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Vol. 9 No. 46
Dec. 15 - Dec. 22, 2004

Angels of Mercy
“Super Sisters” empower Black America

CLYMEMNESTRA WHITTAKER is shown with family members after receiving her “Angels of Mercy” award.

“Even as slaves, African women attempted to shape the ‘peculiar institution’ in ways that allowed them to preserve their dignity and affirm their humanity. During the era of the American Revolution, many northern states abolished slavery or made arrangements for gradual emancipation. As a result of increased rates of manumission, rising rates of reproduction, and larger numbers of runaways, the free African women's population grew and many free Black women engaged actively in the abolition movement.

PUBLISHER’S ANALYSIS
by Roy Douglas Malonson

Love built Beulah Shepard Center

BEULAH ANN SHEPARD approves the life size photo presented to her by Georgia Provost, of Provost, during the "Grand Opening" luncheon.

Insofar as I was a builder for most of my life, I can’t think of a better way to honor a well deserving person than immortalizing than name on a public edifice. Therefore, I have no problem admitting that I had to fight back tears of joy as I watched the Acres Home community’s venerable political activist and Acres Home Citizens Chamber of Commerce’s matriarch, Beulah Ann Shepard, revel in the glory of the Grand Opening of the Acres Home Center for Business & Economic Development @ 6112 Wheatley, on Dec. 2. 2004.

Rapid Liquidation of Tax Delinquent Properties

On July 16, 2004 Rick Frank spoke to HPRA about his firm, Liquidatenow.com, and its ability to help local governments liquidate property on which property taxes are long overdue. Houston has over 28,000 properties on the tax roles that are six or more years tax delinquency. Rick guesses that another 34,000 properties are one to six years delinquent.

BLACK HISTORY 24/7/365

Rose Clark England

Feature News

East Texas News

The late great civil rights pioneer Fredrick Douglass who was a slave as a child during slavery time in the U.S., once said this about slave owners he worked under. “The worst most brutal slave owners were those who were suppose to be Christians or religious people.” The way Douglass described it, the so called religious slave owners would not only beat you for breaking “their laws” or the plantation, but they also felt obligated to beat you for “ spiritual transgressions”.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Re-Elected As Whip of Congressional Black Caucus

Congresswoman Barbara Lee was re-elected Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) by unanimous consent of her colleagues.
The Congressional Black Caucus Whip helps develop strategy, count votes, gather and distribute information among the CBC members. Once again, Congresswoman Lee will join the CBC elected leadership, including the newly elected Chairman, Mel Watt (D-NC), in garnering support for key legislation and bringing members of the CBC together in support of a strong CBC and Democratic agenda.“

UTMB Student Accepts TMA Foundation Board Position

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston student Julie Lundy has accepted a position on the Board of Trustees of the Texas Medical Association Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the nation’s largest state medical society.
The TMA Foundation raises funds for TMA initiatives to improve the health of all Texans. The board is comprised of TMA physician and medical student members, TMA Alliance members (civic-minded volunteers who are TMA members’ spouses), and community leaders and volunteers from around the state.

"I am not a perfect servant, I am a public servant"

- Jesse Jackson