It's - The Metro Herald

THE
METRO HERALD
NEWSPAPER
The Metro Herald, a resource of Davis
Communications Group, Inc., is published
weekly. The Metro Herald is a member of the
National Newspaper Publishers Association, the
Virginia Press Association, and the Newspaper
Association of America.
PUBLISHER/EXECUTIVE EDITOR/
MANAGING EDITOR
Paris D. Davis
ART DIRECTOR/WEBMASTER
Glenda S. King
EXECUTIVE MANAGER
Gregory Roscoe, Jr.
ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR
Daisy E. Cole
SENIOR BUSINESS & SECURITY
CORRESPONDENT
Rodney S. Azama
Regular subscription rate: $75/year for home
delivery. Single issue price: $.75
For advertising information and rates, call (703)
548-8891, or visit www.MetroHerald.com.
Copyright ©2005 by Davis Communications
Group, Inc. No part of this publication may be
reproduced by any means without prior written
consent from the publisher.
All unsolicited manuscripts should be accompanied
by a self-addressed stamped envelope.
The publisher assumes no responsibility for
unsolicited material.
The Metro Herald is certified by the Maryland
Department of Transportation. Its corporate headquarters
is located at 901 North Washington
Street, Suite 603, Alexandria, VA 22314. Davis
Communications Group, Inc., is certified as a
small and minority business. For additional information,
call (703) 548-8891.
Circulation: 42,000 copies per week
Certified by Dasai Group, CPA
To obtain a one-year subscription, please send a
check or money order for $75 to:
The Metro Herald
901 North Washington Street, Suite 603
Alexandria, VA 22314
Name: _________________________________
Address: _______________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Phone (optional): ________________________
African
to
African-Americans
is
in
every
sense
a
return
to
self,
you
may
never
get
there,
you
may
have
never
been
there,
but
Africa
in
many
ways
is
the
home
that
is
as
much
your
home
as
your
skin
coloring . . .
Black
Africa
is
the
brown,
Africa
the
beige,
Africa
the
total
hue
of
ebony
that
has
more
prism
of
colors
than
a
sunset . . .
We
are
September 30, 2005
Editorial
AN AFRICAN MIND SET
in
many
ways
tied
to
Africa
not
only
by
pigmentation
but
by
music
and
art . . .
For
many,
Africa
is,
and
will
remain,
the
citadel
of
civilization.
Black
Americans
are
drawn
to
Africa
not
so
much
by
its
languages
but
by
its
music
and
perhaps
more
importantly,
its
suffering . . .
Africa
wears
its
tears
in
its
art . . .
it
is
a
continent
of
nations,
and
a
nation
of
men
and
not
laws . . .
Its
beauty
is
as
varied
as
the
thousands
of
dialects
that
are
spoken
by
its
peoples,
it
is
as
hungry
as
it
is
poor
and
as
hopeful
as
its
dreams
and
as
rich
in
natural
resources
as
Saudi Arabia
is
in
oil. . . .
It
is
more
white
in
its
thinking
as
it
is
black
in
its
resolve . . .
Africa
should
wash-up
in
your
mind
the
way
a
high
tide
does
on
a
beach. . . .
World
history
will
not
allow
us
to
close
the
door
on
our
own
history . . .
Involvement
is
a
necessity
and
not
an
option. . . .
For
many
Africans,
life
is
marked
by
pain,
. . . it
is
a
continent
of
Katrinas . . .
of
people
on
roof
tops
surrounded
by
waters
of
opaqueness;
adulterated
by
the
choices
made
by
others.
—PDD
2 THE METRO HERALD