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Stokes with ID badges showing at-
tendance at three conferences
Deputy City Administrator:
Stokes
travel
record
without
fault in
15 years
By Earnest McBride
JA Contributing Editor
Legal action against the
Clarion Ledger for an allegedly
malicious attack on third ward
City Councilman Kenneth
Stokes failed to get the support
of five of seven council mem-
bers Tuesday evening. Second
District Councilman Chokwe
Lumumba voted with him,
however.
Stokes, nevertheless, has
the staunch support of Deputy
City Administrator Rick Hill
in refuting the continuing as-
sault from the citys largest
newspaper.
Hill said Wednesday morn-
ing that he has handled the ac-
counts for Ward 3 Councilman
Kenneth L. Stokes for at least
15 years and has never found
See Stokes on 18A
Broadband
to transform
education
in the U.S.
JANS As the U.S. reces-
sion continues, a greater em-
phasis has been placed on
education as a means to not
only make it through difficult
times, but to ensure future gen-
erations arent afforded the
same troubles, particularly in
minority communities where
residents have felt the impact
of the recession the most.
Many have turned to distance
learning through broadband In-
ternet.
Broadband is revolutionizing
the way that American students
learn both inside and outside of
the classroom. In some cases,
See Broadband on 18A
JUNE 17-23, 2010
Fathers really
do know best
The above photo could easily be an advertisement for Fathers Day, but its actually a real
moment in the lives of Carl Mack and his son Joshua. Mack was going over his speech
to the Clarkson University graduating class of 2010, which included him. Mack received
an honorary doctorate from the prestigious institution.
By Alice Thomas-Tisdale
Yes, hes all that and
a bag of chips, but Dr.
Carl B. Mack of Fort
Washington, Md.,
counts his greatest
blessing as being the
father of two energetic
boys Joshua (7) and
Jonathan (3) and lov-
ing husband to Jamiyo,
who shares his lifes
work as a community
leader. He also has an
older daughter, LaShaundra Johnson.
Mack, a native of Jackson and a former Mr.
Lanier High School, if only for a day because of
a one vote discrepancy, is now Mr. Engineer
Harrison teaches others about the law
By Ezra Wall
Jackson Advocate Guest Writer
Hinds County Circuit Court
Judge Malcolm Harrison un-
derstands his judicial respon-
sibilities in fairly simple
terms. As an adjudicator, I
apply the law and impose a
sentence, Judge Harrison de-
scribes. As an administrator,
I manage the judicial process;
set trials and dispose of civil
and criminal cases.
Harrison isnt content,
though, to put in his time at
the office and go home. He
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for as long as he likes as executive director of
the National Society of Black Engineers
(NSBE). I cant begin to tell you how proud I
am of Carl. He has been a model son, husband,
father, God-servant and role model. I guess I did
something right, his mother, Rose Mack, said
jokingly.
Although Fathers Day will no doubt be the
highlight of his summer, in August, Mack will
serve as an Honorary Grand Marshal for the 81st
Annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in
Chicago.
Mack Mack began his engineering career in Seattle
in 1987. He served as an engineer with the King
County Metro transportation system for 18
years. While there, he coordinated the award-
winning
See Fathers on 18A
spends time in the community serve the
getting to know the public he public when
serves and educating them he speaks at
about the judicial system. I Hinds
feel that my service as a judge County
allows me to give back to the Courts 101.
community that has supported The free
me, Harrison says. Most event, spon-
individuals have very little sored by the
knowledge of how the legal Central Mis-
system works. They know sissippi Harrison
they should hire a lawyer but Chapter of Thrivent Finan-
they do not know why. cial for Lutherans, will be
Citizens in Judge Harri- held Sat., June 26 at 1:00 pm
sons jurisdiction can learn at Trinity Lutheran Church in
more about how the courts Jackson. This is our com-
sold for
delinquent taxes
that will mature
to purchaser on
August 25, 2010
SECTION A & B
Injustice in the Delta:
Railroading black
women into the
prison system By Earnest McBride
JA Contributing Editor
As Jamie and Gladys Scott
fester and die in the Missis-
sippi prison system on con-
trived charges of armed
robbery, the court system and
the police networks across
the state continue to funnel
more and more young black
mothers and unsuspecting
adolescent women into the
system just as they did the
Scott Sisters back in 1993.
One glaring example of
how the system works is cur-
rently developing in the city
of Belzoni, in the heart of the
Delta. Three young mothers
Sherry Wells, 30; her sister
Antionette Wells, 27; and
their niece, Tabitha Tate, 20
Graves nominated
for Court of Appeals
By Vern Walker
Jackson Advocate Contributing Writer
Mississippi Supreme Court
Justice James E. Graves Jr.,
has been nominated by Presi-
dent Barack Obama to fill a
vacancy on the U. S. Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
The only African-Ameri-
can currently serving on the
Mississippi Supreme Court,
Graves takes a keen interest
in the administration of his
states court system, and has
been active in national, state
and local bar associations.
Throughout his career,
James E. Graves has shown
unwavering integrity and an
outstanding commitment to
public service, said Presi-
dent Obama. I am proud to
munity, says Harrison, and
the more each citizen knows
about local government in
general, and the court system
in particular, the better they
understand the role of
judges, supervisors and other
elected officials. Asked
what citizens need to under-
stand most about the court
system, Harrison answers
quickly. It would be the
jury system the necessity
for citizens to serve as jurors.
It is every citizen's duty to
serve as a juror to move the
50
Three Belzoni
women facing
charges brought
by police sheriffs
deputies involved
in alleged corrupt
and immoral ac-
tivities. Front,
Tabitha Tate and
Sherry Wells;
rear Belzoni
SCLC president
Sammy Sutton
and Antionette
Wells.
are being criminalized by cor-
rupt and decadent police and
sheriffs deputies and the in-
judicious court system these
men are able to manipulate in
Belzoni and Humphreys
County allegedly in exchange
for sexual favors.
Sherry Wells herself was
victimized some years ago in
the law enforcement system
that apparently is accountable
to no one, she revealed.
Sherry and Antionette
Wells were arrested on May
26 on some obscure charge,
and were released after
Humphreys County SCLC
President Sammy Sutton
called FBI Special Beverly
See System on 18A
nominate
him to serve
on the
United
States Court
of Appeals.
Justice
Graves, cur-
rently serv-
ing as Graves
Presiding Justice on the Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court, was
appointed to the high court in
2001 by then-Governor Ron-
nie Musgrove. He has served
as a judge in the Mississippi
court system since 1991, sit-
ting for ten years on the
Hinds County Circuit Court.
He began his legal career in
See Graves on 18A
process forward in criminal
and civil trials.
Harrison has served as
Hinds County Circuit Court
Judge since being appointed
by Governor Haley Barbour
in October, but his interest in
the law has been a part of him
since childhood. As a child, I
loved Perry Mason, he remi-
nisces. I was fascinated at
the way he was able to solve
the case in under an hour. I
was always able to answer my
own questions and thought I
would make a good lawyer.
See Harrison on 18A