BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport: Flying into Thurgood!

By Sean Yoes
AFRO Staff Reporter
The Afro-American Newspapers

Emmett Burns Jr., the delegate representing District 10 in Baltimore County, recently said when he dies, he wants his body flown from Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport in Baltimore to Medgar Evers International Airport in his home state of Mississippi.

Earlier this week, at least one part of Burns' vision has come to fruition. On the last day of this year's legislative session in Annapolis, the Senate passed a bill to rename Baltimore Washington International Airport to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The Senate vote was 33-13. The House had previously passed its own version of the legislation, HB 189, which was sponsored by Burns. The final amended version of the House bill passed with a 101-31 vote.

"I'm elated. It was an uphill battle from day one and it was uphill until the Senate voted," Burns said the day after the vote.

Sen. Joan Carter Conway (D-Dist. 43) is co-chair of the Committee on Education, Health and Environmental Affairs, which held final hearings on the bill. And although she acknowledges being "very happy" about adding Marshall's name to BWI, she says the battle to make it happen isn't really over.

"I worked really hard to get the bill out of committee. I wasn't confident that it was going to happen. Right now, we know that the airport will be renamed, but we don't have a timetable for when it will happen," said Conway.

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Comments

[Realist - RESPONDING to STEVE - Steve5805@yahoo.com]

Dearest STEVE, (Steve5805@yahoo.com)....wow, I guess my paragraph really "struck a nerve" with you, huh?. First off, the word is spelled "racist",(Not an avid fan of the dictionary are ya?)It figures you would spell the other word correctly as it's probably painted on most walls in and around your neighborhood. Secondly, your lack of self control, your foul mouth and your clearly exhibited lack of intelligence is so stereotypical of your kind. You've done nothing but exhibit (to the few viewers of this web page) the "typical" response one of "color" has to offer when faced with the truth. Go for the racist card and then add vulgarity to emphasize the point....yeah, that'll work...LOL Get some new material or better yet, think for a change and at least attempt to submit something productive or interesting...and speaking of productive, PLEASE by all means use birth control as you should not be allowed to reproduce at this time. Hmmmm, now that I think about it, your particular lifestyle probably doesn't lend itself to the opportunity for reproduction, now does it?

[Allen Kinney]

The bill was passed to change the name to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. The problem I am having with the name change is by placing Thurgood Marshall after BWI, his name is not recognized. All road signs remain the same. People, news reporters, news papers are still recognizing the airport as BWI. Why wasn't his name place at the begining, like Ronald Reagan, JFK, and others. The airport should have been named Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport and fully recognized as such. How could African-American leaders of Maryland let this happened?

[Realist]

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[Realist]

Slavery was a disgrace on mankind BUT slavery to the idea of "owing" something to people of the darker persuasion because it happened is even worse.................................................................................That paragraph IS worth repeating. So I did. :-) The truth is the truth.

[Steve]

Fucking rascist...

[Still Concerned]

....and while I'm thinking about it....what is with this "Afro-American" identifying? Why not just "American"...does the fact that you wish to belabor the issue that your great, great, great, great(I use that term loosley) grand parents were from Africa indicate something special, something "above" other races of people?...Ooops...I'm sorry...it does mean something special...special as in there can be a Miss Black America pageant, Miss Afro-American pageant and The National Association for the Advancement of Colored people....that sure is special...white people (notice I typed "white" not caucasion) could never have a Miss White America pageant or have the National Asociation for the Advancement of White People....special in that we now must ensure "racial" equality in our hiring practices....there's a real winner....Mr White guy walks in the door with ALL the credentials BUT we already have 36 white employees...better hire the next black man that comes in or we are in violation of the law...nevermind that we want our company to have the best employee for the position.....hogwash..... Slavery was a disgrace on mankind BUT slavery to the idea of "owing" something to people of the darker persuasion because it happened is even worse...... 2 million spent to rename an airport....that just takes the cake! ...and WE elected these circus clowns who do these kinds of things...shame on us.

[One Of Many Upset]

Renaming the BWI airport? It will cost 2 million dollars just to change the signs....wouldn't that kind of money be better spent elsewhere? Maryland, espescially baltimore (The City That BLEEDS) has really gone to hell in a hand basket. Proof that the "darker" an area gets, the quicker the crime rate goes up. The "browning" of America is just in its infancy people. ...imagine how dark the place will look in 2010...hell that's only 5 years from now. Best you all learn to pronounce first names like Lakiesha, Tyrone, Jose, Juan and God knows what else......Nawww, wouldn't want 2 million to go to better housing or to help those truly in need...no, no....rename an airport...yeah, that makes sense...NOT