VOL XVIII ISSUE 21 JUNE 5, 2019
MY TRUTH Cheryl Smith Publisher
Celebrating Women
“My friends ask what do I see in you.” Every time I sing those words from one of my favorite hits from the tantalizing Temptations, I say to myself, “I wish someone would say those words to me!” He wouldn’t have to worry because I would have told him, “go be with your friends.” You see, I’m a firm believer that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and you can’t believe everything you see. Just look at posts on social media. You see something that looks outrageous but the remarks below the picture clearly illustrate that what you see, others see entirely differently. You’re thinking “WTH” while others are typing “beautiful,” “absolutely gorgeous.” A lesson to the wise: don’t judge. Live your life, because no one else should and you
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By Vincent L. Hall
Uncle Ben can Double Stuff It! When Massa Trump relented and agreed to put a fly in all that Buttermilk, he found the right one. Trump thinks like a slavemaster so it follows that he secured the best “House Nigger” that an annual salary of $199,700 could buy. Ben Carson ain’t no actor, but if the movie Django’s ‘Colored
CEO” Stephen got sick; Ben would be the perfect double. Trump has a tidy little group of representatives from NUTS, (The National Uncle Tom Syndicate) who do his bidding. He has those two “Mammy” impersonators that go by the names “Diamond” and “Silk.” He has Ben Carson
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LEADER PASTOR, MAYOR, COMMUNITY
Lady Opal Johnson Smith
shouldn’t try to live anyone elses’! You have your own journey and as many have said, they don’t look like what they’ve been through, so there’s much you don’t know when looking at a person you don’t know. After all, like the Temptations say, “Beauty’s only skin deep.” Recently, there was a beautiful message on social media. A woman, The Stay At Home Chef, responded to a critic with a classic “clap back.” When the rude, insensitive person hiding behind a post wrote the Stay At Home Chef telling her that her gray hair made her look like a hag, she talked about her life challenges and how she felt blessed to still be alive. Her message was so poignant. Then I heard a quote from former NBAer Dick Garrett, who said, “Mother Nature and Father Time are undefeated.” So, you can Be the Person that the Stay at Home Chef talked about and think before you talk and make your life count, or you can be a total waste. Sometimes what you see is not totally what you get, so you can’t judge a book by the cover. Which brings me to my truth. At first glance, you see beauty, regalness, and so much more! In this instance, the beauty is more than skin deep. I always refer to her as the most beautiful woman in Dallas. I’m talking about Opal Johnson Smith.A proud 1954 graduate of Prairie View A&M University, she served as Miss Prairie View A&M, president of the PV National Alumni Association, and she has the distinction of having an auditorium named after her at her alma mater. The youngest of eight children born to Professor Wayne Wright and Elsie Johnson of Nigton (now I could write about that name but I digress), young Opal was 15 when she graduated from high school and 19 when she received a degree in mathematics from PV. Now she is definitely PV royalty. Her father graduated from Prairie View Normal, then went on to Tuskegee where the one and only Dr. George Washington Carver mentored him. Her mom entered PV then took a break to be at home with the children. That break lasted for 35 years, then she went back and graduated, walking down the aisle with her youngest son. It’s not a surprise that Lady Opal entered the See MY TRUTH, page 5
By Cheryl Smith
during a very trying period that included 116 days in the hospital. “I had to learn how to walk again,” he said, Parishioners, supporters, former employees, as he detailed a lengthy process that included elected officials and commit leaders are expected intense physical therapy sessions to regain many to show their love, appreciation and support of of his basic motor skills. “It was tough at times.” Honorable Rev. Dr. Ronald Jones on Saturday, But if anyone who knows the former Mayor of June 15, 2019. Garland, TX., they will say that he is tough, too, It was an always-dapper and pleasant statesman with a deep and abiding faith. who greeted folks recently at a retirement And he was up and out again later in the week celebration for one of his parishioners, Candace as he attended the Verna H.E.L.P.’s Foundation’s Wicks, who served 30 years as an educator Empowerment Prayer Brunch where Living in Dallas Independent Legends were honored. School District. There too, he was Taking measured WHAT: Retirement Celebration showered with praise and steps as he walked with for Rev. Ronald Jones well wishes. a cane, Rev. Jones, after Forget he’s small in extended hospital and WHEN: Saturday, June 15, stature. If you’ve ever seen recuperation periods him in council meetings, 2019 at 2:30 pm is back up and active. standing in the pulpit or Married to Peggy for over out in the community; you 50 years, this father of a WHERE: New Hope Baptist know that he’s a giant in baptist minister, whose Church, 5002 S. Central so many ways. brother and son have also Expressway A servant leader, Rev. both become ministers, Jones is one of Dallas’ preached his final sermon finest. Yes, Dallas won’t as the 113th Senior Pastor of Dallas’ historic relinquish ownership, although Garland citizens New Hope Baptist Church, just a little over three stress that he is their mayor! weeks prior. He’s a native son, born and raised in Dallas. A At the celebration scheduled at the oldest 1962 graduate of James Madison High School, African American Church in Dallas, at 5002 S. in “Sunny South Dallas,” he went on to receive a Central Expressway, at 2:30 pm, the doors of the bachelors degree from Dallas Baptist University church will be open for all as his tenure, which before going on to earn a Master of Science includes several stints as Interim Pastor, comes to Degree in Human Relations and Business an end. Management from Abilene Christian University Offering praise and blessings, Rev. Jones, or and a Doctorate Degree in Clinical Christian “Mayor Jones” as he is still affectionately called, Counseling from Cornerstone University. talked about his recent health issues and how he Prior to being elected as Garland’s first received so many messages of love and support See MAYOR, page 2 Garland Journal
WORDZ OF WILSON By Chelle Luper Wilson
This Calls for a Celebration Our souls look back In wondrous surprise At how we have made it So far from where we started Maya Angelou My social media feeds have been full of Black scholars celebrating dissertation defenses, completion of advanced degrees, graduate school and Post-Doc acceptances, joyous graduation ceremonies with family and friends, and the most inspiring and absolutely fabulous graduation photo shoots I have ever seen. I’ve had the pleasure of attending a few ceremonies this month and let me just say, from the undergraduates who have already filed patents to the Autherine Lucy Foster new PhDs doing groundbreaking research, I am so excited about what lie ahead for us. “Sankofa means go back and get it. While some may assume our greatness lies in the future, it truly lies in the past,” that was just one of the many gems Ammishaddai GrandJean dropped in the “student speech” at the University of Georgia’s Rite of Sankofa Ceremony. This spring’s commencement exercises have brought many opportunities to go back and look at the past. After Autherine Lucy Foster earned her B.A. in English from Miles College, she sought to continue her education and applied to the University of Alabama. She received her letter of acceptance, but a few days later the offer was rescinded. It was 1952 and admissions realized that Autherine Lucy was Black. The university’s unwritten “whites only” policy had gone unchallenged for 121 years, but that would soon change. Attorneys Thurgood Marshall and Arthur Shores launched a legal battle on her behalf. After three years and by court order, Lucy was admitted. She wasn’t allowed in the dining hall or dormitories and had to be driven either by university officials or the police to her classes and home. This was the South and no diversitywelcoming committee existed. Instead, Lucy was met with death threats, mobbed by students, bombarded with rotten eggs, and after three days, the university expelled her. I can’t imagine what that must have been like; to have a three-year legal battle result in expulsion after only three days, and in an extremely hostile environment at that. Marshall understood the weighted burden of defeat but never allowed it to cloud his vision of the future. In a letter to Lucy he wrote, “Whatever happens…remember for all concerned, that your contribution has been made toward equal justice for all Americans and that you have done everything in your power to bring this about.” Eventually, the University of Alabama invited Lucy Foster back. She earned a master’s in elementary education in 1992. Then, 67 years after she first applied, the University of Alabama again invited her back, awarding Lucy Foster an honorary doctorate during the Spring Com-mencement. The class of 1969 at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University was also recognized during their university’s Spring Com-mencement. In a time that should have been filled with preparation for finals, planning for graduation, and making decisions about post-college life, this historic class found themselves in the middle of the Greensboro uprising. Many described their campus as a “war-like zone” as the governor and mayor sent a tank, helicopter, and hundreds of national See WORDZ, page 5
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Ole School Party Fish Fry Hole in the Wall Edition at Trinity Elk Lodge #480 2607 MLK Jr. Blvd. 8p-2a.
Hats, Fascinators and fancy Shoes Tea, The Manderley 2010 N. Hampton Rd. #700, DeSoto. 2:30p.
Robin Thicke with Special Guest Summer Walker, Strauss Square 2389 Flora St. 8p. www.attpac.org.
Still I Rise Women’s Luncheon, Sway’s Room-American Celebrations 921 W. Beltline Rd. #110 DeSoto. 2p.
Black Music Month Men’s Health Month PTSD Awareness Month
9th Annual Anniversary Celebration Taste of “BSW HWC”, Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center 4500 Spring Ave. 11a-1p. Info: 214-865-3060.
Recurring Events Feeding The Needy Hosted by: Michael “Hollywood” Hernandez Live 834 S. Ervay St. Dallas. 3pm-5pm. Sundays. Marvelous Marriage Monday’s, Friendship-West Baptist Church 2020 W. Wheatland Rd. 7-8:30p covent@friendshipwest.org Summer Enrichment Camp, Bishop Arts Theatre 215 Tyler St. 7a-5p. 6-3 - 7-25-19, education@bishopartstheatre.org. Split Second, Jubilee Theatre 506 Main St. Fort Worth. 8-10p. www.jubileetheatre.com 5-24-6-23.
June 5 1956 Boycott ended Segregation on Buses Violated 14th Amendment.
2019 National Pan-Hellenic Council of Dallas Meeting, African American Museum 3536 Grand Ave. 6:30-8p.
Braid Freedom March Hosted by Isis Brantley, line up at MLK Jr. Blvd & Gould St. 5p. Music in the Park Concert Series, Valley Ridge Park 2850 Parkridge Dr. Cedar Hill, 8p-11p.
June 7-9 Taste of Dallas 2019, Dallas Market Hall 2200 N. Stemmons Fwy. Fri. 7p, Sat. 12p, Sun. 11a. www.tasteofdallas.org.
June 8 Happy Birthday to Team Member and great guy Joseph Abrahams Kanye West, rapper born in 1977 in Atlanta GA.
Anjelah Johnson: More of Me Tour, The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 300 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving. 7p. Emerald City: Cotton Club Host: AKA Sorority, Inc. Omega Alpha Omega, Hilton 5805 Granite Pkwy. Plano. 8p. For the Love of R & B – Gone but never Forgotten, Sway’s Rm. 921 W. Beltline Rd. #110, DeSoto. 9p-12a.
Re-Elect Sheriff Marian Brown Reception, Geoffrey Schorr 3114 St. Johns Dr. Dallas, 5:30-7:30p. www.marianbrownforsheriff.com. 90’s & 2000’s Hip-HopR&B Party at Foundation Room 2200 N. Lamar St. 10p-2a.
LBJ-Obama Dinner, Denton County Democratic Party, Hilton Garden Inn 785 Hwy 121. Lewisville. 7-10p. secure.actblue.com.
Prince Rogers Nelson, born 1958 in Minneapolis, MN Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, a poet born in 1943.
Blood Donor Day Flag Day
Chucks and Cigars Day Party, Smoking Jacket Cigar Lounge, Cedar Hill, 5p.
Weird Al Yankovic: Strings Attached Tour, The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 300 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving. 8p.
June 10
Balch Springs Chamber 8th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic, Mesquite Golf Course 825 W. I 30, Tee Off: 8am.
James Augustine Healy, 1st Black American Roman Catholic Ordained Priest in 1854
Paul Quinn College Tour, Dymensions Education 8105 Rasor Blvd. #273, Plano 9a-3pm. Eventbrite.com.
June 15
2019 Miss & Mr. Grand Prairie Juneteenth, Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce, 908 Conover Dr. 6:30-9p. NAACP of G.P. 469-644-8209.
Josiah Henson, Author and Abolitionist Minister born in 1789.
Move it Mondays Yoga N Da Hood, Warmack Library 760 W. Bardin Rd. Grand Prairie, 6:30-7:30p. www.yogandahood.com/
31st Texas Black Invitational Rodeo, State Fair Coliseum 7pm. Tickets: African American Museum. Chief Rene Hall & Sheriff Marian Brown are the Grand Marshall’s.
June 11
IHCC Hora De Poder, Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 135 S. Jefferson St. Irving. 9-11a. Info: www.IrvingHCC.com
1967 Blacks & Whites Marriage was ruled legal in 1967 by the Supreme Court.
2019 Best Southwest Juneteenth Celebration, Valley Ridge Park 2850 Parkridge Dr. Cedar Hill. 5-10p.
IHCC Café con Nosotros, IHCC 135 S. Jefferson St. Irving. 8:30-9:30a. Info: www.irvingHCC.com.
Curly Fest 2019, Hilton Garden Inn 521 E. I 20, Arlington. 9a6p. Register: www.nappiology.net.
Judge Tina Clinton for TX Court of Criminal Appeals Kickoff, Hamilton Wingo, LLP, 325 N. St. Paul St. 5:30-7:30p.
S.D. Booker’s DFW Book Release Party for ‘A Toast to the Men’ at Chef’s Ced’s Foodie Shack 8300 La Prada Dr. Dallas 1-5pm.
Mental Health Panel, Mental Illness, AA Communit, Host: NAACP, New Life Fellowship 201 E. Sublet Rd. 6:30p.
June 12
Just 4 Laffs Presents “Bust Ya Gut Comedy Show”,Host: Anastasia The Bold Café Delicious 5209 S. Lamar St. 8:30p.
Barbara C. Harris. Clergywoman, born 1930 in Philadelphia, PA.
June 16
Women’s Veterans Day 2019 – S.H.E.R.O.E.S. Afternoon Celebration, El Centro College 801 Main St. Dallas12:30-3:30p. Eventbrite.com.
Father’s Day
Mingling over Mimosas at African American Museum 3536 Grand Ave. 11a-2p. Tickets: debonairsociety.ticketspice.com.
33rd Gala & Auction Host: African American Museum Honorary Chairs: Jewel & Roland Parish Performance by: Eddie Levert, Renaissance Hotel 2222 N. Stemmons Fwy. 6:30p.
Collin County NAACP Juneteenth Celebration, Dr. Peppers Ball Park Frisco Info: Marc Payne 972-334-1995. 6:05pm.
Another Dope Day Party: Greek*ish at Union Park Addison 5076 Addison Cir. 3-8p. Eventbrite.com.
Zan Wesley Holmes “Asher Group”, Frazier House 4600 Spring Ave. Dallas. 2-3:30p. Register: www.zwhjcoc.org/asher
The Muziq Fix Listening Party & Concert, Dallas Communication Complex-Mercury Studios 6301 Riverside Dr. Irving, 7p-12a. www.tomeanem.com.
June 13
Trap Daiquiri & Bounce Paint Party, Tipsy Tuesday Daiquiri Shoppe, DeSoto 7p. Info: 214-296-7355.
June 7
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When Sister’s Unite: Charity Bowl-A-Thon, Maine Event 407 W. T-114, Grapevine. 6-9p.
Pro-Duffers and Paul Quinn College Annual Scholarship Golf Tourney, Camp Gladiator Hackberry Creek Country Club 1901 W. Royal Ln. Irving. 8:30a-4p. Eventbrite.com.
Meeting Oak Cliff Chamber Ambassadors Oak Cliff Chamber of Com. 1001 Bishop Ave. 1pm. RSVP 214-943-4567.
The Foster Kidd Foundation Annual Fundraiser VIP Reception, BMW of Dallas: 6200 Lemmon Ave. 7-11p. RSVP: La Wonda Peoples 817-689-4344.
All New Thursdays Ladies Night Vibe Band, Vinetti’s 14833 Midway Rd. Addison 5p-12a.
Women’s Leadership Summit Navigating the Path to Success, The Statler Hotel 1914 Commerce St. wlsummit.org
M4WL Presents: 3rd Annual Tea Party Experience, Eldorado Country Club 2604 Country Club Dr. McKinney. 3-6p.
Unshakeable Faith 2019, Hilton Anatole 2201 N. Stemmons Fwy, Dallas 2p. www.usfaith.org.
NBA Finals Men’s Kickback, Concord Church 6808 Pastor Bailey Dr. 7:30p. cbcdfwtx. infellowship.com.
June 6
Campaign Kickoff & Fundraiser, Audra Riley The Network Bar, 331 Singleton Blvd. 5:30-7:30p.
June 14-15
Prince Birthday Party, Stellar Hotel 1914 Commerce St. Dallas, 9p-12a. www.prekindle.com.
Corta’s Perfect Marriage Guilty Pleasure Stage Play, The Experience Restaurant & Performing Arts Center, 1713 Cross Roads Dr. Grapevine, 7-10p.
Mayoral Run-Off Forum Host: LULAC at Cliff Temple Baptist Church 125 Sunset Ave. 6:30-8:30p.
410 Line Dancers Thu. Class DFW Sports Garden 1850 E. Beltline Rd. Coppell. 7pm-9pm. Info: www.410linedancers.com
Motherhood and Multiple Sclerosis, Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd. Eventbrite.com.
First Fridays “Dress to Impress” Style & Class, Cedar Canyon Ranch 4523 University Hills, Lancaster. 7:30p-2a.
June 9 Jackie Wilson, R&B Singer born in 1932.
The Stormproof Way To Build Your Brand Host: Tresa Chambers, Microsoft Store 8687 N. 75 Fwy. #1612, Dallas. 7-9p. www.meetup.com/entrepreneur-brandstorming.
Ace Kouture Pop Up Tour & Fashion Show, Soar Creative Studios 1337 Chemical St. Dallas, 6p.
Eboni J presents “The Man Cave” and Conversations, Monte Cristo 3878 Oak Lawn Ave. 7-10p. Eventbrite.com.
June 17
Black Women in Business Meet Up, Meadows Conference Center 2900 Live Oak St. Dallas, 7-9p. Paypal.me/BlackWomenInBusiness.
Mayor retires, continued from front page African American mayor, the International Affairs former insurance company Committee; Kiwanis Club of Garland; Garland Chamber executive was also Assistant of Commerce; Garland City Manager for Garland. Summer Musicals; Metroplex After his retirement in May Mayors (past president); 2005, he served as Management Garland Citizens Police Consultant to the City Manager Academy Alumni Association, and helped set up a Relief center Garland Asian American Task for the victims of Hurricane Force; Garland Area Hispanic Katrina. Affairs Association; UTD A graduate of the first Institute of Public Affairs Leadership Garland Class, Advisory Council; Economic he also served 10 years as an Development Steering adjunct professor of business at Committee; Luna Elementary El Centro College. Rev. Ron Jones School Campus Improvement Retiring with an impressive bio, he is an active member of Team; Garland Landmark Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc (Theta Alpha Society; and life member of PTA and the NAACP. An inductee into the Elite News Ministers Hall Chapter), National Christian Counselors Association, National Association of of Fame; some of his numerous honors include Parliamentarians; Regional Transportation South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Council Board member; North Texas Trailblazer Award; Maurine Bailey Community Commission Board of Directors; U.S. Conference Service Award; and the Dallas Baptist University of Mayors Transportation Committee and Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011.
City Men Cook The Largest Sunday Dinner in North Texas,Celebrity Host: Samantha Chatman NBC 5, Gilley’s Southside 1135 S. Lamar St. 3-6p. Info & Tickets: call 214-233-6199, www.citymencook.com
A Night with Major Attaway and Friends, Jubilee Theatre Sundance Square 312 Houston St. Ft. Worth. 7:30-9:30p. www. tickets.vendini.com
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Please don’t shoot ME! BY HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON CONGRESSWOMAN
One of the groups that fiercely fought for Donald Trump to become president during the 2016 presidential election was the National Rifle Association, whose leadership contends that the solution to our nation’s gun violence epidemic is for citizens to arm themselves, including cloistered nuns and elementary school crossing guards. Mr. Trump had hoped that the NRA, a federally recognized charity, would perform a similar role in his 2020 election effort, convincing ordinary Americans that he and they had their best interests at heart. Well, the president may have to look elsewhere because the NRA has shot itself in the foot; its leadership is feuding amongst themselves and its prudency under question. Just what is the problem? Well, listen to this gun of a tale. The membership of the NRA recently discovered that Wayne LaPierre, the group’s chief executive officer, allegedly used nearly $280,000 of money donated by members of the
President Trump
public to purchase men’s clothing at one of the finest men’s clothing stores in Beverly Hills, California. One would have thought that Mr. LaPierre, who is paid more than one million dollars annually, could have purchased his own clothing. But that was not the case. So much for fiscal restraint and financial accountability, so often urged by supporters of the president. LaPierre was not the only NRA official who seems to have enjoyed shoving his hand into the cookie jar. Oliver North, until recently the president of the NRA, had an arrangement with the group that guaranteed him more than one million dollars each year. So much for cleaning up the swamp, promised to voters by the likes of LaPierre and North prior to the 2016 election.
A study of NRA financials also reveals that North and LaPierre were not the only two insiders who received questionable payments from the group. A former NRA president and a board member received payments that are being called into question. And if that were not enough, there are rental payments made over a three month period for an apartment of a female NRA intern. Those payments were made at the request of LaPierre, according to press reports. Some shocked NRA board members have called on LaPierre to resign. One of them said that he and fellow board members were unaware of the group’s spending practices. Of course, an unrepentant LaPierre does not appear to be packing his bags. It will be interesting to see what the White House has to say about its sponsor once more is revealed about the NRA, the same folks who want you to arm yourself, but who want you to pay no attention to how they handle your membership dues.
Billionaire pays off student loan debt of 400 Morehouse students By Lauren Victoria Burke
NNPA Newswire Contributor
During what will likely be seen as one of the most memorable graduation presents for parents and their children — a quiet African American billionaire delivered a welcomed surprise. At their graduation on May 19, investor and chemical engineer Robert Smith announced he would pay off the student loan debt of Morehouse’s 2019 graduating class. Morehouse’s graduating class is 400 strong. Smith’s graduation gift is one that will allow graduates of one of the most storied all-male historically Black college to start their careers with no student loan debt.
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Given today’s statistics regarding student loan debt, this is no small gift. Morehouse officials estimate Smith estimates that his gift is worth over $40 million. “On behalf of the eight generations of my family that have been in this country, we’re gonna put a little fuel in your bus,” Smith said his speech to the class of 2019, their families
and Morehouse faculty. “My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,” Smith added. Smith, who is an investor and tech billionaire, is the founder and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. In 2018 he was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 163rd wealthiest person in the U.S. Smith’s net worth is estimated to be over $4.4 billion. This year, student loan debt in America has topped $1.5 trillion. There are currently more than 44 million student loan borrowers in the U.S. The average tuition at a private college or university is currently $34,000. Nine of 10 private student loans now have an adult co-signer.
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Family business continues to expand By Dr. Felicia N. Shepherd
The Medical District has another food option. The wellknown chicken shack in the Southern sector of Dallas has opened another location near Parkland Hospital. Almost two months since the grand opening, this location continues to receive new, as well as repeat customers. Hall’s Honey Fried Chicken is a successful Black-owned, family-run restaurant with a rich history within the African American community. Using the famous Original Henderson's fried chicken recipe, which was crafted over the past 50 years, Hall’s Honey Fried Chicken founder, John Hall said the family perfected the recipe since he “inherited it from my grandfather, Herman Henderson,” over 20 years ago. Explaining why the decision was made to add another location, Mr. Hall said, “With the location in Duncanville firmly established, the iron was hot to strike out on a new location.” Location, Location, Location Housed in between the Chevron gas station and Denny’s, Mr. Hall said the new location was prime for patrons in need of a quick bite to eat before going back to the hospitals, hotels, and other businesses in the area. He explained, “This area is not a heavily-saturated area and thus made a great location for another location for Hall’s Honey Fried Chicken. Keeping with tradition, this location is owned and operated by another member of the Hall family.” Mr. Hall passed the chicken baton to his daughter. Meet the Millennial all star owner, Mackenzie Hall! Mackenzie has a bachelors degree from the University of Tulsa, in Marketing and Business Management, with an emphasis in small family businesses. Post graduation, she went to work at the University of Texas
Mackenzie Hall
at Dallas. Recognizing that working in higher education was not for her, she spoke with her father, on her next steps. Growing up in the chicken business, Miss Hall decided to work as an employee, alongside her father and mother at the Hall’s Chicken-Duncanville location. Learning the various roles within the restaurant, Mackenzie assisted with cooking, managing the employees, payroll, marketing, etc. Enjoying working in a customer service environment, Miss Hall found her niche within the company she grew up in. Advice for young entrepreneurs
When asked what advice would she give to young entrepreneurs desiring to enter the world of entrepreneurship, MacKenzie said: “Do your research-, prepare to fail, prepare to lose money starting out, have working capital. Startup funds are essential in starting and maintaining a business, and research loans designed for minority business owners. Meet MacKenzie and the rest of her staff at Hall’s Honey Fried Chicken.
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Byrd’s killer didn’t deserve death penalty prison) were found guilty of one of the most horrific h a t e crimes in modern US history (Black men were also burned alive in the heyday of lynching). Mr. Byrd’s family was present at the execution in Huntsville, Texas. Byrd’s sister, Clara Taylor, noted that the murderer, who maintained his innocence, showed no remorse when he was convicted, and showed none when he was executed. He never acknowledged, and never looked at James Byrd, Jr.’s family. Does a man whose body sported disgusting tattoos, including, according to one news source, “one of a black man with a noose around his neck hanging from a tree� deserve the death penalty? I say no. Keep that filth alive and keep him miserable. His execution creates a martyr for white supremacists. Had he lived he would have evolved into nothing more than pitiful irrelevance. The death penalty has been abolished in 20 states, with moratoriums on executions in other states, most recently in California, thanks to Governor Gavin Newsome. It ought to be abolished nationally.
THE LAST WORD By DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX Killing is wrong. Killing Black people because they are Black is even more wrong. Lynching Black people is exponentially wrong. So why was I opposed to the stateimposed killing of John William King, the despicable murderer of James Byrd, Jr.? I happen to think that there are worse things that can happen to you than death. The now 44-year-old King could have gotten a sentence of life in prison and lived miserably there for the rest of his life. In some ways, death is salvation for him. Imagine being relatively healthy with nothing to look forward to? Just sitting there, in jail, surrounded by the Black people your white supremacists self purports to hate. That might be torture worse than death. James Byrd, Jr. was dragged for almost three miles near Jasper, Texas in 1998. John William King and two other men (one whose death penalty sentence was carried out in 2011, another who was sentenced to life in
According to the Death Penalty Information Center (https:// deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/ FactSheet.pdf) nearly 1500 people
James Byrd, Jr. was dragged for almost three miles near Jasper, Texas in 1998. John William King and two other men (one whose death penalty sentence was carried out in 2011, another who was sentenced to life in prison) were found guilty
had their death sentences carried out between 1976 and now. Despite the fact that African Americans are just 13 percent of the nation’s population, we were more than a third of those executed after receiving a death sentence. People who killed white people were far more likely to get the death penalty than people who kill Black people. There are racial biases replete in the application of the death penalty, with numerous studies supporting the many ways the death penalty
is unfairly awarded. According to the Death Penalty Information, as an example, Washington state jurors were “three times as likely to recommend a death sentence for a Black defendant than a white one.� In Louisiana, someone who killed a white person was nearly twice as likely to get the death penalty as one who killed a Black person. The death penalty is applied through a racial lens – based on the race of the criminal and the race of the victim. From that perspective, the man who murdered James Byrd, Jr. committed a crime so egregious that jurors acted contrary to the statistics, voting to apply the death penalty to an avowed racist white man who participated in the brutal murder of a Black man. But I am frequently reminded of the 1920 Tulsa, Oklahoma lynching of Ray Belton, an 18 year old white man who shot a taxi driver. Though Belton confessed to his crime and said it was “an accident,� he was denied the due process of a trial and conviction. After his lynching, a Black newspaper editor opined that if a white person could be lynched, so could a Black person. A year later, the attempted lynching of the Black shoeshine “boy� Dick Rowland because of the
false accusation that he assaulted the white elevator operator Sarah Page was the spark that led economically envious whites to destroy the Greenwood (Black Wall Street) section of Tulsa. This walk down history lane is extremely relevant to the present. If we could execute the white murderer of James Byrd, Jr. (I try not to mention the names of devils more than is necessary), we can execute a Black person accused of something, whether they did it or not. Applying the death penalty erodes our humanity, whether the accused is guilty or not. I think it is far more appropriate to let a reprobate like James Byrd Jr.’s killer simmer in his repugnance. If he had lived his life in prison, with no hope, no help, no possibilities, that would have been a greater punishment than death. While I respect the Byrd family and ache with them at the gruesome murder of James Byrd Jr, I would prefer a punishment for racist murderers that is both humane and inhumane. We don’t execute them because we don’t stoop, as a society, to the level of committing a crime we abhor. We ignore them and exacerbate their misery be reminding them that they have no hope of release.
The GOP’s attack on women KEEPING HOPE ALIVE
The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures.
Alabama — led by utterly clueless male legislators — just passed the most restrictive ban on abortion in the country, with Georgia and Missouri piling on. Other states dominated by right-wing Republican politicians are jockeying to join in. Their aim is to get the courts, newly packed with right-wing judges appointed by Trump, to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark precedent that established a woman’s right to choose in the early months of pregnancy.
The new laws generally deem abortion murder after six or eight weeks, no exceptions. This is often before women are even aware that they are pregnant. Some of the laws would imprison doctors; others lock up mothers. This is what the anti-abortion movement has demanded. It has been spurred on by cynical politicians like Donald Trump, who devoted part of his State of the Union address to a blood-curdling description of infanticide that came completely from his own ugly imagination. Now anti-abortion activists are on the verge of getting what they want — the ability to prosecute doctors and/ or pregnant women for murder if they choose to abort a fetus early in their pregnancies. Even if the life of the mother is at risk, doctors would be loath to risk imprisonment by taking the necessary step to save her. Suddenly, right-wing politicians and moral hypocrites are expressing dismay at their victory. Donald Trump, who not many years ago was entirely pro-choice, tweeted that he didn’t support the Alabama laws,
that he believed in exceptions for rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother. Apparently murder isn’t always murder for the president — or for televangelist Pat Robertson, or for House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who said the law “goes further than I believe,� because he would allow “exceptions� as a matter of “personal belief.� But as EJ Dionne notes in the Washington Post, if personal beliefs can carve out exceptions to murder, why would Trump’s or McCarthy’s exceptions weigh more than the considered choices of the women struggling with whether to take a fetus to term? Cynical male politicians weighing how to placate the antiabortion conservatives without alienating the vast majority aren’t making a more moral, more reasoned decision than the woman involved. Lost in this posturing — mostly by male politicians — is the basic reality. Passing laws that outlaw abortions won’t end abortions. They will simply make them less safe, putting more lives at risk. And the posturing totally ignores the deep injustices surrounding reproductive
rights, as whatever the law is, rich women will retain the right of choice — even if it requires going to a hospital in another country — while the lives of poor women, already locked out of any federal support for the counseling and choices they need, will be at ever greater risk. Of course, many of these same politicians pushing these laws supposedly to protect life inside the womb do little to save the lives of those outside the womb, voting to roll back Medicaid, cut aid for women and infant children, slash food stamps and eliminate welfare for impoverished mothers with young children. Donald Trump revealed his brazen cynicism, tweeting out his exceptions to the Alabama law while pleading with the anti-abortion movement to “stick together and win for Life in 2020.� His concern is re-election not making a moral decision on how best to deal with this agonizing concern. This is an ugly debate. The extremist laws passed in Alabama and elsewhere won’t stand, but the result inevitably will be to make it more difficult and perilous for poor women to make the agonizing decision about a pregnancy. The posturing will lead to
the punishment of poor women for childbearing, putting more women and more fetuses at risk, and leave more infants born into a life without the basic support — health care, food, shelter — needed to have a chance for a healthy life. I share the concern for life that animates the most sincere opponents of abortion. I also agree that reproductive justice is essential to women. Family planning isn’t a sin; it is a vital necessity for ensuring that the next generation of infants is brought into the world with the love and the care they need. In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled essentially that it is the pregnant woman who is best charged with making the decision about pregnancy until the fetus is viable. I would trust the women agonizing over that choice far more than politicians like Trump or McCarthy, who cynically weigh how to placate their base without alienating the rest of us. (You can write to the Rev. Jesse Jackson in care of this newspaper or by email at jjackson@rainbowpush.org. Follow him on Twitter @RevJJackson.)
Your vote does count. Your vote matters! By Sen. Royce West
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Sen. Royce West Sen. Royce West was first elected to the Texas Senate in November 1992. He represents the 23rd Senatorial District on behalf of the citizens of Dallas County.
I can’t over emphasize the importance of voting, to those who are eligible. Not only are you voting for your interests; you’re also voting for the future and for those who can’t or won’t. I was elected 26 years ago to represent the citizens of Dallas County who reside in Texas State Senatorial District 23. It would be a grave moral and legal violation for me if I personally didn’t vote to act in the best interest of all Dallas county cities, as well as
on behalf of others across the state. In fact, my voting record is public record, as are those of all elected officials. In my opinion, if we are not voting, then we should be removed from office. But what about the average citizen who can register and vote but doesn’t or won’t? Inclement or beautiful weather are both used as excuses for not voting. Sadly, responses to jury duty summonses are just as feeble and unconscionable. Such trite excuses run the gamut from legitimate to downright ridiculous. And if there was ever a time when we need to ensure that the courtrooms are filled with jurors ready to serve; the time is now. This is also the time for strong, bold, inclusive leadership. That’s why I stand with many of Dallas’ elected and community leaders who have pledged their support of Texas State Representative Eric Johnson in his quest to become Dallas’ next mayor.
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Dallas touts an image of interna-tional acclaim, a place where everyone is accepted and appreciated. A vote for Rep. Johnson is a step toward making that vision a reality. I’ve worked closely with Rep. Johnson in the Texas Legislature and I strongly support him for Mayor of Dallas because he has the experience, education and political savvy that will make him an effective Mayor and a great ambassador for our city. He is thoughtful and energetic, and he will provide the leadership that Dallas needs at this moment in history. The son of a former Dallas police officer, he grew up in Dallas and returned to his hometown immediately upon completing his formal education. He has been a leading voice for expanding access to early childhood education, fighting public corruption, funding much-needed street repairs, and improving public safety. For times like these, we need Eric Johnson.
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End pay inequity once and for all
PERSPECTIVES My mother, Shyamala, had two goals in her life: to raise her two daughters and end breast cancer. She was one of the first women of color to have a position as a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. As the daughter of a working mother in a male-dominated field, I know the fight to be treated equally in the workplace has persisted for generations. Women who work full time in America are paid -- on average -- just 80 cents for every dollar paid to men. And for women of color, the gap is even wider. For Latinas it’s 53 cents, for Native American women it’s 58 cents, and for Black women it’s 61 cents. This adds up to more than $400,000 over the course of a woman’s career, and more than $1 million for Latinas, Native women, and Black women. We can fix this. Today, I’m proud to announce that our campaign is unveiling a historic plan to help close the pay gap between women and men by forcing corporations to be accountable for equal pay. Our plan will finally put the burden of ensuring equal pay for equal work on the corporations responsible for pay gaps between women and men -- not the women employees who are experiencing discrimination. We can ensure women earn the wages they deserve by forcing companies to step up, holding them accountable when they don’t, and
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BY SEN.KAMALA HARRIS committing as a nation to ending pay inequity once and for all. Here’s how we’ll do it: Companies will be required to obtain an “Equal Pay Certification” and prove they’re not paying women less than men for work of equal value. To receive certification, companies must demonstrate they have eliminated pay disparities between women and men who are doing work of equal value. To the extent pay disparities do exist for similar jobs, companies will be required to show the gap is based on merit, performance, or seniority -not gender. But it’s not just unequal pay for similar work that drives the wage gap. Too often, women are passed over for promotions, not hired for senior roles, or are prevented from advancing due to the time they take off to care for a new child or ailing parent. These are forms of systemic pay discrimination too, and we need to shine a light on them. That’s why under our plan, companies will be required to report statistics on the percentage of women
BY MILES JAYE just wrong on so many levels. The headliner issue is no more than a point of interest in the grand scheme of things. There are bigger issues at play. I recently received a copy of a very interesting letter requesting cancellations by artists already booked for the event. Here is an excerpt: Good afternoon, I am writing today in regard to your upcoming performance at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. Jacksonville is honored that you have agreed to do a show at this wonderful annual event. Jacksonville has been making great strides to become a hub for the performing arts, and events like this are a joy to see in our beautiful city. However,
MY TRUTH Continued from page 1 field of education. Her “Daddy” was the principal, math teacher, basketball coach (undefeated for 10 years, including beating the number one school in Texas, Houston Wheatley) and janitor in Nigton. Under his leadership the school also won academic awards. Now Lady Opal served 35 years in the Texas public education system, during which time she amassed numerous awards. Her love for PV is unwavering and admirable! Also her stories about her parents are endearing and inspiring. She describes her Daddy as calm, rational and very loving, and her mother as good looking, creative and sassy. If you know Lady Opal, you see a combination of her parents. She said her parents instilled in her that “we have brains, we can learn, we can improve ourselves.” Deeply spiritual, she believes it is
in leadership positions and the percentage of women who are amongst the company’s top earners. They will also be required to report the overall pay and total compensation gap that exists between men and women, regardless of job titles, experience, and performance. These statistics will be reported by employees’ race and ethnicity. Companies will be fined 1% of their profits for every 1% wage gap they allow to persist for work of equal value. Companies that fail to receive “Equal Pay Certification” will face a fine for every day they discriminate against their workers. For every 1% gap that exists after accounting for differences in job titles, experience, and performance, companies will be fined at 1% of their average daily profits during the last fiscal year. Our plan is estimated to generate roughly $180 billion over 10 years. Fines will be invested in building on universal paid family and medical leave. We must address the systemic inequalities that drive the pay gap,
including the wage penalty women pay when caring for a new child or a sick parent. On average, women receive a 4% pay cut for each child they have, compared to men who receive a 6% pay increase. The lack of paid leave -- for women and men -- is a major driver of the wage penalty. America is the only industrialized nation in the world that fails to guarantee our workers any type of paid family and medical leave. That needs to change. That’s why, as president, I will fight for the FAMILY Act to provide workers with up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. Fines collected under our plan will help build on the FAMILY Act, increasing the percentage of wages workers receive when taking time to care for themselves or a loved one. Companies will be required to disclose whether they are “Equal Pay Certified” on the homepage of their websites. Compliance reports will be posted publicly on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) website. These reports will empower individual employees to assess where they fall on their company’s pay scale and as in the UK, allow the public to hold corporations accountable for pay gaps. To ensure equality in all workplaces, we’ll overhaul anti-discrimination laws and expand investigations of
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MILES’ MUSINGS I’ve listened to jazz music all my life. I was raised on the great-- Satchmo, Duke, Count, Bird, Diz, Monk and of course, Miles. I cherish the contributions of these giants to American culture, and the original content we export across the globe. It is truly and uniquely American! When I hear jazz festivals I think of great singers like Ella, Eckstein, Sarah, Nat and Natalie Cole, and Nancy Wilson. As much as I love Gladys, her name doesn’t come to mind… She is this year’s Jacksonville Jazz Festival headliner. I made no bones about Ms. Knight singing the National Anthem earlier this year at the Super Bowl, her prerogative, but to bill her as “Jazz” is
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important to “step outside myself and love others, help others.” Miss Opal was a brick house before the Commodores knew what to do with one. She was every woman before Chaka Khan ever held a microphone. Joseph Smith saw it all and together they bonded, married and raised a family; and showed their love to PV. When she walks into a room, she doesn’t have to say a word. But when she speaks, it’s with a humble and loving spirit that is a joy to behold. So, in this instance, as the popular group, the Dramatics, sing, “what you see is what you get,” she is the real thing, beautiful inside out. Lady Opal has a gratitude journal that she writes in. In mine, I would write that I am so grateful for Opal Johnson Smith.
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guardsmen, who with tear gas and guns, ordered male students out of their dorms and into buses where they were taken to the city and county jails. During this “military invasion,” one student, Willie Grimes was killed. To date, no one has been implicated in his murder. The A&T Class of 1969 includes many notable professors, ministers, corporate executives,
Jacksonville is marred with the stains of ages old white supremacist values. The city has two confederate monuments and countless schools, streets and a park dedicated to celebrating the treacherous and racist acts of the confederate states. A number of citizens in Jacksonville have banded together for years to endeavor to rid the city of the monuments and change school names. I am sure you are well aware of the national “Take ‘Em Down” campaign. As a representative of “Take ‘Em Down Jax” I am writing to urge you to use your celebrity status to assist in this effort. You are scheduled to perform in Hemming Plaza but what you may not be aware of is that towering above the park is a confederate monument. In addition, Hemming Plaza was the site of a horrific incident known as “Axe Handle Saturday” during the civil rights movement. I am writing to request that you do one of two things. It would make a very big impact in this campaign if you would agree to pulling out of the Jazz Festival and informing the organizers that you will not perform in the shadow of white supremacy. If you feel that you are unable to pull out of the show altogether I would like to request that you make mention of the monument and tell Jacksonville that it needs to come down
during your performance and post to social media using hashtag #TakeEmDownJax. Thank you for your time and I await your response. In the interest of full disclosure, I have my own personal concerns with the so-called Jazz Festival. I mentioned my lifelong love affair with jazz, however, I omitted the fact that I am also a formally-trained jazz musician, with a career of my own spanning 40+ years. I am a well-known, well-respected, national recording artist, residing in the Jacksonville area, and while I have received promises and assurances from City Hall officials - to event organizers that I would be called to perform for my new home town, I have never received such a call. In fact, I’ve lived in Jacksonville for three years and have never been called for the Jazz Festival. It’s either paranoia or I’m on someone’s D.N.H. (Do Not Hire) list—more commonly known as being “Black Balled.” I do believe the individuals who book these events have every right to secure whatever talent they deem
complaints to secure justice for victims of discrimination. The wage gap isn’t just a number: It’s the countless women across America who have been the target of discrimination. We need to support them in every workplace, no matter the size. Under our plan, we’ll significantly strengthen and expand antidiscrimination protections to ensure all workers, no matter the size of their employer, are covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. I’m calling on you to join me today. Add your name next to mine to support our campaign’s plan to help close the wage gap between men and women in our country. The wage gap between men and women in our country has barely budged this entire century, and the burden for ensuring equal pay has often fallen on workers -- requiring them to hold employers accountable for pay discrimination through costly lawsuits that are increasingly difficult to prove. This is wrong. Together, we can flip the script by placing the burden squarely on the corporations responsible for pay inequity and radically change the way we enforce equal pay in America. Thanks for joining me in support of our new plan to help close the wage gap.
Kamala Devi Harris is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from California since 2017
appropriate and sufficiently popular, after-all, there is a great deal of subjectivity to any booking scenario. However, it begins to look as though politics has played more than a minor role in the selection process over the years. Having played festivals in various parts of the world, other than a matter of principle and fair play, I have no vested interest in this particular festival, as Jacksonville, unfortunately, is not known to be one of the nation’s music capitals. Finally, given the opportunity, I could provide a dozen or more names of world-renowned, authentic jazz players and singers who would be perfectly suitable for the event, and since revenue from tickets sales is not a factor in a free event, subjectivity or the perception of their popularity would not come into question. It would simply be a great event celebrating a wonderful American art form. www.milesjaye.net Miles Jaye Davis, plays over 12 instruments and is an artist, musician, author, painter, writer and singer.. He is also a trained chef.
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a millennial “Black,” Candace Owens, who’s so brazen that she gives her full government name. But Uncle Tom Ben Carson is the highest-ranking Negro Trump has under contract. All of this sounds like a joke, but it’s a fact that urban and rural America are dealing with a lack of housing options for people making less than $50,000 per household. The present level of homelessness and the steep decline in lower, middle-income home ownership make Carson’s appearance before the House Financial Services Committee an intolerable travesty. “I’d also like for you to get back to me – if you don’t mind – to explain the disparity in REO rates. Do you know what an REO is,” California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter asked. Carson responded, “OREO?” “No, not an Oreo. An REO,” Porter shot back, explaining she was asking about real-estate owned properties. Shortly afterward, her office captured the exchange for Twitter posterity. “I asked @SecretaryCarson about REOs - a basic term related to foreclosure - at a hearing today,” she tweeted. “He thought I was referring to a chocolate sandwich cookie. No, really.”
military officers, corporate bankers, and others received their Golden Aggie recognition and also got to participate in the joyous graduation experience they always wanted. I had a conversation with a friend about recent graduation ceremonies we had attended and half joking she said, “why do we have to be so loud though?” I said, “You know, I used to think like that, but then I thought about the few opportunities we really get to be happy, proud, and excited. Our communities see a lot more tragedy than triumph.”
Hold the tape…wait…Did this foot-shuffling, kowtowing, bootlicking Bozo just get the essence of his job confused with the essence of his confused character? REO is a designation of properties that are in the Feds possession post-foreclosure. Oreo is a damning diminutive used to belittle a Black person. An Oreo is Black on the outside and White on the inside…get it!! Carson played dumb when he was grilled by Rep. Porter, but he got downright indignant when questioned by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, the first African-American female to represent Massachusetts. The Washington Post synopsized their exchange. “Then, near the end of the hearing, freshman Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) chided Carson and the Trump administration for failing to improve conditions in low-income housing. During a lightning round in which Pressley wanted yes-or-no answers to her questions, Carson failed to provide them.”During one particularly contentious moment, Carson said, “Reclaiming my time.” “You don’t get to do that,” Pressley retorted. She then asked Carson if he would allow his grandmother to live in public housing under
I went on to say, “More than one-third of all students in higher education are the first in their family to attend college. Think about that, this diploma represents so much and so many more than the one walking across the stage.” I borrowed from Grand-Jean’s student speech as I shared my feelings about Sankofa and what it means to be able to go back into spaces and get the things denied to our ancestors. Before we parted ways, my friend said, “I guess we do have more reasons to be thankful…and with that feeling, you can’t help but shout!”
his watch. “It would be very nice if you could stop . . .” Carson trailed off, and Pressley’s time expired.” Maybe Carson thought Pressley was playing the “Dozens.” After all, Carson’s success as a celebrated neurosurgeon came after he and his recently divorced mother were forced to live with his aunt and uncle in Boston. If anyone should have a heart for families who have fallen on hard times or find themselves in transition, you would think Captain Oreo would. At this very moment there are 17 homeless people per 10,000 in America…That we know of. “The Atlantic” recently reported that almost 50% of renters in America spend 35% or more of their income on rent alone. Meanwhile, Carson saunters over to the Congress to bullshit and lollygag about one of the most important issues of our day. Later he had the nerve to tweet himself holding a bag of Oreos as if it was funny. Next time, Uncle Tom Ben Carson… get the “Double Stuffs.” Hopefully you don’t need me to tell you where to stuff them! Yeah…I said it, and if he’s considerate, Uncle Ben can grab a bag of Oreos for that Oreo at SCOTUS too!
Celebrate, stand up, clap hands for ourselves and those who went before Clap hands, let faith find a place in our souls Clap hands, let hope live in our hearts We have survived And even thrived with Passion Compassion Humor and style Maya Angelou
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Hanging with Hollywood
Aladdin
Linda Henderson, the owner of Henderson’s Chicken, celebrates her birthday.
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Aladdin is spectacular and Will Smith’s performance as The Genie will have you asking Robin Who? (Robin Williams played the Genie in Disney’s animated version of the film.) All of Will Smith’s scenes as The Genie are CGI (Computer Generated Images). The Genie comes to life on the big screen in the most magical and realistic way possible, using today’s technology. With a great supporting cast, the movie has incredible music, singing, and dancing, a fantastic story about love and friendship and it is an absolute joy to watch. After seeing it once, I already want to see it again. After being captured by the evil Jafar, the Sultan’s most trusted advisor, Aladdin is forced into a treasure-filled cave to find the Genie’s lamp. Aladdin ends up in a cave in the middle of the desert where he finds The Genie’s lamp. After spending 1000 years trapped in the lamp The Genie is ready to do his magic. Aladdin’s first wish is to be a prince so that he might have a chance
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hooking up with the kingdom’s princess, Jasmine. His second is made by The Genie to save Aladdin from drowning when he’s passed out underwater. That leaves him with one more wish for the rest of the movie. Will Smith, who says it was the music that first attracted him to the movie, adds a real hip hop feel with all of the characters rapping as part of the movie’s musical soundtrack. They even throw in a little beat boxing. The movie is an absolute joy and is entertaining from its first scene until the
closing dance number . I loved it! Mena Massoud plays Aladin and Naomi Scott is Princess Jasmine. Together the two actors make for a classic big screen couple. Marwin Kenzari does an amazing job as a Middle Eastern antagonist as Jafar, especially considering he is a well know Dutch actor. The movie runs 2 hours and 8 minutes and is appropriate for any age with a PG rating. On my “Hollywood PopcornScale” I rate Aladdin a JUMBO with extra butter (my highest possible rating).
THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW NAACP Commemorates 400 years of African Diaspora BY VALDER BEEBE ValderBeebeShow.com
Its summer time and time to celebrate family. Juneteenth 19th, a unique celebration also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African Americans throughout the former Confederate States of America. We have a responsibility to know history and to pass it on to our children, family and friends. This summer gather the family as a reunion, entertainment or backyard BBQ and proudly celebrate Juneteenth. One of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP, W.E.B. Du Bois was an historian and Pan-Africanist, who was the first African-American to earn a doctorate and become a professor. The NAACP civil rights organization in the United States was formed in 1909 to advance justice for African Americans. In the 21st Century its task to fulfill its mission still looms before it. I invited in the Valder Beebe Show SATELLITE Studios NAACP President Derrick Johnson after the NAACP recent announcement of its historic Jamestown to Jamestown event partnership, marking the 400th year enslaved Africans first touched the shores of what would become America. An official event of Ghana’s ‘Year of Return,” Jamestown to Jamestown will allow for NAACP leadership and members, as well as members of the
African American community to honor both ancestors and the struggle for Black liberation in a groundbreaking trek from Jamestown, Virginia to Jamestown, Ghana in August of this year. The event kicks off August 18 in Washington, DC and is designed to connect the present to our shared past in ways to empower and invigorate the continued struggle for full liberation of the oppressed. The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” is a year-long major landmark spiritual and birth-right journey inviting the Global African family, home and abroad. A main goal of the campaign is to position Ghana as a key travel destination for African Americans and the African Diaspora. October 2017, the executive committee of the NAACP National Board of Directors elected Derrick Johnson President/CEO. Formerly he served as vice chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors as well as state president for the Mississippi State Conference. Born in Detroit, Mr. Johnson attended Tougaloo College in Jackson, MS., then continued on to Houston, TX to receive his JD from the South Texas College of Law. In later years, Mr. Johnson furthered his training through fellowships with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the George Washington University School of Political Management, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has served as an annual guest lecturer at Harvard Law School, lending his expertise
to Professor Lani Guinier’s course on social movements, and as an adjunct professor at Tougaloo.-Text provided by Derrick Johnson publicist. VBS: I want my audience to know I have the pleasure to have the President of the NAACP, Mr. Derrick Johnson in the Valder Beebe Show SATELLITE Studios today. Mr. Johnson you are here to tell us about celebrating 400 years of the African Diaspora. Can you provide more details? DJ: Thank you for having me on your show. This is our 104th year as an organization. We celebrate milestones and we recognize milestones. This year is also the 400th year of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. We want to recognize this year through a partnership with Ghana. We are going to take a pilgrimage back to Ghana and we call it Jamestown to Jamestown. We labeled it that because the first recorded history of Africans enslaved in America or coming to this country was in Jamestown, Virginia. VBS: W.E. Dubois, a founder of the NAACP, how does he figure prominently into this recognition? DJ: We have partnered with African Ancestory.com and we are asking the public to visit the burial site of W.E. Dubois in Ghana along with a host of history making locations. Listen On-Demand @ 411RadioNetwork.com and SoundCloud.com/valderbeebeshow.ValderbeebeShow.com, 411RadioNetwork.com, Youtube.com/valderbeebeshow, 411RadioNetwork.com; Podcast audio: Soundcloud. com/valderbeebeshow, Soundcloud.com/kkvidfw, 411RadioNetwork.com, PChatman Streaming TV Network and VBS affiliate broadcasters.
ASK ALMA Sister-wife BY ALMA GILL Dear Alma, I really enjoy your column and I could really use some advice. I’ll try to keep this short. I had a long-term relationship and we broke up and he moved to a new state. After three year,s we started talking again on Facebook and then one thing led to another and we got back together. We were still having problems and we broke up again. Within a year he married someone else. I was heartbroken and couldn’t believe he married somebody else after all that we had. Fast forward, it’s been five years and I have not been in another relationship like the one we had. He and I started talking again, we met up and everything fell back into place. Instead of leaving his wife and kids he decided we all should be together and his wife agreed. Things have been cool for the last eight months. I recently found out I was pregnant and I’m so happy and so is he. She, on the other hand, seems to be treating me differently. We are not jelling the way we were and I don’t understand. I was thinking maybe I should move out, what do you think? Perplexed Sister-wife
Dear Sister-wife, I think somebody’s gotta tell you, so, it might as well be me—your boyfriend’s wife doesn’t like you; she never has, but she’s in “crazy” love with her husband. Unless I’ve been hit by a midnight train to Georgia and forgot about it, I can’t think of one woman, who willingly wants to share her husband. That doesn’t mean she won’t do it, just trust me when I say, that wouldn’t be her first option. Nope, girl, a “clear headed, got it going on, ain’t got no time for foolishness” woman requires her man to love her with his whole heart, but that’s not what we have here. Don’t get me wrong, if an open marriage is what you seek, more power to you, but that’s not what you’re talking about. You and he had a long-term “on-again, offagain” relationship, that didn’t work. In my book, that makes this something else. Your threesome has just become one too many, so I’d suggest you sleep with one eye open. If Mrs. #1, (um, that’s right) isn’t as happy as you are about the pregnancy, clearly, she will soon bring this train ride to an end.
The question is, will she ask you to transfer or make it your last stop. Then again, if she decides to disembark, hold off on your happy dance, ‘cause, to be truthful, you’ll never be enough woman for that man. He is using you and he is using her. One or both of you need to be sick and tired of being sick and tired—and shared. My advice, move out of her house to your own place and make your baby a priority. There are no if, ands or buts about it. Sometimes it’s difficult to love ourselves the way we ought but mothers can love their children better than they love themselves, you’ll see. That, my dear, needs to become your new problem. As a matter of fact, you and I need a telephone call, email me your number. Meanwhile, I hope you realize you’re sleeping with the frenemy and you don’t even know it. Recognize and identify your worth, grab ahold of it. Your sweet new baby needs you to “woman up.” Kick that brainwashing, cheating, deceiving holder of your heart to the curb. He’s used up enough of your time. Alma
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GARLAND JOURNAL - JUNE 5, 2019
URBAN GARDEN
Local Black farmer tackles food insecurity in Fort Worth
By Yvette Blair-Lavallais
Photo credits: Roderick J. Miles, Jesse Herrera and Yvette Blair-Lavallais
(Ft. Worth) – When the psalmist wrote, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein,” there was an inherent unspoken responsibility in Psalm 24:1-2 to celebrate and honor what has been created. And that’s exactly what Iris Milton, a Black farmer in Ft. Worth’s southeast community of Stop Six is doing. She is cultivating and stewarding the land at her new urban farm, Lady Butterfly Urban Garden, located directly across the street from The Leadership Academy at Maude I. Logan Elementary School, in the heart of the community. By planting produce that she can sell in this, she is also cultivating food justice in this predominantly African American and Latinx neighborhood. She plans to grow greens – kale, spinach, mustards and collards, along with eggplants and peppers. With the certification that she is pursuing from the city, she will be able to sell her produce to the community. The urban garden is part of the Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration, which partners with Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Charles Brooks’ office, and Urban Theory, a non-profit that addresses systemic challenges in under-served communities. Together, they are addressing the immediate needs of this community that is saturated with fast food restaurants and too few grocery stores. Lady Butterfly Urban Gardens is a site ripe with agricultural sustainability and a plan to help fight food insecurity in an area that sits in a declared food desert, defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the absence of a supermarket within a one-mile radius that offers fresh produce and healthy food options. Grow Southeast, an initiative of the Collaboration, aims to dig in and work with local farmers to produce healthy options. The 34.8 square-mile area of southeast Ft. Worth has two grocery stores, and there are 100 convenience stores that sell mostly unhealthy food. Lady Butterfly Urban Garden is one of five urban farms in the Grow Southeast network seeking to spark an urban agricultural movement in Southeast Ft. Worth. “There’s a great need in this area. You have to drive so far just to get fresh produce,” says Milton, whose determination, passion and love for her community is planted in every inch of her half-acre farm on Dillard Street. As a Black woman cultivating and farming her own land, she is digging in and addressing the issue of food insecurity by getting back to her roots and reconnecting with her heritage. “It’s a passion and a love for me.” Milton was raised in east Texas. She spent the formative years of her childhood with her younger sisters and mother, living with her great aunt in the Terrell and Wills Point areas. She recalls the community in nearby Elmo named “The Frog,” where she was surrounded by farming life. “There were ranchers and farmers in the country. I went to school with their children,” shared Milton, as she reminisced on living what she describes as a “great and innocent childhood.” You could say that faming is in her DNA. Milton’s greatgrandfather, Henry Carter, had land in Dennison, near Sherman, Oklahoma, and grew his food. “He lived near Lake Texoma and used well water, along with the rain water to grow vegetables,”
Commissioner Roy Brooks, Principal Steven Moore, Iris Milton and Science Teacher Safiyyah Omar Milton shared on a recent Saturday afternoon as she was working on her urban garden in the Stop Six community of Ft. Worth’s southeast side. “He and my great-grandmother, Leona Carter, worked as share croppers.” The idea for starting the farm was planted six years ago and grew from a dream of starting a garden. “I wanted to grow flowers and offer people a way to relax. Being in the garden is good therapy,” she explained. It was a chance meeting with some community leaders that unearthed the idea of her starting a farm. She credits Carlos Walker, a former principal at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, with introducing her to the Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration (HTCC), a partnership of hospitals, public health organizations and universities working to build healthier communities. Milton also believes that the desire to become an urban farmer could have easily been planted in her during those days in Elmo where she lived along the fishing banks and going to Hardin’s Farm on Saturdays after she and her sisters took piano lessons. Whether it was the crispness of the country air, the chickens running around or the cows whose lazy afternoons often crossed paths with Milton, she says farming and urban agricultural sustainability is who she is. “It’s in my blood and soul. It’s just in me. I’m part of the earth and it’s in me.” Now she’s cultivating a relationship with an entire new crop of potential farmers ---students across the street. Recently, fifth grade science students from The Leadership Academy at Maude I. Logan got hands-on STEM experience, an up-close look at urban farming and a real-life lesson in what it means for the community to work together and address food insecurity. They trekked across the street to the Lady Butterfly Urban Garden, and dug their hands into the soil, helping to cultivate space for tomato plants and a Texas pecan tree. It was an opportunity for them to see where produce comes from before it makes it to their dinner table or school lunchroom. “I knew that tomatoes came from the land before they show up in the store,” said Esmeralda, one of the enthusiastic students. “But now, I’m seeing it in action as it’s actually growing in the ground.” Their “field trip” was part of Earth Day/Arbor Day. That’s just the kind of impact that the collaborative partnership with Commissioner Brooks’ office hoped that this urban farm would spark for the community. It helps that Lady Butterfly Urban Garden is directly across the street from the school. “I realized that I cannot do this on my own. It would take longer and be harder. This is not about me --- it’s about the community. By bringing the community in… that’s where it’s going to blossom,”
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she noted, explaining how Whole Foods Market has been a supporter of the Grow Southeast efforts by providing grant money. Milton also receives financial support from the HTCC. “One of the biggest challenges is finances and resources. I have to get out and see what’s going on in the community and see what the resources are --- doing that and
A student plants his crop networking,” she shared as she knelt to see the progress of her newest tomato plants. She envisions the students at Logan Academy learning science in the outdoor classroom that she’s building. “I want to educate people and it starts with the students. If you have the proper education, you can help yourself,” she said, adding that eventually she’d like to be a source supplier of fresh produce for the school. Commissioner Brooks spoke at the recent Earth Day event and said, “This Digging Days event is a celebration of Earth Day. It’s an opportunity for us to take time to give back to our community, to the land, and to ensure its preservation. It’s about creating healthy food access and options for all the citizens of Tarrant County, especially those in Southeast and Stop Six. It is even more appropriate that you students are here today to help us do this because students helped start Arbor Day. Kids are the ones who helped us adults focus on the environment. You are heirs to a great legacy started by kids just like you.” Commissioner Brooks’ office has been working with local farmer-preneurs to cultivate opportunities for them to not only help eradicate the food deserts, but to also provide sustainable agricultural farming to the area. Roderick J. Miles, Jr., the Executive Administrator for Programs and Outreach in the Commissioner’s office, meets monthly with the farmers to listen to their progress, frustrations and joys, and to help guide them with resources and ways to smoothly navigate the steps involved in starting an urban farm. Also at the table each month are members of the collaborative partnerships, and arborists who help walk the farmers through the application process, gaining access to tractors, clearing brush from the land and determining the canopy ---which is the aboveground
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portion of the land suitable for planting crops. Students from Texas Christian University also share in the work, engaged in tasks like mowing the land, pulling weeds and helping with collecting research data on the impact of urban farming in declared food desert areas. “I developed this place based on the community,” said Milton. “When I saw how much everyone loved the farm, it inspired me to do more,” said the long-time Ft. Worth resident who studied chemistry, physics and health at the University of Texas at Arlington. She told the fifth-graders that her farm is for them to help steward. “Education is important. You are the future. It’s important for me to pass on what I learned about farming from my mom and others to you. When you love a plant, it will always return the love back to you,” continued Milton, who along with her son, Brian Davis, will offer an outdoor classroom for this Stop Six community. The students in Safiyyah Omar’s science class eagerly demonstrated their knowledge about the lifegiving sustainability that trees have on the environment. When Cheri Cuellar, a senior plans examiner with the City of Ft. Worth’s Urban Forestry Department, talked about the history of Arbor Day and asked the students about the benefit of trees, hands up went immediately and answers ranged from trees give us oxygen to they absorb water, help with flooding and give us shade. “This is STEM at work,” said Steven Moore, principal at The Academy, proudly watching as the students grabbed shovels, gloves and started working alongside Milton. “Having this urban farm right here and accessible is bringing beauty and functionality for our kids to see,” said Moore. For some of the students, this was their first time being on a farm. For other students, they shared that they’ve helped to plant strawberries with their grandparents. In one hour, the students learned invaluable lessons that will serve their community for years to come. They learned how to measure the amount of water needed when planting, the required protective clothing and shoes to wear, and the process of loosening the hard soil to make it pliable for planting. Most of all, they learned the economics of what it means to see urban farming as a way to build a future of food security. “It seeks to inform, to educate, to produce and to distribute healthy foods in southeast Ft. Worth. We also believe there is an opportunity to develop urban entrepreneurs through farming. That means folks who can make their living off plots of land just like this in urban communities throughout southeast Ft. Worth will have an opportunity,” said Commissioner Brooks. Grow Southeast is ending food and economic insecurity in southeast Ft. Worth, one farm at a time. To learn more about the work that local farmers are doing to address food insecurity in Ft. Worth, contact Linda Fulmer with Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration at (817) 451-8740 or Jesse Herrera with Urban Theory at (817) 239-9561. Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais is a Dallas minister, food justice activist and a doctoral student at Memphis Theological Seminary focused on land, food and faith formation.
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