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Interview with George Lucas:RED TAILS took 20 years to makeFilm about Tuskegee Airmen‘exactly’ like Star Wars, he says.

Movie mogul George Lucas says his new film “Red Tails”took more than 20 years to make “because it’s an all-blackmovie.”

The creator of the uber-successful “Star Wars” and “IndianaJones” franchises, in an interview with the Daily Show’s JonStewart, said movie executives told him the film, which featuresa largely African-American cast, would have trouble makingmoney.

“There’s no major white roles in it at all,” he said. “I showedit to all of them and they said nooooo. We don’t know how tomarket a move like this.”

“But the scene in it when Hitler tells Cuba Gooding Jr. thathe’s his father …,” Stewart said to big laughs. But Lucas con-tinues, telling him that big-budget black movies are unheard ofbecause “they don’t believe there’s any foreign market for it,” hesaid, referring to movie studios.

“Red Tails” is a movie about a segregated Army Air Corpsunit, now known as the Tuskegee Airmen, that escorted U.S.bombers during WWII. In 2007, then-President George Bushawarded the men, dwindling in number and up in age, aCongressional Gold Medal.

Talking to Stewart, Lucas threw fans of the Force a majorbone: “(Red Tails is) exactly like Star Wars,” he said. “The storyis too fantastic and wonderful to cram into two hours. There is aprequel and a sequel and they are better than this movie,” Lucassaid.

“I’m going to be very honest with you,” he said with astraight face. “This is as close as you’ll ever get to Episode 7.”

“Red Tails” opens in theaters January 20.

The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group ofAfrican American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally,they were the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th BombardmentGroup of the U.S. Army Air Corps.

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American mili-tary aviators in the United States armed forces. During WorldWar II, African Americans in many U.S. states still were subjectto the Jim Crow laws. The American military was racially seg-regated, as was much of the federal government. The TuskegeeAirmen were subject to racial discrimination, both within andoutside the army. Despite these adversities, they trained and flewwith distinction.

Although the 477th Bombardment Group “worked up” onNorth American B-25 Mitchell bombers, they never served incombat; the Tuskegee 332nd Fighter Group was the only opera-tional unit, first sent overseas as part of Operation Torch, then inaction in Sicily and Italy, before being deployed as bomberescorts in Europe where they were particularly successful intheir missions.

The Tuskegee Airmen initially were equipped with Curtiss P-40 Warhawks fighter-bomber aircraft, briefly with Bell P-39Airacobras (March 1944), later with Republic P-47Thunderbolts (June–July 1944), and finally the fighter groupacquired the aircraft with which they became most commonlyassociated, the North American P-51 Mustang (July 1944).When the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group painted the tails oftheir P-47’s red, the nickname “Red Tails” was coined. Bombercrews applied a more effusive “Red-Tail Angels” sobriquet.

Before the Tuskegee Airmen, no African American hadbecome a U.S. military pilot. In 1917, African-American menhad tried to become aerial observers, but were rejected, howev-er, African American Eugene Bullard served as one of the mem-bers of the Franco-American Lafayette Escadrille. Nonetheless,he was denied the opportunity to transfer to American militaryunits as a pilot when the other American pilots in the unit wereoffered the chance. Instead, Bullard returned to infantry dutywith the French.

The racially motivated rejections of World War I African-American recruits sparked over two decades of advocacy byAfrican-Americans who wished to enlist and train as militaryaviators. The effort was led by such prominent civil rights lead-ers as Walter White of the National Association for theAdvancement of Colored People, labor union leader A. PhilipRandolph, and Judge William H. Hastie. Finally, on 3 April1939, Appropriations Bill Public Law 18 was passed byCongress containing an amendment designating funds for train-ing African-American pilots. The War Department managed todeflect the monies into funding civilian flight schools willing totrain black Americans.

War Department tradition and policy mandated the segrega-tion of African-Americans into separate military units staffed bywhite officers, as had been done previously with the 9th Cavalry,10th Cavalry, 24th Infantry Regiment and 25th InfantryRegiment. When the appropriation of funds for aviation trainingcreated opportunities for pilot cadets, their numbers diminishedthe rosters of these older units. A further series of legislativemoves by the United States Congress in 1941 forced the ArmyAir Corps to form an all-black combat unit, despite the WarDepartment’s reluctance.

Due to the restrictive nature of selection policies, the situa-tion did not seem promising for African-Americans since, in1940, the U.S. Census Bureau reported only 124 African-American pilots in the nation. The exclusionary policies faileddramatically when the Air Corps received an abundance ofapplications from men who qualified, even under the restrictiverequirements. Many of the applicants already had participated inthe Civilian Pilot Training Program, in which the historicallyblack Tuskegee Institute had participated since 1939.

On 19 March 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron [N 3] was acti-vated at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois. A cadre of 271 enlist-ed men were trained at Chanute in aircraft ground support trades,beginning in July 1941; the trades being taught were so techni-cal in nature that setting up segregated classes was deemedimpossible. This small number of enlisted men became the coreof other black squadrons forming at Tuskegee and MaxwellFields in Alabama.

The Tuskegee program began officially in June 1941 with the99th Pursuit Squadron at the Tuskegee Institute. The unit wouldconsist of 47 officers and 429 enlisted men, and would be backedby an entire service arm. After basic training at Moton Field,they were moved to the nearby Tuskegee Army Air Field about10 mi (16 km) to the west for conversion training onto opera-tional types. Consequently, Tuskegee became the only Armyinstallation containing all four phases of pilot training at a singlelocation. Initial planning called for 500 personnel in residence ata time. By mid-1942, over six times that many personnel werestationed at Tuskegee, even though only two squadrons were

training there. Tuskegee Army Airfield was a replica of already-existing air-

fields reserved for training white pilots, such as Maxwell Field,only 40 miles distant. With African-American contractorsMcKissack and McKissack, Inc. in charge of the contract, 2,000workmen from their company, the Alabama Works ProgressAdministration, and the U.S. Army built the airfield in only sixmonths. The construction was budgeted at $1,663,057. The air-men were placed under the command of Captain Benjamin O.Davis, Jr., one of only two black line officers then serving.

War poster featuring a Tuskegee AirmanDuring training, the 99th Fighter Squadron was commanded

by white officers, beginning with Major James Ellison. Ellisonmade great progress in organizing the construction of the facili-ties needed for the military program at Tuskegee. However, hewas transferred on 12 January 1942, reputedly because of hisinsistence that his African-American sentries and Military Police

had police authority over local Caucasian civilians.[

His successor, Colonel Frederick von Kimble, then oversaw operations at the Tuskegee airfield. Contrary to new Army

regulations, Kimble maintained segregation on the field in def-erence to local customs in the state of Alabama, a policy that wasresented by the airmen. Later that year, the Air Corps replaced

Kimble. His replacement had been the director of instructionat Tuskegee Army Airfield, Major Noel F. Parrish. Counter to theprevalent racism of the day, Parrish was fair and open-mindedand petitioned Washington to allow the Tuskegee Airmen toserve in combat.

The strict racial segregation the U.S. Army required gaveway in the face of the requirements for complex training in tech-nical vocations. Typical of the process was the development ofseparate African American flight surgeons to support the opera-tions and training of the Tuskegee Airmen. Before the develop-ment of this unit, no U.S. Army flight surgeons were black.Training of African American men as aviation medical examin-ers was conducted through correspondence courses until 1943,when two black physicians were admitted to the U.S. ArmySchool of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field, Texas. This wasone of the earliest racially integrated courses in the U.S. Army.Seventeen flight surgeons served with Tuskegee Airmen from1941 through 1949. At that time the typical tour of duty for aU.S. Army flight surgeon was four years. Six of these physicianslived under field conditions during operations in North Africa,Sicily, and Italy. The chief flight surgeon to the Tuskegee

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E D I T O R I A L

About 50 years ago when I was just get-ting my feet wet in business and making mis-takes one after the other, I spoke to a patentattorney about protecting my rights to myinventions. He said, “Well, once you producea product, you still have at least a year to getthrough the legalities.” That surprised me,and I began to look into the protections thatentrepreneurs think they need to protectthemselves from Corporate America. Afterall, that’s who wants to steal our inventionsright? I realized that the individuals that canhurt you are the people you don’t know aboutit, not the people you work with or some ran-dom company. Basically, the thousands ofdollars spent on copyrights, registrationmarks, labels, and patents don’t really protectanyone. Don’t let someone tell you that it isbetter to be legally protected than to be smartand produce your product. That may or maynot be true. If you cannot afford to defendand pay for a lawsuit to defend your patent,don’t spend the money on the patent.

People will spend thousands on the pro-tection of the idea long before they produceit. We made a formula for a woman in thesoutheast. She discovered her patent regis-tration had run out, and wanted to renew theregistration before she actually went into pro-duction. I told her she needed to actuallyproduce the product before anything else.I’m not suggesting you mislabel or misrepre-sent what your product will and won’t do.I’m saying that all of the protection youclaim you need from corporations and peoplestealing your idea is not necessary.

I explained all of this to the members ofthe Black Business Boot Camp, and theyasked what they should do. I told them tomanufacture or produce their ideas and mar-ket the product like hell.

When you see commercials for patentcompanies, you must listen to what thesecommercials say. They don’t actually saythey will get your product onto the market. Iwill see people come visit my office that havepaid $50,000 to these companies and allthey’ve gotten is a few brochures and confir-mation of a good idea. Then they’ll get youto go to a convention with a bunch of otherpeople with good ideas but no products.After all of this is done, they tell you to go tomanufacturers to have them act as investors.But any manufacturer will tell you they don’thave enough money to produce their own

ideas, let alone someone else’s. On the other hand, if you truly think

someone is going to steal your idea, whatwould you do about it if they did? If youproduced a new mousetrap but found outthat they were duplicating it at some factoryin China or India, what would you do? Ifyou hired a lawyer, they would want to hirean investigation firm to find out who ownsthe product. Once it is proven that you do,you would have to spend millions trying tostem the influx of the products into thecountry, but you can forget about the prod-ucts that are being sold in other westerncountries. You would spend far more moneydefending the idea then you would actuallyprofiting from it.

People have ideas everyday. The easiestway to protect yourself is by registeringwhatever mark you’re using to make thatmark notable as your brand. Once you pub-lish it, you are saying to the world that this isyou design. It costs peanuts to do that. Buta patent costs thousands and must be re-reg-istered every year. You would be foreverfeeding the patent, and if you never manufac-ture the product what’s the point? Don’t letthis article discourage you from being cre-ative, but don’t get caught up in the shuffle ofgetting to the patent office and end up withnothing in the end either.

Until next week, Willie Morrow

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Year of the Entrepreneur: Work Your Business On The Side!

By Greg “The Internet Guy” WilsonIt’s a New Year, time for a new plan. We all

know that doing the same thing expecting differ-ent results is insane! So why not think about yourfuture today!

The government says we’re in a recession,but now that we are entering an election year,you can bet that our government will be on theirbest behavior this year! I say take advantage!

Think about your interests and hobbies, per-haps one of those can turn into a profitable busi-ness. Of course the first thing to do is discoversomething that people need, then fill the need.Next thing, you can focus on your message andyour brand identity. One thing that is often over-looked is the need for a great logo. While youmay think that this is a minor issue, it can actu-ally hurt your business if you don’t have a goodlogo. Remember, this is your face of the company, one of the first things that a potential client orcustomer judges you on. There are many options when choosing a logo designer, it’s best toavoid the “logo mills” or turn-and-churn cheap logo shops. I recommend using a freelancegraphic designer, like the one we have on staff, they offer the personal touch and attention need-ed to develop your logo with pride and attention to detail.

I would assume that if you plan on starting a side-venture, you would want to make somemoney right? Ok so give your business the best chance for survival and present your brand iden-tity professionally. In my experience it’s important to not rush the logo, and not be cheap..it’s aninvestment in your business, and very crucial to its success, I’ve seen logo’s take anywhere from1 month to several months depending on how much research is involved, the many changes andtweaks requested by the client, and the level of quality you really want. The saying “you get,what you pay for” is a true statement when referring to this.

This year I’d like to hear from my readers, I’d like you to write me emails, find me on socialmedia, tell me what it is that you want to know. No question is a dumb question!

One problem with our society I see is the reluctance to spread knowledge and valuable infor-mation without expecting something in return. I would like to teach you how building your smallside business, using the internet and its many resources to someday retire yourself, and fire yourboss!

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Brian PollardShots were heard down

the street on the corner ofCastana and San Jacinto thisevening,(Wednesday), yes,right down the street fromwhere I live and of course noone was found, thank Godno one was hurt. The Policenaturally canvassed the areaand found very little. Peoplewere interviewed and I hopethey gave information thatwould lead to an arrest.

Earlier in the evening afriend of mine left an envelope in my mailboxwith a note and a .45 slug. The note explaineda lady in Valencia Park found it next to her caron New Years eve. The windshield on her carhad been shot out. Merely a reminder that welive in dangerous times and perhaps gangactivity is alive and well, and we all need tostay vigilant with strange activities occurringin our neighborhoods. Call Police wheneveryou see strange activity in your neighborhood.If we don’t call, no one else will. This is OURneighborhood and we have to defend it as bestwe can!

Jacobs just hired a Human Resources per-son, her name is Cheryl Fisher. Cheryl isfrom San Diego and her past employmentincludes San Diego State, San Diego FireDept, Scripps Mercy Hospital and WasteManagement Dept. Her community involve-ment includes Neighborhood House, GirlScouts, Head Start, Community LawEnforcement Review Board, County CivilService Commission, the San Diego CountyBar Association, and she has taught for manyyears at Educational Cultural Complex (ECC).Jacobs is searching for a firm to help them intheir search for a new CEO for the Jacobs. Iwill keep you posted as best I can.

The George Stevens Sr. Citizen Center isgoing through some changes as well.Rosemary Pope, the Executive Director andthe new Board of Directors are discussingways to improve the accessibility of the Center

to more groups for recep-tions, re-passes, communitymeetings and other socialevents. Although the focusremains on Seniors, theCenter’s beautiful venue willbe easily available to otherorganizations. Please contactthe Sr. Citizen Center toschedule your next event!There are additional servicesthat are being considered tohelp make the Center moreself sustaining versus beingtied so closely with the

CDBG funding from the City. Good for youMs. Pope!!!!!! Also please support their annu-al event “Gems and Jewels” of ourCommunity on February 10, 2012, please callthe Center for tickets and let’s all support ourSeniors, they deserve our honor and respect.

MLK events will be held next week andplease try and make one or all of the breakfaststhat are being held. UAAMAC, and the JackieRobinson YMCA Martin Luther KingBreakfasts are the two that are historicallyrecognized and be sure and attend to supportcivic engagement efforts and the efforts of DrKing.

The CNC Board of Directors attended atraining last weekend and will be developing astrategic plan to better support the TownCouncils, it seems as if the CNC is workingthrough their troubles over the last couple ofyears. They hired a very good ExecutiveDirector, Patricia Turner and the Board ofDirectors have changed and hopefully will bemoving in a more supportive and effectivedirection.

Lastly there will be a “Run for your life”5K run/walk for health awareness on March 3,2012, (www.sd5kurbanrun-walk.org). The runand subsequent health fair at the Jacobs Centerwill offer free medical physicals, services,healthy eating hints, and many other healthawareness topics. Sign up now on the web siteand help increase health awareness in ourcommunity!

More odds and ends…….By Lady Topaz

Dr. David Phillips,professor of sociology atthe University ofCalifornia in San Diegopublished a study in2008 that highlighted analarming trend: From1983 to 2004, while deaths caused by firearms,fires, drownings, and traffic accidents decreased,the rate of deaths from prescription and over-the-counter drugs increased at a rapid clip.

In fact, Dr. Phillips noted that by 2004, “fatalmedication errors” accounted for far more yearsof lost potential life than all accidents fromfirearms, fires, drownings, and non-medicationpoisonings combined.

It is not unusual to find a client is on severalprescription drugs, sometimes without a clueabout potential negative interactions. Here are acouple of case studies that I have reviewed:

64 Year Old Caucasian MaleLipitor - for high cholesterolDiovan/HCT - for hypertensionXanax XR - for anxiety and panic attacksLexapro - for depressionFlomax - for weak urine flowProscar - for high PSAValium - to help with sleep and anxietyAspirin - for cardiovascular supportAmbien - for insomniaDexadrine - for ADHD57 Year Old Caucasian FemaleEffexor - for depressionHydralazine - for hypertensionZaroxylyn - for hypertensionImovane - for insomniaSeroquel - for bipolar disorderThese two patients were from the United

States and Canada, respectively, which reflectsmy observation that generally, the medical profes-sions in both countries seem to share the samebasic apathy toward potentially dangerous druginteractions.

It is never easy trying to sort through the drugcocktails that people have been put on over theyears. And even in researching potentially harm-ful interactions, most of the time, I feel that theseefforts are in vain. Why? Because textbooks can

tell us that drug “A” only affects one pathway inthe central nervous system, while drug “B” worksits magic on an entirely separate pathway, but con-ventional medical practice seems to ignore bigpicture issues, like how much of any combinationof prescription meds, over-the-counter drugs, andrecreational drugs like alcohol is enough to causesignificant damage to the stomach lining and liver,two areas that are forced to process most of every-thing we put into our bodies.

Really, can anyone out there tell us how muchof various combinations of toxic substances aretoo much? I think it is pretty clear that the answeris no, at least not to any degree of accuracy, aswho can take into account all possible combina-tions plus individual dispositions and varyinghealth circumstances? Significant emotionalstress alone is going to make someone’s stomachlining more susceptible to becoming damaged byregular doses of extra strength ibuprofen than forthe next person who is not as stressed. How doesanyone measure this and other risk factors?

Of grave concern is how easily any of us canexperience fatal respiratory distress from taking acombination of alcohol and oxycodone (found inbrand names OxyContin and Percocet to namejust two). In fact, most combinations of alcoholand opioids can fatally suppress central nervoussystem activity. The same goes for various combi-nations of anti-anxiety medications plus opioids.Ditto for opioids and most prescription meds thatare intended to induce sleep.

Two more dangerous combinations that arecommonly used: Regular intake of acetaminophenand alcohol (increases risk of liver damage) andnon-steroidal anti-inflammatories plus alcohol(increases risk of bleeding from the stomach).Given the number of drugs on the market (pre-scription, over-the-counter, and recreational), thelist of risky combinations is truly endless.

Sadly, the profit motive is a root cause of thealarming increase in deaths due to fatal medica-tion errors. I think that it is safe to say that somepain clinics and physicians hand out prescriptionsfor highly addictive pain killing drugs withoutproperly assessing the need for such meds. I thinkthat it is also safe to assume that some profession-als are neglectful in educating their patients on the

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Out Of Touch, But Not Out Of ReachDear Friends, Family, Loved Ones and Community,Over the last fourteen years, while working under the auspices of Regional Congregations and

Neighborhood Organizations (RCNO), and working with San Diego Area Congregations for Change(SACC), I have been involved in community organizing and seeking to serve “the least of these.” I havetried to give my best to the work we have done together. I highly credit those of you who have given,and continue to give so much of yourselves to make significant positive change in the lives of individ-uals, and, perhaps more importantly, changes to the systems of human endeavor that give rise to the indi-viduals we serve and the condition which we find them and sometimes ourselves in.

Over the last few years I have been active on many fronts in order to get an understanding of theissues we are dealing with, and because my heart is truly deeply touched by the suffering so many peo-ple in our communities experience – suffering that simply doesn’t have to be. I firmly believe theseproblems can be fixed. While employed by RCNO/SACC as their Lead Organizer/Executive Director,I was privileged to work with so many incredible, like-minded people, and at the same time blessed toserve many people and institutions in the most needy communities, from the hungry, thirsty and home-less, to the sick and imprisoned, undereducated, unemployed and impoverished.

Unfortunately a number of challenging events, both general and personal, have laid claim to myattention and resources in recent months. The relative collapse of the worlds economies has caused areduction in the resources available to fund the type of work RCNO has been doing through SACC herein San Diego. So, while unemployed, for the last year and a half, I have been volunteering in all of thecapacities in which you have seen me function. This is no longer sustainable for me economically.Additionally, several of my family members have fallen into crisis and I must give them my attention.

My intent is to take a brief sabbatical of thirty to ninety days to give greater focus to the most press-ing issues in my life, and return as soon a possible to this work. However, I will have to secure anoth-er source of income as quickly as practicable in order to stabilize my financial condition. This will, ofcourse, constrain the time I will have available to serve the community. Needless to say, the environ-ment I find myself in also creates extraordinary stress. So I’m going to have to structure my time to carefor myself as well. Much of the energy I have given to the community I will be using for my own men-tal, physical and spiritual health. I will not be out of reach, but I may be out of touch.

Acritical component of my sabbatical will be deepening my spiritual journey. As some of you know,I have been, for the past year engaged in an ancient Kemetian (African/Egyptian) “rites-of-passage” ini-tiation. It is my intent to return from my sabbatical enriched and empowered to be more effective in thework we have been doing together.

I pray blessings on you all, peace and prosperity in the interim. We will work together again, if notin body, then in spirit. Keep me in your prayers and I know I will return to you stronger and wiser.

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OCCUPY THE DREAM OR “USING” THE DREAM

On Jan 16th 2012, members of Occupy WallStreet, Americans, and members of the AfricanAmerican faith community have joined forces

to occupy thirteen cities (Federal Reserve banks) toaddress the issue of financial discrimination against the99% by the financial elite. Was this demonstration donein honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and his Dream? Orwas it sham; a front to serve the purpose of Occupy WallStreet? I believe it was a front.

Like all television advertisements, a product is nevergood without a celebrity host. Here the ad is “OccupyWall Street,” hosted and marketed by Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. and his legacy. Many people believe that thiswas an extension to Martin Luther King’s Dream, but inall honestly I strongly believe that Occupy Wall Streetused a national holiday in order to gain attention to theirpersonal goal and not fully serve Martin Luther King orhis Dream at all. It is because of this falsehood demon-stration, that I am compelled to explain why I did notapprove of this demonstration.

The constant comparison of Occupy Wall Street’smovement to the movement of Martin Luther King Jr.’smust stop now; the reasons were different. I can agreethat the legacy that Martin Luther King left behind(unity amongst people of color) is acceptable but theaudacity to compare or use Occupy Wall Street’s socalled “Dream” with Martin Luther King’s Dream is anutter disgrace and naïve—taking out half of his speech,his words, with no patent protection, and making ittheirs; pimping it, calling it “Occupy the Dream,” forgood measure without even conceptualizing or readinghis speech—learning the significance of it, and to whomthe speech was intended for.

Martin Luther King’s speech was intended forAfrican Americans—to send a message to Capitol Hill,the Presiden, and White America to stop the violence, tostop the LYNCHING, to stop the KILLING and to stopthe RACIAL oppression of African Americans. Nowcompare that to Occupy Wall Street?—totally polarized.The legacy, that he left, was the philosophy of uniting allpeople of races [in America] to face of adversity togeth-er however, his Dream does not match the Dream ofOccupy Wall Street; and yet people are still convinced.

His Dream was to see the liberation of AfricanAmericans from 100 years of oppression; to be treatedfairly under the Constitution, where it does “hold thesetruths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”But, most importantly, his Dream was to see AfricanAmericans finally have economic prosperity—to havetheir rightful share of the American Pie; to get out of theghettos and live in the suburbs; to have their 400 acresand a mule.

Bob Marley sings, fromCatch a Fire, “Today you saythat we [Blacks] are free butto only be chained in pover-ty.” “100 years later,” Kingquotes from his speech, “theNegro lives on a lonely islandof poverty in the midst of avast ocean of material pros-perity.” His Dream was notinterpreted for the 99%, it wasinterpreted [in the first half of his speech] for the hard-working African Americans whose checks have beenmarked “insufficient funds” by a government who issuespromissory notes of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit ofHappiness.” It is fortunate that King has died knowing thatAfrican Americans were finally free, but it is not fortunatethat he has not yet to see the liberation of economic pover-ty amongst his people. And now it is being disgraced bythe Occupy Wall Street, who is using and tag-lining MartinLuther King’s Dream to their so called Dream.

I will never believe that Occupy Wall Street is in anycomparison to the Martin Luther King movement, or theCivil Rights Movement or the Gandhi movement. UntilI see a Wall Street corporate executive walk out on thestreets of New York City with a crowbar, stick, or whip,and physically abuse the hell out of a protestor JUSTBECAUSE he/she is POOR; and have that be witnessedfor100 years or more. Occupy Wall Street has beenundergoing physical oppression for FOUR months now,and all of sudden they believe that they have earnedrights to fill the shoes of Martin Luther King Jr. and hispredecessors; four months of oppression does not evencompare to the 400 years of social and economic oppres-sion that Blacks had to deal with in America.

If you still cannot understand my frustration by nowthen let me put it to you this way: If Martin Luther KingJr. thought, by dressing down as Indian [Gandhi] wouldbe the WAY to achieve social equality, then he would’vedone that; but he didn’t. If the world was left to imitat-ing each other, then what would be the point of a protest?Basically what Occupy Wall Street did was strip theclothes of Dr. King, King’s speech, and worn them forthemselves and said, “I am Martin Luther King’sDream”—an extension to King’s Dream [economicinjustice] when it is not.

And lastly why I think “Occupy the Dream,” was afront to begin with was because of OWS’ continuedpress releases, of their collaboration with the “AfricanAmerican faith communities”. It’s like Occupy WallStreet had to ask permission, before they could pimp it,in television ads.

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Continued from page 3Airmen was Vance H. Marchbanks, Jr., M.D., who was a childhood friend of Benjamin O. Davis,

Jr.[ The accumulation of washed out cadets at Tuskegee and the propensity of other commands to“dump” African-American personnel on the post exacerbated the difficulties of administeringTuskegee. A shortage of jobs for them left these enlisted men a drag on Tuskegee’s housing and culi-nary departments. Trained officers were also left idle, as the plan to shift African-American officersinto command slots stalled, and white officers not only continued to hold command, but were joinedby additional white officers assigned to post. One rationale behind the non-assignment of trainedAfrican-American officers was stated by the commanding officer of the Army Air Forces, GeneralHenry “Hap” Arnold: “Negro pilots cannot be used in our present Air Corps units since this wouldresult in Negro officers serving over white enlisted men creating an impossible social situation.”

In all, 996 pilots were trained in Tuskegee from 1941 to 1946, approximately 445 were deployedoverseas, and 150 Airmen lost their lives in accidents or combat. The casualty toll included 66 pilotskilled in action or accidents, and 32 fallen into captivity as prisoners of war.

ACCOMPLISHMENTSThe Tuskegee Airmen were credited by higher commands with the following accomplishments:15,533 combat sorties, 1578 missions112 German aircraft destroyed in the air, another 150 on the ground950 railcars, trucks and other motor vehicles destroyedOne destroyer sunkA good record of protecting U.S. bombers, losing only 25 on hundreds of missions. Awards and decorations awarded for valor and performance included:Three Distinguished Unit Citations99th Pursuit Squadron: 30 May–11 June 1943 for the capture of Pantelleria, Italy99th Fighter Squadron: 12–14 May 1944: for successful air strikes against Monte Cassino, Italy332d Fighter Group: 24 March 1945: for the longest bomber escort mission of World War IIAt least one Silver StarAn estimated one hundred and fifty Distinguished Flying Crosses14 Bronze Stars744 Air MedalsEight Purple Hearts

On 24 March 1945, during the war, theChicago Defender said that no bomber escortedby the Tuskegee Airmen had ever been lost toenemy fire, under the headline: “332nd Flies Its200th Mission Without Loss”; the article wasbased on information supplied by the 15th AirForce.

This statement was repeated for many years,and not publicly challenged because of the esteemof the Tuskegee Airmen, until 2004 when long-time Tuskegee admirer William Holton conductedresearch into wartime action reports. AlanGropman, a professor at the National DefenseUniversity, disputed the initial refutations of theno-loss myth, and said he researched more than200 Tuskegee Airmen mission reports and foundno bombers were lost to enemy fighters. The AirForce conducted a reassessment of the history ofthe unit in late 2006. The subsequent report, basedon after-mission reports filed by both the bomberunits and Tuskegee fighter groups, as well as miss-ing air crew records and witness testimony, docu-

mented 25 bombers shot down by enemy fighter aircraft while being escorted by the TuskegeeAirmen.

One mission report states that on 26 July 1944: “1 B-24 seen spiraling out of formation in T/A(target area) after attack by E/A (enemy aircraft). No chutes seen to open.” A second report, dated31 August 1944, praises group commander Colonel Davis by saying, he “so skillfully disposed hissquadrons that in spite of the large number of enemy fighters, the bomber formation suffered only afew losses.” William Holloman, of Tuskegee Airmen Inc., a group of surviving Tuskegee pilots andtheir supporters, a Tuskegee airman who taught Black Studies at the University of Washington, andwho chaired the Airmen’s history committee, was reported by the Times as saying his review ofrecords confirmed bombers had been lost. According to the 28 March 2007 Air Force report, somebombers under 332nd Fighter Group escort protection were even shot down on the day the ChicagoDefender article was published.

Men of the 332nd Fighter Group attend abriefing in Italy during 1945.

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UD ON BEHALF OF AYANYE HASSANADEN, ASAD WARSAME, AHMAD ABDI-FATAH ALI, AISHA ABDIFATAH ALI, ASIYAABDIFATAH ALI, ALL MINORS, filed a peti-tion with the court for a decree changing namesas follows:

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