Crowd March For Peace In Point Breeze (Philly)

March For Peace in Point Breeze 7/29/2013

  

 Unity in the Community, a local nonprofit that Aton Moore, 27, founded held a peace rally in the park as part of the organization's second annual Peace Week festivities.

     Last night's rally, which was attended by a number of local pols - including state Sen. Anthony Williams, City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and state Reps. Jordan Harris and Brian Sims - ended with a boisterous march from Wharton Square, at 24th and Reed streets, to Stinger Square Park, at 32nd and Reed in Grays Ferry.

     "People are tired of being tired. They want something to happen; they want kids to have a safe place to grow up," Moore said.

     Earlier this year, he received a $10,000 grant from the Philly chapter of Black Male Engagement (BMe), which is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

     Moore said he put the money toward adding more entertainment and events to Peace Week, which tonight will include a party for teens hosted by Power 99 FM at the Dixon House on 20th Street near Mifflin.

     Other events this week will include a peace conference and a college-readiness seminar for local youth.

     "Everybody wants peace," Moore said. "It's not just an African-American thing. It's a white thing, a Hispanic thing. Nobody wants to get shot!"

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Mcnabb Loved by Philly Fans (Eagles Practice)

     One day before the greatest quarterback in franchise history officially retired as an Eagle, McNabb received a huge ovation from the fans on alumni day during a training camp practice at Lincoln Financial Field. 

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No boos for Donovan. In case people were worried. Get em 5!!!!! #eaglestalk https://t.co/DvVAe9zaym
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3,000 African Americans Buried Beneath South Philly Playground

In the Queen Village neighborhood of South Philadelphia are the forgotten remains of an estimated 3,000 African-Americans.

The stone of Amelia Brown, who died April 3, 1819

     This week in South Philly , a team of archaeologists broke the asphalt in four places at Weccecoe Park, digging to a depth of 3 feet to uncover evidence of the 19th century burial site. On Thursday morning, the fourth and final trench revealed a single gravestone.

"Amelia Brown, 1819, Aged 26 years" is clearly carved into the white stone, with this epitaph:

"Whosoever live and believeth in me, though we be dead, yet shall we live."
"There is no grave shaft associated with that stone, it's just sitting loose in the fill," said Douglas Mooney, senior archaeologist for URS corporation. "It was knocked over at some point, long ago, when the cemetery was filled in in the mid-19th century. It no longer marks an actual grave. It's just a loose stone in the ground."
     Mooney and his team found evidence of many grave shafts, and stone walls representing the border of the cemetery. They have been digging to determine exactly where the cemetery limits are, and how far down. The team stopped digging several feet shy of where actual bones could be.
     Amelia Brown was likely a member of Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, the oldest African-American church in the country. At the time, the late 18th century, cemeteries in Philadelphia would not accept black people.

     Also at the time, the property near Fourth and Queen streets was not within Philadelphia city limits, so Mother Bethel A.M.E. bought it as a private cemetery in 1810 and used it as such until 1864.

     Then the property languished, was abandoned, was used as a dump. In 1888, the property was sold to the city to pay for a new church that's still in use today. The site lay vacant a few more years until the city developed a playground on it.

By then the memory of the dead had faded smooth. Mother Bethel Church left nothing behind to mark the burial site.

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Man Robs, 81yo Women on Broad Street (South Philly)

81 Year-Old Women Attacked and Robbed

The Victim 81 year old women, says she went into a store on the 1100 block of South Broad Street around 1 p.m. back on June 17 to buy a lottery ticket. As she started to leave the store, a man walked behind her and opened the door for her. When the woman reached the 1300 block of South Juniper Street he allegedly put her in a choke-hold, threw her up against a wall, snatched her wallet and then fled on foot west on Wharton Street, according to investigators.

The victim, a widow with no children, says she's afraid that she can't sleep at night. That's why police are working hard to find the suspect.

Police say the suspect was wearing a white t-shirt, dark-colored shorts and dark-colored shoes.
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Transgender Women Killed Body Parts Spread Across Vacant Lot

Slain Transgender Women: Diamond Williams

 Diamond Williams was also known as Mark Williams.

     Diamond Williams was in to the drugs and prostitution thing. The risky occupation turned fatal when police say, Williams was picked up by Charles Sargent, who took her to his home in Strawberry Mansion around mid July.

Charles Sargent is accused of murder and dumping body parts

Police say Sargent, 43, allegedly used a hatchet and screwdriver to kill Williams and then dumped her remains in a vacant lot near York Street and Sedgley Avenue North Philly.

    Tribute to  Williams loved ones gathered Tuesday evening at John F. Kennedy Plaza to remember Williams, 31, of Ogontz, and bring awareness to violence against transgender women.

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Michael Vick Involved in Charity Helping Imprisoned Kids

Michael Vick Involved in Charity Helping Imprisoned Kids

     Some saw Michael Vick's recent involvement with a children's charity as a publicity stunt to save face, but Vick is adamant that isn't the case. The NFL quarterback says he's a changed man for the better, and it's all thanks to his 2-year bid in prison.
The Philadelphia Eagle QB called in to TMZ Live and spoke on his involvement in the charity, which is called Team Freedom Outreach. The purpose of the charity is to recruit volunteers to play sports with kids that are locked up.
"Sometimes it takes this...for a person to go through certain hardships...to realize what their purpose really is," said Vick. "I think God placed it on my heart when I was incarcerated to come out and be the best person I can be and to help as many people as I can help."
Vick is so passionate about the charity that he actually took a trip to D.C. to meet with Rep. John Lewis, hoping he could make more headway with the program.

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Desean Jackson Ft. Snoop Dogg & Yung Chris - Diamonds On My Neck (Prod. By L.T. Hutton)

Desean Jackson Ft. Snoop Dogg & Yung Chris - Diamonds On My Neck

Desean Jackson (Philadelphia Eagles)

     Desean Jackson has no plans to quit his day job. He just wants to explore another part of his life that he enjoys.
“I fully realize that football is my main job, and I love it with all of my heart, but who says you can’t love more than one thing at a time,” says Jackson. “Football and rapping are the two loves of my life!”


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