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Alabama Newspaper Editor Calls On KKK To Lynch Democrats
The Apollo Theatre Is 85 Years Old And There Is A Year Long Celebration
New York's historic Apollo Theatre is celebrating its 85th An- niversary.
Located in Harlem, the renowned theatre is a tribute to the contributions of Black musi- cians in America.
Originally named the Hurtig and Seaman’s New Burlesque Theater, this historical landmark was built in 1913 and has served as the platform that launched the careers of some of America’s most cherished Black performers in- cluding Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.
This famous theater fell into disrepair and ultimately bank- ruptcy in the 1970s.
Through the works of the New York State Urban Development Corporation and the Apollo The- ater Investor Group, the Apollo was acquired in 1981 and restored to its original glory.
It has been designated a New York City landmark and listed on the National Register of historic
Apollo Theater Celebrates 85th birthday
places.
The restoration entailed con-
version from solely a concert hall facility to an electronic state-of- the-art concert hall with an audio/video production and post production facility.
The Harlem landmark is marking the 85-year milestone by bringing the arts to younger audi- ences.
That includes an interactive family show detailing the ins and outs of the ballet world.
The upcoming season also fea- tures a contemporary African music concert series.
The iconic Amateur Night is back. The live showcase where new talent tries their luck at im- pressing the Harlem crowd will be held weekly.
Ku Klux Klan parade in DC in 1927
The editor and publisher of a local paper in Alabama is under fire for penning an edi- torial calling for mass lynch- ings by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
The opinion piece ran in his print-only newspaper, the Democrat-Reporter, last Thursday, Goodloe Sutton told another newspaper.
He said Democrats were going to raise taxes and that the KKK should hang them and raid Washington, DC.
Alabama lawmakers have called for Sutton to resign.
The editorial began gar- nering attention online after students from Auburn Univer- sity in Auburn, Alabama, tweeted photographs of the ar- ticle.
Sutton could not be imme- diately reached for comment
on the matter.
He was once a celebrated
journalist, commended for his ethics by other news outlets - including the New York Times and American Journalism Re- view.
What did the editorial say?
A short editorial piece pub- lished without a byline on 14 February was entitled: "Klan needs to ride again."
"Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again," the article said, referencing the KKK's ter- rorising raids through black communities.
"Democrats in the Republi- can Party and Democrats are plotting to raise taxes in Ala- bama... This socialist-commu- nist ideology sounds good to the ignorant, the uneducated, and the simple-minded peo- ple."
Five Americans Arrested In Haiti Amid Violent Anti-Government Protests
A national police officer is helped by fellow officers after she was hit in the face with a rock thrown by protesters de- manding the resignation of Hait- ian President Jovenel Moise near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednes- day, Feb. 13, 2019.
As anti-government protests continue in Haiti, the country’s Foreign Minister Bocchit Ed- mond confirmed Monday that five Americans are among those arrested, the International Busi- ness Times reports.
The Americans were accosted along with eight other “heavily armed” men who reportedly were detained after a cache of automatic weapons were found along with communications equipment such as drones, satel-
lite phones and other war equip- ment, the website reports.
“The group of eight men has five U. S. citizens, a Serb, a Russ- ian and a Haitian. The first charge against them is illegal possession of weapons and the second is criminal conspiracy,” police told local media Libera-
tion.fr.
The men were identified as
Kent Leland Kroeker, Ba- javic Danilo, Vlad Jankovic, Burton Talon, Christopher Osman M, Daniel Dustin and Estera Michael and were taken to Port-au-Prince to be questioned.
Teens Accused Of Cold-Blooded Killing Of Musician To Be Charged As Adults
The accused killers of 24-year- old Kyle Yorlets were a group of violent teens who reportedly fa- tally shot the musician when he refused to give them his car keys.
The suspects have been identi- fied as Diamond Lewis, 15; Roniyah McKnight, 14; Decorrius Wright, 16; as well as a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old boy whose names were withheld because of their ages. Prosecutors plan to charge them as adults, the Nashville Tennessean reported.
“He’s an absolute, absolute in- nocent victim,” police spokesman Don Arron said. He added, “none of the five individuals [ar- rested] are a stranger to the sys- tem or this police department.”
Cops had been searching for the 12-year-old, who had run away from home, since Thursday morning. They discovered
DIAMOND LEWIS, RONIYAH MCKNIGHT, DECORRIUS WRIGHT AND KYLE YORLETS.
Snapchat posts showing the girl in a car “with other young people with guns.”
The teen killers had stolen a pickup truck in Oak Grove, Ken- tucky and ended up in an alley be- hind Yorlet’s house. Cops said when they saw him outside they took his wallet but he refused to give up his car keys. That’s when the heartless group opened fire.
Mortally wounded, Yorlet
made it back to his house and was found an hour later by a room- mate. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The armed killers were cap- tured at a Nashville Walmart. Cops say they had been stealing guns from vehicles for months.
Yorlets’ fellow musicians in the band “Calverton” said in a statement that they’re “heartbro- ken.”
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