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M a r t in PagcA2 L u t h e r K in g j R . “ " d R o s a P a r k s a lanuary II, 2006 t Music Icon Lou Rawls Remembered and he later he opened for The Beatles at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Rawls was playing small blues and R&B clubs in Los A ngeles when his four-octave range caught the ear o f a Capitol Records producer, w ho signed him to the label in 1962. His debut effort, ’’Storm y M onday," recorded with the Les M cCann Trio, was the first o f his 52 albums. In 1966, his "Love Is a H urtin’ T hing" topped the charts and earned Raw Is his first two Grammy nomina tions. He won three G ram m ys in a career that spanned nearly five decades and included the hits "Y our G ood Thing (Is About to E nd),” “N atural M an” and "Lady L ove.” But his tradem ark will always be “Y ou'll N ever Find,” released in 1976 and written by Kenny G am ble and Leon Huff, arch i tects o f the classic "Philadelphia Sound.” Rawls also appeared in 18 movies, includ ing “Leaving Las Vegas” and "Blues Broth ers 2000,” and 16 television series, including “Fantasy Island" and “The Fall Guy.” He is survived by his wife, N ina; and four children, Louanna Rawls, Lou Raw ls Jr., Kendra Sm ith and A iden Rawls. The fam ily requested that instead o f flow ers, donations be m ade to the United N egro C ollege Fund. Career included giving back (AP) - Funeral services are scheduled in Los A ngeles Friday for Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer w ho started as a church choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as “Y ou’ll Never Find Another D»ve Like Mine" and "Lady Love.” Rawls died Friday o f cancer. R aw ls’ family and his publicist, Paul Shefrin said the singer was 72. Rawls’ deep, smooth voice was his trade mark, and he used it in a variety o f genres. “ I’ve gone the full spectrum, from gos pel to blues to jazz to soul to pop,” Rawls once said on his W eb site. “And the public has accepted what I’ve done through it all.” A longtime com m unity activist, Rawls Lou Rawls picks up a Grammy award in 1972, one played a m ajor role in the United Negro o f three in a career that spanned nearly 50 years. College Fund telethons that raised more than $2(X) million. In the 1960s he often touring gospel group, the Pilgrim T ravel Lou Rawls' visited schools, playgrounds and com m u ers. deep, A ftera two-year stint in the Army, Rawls nity centers. smooth Rawls' introduction to music came in his rejoined the Pilgrim Travelers in Los A nge voice was hom etow n o f Chicago from his grand les, where he sang with his childhood his trade mother, who loved gospel. He moved to friend Sam Cooke. Rawls perform ed with mark. Los A ngeles in the mid-1950s to join a Dick Clark at the Hollywood Bowl in 1959, Case Closed on Nightclub’s Racist Comment An Oregon LiquorControl Commission inspector admitted that he once told a downtown nightclub that if it changed its music it would change its clientele but denied saying black patrons belonged in northeast Portland, not downtown. The findings by the Oregon Attorney Marlins Consider Portland General office were made public last week after concluding an investigation into al leged statements to the owner of the Vue nightclub. No charges will be filed. Last summer when shootings erupted outside the club and in the downtown Portland vicinity, the establishm ent de- The president o f the Florida M arlins discussed the possi bility of the M ajor League Baseball team moving to Port land with Mayor Tom Potter Monday. But Marlins president David cided to stop playing hip-hop music, saying it was following old advise from an OLCC inspector. Since then the club has closed. Vue Nightclub owner Rami Makboul said he was offended by the statements at the time they were made. Samson got no assurances that local g o v e rn m e n t m onies would be available to support the team. Potter said he feels that most Portlanders could not care less about landing a baseball team. A new stadium plan a d vanced in the State Legisla ture in 2003 would have al lowed the income taxes from players and other team per sonnel to be diverted to a fund to pay off construction bonds. Rev. Al Sharpton (left) and Rev. Jesse Jackson share a word as Bruce Gordon, NAACP president, addresses the 9th Annual "Wall Street Project ’ Sunday, a four-day economic justice summit entitled “A More Perfect Union: The Quest for Equity and Parity.” (AP photo) Rights Conference on Wall Street Economic justice issues addressed Life comes with standard safety features. They’re all around you. Gambling can have its own safety features ( A P) — N ew O rleans resid en ts d isp lac ed by H u rrican e K atrina m ust be allo w ed to retu rn and have the ch an ce to p ro fit from the reb u ild in g effo rt, N A A C P P re si dent B ruce G o rd o n said S unday. G o r d o n w a s a m o n g c i v il rig h ts le a d e rs , la w m a k e rs an d b u s in e s s m e n g a th e r e d at th e W all S tre e t P ro je c t, an an n u a l c o n fe re n c e in N ew Y o rk c re ate d to p ro m o te d iv e rs ity an d e q u ity in th e fin a n c ia l se c to r. It c o in c id e s w ith th e R e v . M a rtin L u th e r K in g J r . ’s b irth d a y . “ W e h av e to m ak e su re th a t th e h o u sin g sto c k th a t is r e c r e a te d is u ltim a te ly o c c u p ie d by th o se w h o o w n e d a h o m e b e fo re K a trin a ," G o rd o n sa id at a n ew s c o n fe re n c e k ic k in g o ff the c o n f e re n c e . T he p resid en t o f the N ational A sso c ia tio n fo r th e A d v an c e- diversity m ent o f C o lo red P eo p le said that 20 y ears from now "th ere w ill be g e n e ra tio n s o f fam ilies w ho w ill becom e m ultim illionaires because they p articip a ted in the re sto ra tion o f the G u lf C o a st.” “ W e need to m ake sure that the fo lk s w ho w atch ed th eir h o m es w ash ed aw ay are the sam e o n es w ho have jo b s, w h o run c o m p a nies, an d p articip a te in the e c o n o m ic uplift that I assu re you w ill o c c u r 10 to 15 to 20 y ears from n o w ," G o rd o n said. G o rd o n , the Rev. Jesse Jack - son, A lden M cD o n ald Jr., p re si dent o f N ew O rlea n s-b a sed L ib erty Bank & T rust, U.S. Rep. A rtur D a v is, D -A la ., an d d isc u sse d w id e - r a n g in g c o n c e r n s s u r ro u n d in g the h u rric an e dam ag e, in c lu d in g fin an c ial issu es and v o tin g rig h ts for d isp lac ed re s i d e n ts . 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