#Woodlawn Family Practice

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Welcome to Woodlawn Family Practice - Woodlawn Wellness Centre

Woodlawn Family Practice is dedicated to giving the families in our neighborhood comprehensive, high-quality primary care. Five incredibly talented and experienced doctors work together in our office to provide healthcare to people of all ages.

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What a lovely house in Crawford, Georgia. It was built in 1900 and has 5bds. 3ba. $747K. It looks different from the exterior, and the inside is just beautiful. Notice that it runs long across the front and has a turret in the middle, so I’m wondering if the right side was an addition at some point.

Isn’t this nice? A central hall.

But, instead of going straight thru the house, it has dividing pony walls with columns. That’s unusual. Look at the fancy millwork over the pocket doors.

Wow, built-in pediments over the windows- look at the details! And, the original fireplace has columns, a mirror and mantel. The wood in this home is stunning.

This sitting room has plainer windows, but it’s situated by the stairs to the 2nd level, separated by a high railing and columns. Notice that the ceiling is wood.

The dining room is a stunner. Isn’t this elegant? Burnished gold ceiling, beautiful fireplace, a stained glass window and the same wainscoting as in the other rooms. There’s also a gorgeous built-in cabinet with leaded glass.

Look at the adorable little pantry. These are the kind of cabinets you pick to redo an historic house.

For the kitchen reno they went with white. The original window and door are there and they kept the footprint of the old cabinets. Love the high-backed farm sink, too. 

The main bd. and en-suite are gorgeous. The bath is modernized but combines the old with the new. Love it.

Very nice office can also be another bd.

Spacious family room with a fabulous fireplace. 

Looks like a former half bath that they squeezed a small shower into. I like it. Practical and the sink is beautiful, too.

The upstairs landing and stairs are gorgeous- look at the blue glass in the window.

How cute is this? A mini library on the landing.

The upstairs bds. are beautiful. 

Gorgeous marble tile bath. 

Another bd. that’s staged as a study.

Partially finished attic.

Looks like they’re working on finishing the rest of the attic.

It is a pleasure to see such a superbly restored and cared-for home like this.

It’s on a sizeable lot, too. Love this house.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/229-N-Woodlawn-Dr-Crawford-GA-30630/105353454_zpid/

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What do you think of your next door neighbor? >> I try not to think of any of my neighbours, but that backfires when I have to hear them being loud.

Ever peed in the pool? Be honest! >> I have never peed in a pool. Honest.

Have you ever tripped running UP the stairs? >> Yeah.

What's your favorite flavor of Sobe? >> I don’t remember the last time I even saw a Sobe. They still sell those??

Do you listen to any music sung in different languages? >> Sure, quite a bit.

If your mom got her nose pierced, what would you say? >> ---

Which of your sibling's friends is your favorite? >> ---

Did you ever have a crush on the person who lives next door to you? >> No.

When you're older, what kind of house do you want to live in? >> I’m not sure what kind of house I want to live in. I’m less concerned about the kind of house than the community and the size of the land it’s on.

Where do you go when you need a new pair of shoes? >> I don’t have a particular place I go. When I need a new pair of shoes, I complain about it a while until I finally run into a pair I like and can afford (which, let me tell you, is not easy). I hate shoe shopping.

Do you prefer platform shoes or heels? >> Neither, I prefer boots.

Would you say you're good at drawing? >> I wouldn’t say that, because I stopped actively drawing at some point in my early twenties and never really picked it back up again. So I’m long out of practice.

What's your favorite manga? >> I don’t have one. The Girl From the Other Side is real cute, though.

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Funniest video on YouTube? >> ---

MySpace or Facebook? >> ---

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Most missed childhood memory? >> ---

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How old is your computer? >> This one is about a year old, I think, and Azathoth is three months old.

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Do you wear clothes with logos on them (ex. the Hollister seagull)? >> No. Well, band logos, yeah, but nothing like the Hollister seagull.

What's one country you want to visit before you die? >> Any. I’ve only been to this one.

If you were to die tomorrow, where would you want to be burried? >> Woodlawn Cemetery, I think it’s called, is the only one near me with green burial plots. So, there, I guess. But I’d hope to move to a state with more death-related resources before I start up and dying myself.

Are most of your friends Christian? >> Most of the people I know are not Christian.

What religion are you? >> I’m not.

What newsletters are you subscribed to? >> ---

What about magazines? >> ---

Were you ever in a car accident? >> No.

What do you want your first/next tattoo to be of? >> I have no idea, I’ve made no plans because I can’t afford any new ink.

Would you ever get your favorite band's logo tattooed on you? >> Possibly. Coheed and Cambria, for example, has a really cool logo that I definitely wouldn’t mind having on my body.

Which is your friends is the loudest? >> ---

Do you know anyone with a lip piercing? >> Probably.

What are you excited for? >> I’m not excited.

When does your summer vacation start? >> ---

What's your favorite type of cookie? >> Those thin, crunchy lemon cookies. Also, ginger snaps.

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Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996.

Biography

Early life

Lionel Hampton was born in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, and was raised by his mother. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother moved to her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He spent his early childhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, before he and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. As a youth, Hampton was a member of the Bud Billiken Club, an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America, which was off-limits because of racial segregation. During the 1920s, while still a teenager, Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and began to play drums. Hampton was raised Roman Catholic, and started out playing fife and drum at the Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago.

Early career

Lionel Hampton began his career playing drums for the Chicago Defender Newsboys' Band (led by Major N. Clark Smith) while still a teenager in Chicago. He moved to California in 1927 or 1928, playing drums for the Dixieland Blues-Blowers. He made his recording debut with The Quality Serenaders led by Paul Howard, then left for Culver City and drummed for the Les Hite band at Sebastian's Cotton Club. One of his trademarks as a drummer was his ability to do stunts with multiple pairs of sticks such as twirling and juggling without missing a beat. During this period he began practicing on the vibraphone. In 1930 Louis Armstrong came to California and hired the Les Hite band, asking Hampton if he would play vibes on two songs. So began his career as a vibraphonist, popularizing the use of the instrument in the process. Invented ten years earlier, the vibraphone is essentially a xylophone with metal bars, a sustain pedal, and resonators equipped with electric-powered fans that add tremolo.

While working with the Les Hite band, Hampton also occasionally did some performing with Nat Shilkret and his orchestra. During the early 1930s, he studied music at the University of Southern California. In 1934 he led his own orchestra, and then appeared in the Bing Crosby film Pennies From Heaven (1936) alongside Louis Armstrong (wearing a mask in a scene while playing drums).

With Benny Goodman

Also in November 1936, the Benny Goodman Orchestra came to Los Angeles to play the Palomar Ballroom. When John Hammond brought Goodman to see Hampton perform, Goodman invited him to join his trio, which soon became the Benny Goodman Quartet with Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa completing the lineup. The Trio and Quartet were among the first racially integrated jazz groups to perform before audiences, and were a leading small-group of the day.

Lionel Hampton Orchestra

While Hampton worked for Goodman in New York, he recorded with several different small groups known as the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, as well as assorted small groups within the Goodman band. In 1940 Hampton left the Goodman organization under amicable circumstances to form his own big band.

Hampton's orchestra developed a high-profile during the 1940s and early 1950s. His third recording with them in 1942 produced the version of "Flying Home", featuring a solo by Illinois Jacquet that anticipated rhythm & blues. Although Hampton first recorded "Flying Home" under his own name with a small group in 1940 for Victor, the best known version is the big band version recorded for Decca on May 26, 1942, in a new arrangement by Hampton's pianist Milt Buckner. The 78pm disc became successful enough for Hampton to record "Flyin' Home #2" in 1944, this time a feature for Arnett Cobb. The song went on to become the theme song for all three men. Guitarist Billy Mackel first joined Hampton in 1944, and would perform and record with him almost continuously through to the late 1970s. In 1947, Hamp performed "Stardust" at a "Just Jazz" concert for producer Gene Norman, also featuring Charlie Shavers and Slam Stewart; the recording was issued by Decca. Later, Norman's GNP Crescendo label issued the remaining tracks from the concert.

Hampton was a featured artist at numerous Cavalcade of Jazz concerts held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles and produced by Leon Hefflin Sr. His first performance was at the second Cavalcade of Jazz concert held on October 12, 1946 and also featured Jack McVea, Slim Gaillard, T-Bone Walker, the Honeydrippers and Louis Armstrong. The fifth Cavalcade of Jazz concert was held in two locations, Wrigley Field in Los Angeles and Lane Field in San Diego, July 10, 1949 and September 3, 1949 respectively. Betty Carter, Jimmy Witherspoon, Buddy Banks, Smiley Turner and Big Jay McNeely also played with Hampton. It was at the sixth Cavalcade of Jazz, June 25, 1950 that precipitated the closest thing to a riot in the show’s eventful history. Lionel and his band paraded around the ball park’s infield playing ‘Flying High’.  The huge crowd, around 14,000 went berserk, tossed cushions, coats, hats, programs, and just about anything else they could lay hands on and swarmed on the field. Dinah Washington, Roy Milton, PeeWee Crayton, Lillie Greenwood, Tiny Davis an Her Hell Divers were also featured. His final Cavalcade of Jazz concert held on July 24, 1955 (Eleventh) also featured Big Jay McNeely, The Medallions, The Penguins and James Moody and his Orchestra.

From the mid-1940s until the early 1950s, Hampton led a lively rhythm & blues band whose Decca Records recordings included numerous young performers who later had significant careers. They included bassist Charles Mingus, saxophonist Johnny Griffin, guitarist Wes Montgomery, and vocalist Dinah Washington. Other noteworthy band members were trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Cat Anderson, Kenny Dorham, and Snooky Young; trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, and saxophonists Jerome Richardson and Curtis Lowe.

The Hampton orchestra that toured Europe in 1953 included Clifford Brown, Gigi Gryce, Anthony Ortega, Monk Montgomery, George Wallington, Art Farmer, Quincy Jones, and singer Annie Ross. Hampton continued to record with small groups and jam sessions during the 1940s and 1950s, with Oscar Peterson, Buddy DeFranco, and others. In 1955, while in California working on The Benny Goodman Story he recorded with Stan Getz and made two albums with Art Tatum for Norman Granz as well as with his own big band.

Hampton performed with Louis Armstrong and Italian singer Lara Saint Paul at the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival in Italy. The performance created a sensation with Italian audiences, as it broke into a real jazz session. That same year, Hampton received a Papal Medal from Pope Paul VI.

Later career

During the 1960s, Hampton's groups were in decline; he was still performing what had succeeded for him earlier in his career. He did not fare much better in the 1970s, though he recorded actively for his Who's Who in Jazz record label, which he founded in 1977/1978.

Beginning in February 1984, Hampton and his band played at the University of Idaho's annual jazz festival, which was renamed the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival the following year. In 1987 the UI's school of music was renamed for Hampton, the first university music school named for a jazz musician.

Hampton remained active until a stroke in Paris in 1991 led to a collapse on stage. That incident, combined with years of chronic arthritis, forced him to cut back drastically on performances. However, he did play at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2001 shortly before his death.

Hampton died from congestive heart failure at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, on August 31, 2002. He was interred at the Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. His funeral was held on September 7, 2002, and featured a performance by Wynton Marsalis and David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band at Riverside Church in Manhattan; the procession began at The Cotton Club in Harlem.

Personal life

On November 11, 1936, in Yuma, Arizona, Lionel Hampton married Gladys Riddle (1913–1971). Gladys was Lionel's business manager throughout much of his career. Many musicians recall that Lionel ran the music and Gladys ran the business.

During the 1950s he had a strong interest in Judaism and raised money for Israel. In 1953 he composed a King David suite and performed it in Israel with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Later in life Hampton became a Christian Scientist. Hampton was also a Thirty-third degree Prince Hall freemason. In January 1997, his apartment caught fire and destroyed his awards and belongings; Hampton escaped uninjured.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Lionel Hampton among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

Charity

Hampton was deeply involved in the construction of various public housing projects, and founded the Lionel Hampton Development Corporation. Construction began with the Lionel Hampton Houses in Harlem, New York in the 1960s, with the help of then Republican governor Nelson Rockefeller. Hampton's wife, Gladys Hampton, also was involved in construction of a housing project in her name, the Gladys Hampton Houses. Gladys died in 1971. In the 1980s, Hampton built another housing project called Hampton Hills in Newark, New Jersey.

Hampton was a staunch Republican and served as a delegate to several Republican National Conventions. He served as Vice-Chairman of the New York Republican County Committee for some years and also was a member of the New York City Human Rights Commission. Hampton donated almost $300,000 to Republican campaigns and committees throughout his lifetime.

Awards

2001 – Harlem Jazz and Music Festival's Legend Award

1996 – International Jazz Hall of Fame Induction and Award (performed "Flying Home" with Illinois Jacquet and the Count Basie Orchestra)

1996 – National Medal of Arts presented by President Bill Clinton

1995 – Honorary Commissioner of Civil Rights by George Pataki

1995 – Honorary Doctorate from the New England Conservatory of Music

1993 – Honorary Doctorate from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

1992 – Inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

1992 - "Contributions To The Cultural Life of the Nation" award from John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

1988 – The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship

1988 – The National Association of Jazz Educators Hall of Fame Award

1987 – Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from the University of Idaho – UI's School of Music renamed "Lionel Hampton School of Music."

1987 – The Roy Wilkins Memorial Award from the NAACP

1986 – The "One of a Kind" Award from Broadcast Music, Inc.

1984 – Jazz Hall of Fame Award from the Institute of Jazz Studies

1984 – Honorary Doctorate of Music from USC

1983 – The International Film and Television Festival of New York City Award

1983 – Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the State University of New York

1982 – Hollywood Walk of Fame Star

1981 – Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Glassboro State College

1979 – Honorary Doctorate of Music from Howard University

1978 – Bronze Medallion from New York City

1976 – Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Daniel Hale Williams University

1975 – Honorary Doctorate of Music from Xavier University of Louisiana

1974 – Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Pepperdine University

1968 – Papal Medal from Pope Paul VI

1966 – Handel Medallion

1957 – American Goodwill Ambassador by President Dwight D. Eisenhower

1954 – Israel's Statehood Award

Discography

Compilations of noteThe Chronological ... Classics series

note: every recording by Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra is included in this 12 volume series from the CLASSICS reissue label ...

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1937–1938 (#524) - RCA Victor recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1938–1939 (#534) - RCA Victor recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1939–1940 (#562) - RCA Victor recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1940–1941 (#624) - RCA Victor recordings; first Decca session

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1942–1944 (#803) - Decca recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1945–1946 (#922) - Decca recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1946 (#946) - Decca recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1947 (#994) - Decca recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1949–1950 (#1161) - Decca recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1950 (#1193) - Decca recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1950–1951 (#1262) - last two Decca sessions; MGM recordings

The Chronological Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 1951–1953 (#1429) - includes Hamp's first Norman Granz-produced quartet session (September 2, 1953) with Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Buddy Rich.

Glad-Hamp Records

GHLP-1001 (1961) The Many Sides Of Hamp

GHLP-3050 (1962) All That Twist'n Jazz

GHLP-1003 (1962) The Exciting Hamp In Europe

GHLP-1004 (1963) Bossa Nova Jazz

GHLP-1005 (1963) Recorded Live On Tour

GHLP-1006 (1964) Hamp In Japan/Live

GHLP-1007 (1965) East Meets West (Introducing Miyoko Hoshino)

GHLP-1009 (1965) A Taste Of Hamp

GHS-1011 (1967) Hamp Stamps [includes "Greasy Greens"]

GHS-1012 (1966) Hamp's Portrait Of A Woman

GHS-1020 (1979) Hamp's Big Band Live!

GHS-1021 (1980) Chameleon

GHS-1022 (1982) Outrageous

GHS-1023 (1983) Live In Japan

GHS-1024 (1984) Ambassador At Large

GHS-1025 (1985) Sentimental Journey (Featuring Sylvia Bennett)

GHS-1026 (1988) One Of A Kind

GHS-1027 (1987) Midnight Blues - with Dexter Gordon

GHCD-1028 (1990) Cookin' In The Kitchen

As sidemanWith Frank Sinatra

L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest/Warner Bros., 1984)

Filmography

Hampton appeared as himself in the films listed below.

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Hello! It’s Katie again with a trash child, I’ll be good and skip the ramble though so:

TWs: Immigration / Deportation, Death, Cancer

grant gustin. male. he/him  /  did i hear you say constantly checking a rolex watch, an ever present pompous smirk, denim jackets and ripped jeans ? then you must be talking about paris, i’d recognize them anywhere. i’ve heard that the twenty nine year old criminal defense lawyer is a capricorn and honestly, i see it. they’re known for being deceitful and edonistic, but their ambitious and discret tendencies make up for it. they’ve been staying at du lac for one week and i think that their real name is james ruth, but don’t spill. 

QUICK FACTS:

Codename: Paris Legal Name: James Alexander Ruth (psst from the mun though >.> that middle name is a reference to his father. He doesn’t know that though) Preferred Name when not using her codename: James. Age: 29 Gender:  Male Sexuality: Bisexual Date of Birth: January 1st Birthplace: Woodlawn, Bronx, NY Hometown: Dublin, Ireland Nationality: Irish, with American citizenship still in tact technically Height: 6′0″

Languages: English, Irish Occupation: Criminal Defense Lawyer

Father’s Full Name: James doesn’t know, actually Father’s Status: Unknown Mother’s Full Name:  Molly O’Malley/Ruth Mother’s Status: Deceased (After a battle with brain cancer) Mother’s Occupation: N/A (was a housekeeper at a hotel before she died) Ruth Siblings Oldest to Youngest:

James

Kiara (TBA, I’m debating making her a wanted connection? So her name is technically TBA as well - all I know is she’s younger than him ok.)

Relationship Status: Single

QUICK HISTORY

• To start off, James was born to Molly Ruth (as she was going by at the time) in the Bronx. As his father’s name isn’t on his birth certificate, he really has zero clue about who his father could be or anything about the man. His mother never mentioned who he was, or why he’s not in his life, and at this point, he really doesn’t want to know. (There’s only one time he’s actually tried to look into it, see below).

• His mother never married, in fact, he can’t recall a day where she actually even dated. Sure, it happened, otherwise his sister Kiara wouldn’t exist, but it only feeds into him not having a clue about who his father is or how he came to be.

• Even with only having one parent though, the ‘Ruth’ home was happy. Sure he didn’t often see his mother as much as he wished he did, she worked her ass off, but he had his baby sister, he was doing well in school, and he had an amazing social life. In fact, growing up he actually spent a lot of time with his next door neighbor and aunt, Ella, and her family. It was uncommon for the two families to celebrate holidays and go to church together. He wished he saw his mom a bit more often, of course, but he was happy in America.

• That is, until it was found out that Molly didn’t have a green-card or proper paperwork to actually work in the country. At ten years of age, James quickly was thrown into the world deportation trials and being sent to stay with his Aunt Ella, who he learned wasn’t actually his aunt biologically. Not long after his mom was deported, talks of sending him and his sister to Ireland to be with her began.

• James didn’t want to go at first, in fact - he did everything he thought of to get out of leaving his entire world behind. For the only time in his life, he tried to find out who his father was in hopes he’d be able to stay with him. It quickly became apparent that his mother had covered her tracks to the point he wouldn’t be able to figure it out, so by his 11th birthday - he was living in a country he had never been before, needing to find new friends and catch up on what he was supposed to already know in school.

• It was only after reuniting with his mother he learned why she left in the first place. Molly O’Malley had grown up in Dublin during the Troubles, and in 1987 - not long after losing her mother - she decided to get out of there as soon as she possibly could. Once upon sneaking into America, she started going by Ruth - hoping the very American last name would prevent anyone truly looking into the situation (because #WhitePrivilege is a thing here).

• After arriving in Ireland, Molly went back to her actual name - finding work in yet another hotel (she was so used to that line of work at this point, she didn’t dare try anything else). When given the option to change his name, James refused. It was a piece of his identity at this point. He’ll respond to ‘The O’Malley Boy’ if someone really… knows his family and stuff but otherwise he really doesn’t use it.

• While life in Ireland was an adjustment, James eventually made it. He started spending time with his very extensive family, learned Irish, breezed through secondary school, enrolled in Uni, got his law degree, etc etc. While he still does some very American things (what his mom called chips are fries but American fries are also… not the same thing as the proper version of what she calls chips, etc etc), he’s undoubtedly picked up behaviorism, slang, etc from Ireland too.

• He’s become a very well known criminal defense lawyer since he’s been able to practice, in doing so he’s made quite the money for himself. It’s not uncommon for him to show off and flash what he owns.

• The reason he is in Dulac is because of his mother, actually. She recently died from a very lengthy and brutal fight with brain cancer, and James really can’t stand being home right now. He was the one who took care of her the most when she was so ill, so it’s very much a rough time for him. The wound is still very fresh so… don’t ask him about his mam and expect answers, ok.

• James isn’t exactly the... nicest person. Okay, I love him, he’s an asshole and he doesn’t always play nicely with others. He knows what he wants, and he’ll do whatever it takes to get it. He’s probably the kind of guest who makes things harder but... tries to make it look like he’s not doing that. The staff who has to worry the least about his shit is the maids / housekeeping - his mom was one, his heart does come out occasionally, and that’s one of those cases. I really could see other staff being like “ugh, he made my life harder AGAIN” and a maid being like “really? He offered to help me carry towels and tries to make my job as easy as humanly possible??”

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Featured Event: Art reveal, skate demonstration and Brandon Lee Adams show

When: Saturday, July 17th at 3:30 p.m.

Where: 8407 Woodlawn St

What: Nashville award winner & celebrity songwriter Brandon Lee Adams has a real present you will not wish to miss out on! His guitar abilities are powerful, his voice is memorable. The art program starts at 3:30pm, with a demonstration by skateboard wizard Arthur Lisi Jr. Throughout the afternoon, dis… Learn More

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When: Saturday, July 17th at 5:00 a.m.

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When: Saturday, July 17th at 10:00 a.m.

Where: Annandale United Methodist Church

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When: Sunday, July 18th at 9:30 a.m.

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Nova Scotia reveals AstraZeneca vaccine details, begins pharmacy vaccination clinics

Starting Saturday, a third COVID-19 vaccine will be available for Nova Scotians.

Nova Scotians ages 63 and 64 will be the first group eligible to access the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine beginning March 20.

The vaccine will be available at 25 locations across the province on a first come, first served basis.

"We have a solid plan to offer the AstraZeneca vaccine to a specific age group as a start and it's thanks to the hard work of everyone at Doctors Nova Scotia and the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia who answered the call," said N.S. Premier Iain Rankin in a release. "This vaccine provides another tool in our fight against COVID-19 and builds on the roll-out that is already underway in our province as we work to vaccinate all Nova Scotians."

Public health says as supply of AstraZeneca increases, they will offer the vaccine to Nova Scotians between the ages of 50 to 64, starting with those who are oldest and working backward by age.

"All COVID-19 vaccines provide good protection against severe COVID-19 illness," said Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health in a statement. "Having the AstraZeneca vaccine will allow eligible Nova Scotians to have an option to receive an earlier immunization."

The province has partnered with the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia and Doctors Nova Scotia to help deliver 13,000 doses of the vaccine before April 2.

"I'm pleased government called upon doctors to support the vaccine rollout,” said Dr. Robyn MacQuarrie, president of Doctors Nova Scotia. “It's been a long year, and the best way to get through this and protect Nova Scotians from COVID-19 is to get vaccine in arms as soon as possible.”

"Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are eager to do their part to end this pandemic,” added Allison Bodnar, CEO of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia. “With all health-care providers working together, we believe that we will be successful in getting Nova Scotians their COVID-19 vaccine quickly."

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is given on a two-dose schedule. Booking for appointments opens Tuesday, March 16 and can be made online or by calling toll-free 1-833-797-7772.

The following pharmacies will offer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine:

Shoppers Drug Mart, 766 Sackville Dr., Lower Sackville

Kyte's Pharmacy, 920 Cole Harbour Rd., Dartmouth

Lawton's Drug Store, 8003 #7 Hwy., Musquodoboit Harbour

Sobeys Pharmacy, 110 Warwick St., Digby

Guardian - Hutchins Pharmacy, 310 St. George St., Annapolis Royal

Walmart Pharmacy, 1065 Central Ave., Greenwood

Stones Drug Store, 491 Chebucto St., Baddeck

Freeman's Pharmacy, 15786 Central Ave., Inverness

Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, 288 Welton St., Sydney

Amherst Pharmasave, 158 Robert Angus Dr., Amherst

Pictou Pharmasave, 33 Water St., Pictou

Guardian - Elmsdale Pharmacy, 269 Hwy. 214, Elmsdale

Drug Store Pharmacy (located in Atlantic Superstore), 394 Westville Rd., New Glasgow

The following family physician clinics will offer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine:

Geriatrics in Motion, 65 Prestwick Cl., Halifax

Woodlawn Medical Centre, 92 Main St., Dartmouth

Dalhousie Family Medicine (Spryfield location), 16 Denith Rd., Halifax

Dalhousie Family Medicine (Mumford location), 265-6960 Mumford Rd., Halifax

Berwick Family Practice, 121 Orchard St., Berwick

Queens General Hospital, 175 School St., Liverpool

Harvest Tides Family Practice, 70 Exhibition St., New Minas

Middleton Collaborative Practice, 452 Main St., Middleton

Colchester Research Group/ Truro Walk-In Clinic, 68 Robie St., Truro

Mediplex: Medical Complex and Clinics, 40 Church St., Antigonish

Island Family Health Care, 308-45 Weatherbee Rd., Sydney

Northside Family Collaborative, 116 King St., North Sydney

Also on Tuesday, Nova Scotia launched its first two pharmacy prototype vaccination clinics. Two more are set to launch the week of March 15.

The province says they will open 10 community-based vaccination clinics across the province by the end of March.

As of Tuesday, 40,231 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered so far. Of those, 25,689 were first doses and 14,542 were Nova Scotians receiving their second dose

Of the vaccines administered 31,855 went to health care workers, and 5,334 were long-term care residents.

To date, the province has received a total of 73,680 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and are holding 10,881 in reserve for second doses and planned clinics.

The province also says they will soon have more vaccine than expected with 38,000 extra doses of Pfizer-BioNtech arriving in the last two weeks of March.

Recently updated guidelines from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization has extended the second dose interval of COVID-19 vaccines to 16 weeks. This change means more Nova Scotians will receive a first dose of vaccine sooner.  

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Never in her life has Veronica Lodge felt like a loser. Never until tonight. Even as she thinks the thought she can hear her father’s voice in her head; Mija, there are no winners and losers. Only people too afraid to play the game. Life, by the words and teachings of Hiram Lodge is a game. No matter how far away he is now, behind bars and far out of Riverdale. No matter how jaded Veronica feels, in a new town with new people and her mother trying to get herself afloat, his words still have impact -- or at least they used to. Because Hiram Lodge is a man. A man who takes and takes, does everything he wants without true consequences, plays the game for as long as he chooses. Veronica isn’t that. Veronica is a woman, a woman who society would claw to pieces were she to step one patent leather heel in the wrong place. She. may be a trendsetter, a rule-breaker, a show stopper, but in life, she’s a woman. In Riverdale, she’s a girl. And at Riverdale High School’s spring fling she’s a loser. That’s the only word for it there is. 

Because across the room, Jughead Jones dances with Betty Cooper in his arms. And he’s won.

He doesn’t have to even know there was a game. He doesn’t have to know that Veronica had thought of every single solitary strategic way she could slip in and snake Betty right out from under his poorly kept finger nails. He doesn’t have to know that she could ruin him backwards, sideways, upside down, and with one hand in her mother’s purse. All he knows, with his blissfully unaware, stupidly satisfied face sticking out from under a hat that has no place in a formal setting, is that he has Betty Cooper. And whether he knows it or not, he’s won. 

Veronica hates even thinking it. She hates lying her head against Archie Andrews’s strapping chest muscles and taking them for granted. She hates holding his hand and looking into his warm smile and knowing that a thousand girls deserve it more. But she needs to be held by someone tonight. And she’ll deal with her own cruelty toward Archie when she can bear it. She can only face one of her own evil deeds at a time, and for tonight, she’ll have to face the cardinal sin she feels like she’s committing, by treating Betty Cooper like she’s something to be won. 

If she were a man, if she were her father, if she were a boy, or Jughead Jones, Veronica might be able to forgive herself. But instead, she’ll curse the patriarchy all the way to her pre-selected grave in her family’s plot in Woodlawn. Because she’s not. She’s a woman, a girl. She’s Veronica Lodge, and from across the dance floor at Riverdale High’s Spring Fling Betty Cooper flashes her a smile, as she lays against Jughead’s chest, and with every marble-made, snake-fingered, broken-hearted bone in her body, with every sense of street smarts, lodge smarts, and woman smarts she has, Veronica curls her lips into a perfectly selected, well-practiced  motion and smiles her most genuine smile right back. 

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Celia Cruz

Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, also known by her stage name Celia Cruz (October 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003), was a Cuban singer of Latin music. The most popular Latin artist of the 20th century, she earned twenty-three gold albums and was a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. She was renowned internationally as the "Queen of Salsa", "La Guarachera de Cuba", as well as The Queen of Latin Music.

She spent much of her career working in the United States and several Latin American countries. Leila Cobo of Billboard Magazine once said "Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban and Latin music".

Early life

Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso was born on October 21, 1925 in the diverse, working-class neighborhood of Santos Suárez in Havana, Cuba, the second of four children. Her father, Simon Cruz, was a railroad stoker and her mother, Catalina Alfonso was a homemaker who took care of an extended family of fourteen.

While growing up in Cuba's diverse 1930s musical climate, Cruz listened to many musicians who influenced her adult career, including Fernando Collazo, Abelardo Barroso, Pablo Quevedo and Arsenio Rodríguez. Despite her mother's opposition and the fact that she was Catholic, as a child Cruz learned santería songs from her neighbor who practiced santería. Cruz also later studied the words to Yoruba songs with colleague Mercedita Valdés (an Akpwon santería singer) from Cuba and made various recordings of this religious genre, even singing backup for other female akpwons like Candita Batista.

As a teenager, her aunt took her and her cousin to cabarets to sing, but her father encouraged her to attend school in the hope she would become a teacher. However, one of her teachers told her that as an entertainer she could earn in one day what most Cuban teachers earned in a month. Cruz began singing at Havana's radio station Radio García Serra as a contestant on this station's popular "Hora del Té" daily broadcast, where she sang the tango "Nostalgias" and won a cake as first-place finisher. She often won cakes and also opportunities to participate in more contests. Her first recordings were made in 1948 in Venezuela.

Career

With Sonora Matancera, she appeared in cameos in some Mexican films such as Rincón Criollo (1950), Una gallega en La Habana(1955) and Amorcito Corazón (1961).

When Fidel Castro assumed control of Cuba in 1959, Cruz and her husband, Pedro Knight, were prohibited from returning to their homeland and became citizens of the United States. In 1966, Cruz and Tito Puente began an association that would lead to eight albums for Tico Records. The albums were not as successful as expected. However, Puente and Cruz later joined the Vaya Records label. There, she joined accomplished pianist Larry Harlow and was soon headlining a concert at New York's Carnegie Hall.

Cruz's 1974 album with Johnny Pacheco, Celia y Johnny, was very successful, and Cruz soon found herself in a group named the Fania All-Stars, which was an ensemble of salsa musicians from every orchestra signed by the Fania label (owner of Vaya Records). With the Fania All-Stars, Cruz had the opportunity to visit England, France, Zaire (today's DR Congo), and to return to tour Latin America; her performance in Zaire is included in the film Soul Power. In the late 1970s, she participated in an Eastern Air Lines commercial in Puerto Rico, singing the catchy phrase ¡Esto sí es volar! (This is to truly fly!).

In 1976, she participated in a documentary film Salsa about the Latin culture, along with figures like Dolores del Río and Willie Colón.

Celia Cruz used to sing the identifying spot for WQBA radio station in Miami, formerly known as "La Cubanísima": "I am the voice of Cuba, from this land, far away...I am liberty, I am WQBA, the most Cuban! (Yo soy de Cuba, la voz, desde esta tierra lejana...soy libertad, soy WQBA, Cubanísima!) During the 1980s, Cruz made many tours in Latin America and Europe, doing multiple concerts and television shows wherever she went, and singing both with younger stars and stars of her own era. She began a crossover of sorts, when she participated in the 1988 feature film Salsa alongside Robby Draco Rosa.

In 1990, Cruz won a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Performance – Ray Barretto & Celia Cruz – Ritmo en el Corazón. She later recorded an anniversary album with Sonora Matancera. In 1992, she starred with Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas in the filmThe Mambo Kings. In 1994, President Bill Clinton awarded Cruz the National Medal of Arts. In the same year, she was inducted intoBillboards Latin Music Hall of Fame along with fellow Cuban musician Cachao López. In 1999, Cruz was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2001, she recorded a new album, on which Johnny Pacheco was one of the producers.

On July 16, 2002, Cruz performed to a full house at the free outdoor performing arts festival Central Park SummerStage in New York City. During the performance she sang "Bemba Colora'." A live recording of this song was subsequently made available in 2005 on a commemorative CD honoring the festival's then 20-year history entitled, "Central Park SummerStage: Live from the Heart of the City". Cruz appeared on the Dionne Warwick albums 1998 Dionne Sings Dionne & 2006 My Friends & Me with their Latin Duet version of (Do You Know The Way To) San Jose.

In March 2003, the Spanish-language television network Telemundo produced and aired a tribute special honoring Cruz, ¡Celia Cruz: Azúcar!. It was hosted by American singer Marc Anthony and Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan. It featured musical performances by various Latin music and Anglo performers including Victor Manuelle, Paulina Rubio, José Feliciano, Milly Quezada, Los Tri-O, Estefan, Patti Labelle, Arturo Sandoval, Ana Gabriel, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tito Nieves, Albita, Johnny Pacheco, Alicia Villareal, Olga Tañón, Mikey Perfecto, José Alberto "El Canario", Rosario, Luis Enrique, Anthony and Gloria Gaynor.

Death

On July 16, 2003, Cruz died of brain cancer at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at the age of 77. Her husband, Pedro Knight (died February 3, 2007), was there for her while she was going through cancer treatments. She had no children with him. After her death, her body was taken to lie in state in Miami's Freedom Tower, where more than 200,000 fans paid their final respects. Multiple vigils occurred worldwide in cities such as Havana, Miami, and Cali (the Cali vigil became notorious in Colombian history due to its three-day span) Knight had Cruz buried in a granite mausoleum that he had built in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City earlier in 2003, when she was dying. Knight chose the plot on which it stands, which is near the gravestones of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis because it was accessible to fans and had four windows built into it so that fans could see inside when paying their respects. Knight was known to share his time there with visiting fans. Knight himself was buried with Cruz in the same mausoleum following his death on February 3, 2007. An epilogue in her autobiography notes that, in accordance with her wishes, Cuban soil which she had saved from a visit to Guantánamo Bay was used in her entombment.

Legacy

In February 2004, her last album, Regalo del Alma, won a posthumous award at the Premios Lo Nuestro for best salsa release of the year. It was announced in December 2005 that a musical called Azucar! would open in Tenerife before touring the world. The name comes from Cruz's well-known catch phrase of "¡Azúcar!"

On June 4, 2004, the heavily Cuban-American community of Union City, New Jersey heralded its annual Cuban Day Parade by dedicating its new Celia Cruz Park (also known as Celia Cruz Plaza), which features a sidewalk star in her honor, at 31st Street and Bergenline Avenue, with Cruz's widower, Pedro Knight, present. There are four other similar dedications to Cruz around the world. Cruz's star has expanded into Union City's "Walk of Fame", as new marble stars are added each spring to honor Latin entertainment and media personalities, such as merengue singer Joseíto Mateo, salsa singer La India, Cuban musician Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Cuban tenor Beny Moré, Tito Puente, Spanish language television news anchor Rafael Pineda, salsa pioneer Johnny Pacheco, singer/bandleader Gilberto Santa Rosa and music promoter Ralph Mercado.

On May 18, 2005, the National Museum of American History, administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., opened "¡Azúcar!", an exhibit celebrating the life and music of Celia Cruz. The exhibit highlights important moments in Cruz's life and career through photographs, personal documents, costumes, videos, and music.

On September 26, 2007, through May 25, 2008, Celia, a musical based on the life of Celia Cruz, played at the off-Broadway venue, New World Stages. Some performances were in Spanish and some in English. The show won four 2008 HOLA awards from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors.

On March 16, 2011, Celia Cruz was honored by the United States Postal Service with a commemorative postage stamp. The Cruz stamp was one of a group of five stamps honoring Latin music greats, also including Selena, Tito Puente, Carmen Miranda, and Carlos Gardel.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History collaborated with photographer Robert Weingarten to create an object-based portrait of Celia Cruz featuring artifacts in the museum. The portrait was unveiled October 3, 2012.

On October 21, 2013, Google honored her with a Google Doodle. At 41st American Music Awards, American singer Jennifer Lopez performed a medley of Cruz's songs.

Discography

Filmography

Salón México (Mexico, 1950)

Una gallega en La Habana (Mexico, 1952)

¡Olé... Cuba! (Mexico/Cuba, 1957)

Affair in Havana (USA/Cuba, 1957)

Amorcito Corazon (Mexico, 1960)

Salsa (Documentary, 1976)

Salsa (USA, 1988)

"Fires Within" (USA, 1991)

The Mambo Kings (USA, 1992)

Valentina (TV) (Mexico, 1993)

The Perez Family (USA, 1995) Luz Pat

El alma no tiene color (TV) (Mexico, 1997)

¡Celia Cruz: Azúcar! (TV) (Tribute, USA, 2003)

Soul Power (Documentary of Kinshasa, Zaire Music Festival 1974) (USA, 2008)

CELIA, Celia Cruz Bio-Drama (2015 on Telemundo)

Wikipedia

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Title: Chasing a Legend

Author: Sarah Robinson

Genre: August 22nd

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The most soulful Kavanagh brother tackles the challenge of a lifetime—with a little help from the girl of his dreams. “Fans of Lori Foster’s SBC Fighters series will love the MMA atmosphere of [Sarah] Robinson’s Legends.”—Library Journal A topnotch manager and agent, Quinn Kavanagh pictures a life outside of his family’s renowned MMA gym. Beneath his sleek exterior, Quinn has a secret passion for sculpting. But after a nearly fatal motorcycle accident, he’s struggling just to walk again, let alone get back to the studio—and it doesn’t help that the doctor in charge of his physical therapy is his childhood crush. Quinn’s always ready for a fight, but the bittersweet sting of unrequited love has him begging for mercy. Dr. Kiera Finley is determined to make her medical residency a success. Six years ago, she gave in and shared a single passionate night with Quinn. Now she’s just hoping the cocky lover from her past doesn’t derail her plans for the future. Little by little, though, Kiera gets to know another side of Quinn. She knew he was a family man, devoted to his parents and brothers, but he’s also a free spirit trapped in a cage—and only she has the key. To heal both Quinn’s body and soul, Kiera’s tempted to give him a special kind of medicine.

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“I’m leaving Legends now. My bags are packed, so be ready to go as soon as I get there,” Quinn said into the phone, his thick arm flexing as he twisted it to look at his watch. “UK, here we come!” his older brother Kane shouted through the line. Quinn could practically see him fist-pumping the air. “You’re the best manager ever, Q!” “Better believe it, Killer.” Quinn laughed before disconnecting the call and pushing his phone into a small interior pocket of the leather jacket that fit snugly over his chiseled back and broad shoulders. Straddling his prized possession, a classic Ducati he’d kept in pristine condition for years, Quinn pulled on his helmet and gloves. His shaggy black hair peeked out from under the edges of the helmet, framing his face. Though covered in leather, glimpses of his love of ink showed on his neck and hands. What could not be seen was how the tattoos continued onto his chest and back as well. He loved the images, and each one had a special meaning to him—a falcon across his chest in midflight to symbolize his yearning for freedom, a dragon wrapping his arm to mark the fire in his blood, the Kavanagh family crest and motto in Gaelic on his back to represent family pride, along with phrases and names of people and moments that had made him who he was. But the small metal bar through his eyebrow, or the piercings in his ear? Those were just for fun. The motorcycle roared to life beneath him, easily heard from blocks away, as he pulled out onto the main street and headed for his parents’ house to meet his brother. He might not live there any longer, but he’d grown up in that house, and it would always feel like home. The whole neighborhood was his home; he knew everyone there, and everyone knew the Kavanaghs—for better or worse. Quinn rode past the quaint houses in the Woodlawn area of the Bronx, going through a mental checklist of everything he needed to do before Kane competed next week. The International MMA Championship, held in London this year, was the biggest mixed martial arts competition in the world. Kane had won that championship the last two years, giving him the title of World’s Greatest MMA Fighter. Kane planned to win a third time next week and Quinn was eager to stand by his side when he did. It’d been three short years since his brother had been thrust into the public spotlight after winning his first U.S. National Championship in Vegas. Quinn beamed proudly at the memory. Even though he wasn’t the one in the cage, he still felt a part of his brother’s success, having managed his entire career from the beginning. Kane’s win was Quinn’s win. It was a win for all the Kavanaghs—something they each really needed after everything the family had been through. As he approached his parents’ street, he signaled with both his right hand and turn signal that he was switching lanes. A large truck whistled past, completely ignoring his signal. Quinn yanked the bike to the left, narrowly escaping a collision as his heart leapt into his throat. Asshole. Taking a deep breath to calm the adrenaline shooting through his body at the close call, Quinn carefully looked around, and once he’d confirmed that the right lane was clear, he again signaled his intentions. Sliding the bike into the right lane, he accelerated, eager to get to his childhood home. That was his last thought before it happened. His family. How happy he was. How much he loved his life. A silver sedan parallel-parked against the curb nosed out into the right lane, directly in front of Quinn’s bike. His eyes widened as the air left his lungs, and he attempted to swerve around the sudden obstacle. But there was no time. There was no space. The front wheel of his bike slammed into the front wheel well of the sedan, and Quinn was weightless. He barely had a moment to blink before he was twisting through the air—over the handlebars, over his bike, over the sedan. He heard the impact before he felt it. His body skidding over the unforgiving pavement as wind rushed past him—a crunching, tumbling screech. Car horns firing, people screaming—or was he screaming? The echoes inside his helmet both muted and deafened. But then he felt it, and it was fucking hell. The crack of bones, a searing pain shooting through him. Every nerve ending in his body set on fire at the force of impact, consuming him till he was certain he couldn’t stand another second of it. Sliding across the pavement, his skin burned against the grating asphalt, his leather gear no match for the unforgiving surface. And then it was quiet. So fucking quiet as he stared up at the sun and waited . . . for what, he didn’t know. He wasn’t connected to his body, but somehow trapped inside it. Quinn tried to call for help, tried to get up, but his lungs and limbs ignored his commands. Just as his eyes began to flutter closed, the pain overtaking him, pushing him beyond what he could ever handle . . . he saw her. Her strawberry-blond hair falling down past her soft pink cheeks, the sun creating a halo behind her. Her fingertips grazed his face, and she whispered to him so softly he barely made out what she said. Light blue eyes, nearly translucent in their brightness, told him to just hold on . . . don’t let go . . . don’t give up. And then she was gone. And so was he.      

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... [I]n some (perhaps many) cities, discriminatory property assessments left [African Americans] with less disposable income than whites with similar earnings. ... An investigation of 1962 assessment practices in Boston, for example, found that assessed values in the African American community of Roxbury were 68 percent of market values, while assessed values in the nearby white middle-class community of West Roxbury were 41 percent of market values. The researchers could not find a nonracial explanation for the difference.

Seventeen years later, an analysis of Chicago assessments found the most underassessed neighborhood to be Bridgeport, the all-white home of Mayor Richard J. Daley, where resistance to African Americans was among the most violent in the nation. Bridgeport assessed values were about 50 percent lower than the legally prescribed ratio of assessed-to-market value; in the nearby African American North Lawndale neighborhood, they were about 200 percent higher than the legally prescribed ratio.

In a 1973 study of ten large U.S. cities, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found a systematic pattern of overassessment in low-income African American neighborhoods, with corresponding underassessment in white middle-class neighborhoods. The study revealed that in Baltimore, the property tax burden in the white middle-class community of Guilford, near Johns Hopkins University, was one-ninth that of African American East Baltimore. In Philadelphia the burden in white middle-class South Philadelphia was one-sixth that of African American Lower North Philadelphia. In Chicago the burden in white middle-class Norwood was one-half that of African American Woodlawn. The report provoked no action by the U.S. Department of Justice. Considering all these studies, the differences are too stark and consistent to make benign explanations likely.

The higher property taxes paid by African American owners—and through their landlords, by African American renters—contributed to the deterioration of their neighborhoods. After taxes, families had fewer funds left for maintenance, and some were forced to take in boarders or extended family members to pay their property taxes.

In Chicago, excessive taxation also led to loss of homes by African Americans because speculators were permitted to pay off delinquent tax liabilities and then seize the properties, evict the owners, and then resell the houses at enormous profit. Because African Americans’ property taxes were often higher relative to market value, black families were more likely to be delinquent in tax payments and more likely to be prey for speculators who could seize their houses after paying off the taxes due. There are no contemporary studies of assessed-to-market value ratios by community and by race, so we cannot say whether discriminatory tax assessments persist to the present time, and if so, in which communities. In cities like Baltimore and Cleveland, however, African Americans are still more likely than whites to lose homes through tax-lien repossessions.

Costs of segregation attributable to discriminatory assessment practices, suffered by an unknown number of African Americans, are not trivial. This was not simply a result of vague and ill-defined “structural racism” but a direct consequence of county assessors’ contempt for their Fourteenth Amendment responsibilities, another expression of de jure segregation.

Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law is a pretty good book

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