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African
American
Authors
Celebrated
Portland Public Schools Superintendent
Vicki Phillips reads "My Brother Mar­
tin, " by Christine King Farris, sister of
the Rev. Martin Luther King, during the
18th annual African American Read-In
on Sunday at the North Portland Library.
Schools, churches, libraries, book­
stores and community and professional
organizations participated in the two-
day Read-In, sharing the works of
African American writers in conjunction
with Black History Month.
America’s Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline
subjectively defined behaviors by guaranteeing health and mental
such as “disorderly conduct" and healthcaretoevery kid in America,
as insubordinate or disruptive. "m alicious m ischief.” Disparate investing in Head Start and public
In these cases, “zero tolerance" treatm ent based on income and education, checking the explosion
disciplinary standards are fre­ race plays a role at virtually every of school suspensions and expul­
quently applied. Thousands of decision point in the clogged sions, and supporting community
students with behavior problems American system of justice, from programs that mentor and empower
children.
are suspended or expelled with arrest through incarceration.
Too few judges offer poor and
The effects of the "Cradle to
m inority students bearing the
greatest burden of policies to re­ minority youthful defendants al­ Prison P ip e lin e ” co n stitu te a
ternatives to incarceration-restitu­ scourge of epidemic proportions.
move students from schools.
Furtherm ore, schools increas­ tion, community service, electronic We must act to dismantle tha pipe­
line now. We fail at our peril.
ingly are becom ing the point of monitoring or drug treatment.
We must dismantle the "Cradle
Mtiriiin Wright Edelman is the
entry into the juvenile justice sys­
tem as more and more children are to Prison Pi pel i ne” now because all president o f the Children's Defense
arrested on school grounds for children are sacred. We should start Fund.
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Dad Charged in Using Stun Gun on Son
(AP) - An Albany father has
been arrested on suspicion of us­
ing a 100,(XM) volt stun gun on his
18-month-old son.
Investigators say the boy's 21-
year-old mother brought h i m to the
Albany Police Department Satur­
day. She told police that her hus­
band, 23-year-old Rian Whittman,
had been using a stun-gun device
on her son.
Police say they discovered
Whitman had used the stun-gun
many times on the toddler over
about a three-week period.
The child's injuries were treated
at Samaritan Albany General Hos­
pital. He was then taken into pro­
tective custody by the Department
of Human Services. The injuries
were not described as life-threaten­
ing or serious.
Albany Police arrested Whitt­
man on multiple assault charges.
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October 27, 1891
Philip B. Downing
Inventor of the Improved
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April 26, 1892
Sarah Boone
Inventor of the Improved
Ironing Board
June 1 1, 1893
Thomas W. Stewart
Inventor of the
Self-Wringing Mop
November 23, 1897
John L. Love
Inventor of the
Portable Pencil Sharpener
November 15, 1898
Lyda D. Newman
Inventor of the Improved
Hair Brush
November 20, 1923
Garrett A. Morgan
Inventor of the
Automatic Traffic Signal
February 9, I960
I.O. Carter
Inventor of the
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July 6, 1971
Henry T. Sampson
Inventor of the
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