Brooklyn Community Newspapers | February 4, 2021

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Biden Administration in Push to Put Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill see page 13

CICELY TYSON: “I Done My Best” see page 4

A DREAM DEFERRED: Forty Acres and a Mule see page 11

February is Black History Month King's Dream Continues at PUSH Onlline Gala see page 12

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February is Black History Month and we will bring you Black History Month editorial every week throughout the month of February. This week we focus on the new Harriet Tubman $20 Bill the Biden Administration is pushing through. (see page 13) Cicely Tyson passed away last week. Just one week prior she participated in an interview with Gayle King. Journalist Hazel Smith, who is also a member of Abyssinian Baptist church fondly remembers Cicely Tyson and contributed this week’s article. (see page 4) I got my Pfizer COVID vaccination administered by New York Presbyterian last week at the Armory on 169th Street. I had an appointment.

I arrived a few minutes before my assigned time and was surprised that although there was a line – it was a moving line. The process was very organized as you got your forms to fill out, you went to the people on the computer who checked your id and entered your info, then you were sent to the station to get your vaccine, you had to sit for 15 minutes after your vaccine so they could make sure you had no immediate reaction. While you are sitting they come by and give you your appointment for your second dose. That’s it. It has been more than 5 days now and I have had no reaction and felt such a sense of relief when I finally got it. Also, I would like to add that everyone in that Armory seemed especially nice and professional.

Remember to continue to shop with local businesses in the community. When you shop with businesses in your community it is more likely that money will continue to circulate within your community. Many of our small business owners live in the community and are raising their families in the community. See some small businesses you can shop with now in this issue..

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CICELY TYSON: “I Done My Best” I

By Hazel Rosetta Smith

t is not unusual for followers of well acclaimed artists to imagine they know all about them. Groupies follow their performance schedules, movie-goers sit in darkened theaters and fantasize, Broadway tickets sell out from first mention of their coming. We see their success through eyes of glory, but we do not know their story.

It is no mistake that CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King would have - what she could not have known at the time - to be a final conversation with the late great Cicely Tyson.

This was not to be the usual interview with artistic chit chat, not a focus on Tyson’s newly written memoir, “Just As I Am” to be released in the same week or the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and

Fine Arts in East Orange, New Jersey, where she had lent her heart and experience to middle and high school students.

As I watched the interview, I had a sense of destiny being revealed in divine order. Little did I know two days later, Thursday, January 28th, Tyson’s longtime manager Larry Thompson would confirm the passing of our legend, Cicely Tyson.

Since that day, the world

wide web has printed heartfelt comments from Tyson’s colleagues, close friends and those who felt led to express their appreciation of her commitment to portray the undeniable strengths and abilities of Black women.

I looked at biographical information and read reviews of critical acclaim on the nearly eight decades of theatrical performances. My heart rejoiced reviewing the progression of ac-

complishments from modeling to television to film, off-Broadway and Broadway stages.

I discovered there was so much more to marvel at in the roles she accepted beyond those most often mentioned, like Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Roots, and her remarkable Broadway engagement of The Trip to Bountiful at the age of 88. Additionally, she had received a gamut of awards that included Tony’s, Emmys, several NAACP Image, Honorary Academy Achievement, Screen Actors Guild and the most prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, and others.

My remembrances of Cicely Tyson come from a personal place in my heart. We were Sis-

ters in Christ at church. In all the places, far and near that her career had taken priority in her life, the place I believe she most valued was the sanctuary of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, pastored by the Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III. She came to the church in Harlem, the place of her birth on every possible Sunday, rain or shine to praise the God who had blessed her mightily. Cicely Tyson was God-centered, and God driven.

With respect and dignity, she moved with steady grace down the aisle to the pew on which she placed a dedication to her mother, Blessed Assurance IN MEMORY OF MAMA, FREDRICKA TYSON. This was meant to be the sacred space that Gayle King

would meet her for the final interview. Seated close by her pew, she answered King’s question, “How would you like to be remembered?’ In the beauty of her majestic elegance, confident in humble compliance, Ms. Cicely Tyson replied with the same sincerity and words of truth she had devoted to her entire life, “I done my best.”

[Hazel Rosetta Smith is a journalist, playwright, and artistic director of Help Somebody Theatrical Ministries; retired former Managing Editor and Woman’s Editor of the New York Beacon News and current columnist for Harlem Community News, Inc. Contact: misshazel@twc.com]

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Saturdays Until June 5 2021 11:00-12:00pm FREE Family Culture Fest The Billie Presents the FREE Family Culture Fest 2020, an interactive weekly series created to get the entire family up and moving. You and your family will have the opportunity to learn from world-class instructors in the fields of mediation, yoga, dance, and African drumming from your own home. View online at thebillieholiday.org Thursdays Until July 15 7:15-8:15pm Arts Academy Speak The Speech Students will explore Acting techniques through various texts from African-American Authors. For ages 9-18. Join online at thebillieholiday. org $10 Now Until December 2021 Classic Films at BAM Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.

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February 5 7:00pm Mercedes (work-inprogress) Mercedes (work-inprogress) is a new multidisciplinary theatrical work in which we explore our relationship to the matriarchy and our ancestors, familial bonds and inherited trauma, and how our own identity can impact our mental health. Watch online at bricartsmedia.org FREE. February 6 2:30-4:00pm Unlocking Creativit y Workshop If you are struggling with overwhelm, self-sabotage, and lack of inspiration when it comes to expressing your creativity, then this workshop is for you, yo! Join creative director and writer Elliot Aronow and rapper and music producer Ish Ya Cousin as they help you transform your self-sabotage into pure creative expression. Join online for FREE at healhaus.com

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February 7 11:00-1:00pm Herbs and Remedies for Clarity and Focus Discover the herbs and foods that have traditionally been used to stimulate circulation to the brain, helping to clear mental fog, improve cognitive function, and reduce inflammation.

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February 8 6:30pm The Rights and Limits of FREE Speech In the wake of the lies told at the January 6 rally that resulted in the assault on our nation’s Capitol building, Ian Rosenberg’s new book “The Fight for Free Speech” provides an urgent perspective on the limits and protections of the First Amendment.

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February 10 6:00-8:30pm Seed Starting 101: Annual Vegetables and Flowers Join long time urban farmer-educator Molly Culver for a virtual, hands-on exploration into how to start seeds indoors for annual crops. For the community gardener and home gardener alike, this class will be a deep dive into seed starting basics and seedling care. Register online for this class at classes.bbg. org $55.

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New Administration’s Biggest Challenge: Biden Launches Head-On Attack Against COVID-19

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia

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Senate impeachment trial, the aftermath of a deadly insurrection, racial tension boiling, and a myriad of foreign policy and other issues are among the many challenges facing President Joe Biden’s administration.

Perhaps the biggest – or at least one of the most immediate concern – is the coronavirus pandemic, which many maintain former President Donald Trump mostly (and dangerously) ignored.

The underlining challenge of the pandemic is health care. A challenge which only heightens when one considers that Trump spent the last four years weakening and attempting to completely dismantle the Affordable Care Act, which protects health care for tens of millions of Americans.

President Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan, which he titled “American Rescue Plan.”

The plan includes direct payments in the form of $1,400 stimulus checks, to struggling Americans, increased federal unemployment benefits from $300 to $400 per week through the end of September, and raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.

The President also proposed a new $15 billion grant program for struggling small business owners, separate from the existing Paycheck Protection Program, along with a $35 billion investment in local financing programs that provide businesses with low-interest loans.

He stated that the package would provide additional support for American workers and fami-

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lies until the COVID-19 vaccine is more widely available.

“A crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight, and there is no time to wait; we have to act now,” the new President said.

“In this moment of crisis, we cannot afford inaction. These investments in jobs will prevent long-term economic damage, and the benefits will far surpass the cost.”

President Biden’s overall plan also calls for the restoration of emergency paid sick leave, $350 billion in aid for state and local governments, and $170 billion to assist K-12 schools and higher education.

Additionally, the plan includes extending eviction and foreclosure moratoriums until the end of September, with $5 billion pledged to help tenants struggling to pay rent.

The ambitious plan contains $50 billion for coronavirus testing, $20 billion toward a national vaccine program. What’s more, the President seeks to increase SNAP benefits by 15 percent through September and raise the Child Tax Credit to $3,000 per child – and $3,600 for children under 6. President Biden said he desires to make the Child Tax Credit refundable for the year.

Because of Trump’s assault on the Affordable Care Act – and health care in general, the percentage of uninsured Americans rose dramatically in the three years since President Barack Obama left office.

In November, the Supreme Court heard arguments by Republican attorneys general and the

Trump administration, seeking to repeal Obama’s signature legislation.

President Biden’s team estimates that roughly two to three million people lost employer-sponsored health insurance between March and September of 2020.

The President said even families who have maintained coverage might struggle to pay premiums and afford care.

Further, going into the pandemic, 30 million people were without coverage, limiting their access to the health care system in the middle of a pandemic.

To ensure access to health coverage, President Biden has called on Congress to subsidize continuation health coverage (COBRA) through the end of September.

He is also asking Congress to expand and increase the Premium Tax Credit’s value.

President Biden said he wants to lower health insurance premiums for most Americans and potentially eliminate them altogether for the poor, ensuring enrollees in government-sponsored health care exchanges (including those who never had coverage through their

jobs), will not pay more than 8.5 percent of their income for coverage.

“During this pandemic, millions of Americans, through no fault of their own, have lost the dignity and respect that comes with a job and a paycheck,” President Biden said.

“The very health of our nation is at stake.”

In acknowledging the toll the pandemic and racism have taken on Black America, the President also seeks to address racial disparities.

He promised to increase funding for community health centers.

With America’s jails and prisons disproportionately populated

by African Americans, President Biden added that he wants to financially support efforts to help mitigate the impact the virus has had behind bars.

He addressed the growing hunger crisis that also primarily affects minority communities.

“More than one in five Black and Latino households in America report that they do not have enough food to eat,” the President remarked. “It’s wrong. It’s tragic.

It’s unacceptable.”

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HARLEM CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS Now Until February 19 Heartworn Highways Watch the documentary film by James Szalapski whose vision captured some of the founders of the Outlaw Country movement in Texas and Tennessee in late 1975 and early 1976.

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February 4 6:30-8:00pm Civil Rights Legacies: Martin, Malcolm, Gwen, and Julian New scholarship is deepening our understanding of both wellknown and lesser-known activists in the Civil Rights Movement. In this discussion, Ashley Farmer, Peniel Joseph and Pam Horowitz will discuss their research related to the legacies of civil rights activists Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Gwen Patton, and Julian Bond. join online at eventbrite. com for FREE.

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February 4 7:00-8:30pm BEyond Numbness and Anger Featuring comedians Ali Siddiq and Che Guerrero with Dr. Neil Bardhan, activist Edwin Desamour, and Walter Wallace Jr.’s brother, John Brant, join for an intimate and lighthearted conversation about confronting feelings like anger and numbness and moving towards healing and wellness. Join online

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at firstpersonarts.org February 5 7:00-8:30pm Afro-Picks Featuring Through the Night CCCADI will be in conversation with Bronxbased Afro-Dominican DJ, filmmaker, and film executive Loira Limbal to discuss her documentary Through the Night, which explores the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a child care provider - whose lives intersect at a 24hour daycare center.

The documentary officially airs in May, but you can get an advanced glimpse into this powerful and thought-provoking film tonight. Cccadi. org FREE. February 6 2:00-5:00pm Memories for the Future Learn how to use visual storytelling skills in the creation of a short film that brings your personal archives to life. Teaching artists and visual storytellers, Jazmin Jonesand Jeannette Rodríguez-Píneda, will lead workshop participants through activities that illustrate the process of creating visual meaning. Participants will practice close-looking and sequencing, as well as develop content and strategies for storytelling. Participants will also have the chance

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Beyond numbness and anger (Feb 4) Tarot 101 with chiquita brujita (Feb 8)

to submit their short film to be screened at a live program with filmmaker Garrett Bradley. RSVP online at studiomuseum. org for FREE. February 8 6:00-7:00pm Ponte Ready! Tarot 101 with Chiquita Brujita Tap into your inner Walter Mercado and join for Tarot 101 with Chiquita Brujita! This workshop offers an introduction on how to read tarot cards, info on the major and minor arcana

and how to create a basic spread. Online at elmuseo.org FREE. February 8 6:00-7:00pm The Art of Podcasting: The Art of Interviewing This workshop will cover booking guests, choosing your questions & the art of listening.

Walk away feeling prepared with tips and best practices for awesome interviews. This workshop will be taught by Jewels Dodson. Online at buildingbeats.org FREE.

Four hundred souls (Feb 9)

February 9 7:00-8:30pm Four Hundred Souls Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans. Ibram X. Kendi along with co-editor, award-winning historian Keisha N. Blain, assembled 90 writers to consider the 400-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present.

Each member of the “community choir,” as Kendi calls it—“women and men, cisgender and

transgender, younger and older, straight and queer, dark-skinned and light-skinned”—takes on a five-year period, examining it from their unique point of view and set of experiences. Join the editors Drs. Kendi and Blain alongside contributors Robert Jones, Jr. , Bernice L. McFadden, Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley for readings from the collection and a discussion on what it takes to develop a community history, by a community. Register online at Eventbrite.com FREE.

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HARLEM  BASEBALL LITTLE  FOR LEAGUE PLAY

Join Harlem Little League Fee: $100 for Girls Softball, ages 8-12 $125 for Co-Ed Baseball, ages 5-8 $150 for Co-Ed Baseball, ages 9-16 Fees are subject to change

*No child is denied admission because of inability to pay. Financial aid is provided.

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"COVID-19 safety protocols from the NYC Parks Department and Harlem Little League will be enforced"

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Harlem Little League, founded in 1989, is an all-volunteer organization offering co-ed baseball to children ages 5-16 and softball to girls ages 8-12. Our goal is to use sports as a tool to help children learn the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and respect for authority.

As an officially chartered league of Little League Baseball, Incorporated, we follow its rules and regulations. Harlem Little League emphasizes children having fun while playing a competitive game.

We expect parents and guardians to support our goal by volunteering and helping the League whenever possible.

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COMING BACK HOME TO HELP BLACK WOMEN IN MINISTRY TO THRIVE With $1Million LILLY GRANT

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ev. Dr Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook and Rev. Brian D. Scott Union Baptist Church in the Village of Harlem Team up to Help Black Women in Ministry THRIVE by Advancing and Being Placed in Parish Ministries.

Four decades ago, while a student at Union Theological Seminary, Suzan Johnson Cook, then a member, did her field placement at the Union Baptist Church in the Village of Harlem, under the leadership of Dr. Ollie B Wells. Shortly thereafter she was elected to the historic Mariners Temple Baptist Church, as the first Black woman senior pastor in the American Baptist Church’s denomination’s 200 year history. Not knowing the terrain, she soon met the Rev. Calvin Presley, a United Methodist Pastor, who asked her to lead a new program, the Black Women in ministry program, funded by the Lilly Endowment, to help advance and place Black women in ministry. Four decades later, in her fortieth year in ministry, she returns home to Union Baptist Church, now pastored by the Rev. Brian D. Scott, who invited her “back home” to partner and lead the 21st century version of this ministry. Together they have received a grant of $1 Million to help establish the Black Women in Ministry REAL THRIVE Initiative (R.E.A.L. stands for Relationship building, Equipping and Expanding, Access and Leadership and legacy Development) It is part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Thriving in Ministry, an initiative that supports a variety of religious organizations across the nation as they create or strengthen programs that help pastors build relationships with experienced clergy who can serve as men-

rev. Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook tors and guide them through key leadership challenges in congregational ministry. Together they will have two cohorts of 25 Senior pastors/mentors and church planters, who will help 25 of the next generation of Black women church leaders, primarily from the East Coast, and representing 12 different traditions.

Pastor Brian Scott who now has 10 women in ministry on his staff, says “ we are delighted to welcome our “first daughter” back home in her fortieth year, what a testament of God’s grace and goodness, and we look forward to being good stewards who provide insight and inspiration, as we all grow together in

this post COVID church world."

Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, Grant Director and Alum of the program, states, “This is truly a blessing and a stained glass ceiling game changer, not only for the 50 women who are now advancing, being blessed and being placed and elevated in parish ministries, through this grant, but we hope it will help many generations who follow.” It’s amazing to go from Union (Theological Seminary) to Union (Baptist Church) on this 40 year journey, from field placement to affecting and impacting the world.” I’m glad to be back home, and so excited for the new journey these 50

Rev Brian Scott sisters in ministry are now on.

We’ve had our first gathering and it’s electric” Thriving in Ministry is part of Lilly Endowment’s grantmaking to strengthen pastoral leadership in Christian congregations in the United States.

This has been a grantmaking priority at Lilly Endowment for nearly 25 years.

“Leading a congregation today is multi-faceted and exceptionally demanding,” said Christopher L. Coble, Lilly Endowment’s vice president for religion. “When pastors have opportunities to build meaningful relationships with experienced colleagues, they are able to ne-

gotiate the challenges of ministry and their leadership thrives.

These promising programs, including the Black Women in Ministry REAL THRIVE initiative will help pastors develop these kinds of relationships, especially when they are in the midst of significant professional transitions.”

Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by three members of the Lilly family - J.K. Lilly Sr. and sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly & Company. While those gifts remain the financial bed-

rock of the Endowment, the Endowment is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion. The Endowment maintains a special commitment to its hometown, Indianapolis, and its home state Indiana. Its grantmaking in religion focuses on supporting efforts to strengthen the leadership and vitality of Christian congregations throughout the country and to increase the public’s understanding of the role of religion in public life.

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A DREAM DEFERRED: Forty Acres and a Mule

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By Hazel Rosetta Smith

CIAL FIELDS ORDER NO. 15 regarding land grants 40 acres with stipulations.

III. Whenever three respectable negroes, heads of families, shall desire to settle on land, and shall have selected for that purpose an island, or a locality clearly defined within the limits above designated, the inspector of settlements and plantations will himself, or by such sub-ordinate officer as he may appoint, give them a license to settle such island or district, and afford them such assistance as he can to enable them to establish a peaceable agricultural settlement. The three parties named will subdivide the land, under the supervision of the inspector, among themselves and such others as may choose to settle

near them, so that each family shall have a plot of not more than forty acres of tillable ground, and when it borders on some water channel with not more than 800 feet water front, in the possession of which land the military authorities will afford them protection until such time as they can protect themselves or until Congress shall regulate their title.

Special Fields Order #15 is food for thought considering the number of times REPARATIONS has been on political agendas without resolution. Langston’s prose is asking a profound question with an inquiry and yet another question. What happens to a dream deferred?

Maybe it just sags, or does it explode? You decide!

[Hazel Rosetta Smith

General William Tecumseh Sherman

is a journalist, playwright, artistic director for Help Somebody Theatrical Ministries; retired former Managing Editor and Woman’s

Editor of the New York Beacon News and current columnist for Harlem Community News, Inc. Contact: misshazel@twc.com]

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arlem’s most prolific poet laureate Langston Hughes wrote MONTAGE OF A DREAM DEFERRED from which he asks, “what happens to a dream deferred?” And so, a story goes.

A promise was made to freed slaves by the government that land once belonging to plantation owners would be given to former slaves.

A dream became a promise, though farfetched and unimaginable at the time. This happened at the end of the Civil War. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Union Army overtook the city of Savannah in 1864. Sherman attended a meeting organized by Edwin Stanton, President Lincoln’s secretary of war in Savannah in 1865 with local black ministers. The main discussion was the abandoned plantations along the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.

Following the meeting, Sherman officially designated SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS NO. 15, documented January 16, 1865. Sherman ordered that the abandoned rice plantations from the sea to 30 miles inland would be “reserved and set apart for the settlement” of the freed slaves in the region. The land that once belonged to those who rose in rebellion against the federal government had already been declared “abandoned” by

an act of Congress.

Sherman’s words spread rapidly among thousands of newly freed slaves and the DREAM of having their own land with the prospect of providing for themselves circulated as fact. It has been estimated that approximately 40,000 former slaves did indeed receive grants of land under Sherman’s order.

General Rufus Saxton oversaw the administering of the land along the Georgia coast.

While Sherman’s order stated, “each family shall have a plot of not more than 40 acres of tillable ground,” there was no specific mention of a mule or any farm animal. However, General Saxton is said to have provided surplus U.S. Army mules to some of the families granted land under Sherman’s order.

When Andrew Johnson became president following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he issued a proclamation of pardon and amnesty to citizens in the South if they would take an oath of allegiance. As part of Johnson’s pardon process, lands confiscated during the war would then be returned to white landowners.

Freed slaves who had been given 40 acres of farmland were ultimately denied their freedom after all and were forced to live in poverty under the system of sharecropping. Section III below is the portion of SPE-

Working Farmland

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream continues at PUSH Coalition gala

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

By Audrey J. Bernard

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he laudatory legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was extolled at the first virtual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebratory event hosted by Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse. L. Jackson, Sr., the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, PUSH Excel and Citizenship Education Fund on

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

discussion with a distinguished panel that included Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Princeton University Professor of African American

Roundtable panelists (l-r) NBC Chicago News Anchor Michelle Relerford, Alabama Mayor Steven Reed, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, CK Hoffler-President of National Bar Association

Monday, January 18, 2021 simultaneously with the celebration of the Inauguration of the incoming Biden-Harris administration and history being made with the first woman of color, Vice President, Kamala Harris.

This year’s inspirational theme -- “The Journey Continues As We Mold The Future” -- featured video clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., and a round-table

Studies; Montgomery, Alabama Mayor, Steven Reed; and Stacey Abrams, Fair Fight founder and voting rights activist.

The annual celebration recognized and presented MLK awards to honorees including Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, and Wisconsin Lieutenant

Governor Mandela Barnes.

“This day is just one day the nation celebrate Dr. King. But we live each day Dr. King’s dream. Dreams

president, Kamala Harris, will continue to prove Dr. King’s dream remain a reality,” said Rev. Jackson.

“The tension today is very much like it was in 1968.

You have a lot of violence, the King was killed that year on April 4th...we had to carry on...as people are celebrating around the country, I want them to keep in mind the kind of meaning that he

“Keep Hope Alive Award” Honorees: Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, and Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes

must be free to fly. We follow in Dr. Kings footsteps by keeping hope alive,” said Rev. Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

“I’m hopeful and excited that we have strong leadership now ... Biden’s selections of cabinet members are the most diverse in history; they’re diverse and qualified. As the first woman of color to serve as vice

put to this work.”

“When Dr. King was alive, he did not live long enough to witness the fruits of much of his labor, in terms of the election of African Americans to the United States Congress, election of African American mayors in the cities where he worked and launched a number of campaigns,” said Rev. Janette Wilson, National Executive Director

for Rainbow PUSH FOR EXCELLENCE and senior advisor to Rev. Jackson.

“Like Montgomery, like Birmingham, like Atlanta, where he had his home base. And, like D.C., where he gave the historic speech at the March on Washington in 1963. Dr. King’s legacy continues as Rainbow PUSH and Reverend Jackson keep the dream alive as leading voices in the historical and present day fight surrounding civil, social and political justice and equality.“ Other highlights of this joyful celebration included remarks from CK Hoffler, President, National Bar Association; Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., a theologian and civil rights activist; and a musical salute to Dr. King from the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Detroit Youth Choir who offered a tribute for the ages. (Photos courtesy PUSH Coalition) About Rainbow PUSH Coalition The Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RPC) is a multi-racial, multi-issue, progressive, international membership organization fighting for social change.

RPC was formed in December 1996 by Reverend Jesse

Politician and Voting Rights Activist, Stacey Abrams

L. Jackson, Sr. through the merging of two organizations he founded earlier, People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH, 1971) and the Rainbow Coalition (1984). With headquarters in Chicago and offices in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, and Oakland, we work to make the American Dream a reality for all our citizens and advocate for peace and justice around the world. We are dedicated to improving the lives of all people by serving as a voice for the voiceless.

About PUSH Excel PUSH Excel is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit that strives to be a world leader in promoting educational excellence and equity in funding and allocation of educational resources so that every child is guaranteed an opportunity to receive a quality education.

About Citizenship Education Fund (CEF) Citizenship Education Fund is a 501(c) (3) whose mission is to educate voters and promote full participation in the electoral process.

Additionally, CEF seeks to empower citizenry through the efficacy of public policies that benefits education and businesses with socio-economic solutions.

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Biden Administration in Push to Put Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia

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fter four years of push back from the administration of Donald Trump, Underground Railroad heroine Harriet Tubman may finally appear on U.S. currency.

“The Treasury Department is taking steps to resume those efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday, Jan. 25. “[The Biden administration] is exploring ways to speed up that effort. It’s important that our notes, our money reflect the history and diversity of our country, and Harriet Tubman’s image on our new $20 note would certainly reflect that,” Psaki commented.

In April 2016, then-President Barack Obama announced that Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Obama wanted the release of the new bill to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment in 2020 that gave women the right to vote.

However, Trump had expressed an affinity toward Confederate figures and sang the praises of Jackson, claiming that he had led the U.S. to great success during his twoterms in office from 1829 to 1837.

Jackson, a slave owner, joined the Confederate army after Virginia seceded in 1861. He served under Gen. Robert E. Lee

during the Civil War. Tubman, an escaped slave, led countless people to freedom. Trump suggested that he might consider placing her image on a $2 bill, but not replace Jackson.

President Biden has vowed to right the many wrongs of the Trump administration, including working toward improving race relations in America and offering more opportunities to people of color. Tubman would be the first African-American woman featured on U.S. currency.

“The $20 currently features a former president, Andrew Jackson, who not only owned slaves, but ordered the death march of thousands of Native Americans,”

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ers can do to withstand these challenges and to help safeguard negative impacts to the business down the line is to ensure the right technology is fully utilized to serve operations, including sufficient internet bandwidth and wireless capabilities.

Key Questions: • Can I use accounting software to better analyze sales, costs, and opportunities in 2021?

• Is my accounting software synced to my bank accounts?

• Can I use social media or a client-relationship manager to get to know my customers better?

Join a professional organization Networking can help small business owners through crises like COVID-19 and help facilitate a potential reset or even rebuilding of a business in the coming year.

Whether it’s a traditional chamber of commerce or networking group or an online or social media-based community, networking groups can provide ideas and resources for growth, and may also help with recruiting talent, finding vendors, or even generating sales.

Key Questions: • Could I join my local chamber of commerce?

• Are there trade groups or industry organizations that serve my area?

• Could I start an informal network of business owners?

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• What happens if costs increase?

One key thing to remember is the lesson that permeates all of the others listed here: flexibility is key. Planning is as important as ever, but the ability to shift those plans based on the realities of a situation could make the difference between continuing toward recovery or facing a business closing. As the New Year is upon us, it is important for business owners to reflect on the past year and plan for success in 2021.

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he challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic hardships can make 2020 a difficult year to look back on. 46% of small business owners surveyed in the Q4 Wells Fargo Small Business Index reported decreases in revenues, while the prospect of closing their business was most frequently ranked as the top concern.

Nonetheless, even the most challenging times can yield opportunities for the future. 2020 provided hard truths, but also valuable insights that small business owners can use at the outset of 2021 to move forward.

Get online Nearly one third (29%) of businesses planned to start using a website in 2020.1 Luckily for those that followed through on that plan, 2020 showed that having a strong online presence, user experience and functionality can not only be a competitive advantage in the marketplace, but also critical to a business’s survival. 86% of consumers rely on the internet to find a local business.2 With a well-rounded digital strategy, including a website and social media, business owners can build awareness and leverage how people are searching for information online.

Further, ensuring a positive user experience with these channels can help set up an environment for business growth.

Key questions: • Is my website mobile friendly?

• Can customers place orders or make payments online?

• Are my hours and contact information up to date?

Take advantage of digital banking Online and mobile banking can help business owners monitor and manage their accounts from anywhere and make analyzing cash flow easier. In fact, 73% of small businesses utilize these services, according to Barlow Research. What 2020 exhibited is the ability of this functionality to help in preparing for uncertain circumstances, such as not being able to visit a physical bank branch for an extended period. Utilizing tools like these can provide extra insurance against potential challenges that may arise.

Key Questions: • Am I using all of the available features for my online banking service?

• Is my accounting software up to date and synced with my bank accounts?

• Have I downloaded any requisite applications so I can use tools like mobile deposit?

Check your tech Almost one third (29%) of business owners said in November 2020 that the closure of their business was their top concern, while 57% said they did not anticipate recovery for businesses like theirs until at least the second half of 2021. With recent surges in COVID-19 cases, one key thing business own-

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Jacqueline Jackson joins the New York Urban League (NYUL) as COO

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rva R. Rice, president and CEO of the New York Urban League announced the appointment of Jacqueline Jackson in the new role of Chief Operating Officer.

Ms. Jackson brings 18 years of institutional leadership, management and operations expertise to NYUL, now commemorating its Centennial of service to New York’s African American and underserved communities.

At the New York Urban League, Jackie will lead the organization to improve business processes and drive operational efficiency in all initiatives and partnerships.

“We are so pleased to have Jacqueline Jackson join our team in the role

of Chief Operating Officer.

Her experience as founder of a youth mentoring

program and accomplishments as a corporate executive make her unique-

ly qualified to work with the Urban League at this time,” said New York Urban League President and Chief Executive Officer Arva Rice. “During this time of Covid-19 and civil unrest, now is the right time to recruit a Chief Operations Officer as we add financial grant programs and our Small Business Support center to our list of offerings to meet the needs of our communities,” she added.

Jacqueline’s most recent role was Director of Inventory Planning for the

West Elm brand of William Sonoma Inc. Jacqueline entered into the field of Corporate Retail Management post college and has built an impressive portfolio in Sales Strategy and Inventory Optimization working for the most thriving and influential retail companies in America, including Ralph Lauren, Coach Inc, Gap Inc, and Kate Spade NY. In addition to her career accomplishments, Jacqueline lives a life of service and community empowerment. In 2016, Jacqueline founded THE ROYALTY PROJECT, INC, which is a NYC based non-profit organization and mentor program designed to improve self-images amongst youth of color by exposing them to progressive role-models,

missing history, and the richness of Black culture.

She has also served as a volunteer for the NYUL for the past 2 years and has been an active resident of the Harlem community for the past decade.

“I am truly inspired by the New York Urban League’s legacy of civil rights service and community advocacy. I’m excited to be joining the team as a transformational leader as we enter into our second Centennial,” said Jacqueline Jackson.

Jacqueline is a native New Yorker, born and raised in Queens. She attended Pennsylvania State University where she earned dual Bachelor of Science Degrees in International Business and Marketing.

Museum of the City of New York hires James C. Horton as Vice President, Education and Engagement

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useum of the City of New York welcomes James C. Horton as its new Vice President of Education and Engagement, a newly-created role made possible through the philanthropy of the Museum’s dedicated supporters.

Horton joins the Museum in February to lead the Museum’s educational offerings, public programs, and FAO Schwarz Education Center, which serves more than 50,000 students annually. He will also focus on deepening the Museum’s connections to the varied communities of New York, while providing innovative programming that explores New York City’s historic and contemporary issues. Horton began his tenure at the Museum on February 1, 2021.

“James is a dynamic, experienced leader who has had great success and shown tremendous passion for building and growing transformative programs and community relationships,” said Whitney Donhauser, Ronay Menschel Director and President of the Museum of the City of New York.

“We are thrilled that he will be bringing this creativity and commitment to the Museum to help us strengthen and grow the diversity and reach of our programs.”

Horton joins the Museum of the City of New York at a critical time, as remote learning has transformed educational priorities and educator needs, and as New York City turns toward its recovery. The Museum of the City of New York has

already launched a robust series of virtual public programs and a Digital Education Hub, and Horton will develop and refine these efforts, while creating programmatic offerings that connect New Yorkers to history and highlight how decisions we make today impact our city’s future.

“The Museum of the City of New York tells the stories of our city’s past, present, and future, and provides a canvas for supporters, students and educators to dive deeper into the world around them,” Horton said. “As our city undergoes vast transformation, I’m excited to create educational experiences that catalyze change and encourage introspection.”

Horton previously

served as the Director of Social Impact Programs for Carnegie Hall, where he formulated and launched many programs for adults and youth throughout the city. Prior to his tenure at Carnegie Hall he held lead-

ership positions in learning, leadership, and program development at the National Guild for Community Arts Education and Harlem Children’s Zone. He has a background in Theater and Communications through

Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and participated in not-for-profit management and leadership programs at Columbia University’s Business School and the Shannon Leadership Institute in St. Paul.

The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world’s most influential metropolis. It engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city’s past, present, and future. To connect with the Museum on social media, follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @MuseumofCityNY and visit our Facebook page at Facebook. com/MuseumofCityNY. For more information please visit www.mcny.org.

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Largest African American Digital Archive Convenes Influential Leaders to Stem the Loss of Black History

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020 has provided us with many lessons including how public knowledge of the Black experience and the contributions of African Americans is extremely limited and harmful to American society as a whole. America sits at a critically important crossroads where racist ideology is on the rise and documentation and preservation of African American life, history and culture is at risk of being lost forever if action is not taken now. Many key public figures are passing away without having their stories documented and preserved for the benefit of succeeding generations.

The HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive has made this loss prevention its mission over the past twenty years.

Yet, it finds itself in 2020 -- its 20th anniversary year, in a race against time. To increase public understanding and awareness

of this crisis, The HistoryMakers is hosting a virtual convening of some of the nation’s top African American thought leadership. Hosted on YouTube and Facebook, T he HistoryMakers 20@2020: 20 Days and 20 Nights (Tuesday, December 1st –Sunday, December 20th) will shine a light on the urgency of this issue as well as provide a first time, behind the scenes view of The HistoryMakers organization, its digital archive and educational initiatives and its iconic An Evening With… PBS-TV programs.

Participants include business leaders Ken Chenault, Ken Frazier and Clarence Otis; entrepreneur Daymond John, actors Danny Glover, poets Sonia Sanchez and Nikki Giovanni; activist Angela Davis; music legends Dionne Warwick and Denyce Graves; radio hosts Rickey Smiley and

Karen Hunter; lawyers The Honorable Eric Holder, Anita Hill, and Sherrilyn Ifill; civic leaders and educators Johnnetta B. Cole and Ruth Simmons; political leaders Valerie Jarrett, U.S. Congressman James Clyburn and Maxine Waters and many others-all coming together to support this great cause.

“The challenges facing our country at this moment reinforce the need to preserve and elevate the truth about the African American experience. We must work together to massively digitize the personal collections of our HistoryMakers and other African American leaders. Otherwise, the continued distortion of the truth of African American contributions to our culture and democracy will continue. Our need is urgent, especially as the next generation of storytellers, changemakers, and stewards of our legacy are now taking the lead,” says Julieanna Richardson,

Founder and President of The HistoryMakers.

HistoryMaker Howard Dodson, Director-Emeritus of Howard University Libraries and the former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in NYC, added: “Our mainstream institutions have not approached preservation work equitably to be inclusive of the African American experience creating a heritage gap that is contributing to the divisions in America we are experiencing today. But even more important, there is also a funding gap to support and uplift this work. And that needs to change.”

Since its inception, The HistoryMakers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Chicago, has grown to become the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive . With education as its mission, its one-of-a-kind collection is housed permanently at

the Library of Congress and provides an unprecedented and irreplaceable physical and online record of African American lives, accomplishments, and contributions through unique first-person testimony. Over the past twenty years, almost 3,400 video oral history interviews (11,000 hours) have been recorded in 413 cities and towns, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Norway.

These narratives include the stories of Alonzo Pettie, the oldest living Black cowboy; statesman General Colin Powell; 211 of the nation’s top scientists; civic leader Vernon Jordan; and political leaders such as President Barack Obama (when he was an Illinois State Senator) and more.

Its website (www.thehistorymakers.org), accessed by millions worldwide, is cited in Wikipedia and used as a “go-to” reference tool. Its digital archive (https://da.thehistor-

ymakers.org username: info@thehistorymakers.org; password: THMDemo) has been licensed by almost 80 colleges, universities (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Howard, Spelman, Morehouse, Ohio State, University of Oregon), K-12 schools, and public libraries (Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, etc.) for use by faculty, students and patrons. This has been particularly relevant in the COVID-19 era and the focus on online learning. The HistoryMakers archive now and well into the future will provide a more complete understanding of who we are as Americans, as well as where we have come from, and where we are going as a nation.

To learn more about 20@2020 and The HistoryMakers, visit https://www.thehistorymakers.org/20at2020events.

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he NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, located at the historic Lorraine Motel where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, gives a comprehensive overview of the American Civil Rights Movement from slavery to the present.

Since the Museum opened in 1991, millions of visitors from around the world have come, including more than 90,000

students annually. Serving as the new public square, the Museum is steadfast in its mission to honor and preserve the site of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. It chronicles the American civil rights movement and tells the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights, serving as a catalyst to inspire action to create positive social change.

A Smithsonian Affiliate and an internationally acclaimed cultural institu-

tion, the Museum is recognized as a 2019 National Medal Award recipient by the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), the top national honor for museums and libraries.

The National Civil Rights Museum brings award-winning authors Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Dr. Keisha N. Blain, editors of the anticipated anthology Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America,

1619-2019 to its Book and Author Series on Friday, February 5. Set to release on February 2, the book is a collection of 90 voices telling one of history’s great epic stories.

Four Hundred Souls fundamentally dismantles the idea that Africans in America are a monolith by sharing a wide range of experiences that have always existed in the Black community. This is a history that illuminates the past and gives new ways

of thinking about the future, written by the most vital and essential voices of the present.

90 brilliant writers, each of whom takes on a five-year period of that 400-year span, explore their periods through a variety of techniques: historical essays, short stories, personal vignettes, and fiery polemics. They approach history from various perspectives -- through the eyes of towering histor-

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National Civil Rights Museum virtually hosts new book Four Hundred Souls

ical icons or the untold stories of ordinary people and through places, laws, and objects.

An autographed copy of Four Hundred Souls is available for purchase in the museum’s online store. The Book & Author Series virtual event is at 6:00pm Central and is free and open to the public.

Registration is required to receive the livestream link. For more information, visit civilrightsmuseum.org.

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The Father of Black History

By: W.A.Rogers was raised by my grandparents Elizabeth and Joseph Woodson in Williamston South Carolina until it was time for me to start school, and every summer after until I was about thirteen. My grandfather died in 1952 two years after his famous cousin Dr. Carter G. Woodson also known as the “Father of Black

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History”.

Carter G Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia on December 19, 1875, his parents James Woodson, and Eliza Riddle Woodson had seven children Carter was their fourth child. Young Carter worked as a sharecropper and a miner to help his family; he did not begin high school until his late teens. He was a brilliant student and completed a four-year course of study in less than two years.

Carter Woodson attended Berea College in Kentucky for about two years; he left college to work for the United States in the Philippines as an education superin-

tendent. After returning to the United States, he continued his studies at the University of Chicago where he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree. Woodson went on to become the second African American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard University after W.E.B. Du Bois. Woodson became dedicated to the field of African American history.

In 1915 Dr. Woodson returned to Chicago to participate in a national celebration of the 50th anniversary of emancipation. The exhibits highlighting achievements of Black people since the abolition of slavery inspire Woodson to do more to celebrate black

history and heritage. Before leaving Chicago, he helped form the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) a year later in 1916 Woodson developed the Journal of Negro History.

In February 1924 Dr. Woodson began his campaign to create a week to celebrate Negro History.

Dr. Woodson chose the third week in February in recognition of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln February 12th and Frederick Douglass February 14th. Douglass was born a slave so his actual birthdate was unknown, but he chose the 14th as his birthday.

Negro History week was officially launched

in 1926. During the rise of the civil rights movement younger members of ASNLH (which was changed to the Association for the Study of African American History) urged the organization to shift to a month-long celebration of black history.

In 1976 on the 50th anniversary of the first Negro History Week, the association officially made the shift to Black History Month.

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Someone has to teach you your A-B-Cs, and to count to a hundred. You have to learn to tie a knot and set the table and stay safe. And this month, you should learn more about Black History, and that can be fun with these great books...

For the littlest reader ages 3 to 5, “The ABCs of Black History” by Rio Cortez, illustrated

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colorful drawings and a format that’s fun.

Slightly older kids ages 4 to about 7 – those who still love picture books – will want “Stompin’ at the Savoy” by Moira Rose Donohue, illustrated by Laura Freeman, which is a book about the life of famed drummer Chick Webb; or “Life As You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker” by Patricia Hruby Powell and R. Gregory Christie, the tale of activist Baker and her inspirational work.

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