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		<title>By: fusion machine</title>
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		<dc:creator>fusion machine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was a young wanna-be reporter at the SPMJ in 1983 when I met Chauncey Bailey. Maybe I just observed him; as I said I was a young, wanna-be and he already was. Still, it shocked me out of the hot doldrums of New York City to see this news. It is a blow for all journalism but especially for the Maynard Institute family.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was a young wanna-be reporter at the SPMJ in 1983 when I met Chauncey Bailey. Maybe I just observed him; as I said I was a young, wanna-be and he already was. Still, it shocked me out of the hot doldrums of New York City to see this news. It is a blow for all journalism but especially for the Maynard Institute family.</p>
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		<title>By: debi b.</title>
		<link>http://www.chaunceybaileyproject.org/guestbook/comment-page-1/#comment-31050</link>
		<dc:creator>debi b.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>........ i love God Almighty. I&#039;ve cried so many tears----racked; &#039;  cried until my eyes hurt. With Chauncey dead now, sometimes I feel there&#039;s &quot;noone up there&quot;, &quot;emptiness&quot;, &quot;no hope&quot;, &quot;lonliness&quot;, that our &quot;day&quot; is gone now, where&#039;s  the sun in my sky?; a cruel lesson, as if .... &quot;if you try to live right and do for others in the media, in the city, in the community as Chauncey Bailey did....  they&#039;re gonna shoot and kill you too&quot;. The discouragement, the threat, is real. We&#039;ve been frightened off; we&#039;re not as courageous as he was. 

 Chauncey knew the danger of his work, he had received several threats over several years. But, he braved, continued because he loved people so much. He felt he was doing an important, necessary thing. Sometimes, even inside democracies you have those impoverished, disempowered, voiceless. Chauncey said he had a responsibility to brave the press for those.  

When Chauncey died that day, laying on a downtown Oakland, CA street, body torn with assault rifle bullets, a great amount of knowledge was lost. Chauncey Bailey, a little known investigative reporter, journalist, writer, editor, 
&quot;tv guy&quot; Without &quot;much needed&quot; money, fortune, fame, or notoriety; was the local news investigator that would walk up to them, place a microphone, and camera there, and ask the tough, direct, investigative questions. Often others were afraid to ever ask or approach. Trust me most &quot;news folk&quot; won&#039;t dare go to some of the neighborhoods, and talk with some of the people Chauncey braved to interview, report about local affairs, activities.

His mind was brilliant, beautiful. So much investigative information, names, dates, locations, eyewitness accounts, etc. were lost that day Chauncey&#039;s brain deceased. So many confided in him over the years. Folks he met with, interviewed, talked with, circulated among thousands in NY, Chicago, Detroit, DC, Los Angeles, Asia, the West Indies, South and Central America, Mexico, Europe, ... etc. 

&quot;You could talk to Chauncey, tell him everything&quot;. You felt comforted. He was supportive. He was compassionate. He would help you. He could help you. He was so smart, understood public opinion, government, how it works, and what sorta of resources there were for the under-represented, disenfranchised, disempowered, victimized, poor, impoverished women and children, etc. 

The dynamics, psychology of crime, victimization.
So many folks would talk with him, when they could tell no one else, when they couldn&#039;t, were afraid, threatened, bullied, discouraged against asking for help, reporting, filing to the police, or officials. He protected, was vigilant about his Sources. Diplomacy, great communication, and trust is so important in places and positions like that. It&#039;s very dangerous. ... so very fragile, sensitive, delicate, dangerous, (is crime), criminal psychology, &quot;urban terrorism&quot;. Some say Chauncey &quot;knew too much&quot;. &quot;You simply keep your mouth shut and they might leave you alone&quot;-- very dangerous, criminals, murderers, etc.. Over the years the very dangerous, most dangerous respected him, because they knew he was sincere, and cared for people; however, he knew so much about the America&#039;s &quot;under-world&quot;, criminal activity and its primary dealers, players, etc.-- details like names, dates, locations, eyewitness accounts about crime, and had an active relationship, communication with law enforcement. 

What is democracy, America 2000? Honestly, Truthfully, what protection, is there, down here for the poor, or Black people? What help, despite immediacy, danger really? Some of us know the &quot;OKay, DOKay&quot;, the frustration! You report to law enforcement, proper officials, time after time, beg for help, and government only put it on a shelf, to sit, closed, inactive, and, also government tells everyone &quot;we got it under conrol&quot;, &quot;close enough&quot;, &quot;we&#039;re working on it&quot;, &quot;we got them&quot;. 
That&#039;s not democracy! That&#039;s not effective City, State, or Federal government personnel, employee efficiency, upholding the U. S. Constitution, etc. 

The killer(s) were (was) bold! They knew what they could get away with. The killer(s) shot the little &quot;tv guy&quot; in broad daylight, downtown USA. They (he), the killer(s) didn&#039;t wait for night.

Some people didn&#039;t understand Chauncey&#039;s cockiness, some didn&#039;t understand he was, at all times, carry, protecting so many innocent, asserting himself in a very dangerous environment. 
Chauncey Bailey was the leadership, sorta news person that so many confided intimate details. When he gave us the news in print and tv; he was talking, broadcasting about/to some very dangerous folks, criminal activity. And they knew it, and they didn&#039;t like it. He was getting too close, too many times. Sitting there on tv, at the Post, at the Tribune, etc. reporting about big crime, and too much money, .....And they had the power to stop him. .....And, they had the power to shut him up. 

Example, of only one day in the controversial life of Chauncey Bailey...: 

&quot;Mr Bailey was the sort of person in the community, &quot;grass roots&quot; leadership that would confront, talk with &quot;Baby&#039;s Daddy&quot; despite the fact that &quot;Baby&#039;s Daddy&quot; was a &quot;Drug Lord&quot;, &quot;Gang Banger&quot;, dangerous, festering, murderer, very powerful, armed man or not; 

and, Chauncey would ask him, &quot;Baby&#039;s Daddy&quot;,  to stop physical assault, abuse to &quot;Baby&#039;s Momma&quot;, and &quot;Baby&quot;. 
When no one else would help, could help. .....When you had already reported it to the Courts, Police, and Law Enforcement, again and again, .............when you had begged for so long, ........when you were so tired of the evil, ..........when you were so afraid for your child. i would write more, but i&#039;m scared. Thank you.  

Sincerely, 
Debi B.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;&#8230;.. i love God Almighty. I&#8217;ve cried so many tears&#8212;-racked; &#8216;  cried until my eyes hurt. With Chauncey dead now, sometimes I feel there&#8217;s &#8220;noone up there&#8221;, &#8220;emptiness&#8221;, &#8220;no hope&#8221;, &#8220;lonliness&#8221;, that our &#8220;day&#8221; is gone now, where&#8217;s  the sun in my sky?; a cruel lesson, as if &#8230;. &#8220;if you try to live right and do for others in the media, in the city, in the community as Chauncey Bailey did&#8230;.  they&#8217;re gonna shoot and kill you too&#8221;. The discouragement, the threat, is real. We&#8217;ve been frightened off; we&#8217;re not as courageous as he was. </p>
<p> Chauncey knew the danger of his work, he had received several threats over several years. But, he braved, continued because he loved people so much. He felt he was doing an important, necessary thing. Sometimes, even inside democracies you have those impoverished, disempowered, voiceless. Chauncey said he had a responsibility to brave the press for those.  </p>
<p>When Chauncey died that day, laying on a downtown Oakland, CA street, body torn with assault rifle bullets, a great amount of knowledge was lost. Chauncey Bailey, a little known investigative reporter, journalist, writer, editor,<br />
&#8220;tv guy&#8221; Without &#8220;much needed&#8221; money, fortune, fame, or notoriety; was the local news investigator that would walk up to them, place a microphone, and camera there, and ask the tough, direct, investigative questions. Often others were afraid to ever ask or approach. Trust me most &#8220;news folk&#8221; won&#8217;t dare go to some of the neighborhoods, and talk with some of the people Chauncey braved to interview, report about local affairs, activities.</p>
<p>His mind was brilliant, beautiful. So much investigative information, names, dates, locations, eyewitness accounts, etc. were lost that day Chauncey&#8217;s brain deceased. So many confided in him over the years. Folks he met with, interviewed, talked with, circulated among thousands in NY, Chicago, Detroit, DC, Los Angeles, Asia, the West Indies, South and Central America, Mexico, Europe, &#8230; etc. </p>
<p>&#8220;You could talk to Chauncey, tell him everything&#8221;. You felt comforted. He was supportive. He was compassionate. He would help you. He could help you. He was so smart, understood public opinion, government, how it works, and what sorta of resources there were for the under-represented, disenfranchised, disempowered, victimized, poor, impoverished women and children, etc. </p>
<p>The dynamics, psychology of crime, victimization.<br />
So many folks would talk with him, when they could tell no one else, when they couldn&#8217;t, were afraid, threatened, bullied, discouraged against asking for help, reporting, filing to the police, or officials. He protected, was vigilant about his Sources. Diplomacy, great communication, and trust is so important in places and positions like that. It&#8217;s very dangerous. &#8230; so very fragile, sensitive, delicate, dangerous, (is crime), criminal psychology, &#8220;urban terrorism&#8221;. Some say Chauncey &#8220;knew too much&#8221;. &#8220;You simply keep your mouth shut and they might leave you alone&#8221;&#8211; very dangerous, criminals, murderers, etc.. Over the years the very dangerous, most dangerous respected him, because they knew he was sincere, and cared for people; however, he knew so much about the America&#8217;s &#8220;under-world&#8221;, criminal activity and its primary dealers, players, etc.&#8211; details like names, dates, locations, eyewitness accounts about crime, and had an active relationship, communication with law enforcement. </p>
<p>What is democracy, America 2000? Honestly, Truthfully, what protection, is there, down here for the poor, or Black people? What help, despite immediacy, danger really? Some of us know the &#8220;OKay, DOKay&#8221;, the frustration! You report to law enforcement, proper officials, time after time, beg for help, and government only put it on a shelf, to sit, closed, inactive, and, also government tells everyone &#8220;we got it under conrol&#8221;, &#8220;close enough&#8221;, &#8220;we&#8217;re working on it&#8221;, &#8220;we got them&#8221;.<br />
That&#8217;s not democracy! That&#8217;s not effective City, State, or Federal government personnel, employee efficiency, upholding the U. S. Constitution, etc. </p>
<p>The killer(s) were (was) bold! They knew what they could get away with. The killer(s) shot the little &#8220;tv guy&#8221; in broad daylight, downtown USA. They (he), the killer(s) didn&#8217;t wait for night.</p>
<p>Some people didn&#8217;t understand Chauncey&#8217;s cockiness, some didn&#8217;t understand he was, at all times, carry, protecting so many innocent, asserting himself in a very dangerous environment.<br />
Chauncey Bailey was the leadership, sorta news person that so many confided intimate details. When he gave us the news in print and tv; he was talking, broadcasting about/to some very dangerous folks, criminal activity. And they knew it, and they didn&#8217;t like it. He was getting too close, too many times. Sitting there on tv, at the Post, at the Tribune, etc. reporting about big crime, and too much money, &#8230;..And they had the power to stop him. &#8230;..And, they had the power to shut him up. </p>
<p>Example, of only one day in the controversial life of Chauncey Bailey&#8230;: </p>
<p>&#8220;Mr Bailey was the sort of person in the community, &#8220;grass roots&#8221; leadership that would confront, talk with &#8220;Baby&#8217;s Daddy&#8221; despite the fact that &#8220;Baby&#8217;s Daddy&#8221; was a &#8220;Drug Lord&#8221;, &#8220;Gang Banger&#8221;, dangerous, festering, murderer, very powerful, armed man or not; </p>
<p>and, Chauncey would ask him, &#8220;Baby&#8217;s Daddy&#8221;,  to stop physical assault, abuse to &#8220;Baby&#8217;s Momma&#8221;, and &#8220;Baby&#8221;.<br />
When no one else would help, could help. &#8230;..When you had already reported it to the Courts, Police, and Law Enforcement, again and again, &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.when you had begged for so long, &#8230;&#8230;..when you were so tired of the evil, &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.when you were so afraid for your child. i would write more, but i&#8217;m scared. Thank you.  </p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
Debi B.</p>
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		<title>By: debi b.</title>
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		<dc:creator>debi b.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A Grandson Of Fredrick Douglas. 
Journalist, Chauncey Bailey, a great American, was a champion of freedom and democracy. Chauncey Bailey is a great grandson, progeny of the great orator, statesman, abolitionist Fredrick Douglas (1818- 1895). Chauncey, a grandson of Fredrick Douglas, had even a genetic proclivity for &quot;change&quot;, revolution, freedom, opportunity, and the blessings of liberty. Black people in America know that many of the freedoms, civil rights laws enacted, enforced, protected today are results of the works and determination of men, early figures like Fredrick Douglas, his grandad. 

A grandson.
There were many that did not know that Chauncey is a great grandson of Fredrick Douglas. They did not understand his often &quot;cockyness&quot;, genetic traits. There are so many that did not know Chauncey personally, intimately, his heritage. Chauncey was very public, a communicator, carried his tradition. However, despite his large public image, Chauncey Bailey had a private life as well! 

You understand my great loss. 
I was very proud of Chauncey, my fiancee, best friend, mentor as we planned our future together.  I loved Chauncey so much. We were happy. And that&#039;s why Chauncey phoned JET in June to announce our wedding plans! And, yes he wanted children with me! (Despite the jealousy and hatefulness of certain individuals, the stress, mistreatment (caused me) at that time, I lost.)

Chauncey Bailey was prolific. 
There is virtually a library of thousands of pages, thousands of recorded hours of his published printwork, writing, and video recordings. Because of his training, and work in tv, film, radio, news print; at Columbia University School of Journalism; his work, journalism on Capitol Hill, DC; his work in the Middle East, Asia, the West Indies, California, Chicago, Oakland, Detroit etc., almost 40+ years; Chauncey&#039;s friends and associates number in the thousands, throughout the world. His work has won him recognition and several awards. 
(Chauncey was helping me with a Supreme Court Case i&#039;ve filed. He was so smart. He was the only one really that could help with big, scary things like that).

There was no malice for Black Muslims.
Chauncey grew up, as a youth in Berkeley, and Oakland on the &quot;fish sandwiches&quot; and sweet &quot;bean pies&#039; from the bakery. He loved the the bakery so much. I never will forget the smile on his face, the day he grabbed me, kissed me, and promised we would have a beautiful wedding cake from the bakery---  that he was going to ask the bakery to cater our wedding reception. 

Please forgive, if my language is offensive to you. However, i&#039;m very frightened. The person(s) that murdered Chauncey Bailey are (is a) very dangerous people (person)! Please understand, very dangerous! He was assasinated. There have been other serial, residual murders that clustered, followed Chauncey&#039;s murder (a war). 
We have been in undisclosed locations, and witness protection. I tell you this only to protect the innocent! I tell you this only to help you understand why we asked the United States Department of Justice to assist with a proper, thorough, Federal investigation. Thank You. 

Sincerely, Debi B.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Grandson Of Fredrick Douglas.<br />
Journalist, Chauncey Bailey, a great American, was a champion of freedom and democracy. Chauncey Bailey is a great grandson, progeny of the great orator, statesman, abolitionist Fredrick Douglas (1818- 1895). Chauncey, a grandson of Fredrick Douglas, had even a genetic proclivity for &#8220;change&#8221;, revolution, freedom, opportunity, and the blessings of liberty. Black people in America know that many of the freedoms, civil rights laws enacted, enforced, protected today are results of the works and determination of men, early figures like Fredrick Douglas, his grandad. </p>
<p>A grandson.<br />
There were many that did not know that Chauncey is a great grandson of Fredrick Douglas. They did not understand his often &#8220;cockyness&#8221;, genetic traits. There are so many that did not know Chauncey personally, intimately, his heritage. Chauncey was very public, a communicator, carried his tradition. However, despite his large public image, Chauncey Bailey had a private life as well! </p>
<p>You understand my great loss.<br />
I was very proud of Chauncey, my fiancee, best friend, mentor as we planned our future together.  I loved Chauncey so much. We were happy. And that&#8217;s why Chauncey phoned JET in June to announce our wedding plans! And, yes he wanted children with me! (Despite the jealousy and hatefulness of certain individuals, the stress, mistreatment (caused me) at that time, I lost.)</p>
<p>Chauncey Bailey was prolific.<br />
There is virtually a library of thousands of pages, thousands of recorded hours of his published printwork, writing, and video recordings. Because of his training, and work in tv, film, radio, news print; at Columbia University School of Journalism; his work, journalism on Capitol Hill, DC; his work in the Middle East, Asia, the West Indies, California, Chicago, Oakland, Detroit etc., almost 40+ years; Chauncey&#8217;s friends and associates number in the thousands, throughout the world. His work has won him recognition and several awards.<br />
(Chauncey was helping me with a Supreme Court Case i&#8217;ve filed. He was so smart. He was the only one really that could help with big, scary things like that).</p>
<p>There was no malice for Black Muslims.<br />
Chauncey grew up, as a youth in Berkeley, and Oakland on the &#8220;fish sandwiches&#8221; and sweet &#8220;bean pies&#8217; from the bakery. He loved the the bakery so much. I never will forget the smile on his face, the day he grabbed me, kissed me, and promised we would have a beautiful wedding cake from the bakery&#8212;  that he was going to ask the bakery to cater our wedding reception. </p>
<p>Please forgive, if my language is offensive to you. However, i&#8217;m very frightened. The person(s) that murdered Chauncey Bailey are (is a) very dangerous people (person)! Please understand, very dangerous! He was assasinated. There have been other serial, residual murders that clustered, followed Chauncey&#8217;s murder (a war).<br />
We have been in undisclosed locations, and witness protection. I tell you this only to protect the innocent! I tell you this only to help you understand why we asked the United States Department of Justice to assist with a proper, thorough, Federal investigation. Thank You. </p>
<p>Sincerely, Debi B.</p>
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		<title>By: robert</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Something about this whole story stinks..no disrespect tp anyone reading this post who has been somehow affected by the violence being detailed in various articles on this site...but, Im from a far away place and I found out about this whole thing on the internet when it first went down and I&#039;ve followed the story closely..Im no conspiracy theorist but I have came to the conclusion that the bakery is taking the fall for the muder of the late great Chauncey Bailey..I think he was murdered by the Police...Yea, I said it...Longmire knows wasup...he&#039;s just gonna sit back and get money and do what a ni**er supposed to do!!!!...I dont necassrily agree wit the tactics the Bey&#039;s imposed on their followers but the movement they created proved to be somewhat beneficial to the Oakland community...as a rap artist, I feel like I had to say somethin about this......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Something about this whole story stinks..no disrespect tp anyone reading this post who has been somehow affected by the violence being detailed in various articles on this site&#8230;but, Im from a far away place and I found out about this whole thing on the internet when it first went down and I&#8217;ve followed the story closely..Im no conspiracy theorist but I have came to the conclusion that the bakery is taking the fall for the muder of the late great Chauncey Bailey..I think he was murdered by the Police&#8230;Yea, I said it&#8230;Longmire knows wasup&#8230;he&#8217;s just gonna sit back and get money and do what a ni**er supposed to do!!!!&#8230;I dont necassrily agree wit the tactics the Bey&#8217;s imposed on their followers but the movement they created proved to be somewhat beneficial to the Oakland community&#8230;as a rap artist, I feel like I had to say somethin about this&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Amaranth Modacure</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amaranth Modacure</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chauncey was my Clark Kent and I was his Lois Lane. We shared Twenty-Two months together. 
I would love for someone to help me write my story. I told Chauncey &quot;I Love You&quot; often. He was my &quot;Kone Head Baby&quot;. He was the kindest and most giving Black man I&#039;ve ever known. One of his greatest concerns were &quot;Do you think people know who I am?&quot; Well there certainly no doubt about that. I told him he was infamous! I was right.
I love my &quot;King Koner&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chauncey was my Clark Kent and I was his Lois Lane. We shared Twenty-Two months together.<br />
I would love for someone to help me write my story. I told Chauncey &#8220;I Love You&#8221; often. He was my &#8220;Kone Head Baby&#8221;. He was the kindest and most giving Black man I&#8217;ve ever known. One of his greatest concerns were &#8220;Do you think people know who I am?&#8221; Well there certainly no doubt about that. I told him he was infamous! I was right.<br />
I love my &#8220;King Koner&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: ramona scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>ramona scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OMG!  I moved away from Oakland in 2001 to Houston.  Living here and watching the things that go on in Texas had reminded me so much of Chauncey and I discussing responsible journalism in years past.  I grew up with Mark and Steven.  Chauncey was older but in my early adult years we crossed paths at Laney College at a Black Journalism event and our friendship took off from there.  Growing up I had wanted to be an attorney or a journalist.  I leaned more toward the journalism after being disenchanted with the not-so blind justice in the US.  Then, being the naive young lady that I was, I started taking a closer look at the lack of responsible journalism in the bay area.  The only reporter (Chauncey was with the Tribune at the time) that I deemed trustworthy and caring about what really was going on in Oakland&#039;s community was Chauncey.  We stayed in touch for years.  I would happen across injustices while working for the Sheriff&#039;s Dept or just by my interaction with various parts of the community and if something really bothered me or I had questions about a situation, I could call on Chauncey.  Life&#039;s unexpected turns took me in another direction and away from Oakland and on my journey I lost contact with Chauncey, who really helped me keep my faith in mankind.  He showed me that there was integrity, humanity and true journalism out there somewhere.  So imagine my horror as I was looking up Chauncey today, and ran across articles about his death.  I am so devastated.  I had so much to tell him and now I wont get the chance.  I have seen so much corruption in places of interest.  I had reached a point where I was finally ready to put pen to paper and call on my friend for guidance...and wow!  Now I know that I must continue my project.  Chauncey, I know you will still guide me in spirit.  I am very saddened by this but my determination is only strengthened.  I pray that all who are involved be brought to justice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OMG!  I moved away from Oakland in 2001 to Houston.  Living here and watching the things that go on in Texas had reminded me so much of Chauncey and I discussing responsible journalism in years past.  I grew up with Mark and Steven.  Chauncey was older but in my early adult years we crossed paths at Laney College at a Black Journalism event and our friendship took off from there.  Growing up I had wanted to be an attorney or a journalist.  I leaned more toward the journalism after being disenchanted with the not-so blind justice in the US.  Then, being the naive young lady that I was, I started taking a closer look at the lack of responsible journalism in the bay area.  The only reporter (Chauncey was with the Tribune at the time) that I deemed trustworthy and caring about what really was going on in Oakland&#8217;s community was Chauncey.  We stayed in touch for years.  I would happen across injustices while working for the Sheriff&#8217;s Dept or just by my interaction with various parts of the community and if something really bothered me or I had questions about a situation, I could call on Chauncey.  Life&#8217;s unexpected turns took me in another direction and away from Oakland and on my journey I lost contact with Chauncey, who really helped me keep my faith in mankind.  He showed me that there was integrity, humanity and true journalism out there somewhere.  So imagine my horror as I was looking up Chauncey today, and ran across articles about his death.  I am so devastated.  I had so much to tell him and now I wont get the chance.  I have seen so much corruption in places of interest.  I had reached a point where I was finally ready to put pen to paper and call on my friend for guidance&#8230;and wow!  Now I know that I must continue my project.  Chauncey, I know you will still guide me in spirit.  I am very saddened by this but my determination is only strengthened.  I pray that all who are involved be brought to justice.</p>
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		<title>By: trentlaceysunxxp</title>
		<link>http://www.chaunceybaileyproject.org/guestbook/comment-page-1/#comment-13931</link>
		<dc:creator>trentlaceysunxxp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really liked it. But not bad, it would be to add a few important sections.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really liked it. But not bad, it would be to add a few important sections.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark M Cooley</title>
		<link>http://www.chaunceybaileyproject.org/guestbook/comment-page-1/#comment-14638</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark M Cooley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Honor My Brother Chauncey, for the Second Anniversary of his Unfortunate Death, I thought it would be appropriate to write a Poem honoring his fellow Journalists Who Supported His Efforts And Continue To Deliver His Message.

“The Courageous Message”

They Attempted to STOP THE MESSENGER
Closed Doors, Turned Heads, Blocked Paths
But His Message Was on a Mission
Driven By The Power Of Good Journalism
Steering it in the Right Direction

They tried to SILENCE THE MESSENGER
Our ears, hearing the Guilt
All eyes, seeing the Ignorance
But the message didn’t have to be Spoken
The Objective was to reveal the truth,
Sadly He would lose his Life making the connection

They Thought they had Completely KILLED THE MESSENGER
But His Spirit will never be Broken
Memories of his Dedication, Work Ethic
Passion For Journalism, will always
Of Our Hearts Reflection

Now They Know!! THERE ARE MANY MESSENGERS
Delivering Messages of Unity, Standing Tall and Strong
Not tolerating This Act of Wrong
Supporting each other
Fighting for their Fallen Brother
Showing the Courage and Concern To fight Back
Never conceding Defeat
Having The Stamina and Commitment To Deliver
This Courageous Message
Until It’s Complete

Mark M Cooley 7/29/09</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Honor My Brother Chauncey, for the Second Anniversary of his Unfortunate Death, I thought it would be appropriate to write a Poem honoring his fellow Journalists Who Supported His Efforts And Continue To Deliver His Message.</p>
<p>“The Courageous Message”</p>
<p>They Attempted to STOP THE MESSENGER<br />
Closed Doors, Turned Heads, Blocked Paths<br />
But His Message Was on a Mission<br />
Driven By The Power Of Good Journalism<br />
Steering it in the Right Direction</p>
<p>They tried to SILENCE THE MESSENGER<br />
Our ears, hearing the Guilt<br />
All eyes, seeing the Ignorance<br />
But the message didn’t have to be Spoken<br />
The Objective was to reveal the truth,<br />
Sadly He would lose his Life making the connection</p>
<p>They Thought they had Completely KILLED THE MESSENGER<br />
But His Spirit will never be Broken<br />
Memories of his Dedication, Work Ethic<br />
Passion For Journalism, will always<br />
Of Our Hearts Reflection</p>
<p>Now They Know!! THERE ARE MANY MESSENGERS<br />
Delivering Messages of Unity, Standing Tall and Strong<br />
Not tolerating This Act of Wrong<br />
Supporting each other<br />
Fighting for their Fallen Brother<br />
Showing the Courage and Concern To fight Back<br />
Never conceding Defeat<br />
Having The Stamina and Commitment To Deliver<br />
This Courageous Message<br />
Until It’s Complete</p>
<p>Mark M Cooley 7/29/09</p>
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		<title>By: Danella</title>
		<link>http://www.chaunceybaileyproject.org/guestbook/comment-page-1/#comment-13376</link>
		<dc:creator>Danella</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello..
Im Danella!
Im curently in college.
This coming year I&#039;ll be a in my second year.
Journalism is my major. &amp; I love Mr Bailey.
He is one of my major influences.
When I heard about his passing, I was shocked.
I would just like to say I hope his family is doing well.
&amp; im sending my blessings towards his family.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello..<br />
Im Danella!<br />
Im curently in college.<br />
This coming year I&#8217;ll be a in my second year.<br />
Journalism is my major. &amp; I love Mr Bailey.<br />
He is one of my major influences.<br />
When I heard about his passing, I was shocked.<br />
I would just like to say I hope his family is doing well.<br />
&amp; im sending my blessings towards his family.</p>
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		<title>By: James Neff</title>
		<link>http://www.chaunceybaileyproject.org/guestbook/comment-page-1/#comment-7961</link>
		<dc:creator>James Neff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Inspiring and important work--thank you! Our profession owes you a great debt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Inspiring and important work&#8211;thank you! Our profession owes you a great debt.</p>
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