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Minister Louis Farrakhan: Nation of Islam Security Force Will Protect Beyoncé During Tour
Black-Owned, Grown And Brewed Beer Company Now In Walmart
Legalized Marijuana Is Good For Cookie Sales
The Harlem Brewing Company is owned by Celeste Beatty.
A Portland girl scout set up shop in front of marijuana shop.
Minister Louis Farrakhan offers security force to protect Bey- once during ‘Formation’ tour.
HARLEM, NEW YORK -- For those not in the know, beer is the oldest alcoholic beverage and the most popu- lar drink in the world behind water and coffee.
Harlem has a special place in the American imagination around culture, art and music. But would you believe small batch beer?
The Harlem Brewing Com- pany, owned and operated by Winston-Salem, NC native, Celeste Beatty, is a 15-year- old microbrewery founded in its namesake New York com- munity. In March, the com- pany will be stocking its wares front-and-center in 39 Wal- Mart stores.
The beers are called, Sugar Hill Golden Ale, Harlem Ren- aissance Wit and Strawberry Hard Cider retail for $10 - $12 per 6 pack.
“I hope it turns into a Patti pies situation,” laughs Beatty, owner in a recent interview.
Beatty got on Wal-Mart’s radar after an exec saw her on an MSNBC segment with Tamron Hall. She says that people were also calling the re-
tailer and asking for the brand. Beatty’s yeast-fermented quest began a lifetime ago when she started brewing five- gallon batches of craft beer around the corner from her Harlem apartment. These days she is actually growing
her own hops.
The Shaw University grad
grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C. and admits that she used to be a “future farmer of America.” Be that as it may, she never imagined that she would be bringing her agricul- tural roots to Harlem.
“It was instinctive to go into this whole craft beer cul- ture. It’s so aligned with so many things I love like cook- ing and gardening,” explains Beatty, who says on her web- site that craft beer is like her mother’s amazing homemade soups (almost).
Beatty will be teaching a “Brew U” class at the City Col- lege of New York next semes- ter. She has also, put in an offer on a space in West Harlem for a production brew- ery, which will include a tast- ing room.
Minister Louis Far- rakhan says the Fruit of Islam, the security force for the the Nation of Islam, will offer security services to Beyoncé should local police forces de- cline to do so during her con- cert tour.
He made the pledge during a recent speech. Police unions are criticizing Beyonce in the wake of her Super Bowl half- time act and new video, calling for a boycott because they think her work contains “anti-police” messages, the Associated Press reported. Unions in Miami, and Nashville, Tennessee, are either calling for officers to boycott her music or urging them not volunteer to work at her shows.
Javier Ortiz, president of the Miami union, said this week that “Beyoncé used this year’s Super Bowl to divide Americans by promoting the
Black Panthers and her anti- police message shows how she does not support law enforce- ment.”
It’s unclear what the ramifi- cations of such talk could be. Although Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show elicited de- tractors including former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, ef- forts to formally protest the performance quickly fizzled.
“Despite accusations that Be- yonce’s Super Bowl perform- ance was anti-police, no protesters showed up to the rally in Manhattan.
Instead, Beyonce supporters showed up, including Spencer Jones, who said: “Whether or not you like Beyoncé is not the issue. You can’t really dis- pute the message she’s trying to convey, and that is against po- lice brutality and just respect for other human beings.”
American Girl Doll Company Introduces Melody, A Civil Rights-Era Girl From Detroit
Sandy Hook Families Suing Gunmaker
A coalition of Black clergy, consisting of leaders of the Na-
From San Bernardino, Cali- fornia, to Newtown, Connecti- cut, the AR-15 is the weapon of choice for mass shootings.
And a Connecticut judge heard arguments Monday over whether the Remington Out- door Co. -- the parent company of the manufacturer of the AR- 15 military assault weapon used in the Sandy Hook Ele- mentary School massacre in 2012 -- will be held account- able for the 26 lives lost.
The gun company was ex- pected to ask the judge to dis- miss the suit, in which the "plaintiffs seek nothing more and nothing less than account- ability.”
But to Nicole Hockley, the mother of 6-year-old Sandy Hook victim Dylan Hockley, gun companies "must be held
accountable for marketing and selling the AR-15, a killing ma- chine designed only for mili- tary use, to violence-prone young men." "No lawsuit will ever bring back any of the 26 innocent lives that were stolen or bring peace to the families that will never recover from this.
"We’re bringing this lawsuit to save other families from having to live with the night- mare that we do every single day.”
The Sandy Hook gunman, Adam Lanza, was 20 when he shot and killed his mother before going to the Sandy Hook Elementary School where he massacred 20 first-graders and six educators, before killing himself.
PORTLAND, OR -- One par- ticularly business-savvy Oregon Girl Scout is making headlines after selling her cookies outside a marijuana dispensary, smartly targeting those picking up their fix who wanted to do some smart planning for when the munchies hit.
The girl set up shop, under the supervision of an aunt, out- side Foster Buds Marijuana Dis- pensary in Portland on Saturday, hoping to raise money to visit a summer horse camp. The aunt told the news station that they, not surpris- ingly, had a number of cus- tomers within minutes of putting up a "Satisfy Your Munchies" sign on the little booth.
"The Girl Scouts organization said they don't condone this, but it's not against the rules," the aunt explained.
American Girl is releasing the new doll to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Melody joins the lineup of dolls with unique stories from different periods of American history. She will also be the company’s third Black doll.
According to Buzzfeed, Melody is a 9 year-old living in Detroit in the 1960s. She loves to sing, and naturally, she loves Motown music. Civil rights ac- tivist Julian Bond was report- edly consulted for Melody’s story. Melody joins Addy, Kaya and Josefina as three non-white dolls in the current BeForever line. Previously, the collection included Cecile Rey, who came from a wealthy black family in New Orleans.
Coalition Of Black Clergy Call On U.S. Senate To Confirm President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee
tional African
Clergy Network African-American
leaders, are demanding that the U.S. Senate fully consider the nominee whom Presi- dent Barack Obama may pick to fill the seat of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died Feb. 13.
In a brief letter sent to Sen- ator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Mi- nority Leader Harry Reid, Black leaders urge the Senate to respect the authority of the President and the Constitu- tion. In it, they note that it is "unthinkable that members of the Senate and candidates for the highest office of the land would desire to put on hold for almost a year the fulfillment of urgent presidential and consti- tutional obligations."
"In our opinion, the ob- struction projected by some members of the Senate is im- moral, unwise, undemocratic and unconstitutional. More- over, it is an affront to the dig- nity of the office held by our President," the letter contin- ues.
Among those signing the letter are National African American Clergy Network Co- Chairs the Revs. Barbara
American and 17 religious
Elementary school children were murdered in the Sandy Hook mass shooting.
This summer the American Girl company will reveal its latest doll, a girl from the civil rights era named Melody Elli- son.
The late Antonin Scalia died at an exclusive Texas hunting re- sort. Coalition members: Revs. Barbara Williams-Skin- ner and Otis Moss Jr.; Senior Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church the Rev. Otis Moss III, Chicago; Presi- dent of Values Partnerships the Rev. Joshua DuBois; Sen- ior Pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, Hous- ton, TX; and Senior Pastor of Cathedral International Bishop Donald Hilliard, New Jersey.
Williams-Skinner and Otis Moss Jr.; Senior Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church the Rev. Otis Moss III, Chicago; President of Val- ues Partnerships the Rev. Joshua DuBois; Senior Pas- tor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, Hous- ton, TX; and Senior Pastor of Cathedral International Bishop Donald Hilliard, New Jersey.
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