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Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company (1865-1874)

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The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company, commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, was incorporated on March 3, 1865. It was created by the United States Congress along with the Freedmen’s Bureau to aid the freedmen in their transition from slavery to freedom.

By late 1861, many Black Americans along the border-states experienced a de facto freedom in the presence of occupying Union troops. Some found employment in Union garrisons where they were monetarily compensated for their work. At this time, northern abolitionists called for the creation of a freedmen’s bank to assist the ex-slaves in developing habits of financial responsibility.

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African-American News&Issues team pose with “Malcolm X” Essay contest winners at the AANI headquarters basesd in Houston, Texas 77091 (l-r) Darwin Campbell ~ AANI Senior Journalist, Chandra Jarmon ~ AANI Managing Editor, Victoria Balsuto ~ 1st place winner for Senior Category, Patrick Carter II ~ 1st place winner for Middle School Category, Shirley Ann Malonson ~ AANI CEO & Roy Douglas Malonson ~ AANI Publisher

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During the Civil War, small banks were established across the South to receive deposits from black soldiers and runaway slaves working at Union garrisons. Many of the records of these deposits were lost, however, and many of the freedmen were prevented from recovering their deposits. Also, when black troops were killed in combat and did not list next-of-kin, their deposits often went unclaimed. Even when relatives were listed, locating them proved difficult since the Civil War disrupted black residential patterns.

John W. Alvord, a Congregational Minister and A. M. Sperry, an abolitionist, launched the Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company in 1864 to eliminate individual bank mismanagement and bring all of the Black deposits under central control in a single large institution.

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arlier this month, political commentator Lisa Durden gave a fiery interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, defending a Black Lives Matter chapter’s decision to host a Memorial Day event exclusively for Black people.

Durden, who was an adjunct professor at Essex County College in Newark, N.J., and is also a media commentator whose focus centers mostly on issues such as pop culture, race and politics, was invited onto

During the discussions on the topic, a heated exchange broke out between the two that included Durden telling the thin-skinned White Goldenboy Carlson that “You White people are angry because you couldn’t use your ‘White privilege’ card to get invited to the Black Lives Matter’s allBlack Memorial Day celebration.”

Carlson fired back by calling her “hostile and separatist and crazy...

You’re demented actually,” he said.

“You’re sick and what you’re saying is disgusting and if you were a Nazi I would say the same thing to you.”

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Anthony E. Munroe Essex County College is federally designated as a Predominantly Black Institution and a Hispanic Serving Institution. It has a large Black student population and its new president, Anthony E. Munroe is also Black.

Recently, Durden’s free speech cost her her position because she was fired from Essex because President Munroe did not support her. He bowed to the “politics”, powers,

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Munroe contended the administration was “immediately inundated with feedback from students, faculty and prospective students and their families expressing frustration, concern and even fear that the views expressed by a College employee (with influence over students) would negatively impact their experience on the campus.”

The motives in their back boardrooms are quite the opposite.

They want to ridicule you for your free speech opinions, unmask your personal feelings and expose your ultimate goals.

“In consideration of the College’s mission, and the impact that this matter has had on the College’s fulfillment of its mission, we cannot maintain an employment relationship with the adjunct,” Munroe said in the statement.

It takes courage to stand up and speak out in a world full of White media wolves waiting to pounce on you and rip apart your views, values and core beliefs.

America is suppose to be a land where we value differences, the expression of ideas and can discuss issues using first amendment rights in a civil manner without an ulterior motive to destroy careers and characters.

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pressure and provided a lengthy explanation on why he did not support Durden’s right to hold her views on the issues.

Here is a classic example of the lack of support Black leaders in key positions failing to support those who stand up in the fight for freedom, equality and justice.

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Sometimes We Are “Lynched” By Our Own Black Hands

“Tucker Carlson Tonight” to discuss the Black Lives Matter event.

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hey said it couldn’t be done; but in Houston, we always get it done. Houstonians came together and achieved historic pension reform, lifting one of two significant barriers to progress in our city.

For 16 years, our ability to invest in our city – in our families, our neighborhoods and our communities – has slowly been crushed by a looming pension debt and an arbitrary cap on property tax revenue that continues to prevent us from making critical investments to keep our city growing and thriving.

Our victory on pension reform is substantial. We immediately reduced a debt of $8.2 billion and put in place a responsible plan to pay off the balance over 30 years – just like the mortgage

Any time commentators discuss a controversial topic on television, there will be people who agree and disagree – That much is true.

However, it is shameful that many Blacks in leadership positions across this country allow people like Durden to be crucified and sacrificed.

Quit running to White Media to tell your stories. They do not care about you!!!

It is high time we take one page from President Trump’s playbook and learn to use our Black News Media outlets and Social Media outlets exclusively, the way Trump uses Twitter.

Black people can effectively spread the messages with the community by advertising and using Black news organizations.

To many respond like Munroe and have “no balls” to stand up and back Black people who are out front and fight for truth and who lay it all on the line to make lives better for the next generation.

Durden is just the latest casualty in a war that will rage on as long as the White-drive by media organizations are allowed to dominate the ideas and airwaves of America.

She was publicly lynched and her situation must serve as the latest warning not to get on White media television and radio shows and expect to be treated with dignity and respect.

It also demonstrates that some of our Blacks in leadership are sorry examples and are real pansies and losers when fighting for social justice and equality. on a house. The plan also requires the city to make the payments in full and on time – just like every Houstonian with a mortgage is required to do – and protects the city from cost increases due to economic downturns.

When I asked to become your mayor, I asked all Houstonians, in a spirit of shared sacrifice, to chip in to solve these problems. Our city workers and retirees did their part by accepting $2.85 billion in reductions to their pension benefits.

Now, the rest of us must do our part to protect and preserve the

Lisa Durden It is time to decline interviews with White New media organizations and leave them alone.

Both President Munroe and Durden should be a warning to Black folks everywhere.

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promise of Houston for our kids – and for their kids and beyond. It’s time to lift the final barrier to our progress by lifting the revenue cap. Our city has lost an estimated $220 million in revenue over the last three years because of the cap, while saving less than $30 per year for someone owning a $200,000 home.

I’m serious about making our government more efficient. This year, we closed a $130 million budget gap without raising taxes. Let’s manage our finances responsibly and lift up our city. We can do both. We must do both.

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By Chelsea Davis-Bibb, M.Ed

n our society, there is much controversy surrounding what is considered Black? We now live in a society where there are many biracial individuals, and the question still remains “What is considered Black?

Just recently, there was uproar over Rachael Malonson, who was crowned Miss Black University of Texas 2017.

She is mixed with White and Black, and she received much criticism for not “being Black enough.” My question to you is, “Do you still think the One-Drop Rule still applies?”

According to the one-drop rule, any person who had a single drop of Black blood in them was considered Black. In addition, according to “Who is Black?” by F. James Davis, he noted that, “It is also known as the "one black ancestor rule," some courts have called it the "traceable amount rule," and anthropologists call it the "hypodescent rule," meaning that racially mixed persons are assigned the status of the subordinate group. This definition emerged from the American South to become the nation's definition, generally accepted by whites and blacks.

Blacks had no other choice.”

There is also the term Mulatto, which was given to those who where mixed with Black and White. Two examples of this are Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass, who both had Black mothers and White fathers. They are true examples of what was considered Mullatto.

Davis also expressed, “ To whatever extent their mothers were part white, these men were more than half white.

Douglass was evidently part Indian as well, and he looked it. Washington had reddish hair and gray eyes. At the time of the American Revolution, many of the founding fathers had some very light slaves, including some who appeared to be white. The term "colored" seemed for a time to refer only to mulattoes, especially lighter

ones, but later it became a euphemism for darker Negroes, even including unmixed blacks. With widespread racial mixture, "Negro" came to mean any slave or descendant of a slave, no matter how much mixed.”

So, what are your thoughts thus far? Does this rule and term still apply to the society we are living in today?

For me, I think everyone is mixed up with something. I think those terms were used to create labels and to be able to separate and identify Blacks from the Whites. I still don’t understand why race is still such a big issue especially when it comes to Blacks and Whites. Will we ever see a day where we are unified as one race, which is the human race? Can we look past color and just look at someone’s heart and character? In my family, we are mixed with several ethnicities such as African American, Indian, European, and even Asian. We still identify as African American. However, as a light skinned person, many people think I am mixed with something, but I always assure them that I am African American. But why does it matter? It matters because people make it matter.

So, in the case of Rachael Malonson, is she still considered Black? I had several conversations with different people in regards to this subject. The responses varied. Some people feel that if individuals have any Black in them, they are considered Black. Others still go by a certain look to determine if a person is indeed “Black enough.” For me, you are what you identify as. One question that I have to ask is, how are we supposed to fix the issues of racism across the nation, when we have racism within our own culture? Take this quote by Sargent Shriver who stated, “We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.”

Before we can deal with the problem, we have to understand what we are dealing with. It’s okay to know the history, but do you understand the history? Slavery caused a lot of tension between Whites and Blacks, but it also created a lot of tension amongst the Black race as well.

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comes along with the territory and is It is not often that I challenge the something that really can go without faithful and loyal readers of Africanbeing stated. Because the Chief is American News&Issues at an attempt the one out front and everyone can to prove a point to our audience. see him and so he will always be However in this case, I have chosen to singled out as a target, no matter the make an exception. The challenge that situation. However, to intentionally I would like to present is for our readhumiliate and scorn a president all ers to simply Google one phrase: “the because of the color of most disrespected his skin is a TOTAL president in US DISGRACE. history”. It really doesn’t matter Throughout his adwhat preference ministration, President of search engine Barack Obama and his you use either. family were constantly Because I’m alon public display in most certain that various forms of the results will mockery. There were remain the same. endless cartoons and First and foredepictions of President most, President Former President Barack Obama Obama featured as a Barack Obama’s Muslim and his family is the name that you will find. Various as monkeys and apes, along with articles, instances and examples of the obscene pictorials and representatype of disrespect that he and his famtions. A variety of drawings featuring ily have experienced over the course of President Obama with a noose hung his eight-year administration will blow around his neck flooded internet on your mind. multiple occasions. Even the disrespect that the current president imposed on Now, some people may wonhim in regards to his birth certificate der and others will simply never and other vicious claims, only adds to understand how it is that a man and further distasteful actions against the family that literally brought so much former president. World leaders even grace, dignity and poise to the White joined in on the mocking game by House, could be placed in such a seat constantly showing their disrespect for of disgrace. While many may not understand, I certainly do! We MUST his seat in the Oval Office. It has also been recorded in many instances how Understand that this is a mindset that American political leaders under the is welcomed amongst our society, and former President blatantly disregarded it hasn’t just gotten this way either. and circumvented his authority. While It is a factor that we Africans living there are many examples of this type in America have experienced since of conduct, I can think of a couple of the inception of this nation. To that political affiliates who just completely regard, I always say that there is just had no problem showing their hatred Something about this Blackness towards President Obama. that is Seriously Misunderstood? It really does not matter who you are, House Speaker John Boehner what type of class, style, intelligence took it upon himself to offer an invitaor status you have – if you belong to tion to Prime Minister Netanyahu to the African-American race; there will speak at a joint meeting with Congress always be some form of prejudicial about Iran, without first consulting element imposed on you. Although with the former president. The former some may beg to differ, I just believe Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani in calling, “a spade a spade” and “an made an extremely racist and unwarace an ace”. Simple as that! ranted comment against President Obama with no regard. He said,“...I We MUST Understand that any know this is a horrible thing to say, time a person is the leader, president but I do not believe that the president or accountable for a large following loves America.” He continued, “He that there will always be some level of doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love disrespect at some point. This aspect

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me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.” This was in reference to the President rearing by his parents. The list is endless in regards to the many forms of disrespect that President Obama was confronted with throughout his eight-year stint in the White House.

But here we are in 2017 operating under a President who has completely degraded the office of presidency and all that it stands for – and it just appears that it is business as usual. The irony of it all, is the simple fact that many of us sat and watched President Obama endure eight long, tiresome years of continual disrespect. And now we are confronted with an administration that disrespects the executive authority given to him, with no shame or regard. He feel that he is entitled to act in the manner that he wants, treat and say anything to anyone he wants and President that there will be Donald Trump no repercussions for his actions. The sad reality of it all is that, even though we are witnessing live and in living color; this TOTAL DISGRACE right before our very eyes, our dear old POTUS just may get away with it.

Concluding, I would like to share a quote I saw which I feel represents the President very well... American Poet, Michael R. Burch posed a question in which anyone familiar with the operations of President Trump would know is a justifiable one. He said, “Trump claims he’d be the “best jobs president that God ever created.” But isn’t his claim to fame firing people?”

Someone may look at this as disrespect to the president, but no matter how you slice it, it is very true indeed. If you don’t believe me, reach out to his latest example in the person of the former FBI Director, James Comey.

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HCC Acres Homes Campus New HCC campus creates pathway to success

Ribbon cutting ceremony for HCC Acres Homes Campus

In November 2012, voters approved a bond program that would add innovative educational facilities across the Houston Community College (HCC) District. As a part of the bond program, the new Acres Homes Campus, located at 630 W. Little York Road, was approved. The campus further expands the delivery of educational opportunities to residents living in and around the historic community. To celebrate the opening of the new campus, the community is invited to the Acres Homes Campus for a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 17.

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The new campus will provide the ultimate student experience by offering a full range of services and activities that support student success.

The instructional center houses an Electronic Resource Center, student lounge, administrative support space, classrooms and state-ofthe-art labs.

The campus offers ample parking and is easily accessible from I-45 North and via public transportation off of N. Shepherd and W. Little York.

The campus offers a one-stop student services center for admissions, registration, advisement, degree planning, and financial aid.

Financial aid assistance is available for students who qualify for state and federal grants, work-study, loans and scholarship programs.

Tutors, high technology, study space, student activities and career assistance are also available for students attending the campus.

The new 25,120 square feet facility sits on 11.3 acres that allows an opportunity to expand for growth.

Explore offerings that lead to success

Fast-track training

Busy schedules and the need to upgrade skills quickly are driving the demand for fast-track training. To meet the growing needs of the community, the Acres Homes Campus is programmed to create pathways to educational success through workforce training, academic offerings, certificates and adult education that can be completed quickly.

Given the high priority for Adult Basic Education, GED and English as a Second Language in and near Acres Homes, courses are conveniently offered at the campus on weekdays TX- 4

and weekends. This gives residents an opportunity to complete their GED certificate and pursue a workforce certificate for employment in a short period of time.

Fast-track Continuing Education certificates also offer students an opportunity to enter the workforce with six months of training or less. High demand programs offered at the Acres Homes Campus include certified nursing aide, phlebotomy, medical business office professional, bilingual child development associate, paralegal studies, and core computer training in Microsoft Office.

Pathways to high-tech certificates and degrees In addition to short-term certificates, pathways to complete semester-credit hour workforce certificates and Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees are also available. Beginning academic coursework that meets the qualifications to transfer to all of the HCC Centers of Excellence (COE) or to a university is available at the Acres Homes Campus.

and wants others to know about the tremendous opportunities the college offers.

The HCC Northeast College is home to the Automotive, Business, Global Energy and Public Safety COE’s. Each COE offers high-tech training designed to meet the growing demand for trained personnel in key industries, including government, transportation, energy and business.

Pursuing a career in a high demand field can open the door to increased employment opportunities and higher wages. At the Acres Homes Campus, beginning coursework for semester-credit hour COE certificates and AAS degrees is available for the business administration, process technology, petroleum engineering technology, business technology, criminal justice and electronics engineering technology programs.

HCC has actively served Acres Homes and surrounding communities for more than 30 years.

Its early partnerships with the community began with the offering of dual credit and adult education evening courses at Booker T. Washington, Scarborough and Waltrip High Schools. In 1999, the Pinemont Center opened to provide greater accessibility for day, evening and weekend classes to communities desiring postsecondary educational programs and services at traditional college-going hours.

Student Success

HCC student starts business career, encourages others

Today, Williams is an employee relations specialist at Goodwill Industries of Houston. He is responsible for a variety of human resource functions that include conducting interviews, investigating employee complaints, and assisting with employment claims. He is very grateful to HCC

The Acres Homes Campus offers access to additional student support services through partnering resource programs, community-based organizations, employers, and generous donors.

The HCC partnership with the Capital Idea financial assistance program provides opportunities for the cost of tuition, fees and other expenses for select programs to be covered for qualifying students. The college is also equipped with financial coaches who help students with budgeting and access to community resources to ensure success. Through the HCC Career and Resource Center, Acres Homes Campus students have access to career readiness workshops, job fairs, and employment listings as a result of partnerships with industry employers and agencies.

A legacy of service in the community

The earning potential for COE programs can range from a beginning salary of $23,000 to more than $80,000.

Carvis Williams retired from the military after 22 years of service and wanted to find a career in a business environment. He enrolled in the HCC Business COE to pursue certifications in business management and human resources management.

An instructor noticed Williams’ strengths and convinced him to get an associate degree in business.

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You can get a good community college education and do the basic entry and move your way up as you continue your education,” says

Williams.

In addition to providing education and training at the Pinemont Center, HCC has continued to partner with area high schools for dual credit, as well as M.C. Williams Middle School for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math outreach initiatives.

HCC Acres Homes Campus 630 W. Little York Road Houston, Texas 77091 713-718-8300 For more information, visit hccs.edu/acreshomes

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HOUSTON - The impact and influence of Malcolm X has been enormous since his death by assassins in 1965.

It spans decades and is embedded in the political hearts and social thinking of many African Americans and shapes relationship building in the community.

It also often determines how much African-Americans believe and trust a country and political system that continues to oppress them in many ways.

VICTORIA BASULTO 1st Place Winner in the High School (Senior) Category

PATRICK CARTER 1st Place Winner in the Middle School catergory

“Malcolm X was taught and raised by The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and he developed a very special magnetism when he was alive,” said renown Houston Journalist, Social and Civil Rights Activist Jesse Muhammad. “Now generations later and especially in the age of social media access, Malcolm X continues to have an impact on the minds and activism of young people who are hungering to feed from leaders who have true revolutionary spirit...I believe it is more important we keep alive the works he did and the life he lived as a discipline Muslim.”

Perhaps Malcolm X’s greatest contribution to society was underscoring the value of a truly free populace by demonstrating the great lengths to which human beings will go to secure their freedom. “Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression,” he stated. “Because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.”

Malcolm X was articulate, passionate and a naturally gifted and inspirational orator and exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism “by any means necessary,” including not ruling out violence.

In a recent essay analysis, three young minority minds from across Houston’s broad ethnic and gender boundaries shared their thoughts about the man who helped reshape social thinking and rewrite the rules on political self determination and expression.

VICTORIA BASULTO For Basulto, the research on Malcolm X has made a positive impression on her life and redirected her thoughts on the image, body of work and life of the man.

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“When writing my essay and doing my research, I came to the enlightening realization that to generalize any man’s legacy is to essentially leave out a large portion of their story. Malcolm X was not the foil character to a protagonist like Dr. Martin Luther King in an epic saga to liberate African Americans in

the United States,” she said. “He was a man, like every other civil rights activist, whose tragic story led him to approach the liberation of his people in a different way.”

According to Basulto, when researching the life and works of Malcolm X, she came upon a startling discovery. In history class, we had often been taught that Malcolm X was a controversial figurehead of the civil rights movement. His goals were similar to that of other civil rights leaders like the famous Dr. Martin Luther King and other activist who promoted the end of racial oppression.

However, although they advocated the use of non-violence, Malcolm X himself advocated the use of violence and terror. A concept that can be correlated to the infamous saying “fight fire with fire”.

In her assessment, Basulto added that by allowing our history books to generalize any man or woman’s legacy into a short, one sided synopsis of their impact on our country, we allow ourselves to forget important contributors in history and their struggles that inevitably formed a part of them.

“This experience in my life has taught me to look at people, both good and bad, old and young, rich and poor; and allow myself to see past their exterior and into their true character. It has taught me that society often times brands people on the basis of irrelevant characteristics in its hurry to keep pace with progress. But, often times leaves out large portions of their story, and therefore, who they really are,” she said. “I now know that to create a more inclusive society, like the one Malcolm X sought to achieve at the end of his lifetime, we must look beyond the summary of people’s story but between the lines to the fine print we may never have gotten to read.”

In her essay she was clear to share thoughts and insights about the what she learned during her research.

When we begin to classify, divide and group we sow the seeds of inequality, hate and discrimination. The hustlers did not know better than to believe there was an invisible line with a clearly recognizable enemy on the other side. There was a “Black America”, caught in an endless struggle to free itself from the hands of oppression, and then there was a “White America”, the hands doing the oppressing. There was no in between, exception or conformity. It was as simple as good vs. bad. The timeless struggle of the yin and yang of darkness and light. But that is not the way the world works, it is this I believe Malcolm X began to realize at the end of his life. The enemy is sly and cunning, it lives and breathes

TEXAS • JULY 3 - 9, 2017 within our society, but, it has no recognizable face. This was the message of the civil rights movement, for White men’s blood was spilled equally like that of African Americans, that freedom and equality is achieved only through the collective spirit of society to move forward and progress towards a seemingly unachievable perfection. If we seek to correct the ills of society we must do it together. As America we must confront the future, together, not as White and Black America, but as The United above all creed, race and religion, States of America. As Barack Obama said in his 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, “There is not a liberal America and a conservative America—there is the United States of America.

There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America—there’s the United States of America”.

There are many ways we can overcome the issues facing America. Both Malcolm X, and his seemingly foil persona, Dr. Martin Luther King, were striving towards a more equal and just society. They took two different paths in life and in the end, their roads converged at the commonality of their agendas. We can begin to live their legacies by continuing to strive towards this goal no matter how close or far we seem to be.

But we should never be like the hustlers who foolishly believed racism was a recognizable feature that could be seen in the skin. Let us allow ourselves to be influenced by ideas, but never transformed past recognition by them.

The road of progress and long and treacherous, we have no time to spend going in circles with hearts full of hate, only time to move ahead with hearts of love and hope.

PATRICK CARTER As a teen, Carter said he is moved by the stories in the news that show the disrespect for the younger generations opinions and demonstrates the need for young people to be informed and involved and ensure a voice in the political process.

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“In my research on Malcolm X, I learned that people want to be heard and will do anything to be heard. Malcolm X helped open the way for the kind of protests for social, religious and racial rights before his untimely death,” he said. “His example helped lead and aid the cause and define the true fight for racial and religious equality.”

Studying Malcolm X changed me in such a way that I think about the community. It definitely enables me to see the different sides of racial and social America.

“Things have come to a point where some respect people on one hand for religion and color or skin in a civilized manner, while on the other hand, the politics (in America) has created an environment where some people detest and hate others even more.

Some (racial and ethic) communities are better and others have been persecuted and treated poorly.”

According to Carter, it is a mixed blessing, because of Malcolm X, in some ways we are better charged, enlightened and educated on issues and problems, but worse off because we appear to be further from finding answers and solving them.

In his essay, Carter uses current social challenges to demonstrate his thoughts that there is still much work to do in America.

At one point, Malcolm X even echoed the 25th chapter of Matthew in the Bible, “what you do for these-the prisoner, the poor, the stranger, the widow, the fatherless, the motherless, the weak, the vulnerable the-has lasting value”. He most likely quoted this scripture to stir up African-Americans and Muslims into rising up against those who persecuted them.

This verse addressed an idea which ‘scared America’ society ignoring how to help and to support for Blacks.

Even now, Malcolm X inspires others to

Education/Youth speak out against injustice. For example, the recent news about United Airlines aggressive passenger removal, changes in the United States laws over immigration, and numerous police officers violence against innocent citizens. There are countless events that society will gain power from Malcolm X (voice for rights). Over all, Malcolm X left quite a scare on American history, but towards a greater cause in the ongoing fight against religious persecution and racism.

KAYLA FRANCIS Many historians believe that after his epiphany at Mecca, Malcolm X returned to the United States less angry and more optimistic about the prospects for peaceful resolution to America’s race problems. “The true brotherhood I had seen had influenced me to recognize that anger can blind human vision,” he said. “America is the first country ... that can actually have a bloodless revolution.”

However, he was killed before that chapter of his life could ever be written.

According to Francis, controversy between Black and White America has been going on as long as historical record.

“A constant back and forth, one encounter after another, has created a huge emotional tension between us as a species,” she said. “ Many have stood up for their belief and plenty of them stand out and have gone father than others...Malcolm X stood for what he believed and never looked back...This created a very tense and angry filled relationship between the two (White America and Black America).”

Malcolm X gave African-Americans something nobody else ever had – a feeling that a race of people have the privilege to feel outrage and express the energy of it, to test white mastery, and to effectively request change…

Malcolm X enlightened everybody who might listen concerning the tireless and unavoidable restrictions that the era of prejudice had forced on American Blacks. His knowledge and lowliness was the end goal that he was not hesitant to update his thoughts, and he held up the case for change for all to see and gain from.

Before his death, Malcolm X stated that his organizations were willing to work with other black organizations and with progressive white groups in the United States on voter registration, on black control of community public institutions such as schools and the police, and on other civil and political rights for black people.

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Muhammad leaves some telling thoughts for Blacks trying to find their way in a world that still does not accept African American contributions to the building of America.

His influence continues and must live on from generation to generation to maintain that powerful flame of freedom and independence that Black people yearn for.

“Young people should get to know the man who produced Malcolm X, the most Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” Jesse Muhammad said. “If they would feed from his books and teachings like Brother Malcolm did, then they too would grow to manifest their greatness and be powerful servants of the people and not buy into the recycled lie that the Hon, Minister Louis Farrakhan has something to do with Brother Malcolm’s death… listen for themselves and that will surely carry the revolution to the next level.”

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“It really opened my eyes to things that still go on today and showed me patience and how violence isn’t always needed to get your point across,” she said. “It changed how I go about situations and to actually think before I act.”

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She also added that it has given her pause to be more understanding, tolerant and patient about each individual’s race, background and ethnicity.

She also pointed out it helped her understand the meaning of self determination, perseverance and maintaining strong goals and a positive self esteem.

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In her essay, she revealed a personal insight about the powerful impact of Malcolm X.

The impact of Malcolm X’s words have come to life with Kayla Francis, who said she has learned that there indeed are alternatives to hatred and violence.

“It taught me that everyone isn’t raised the same, so I won’t always have the same view or opinion on things as everyone I meet.”

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“As corny as it may be, it taught me I can really be whatever I want to be despite what society think it has planned for me,” she said.

“If I really focus and put time and effort into It I can be whatever I want to be.”

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