EWC Tigers Page 4 NAACP's 5 Year S.C. . Boycott Having Little Impact Page 5 Young Starlets Bring New Elements to Roles in the Honeymooners Page 11 Well Known Educator Winona Britt Succumbs at 89 Page 7 Dems, Jackson to Pay $200,000 in Election Fines The Democratic Party, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and two groups associ- ated with the civil rights activist have agreed to pay a total of $200,000 in civil fines for campaign finance violations in the 2000 elections. At issue in the Federal Election Commission case v, a- about $-450.0(1.1i in election spending by Jackson, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the Citizenship Education Fund using funds from the groups. The two non- profit groups were incorporated. making their monec corporate and sub- ject to restrictions under federal campaign finance laws. According to the FEC, the money was used for a partisan get-out-the- vote effort and voter registration speaking tour that \\ as coordinated \% ith the Democratic National Committee and included appearances b\ Jackson and Democratic House and Senate candidates. Federal campaign finance law bans the use of corporate money for parti- san, candidate-specific federal election acti\ iues. Under an agreement with the FEC, Jackson and the tno groups \\ i11 share in a $100,000 civil penalty, and the DNC ill also pay $ 100.000. The commission announced the outcome of the case ThursdaN The S450,000 in election spending v.as e'entuallb reimbursed by the Democratic National Committee and Nanous other Democratic entities. PUSH Disputes Boy Scouts Funded Minority Numbers Atlanta's PUSH Coalition has dismissed a Boy Scouts audit of the num- ber of blacks participating in an inner city youth program, saying the fig- ures still are unrealistic. Joseph Beasle\ of the Rainbot?/PUSH Coalition said that although the Atlanta Area Council released an audit last week claiming more than 5,300 black Bo\ Scouts were registered in the Operation First Class pro- gram, fe\ er than 500 African-American youth are actually registered. The report was commissioned by the local Boy Scouts group after Beasley challenged the council's claim in September that more than 10.)00 boys mainly blacks and other minorities were in the program. The program provides the boys' registration fee, books, uniforms and other opportunities, including scholarships for camp. The recently released audit found that nearly 5,000 boys were falsely registered in the program, largely because of pressure on Scout officials assigned to inner city areas to increase membership numbers. United Way officials are putting together a task force of board mem- bers and volunteers to examine the audit report and mike decisions on whether to withhold funding to the council. Similar allegations have been made in Alabama, i here the FBI is inves- tigating % whether the Birmingham-based Greater Alabama Boy Scout Council padded its membership rolls. Emmett Till's Family Gathers for Reburial LSIP, Ill. -Three days after the FBI exhumed Emmett Till's body to search for clues to his slaying 50 years ago, his relatives gathered at a suburban Chicago cemetery for his reinterment. The black teenager's body was found by fishermen in August 1955 after he had been abducted from his uncle's Mississippi home, reportedly for whistling at a white woman. His slaying helped kindle the civil rights movement. Simeon Wright, a cousin who said he was sleeping in the same bed with Till the night he disappeared, said the service Saturday reminded him of the lasting impact Till's death has had. Federal investigators exhumed Till's remains y, saying DNA or other evidence might help determine who killed the 14-year-old and whether anyone still alive should be prosecuted. Results from the autopsy have not been released. The U.S. Justice Department reopened the Till investigation last year after reviewing several pieces of information, including a documentary by a New York filmmaker. Supermodel Tyson Beckford Injured In N.J. Car Accident SECAUCUS, N.J. -- Famous African-American supermodel Tyson Beckford ended up in the hospital Monday after he crashed his car and it burst into flames. The 33-year-old was driving along Route 3 in the early morning hours, said police. Beckfoid lost control of his Dodge Ram and he crashed the vehicle into a utility pole, catching fire. Before the truck burst into flames, the 'iipcr- model was able to get hinmiIf out of the truLnk. *j Beckford was treated for head trauma and LutI at the Jersey City Medical Center. The supermodel became famous as the lace ofL Ralph Lauren's Polo Sport fragrance line and has been named one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People. Si : i1 f ( L OR I DAY'S FIRST COAST QUALITY BLACK WEEKLY 50 Cents Volume 19 No. 21 Jacksonville, Florida June 9 15, 2005 Study Confirms Strong Impact of Affirmative Action Without affirmative action the number of African-American and Hispanic students going to elite US universities would plummet, and their places would be taken by Asian, not white, applicants, according to Princeton University researchers. Although affirmative action to award places to black students has been whittled away by legal chal- lenges, American universities are still entitled to take race into account as one factor alongside SAT test scores when making admissions decisions, a supreme court judgment involving the University of Michigan held last year. After looking at more than 124,000 applicants to elite universi- ties, Thomas Espenshade and Chang Chung concluded that ignor- ing race in admissions would result in dramatic declines in the number of African-Americans and Hispanics. They also looked at athletes and so-called "legacy" applicants, whose parents are alumni or have made donations, who are predomi- nantly white. They concluded their numbers were so small they did not displace many minority candidates. "We're trying to put these admis- sion preferences in context so peo- ple understand that lots of students, including those with SAT scores above 1,500, are getting a boost," Continued on page 6 I t fil. : i i I 4* ==i:= ^=== =i::i q * "Copyrighted Material Syndicated Content Available from Commercial News Providers" -a State Sen. Tony Hill Senator Hill to Chair Florida Black Caucus State Senator Anthony Hill has been elected as the 2005-2007 Chairman of the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators (FCBSL). The Florida Conference of Black State Legislators is a 501 C (3) non prof- it organization and its primary goal is to champion legislation as well as community issues that affect the less fortunate constituents in the State of Florida. The FCBSL accomplishes its mission by work- ing with the Governor, Legislature, Cabinet Officials and Private Corporations throughout Florida. Sen. Hill will serve a two year term as Chairman. Other officers recently elected were: Vice Chairman State Representative Bruce Antone (Orlando), Treasurer - Representative Curtis Richardson (Tallahassee), and Secretary - Representative Yolly Roberson (Miami). EWC Continues Crucial Relationship with UNCF .. From left, Maurice E. Jenkins, Jr.; Reginald Kirven, Area Development Director North/Central Florida; Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr.; and Dr. James McLean, EWC Interim Vice President/Division of Institutional Advancement. Edward Waters College and the United Negro College Fund, Inc. are continuing their longstanding relationship with the signing of the North Florida Joint Campaign Agreement. The agreement outlines a total full- year fundraising campaign effort embracing all gifts for general operat- ing purposes that originate in the geographical area of the authorized Joint Campaign territory. This includes Jacksonville, Panama City, Pensacola, Tallahassee, St. Augustine, Lake City, Gainesville, and Ocala. "We are extremely pleased to enter into this agreement and to carry on the tradition of excellence that has always been a part of the relationship between EWC and UNCF," stated Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., interim president. "UNCF funds and support are crucial to our survival." He said I m Senate's Anti-Lynching Apology to be Witnessed by Victim's Descendant WASHINGTON The great-great granddaughter of a black South Carolina farmer who was killed by a white mob nearly a century ago will be on hand next week when the Senate belatedly apologizes for fail- ing to pass anti-lynching legisla- tion. Doria Dee Johnson, an author and frequent lecturer on the subject of lynchings, says she will be in the chamber Monday when the Senate is expected to approve a resolution expressing remorse for not stopping a crime that took the lives of at least 4,742 people, mostly blacks, between 1882 and 1968. Johnson, from Evanston, Ill., said her family "lost property and fami- ly solidarity that still affects us today" when Anthony Crawford, a wealthy cotton farmer, was killed in 1916 by several hundred residents of Abbeville, S.C. Senate filibusters in the past blocked House bills and presiden- tial requests to pass anti-lynching legislation, she said. "It will be nice to have an apology from that same body," she said. The Senate resolution, sponsored by Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and George Allen, R-Va., notes that nearly 200 anti-lynching bills were introduced in the first half of the 20th century and that seven presi- dents between 1890 and 1952 peti- tioned Congress to end lynching. But nothing got through the Senate. The nonbinding measure apolo- gizes for this failure and expresses "most solemn regrets of the Senate to the descendants of victims of lynching." Landrieu's spokesman, Adam Sharp, said the resolution is expect- ed to pass on a voice vote. He said Johnson will be joined in the Senate on Monday by other descendants of victims, including a cousin of Emmett Till, the black teenager killed in Mississippi 50 years ago, reportedly for whistling at a white woman. The FBI last week exhumed Till's body to search for clues to his slaying. Landrieu, in an inter- view, said lynching and mob violence were "an American Doria Dee Johnson with a picture of her great- form of terrorism" doc- great-grandfather, Anthony P. Crawford umented in at least 46 states. She said that now, when the United States is fighting a war against ter- rorism, was a good time to apolo- gize for the past and "remind our- selves that terrorism existed in the United States in different ways." According to Johnson, her great- great grandfather owned 427 acres of cotton land and was a communi- ty leader, starting a school for black children and a union for black farm- ers. He was arrested after he accused a white buyer of cheating him by giving him less for his cotton than white farmers were receiving. Between 200 and 400 local resi- dents and government officials hanged him from a pine tree and riddled his body with 200 bullets, she said.