up, multiply vendors, and an op portunity for a good time with your fellow neighbors. Hope you come out and enjoy this family-friendly event.”Thethree (3) day celebration will begin with the carnival opening on Friday, September 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. On September 17, the carnival will be opene from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with live musical entertainment beginning at 11:00 a.m. and performances provided by, Landon Blake, Ka baRios, Mersey Men, Tejano Outlaw Band, Grupo Extreme, Thin White Line, and Kadie Lynn who compet
• Support Black-owned busi nesses
Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy Through the Lens of Colonialism and Black Lives
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WILMER, TX – This year marks 38th annual Pioneer Days that will continue to bring the commu nity together. This year’s celebration will include family fun, carnival rides, live music entertainment, and several vendors at City Hall Square, located at 128 N. Dallas Av enue in Wilmer.
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Immediately following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, notable me dia personality Jemele Hill urged her peers to put the monarch’s passing in “Journalistsperspective.aretasked with put ting legacies into full context, so it is entirely appropriate to examine the queen and her role in the dev astating impact of continued colo nialism,” Hill tweeted.
can history and make white people believe they are inherently racist.
“We are poised with excitement to continue to celebrate the found ing of this amazing city with the en tire community and welcome any citizens to enjoy the festivities,” said Wilmer Mayor Sheila Petta. “This event we will have an entire carnival entertainment, one-day music line-
• If you can, buy tickets for some high school students
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While her role in colonialism and its devastating impact on Black people continue to gnaw at
Last year when I attended the inaugural Arlington Show down, where the Southern Jag uars and the Texas Southern Tigers took to the Gridiron, I talked about the importance of supporting HBCUS.
Elizabeth’s legacy isn’t neces sarily complicated, but filled with enough ambiguity and action and inaction, that it might be easy to understand why people of color
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“Reminder that Queen Elizabeth is not a remnant of colonial times. She was an active participant in co lonialism. She actively tried to stop independence movements and keep newly independent colonies from leaving the Commonwealth. The evil she did was enough,” Twit ter user @YaaAsantewaaBa wrote.
NNPA to Honor Four African American Trailblazers with Leadership Awards
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tion (NNPA), Winston and NA BOB are working to encourage the media and advertising in dustries to become more proac tive and committed to diversity from the C-suites to the deci sion-making managers.
Republican gubernatorial incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaks to supporters on Aug. 23 in Hialeah, Fla. DeSantis' effort to place candidates fully aligned with his conservative views on school boards throughout the state is helping him expand his influence. Of the 30 candidates endorsed by DeSantis in the Aug. 23 elections, 19 won, five lost and six are headed to runoffs.
James Winston, President of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NA BOB), has earned the distinc tion as the voice representing Black-owned broadcasters.
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Earlier this year, you signed Florida’s HB 7 Individual Free dom Bill, said to be the nation’s first of its kind and commonly called the “Stop WOKE Act.” Me dia coverage has kept the public informed about raucous support and challenges to the bill, includ ing a federal judge saying the bill may violate First Amendment rights to free speech.
Winston believes more is
• 45 percent of African Ameri cans relied on Social Security for 90 percent of their income compared to only 29 percent of whites.
Deciding when to take Social Security is a huge issue, and a very complicated one. A wrong decision can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over your lifetime. That decision can be critically important for African Americans.Youneed a plan for retirement that includes at least some sav ings other than Social Security.
• Attend the games even if your teams are not playing!
On Thursday, September 29, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Dr. Glenda Glover, James Winston, and Keith Ellison will receive NNPA National Leadership Awards.
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• Support the vendors who purchase booths and travel annually to these classics
• If you feel compelled to ask for donated tickets, make an outright donation to the school
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First, a couple of facts.
might view her differently than the adoring throng mourning outside of Buckingham Palace.
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire
Here’s the basics. The earliest you qualify for Social Security is 62, and 37 percent people take it at that age. The problem is that by taking it early, instead of waiting for full retirement age, you lock in a 30 percent reduction in your benefits for life. Every year you wait between 62you’re your full retirement age your benefit will increase by 8 percent. (Full retire
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• A third of Black Social Securi ty recipients depend on Social Security for all of their income, compared to 16 percent of Keepwhites.in
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• Three quarters of minority ben eficiaries rely on Social Secu rity for at least half of their re tirement income. That’s true for only half of whites.
The longest-reigning British monarch’s history on race will for ever exist as part of her legacy.
GoAndgougingout,have a good time, be safe and start the process all overDoagain!thisevery year, increas ing your savings by a dollar each year. This is just a sim ple way to begin a process that could be so beneficial for so many!
ed in 2016 on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent, where she received praise from Simon Cowell, and Reba Mc Entire for her unique vocal abili ties, and stage presence. The entire community is invited to bring some lawn chairs or blankets to enjoy the free music entertainment event. On Sunday, September 18, the last day, the carnival hours will be 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
I just love it when I see folks out supporting HBCUs be cause I love all HBCUs.
I have a few tips for alums who are not supporting their schools. And yes there are more ways to support than at tending a football game; how ever, support is support.
• Support those businesses that support HBCUs
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Critical race theory is an aca demic framework dating to the 1970s that centers on the idea that racism is systemic in the nation’s institutions and that those insti tutions maintain the dominance of white people. The theory is a way of analyzing American history through the lens of racism. Critics say the it divides society by defin
needed to increase and enhance the ownership of media busi nesses by African Americans and other sityBlackPresidentminorities.ofthehistoricallyTennesseeStateUniversince2013andtheinterna
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ing people as oppressors and op pressed based on their race. They call it an attempt to rewrite Ameri
• Even if you only attended one semester, join the alum ni association
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If nothing else, these numbers should point out that before de ciding on Social Security, you must have a plan.
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An open letter to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on CRT and
• Get your company/corpora tion to sign on as a corporate sponsor
Of course, the whole matter started with the volatile debate about teaching the controver sial critical race theory and The New York Times’ 1619 Project in schools. Conservative backlash exploded, including influential research by activist Christopher Rufo of the conservative Manhat tan Institute think tank.
• Call out the hotels and busi nesses that practice price
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• When you purchase tickets from Williams Chicken, at least get a two piece and a pepper or some corn fritters
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mind that the average Social Security check in 2022 is only $1,614.
I also told you to get ready to support the Classic games in It2023.was a message specifical ly for folks within a 300 mile radius of the two HBCU clas sics coming to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; however the message is good for any and everybody, especially you sports fans and those who say they support higher education! Which brings me to my truth.
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent
Keith Ellison emerged as more than just a figurehead during his first term as Attorney General in Minnesota.The“People’s lawyer” dis played a firm and steady hand guiding the state through Covid restrictions, settling multi-bil lion-dollar drug cases with opi oid distributors and Johnson & Johnson, and protecting ten ants’ rights in landlord disputes.
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Start saving two dollars a week — then you can buy tickets for two to least one game (anything over, donate it, or put toward your alumni dues
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childhood peers and I lived with knowing that we could not try on clothes in downtown Dal las retail stores or drink from certain water fountains labeled “Whites Only.” Conversely, we were not taught that when the Fourth of July celebrations be gan in 1776, we African Ameri cans still were enslaved and had no freedom to celebrate — not until 87 years later, when Presi dent Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation; and here in Texas, Black enslavement lasted two more years.
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day called “Negro Achievement Day.” As a pre-teen, when my family rode the streetcar from my segregated South Dallas neigh borhood, we knew to look for the mobile demarcation marker clamped on a railing that showed Blacks how far to the back to sit so whites would have the front seats.
like Vanguard or Fidelity. You can start an IRA with as little as $25 a month.
“I am elated to receive this national award and be named among the trailblazing legends in public relations! I work hard to achieve results for my clients
For some reason Brad just doesn’t get it and he could lose everything that is im portant to him in this romantic comedy that was filmed partly in Dallas and features several locals.
Wage disparities. Black Amer icans are locked into low-pay ing service jobs, and your Social Security check depends on the amount you pay into the system.
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I defy you, Governor, to suggest that I do not love my country. My America is not perfect, but it is my country — warts and all. I will continue to do my part, striving ever to make it better.
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Your effort to protect white and other students from uncomfort able history may be noble, but it seems partisan. When you signed the Individual Freedom Bill (aka “Stop WOKE Act”), you said: “There is no place for indoctrina tion or discrimination in Florida.”
of the Year by the Greater North Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club (GNDBPWC). She is also a previous NABJ Salute to Excellence Award winner, Texas
Low wage earners put less into the system and are stuck with considerably lower Social Securi ty benefits as a result.
Public relations executive Kayla Tucker Adams was recently hon ored by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) with the 2022 Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award during the Hall of Fame Luncheon in Las Ve gas.Patricia “Pat” Tobin was a pio neering publicist, media entrepre neur, co-founder of the National Black Public Relations Society (NBPRS), and a long-time mem ber and leader in NABJ. Widely known as the “queen of public re lations,” Pat Tobin is recognized as a Black PR pioneer in the Museum of Public Relations.
There is a reason most Black Americans take Social Security early and lock themselves into those lower payments for life. Health disparities. Black Americans suffer higher rates of eight of the top 13 top causes of death in the United States – heart disease, stroke, cancer, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes, HIV disease, kidney failure and homi cide, said Dr. Ebony Hilton, an esthesiologist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virgin
er credits with Edna Janeen White and Tony D. White in this tale of a man who makes a dumb bet that involves his wife and one of his best friends, played by Maria Torn berg and Charles Am brose,Ambrose’srespectively.character, Wes, is charming, witty, smart, sexy, romantic and attentive; ev erything that a woman could hope for and every woman he approaches falls under this playboy’s spell.
4. Reverse mortgage. I’m not a big fan of reverse mortgages, unless there is no other op tion. Considering the dire state of Black homeownership, we want to leave a legacy for our heirs. But if there is no other option, a person can tap into
We heard about mobs and the KKK lynching Black men without a trial — including the 1910 Allen Brooks lynching from the down town Elks Arch in Dallas where I still live — and the hateful and still painfully memorable mur ders of mainly Black males, such as Emmett Till and Medgar Evers nearly a decade apart in Missis
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the equity in their homes and receive payments until they die. Then, generally the house is sold and whatever equity is left goes to your heirs. Before you do a reverse mortgage, make sure you get some finan cial advice from a pro.
Ambrose and Berry with leading lady Maria Tornberg
NABJ honors PR exec Kayla Tucker Adams
“A long-time NABJ member,
Locals will love seeing familiar landmarks that include the up scale restaurant/club: Michael’s, in Las Colinas, and the catering truck of OMG Cakes & Southern Best Cater ing,,ToneyL.L.C.shares
cont. from page 1 ment age is 66 if you were born between 1943 and 1954. It in creases gradually until it reaches 67 for anyone born after 1960.) If you wait until 70 you can increase your benefits another 30 percent. But let’s not kid ourselves.
and to build bridges to help am plify the stories that matter most,” said Kayla Tucker Adams, founder and chief strategist of KTA Media Group. “It’s a blessing to be recog nized for that hard work and my contributions to the field of public relations.”Withmore than 20 years of ex perience in communications and public relations, Adams is an award-winning public relations executive, professional speaker, andShewriter.isthe founder and chief strategist of KTA Media Group - a full-service communications firm specializing in public relations, media training, crisis communi cations, community engagement, book and product launches, dig ital marketing, social media, and strategic partnerships.
Still, there are steps you can take to make sure you are not en tirely dependent on that Social Security check when you retire.
On average, Black Americans earn about half as much as White Americans. But when it comes to Social Security, the more money you make, and the more you put into the system, the higher your monthly check when you retire.
never told a lie; that Christopher Columbus discovered America even though Native Americans were already here; that the law of separate but equal was just and equitable; and that enslaved Afri cans were “happy and content” in bondage because they had food andOfshelter.course, we know now that there have been myriad revisions to those and hundreds of oth er supposedly historical “facts.”
When comedian, actor, philan thropist Steve Harvey said “men are dumb,” he had to be thinking about Victoria’s insecure husband, Brad Wilson, played by Grayson Berry, in the soon-to-be released, Unfavorable Odds.
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Highly regarded as one of the best in her field, Kayla has worked with bestselling authors, movie producers, corporations, school districts, non-profit organizations,
The point is that you have op tions - if you think about retire ment when you are still young enough to make a difference in your future. Or you can sit back and wait for Social Security to kick in. But that may mean a dra matic reduction in your lifestyle or being forced to work into your 70s or 80s.
For a Black woman who grew up in the Jim Crow South, indoctrination and revisionist history have a different meaning.
An honor graduate of Prairie View A&M University, Adams earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio/Television Broadcasting with a minor in Business Admin istration. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Human Rela tions and Business from Amber tonInUniversity.addition to the Patricia L. Tobin Award, Adams was also re cently named the 2022 Woman
how dumb men are and what can happen when you make a dumb bet.Directed by Boogievision, Un favorable Odd receives a very fa vorable review! It’s just further evidence that there’s a lot of great talent right in Dallas!
— more likely than not — have some history writer’s interpre tation woven in. Yes, Rufo’s re search does reasonably suggest that some educators’ and em ployers’ critical race theory and 1619 Project interpretations are extreme and could be scaled back. But truth at some point must“Woke”prevail.poet, author, filmmak er and college professor M.K. As ante Jr. aced it, in my book, when he wrote the poem “Two Sets of Notes” about classroom teaching:
ia. They often are forced to retire early for health reasons – either their own issues or to take care of a loved one with health issues. This is especially true of Black women, who are more much more likely to be caregivers than Black men, and also more likely to be the lone caregiver.
3. Invest in mutual funds. Just as with IRAs, you can open an in vestment account in an online broker like Charles Schwab or Fidelity for a small initial de posit and automatic deposits of $25 or $50 a month. Avoid stocks. Focus on mutual funds. You’ll be amazed at what hap pens when you tap into the growth of the stock market. It is proven that stocks provide the best long-term return of any in vestment, including real estate.
Rodney A. Brooks is a Texas Metro News Columnist and Senior Fellow at Prosperity Now. The author of Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism and discrimination put us here, but this is how we can save future generations, he has written for USA TODAY, The Washington Post and National Geographic.
Dallas white schools. Some pag es were torn out, and the tattered ones that remained often were filled with graffiti and someone else’s notes in the margins. Still, many of my peers and I went to college and thrived. As students, we were not given blindfolds to protect us from seeing the reali ties of life.
I’m writing to tell you, Gover nor, about my own experiences as a Black student growing up in the Jim Crow South before and during the early stages of racial integration. I experienced much of what you seek to protect white students from, and from which I’m grateful that leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others fought to “free” me.
My school books, Governor, were hand-me-downs from the
Managing and leading a rock star team of professionals, Kayla provides stellar work and excep tional results for clients across the country.Actively involved in the com munity and philanthropic efforts, Kayla is always looking for ways to giveSheback.iscurrently a board mem ber of the Dallas-Fort Worth chap ter of March of Dimes and That Girl is SMART Youth Mentoring Program, a member of the Pub lic Relations Society of America, National Association of Black Journalists, the fundraising chair person for Dallas-Fort Worth As sociation of Black Journalists, and a charter member of the Chi Zeta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
I grew up as a Black kid under “separate but equal” laws that were anything but equal. My peers and I had to hear and ex perience the tough lessons of a society that treated us differently. Yet I believe we were made stron ger because of those experiences.
future endeavors will be, folks are going to become very familiar with his name and his works.
Many of the main eight con cepts of your “Stop WOKE Act” sound reasonable enough. Yet, in your public comments, you speak against conditions that you have described as “revisionist history” and “woke indoctrination.” Could it be that these revisions are sim ply telling more truth? I take your use of “revisionist” to mean that it is wrong to revise American history that was taught to me as a youth. Also, that indoctrination only is wrong now and not when I experienced it many moons ago.
“She is grounded in her commu nity, serving on several organiza tion boards and committees, and Kayla also gives of her time and resources. Kayla is about repre senting her clients and ensuring that KTA Media Group provides the best service.”
School Public Relations Associa tion Star Award winner and Her mes Creative Award winner.
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2. Individual Retirement Ac count. If your job doesn’t offer a 401(k), start an IRA. You can do that with any online broker age or mutual fund company
NABJ presents the Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award annually to an entrepreneur, pub lic relations/advertising/market ing professional, or media owner that serves as a trailblazer in the media realm and is responsible for a positive impact of Black cov erage and the media profession.
Pre-1960s, I could only go to the State Fair of Texas on one
This is Dallas businessman Co rey “C.T. “Toney’s first major big screen production and if Unfavor able Odds is any indication of what
I clearly remember being in doctrinated with the often sap py and hard-to-believe lessons taught to me in history, civics and government classes: Presi dent George Washington’s cher ry tree story — that as a boy, he
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Kayla Tucker Adams
So why is “being woke” such a terrible thing? As I see it, being woke is simply looking truth in the face and walking away more informed; and yes, free to make your own final judgment. Indoc trination, as I see it, is knowing that historical “facts” in textbooks
1. 401(k). Company pensions are pretty much gone. Instead, com panies off employees self-di rected defined contribution plans like 401(k)s and 403(b). The problem is too many people say they can’t afford to save and don’t contribute. If your em ployer offers at 401(k) or 403(b), utilize it. Find the money, even if it’s $25 or $50 a month. The money adds up. And if there is an employee match, you should contribute at least up to that match. Otherwise, you are pass ing up free money.
sense. Despite his continued protests and claims that the bet was a bad idea, his friends moved forward.Andalthough it was a packed house at Dallas’ Angelika Theatre for the premiere over the week end, everyone else will have to wait until the release date, in early September 2022, to find out just
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Norma Adams-Wade, is a proud Dallas native, University of Texas at Austin journalism graduate and retired Dallas Morning News senior staff writer. She is a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists and was its first southwest regional director. She became The News’ first Black fulltime reporter in 1974. norma_adams_ wade@yahoo.com
Hopefully Victoria won’t! And then there’s the other best friend, Kenny, played by Charles Malik Whitfield, who appears to be the only one of the three best buds who acts like he has com
Unfavorable Odds is not only funny; there’s a strong message
Yet, indoctrination and discrim ination were tenets of my civil rights era childhood education and life experience.
Kayla has distinguished herself on several levels as a communi cations professional, mentor and supporter of journalists and jour nalistic excellence, just like Pat Tobin,” said Cheryl Smith, pub lisher/editor of Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger.
faith leaders, numerous celebri ties, and some of the most influen tial people in the world, including Oprah Winfrey and T.D. Jakes, and global nonprofit organizations, in cluding March of Dimes.
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“I always take two sets of notes. … One set to ace the test and … One set I call the truth. … Black children … don’t let them fool you … With selective memory. … Always take two sets of notes.”
Producer/Writer Corey "CT" Toney and Miss Community (dianne gibson) at Dallas Premiere
The Cheryl Smith I know raised four of her sisters’ children with all the love any child could stand while she danced backwards in heels in her professional life. She epitomized the Black mother who knows how to brace her knee against the altar while she keeps her foot on your neck. Ain’t nothing better than a Black mother who can pray for you
choose Tallahassee. Cheryl Smith was HBCU when HBCU wasn’t as cool as it is now!
But be not mistaken, the Demo cratic Party, while it has worked long and hard to restore and protect the kind of gains we have seen under President Biden, still have not done as much as it could for the people who put him in office. Without the Black vote, there would be no Presi dent Joe Biden. Yet he did not move to sign Executive Orders to fight Vot
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By Dr. John E. Warren
The Cheryl Smith I know is a mentor at the highest level. Dallas Black journalism’s Grand Poohbah is Norma Adams Wade. However, Cheryl has adopted, trained, hazed, touched, or otherwise grown hun dreds of budding print and video journalists.Shestated her beliefs in the ac
By Vincent L. Hall Playin’Quit
Among the names was one that you and I both surely know by now. They said Cheryl Smith, but I wasn’t sure. In the video, two young hosts introduced a sweet little old lady from East Orange, New Jersey, named Cheryl Smith.
er Suppression as he did with great speed to help overcome or provide protections available to him after the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs.Wade.Forthose who register to vote in the coming General Election, one may register as an Independent and still vote on November 8th.
it’s not our Scriptureissue.commands us to treat people with care: “The alien who re sides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:34) “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’” (Deuteronomy 27:19)
This time, it’s the Democratic Party which is the lesser of the two evils. Therefore, we need Democrats to keep control of the Senate and we need Democratic members elected to Congress to keep control of that body since all the legislation geared to the needs of everyday people are coming from the Democrats at this time.
Cheryl Smith paid homage to the literary heroes she read avidly during her remarks. Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, and Iceberg Slim. She honored her friends who are now with her ancestors, like Dick Gregory, publisher George Cur ry, and a local favorite, Lawrence Young. Finally, she mentioned the man in her corner, Stewart Curet. She is sweet about him!
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The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and national antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race, color or creed, full human and legal rights. Hating no person, fearing no person, the Black Press strives to help every person in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.
More than 82% of Jackson’s popu lation is Black and almost a quarter of residents live below the poverty line, a stark contrast to 1980 when over half of the city’s population was white.”Somany of the issues we face at the core involve dignity and how we see others. If we are not living out what we espouse as Christians, we are hypocrites: “If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, can not love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.” (1 John 4:20)
Time Magazine said, “Some re searchers and columnists point to “white flight” for Jackson’s failing infrastructure and a subsequent lack of taxes and state funding that instead poured into developing neighboring predominantly white cities such as Flowood and Madison.
Keep reading the next three col umns and this will all make sense!
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Yet the third reconstruction is about taking direct action for change and will include our voices, job origination and building economic wealth but for this to happen we will need to rise up in action.
There are also other parties that many of you have heard of, such as
The Cheryl Smith I revere is nev er satisfied. She was pleased that my two oldest daughters matriculated at her beloved Florida A&M Uni versity. But I got a call questioning why daughter number three didn’t
The Cheryl I know is a Warrior and shouted this out during her acceptance speech. Led by Com missioner John Wiley Price, Cheryl was an original Warrior who was as good at fist-fighting as she was at making picket signs. The Cheryl Smith I know stalked and printed the witness sketch of a serial rapist for seven years until he was cap tured, jailed, and convicted.
Documents from the emergency management department show that the state has already paid a total of $12,707,720.92 to Wynne Transpor tation…from Texas border commu nities to Washington, D.C., and New York City…”
I was excited, but not for long. I
She was a child of the Jim Crow, lynching and Separate but Equal eras that permeated her sense of self. She came after the reconstruc tion that her Mother Mary told her about. In every front porch story, Big Mama spoke of the “time when we wereSheliberated.”statedshe knew of “the time when we had senators, our own 40 acres and cities of business before they destroyed them and killed our purveyors.”Itisafact that the humans that held enslaved Africans did not create or have an exit strategy! The only group enslaved on U.S. soil was Af ricans.Ontop of the utter inhumanity and indignity of slavery, there was enduring economic disadvantage in both obvious and subtle ways. Wag es were denied to slaves, of course.
to East Coast cities, according to the Texas Division of Emergency Management…. the Governor of Texas’ office announced that it had begun busing migrants to Chicago.
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Yet, residents of Texas suffered the loss of electricity during a win ter storm across the state due to the electric grid’s instability in February 2021.Funding that could be used to repair the grid, focus on infrastruc ture, and so many other issues is be ingIt’swasted.interesting to watch how so many Christians will politicize is sues without using scriptures as a basis for why we do what we do.
There are times that we can’t sit by silently when others are violat ed. According to the Texas Tribune, “Texas has spent more than $12 mil lion sending busloads of migrants
What Lucille “Big Mama” Allen knew for sure, that we are created to serve God by loving and serving one another. “Big Mama” gave us all permanent lessons that were her au thentic gifts asking us to rise up and do the work.
running water in its capital city.
In addition, slaves were unable to save for investment. They could not accumulate capital because they were capital - bought, sold, traded and insured by those who enslaved them.The “market value” of slaves in 1840 was double that of the entire railroad system, which was consid ered the country’s most valuable asset. The Second Reconstruction is marked by the civil rights move ment, African Americans fought for basic civil rights and civil liberties protected by the Constitution for the “Okie Doke” folks. The changes included equal access to public facil ities, housing, education and as Big Mama said, “good government jobs.”
Cheryl Smith is an award-win ning writer, publisher, radio host, professor, mother, and more. She knows, as Jesse Jackson once said, “how to be pro-Black without be ing anti-white.” That’s how she has been able to parlay her work and newspapers with the Dallas Morn ing News to create an informative collaborative.TherealCheryl Smith came out when I tried to retire a few months ago. She only knows two curse words, and when I answered the phone, she used them both. “Negro, have you lost your mind? You betta getThat’syo……”the Cheryl Smith I know and love. She entered my Hall of Fame years ago! I love her and Black journalists love her too.
Big Mama told us, time and time again to be ready because when the time arises that we get another re construction, we have to be ready to bless every soul forward. She cre ated a sense of urgency and action in me that I have not been able to
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and discipline you simultaneously.
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Mc Connell, has voted against every bill passed by the House of Represen tatives to bring relief to the Ameri can people in such areas as reducing the cost of prescription draws, re storing the Voting Rights Act provi sions struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013, and the restoration of the protections lost under the re cent Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Rights. Former President Trump and those who rally around him have become the party of those who would reduce or elimi nate rights that so many have fought and died for.
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has announced its honorees for the 2022 Hall of Fame Induction and Special Hon ors Awards. The awards were made during the #NABJNAHJ22 Conven tion & Career Fair in Las Vegas.
Incidentally, “Don’t Believe the Hype’’ is the name of her 25-yearold Bowl-a-Thon that has raised more than a quarter million dollars. Scholarships that encourage and benefit journalism as a career.
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shake!Real hospitality is not about what we do – it is about who we are. But the “peculiar institution” spread its suppressing web throughout the American South, gaining momen tum with the rise of the cotton econ omy and only being abruptly stalled with the Civil War and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution one to two lifetimes ago to “reconstruct” ourButlives.the Reconstruction had a last ing impact on the American tapes try. It was turbulent! It was a strat egy to reintegrate rebellious states back into union without the free labor component that the “peculiar institution” thrived on.
There are many disparities that need our voice AND our vote. Mat thew 22:20-22 states, “They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Cae sar’s; and unto God the things that areInGod’s.”theory, this is what we should do but what happens when Caesar (the government) is doing some thing that goes against what one believes is correct? There are times throughout history that individuals or groups have stood up for their rights that were being violated.
It appears that our recent discus sions about the importance of each of us becoming Registered Voters and using our right to vote has been taken by some as an endorsement of a political party preference, as a necessity to voting. For the record, there is no constitutional require ment of a political party affiliation as a condition of voting. One only has to declare a party affiliation in states requiring such affiliation for voting Democratic or Republican in primary races. While the Democratic and Republican parties are dominant political entities, in the State of Cal ifornia there are more Independent registered voters than Republicans.
Those who are in office make pol icy, as we have seen with the remov al of ballot boxes, the elimination of Voting Precincts so as to make lines longer and to create more difficulty for voters, the passing of laws pro hibiting giving people in voting lines food or water while they wait to vote, and in some places the elimination of Sunday voting. The Republicans, un der the leadership of Senator Mitch
ceptance speech. “The mark of a true leader is the ability to recog nize, cultivate, uplift, and encourage others.” Cheryl Lynn Smith bears that mark! She did it at Paul Quinn, and Dallas College. She teaches in class or in the moment.
Another friend who is no longer a Christian told me some years ago that our problem is that we are buf fet Christians. We pick and choose what works for us. We seek forgive ness when we mess up but when it comes to others, we seek the highest punishment and condemn because
Let’s stop looking for excuses for not registering or preparing to vote and look at what we need and want in elected officials at all levels during the next two years. Without a vote, needs and wants don’t count.
Dr. John E. Warren is publisher of The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint.
Andre, the oldest and only male child, is in his 18th year of mili tary service because character and accountability were something he learned at home.
Just recently I received my juror notice, I love serving, but this juror screening opened the door to prove we needed a third reconstruction. So after 1) a deadly pandemic wreaking havoc on my own family and 2) af ter the economic collapse kindred to the Great Depression and 3) a racial awakening showcasing existing ra cial injustices, I received a “request ed order’ to be a juror.
In honesty, Cheryl Smith is a giant in the national Black press. Not just in NABJ but among NNPA publish ers and Black newspapers around the country. They gave her many accolades relative to her journalistic prowess but let me tell you about the Cheryl Smith I know.
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focused on the Republi can Party as a threat to Democracy because of their national efforts to impose voter suppression in states where they have intentionally made it more difficult to vote. The Republi can Party has systematically redrawn election districts so as to weaken or neutralize the Black vote with the intention of limiting Black folks and other people of color from gaining political office.
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This week has illuminated the is sues that we have as a country with those in positions of power, acting on behalf of the government. Re cently, a Black pastor in Alabama was arrested for watering flowers for his neighbors who were out of town.
Officers continued to say that he did not identify himself although bodycam video shows that he shared his name. There are numerous ex amples of many unarmed Black men and women, not breaking the law, whose interactions with the police resulted in bodily harm and even death.Residents of Jackson, Mississippi have been without water for days despite a state budget surplus of more than $2 billion but no clean
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Let me translate that. What Cher yl was saying is don’t believe the hype. The white man’s ice is no colder than any other. But, sadly, too many of us won’t do business with people who look like us. Texas Met ro News can publish it, but some of us won’t believe it until the Dallas Morning News confirms it in print.
Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew is an au thor of three books and the host of The Tapestry podcast. To listen to ep isodes of the podcast, visit work,estry_1www.spreaker.com/show/the-taphttps://andtolearnmoreabouthergotohttps://drfroswa.com/
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For example, women at one time did not have the right to vote. Black people were enslaved against their will and freedom did not include equality or equity. Laws have been discriminatory or were created to protect the vulnerable.
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The duo who introduced Cheryl knew her NABJ stories but didn’t know half of her whole story. She is a stalwart and advocate for “Buying Black.” Her closing statement hinted at it. “The last time I checked, all ice is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.”
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I stood near the bathroom yet some BIPOC gatekeeper told me if I don’t take a seat she would have the Marshall escort me out of here. I asked her about how we ensure those who tested positive?
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Melba Moore is no stranger to awards for her many talents and service. Moore won the Tony Award for best featured actress for her performance in Purlie (1970) and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance in that same year. Moore has received several Grammy nominations for her songs, “Read My Lips” and “Lean on Me,” and Best New Artist in 1971.
Then in a forceful staccato affirma tion by Rick Ross and Friday the cho rus begins: “But I know God did, God did (Oh, yes, He did).” DJ Khaled in his street-powerful voice shouts out in re “Godfrain: did
The initial encounter occurred when two Atlanta police officers responded to a complaint from a Wen dy’s employee that someone had fallen asleep behind the wheel of his automobile in the drive-through lane of the restaurant. As expected, two officers began an on-scene investigation and an extensive conversation with Mr. Brooks.
What emerged out of the South Bronx, NY with youthful creative power, au thenticity, raw vibes, and artistic genius over 50 years ago is today an unstoppa ble global cultural phenomenon that is contributing to a positive and irrevoca ble transformation of the world’s con sciousness and demands for freedom, justice, equality and equity.
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Ben Jealous is president of People For the American Way.
Legendary Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated songstress, Melba Moore, has achieved many milestones in her dynamic career. From Broadway to television, hit re cords to high accolades from arts and civic leaders, Moore has overcome personal and professional obstacles on the road to her iconic status.
ing maps from pulpits to street corners to the state capitol and even before the state courts.Sadly, Michigan is not alone. The New York Times reported in August that this year, “judges in Alabama, Georgia, Loui siana and Ohio have found that Republi can legislators illegally drew those states’ congressional maps along racial or parti san lines, or that a trial very likely would conclude that they did.” But elections are moving forward anyway.
Oh, yes, God did Oh, God did (God is great)
They didn’t think that we would make it They didn’t believe in us.”
Redistricting is Voter Suppression Too
I politely told her as I matched her eye-to-eye sneer with a request to bring two marshals back -- one to make me sit down and another to pull me off anyone who touched me to force me to sit down without the ability to so cial distance.
We bantered back and forth on many issues, yet she re minded me of the first recon struction gatekeeper, those of us who look like us designed to “oversee” our systemic fail ures.Big Mama was right, we had to sit and wait to arise up to blessCheckforward.back next week when you see what happened when we arrived in the courtroom to be directly selected as jurors! In the meantime, do as Big Mama say, “Bless forward with urgency and action!”
Young people, especially Generation Z and millennials across America and throughout the world will connect, res onate, and engage with these lyrics and
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By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Melba Moore Receives Awards for Dynamic Career
When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city of Detroit had at least one Black member of Congress. That’s likely to change this year. Because of redistricting, Detroit no longer has majority-Black con gressional districts. And in the first prima ry election with newly drawn district lines, a Black candidate did not win the Demo cratic contest in the heavily Democratic 13th. That means the city is likely to lack Black representation in Congress for the first time in Redistrictingdecades.isrobbing Black candi dates and voters of years of hard fought for opportunities. In Detroit, new districts merged Black areas of the city with white neighborhoods across 8 Mile Road. The city stands to lose Black representation in Congress and have less representation in the state legislature. Knowing what the impact could be, voters have spoken out forcefully against the new redistrict
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Culture and Entertainment Editor
No one album alone will give all the answers to all the perplexing questions of society. Yet, I salute “God Did” as a welcomed and timely give back and cultural blessing to all of humanity. Hip-hop is a global antidote to the poi son of racial oppression and economic inequalities. Thank you, DJ Khaled, for “God Did.”
Dr. E. Faye Williams is President of the National Con gress of Black Women and host of “Wake Up and Stay Woke” on WPFW-89.3 FM
We must also keep voting, running for office, and educating. My organization, People For the American Way, houses an African American Religious Affairs net work that has reaffirmed for more than a decade that “every election matters and every vote counts” — and that includes primaries. For Black ministers in our net work, voting and civic participation are acts of faith and so much more. As Rever end Dr. Steve Bland, Jr., pastor of Liberty Temple Baptist Church in Detroit said, “It’s not about left or right. Splitting De troit into two districts was an insult. But we have faith and must “deal with our self-interest by voting in every election!”
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr (Dr Ben) is President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Executive Producer/Host of The Chavis Chronicles weekly on PBS TV stations throughout the U.S. and can be reached at dr.bchavis@nnpa. org
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Grammy nominations for her songs, “Read My Lips” and “Lean on Me,” and Best New Artist in 1971.
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Rayshard Brooks was the 27-year-old Black man shot and killed in an Atlanta Wendy’s parking lot af ter an altercation with police in June 2020, two weeks after the murder of George Floyd. I was more pained about the results of the investigation than I was sur prised. Like me, critical observers have come to expect decisions favoring police in cases involving Black men, and, increasingly, Black women. Despite assertions by law enforcement executives that there is a reformation in policing, evidence suggests that the reformation is principally administrative and has little consequence on the street.
musical symphony because of how this hymn exposes the prevailing mispercep tions about the so-called irredeemable, downtrodden-ness of youth conscious ness and lifestyles today in impover ished communities in urban and rural areas.While the status quo wants to keep young people down and disillusioned, God via hip-hop has reawakened the masses of millions of youth to speak out, stand up, and to become empow ered with truth, resilience, vitality and a transformed vision to strive to make the world a better place for all people.
essential to righting this wrong.
In verse 1 Rick Ross hints at the im portance of stopping any form of disuni ty and self-destruction, and to begin the God-inspired journey to acquire enough money to buy and own a bank.
At the event, she also received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award for her commitment to improvement within urban communities.
Jay-Z said it best: “I pray none of your people die over jail phones again
Terry Allen is an award-winning media professional, journalist, and entrepreneur. He is also the founder of City Men Cook and 1016 Media. Reach him at terryallenpr@gmail.com
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Yes, God did. And, yes, consequently DJ Khaled did.
arrived in a room of hundreds and hundreds of citizens un masked, no social distancing and no ‘flatten the curve direc tives at all. Yet nothing illegal because the governor’s policy allowed all this to happen.
I know that a lot of media coverage of this summer’s primaries has focused on one big question: will Trump-style, MAGA candidates win or lose? But there’s anoth er question that needs to be asked: how harmful are the impacts of redistricting on our communities in this year’s elec tions and those to come? The current reality dictates that we do not sit out any election. We need to resolutely register, educate, motivate and turn out voters. In every election. Every time.
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I can hear Big Mama saying, “don’t come for me, unless I send for you.” (See that col umn on our website)
When the player haters of the culture refused to hear and listen to the truth about how hip-hop continues to shed a radiant light on systemic oppression, racism, addictions, and economic in equities, God did not permit those pro found spitters of truth to be silenced and unappreciated. Those of us who love and respect hip-hop know what time it is.
Hip-hop culture continues to tran scend the divisions that prevent a uni versal acknowledgment of the sacred affirmation of the oneness of all human ity. As soon as DJ Khaled dropped his latest album with that transformational featured production entitled, “God Did,” I knew that as an elder OG supporter of the culture I needed to publicly respond.
Moore received the Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, honor ing her career, at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.
With the odds stacked against me, I could crack Da Vinci I know only God can judge us.”
I believe that every police officer deserves to return home from duty without being injured. I believe that every officer is sworn to the oath of upholding the law. I accept that the duties of the police often involve life-altering, instantaneous decisions. With those facts given, I must agree with the assessment that race was absolutely a part of the outcome. In this case, I believe that race AND ego were integral to the outcome.
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Moore will also be a part of the 2023 Hollywood Walk of Fame Class, which will include Lenny Kravitz, Sheila E., Charlie Wilson, Ludacris, Garrett Mor ris and Ludacris. Moore will receive her star for the Live Performance cat egory.
I count three, me, Ye, and Rih.”
All this pain from the outside, inspired all the growth within So new planes getting’ broken in Highest elevation of the self.”
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Moore is no stranger to awards for her many talents and service. Moore won the Tony Award for best featured actress for her performance in Pur lie (1970) and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance in that same year. Moore has received several
She smirked and sarcasti cally said, “use common sense and leave.” She took no consid eration given that my leaving could result in a warrant for my arrest as a no-show.
In recent years, the Harlem-born, Newark raised dynamo’s rendition of “Lift Every Voice & Sing” (recorded in 1990) was added to the US Nation al Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2017 as an “American Aural Treasure.” The rendition was also entered into the Congressional Record as the Official Black National Anthem. Moore’s rendition of the na tional Black anthem was also added to the US National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as an “Amer ican Aural Treasure”. Moore recently released her latest album, Imagine.
In the pre-chorus to “God Did,” Fri dayy and Rick Ross set the dramatic cur tain riser with the verse: “They wanted us down But look at us now They counted us out
Verse 3 was the longest verse. It was another hip-hop classic with Hov, i.e.: Jay-Z, who upfront eloquently acknowl edges that because God did, Hov did. Jay-Z reminds the world that, “Hov did” “Please, Lord forgive me for what the stove Nobodydidtouched the billi’ until Hov did How many billionaires can come from Hov crib?
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DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z , John Legend and Fridayy were all mas terful in their contributory segments. At a time when world communities are ex periencing increasing devastations from climate change, poverty, and human op pression, what are the enduring lessons that are being articulated and portrayed in our music, poetry, and art forms?
But I know God did.”
Even with the vagaries of watching video record ings, it was obvious that Mr. Brooks physically bested and overpowered two police officers. What was equal ly obvious was that his primary interest was to escape and not to inflict injury upon either of the officers. His willingness to engage in a “peaceful encounter” offers proof.Isee a Black man who, because of his blackness, pre emptively presents the threat of violence and lethality to the psyche of the police. I see police officers pro fessionally and physically embarrassed by their beat down. The result is self-evident.
Calling out and challenging means organizing, litigating, and legislating. It means supporting national and local organizations that unite communities against racist gerrymandering and seek justice in the courts. They might not win every case, but advocacy and activism are
TriceEdneyWire.com—The past few weeks have been anything except uneventful. The passage of new life-altering progressive laws, expected and unexpect ed results in primary elections, the service of a sub poena on Mar-A-Lago, and a variety of other events have captured the attention of the nation. Because of a vested interest in the lives of Black people, my own attention was drawn to the results of the investigation of the death of Rayshard Brooks.
For approximately 41 minutes of questioning, the encounter was civil and Mr. Brooks complied with the officers’ requests. It was only after he failed a breath alyzer test and was threatened with arrest for drunk driving that the encounter became hostile. A struggle ensued and Mr. Brooks wrestled a taser away from one of the officers and began to flee. In response, the other officer shot Brooks in the back —twice.
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In verse 2 Lil Wayne testifies about how God made him to be creative: “God did His thing when he made me
Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Rihanna all shattered previous recording industry achievement records that propelled each of them into the billionaire strato sphere on earth and in the heavens. Yes, God did. Yes, Hov did. God did and God is still Massdoing!incarceration is not the answer. Voter suppression is not the answer. Poverty and economic inequities are not the answer. “God Did” is the answer that requires activism, struggle, compassion, creativity, and empowerment.
On August 23, 2022, Peter Skandalakis, the special prosecutor assigned to the case, released the results of his investigation. He announced that the shooting was justified! “In this case, you must remember that here we have a peaceful encounter, that all of a sudden be comes a violent encounter,” Skandalakis said. “When Brooks takes the Taser, he now becomes basically a person with an offensive position. He can incapacitate the officers.” He added that race was not believed to be a factor. The leader of the local chapter of the NAACP criticized the ruling, saying: “Race is absolutely a part of it.”
First, I was pleased and inspired by the lyrical summons from “God Did” that called all of us out of the graveyards of despair and hopelessness to stand erect and upright before the divine God of all creation and liberation.
Could this have been different? Absolutely, with in tuitive policing, yes! The police knew his name. They knew where he lived. His vehicle was under police control. His apprehension could have been made un der “cooler” circumstances. The “easier” choice was made—PULL THE TRIGGER!
We’ve all heard about the restrictive vot er suppression laws that far-right state leg islatures are passing. We’ve heard about the crackdowns on voting hours and mailin voting, and even on giving food and water to voters in long lines. But we don’t hear enough about redistricting as anoth er weapon being used to intimidate voters and keep us from exercising our constitu tional rights. It is erasing us from Congress and state legislatures. We need to call it out and challenge it where we see it.
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“Most people couldn’t care less if [Elizabeth] is head of state or not. The Queen is not a significant part of anybody’s agenda.”
On Nov. 20, 1947, Elizabeth mar ried her distant cousin, Lt. Philip Mountbatten of the Royal Navy.
tled in the Caribbean.
“An enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth. The seven decades of her history-mak ing reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advance ment and the forward march of human dignity,” Biden stated.
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In a white paper for the British Library, Lambert explained that from the early 17th century, peo ple from other European powers, including France and England, set
President Joe Biden said Eliza beth had a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her.
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died after a months-long illness, and Elizabeth became Queen –though her coronation took place more than a year later at Westmin sterElizabethAbbey. also gave birth to Prin cess Anne in 1950, Prince Andrew in 1960, and Prince Edward in 1964.With Elizabeth’s death, Charles became the first King since his grandfather’s death more than 70 years
honors medal is ‘highly offensive’ and resembles the killing of Floyd,” Royal Insiders Mikhaila Friel and Rachel Hosie wrote in 2021.
“Michelleago. and I were lucky enough to come to know Her Maj esty, and she meant a great deal to us,” former President Barack Obama said in a statement.
“It’s hard to imagine the Queen showing support for BLM — and anti-racism in general — when in her 69 years on the throne, she has failed to address the racism that undeniably exists in the institution of the royal family,” the duo con cluded.Further, a 2021 exposé in The Guardian revealed documents that shed light on Elizabeth’s continued exemption from race and sex dis crimination
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“Young people can’t relate to the Royal Family; they don’t un derstand their purpose. Even older people like me would love to see us become a republic. The head of state should be someone who is elected like in America,” Ford con cluded.Antiguan businesswoman
“I think most Antiguans would
The former Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, Philip then took the titles of duke of Edin burgh, earl of Merioneth, and Bar onTheGreenwich.couple’s first child, Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, was born on Nov. 14, 1948, at Bucking hamOnPalace.Feb.6, 1952, King George VI
They said Buckingham Palace didn’t dispute their findings.
Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy Through the Lens of Colonialism and Black Lives
“A low point was when [Prince] Harry was asked by a family mem ber ‘how dark Archie’s skin might be,” Markle told Oprah Winfrey in a 2021Archieinterview.isMarkle and Harry’s son.
Harry expressed frustration over the lack of family support when British media members and others launched racially motivated insults at “ForMarkle.us, for this union and the specifics around her race, there was an opportunity – many op portunities – for my family to show some public support,” Harry stated during the same interview.
Frustration with the Queen and colonialism also grew palpable.
“Inrelated.school, I wasn’t taught Af rican or Caribbean history. So I knew everything about British and European history and nothing about ours.”
“The English settled St Kitts in 1624, Barbados, Montserrat, and Antigua in 1627, and Nevis in 1628,” Lambert wrote.
“We send our deepest condo lences to the Royal Family, who are not only mourning their Queen, but their dear mother, grand mother, and great-grandmother. Her legacy will loom large in the pages of British history and the sto ry of our world.”
However, in a stunning move, Albert’s brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry an American woman, which allowed for Albert’s ascension as King George VI – thus making Eliz abeth heir to the throne.
She told the BBC she and others would continue to demand repara tions.“England has enjoyed the ben efit of our slave labor right up to today, and they need to be honest, admit it, and find a way to recon cile,” Mikael insisted.
Investigativelaws.journalists David Pegg and Rob Evans said they dis covered papers at the National Ar chives as part of an ongoing inves tigation into the royal family’s use of an arcane parliamentary proce dure, known as Queen’s consent, to influence the content of British laws“Theysecretly.reveal
how the Queen’s chief financial officer once in formed civil servants that “it was not, in fact, the practice to appoint colored immigrants or foreigners” to clerical roles in the royal house hold, although they were permit ted to work as domestic servants.
Instead, officials offered without explanation that there’s a separate process for hearing discrimination complaints.In2020,when Antigua and Bar buda marked 40 years of inde pendence from Britain, calls grew louder for slavery reparations.
“This was intended to provide a transition to freedom for the for merly enslaved people and the planters who relied on their labor. Even after Apprenticeship was ended, things remained very un equal.”Born Apr. 21, 1926, the eventual Queen’s given name was Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.
“Back when we were just begin ning to navigate life as President and First Lady, she welcomed us to the world stage with open arms and extraordinary generosity. Time and again, we were struck by her warmth, how she put people at ease and brought her considerable humor and charm to moments of great pomp and circumstance.”
many, the latest generation had an up-close view into the Queen’s relationship with her mixed-race daughter-in-law Meghan Markle.
“Around the same time, France established colonies in Martinique and Guadeloupe. In this way, the Caribbean came under the con trol of many competing European countries, joining Spain, which had established its first colonies in the region more than a hundred yearsFurther,before.”Lambert noted that the system of slavery saw its disman tling in the early 19th century, and the enslaved received freedom in the British Caribbean in the 1830s.
“And I guess one of the most telling parts and the saddest parts, I guess, was over 70 female mem bers of Parliament, both Conser vative and Labor, came out and called out the colonial undertones of articles and headlines written about Meghan. Yet no one from my family ever said anything. That hurts.”Earlier, many in Great Britain and around the globe called on the Queen to deal with the fallout over complaints that Buckingham Pal ace had no official response to the murder of George Floyd and the global Black Lives Matter Move ment.However, the palace offered only tepidBeforeresponses.andduring Elizabeth’s reign, journalists claimed the royal family looked the other way – and even enabled – racism.
want to replace the Queen now,” historian Ivor Ford told BBC News during the celebration.
“In the years ahead, we look for ward to continuing a close friend ship with The King and The Queen Consort. Today, the thoughts and prayers of people across the Unit ed States are with the people of the United Kingdom and the Com monwealth in their grief.
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Markle revealed that she began having suicidal thoughts while pregnant with Archie in early 2019.
A system called “Apprenticeship was put in place from 1834 to 1838 across most of the Caribbean,” Lambert offered further.
With a reported net worth of nearly $12 billion, Elizabeth has never publicly spoken about repa rations.“Along with a number of colo nies in North America, the Carib bean formed the heart of England’s first overseas empire,” explained David Lambert, professor of Ca ribbean History at the University of Warwick.Lambert also authored White Creole Culture, Politics and Identi ty During the Age of Abolition, and Mastering the Niger: James Mac Queen’s African Geography and the Struggle over Atlantic Slavery.
“I just didn’t want to be alive anymore,” Markle told Winfrey. “And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought.”
“These incidents aren’t just his torical — royal family members have been ignoring accusations of racism since as recently as June 2020, when the Queen failed to re spond to accusations that the royal
Makeda Mikael recalled how as a child, she attended ceremonies that celebrated the Queen against her“Wewill.didn’t know as much about our history then as we do now,” Mi kael
Her father, Prince Albert, was the youngest son of King George V, and Albert’s place in the family presumably gave Elizabeth little chance to ascend to the throne.
Pegg and Evans wrote that the Queen had remained exempted from equality laws for more than four“Thedecades.exemption has made it impossible for women or people from ethnic minorities working for her household to complain to the courts if they believe they have been discriminated against,” the journalists found.
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This year’s NNPA Leadership Awards Reception theme is “Sa luting Transformational Leaders and Ensuring Black Voter Turn out.”The NNPA’s social media hashtag, #10MillionNewVoters, continues to trend.
“It has been my pleasure to work closely with Dr. Ben Chavis to further the mutual interests of our organizations. I humbly accept this award with a pledge to continue the work of NABOB and NNPA to amplify and en hance the voices of the African American community.”
Dr. Barber and his large fol lowing demanded that policy makers fight poverty, not the poor.On Thursday, September 29, Dr. Barber, Dr. Glover, Winston,
“I am truly honored to receive this award on behalf of the work we do at NABOB,” Winston told NNPA Newswire.
With a guest performance by Grammy winner Chrisette Mi chele, the 7 p.m. ceremony at the Marriott Marquis in Northwest, Washington, D.C., honors indi viduals who show continuous support of the Black Press and the Black Community.
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“I am honored to receive the National Leadership Award from the NNPA/Black Press of America,” Ellison stated.
and Ellison will receive NNPA National Leadership Awards.
“I am especially honored to join the highly distinguished list of former honorees, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Olympic Gold Medalist Al
This is an in-person event and attendance is free. If you plan to be in the Washington, DC area and would like to attend you can register for tickets (tickets are re quired) at nnpa-events.com.
lyson Felix,” he remarked.
“The Black Press has served as a trusted source of information for 195 years. Black media pro vides an invaluable service by centering Black voices, engaging the community, and pushing for a more just society.”
tional president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Dr. Glenda Glover, has already carved an indelible imprint on Black stu dents at her school and across theRecently,nation. President Joe Biden appointed Dr. Glover as vicechair of the President’s Board of Advisors on Meanwhile,HBCUs.Rev. Dr. William Barber II, the architect of the Moral Movement, has remained vigilant in the fight for social jus tice.Declaring that “we won’t be silent anymore,” Dr. Barber led the Mass Poor People’s & LowWage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls in June.
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Ellison, seeking re-election in Minnesota, also expressed grat itude for the award.
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