other 1ocall'eSldCIIlb
throughout their .. boring
areas protesting the buyiDg and
11iog of cra cocaine.
Tolerance by residen can
prove to be very dangerous
thing in drug infested neighbor
hood, McKesson said.
H the drug traffie is even al
lowed Urn,earbyareas, the clean
neighborhoods are still effected
by either the drug itself 0
crime, M n said.
East Hilldale Street, located
on the side of. Van D�e
was cited as being a high trafie
drug area. The drug dealings
d the associated violence is
trying to spread from this neigh
borhood into the adjacent ones,
McKesson . d.
"I'm really afr id that it's
going to pread, II McKesson
saicL "Every night we hear gun
shot ." Sharing a recent ex
ample of the type of harm posed
to residents, McKesson
referred to Hilldale indicating
that is the pparent source of
the local community' problems
and th t its drug de lers pose
thre to innocent people.
"Someone dropped a live
rifle behind my ren I property
and . d found it," she ide
But, she and many of the
her re idents will not aUow
this kind of d nger ny longer in
her. neighborhood, she ide
What they have done to
Hilldale, I refuse to let them do
it over here," he said.
On Hilldale, McKesson said,
no-one can drive or waJ down
the street without being ap
pro ched to buy drugs. Drug
busers are vi ible everyday,
she aid, citing a pregnant
oman who she h seen often.
" he was upposed to have
I had her baby in June and she
ha n't had it yet; she said.
he' crac ed up. She 100
Ii e death."
Entire families (on Hilldale
treet) re lling drugs, she
said.
A boy (who live on
Hilldale Street) wa recentlyar
re ned with 56 (crac cocaine)
rock on him. He' fifteen year
old. and thi wa his third of
fense."
hift of prote ting marcher
will troll through the nearby
neighborhoods, in a qaure,
from the morning to midnight,
Joyc ide
He anticipates that the
march will receive po itive
repon e from re idents and
even om from the young drug
de ler who told him that they
would not be selling drugs if
they h d ore job oppor
tunities and a better education,
Joyce ide
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00 ack when Patricia fjghtf� got interested in space flight. cars had fins, movies
had double features and mathematically gifted Black girls had limited career
prospects. But 1962 was the year Patrida lightfoot won a scholarship to Howard
University. And on the way to becoming a math teacher. she discovered � world
of opportunittes.
IJJ n the unique environment that historically '�lack colleges provide, Patrida
lightfoot learned that her dreams of becoming a mathematidan were achievable.
"At Howard,' she says. "I learned how to learn. A Black college gave me confidence. �.
and a support that was always there when I needed if'
[!] hat confidence helped Patriea master higher mathematics, computer sdenc�.
graduate school and her own destiny. Today. as head of the spacecraft Control
Branch of NASA 5 Goddard Space Flight Center. she directs the design and
development of ground support systems for vital satellite projects.
I W !hen'YOU're considering COu�ges. doesn't it make sense to consider the ones that
produce distinguished achievers like Patricia lightfoot and 40% of the nation's
Black colleae ared ? Americas Black colleges. If you want to make a world
of difTere�ce in your future" "they can show you hO'N.
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