Vol 27 Issue 32

August 28, 2022

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African-American News&Issues

“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”

Vol. 27, Issue 32

your vote matters Your vote and your money are the two most powerful things you have.

Be careful who you give them to.

Our choice and liberty are under attack. - Roy Douglas Malonson

Breonna Taylor - george floyd - ahmaud arbery - emmett till

Justice Is Served Cont. on Pg. 3

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EDITORIAL

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Is Texas Southern University Ungovernable?

Question: Can we make an unclean situation into a clean one? TSU should be given an opportunity for creative institutional rebirth, but due to historic State underfunding and land-lock developmental constraints the process has been slow. However, God can do anything, but as human beings we can only do some things.

TSU’s historical development is replete with moral confusion and intellectual leadership dishonesty.

Hence, TSU is not institutionalizing and advancing its Special Purpose Legislative Designation For Urban Programming for community development, which was granted in 1973. Question: Why does this institutional community development dilemma exist at TSU? No doubt about it, there is enough blame and guilt to go around internally at TSU; including surrounding public school failures, and dysfunctions that must be creatively resolved in conjunction with TSU’s

College of Education.

Therefore, the internal administrative structure at TSU is morally and intellectually corrupt, not because TSU does not have proper institutionalized policies and procedures documented on paper, but because administrators will not faithfully follow and implement stated policies and procedures.

Too many administrators at TSU do not function effectively in their designated administrative lane (s). If department head administrators do not know how to professionally conduct themselves in a civil manner in administrative meetings, how can we expect their professional colleagues, and students to behave civilly? Example is the best teacher. Recently at TSU, an assault charge was filed against a department head administrator for physically attacking a court appointed process-server: shameful. The administrator is still currently employed at TSU: administrative malfeasance. This situation, in and of itself, is a clear-cut unprofessional integrity example of why TSU is ungovernable due to internal corruption.

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Think About It

By Dr. John E. Warren

Our Vote: Our Weapon Against Racism The recent electoral primaries are giving us important insight into the future politics of our country. All one has to do is look at the number of Trump supporters winning primary elections for a place on the November General Election ballots. Eight out of ten of the Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump have either lost their primaries or decided

not to run again. Just this week, we saw Congresswoman Elizabeth Cheney lose her primary race as a Wyoming Republican to a Trump supporter of the “Big Lie” that President Biden did not win the election. Let there be no doubt that racism in the form of fear of the Black and Brown voting electorate is at the heart of the Trump movement of voter suppression and planned efforts to decertify future elections.

Our vote is our most important weapon against this movement of racism cloaked in the “Make America Great Again” movement (MAGA).

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POLITICS

Justice Is Served By: Roy Douglas Malonson

For many years, the justice system has failed Blacks. It was a system that was intentionally designed to keep Black people down, locked up, and forgotten about. Blacks have always been looked at as less than, and even in 2022, we are still working twice as hard to prove our value and worth.

In today’s society, we have seen numerous “trends” when it comes to racism, discrimination, and injustice.

However, it appears that some elements have taken a shift when it comes to our justice system. Enough is enough, and we are slowly starting to see this in some individuals who are tired of the injustices that many people have gotten away with for far too long.

One example of this is the recent warrant that was found for Carolyn Bryant Donham (also known Mrs. Roy Bryant), who was involved with the case of Emett Louis Till, a young, 14-year-old Black boy, who was accused of whistling at Donham, which was against “racism rules” during that time. Till was kidnapped, tortured, and killed in 1955 by Roy

Bryant and J.W. Milam, both White men, and one of the men was Donham’s husband.

Till’s mother held an open casket funeral so the world could see what they did to her son. This act added more fuel to the Civil Rights Movement.

A team in Mississippi began searching a courthouse basement for evidence about the case of Emmett Till. They found an unserved warrant that was issued on August 29, 1955, that had been placed in a file folder that was placed in a box, according to Elmus Stockstill, a Leflore County Circuit Clerk. It was noted that the warrant wasn’t served because they didn’t want to “bother” Donham.

This search for the warrant was started by the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation by his cousin Deborah Watts and her daughter Teri Watts.

Although the grandy jury in Mississippi decided not to indict Donham, who is in her 80s, due to there not being enough evidence, there have been some positive things

that have come out of this. For one, the fight for Emmett Till is still going on, and even after all these years, this case and the events that occurred in this case are still relevant to what is going on today.

In addition, President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching

which prompted the police to return fire.

They fired 32 shots, six of which hit and killed Taylor. The former Louisville detective, Kelly Hanna Goodlett recently plead guilty to falsifying a search warrant that led to Taylor’s death. She is the first officer to be held ac-

Act earlier this year, which has made lynching a federal crime.

Another case is Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was sleep with her boyfriend on March 13, 2020, when police conducted a no-knock raid. Taylor’s boyfriend thought police were intruders in their home and begin firing shots,

countable for the raid.

It has been said that the justice department is now trying to come down on racial disparities and injustices against Black people.

It’s about time.

We cannot forget the case of Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot and killed by the hands of White men while he was jogging through a neighborhood in South

Georgia. It wasn’t until a video surfaced of the encounter that gave this case national attention. The men involved, Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William Roderick Bryan, were found guilty of hate federal crimes back in February. This is another case where justice has been served.

The nation will also never forget George Floyd, who died by former police officer Derek Chauvin who had his knee pressed against his neck for several minutes.

Floyd told the officer several times that he couldn’t breathe, but Chauvin never moved his knee.

Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter.

There were three other cops who were charged two counts each of aiding and abetting in the death. The world was shaken by this and watched Floyd take his last breath by the hands of another White man.

If you think about everything that is happening now, not much has changed from back then. What helps in our time is technol-

ogy. Without it, some of these cases wouldn’t stand a day in court due to whatever lack of evidence they may rule against it. However, technology doesn’t lie.

Videos don’t lie, and it has helped put people away who deserve it and hopefully will help deter individuals from committing hate crimes and other crimes in general.

We can’t forget that the justice system was designed to work against us. Therefore, we must advocate for ourselves, stick together as a culture, and protect and preserve the greatness that lies within us. If not us, then who? All the cases that have been mentioned were unfortunate and could have been prevented. It is up to us that we hold “We the People” accountable for their actions.

We can’t keep letting history repeat itself and let “We the People” off the hook for the injustice they have created. That time is over, and the time is now to make sure these events won’t happen again, and in the event, they do, we must make sure that justice is served.

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COMMUNITY

The Breakfast Klub’s First Annual HBCU Send Off

By: Crystal LaShan

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are vital to African Americans’ continued success and upward mobility in the United States. In the academic year of 2019–2020, some 48, 200 degrees were conferred

by HBCUs: 11 percent were associate degrees, more than two-thirds were bachelor’s degrees (69 percent), 14 percent were master’s degrees, and six percent were doctor’s degrees. HBCUs truly make a difference in the Black Community. On February 25, 1837, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania became the nation’s first Historically Black College and University (HBCU).

In 1854, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania became the first HBCU granting college degrees.

In 1856, Wilberforce University became the first college run by African Americans. In 1857,

Harris-Stowe State University became the first HBCU focused on teaching and education courses.

Although HBCUs were initially f ounded to educate Black students, they also enrolled students of other races. The composition of HBCUs has changed over time.

In 2020, non-Black students made up 24 percent of enrollment at HBCUs, compared with 15 percent in 1976. While Black enrollment at HBCUs increased by 11 percent between 1976 and 2020, the total number of Black students enrolled in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, more than doubled during this period. As a result, the percentage of Black students enrolled at HBCU’s fell from 18 percent in 1976 to 8 percent in 2014 and then increased to 9 percent in 2020. It is a fact that

Students attending Texas Southern University and Prairie View A & M University

Students attending Texas Southern University and Southern University this increase is what many call the George Floyd Effect. Our world after Minneapolis Police Officers brutally murdered George Floyd changed the way the world saw the importance of equality, humanity, and the importance of Black cultural experience. HBCU’s donations increased tenfold from people of diverse backgrounds who wanted to give to significant African American causes that helped to advance our culture.

Marcus Davis, the owner of The Breakfast Klub, has always been a supporter of HBCUs. He is a proud graduate of Texas Southern University. His father was a proud graduate of Texas Southern university as well. Davis believes supporting HBCUs is crucial to the success and progress of Black culture and building Black wealth in America. Davis said he did the 1st Annual HBCU Send–Off Party at The Breakfast Klub because, “It was important to celebrate students who are

attending HBCUs and necessary.

It is important to make a Big Deal out of it. Having students from different HBCU’s come together and support each other. To have a good time and start the sh** talking was important to support our HBCU students. I purposely asked our intern, Camera, a Clark -Atlanta University student, to produce a party they would want to have, and that is what she did.”

The 1st Annual Breakfast Klub HBCU Send-Off party had DJ Rob G spinning great music, and the HBCU freshmen were treated to The Breakfast Klub’s famous wings and waffles, fruit, and drinks. The kids were having a blast dancing, playing dominoes, and cards in front of The Breakfast Klub, and Just Sneaux-Authentic New Orleans Snowballs provided delicious snowballs For more visit to every student in attendance. aframnews.com

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COMMUNITY

Are You The Next HPD Officer?

By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D.

Do you have dreams of becoming a police officer, or have you ever considered a career in law enforcement? If so, the Houston Police Department (HPD), is hosting a career fair on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at Discovery Green from 10am-2pm.

Across the nation, police departments have struggled with keeping police officers, and HPD is looking for new individuals to join their phenomenal team.

Commander Kristine AnthonyMiller stated, “We know that our numbers are down in Houston from our allocated strength versus our current manpower, so certainly in Houston we continue our recruiting

efforts so we can add more officers to our ranks. We are going to have attrition like resignations and retirements, so it’s the mission of the recruiting division to recruit those qualified individuals to join our ranks.”

Commander Anthony-Miller also mentioned a variety of reasons as to why there is a police shortage stating, “We have competition from other industries, we had the pandemic, and incidents in society that challenge someone from wanting to be in law enforcement. We also work shift work, so you’re not going to get day shifts and weekends off, so maybe that doesn’t appeal to some people as well as salary challenges.”

Lieutenant Daryl Henderson, who has been with the city for 30 years and was assigned to recruiting right at the onset of the pandemic, mentioned that in his time with the department, HPD has had a great amount of support from the community, the mayor, and city council. He also mentioned that “even during COVID, we had to retool how we engaged the public because businesses were closed, but we still in my opinion did well as a far as our recruiting efforts locally when you look at our counterparts across the country.”

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BUSINESS

The Black Store By: Kenneth Payne

The Black Store is not just a beauty supply store, it’s an open hub to enlighten visitors about the Black experience as a whole.

Houston native Lloyd Ford and his partner Randy Shelby passionately thought out and opened a successful black owned business right off Cullen and Bellfort back in 2020. Before opening, other beauty supply stores in the area had already been established by Asian owners, but that didn’t stop Ford and Shelby to carve out their own lane, and creatively open a beauty supply store that could better serve the Black community in every aspect of life.

The Black Store: Beauty Supply Experience is the name that’s changing the beauty supply industry game. “We give people what they want in order to feed them what need they need,” the famous motto the store lives by said Ford. This is a powerful and bold statement that can hopefully penetrate the minds of the youth and elders in the Black community. The store is home to a one stop shop for countless skin beauty products, hair products, clothes for men and women, etc. What makes this beauty supply store unique is that they have natural foods such as sea moss and natural juices that customers can better their lives with. After all health is wealth.

Another thing to point out about this beauty supply store is how helpful they are to other Black local owners that might not

have the means or connections to promote their business right away. “They can come here, make money, and expose their brands more to help take their business to another level,” Ford said. There are also more services coming soon to the store that include a full beauty salon and

does. Ford and his partner created a community group program called the C.G.E., which stands for Creative Group Economics. It’s a mechanism that Ford and Shelby use to engage the community. A lot goes into this program such as education, agriculture, community gardening, and leveraging politics

Lloyd Ford job opportunities/internships to advance employment rate around the community.

Most beauty supply stores in the Houston area don’t engage with the community outside of the business the way The Black Store

on their side with using another mechanism like P.A.I.D Texas, which means Political Advocates for Independent Democracy. The Black Store supports this political committee and its grassroot candidates during campaign runs

in Houston. Supporting P.A.I.D Texas helps with bringing political awareness to the Black community and encourages them to be more politically involved with issues inside their communities.

“I want The Black Store to always fulfill and be an economic base for what we’re trying to do. This is more than just a store,” Ford stated. The Black Store is heavily involved in the community and truly cares for the community. They work with the Harris County Health Department with Violence Intervention, and they recently gave over 600 backpacks away at a back-to-school drive they hosted, in addition to poetry nights, free movie nights, and the list goes on. The Black Store is not in it to only make money, but to also be a beacon of light that helps the blinding eyes of the community to see a better way out. Monetizing your passion is the motto that the Black Store wants every kid to strive for in their program.

With hopes to expanding their brand in the near future around the Houston area, customers can expect top of the line high quality products, goods, and services when visiting The Black Store. Only two and a half years old, the business found great success for itself so far bringing in more than $100,000 dollars in sales last year and attracted publicity from KHOU News.

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