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 Pictured are L-R (seated): Ann Jennings; Deloris Gilyard; Ruth Waters McKay, President; Beverly
McKenzie; Viola Walker; June M. Smith. Standing: Sherald Wilson, Vice President; Carlton Jones,
Immediate Past President; Henry Lee Adams, Jr., Tony Brown; Eugene Emory; and Bill Jennings.
 American Beach Property Owners Association elects new board of trustees


 The American Beach Property
Owners Association (ABPOA), the
governing body of property owners
of historic American Beach, recent-
ly installed their new slate of
trustees.
 The association was established

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 Is your fraternity or sorority ready
to be crowned the next Sprite Step
Off champion?
 The tournament-style competition
returns with a six-city tour with
teams from across the country com-
peting for two $100,000 grand
prizes in scholarships. Regional
event competitions will take place
in Chicago, New York, Atlanta,
Charlotte, Los Angeles and
Houston
 This 2011 Sprite Step Off offi-
cially kicked-off with an online
application submission which
began Feb. 10 and concluded on
March 13. Interested fraternities
and sororities entered the competi-
tion by submitting a short perform-
ance video that showcased their
step talents and highlighted their


in 1982 by Ben Durham and cur-
rently holds 220 members on its
roster. Their goal is to create
enhance, improve, promote and
preserve a healthy community for
the African-American ocean front
community just north of


Jacksonville. The officers will serve
for a two year term.
 Currently, they are gearing-up for
its' annual Summer Jazz at Burney
Park Series to be held on the fourth
Saturday of May, June, July and
August.


 Members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity from Central State
University perform at last year's competition.
contributions to their community. D.C. on May 21. The event will fea-
 The first place fraternity and ture the top 12 teams six fratemi-
sorority winners from each regional ties and six sororities as they
event will receive travel to the compete to see who will bring
championship event in Washington home the Sprite Step Off II crown.


Farrakhan issues stern warning


to Obama about attacking Libya


 by Boyce Watkins
 In his usually powerful way, the
Minister Louis Farrakhan has taken
to the public airwaves to address
the U.S. government's decision to
attack Libya. The United States has
joined with allied forces to (in their
words) protect the Libyan people
from the alleged tyranny of their
leader. Muammar Gadhafi.
 Since it has been alleged that
Gadhafi used his military forces to
attack his own people, the U.S.
government has spoken against
Libyan leadership and has also
begun air strikes on Libyan soil.
Gadhafi has warned the United
States that a war against his country
will be long and that he will win.
 Minister Louis Farrakhan, who
has a long-standing friendship with
Gadhafi, went to WVON in
Chicago to speak on the situation.
As expected, Farrakhan is not
happy with the invasion and openly
spoke about U.S. policies that
involve deliberate destabilization of
nations with whom they have a
financial interest.
 In the case of Libya, Farrakhan
 openly asks President Barack
 Obama why he and his administra-
 tion are suddenly concerned with
 alleged atrocities in this country
 while the U.S. government looked
 the other way a few years ago,
 when the Israelis were engaged in
 relentless bombing of Palestinians,
 many of them women and children.
 Farrakhan also noted that the
 U.S. government showed no inter-
 est in becoming involved when
 numerous human rights violations
 were occurring in Rwanda and the
 Congo. He argued that the U.S.
 government's goal has been to
 spend funds arming dissidents in
 Libya who do not want to see
 Gadhafi in power.
 In an even more telling fashion,
 Farrakhan noted similarities
 between Gadhafi and President
 Obama: He mentioned that similar
 to Gadhafi, there are millions of
 Americans who don't want to see
 Obama in power, and that interven-


ing with internal dissent in Libya
would be no different from some-
one doing the same here in the
United States.
 Farrakhan asks the president,
"Who in the hell do you think you
are that you can talk to a man that
built a country over 42 years and
ask him to step down and get out?
Can anybody ask you ... to step out
of the White House 'cause they
don't want no black face in the
White House?"
 Farrakhan noted that dissatisfac-
tion with Obama and the U.S. gov-
ernment has reached a boiling point
and that the president should be
careful about intervening in another
nation's internal discord.
 As arguably the most persuasive
 speaker in the United States,
 Minister Louis Farrakhan lays out a
 very clear and poignant case for his
 objections with the U.S. military
 action in Libya. The United States
 government is already facing mas-
 sive budget deficits and two expen-
 sive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
 so one can only wonder how we
 expect to afford yet another inter-
 vention in the Middle East.
 .. ..


 Min. Louis Farrakhan
 Min. Farrakhan's also pointed out
the selective morality of the gov-
ernment is quite interesting. The
United States stands idly by during
countless revolts in countries
around the world and usually does-
n't have much to say when a gov-
ernment responds with violence
toward its citizens, but for some
reason, the case is different in
Libya, and it appears to be more
than coincidental that the nation
just happens to be sitting on a great
deal of oil.

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 Scathing Report issued on New Orleans' Police
Highlights racial bias A report released by the Justice
Department last week concludes that New Orleans police officers have
used deadly force without justification, repeatedly made unconstitutional
arrests and failed to adequately protect New Orleans residents. It also con-
cluded that the department has engaged in racial profiling.


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