JUNE 19, 2013
2A
Continued from 1A
From The Publishers’ Desk
GREETINGS ….. From Our Family to Your Family It has been a long time since
The Hip-Hop Generation will
the Black Community in Little
love “littlerockhard.com” our
Rock and surrounding areas
online magazine dedicated to
had a Black
their interests. We will pub-
owned
independently-
weekly
community
lish weekly with a Friday
newspaper. Today, we rekin-
dateline such that the newspa-
dle the Flame lit by Lucious
per will be available every
and Daisy Bates in 1941 when
weekend
they founded the Arkansas
week of July 4, 2013. Copies
State Press, which was for-
of The Little Rock Sun will be
merly the Twin City Press.
available at your local church,
We dedicate this Inaugural
if your Pastor agrees to allow
Edition of The Little Rock Sun
distribution after services.
to the memories of Lucious
Our goal is to Empower the
Christopher Bates and Daisy
community by focusing on the
Lee Gatson Bates.
positive aspects of our com-
Like the Arkansas State Press,
munity as opposed to negativ-
we will focus on advocacy
ity, scandals, gossip and gen-
journalism primarily centered
eral criminal behavior.
on Racial Justice, Public Ser-
mantra is simple:
vice and the New Black
True?” and “Is it Newswor-
Agenda. Our stories will spot-
thy?”
light
Integrity, Racial Justice and
the
achievements
of
commencing
the
Our “Is it
We stand on Truth,
Black Arkansans as well as
Public Service.
social,
economic,
Rock Sun is not a gossip tab-
religious and sporting news of
loid. We do not intend to pub-
interest to our community.
lish arrest records.
business,
The Little
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We want to Educate and Up-
We cannot print every letter
lift our community. We want
written to the Editor. But, we
to exemplify the good and
will balance the discourse on
highlight extraordinary citi-
issues
zens in our community who
opinions. The content of the
deserve
recognition,
newspaper is within the sole
praise and thanks for jobs well
discretion of the Editorial
-done in the interest of Public
Board of The Little Rock Sun
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Little Rock Sun ownership,
believe we should address in
management or staff. Consis-
the future.
tent with First Amendment
Our circulation will be 50,000
Rights, the authors have the
copies statewide, including
right to express their opinions
distribution
in editorial discourse.
our
in
Texarkana;
Arkadelphia;
Hot
Pine
Little
to
reflect
differing
Articles pub-
Re-
Springs;
ported news is just that –
Rock;
news. “News” will not con-
Forrest City; West Memphis;
tain our opinions, although we
Jonesboro; Conway; Fayette-
may comment on news items
ville; Jacksonville and Fort
of community interest, such as
Smith.
same-sex marriage or affirma-
Bluff;
We encourage sub-
scriptions
such
that
each
It is the goal of our Family to
ered to your mailbox by the
publish The Little Rock Sun
U.S. Postal Service. Subscrip-
for 100 years, in various for-
tion rates are: $30 per year or
mats. We Fear only God. No
$50 for two years.
At the
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newsstand, the price is 50
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Roy
Chester
Powell,
where near the unmarked
Forrest City; Cecil Preston,
mass grave when a search was
17,
made recently. Buried in the
Thornton, 15, North Little
mass grave at Haven of Rest
Rock; The other dead boys are
Cemetery are: Charles L. Tho-
Henry
mas, 15, Little Rock; Frank
Rock; John Alfred George,
Barnes, 15, Lake Village;
15, North Little Rock; Roy
R.D. Brown, 16, Emerson;
Hegwood, 15, El Dorado;
Jessie Carpenter, Jr., 16,
Willie Lee Williams, 15, He-
Forrest City; Joe Charles Crit-
lena; Amos Guice, 16. Two
tenden, 16, Blytheville; John
of the boys were only 13 years
Daniel, 16, El Dorado; Willie
old: O.T. Meadows, El Do-
C. Horner, 16, North Little
rado and William Loyd Pig-
Rock;
gee of DeWitt.
Blytheville;
Daniels,
16,
Carl
15,
E.
Little
tive action.
weekly publication is deliv-
or
of the incinerated boys any-
the New Black South.
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Jermaine Andre Dale Charles Sandra Easter-Carter Halim Flowers Dr. Sharifa Glass, MD Michael Harris Giesele Hudson Janis Kearney Dr. Jeff Marshall T. White Renarda Williams Candice Young
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