November 3 - 9, 2019
Vol. 24, Issue 42
Greater Houston Edition
BLACK CHILDREN MATTER
“Your money and your vote are two of the most powerful tools you have. Be careful who you give them to.”
- Roy Douglas Malonson
OUR STORY
- Roy Douglas Malonson
LIVING LEGEND
November
Alma Allen
HOUSTON – Alma Allen began teaching within the Houston Independent School District at the age of 21. Initially, she taught at Parker Elementary School and Grimes Elementary School. Swiftly advancing and soaring through the ranks of education, she later became Assistant Principal at Foster Elementary School and then served as principal at Peck Elementary School, Windsor Village Vanguard Magnet School and G.B.M. Turner Elementary School. She also worked in Human Resources and Central Administration. After offering nearly four decades of impeccable service to HISD, she retired. Thereafter, she continued her career in education as an Adjunct Professor at both Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M University; and was also elected to serve on the State Board of Education for over 12 years, where she remains Vice Chair of Public Education for the State of Texas. Cont. aframnews.com
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Illinois Democrat, Carol Mosely Braun, becomes the first African-American woman elected to the United States Senate. – 1992
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Sean “P. Diddy” Combs is born. – 1969
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Theo Wright becomes the first Black to earn a Theology degree. – 1836
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In Memory of
COMMUNITY
WHAT’S HAPPENIN’
Coleman Young was elected Mayor of Detroit, becoming one of the first two Blacks mayors of city’s with over a million citizens. – 1973
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Barbara Jordan is elected to Congress. – 1972
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Esther Rolle is born. – 1920
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State Rep. John J. Conyers. Jr. May 16, 1925 October 27, 2019
Greater Houston Black Chamber hosted 2019 Pinnacle Awards.
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Thomas Mitchell will be the Keynote Speaker LAT’s 41st Annual Conf.
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Benjamin Banneker, the inventor of the America’s first clock was born. - 1731