourdain stood on the equal rights issue. Ac-cording to prominent historian Louis Harlan, Jourdain admired the work of Booker T. Washington at Tuske-gee, but was critical of Washington’s conservative public utterances and his failure to be more outspoken on mat-ters of civil rights.

“We respect Mr. Washington’s devotion to the educational interests of his race; we admire his genius in rearing such a beacon light as Tuske-gee, in the dismal swamp of igno-rance and degradation, the great black belt,” Jourdain wrote one of

Washington’s confidantes on Aug. 19, 1902. “But we cannot follow his lead when he counsels ‘nolo conten-dere’ in the matter of manhood and citizenship rights.”

Jourdain went on to describe the situation in New Bedford, where some residents understood fully the value of “material advancement.”

“… For while we number only about 1,700, we pay taxes on real estate the assessed valuation of which is about $330,000.00; and our per-centage of men in business for them-selves averages well with other races,” Jourdain wrote.

But as Jourdain rightly pointed out, industrial training and high moral values were only part of the solution.

“Love of personal history, a jeal-ous defense of their rights and liber-ties have been the dominant traits of every people who ever achieved anything admirable, and we believe those traits to be prime essentials of the Negro American today,” Jour-dain wrote.

New Bedford: The host city In spite of its size, when it came

to meeting places for the black elite, New Bedford was in the company of cities like Boston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta and New York City.

The roster of Niagarites that either frequented Arnold Street, or knew of it, expanded to include Mr. and Mrs. Clement G. Morgan of Boston; Archibald Grimke of Boston; Dr. Rebecca Cole, a physician and graduate of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Ida Gibbs Hunt, a graduate of Ober-lin College.

The male-dominated Niagara Movement charged men a $5 fee for full membership and a $1 associate membership fee for women. None-theless, the membership anxiously listened to the platforms and cam-paigns of men such as W.E.B. Du Bois, William Monroe Trotter and Booker T. Washington.

Washington included New Bed-ford on his national lecture tour. He traveled with a secretary and aides who meticulously recorded the impact of manual skills, apprentice-ship and personal initiative training in black communities up and down the East Coast. Perhaps to a fault, Wash-ington was overly optimistic about the future of black enterprise and its place in America’s free marketplace.

As early as 1895, Washington had speaking engagements in New Bed-ford churches such as United Pilgrim Methodist Church and the New Bedford Unitarian Church. The college he founded, the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala., received philosophical and financial support from wealthy philanthropist Warren Delano III, a nephew of Franklin D. Roosevelt and resident of Fairhaven, Mass., just across the Acushnet River from New Bedford.

In addition to Washington, Du Bois, a born and bred Massachusetts resident, was also making a name for himself as a candid, often opinionated intellectual with academic credentials that included Fisk and Harvard uni-versities, as well as extended study at the University of Berlin and the Uni-versity of Paris.

Like Jourdain, Du Bois was one of the “original twenty-nine” organizers who met in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 1905. He frequented Jourdain’s Arnold Street residence and was known to draft speeches, position papers and essays during visits.

Du Bois had a very personal con-nection to New Bedford. His grand-father, Alexander Du Bois, had been a resident of New Bedford since 1873.

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Kam Williams

Viola Davis is a critically ac-claimed actress who garnered her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her work in “Doubt.” She received her second Oscar nomination, this time in the category of Best Actress, for her portrayal of Aibileen in “The Help,” based on Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling novel.

Davis also received a Screen Ac-tor’s Guild Award and an NAACP Image Award for that powerful per-formance.

Next fall, Viola will be seen in the sci-fi action adventure “Ender’s Game” opposite Harrison Ford, as well as in the drama “The Dis-appearance of Eleanor Rigby” alongside Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and William Hurt. And she is currently in production on “Prisoners” starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal.

A veteran of the stage, Davis re-turned to Broadway in 2010 in the revival of August Wilson’s “Fences” alongside Denzel Washington. Her performance in the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play earned her a Tony Award, as well as the Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award. In 2001, she was awarded a Tony for Best Per-

formance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Tonya in “King Hedley II.”

A graduate of The Juilliard School, Davis also holds an Honor-ary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree from her alma mater, Rhode Island College.

Congratulations on winning another NAACP Image Award. I loved your performance in “Won’t Back Down.”

Thank you very much, Kam.

Do you think the movie suffered from political blowback, the way that “Zero Dark Thirty” has been hurt at the box office because of controversy?

Yeah, I think it definitely suffered from that, because we were in an election year and because education is a hotbed issue. And people have strong opinions about public school education, unions, charter schools and parent-trigger laws. Occasion-ally, the timing of a movie is just bad and I think, in the case of this movie, it was probably the worst.

What interested you about “Beautiful Creatures”?

What interested me was that the

character wasn’t what she appeared to be. That she had different secrets to be discovered. When you first meet her, she’s kind of just woven into the fabric of this family. But then you see the tribal scarification on her back, and you see her chan-neling spirits. And then you learn that she’s the keeper of a library that’s the gateway to different worlds. I like that. I like when there are different layers to peel away. It was just subtle enough to play and to craft.

Have you ever made a romantic fantasy before? Is “Kate & Leopold” the closest you’ve done to something like this?

I didn’t think of “Kate & Leop-old,” but yeah, I guess so. It’s the only other time I’ve tried this genre.

In this case, the film is more akin to the “Twilight” and “Harry Potter” series.

I love young adult fantasies. While I say that, I have not seen all of the “Twilight” and “Harry Potter” movies. But I’ve read all of the books, and I love them. I love them because I enjoy being transported to a differ-ent world and having my imagina-tion challenged. That’s a huge part of what we do as actors. We have to imagine ourselves in a different

world. And when you are in a young adult fantasy, it challenges you in the best way.

Among all the characters you played, which one is closest to your personality and why?

You know who? The character I played in “Nights in Rodanthe,” a movie I did with Diane Lane. Jean was kind of fun, and tough, sarcastic, artistic, creative, quirky and a little sexy. She was probably the closest to the real me.

You’ll be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year. What does that means to you?

I keep forgetting about that until someone reminds me again. I kid you not. What does it mean? It’s hard for me to say that I’ve made it, because no real actor feels that way. But it does represent a physical man-ifestation of my dreams coming to fruition, if that makes any sense.

What has been the public’s response to your natural hair?

The response to my natural hair has been huge. I think people admire the boldness of it, and the courage of it. For me, personally,

it represents my coming into who I am, not apologizing for it and being comfortable with the way I look. I have been amazed by the testimonies coming especially from women of color who have thanked me for it.

How have all of the accolades affected your career and the quality of scripts you are offered?

Recognition has brought me more work, because your name sud-denly comes to mind when some di-rectors are trying to cast a character. And my stage work has specifically enabled people to have faith that I can handle a role, even when it’s not specifically written for an African American. So, I’d have to say that recognition brings work. A success-ful movie brings more work, and that’s been the biggest blessing.

Is there a particular role you’d like to reprise either on stage or the big screen?

I would love to star in a remake of “Thelma and Louise.” Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.

Do you have any personal charity benefiting your hometown of Central Falls, Rhode Island?

Definitely! I’m very commit-ted to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School’s drama pro-gram, because I know that’s what got me my start. I do everything I can to keep it alive since it made me feel like I had something to give to the world. I also support the Segue Institute for Learning, a charter school in Central Falls run by a friend of mine that my niece attends. I’m committed to that be-cause of its proven results. They have the highest math scores of any charter school in Rhode Island.

Are you concerned about art programs being removed from so many public school systems?

I’m very concerned. I do as much as I can in my community. I’ve gone back to do fundraisers and to offer my services. My sister started a thespian society that my husband [actor Julius Tennon] and I have done workshops with in Central Falls.

What is your favorite dish to cook?

That’s a hard one. But I would have to say I can make a great big mac and cheese.

What excites you? Lately, my daughter. I get so

excited when she says something new, which she is doing every day. I can leave the house for a few hours, come back and meet a to-tally different person. That’s very exciting to me.

How does the perception of Viola Davis differ from the reality of Viola Davis?

When I go home, I am a slug. [Laughs] I like to take off all my makeup, put on a t-shirt, be com-pletely unassuming and just do stuff with my husband and my daughter.

Viola Davis talks about her latest outing as Amma in the

screen adaptation of the romantic fantasy novel,

“Beautiful Creatures”

A conversation with a

‘Beautiful Creature’


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SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU13C0056CA

In the matter of Gabrielle N Harveyof Mattapan, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all persons interested in a petition described:

A petition has been presented by Simone Johnson requesting that Gabrielle N Harvey be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:

Gabrielle Nicholene James Johnson

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WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.Date: February 5, 2013

Patricia M. CampatelliRegister of Probate



SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU12D2738DR

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SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU13P0266EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

Estate of Robert Joseph SilvaDate of Death: 11/16/2012

To all interested persons:

A petition has been filed by Jean Silva of Boston, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Jean Silva of Boston, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With Personal Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 03/21/2013. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection fol-lowed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the adminis-tration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.Date: February 06, 2013


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REQUEST FOR RESPONSEFor

LEGAL SERVICESDocument Number: DCP1330 AD1

The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) (see www.mass.gov/dcam) is the primary state agency responsible for major public vertical construction, facility management, and real estate services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. DCAMM is seeking proposals from qualified law firms to provide legal services in connection with its business on a task-order basis. The Request for Response for Legal Services Document Number DCP1330 AD1 including submission requirements/timeline will be available on February 15, 2013 for viewing and download by accessing Comm-PASS, the statewide procurement system, at http://www.Comm-PASS.com. NOTE: The deadline for proposal submission is March 27, 2013.

The contact person at DCAMM for this RFR is Virginia Del Vecchio, Business Management Specialist, Office of the General Counsel, DCAMM, One Ashburton Place, 15th Floor, Boston, MA 02108. She may be reached at [email protected] or 617-727-4050 ext. 377.

LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF ARLINGTON

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMPUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations formulated thereunder, notice is hereby given that the Town of Arlington, acting through the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen, will hold a Public Hearing on the Community Development Block Grant Program. The purpose of this hearing is to receive proposals for funds for our CDBG Program Year 39 (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014).

Said hearing will be held at 7:15 P.M., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 IN THE SELECTMEN'S MEETING ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ROBBINS MEMORIAL TOWN HALL, 730 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. All APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE HEARING.

The Town expects to receive approximately $1,000,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for CDBG Program Year 39. There is a HUD requirement that all funded programs must principally benefit persons of low and moderate income; aid in the prevention of slums and blight; or meet other urgent community development needs that pose a threat to the health or welfare of the community. For further information and technical assistance in determining eligibility of proposed programs and in preparing proposals for funding, please contact the Department of Planning and Community Development, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts 02476, at (781) 316-3090.

Proposals for the use of funds must be submitted in writing. Applicants should provide twelve (12) copies of each proposal to be presented at the public hearing.

The Selectmen’s Meeting Room is accessible for the mobility impaired. If you require other assistance in obtaining access to the hearing, or to the materi-als to be presented, please contact the Arlington Commission on Disabilities office at (781) 316-3431 during business hours.

Adam Chapdelaine Kevin F. Greeley, ChairTown Manager Board of Selectmen

Arlington Advocate 02/14/2013, 2/21/2013

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The ideal Executive Director will be a strategic thinker with experience raising funds, growing an organization, supervising a small staff, and advising socially responsible enterprises. See www.ica-group.org for more information.

Submit a cover letter and a resume to:[email protected].

The ICA Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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The Quincy Housing Authority, Quincy, Massachusetts is seeking candidates for the position of Executive Director. Under this readvertisement a Bachelor’s degree is pre-ferred as is major coursework in public administration, business administration, or management. A minimum of eight years of management experience in public housing, non-profit affordable housing or closely related field is required. A Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for up to two years of experience. The application submission deadline is March 4, 2013 at 5 p.m. Central Time. Please visit the Quincy Housing Authority website (quincyha.com) for additional details.

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