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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