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FATHER’S DAY in Black America must become an every day, 24-7-365
reality, rather than just an annual calendar event. |
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Does racism negate Black Father’s Day? |
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"It is almost analgesic to talk
about what the white man is doing against us, and it keeps a person
frozen in their seat. It keeps you frozen in your hole that you are
sitting in to point up and say, 'That's the reason why I am here.’ We
need to stop this….I couldn't care less about what white people think
about me at this time. Let them talk! What are they saying that is
different from what their grandfather said? What are they doing or
trying to do to us that their grandfathers didn't try to do to us? But,
what is different is what we are doing to ourselves." If you’re up on
the news, you surely recognize the foregoing rhetoric that the comedian
Bill Cosby espoused at Jesse Jackson's 33rd Annual Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition conference in Chicago.
~See full article by Bud Johnson~ |
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ELVIRA PICKENS was born two days after Juneteenth was celebrated by
descendants of slaves in 1913 Texas, therefore it is incumbent upon
African- AmericanNews&Issues to honor her memory as the Fiesta’s Black
History 24-7-365 feature for our Juneteenth Week 2006 edition. Then
again, she also was a living legend in northwest Houston, Texas’ Acres
Home community. Accordingly, she was acknowledged for her history making
contributions to her community during the celebration of her long and
very productive life on May 3, 2005 at Antioch Missionary Baptist
Church, 5002 Beall @ Mansfield with Rev. F. N. Williams officiating. The
Antioch Deacons & Trustees were active pallbearers and family members
were honorary pallbearers for Elvira, who was born June 21, 1913 to
Major Dixon and Henrietta Phelps.
~Click HERE to find out why~ |
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“You Get What You
Pay For?” |
Is inadequate pay ever a reason not to do the critical job of crime
fighting and protecting the public?
Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle seems to link much of the city’s lame
approach to crime fighting to the lack of morale, misconduct problems and
disarray of his department to the attitudes of officers grumbling about the
pay and benefit gaps when compared to colleagues’ salaries in neighboring
cities.
“My view in police departments is you get what you pay for,” he said. “If
you want more policing, you (the public) ought to demand it
and pay for it.”
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full article by Darwin Campbell~ |
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PUBLISHER’S ANALYSIS
by Roy Douglas Malonson |
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Rep. Garnet Coleman serves
Lunch Bunch “Health Food” |
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If you missed Rep. Garnett Coleman’s dialogue at the African
American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (in affiliation with
Acres Home Center for Business and Economic Deve-lopment) June 1,
2006 monthly (first Thursday) Business Networking Luncheon at the
Beulah Ann Shepard Building, 6112 Wheatley, you missed a whole lot
of information that you needed to better understand how your tax
dollars are used. Those who know me know I don’t stroke elected
official’s egos. But, I must give State Rep. Garnett Coleman high
marks for the very candid food for thought speech that he served the
“Lunch Bunch.” He broke it down to a grasroots level. Especially,
when it came to a solution for most of underserved Texans
problems.
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Volume 11-No. 13
June 14, 2006 -
June 20, 2006 |
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“Every race and every nation should be
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~James Weldon Johnson~ |
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