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Racial Violence: Memory and Truth

By Jesse Jackson, National Political Writer ham calling the investigation a “lynching in every sense.”

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onald Trump’s use of the term “lynching” to describe the ongoing impeachment inquiry in the House naturally sparked bipartisan outrage.

The President and his shameless apologist, South Carolina Lindsey Graham, defended the use of the word, with Gra-

Surely Graham, who comes from a state that, the Equal Justice Initiative reports, lynched 187 black people between 1877 and 1950 should know better. He was a member of the Senate when it voted unanimously in December 2018 to make lynching a federal crime, calling it “the ultimate expression of racism in the U.S.,” and classifying it as a hate crime.

Trump’s casual use of the word is an indication of the sad reality that America has largely failed to address the role of racial terror violence in our history and its legacy in distorting our criminal justice system to this day. The myths of black criminality that were used to justify racial terror have never been

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cial terror in the South succeeded in re-establishing white rule and black subordination after the Civil War. With whites in control of the criminal justice system, lynching became less prevalent, with mass incarceration and capital punishment taking its place.

Trump defended himself saying that lynching is a “word that many Democrats have used.” That’s true, but that only reinforces the need to confront the truth of a past that lives with us today.

Lynching -- and racial terror -- was used purposefully after the Civil War in the former states of the Confederacy to reimpose racial subordination and segregation.

Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative has led the effort to create a process for remembering and confronting this shameful past and understanding its legacies in our present. He notes that communities across the South have memorials to the leaders of the Confederacy and of the Klan, but have failed to memorialize the innocent victims of racial terror. The contrast with countries like Germany and even South Africa that have sought to learn from the horrors of their history is dramatic.

In its compelling report, “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror,” the Equal Justice Initiative compiled records of 4,075 “racial terror lynchings” of African Americans in 12 states of the South from the post-Civil War Reconstruction era to World War II. The report shows that “terror lynchings in the American South were not isolated hate crimes committed by rogue vigilantes. Lynching was targeted racial violence at the core of a systematic campaign of terror perpetrated in furtherance of an unjust social order.”

Whatever complaints Republicans may have about an impeachment hearing convened in the Congress under its Constitutional authority it surely is not a lynching.

Lynching in the South was not done by fringes of the society taking the law in their own hands. It was often organized by the community’s most prominent people and condoned by officials. Lynchings were often gruesome public spectacles, with victims tortured and murdered in front of picnicking spectators. Their intent was not simply to terrorize blacks, but to reinforce among whites the myth that blacks were sub-human. They were not about controlling crime, but about racial control.

Their perpetrators were celebrated not prosecuted. The Equal Justice Initiative reports that only 1 percent of those committing lynchings were convicted of a criminal offense after 1900. Ra-

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adequately confronted and are reflected in the unprecedented -- and still racially skewed -- mass incarceration in America today. To this day, no Congress has passed, and no president has signed, into law a bill to outlaw lynching as a federal hate crime.

StyleMagazine.com Newswire n investigation by the Sylvester Turner campaign has revealed multiple instances and hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay-to-play campaign contributions by the Tony Buzbee campaign. Buzbee made nearly $200,000 in campaign contributions to judges — including contributions to 19 judges while he was trying cases in their courts. While these judges were

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For 100 years, the NAACP campaigned to make lynching a federal crime, initially in the hope that federal intervention would bring the perpetrators of lynchings to justice, and finally as an expression of truth-telling. The efforts were always blocked by filibusters organized by Southern senators. In 2005, the Senate passed a resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching for their failure to pass anti-lynching legislation.

In 2018, the Senate finally unanimously passed anti-lynching legislation for the first time. In June of this year, the House Judiciary Committee put forth HR 35, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act for a vote before the House.

Trump’s egregious comment provides the occasion for truth-telling. The House and the Senate should finally act together to put the anti-lynching bill on the president’s desk for his signature, and join in a national teach-in, perhaps a joint session of the Congress, to educate Americans about the reality of lynching and the lies it spread that still need to be dispelled.

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.

Share this story online at stylemagazine.com. in a position to rule on Buzbee’s cases, Buzbee was contributing thousands of dollars to their campaigns. “We’re not saying these contributions are illegal,” said campaign spokesperson Sue Davis.

Buzbee still has not answered questions about the role of campaign contributions in the mysterious dismissal of his 2016 DWI charge. In a rare move, the District Attorney, in the final weeks of her term in office, personally signed the dismissal of Buzbee’s DWI case — after receiving $18,000 in campaign contributions from Buzbee’s lawyers while the case was pending.

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Former Rep. John Conyers Dies at 90

By Nia-Malika Henderson and Paul LeBlanc, CNN/StyleMagazine.com Newswire

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ormer Rep. John Conyers, a longtime Michigan Democrat who represented parts of Detroit for more than 50 years before his resignation in 2017, died Sunday at age 90, his son, John Conyers III, told CNN. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Conyers was known as pushing a series of liberal causes, especially from his perch on the Judiciary Committee. He at one time served as chairman of the panel.

Conyers was born in Detroit in 1929 and entered Congress in 1965 where hechampioned the Civil Rights Movement and pushed liberal legislation throughout his tenure.

Conyers’ longevity in Congress was punctuated by a contentious resignation in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment.

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Advocates Raise Concern Over Canceled Bus Service To Houston’s Alternative High School

HoustonPublicMedia.org very year, about 2,000 Houston students are sent to an alternative campus after getting in trouble at their neighborhood schools. They’re already at a high risk of dropping out.

But now that the Houston Independent School District has cut off bus service for high schoolers assigned to the campus in Greater Fifth Ward, advocates are worried their risk of dropping out is even higher. The students who are assigned to the alternative campus — known as the Secondary Disciplinary Alternative Education Program, or DAEP, school — come from across the district. Data shows that the majority of them are from low-income homes and black and Latino students receive the most disciplinary referrals. A letter was sent to HISD’s Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan asking the district to either restore the bus service or let the high school students return to their regular school.

She said the students affected include teenagers with special needs who have a federal right to transportation as a service if they need it to get to school.

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investigation by the House Ethics Committee into multiple allegations that he had sexually harassed women who worked with him when he told a Detroit area radio show that he’d step down from his seat in Congress.

“My legacy can’t be compromised or diminished in any way by what we’re going through now,” he told the Mildred Gaddis’ radio show at the time. “This too shall pass.” Conyers repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

In 1983, Conyers introduced the original bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday and in 1994 worked on the Violence against Women Act. He became the first African American to serve as Chair of the House Judiciary Committee in 2007.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who now represents Conyers’ district, tweeted Sunday that he “never once wavered in fighting for jobs, justice and peace.”

“We always knew where he stood on issues of equality and civil rights in the fight for the people,” she said. “Thank you Congressman Conyers for fighting for us for over 50 years.”

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Kirk Franklin Boycotts Gospel Awards Show After Comments Were Edited

WashingtonPost.com ospel music artist Kirk Franklin posted a video on Monday saying he will boycott the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards after comments he made were edited out when they were televised. Franklin said

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that parts of his acceptance speech in 2016 and again in 2019 were removed when they were broadcast on the Christian television network Trinity Broadcasting Network. “Not only did they edit my speech, they edited the African American experience,” he said.

The Grammy-winning artist won several Dove Awards, including gospel artist of the year, at the 50th annual awards, held in Nashville on Oct. 15. Franklin, who has spent the past 20 weeks on Billboard’s Gospel Songwriters Chart, said he will not attend any events affiliated with the Dove Awards, the Gospel Music Association or TBN “until tangible plans are put in place to protect and champion diversity.”

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ctor and comedian John Witherspoon, whose hilarious takes on father-figure characters made for iconic scenes in a number of movies and television shows including “Friday,” died at his home Tuesday, a family spokesperson told CNN. “It is with deepest sorrow that we can confirm our beloved husband and father,

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The 1995 comedy and its sequels, “Next Friday” and “Friday After Next,” chronicle the trials of a man as he tries to make it through the day.

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“I’m devastated over the passing of John Witherspoon,” Ice Cube wrote on Twitter.

“Life won’t be as funny without him.”

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Witherspoon also played dad, John “Pops” Williams, to the title characters on the sitcom “The Wayans Bros.” and he was “Spoon” on NBC’s “The Tracy Morgan Show.” The actor also had roles in the movies “Boomerang” and “Vampire in Brooklyn,” both of which starred Eddie Murphy.

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“I’m sad. Broken. Hurt... yet extremely grateful to God that I got to spend 5 years of my life working with one of the funniest sweetest wisest humblest loving men,” Marlon Wayans wrote on Instagram, as a tribute to his TV dad. “Thank you God for the many many many laughs that we shared on and off the set.”

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“My dad, my grandpa, my comedic inspiration,” actress Regina King wrote on Twitter Tuesday night. “I love you Spoons!

Rest In Paradise, King.”

John Witherspoon, one of the hardest working men in show business, died today at his home in Sherman Oaks at the age of 77,” his family said in a statement.

Witherspoon is survived by his wife, two sons and “a large family,” the statement said.

“We are all in shock, please give us a minute for a moment in privacy and we will celebrate his life and his work together.

John used to say ‘I’m no big deal,’ but he was huge deal to us.”

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Witherspoon kicked off his career as a stand-up comedian and made his television debut in the 1970s, appearing in shows including the detective series “Barnaby Jones.”

He was, arguably, best known for playing

The two worked together on “Friday” and the animated show “The Boondocks,” which aired from 2005 through 2014 and offered a satirical take on African American culture and politics.

Witherspoon voiced “granddad,” one of the foul-mouthed Freemans in the show.

He had recently hinted on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that he might return to the role after Sony Pictures Animation announced plans to bring the series back.

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Actress Marsha Warfield also paid tribute to the comic.

“I’m so sorry to hear this,” she said. “To me, Spoon was a friend, a brother, a funny, talented comedian and a good man.”

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FEATURE

Study of Houston’s Third Ward Reveal Solutions for the Future

By Jo-Carolyn Goode, Managing Editor

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frican Americans face many disparities as an ethnic group. As it relates to health, African Americans are at an above average risk than any other racial group to be diagnosed with Diabetes, kidney disease, asthma, sarcoidosis, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. Census results indicate that African Americans are the second highest racial group behind Hispanics living with below average income. With a low income means that families don’t have access to better housing and other neighborhood amenities like grocery stores for good nutrition, schools for excellent education, and hospital for good healthcare. A report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy highlights many of these disparities while showing the concern of African Americans dealing with these life circumstances in Houston’s Third Ward.

The report was done in hopes that those with the means would invest in the area to give residents greater access to healthcare facilities, transportation vessels, schools, hospitals, etc. for a better quality of life.

Quianta Moore, a fellow in child health policy at the Baker Institute; Assata Richards, director of the Sankofa Research Institute;

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and Chris Kulesza, a research analyst in the Baker Institute’s Child Health Policy Program all co-authored the report entitled “Third Ward Comprehensive Needs Assessment Data Report.” The data was collected in three phases between April 2017 and August 2018 in the area bounded

by State Highway 288/U.S. Highway 59 to the west, Interstate 45 to the north, Cullen Street to the east and Blodgett Street to the south. Resident researchers, all of whom had completed the National Institutes of Health training on human subject research before collecting data, assisted the project team. The dataset includes responses from 1,616 heads of households, representing a 49% response rate.

In conducting their research, the authors found topping the list of the community concerns centered on housing, specifically the rising cost of rent and other living expenses as a result of new construction in the area. “This is not to say, however, that residents were opposed to all new development in the neighborhood,” the authors wrote. “We found that they would like to see new services, stores and businesses come into the Third Ward, including hospitals, childcare facilities, restaurants and movie theaters.”

Results also showed that residents had a

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strong sense of pride in their community.

Just as strong as the pride in their neighborhood was the pride in their culture.

“Residents in this neighborhood had a strong sense of community,” the authors wrote. “Most of those surveyed had lived in the Third Ward for more than 15 years and had little desire to move.” That sense was generationally rooted from when the ward system was first developed.

Houston’s Third Ward is inside the loop between Downtown Houston and the Texas Medical Center. Also known as “The Tre,” Third Ward is the heart of the Black community in Houston. Originally Whites and African Americans occupied the area but after World War II around 1945 it became predominately African American when White residents began to move further out to the suburbs. At this time was when the neighborhood took an economic shift of poverty as Blacks from Louisiana, East Texas and other southern states started to migrate to the area. Due to a lack of skills held by the people, many didn’t have much money flowing into the homes.

The lack of economic flow bonded the community as neighbors. They would rely on each other and help each other through struggling times from borrowing cups of sugar to carpooling to grocery stores until

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neighborhood businesses began to be established. “Individuals were also willing to find ways to support the neighborhood through formal associations.”

Since grocery stores and healthcare facilities were further from the neighborhood, the health of residents was not at its best.

And the lack of income meant most didn’t have health insurance. Despite all those obstacles, the health of residents wasn’t good but it wasn’t totally terrible either.

“Our survey also suggests that they were undertaking regular exercise,” the authors wrote. “More than half of neighborhood residents engaged in either moderate or high-intensity activity three or more times a week.”

With all this data it is more than clear that more money needs to be invested in the area not just for the lives of residence to approve but the community in general.

New construction is a good start but not if it is going to price current residents out.

A happy medium must be reached to preserve the past and welcome a new life for the future. Residents working together with investors to increase affordable housing, expand access to nutrition, build hospitals and groceries will create a brighter future for Houston’s historic Third Ward.

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5 Tips to Get Your Home Winter-Ready

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Get Your Furnace Checked To keep your furnace from failing when you need it most, get it inspected by a professional before you need to rely on it to heat your home in the dead of winter.

Regular tune-ups can prolong your furnace’s life, help prevent carbon monoxide leaks and ensure your unit is working at maximum efficiency.

Seal Leaks Around Windows and Doors If replacing window screens with storm windows and installing a storm door on your house isn’t realistic, you can keep your home warmer and increase energy efficiency by applying caulk to seal any gaps you find around window and door moldings and help keep heat from escaping. If any pipes or ducts travel through an exterior wall of your home, you can also use caulking and weather-stripping to help block potential entry points for cold air.

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s the days get shorter and the weather turns chilly, it’s time to prepare your home for the winter months ahead. Because your home will likely require extra maintenance to keep it in shape throughout the winter, beginning preparations early can help

lower energy bills, increase the efficiency and lifespan of your home’s components and make your property safer overall.

Consider these tips from the experts at the National Association of the Remodeling Industry to help ensure your home is ready before winter weather strikes.

Check Your Gutters Once the leaves have fallen and before the first snow, check to make sure your gutters are properly secured – replacing gutter spikes and downspout rivets where needed – and clear of debris. If your gutters are full of debris, it can lead to water backing up against the house and overflowing, which can cause potential damage to roofing and siding. Also adjust downspouts so they direct water at least 5 feet from the house, which can help prevent melting snow from saturating the ground around the house and causing foundational damage.

Prep the Plumbing Undrained water in pipes can freeze, both indoors and out, which can cause pipes to burst as the ice expands. Start by disconnecting hoses and shutting off exterior faucets, draining any water that remains in them and storing hoses indoors to prevent cracks. Drain any other pipes, valves or in-ground sprinklers that may be exposed to the elements and, for an extra layer of protection, wrap water spigots with covers to prevent damage.

Examine Decks and Patios Your patios, sidewalks, driveways and decks need occasional maintenance as well, and giving them a once-over before colder weather hits can help ensure they’re prepared to stand up to the elements.

Repairing any broken joints or cracks in stonework and applying sealer can prevent melted snow from getting in and freezing, which can create bigger problems. The same principles hold true for decks and wooden handrails. Though typically made from treated or rot-resistant wood, they are subject to splintering, decay or insect damage and may need to be stained and sealed periodically. Of course, if replacement is necessary, it’s best to complete the project before inclement weather hits.

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6 Skin Care Tips That Dermatologists Use Themselves

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oard-certified dermatologists are experts when it comes to the skin, hair and nails, diagnosing and treating more than 3,000 diseases and conditions, including skin cancer, acne, psoriasis and eczema. They also help patients address their cosmetic concerns, such as tattoo removal, scarring, and aging skin. But do you ever wonder what skin care tips dermatologists use themselves to maintain healthy skin? In recognition of National Healthy Skin Month in November, dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology are sharing six skin care tips they recommend to all of their patients—and

“When it comes to skin care, I like to keep it simple for both my patients and myself,” says board-certified dermatologist Ivy Lee, MD, FAAD. “Sun protection—including seeking shade, wearing protective clothing and applying sunscreen—is nonnegotiable for me and one of the most important things you can do for your skin, since ultraviolet rays from the sun can cause skin cancer and premature skin aging, such as wrinkles and age spots. This is important year-round, not just during the summer, and even on cloudy days.”

Additionally, says Dr. Lee, it’s important for everyone to identify and understand their skin type: • • • • •

Sensitive skin may sting or burn after product use Normal skin is clear and not sensitive Dry skin is flaky, itchy or rough Oily skin is shiny and greasy Combination skin is dry in some areas and oily in others

“Understanding your skin type will help you learn how to take care of your skin and select skin care products that are right for you,” says Dr. Lee. “However, when buying skin care products, keep in mind that an effective skin care routine doesn’t need to be complicated or cost a small fortune.”

To maintain healthy skin, Dr. Lee recommends the following tips, which she adheres to herself: •

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Wear sunscreen daily. For the best protection, apply a broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher to all skin not covered by clothing, and reapply every two hours or after swimming or sweating.

Stay out of tanning beds. Just like the sun, tanning beds emit harmful UV radiation that causes skin cancer. If you want that golden glow, achieve it with self-tanning products instead.

Simplify your skin care routine. Using too many products, especially multiple anti-aging

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products, can irritate your skin.

Instead, focus on the basics, such as a gentle cleanser, sunscreen and moisturizer.

• Treat your lips. Since skin cancer can form on the lips, apply a lip balm or lipstick that contains sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher before going outdoors.

If your lips feel chapped or dry, apply petroleum jelly for added moisture.

Keep your hands off your face. Whenever you touch your face, you transfer dirt, germs and oil from your hands to your face. Do your best to leave your skin alone throughout the day. Avoid picking, popping or squeezing pimples, as this can cause scarring.

Check your skin regularly. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S., affecting one in five Americans in their lifetime. Further, nearly 20 Americans die from melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, every day. However, when detected early, skin cancer—including melanoma—is highly treatable.

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Texans Defeat The Raiders But Lose A Key Player For The Season Due To Injury Brian Barefield, Style Sports Editor

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here is an old expression that says, “Can’t see the forest for the trees.”

It is usually used when someone is too involved in the details of a problem to look at the situation as a whole.

The Houston Texans coaching staff must all be lined up in front of multiple trees after Sunday’s 27-24 victory over the Oakland Raiders (3-4). Even though Houston (5-3) got the win, they also suffered a huge loss. All-Pro and future first ballot Hall of Fame defensive end J.J. Watt tore his pectoral muscle in the first half and it was announced by Watt in a heartfelt and emotional tweet that he was out for the season.

“This game can be beautiful, and it can also be brutal,” said Watt, a three-time winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award. “Absolutely gutted that I won’t be able to finish the season with my guys and give the fans what they deserve. I truly love this game and can’t stand letting you guys down. Thank you for all of the thoughts & well-wishes.”

The Texans were already playing with a depleted unit that was missing three starters from their defensive backfield in cornerbacks Jonathan Joseph and Bradley Roby and safety Tashaun Gipson Sr. Add Watt and rookie Lonnie Johnson Jr. (concussion) to that list and Houston looks more like a M.A.S.H. unit than a defensive one. Head coach and interim general manager, Bill O’Brien will be perusing the waiver wire and free agent pool to try and get some bodies on the field.

“He’s a great football player (Watt), O’Brien said. “He’s an even better guy.

THE METRO PROPOSITION Unfortunately, we’ve been in this position before and I think we’ve got some guys here. A lot of different guys might be one guy that takes his place if that’s the case, but we’ll certainly miss him. That’s obvious.”

Houston got a very strong performance from their quarterback, Deshaun Watson.

He threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Watson had two big targets on the day in “Mr. Reliable” DeAndre Hopkins who had 11 receptions for 109 yards and tight end Darren Fells who finished the day with two touchdown receptions. It would be the free agent (Fells) who would make the biggest catch of the day from a one-eyed quarterback in Watson.

With the Texans trailing the Raiders late in the fourth quarter, Watson was being pressured from his left side and rolled out to his right. As he was moving, a player from Oakland made contact with his foot to the front of Watson’s facemask which caused a cut over his left eye. He would continue the play by hitting Fells for a 9-yard touchdown pass to put Houston up for good.

“This eye (left) went shut and could kind of see Fells going to my right,” Watson said. “I had to re-adjust my helmet and then this eye (right) was actually going closed too, so I kind of threw it blind.”

is part of a bold new plan for sustainable transit solutions that will provide more transportation choices for more people, connecting them to jobs, education and healthcare—all while improving our economy, environment, quality of life, and competitiveness with other urban areas.

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The Texans will now travel to London, England to play divisional foe, Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in an early morning kickoff. The game will start at 8:30 am CST.

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EAT WITH STYLE Chef Leticia Knows Latin Superfoods

By Yolanda Pope, Culinary Writer

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any of us don’t necessarily associate healthy cooking with delicious, savory, and mouth-watering food. Here in the fourth largest city in the United States where Mexican food is plentiful, a large majority of our population may be unaware that there are Latin Superfoods.

vegans, vegetarians, and carnivores can truly benefit from all of the information contained in this well-written and organized text.

Chef Leticia knows her stuff when it comes to cooking; she is a “Brazilian-American chef who studied culinary and pastry arts at the French Culinary Institute and has worked at legendary New York restaurants such as Le Cirque 2000, La Grenouille, and La Caravelle.

However, Chef Leticia Moreinos Schwartz, with her new cookbook “Latin Superfoods, 100 Simple, Delicious, and Energizing Recipes for Total Health” clearly illustrates how to prepare and enjoy more healthy versions of foods such as avocados, peppers, beans, and other foods used in the preparation of Latin American cuisine.

In fact, Chef Leticia starts with a complete index of Latin Superfoods that are listed with photos to help the reader identify and understand the foods that are used in the preparation of the recipes in her book. She also gives alternatives for enjoying these foods; for example, there is an entire section dedicated to recipes for preparing smoothies, flavored water, and other beverages. One of my favorite beverages to make thus far is the “Mint Aqua Fresca”, which is

She is also the author of “The Brazilian Kitchen,” which won Best Latin Cookbook at the World Gourmand Awards, and My Rio de Janeiro. Chef Leticia has appeared on The Today Show, CBS Early Show, Fox Morning Show, ABC News, and local television. She was an NBC correspondent for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

made with four ingredients and ice. It was truly easy to prepare and it was so refreshing to the taste buds.

Second of all, if you are one of those people who loves to experiment with

different flavor combinations, and likes to deviate from recipes, Schwartz’s book is rich with ideas for preparing so many different dishes including soups.

Another great aspect of this book is that

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the bathroom a few feet from her back door, she otherwise got around just fine.

So what if she crawled, or lurched about on the tops of her feet? So what if folks in her Rwandan village told her parents to let her die when she was born?

So what if some people said she was “cursed”? As long as Rebekah stayed strong and smart and loved, her feet and her hands weren’t important.

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n the day you took your first steps, your parents were very proud.

They took pictures of you standing by yourself with a one-tooth smile on your face, and then they called Grandma and Grandpa to tell them you were walking!

It was reason to celebrate and you walk now without thinking about it, but in the new book “Her Own Two Feet” by Meredith Davis and Rebekah Uwitonze,

Her Own Two Feet authors CREDIT Meredith Davis

first steps aren’t always second nature.

One thing was for sure: Rebekah Uwitonze was independent.

Born with her feet twisted sideways and backward, her shoulders stiff, and her middle fingers bent to her palms, Rebekah never let her problems stop her from anything. She could feed herself – she wasn’t a baby! – and though it took awhile to figure out how to quickly reach

Yes, she’d seen doctors: when she was small, they tried to turn her feet but it hurt a lot. It didn’t work, either, nor did a second attempt, so when a white stranger came to her parents’ home and offered to take Rebekah to America to fix her feet, she was afraid. She remembered being left at the hospital, and how much it hurt. Still, as Papa said, “Chance comes once” and so Rebekah went with a translator on her first airplane trip from one continent to another.

But Bugesara, Rwanda was nothing like Austin, Texas! In Texas, dogs are allowed in the house and on the bed. There were new foods to try, a trampoline to play on, and new holidays to experience. Rebekah learned English, made

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new friends, and ate French fries while her surgeries healed and she learned to walk again.

But then it was time to leave Texas and go home. Was she ready for it?

Some days, nothing goes your child’s way. From the moment she wakes up until the second she shuts her eyes, it’s one thing after another but this is for sure: have “Her Own Two Feet,” and things will fall into perspective.

Beaming strength from every page, authors Meredith Davis (the matriarch of the Texas host family) and Rebekah Uwitonze tell the latter’s story in a matter-of-fact way that elicits compassion without begging for it. That gives readers a chance to quietly observe Uwitonze’s determination, practicality, and her sheer bravery in a quest to overcome a disability. Without being a spoiler, this will leave your child cheering.

“Chance comes once,” as Uwitonze’s Papa said, so seize it and find “Her Own Two Feet.” If your 8-to-12-yearold wants a good biography or a tale of gratefulness, having it is the first step.

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ala Luna Music Festival returned for its fourth annual event last weekend, October 26th and 27th, a located just west of downtown San Antonio. Houston Style was on site to experience the festival that has continued to drive thousands of concert-goers. Performers included: Megan Thee Stallion, Miguel, Ari Lenox, Rick Ross, Summer Walker, YG, and more

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r. Antonio D. Tillis invited guests to attend the “I Am A Man” photography exhibit opening reception. This exhibit featured historical photographs by world-renowned photojournalist Dr. Ernest Withers. Dr. Withers provided unique images that chronicle more than a decade of the Civil Rights Movement. Special guest, Rosalind Withers, daughter of Dr. Withers and CEO at Withers Collection Museum & Gallery, shared personal reflections of her father’s photography and personal journey.

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he Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) hosted the 25th Annual Pinnacle Awards. The lavish affair awards community advocates, business people, and entrepreneurs with the Pinnacle and Upstart Awards while celebrating their accomplished businesses. New this year is the Legend’s Award, which recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to Houston’s African American community that will have lasting positive affects for generations. Some of the honorees include Dr. Bernard Harris, Rev. Bill Lawson, Shape Community Center, Deloyd T. Parker, Jr., Co-Founder Carlecia Wright, The Forward Times, Karen Richards, and Algenita Scott Davis. Award winners were Tolu Opeloye, Myoshia Boykin-Anderson, Ron Jemison Jr., Kyra Hardwick, Qiana James, Brenda Richardson, and Lynn & Nakia Price. Some in attendance were Carol Guess, Marguerite Williams, Mr. and Mrs. John Guess, Mr. and Mrs. JW Turner, Cary Yates and Judge Clarease RankinYates, Laurie Chatman Wright, Vicki Semander, and Camerson Campbell.

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