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Page 10 April 7, 2021 Hall of Fame Honor for Eddie Murphy C LASSIFIEDS /B IDS C ontinued from P age 7 March 30, 2021 Guardianship of Child: Fahtai Lipscomb L egaL N otices Leonard Tyrone Lipscomb Sr., contact: Patricia Garner 503 875-8886 Advertise with diversity in The Portland Observer Call 503-288-0033 or email ads@portlandobserver.com Need to publish a court document or notice? Need an affidavit of publication quickly and efficiently? Please fax or e-mail your notice for a free price quote! Fax: 503-288-0015 e-mail: classifieds@portlandobserver.com The Portland Observer Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 A full service flower experience Cori Stewart-- Owner, Operator • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Funerals • Weddings Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 Ernest J. Hill, Jr. Agent 311 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97211 503 286 1103 Fax 503 286 1146 ernie.hill.h5mb@statefarm.com 24 Hour Good Neighbor Service R Stevie Wonder, Spike Lee, Ray Charles and Sidney Poitier. The most recent honorees to be inducted were Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Paris Barclay in 2014. Murphy began his career as a stand-up comic while as a teen- ager and eventually joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” He starred in the box office hit “48 Hours” and made his mark in a slew of films such as “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Com- ing to America,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Dr. Dolittle” and “Dolemite Is My Name.” His latest film “Coming 2 America” was released on Amazon this month. The awards ceremony virtu- ally aired live on BET. “Black- ish” star and comedian Anthony Anderson hosted the show for the eighth consecutive year. The late Chadwick Bose- man won best actor in a mo- tion picture for his role in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The actor, who also starred in the blockbuster Marvel film “Black Panther,” died at 43 last year after he privately bat- tled colon cancer. “As always, he would give all honor and glory to the most high God,” said the teary-eyed Simone Ledward Boseman, the actor’s wife, who accepted the award on his behalf. “He would thank his mom and dad. And he would give honor to his ancestors as we now hon- or him. Thank you NAACP for always giving him his flowers. He was an uncommon artist and an even more uncommon person.” Boseman spoke about how common Black people have been diagnosed with or died from colon cancer. She urged Black people over the age of 45 to get screened. “Don’t put it off any lon- ger,” she said. “Please, get screened. This disease is beat- able if you catch it in its ear- ly stages. So you don’t have anytime to waste, even if you don’t have any family history. If you think nothing is wrong, and younger than 45, please be proactive about your health. Know the signs. Know your body. Listen to your body.” LeBron James received the President’s Award for his public service achievements, Michelle Obama presented Stacey Abrams with the first Social Justice Impact award. Abrams was honored for being a political force and her voting rights work that helped turn Georgia into a swing state. Abrams paid homage to her parents for her upbringing. “They taught me and my five siblings that having noth- ing was not an excuse for doing nothing,” she said. “Instead, they showed us by word and deed to use our faith as a shield to protect the defenseless, to use our voices to call out in- justices, and to use our educa- tion and our time to solve the problems that others turn away from.” Viola Davis took home best actress for her film and tele- vision roles in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “How to Get Away with Murder.” Jazmine Sullivan gave the awards show’s first performance with “Pick Up Your Feelings.” Maxwell later performed “As- cension (Don’t Ever Wonder).” Police Reforms Gain Traction C ontinued from P age 4 should clarify that force being used by an officer should be excessive to an objective, rea- sonable observer, not just to the officer witnessing it. Dem- ocrats said that would cause an officer to think twice before in- tervening. Sen. Manka Dhingra, the bill’s sponsor, said good of- ficers must be empowered to stop wrongdoing. “They want to make sure they’re doing the right thing. This bill helps them do that,” Dhingra said Tina: ‘Goodness did not balance out Bad’ classic “Edith and the Kingpin.” Her jazzy, earthy rendition is on her obscure but brilliant, moody Herbie Hancock’s 2007 Gram- interpretation of Joni Mitchell’s my-winning album “River: The C ontinued from P age 7 State Farm R $5.00 TEES CLUBS FAMILY REUNIONS SCHOOL CLUBS BUSINESSES SCREEN PRINTING 971-570-8214 Joni Letters.” Turner’s smokey, raspy voice was made for jazz, though she used it for rock, pop, R&B and soul. Listening to this particular vocal makes you won- der why she didn’t record a jazz album as a fitting coda to a won- drous career. If Tina Turner needs any further proof that she is truly loved—besides records sales, bestselling books and throngs of concert goers—she gets more verification with “Tina” which premiered on HBO in late March and is available for streaming on HBO Max. A touching evoca- tive diary that chronicles Turn- ers’ past and present and ce- ments her legacy. Dwight Brown is the film critic for the National Newspa- pers Publishers Association, the Black Press.
