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Jet, August 13, 2001 by Simeon Booker

Confidential: For her campaign to keep Caribbean bananas from being locked out of the world market by European and U.S. interests, California Congresswoman Rep. Maxine Waters was honored at a Capitol Hill breakfast tribute. Because of her struggle, she was called one of the architects of the 2001 U.S./European agreement on a new banana trade accord ...

The next African-African-American summit is slated to be held November 26-30 in Abuja, Nigeria, with Hope Sullivan, the daughter of founder Dr. Leon Sullivan, at the helm ... When the Congressional Black Caucus celebrates its 30th anniversary in September in the nation's capital, Rusty Jackson Productions, a Black firm, will coordinate the events. Since 1971, the Cancus has grown from 13 to 38 members.... During the demolishing of an old women's gym on the Howard University campus, workers discovered a 76-year-old time capsule. A conservator is now examining the printed documents ... President George W. Bush named Hampton University President William R. Harvey to the 18-member Fannie Mae board of directors ... Scores of Blacks attended the funeral of Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post newspaper, who was one of the nation's equal opportunity pacesetters during her illustrious career ... Philadelphia 76ers star center Dikembe Mutombo is building a hospital in the Congo's capital city of Kinshasa to provide basic health needs for poor Africans. He has asked the U.S. for funds to match his outlay ... Next U.S. Director of the African Development Fund is Cynthia Shepard Perry, the former United States ambassador to Burundi and Sierra Leone.