County Court Judge William Walsh refused to treat Anthony Stewart of Syracuse as a youthful offender during sentencing, noting the boy pleaded not guilty “despite a mountain of evidence,” according to nydailynews.com.

1929—The Stock Market collapses ushering in the Great Depression bringing about Black unemployment rates ranging from 25 to 40 percent. The effects of the Great Depression would last until the start of World War II which created massive war industry jobs and a second mass migration of Blacks from the South to the industrial North.

1994—Famed dancer Pearl Primus dies. She blended African and Caribbean dance and music with Black American traditions of Blues, Jazz and the jitterbug to form a new vibrant dance form. She formed a dance troupe and she personally appeared in such early Broadway hits as “Showboat” and “Emperor Jones.” Primus was known for her amazingly high leaps. In 1991, the first President Bush awarded her the National Medal of Arts.

PEARL PRIMUS

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Some glitz, some glamor and plenty of campaign cash. President Barack Obama is hitting a reliable fundraising trail in California, tapping star donors and trading quips with Jay Leno in what is for him a well-worn path.

The president taped an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Tuesday, his second as sitting president and fourth appearance overall. Monday evening he joined actor Will Smith and basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson at a dinner at the home of producer James Lassiter. Then he mingled with Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas over canapés at the movie star couple’s home just a few blocks away.

OUT AND ABOUT—President Barack Obama stops for a snack at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles in Los Angeles, Oct. 24. Obama, who was joined by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., is on a three-day trip to the West Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(NNPA)—When Ray Leeds saw a crowd gathering in front of the California Museum of Photography, in Riverside’s downtown pedestrian mall last week, the photography buff and out-of work union pipefitter left nothing to chance.

“I grabbed my camera and just started taking pictures. It was surreal. Out of nowhere they just started singing and pitching tents,” he said. “It was engrossing. You couldn’t just stand there and snap pictures.”

TENT VILLAGE—An Occupy Pittsburgh camper from Italy who wouldn't give her name, right, works on a sign outside her tent on Mellon Green, Oct. 18, in downtown Pittsburgh. Some 60 campers now inhabit the tent village. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)