Jet articles from May 2002

Jet archives from May 2002

L.A. City Council turns down Chief Parks' appeal to keep job. (National Report).(Bernard C. Parks)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... In a vote along racial lines, the Los Angeles City Council rejected Police Chief Bernard C. Parks' bid for a second five-year term. Parks, the city's second Black chief, called the decision by the civilian Police Commission to reject his...

A global discussion. (National Report).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Members of the Congressional Women's Caucus stand with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (c) at his office in New York to discuss global issues affecting women and children. Joining Annan are (l-r)...

Groups deluge FCC with demands for new EEO rules. (National Report).(Federal Communications Commission )(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... In a bold approach, a coalition of 45 national organizations urged the Federal Communications Commission to enact new meaningful equal employment opportunity regulations. Sponsored by the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, the...

Thomas Jefferson family proposes separate cemetery for slave descendants. (National Report).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Heirs of the early U.S. president Thomas Jefferson are proposing the creation of a separate cemetery on the grounds of his estate, Monticello, for the descendants of slave Sally Hemings, but they aren't ready to let her offspring into the...

Something to sing about. (National Report).(Hammond Award for singer)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Opera singer Jessye Norman receives the Hammond Award from ex-President Bill Clinton (c) during the Northside Center for Child Development 2002 Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York. Joining...

Ticker tape.(brief notes)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Confidential: "Having only 50 percent of eligible voters currently registered to vote is a trend that must change and today we are helping to change it," challenged the top leadership of the country's Democratic Party as they began a nationwide...

National headliners.(brief notes)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Atlanta Rep. John Lewis, who spearheaded the creation of the Selma-to-Montgomery historic trail by the National Park Service, was selected as this year's NAACP Spingarn Medalist... Texas Railroad Chairman Michael Williams, the first Black...

Does absence make the heart grow fonder? (Lifestyles).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... John and Karen had been in a committed relationship for a year when their happy union began to unravel. Convinced it would prove useless to repair the damaged relationship, especially since the same issues kept cropping up, the two decided...

Black Bishop among ten called to Rome to discuss sex abuse crisis. (Religion).(Bishop Wilton D. Gregory )(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Black Chicago-born Bishop Wilton D. Gregory was among the 10 prominent U.S. Catholic prelates called to the Vatican in Rome to discuss the deepening sexual abuse crisis within the Catholic Church in America. The delegation invited by Pope...

Cyrus J. Colter, prominent Chicago author, succumbs at 92. (Census).(Obituary)
May 6, 2002... Cyrus J. Colter, one of Chicago's most eminent novelists and short story writers who was also a lawyer, recently died after a lengthy illness in Evanston, IL. He was 92. A prolific writer of novels, short stories and poetry, Colter's works...

Whoopi Goldberg to leave Hollywood Squares at end of this season. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... After four seasons on the successful syndicated TV game show "Hollywood Squares," acclaimed actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg will not return to her recurring position in the center square or as the show's executive producer at the end of...

Tyrese recuperating after motorcycle accident in California. (Newsmakers).(singers)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Famed singer-actor Tyrese was listed in stable condition at JET press time after he suffered injuries in a motorcycle accident, his publicist said. "He's in good spirits, but still experiencing a lot of pain," the singer's publicist,...

Singer Seal selling his Beverly Hills house for $2.3 million. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Seal, the successful British pop singer/songwriter, recently put his home in the Beverly Hills area on the market for $2.3 million. The Hot Property section of the Los Angeles Times reported that the home, built in 1958, is a ranch-style...

The secret to a healthy diet? Snacks.(health)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Yes, you read correctly. Those tasty tidbits that tide you over until mealtime can be key ingredients for a healthy diet and weight control. The secret is "smart" snacking, and the following tips will help quiet those between-meals cravings...

This week in Black history.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... April 29, 1992-- Los Angeles Riots. On this day, a jury in Simi Valley, CA, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers accused in the videotaped beating of Rodney King, which provided the catalyst that set off rioting, looting and the...

Society world.(brief notes)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... A Guided By God: Natalie S. Bell and Aaron K. Johnson pledged their eternal love by marrying at the Revelation Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile, AL. The blushing bride is a graduate of the University of South Alabama. She is a paralegal for...

Ebony celebrates outstanding women in marketing and communications at annual New York luncheon. (Business).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Thirteen extraordinary women who achieved new heights in the field of marketing and communications recently were honored by EBONY Magazine during its third annual Outstanding Women in Marketing and Communications Awards Luncheon at the Hilton...

Dancin' with Diddy. (the week's best photos).(Sean Combs, singer)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Hip-hop star P. Diddy shows off some of his moves with dancers clad in sexy cheerleader outfits during his performance at LIFEBeat's UrbanAID2 Benefit Concert at the Beacon The in New York.

Beauty of the week.(singer Rachel jones)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... RACHEL JONES is an actress from St. Louis. She enjoys cooking dancing, traveling and reading.

Appreciating jazz. (the week's best photos).(Wynton Marsalis at the Kennedy Center)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis walks offstage with first lady Laura Bush after she introduced the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Marsalis performed with the orchestra in honor of Jazz Appreciation...

Movie premiere. (the week's best photos).(Spike Lee's documentary Jim Brown: All American)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Filmmaker Spike Lee greets actress A.J. Johnson during the Los Angeles premiere of Lee's new documentary Jim Brown: All American, a moving portrait of the NFL legend, which airs on HBO later this year.

Mos Def, making it happen in music & film. (in the Spotlight).(Brooklyn rapper)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Dante Terrell Smith, known to most of the world as rapper Mos Def, is taking the world of entertainment by storm. At 28 years old the Brooklyn native has earned a respectable name in the hip-hop community and is well on his way to doing the...

Take a number. (Sports).(Derrick Coleman)(Dikembe Mutombo)(injured basketball players)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Philadelphia 76ers' Derrick Coleman (l), wearing an inflatable cast, and Dikembe Mutombo, having his knees treated, share a laugh after a "take a number" machine and a "now serving" display was recently added to the trainer's room before the...

Roy Jones Jr. top-ranked among `super 6' fighters. (Sports).(light heavyweight boxer)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
May 6, 2002... Once again light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. leads the pack when it comes to being the best "pound-for-pound fighter" in his weight class. But he's not the only lord of the boxing ring, according to USA Today. Three other boxers, undisputed...

Actors Ving Rhames & Gloria Reuben star in TV movie `Little John'. (Entertainment).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Golden Globe-winner Ving Rhames and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Gloria Reuben demonstrate the trials and tribulations of family life as they portray father and daughter in the made-for-TV movie Little John. Reuben plays Natalie...

Fashion: creations that say it all. (Fashion).(EBONY Fashion Fair)(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... This year's EBONY Fashion Fair, The Changing Trends Of Fashion, has many creations so magnificent they command special attention. Among them are these four designs that beg to be noticed. Ruffles, sequins, fringes and jewelry adorn...

The Rock stars in action thriller `The Scorpion King'.(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
May 6, 2002... The Rock's amazing presence impressed producers so much last year in his debut film The Mummy Returns that he was immediately cast in his own starring vehicle, the action adventure thriller The Scorpion King. The wrestling star (whose real...

Top 20 albums.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... 1. ASHANTI Ashanti (Murder Inc.) 2. THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS R. Kelly & Jay-Z (Jive) 3. SOUTHERN HUMMINGBIRD Tweet (The Gold Mind) 4. WORLD OUTSIDE MY WINDOW Glenn Lewis (Epic) 5. B2K B2K (Epic) 6. NO MORE DRAMA Mary J....

`Men in Black'. (television).(Brief Article)
May 6, 2002... Will Smith (1) and Tommy Lee Jones star as top-secret agents in a highly funded, unofficial government organization established to monitor and police alien activity on earth in Men In Black, (Saturday, May 4 at 9 p.m., ET) on NBC. Others...

Johnson unites three minority caucuses to develop new agenda. (National Report).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) can take credit for bringing together leaders of Congress' Asian, Black and Hispanic Caucuses for a recent groundbreaking meeting on Capitol Hill. As chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep....

Closing the technological gap. (National Report).(Digital Connections Conference )(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... The Rev. Jesse Jackson (r), founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and Bill Gates (l), Microsoft Corp. chairman, chat during the luncheon of the third annual Digital Connections Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA....

A royal visit. (National Report).(Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV in Denver)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV (r) walks with Denver Mayor Wellington Webb (c) and his wife Wilma (l), to the city's library during his visit to Denver. King Oyo, 10, of Toro, Uganda, in Africa, is the youngest monarch in the world and...

Medgar Evers' papers donated to Mississippi. (National Report).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, signs over the speeches and papers of her late husband as former Governor William Winter, president of the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and...

Ticker tape.(Brief Article)(Column)
May 13, 2002... CONFIDENTIAL: Although equal pay laws have been on the books for nearly 40 years, the wage gap in this country is an outrage, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas told a D.C. press conference. She claimed that Black...

National headliners.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Howard University has spent $20 million to become one of the country's most technologically advanced campuses. Professor Derek Lloyd, a network systems engineer, is one of the masterminds... The Washington, D.C., Commission on Fine Arts voted...

Ten honored at gala D.C. Hall of Fame induction ceremony.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Dr. Janette Hoston Harris, who believes the contributions of citizens create a meaningful urban life, recently sponsored the third induction ceremony, the most successful ever, for her D.C. Hall of Fame Society. Perhaps, the country's only...

NAACP Freedom fund dinner. (National Report).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Julian Bond (l), chairman of the board of the NAACP, applauds while Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick embraces NAACP Detroit Chapter president Wendell Anthony at the NAACP 47th annual Fight For Freedom Fund dinner at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Actor...

Bennett College picks Dr. Johnnetta Cole as its new president. (National Report).(Johnnetta B. Cole)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole has recently been appointed the new president of Bennett College, the historically Black institution of higher learning for women in Greensboro, NC. In a unanimous decision Bennett's board of trustees voted Cole, nick...

Going to jail. (National Report).(Darryl Strawberry)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Darryl Strawberry recently was sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating probation on a 1999 conviction for drug possession and solicitation of prostitution charges. Though Strawberry was awaiting his sentencing at the Hillsborough. County...

104 and counting! (Lifestyles).(Mrs. Lucille Marie Staley Griffith)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Mrs. Lucille Marie Staley Griffith recently celebrated 104 years of life with family by enjoying a meal at one of her favorite restaurants--the Outback Steak House. Griffith, born in Orangeburg, SC, married twice in her life and is the mother...

Lisa `Left Eye' Lopes, member of grammy award-winning trio TLC, dies in car crash in Honduras. (Census).(Brief Article)(Obituary)
May 13, 2002... Funeral services recently were held for TLC singer-rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta. She died a month shy of her 31st birthday. Lopes was killed when she lost control of the wheel while...

Breakfast remains essential to a healthy lifestyle. (Health).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... What did you have for breakfast today? Be honest. A jelly doughnut? A chocolate candy bar? A cold slice of leftover pizza? Nothing? Many of us treat breakfast the same way we treat exercise--we blow it off when time is short and schedules...

This week in Black history.(first Black governor William H. Hastie)(Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield gives command performance)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... May 7, 1946-- * William H. Hastie, a former Howard University professor of law, was inaugurated as the first Black governor of the Virgin Islands on this day. He served as governor from 1946 to 1949. Nine years earlier he was appointed to...

Society world.
May 13, 2002... * God Gave Me You: Stanley Guidriz Adams made the former Arlita Joy Oliver his wife during a double-ring ceremony at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, TX. The bride attended North Harris College. The bridegroom attended Texas...

Apollo Theatre concert promotes Democratic Party's voter registration drive. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Music stars and political leaders came to the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York to help former President Clinton and the Democratic National Committee's nationwide campaign to encourage more people to vote. Superstar actor-comedian Chris...

National Medal of Arts ceremony. (Newsmakers).(recognized dancer-choreographer Judith Jamison)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Dancer-choreographer Judith Jamison, artistic director of the Alvin Alley American Dance Theater, is congratulated by President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush after she was awarded a National Medal of Arts during a ceremony at...

Jazzy birthday. (Newsmakers).(Lionel Hampton)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Jazz great Lionel Hampton celebrates his 94th birthday with (l-r) Congressmen Charles Rangel (D-NY), John Conyers Jr. (D-MI), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, who hosted the birthday...

Spelman College appoints new president. (Newsmakers).(Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... The Board of Trustees of Spelman College in Atlanta has appointed Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum as the institution's ninth president. Dr. Tatum will assume her duties at Spelman in August, 2002. Dr. Tatum comes to Spelman after a 13-year...

Recognizing proud moms. (Newsmakers).(mothers of Aaliyah and Christopher Wallace attend awards event)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Voletta Wallace, mother of the late Christopher Wallace, also known as famed rapper Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G., and Diane Haughton, mother of the late singer/actress Aaliyah, chat during the 4th Annual Prestige Awards at the Newburgh Free...

Sizzling performance. (the week's best photos).(Michael Jackson)
May 13, 2002... King Of Pop Michael Jackson performs at the star-studded Democratic National Committee concert at the Apollo Theatre in New York. The fundraiser was a kickoff for the party's nationwide voter registration drive (see page 32). [ILLUSTRATION...

Beauty of the week.
May 13, 2002... ALECIA SHERIDAN is from Los Angeles. The 5-foot-9 model is majoring in business. She enjoys traveling and shopping. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

On broadway.
May 13, 2002... Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, who stars in the new Broadway musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie, co-produced by Whoopi Goldberg, strikes a pose in her dressing room at the Marquis Theatre in New York before a sold-out performance. Ralph recently...

Soul mates.
May 13, 2002... Soul crooner Kenny Lattimore and his songbird wife, Chante Moore, share a moment after performing together at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The newlyweds are currently working on an album of duets for Arista Records. ...

Blacks coaches and front office execs make big gains in pro basketball. (Sports).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... It's little wonder professional basketball players gain celebrity status and wealth as they display their awesome playing skills before thousands of live fans and millions more around the globe on TV. However, behind the scenes, there are...

Julius Peppers chosen 2nd overall in NFL draft; eight Blacks among top 10 picks. (Sports).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Eight of the top 10 players in this year's NFL draft are Black. Julius Peppers (6-6, 283), a defensive end from North Carolina, was chosen No. 2 overall by the Carolina Panthers. Peppers, considered the most dominating defensive player for...

Calgary Flames' Jarome Iginla first black to win NHL's goal-scoring title. (Sports).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Calgary Flames' Jarome Iginla is still burning hot after he captured the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the National Hockey League's goal-scoring leader and the Art Ross Trophy as the league's points-leader. The Canadian-born Iginla,...

Members of the NFL Mother's Association support sons and one another. (Sports).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... No matter how old you get, you are still your mother's baby. This is the sentiment that members of the Professional Football Player's Mother's Association-(PFPMA) continually display to their famous sons. The Mother's Association was...

Maywether wins lightweight championship. (Sports).(boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.)(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... In his first fight at 135 pounds, "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr., who already holds the WBC super-featherweight belt, holds his new title belt as well after he beat Mexico's Jose Luis Castillo in a recent WBC lightweight championship fight...

Died. (Census).
May 13, 2002... Dorothy Love Coates, 74, gospel music legend who was a member of the group Gospel Harmonettes and wrote and recorded more than 300 songs including Get Away Jordan, That's Enough and He's Right On Time, of heart disease at a hospital in...

Celebrities reveal for mother's day: `the greatest sacrifice my mom made for me'. (Cover Story).
May 13, 2002... There is an adage: There's no love like a mother's love. At its finest, the love a mother possesses for her child embodies all the beautiful virtues that we, as human beings, hold sacred--patience, kindness, forgiveness, compassion. And...

Jet top 20 albums.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... 1. ASHANTI Ashanti (Murder Inc.) 2. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS R. Kelly & Jay-Z (Jive) 3. SOUTHERN HUMMINGBIRD Tweet (The Gold Mind) 4. ECSTASY Avant (Magic Johnson) 5. FULL MOON Brandy (Atlantic) 6. WORLD OUTSIDE MY...

Babyface and wife selling California ranch home for $2.4 million. (Celebrities).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Grammy Award-winner Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and his wife, Tracey, are selling their home in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Wall Street Journal reported. The couple purchased the home in 1999 for $1.9 million, and now their...

Jet top 20 singles.(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... 1. OOPS (OH MY) Tweet (The Gold Mind) 2. FOOLISH Ashanti (Murder Inc.) 3. WHAT ABOUT US? Brandy (Atlantic) 4. PASS THE COURVOISIIR PART II Busta Rhymes Featuring P. Diddy & Pharrel (J) 5. FILLS GOOD Naughty By...

`Three Kings'. (television).(Brief Article)
May 13, 2002... Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg and George Clooney star in this unconventional drama about a group of adventurous American soldiers who are determined to steal a huge cache of gold that is supposed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base in Iraq...

Firms' ties to slavery revealed under Calif. disclosure law. (National Report).
May 20, 2002... In a move activists say could bolster the case for reparations for descendants of slaves, the California Department of Insurance recently released on a web site the names of several insurance companies that issued policies insuring the lives of...

Judge OKs sale of Chicago Defender newspaper. (National Report).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... A judge recently approved a deal to sell the company that publishes the Chicago Defender, a Black-owned daily newspaper. Cook County Circuit Judge Bernetta Bush approved the sale of family-owned Sengstacke Enterprises Inc., publisher of the...

Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH 1,000 Churches Connected program holds `Ministers on Wall Street' conference. (National Report).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, recently hosted the Rainbow/PUSH 1,000 Churches Connected's 4th annual Ministers on Wall Street-Economic Literacy Program at the New York Stock Exchange. ...

Ticker tape.
May 20, 2002... CONFIDENTIAL: How Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell helped hundreds of students at Morehouse College and secretly worked with President Benjamin E. Mays to solve financial problems of the school in past decades is the emerging story...

National headliners.
May 20, 2002... Look for a third generation of the Morials in Louisiana politics. New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial and his wife Michelle, became parents of their first son, Mason, who weighed in at 9 pounds, 9 ounces... Rapidly building a reputation as a GOP...

Is there a `right time' for a woman to have a baby? (Lifestyles).
May 20, 2002... Having a child at a time when you're just old enough to experience life isn't a decision that a lot of women want to make these days. Nowadays motherhood often takes a backseat to education and a career. So is there a "right time" for a woman...

Thousands gather in Atlanta to mourn TLC's Lisa `Left Eye' Lopes. (Census).
May 20, 2002... Fans began lining up at 7:00 a.m. to pay their last respects to Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the L in the Grammy Award-winning group TLC. By the time the funeral began four hours later, thousands of fans lined the streets in the hopes of getting...

What you should know about diabetes. (Health).
May 20, 2002... Diabetes is a serious disease, but you can learn how to live with it and keep it under control. People with diabetes can do the same things as people without diabetes if they eat properly, check their blood sugar level daily, exercise...

This week in Black history.
May 20, 2002... May 17, 1875-- The first Kentucky Derby was won by Black jockey Oliver Lewis, who rode Aristides to victory at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, on this day. Other Black jockeys who made their mark in the Derby were Alonzo Clayton, James...

Society world.(Brief Article)(Column)
May 20, 2002... Always There For Me: Jermaine Simmons joined in holy matrimony with ReTasha Moore during an enchanted ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. The bride is an accountant at EXULT. She is a graduate of Shaw University. The groom is...

Singers Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore host post wedding reception in Los Angeles. (Mr. & Mrs.).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... Four months after singers Kenny Lattimore and Chante Moore rang in the new year by eloping during a quiet ceremony in Jamaica, the newlyweds celebrated their union with a post-wedding reception for family and friends at the Window restaurant in...

Drum Major For Justice Awards. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE AWARDS: Evelyn G. Lowery (2nd, l), founder and board chair of SCLC/WOMEN, Inc., congratulates several recipients of the organization's Drum Major For Justice Awards during a recent dinner in Atlanta. TV Judge Glenda...

City of Cincinnati appoints first female city manager. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... CITY OF CINCINNATI APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE CITY MANAGER: Valerie A. Lemmie, former city manager of Dayton, OH, recently made history in neighboring Cincinnati when she was appointed city manager by the Cincinnati City Council. She is the first...

George Clinton files suit. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... GEORGE CLINTON FILES SUIT: Famed singer-musician George Clinton performs with his band the P-Funk All Stars at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland in this file photo. Clinton has sued famed attorney Johnnie Cochran's law firm,...

Sitting pretty at 103. (Newsmakers).
May 20, 2002... SITTING PRETTY AT 103: Mrs. Iris Levy recently celebrated her 103rd birthday quietly at home with family by feasting on the traditional birthday dessert of cake and ice cream. "Momma Levy," who was born on April 19, 1899, in Trinidad, British...

Bush aide for a decade is now Cabinet Secretary. (Politics).
May 20, 2002... High school friends of Albert Hawkins had no idea after he received a master's degree at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas that he would wind up as a White House aide to a Republican President. But...

Swiss banks to return $1 billion in funds allegedly embezzled from Nigerian government. (African Affairs).
May 20, 2002... According to the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ), Nigeria will get back more than $1 billion of the fortune allegedly embezzled in foreign bank accounts by the late dictator Sani Abacha and his family. Following a recent out-of-court...

NAFEO sets new goals at national conference. (Education).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... The National Association for Equal Opportunity In Higher Education (NAFEO) recently held its 27th annual national conference in Washington, D.C., to seek dialogue with Congressional leaders about issues impacting Black colleges and...

What a transformation. (the week's best photos).
May 20, 2002... What A Transformation: Actress-singer Vanessa Williams (inset) stars as the grotesque Witch who is transformed into a sultry beauty in the new Broadway musical Into the Woods at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Beauty of the week.
May 20, 2002... DANIELLE GREENWOOD of Killeen, TX, is a sergeant in the U.S. Army. The 5-foot-8 1/2 model is interested in ballroom dancing acting. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]