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RELIGION One nation under God

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The Motown sound

An Indiana University class bebops to Motown’s greatest hitmakers inside Arts and Entertainment on page C-l.

Staff and Wire reports

Author to lecture *. •.. ■, ■ Janet Cheatham Bell, an awardwinning author, editor, lecturer and Indianapolis native will present a free lecture program on Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m. at the Glendale Branch Library, 6101 N. Keystone Ave. Bell’s latest work. Till Victory Is Won: Famous Black Quotations From the NAACP, celebrates the courage and determination that has shaped the African-American experience and defined the NAACP. With a forward by Julian Bond, Till Victory Is Won is a powerful anthology that chronicles significant moments in African-American history through the inspiting words of such individuals as Thurgood Marshall, Hank Aaron, Alice Walker and Fannie Lou Hamer. The book revolves around five key action areas: civil rights, political empowerment, educational excellence, economic development and youth outreach. Bell graduated from Manual High School in 1954. As a teen-ager and youth member of the Indianapolis NAACP, she picketed a local supermarket ihat refused to hire African Americans. Later, while attending Indiana University, she joined the local NAACP as it picketed a barbershop that refused to serve African Americans. The author of four previous works, she is the recipient of several awards, including the American Library Association’s “Quick Plan for Reluctant Readers” in 1999.

Mixer to benefit Forest Manor Center

Forest Manor Multi-Service Center’s Capital Campaign Committee will hold a fund raiser from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday at Malibu on Maryland, 14 W. Maryland St. Call 545-1204 for more information.

Clinton to speak at Rainbow/PUSH Conference (Special to the NNPA) — Former President Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon during the 36th annual conference of the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition in Chicago next week. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., founder and president of the organization, said, “We must continue to be steadfast in our knowledge of the issues, dissemination of the facts and renewed commitment for an inclusive ‘One Big

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Legal eagles

“I’m blessed.J’m proud that I’ve been able to survive and contribute tomy community." —Lacy Johnson, partner Ice Miller

By ANAR^V. HOLMES and SHANNON WILLIAMS

The legal minds of Judge Z. Mae Jimison, Judge Myra Selby and attorney Lacy Johnson have soared high in the community. Each has made significant contributions to their profession and opened doors of opportunity that were for so long, closed and denied to many Blacks in the legal and law enforcement professions. Judge Jimison pushed the door open for other women to follow as the city’s hist Blade female judge in 1988. Selby kicked her way into an historic breakthrough as the first woman and first African American to sit on the Indiana Supreme Court in 1995.

And attorney Johnson helped to usher in a wave of other Black men and women into the

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fold of the Indiana State Police during the late 1970s and 1980s before becoming one of the state’s most influential lobbyists in his current position at power law firm Ice Miller. Jimison was recently inducted into the CareerCollege Association' s Hall ofFame for her accomplishments and Indiana Black Expo will honor both Selby and Johnson, along with Sterling Tucker of Sterling Tucker and Associates, for their vast achievements. Recorder Editor Anar£ V. Holmes and Assistant Editor Shannon Williams checked in with these trailblazers who all reveal sacrifices

made on the journey to success. Judge Z. Mae Jimison For a woman who had nochildhooddesires

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of maintaining a flourishing career in the political field, she has managed to do just that With undergraduate and graduate degrees from Indiana State University, and Ohio State University College of Law, Jimison is a true pioneer. The year was 1988. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared that year and Rev. Jesse Jackson ran for president of the United States. That was also the year that Z. Mae Jimison became the first African-American woman to preside over a Superior Court in Indiana as well as the first African-American woman to serve

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as judge in Indianapolis. Challenging 9 Not to Jimison, who sayt any anxiety that she’s feh during her tenure, is that in which she’s placed on herself. “The only pressure I have ever felt while serving on the bench, is the pressure that I generate,” saidJinbson, current presidingjudge of Marirn Superior Court Criminal Division 10. She continues,‘1 see my accountability as to the people first and foremost I do not want to disappoint those citizens and the Supreme Sm L1GAL EAQLEt. M

PREDATORY LENDING Bad loans and broken dreams

By FRAN QUIGLEY NuvoNewsweddy

Editor’s Note: This is thefirst of a series^ examining the impact of predatory lertdtKgi

nity residents. The next installment, done orginally by The Recorder, will explore how predatory lending

practices effect investment properly owners.

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Hie number “631” is awkwardly hand-lettered under the mailbox, and the white paint is peeling away from the side of the house. But diere is a wide-limbed

oak tree in the front yard, and die handrails leading to the porch are brand new. Inside, a post-wedding Olan Mills portrahhangsoverthe mantle. Nearby are photos of a granddaughter in a gold graduation gown and a smiling nqrhew who starts with the Washington, D.C., police force this month. A Christ-in-the-Cradle plant and a potted palm tree soak up the morning sunlight coming through the windows faring Hamilton Street Lawrence and Sandy Washington sit at their dining room table and talk about their home. Sandy handles most of the naradve, but she constantly looks for affirmation from Lawrence, who is absent-mindedly

fumbling With his leather-cased Medicare cad Hie. Washingtons had lived here as rentersfbri _yreoeived,their: ^ It wasarefieftobeabletostay here. Both Washingtons are d&Med'*— Sandy has had three heart Lawrence ha» had a serious stroke. Neither more. But the Kroger grocery on l(f Street easy walking distance, and they are neighbors, whooften gather on ^ch other’s warm summer evenings. A multi-racial couple, Washingtons have always felt comfortable in this, of the city’s few multi-racial neighborhoods. ‘If mud need help, all we need to do is holler,” Sandy says. They didn’t think they needed help last fall, even when they got the confusing notice from the bank. Hie Washingtons believed their mortgage payments included payment of theff property taxes, but in fact the W ashingtons were expected to pay the taxes separately. The bank took their monthly mortgage payment and

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HoosierRx helps low-income seniors pay for prescription drugs

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By ROBIN YATES Recorder Correspondent

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HoosierRx, Indiana’s prescription drug program for low-income seniors, has changed from a refund check program to a point-of-sale program. The new program luckod40k*MR|* beginning of the month, ft provides a drug card that eligible seniors present to their pharmacist to receive 50 percent

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HoosierRx covers all drugs, which require a prescription, as well as insulin. The program should have participating chug stores signed up as a network by Aug. 1 of this year. Most chain drugstores will be participating as well as

many independents.

Grace Chandler, HoosierRx director, hopes to have 30,000 seniors enrolled by June, 2003. Over 100,000 Indiana seniors are eligible baaed on income guidelines alone. Those targeted are seniors who are not eligible for the state’s

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