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50 Years Later: JFK’s Effects On African Americans & The Youth Vote I grew up in a family of storytellers. Around our dinner table, stories of 1950′s era Harlem flow freely, as my grandparents talk about coffee dates with James Baldwin and nights that included live sets at the Cotton Club with Billie Holiday. As a child, these stories were the norm, and I never had a question about why photos hung in our living room of three figures: Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and former President John F. Kennedy. Very early on, I learned Nov. 22, 1963 was a day of sadness and violence, uncensored and broadcast across the world, with no parental guidance label. It was real life. John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas, TX, with the world watching. My mother was only 6 years old when JFK was assassinated 50 years ago tomorrow, on a Friday afternoon. The impact of his short time in office had a huge magnitude on a life my mother knew and one that’s only known to my generation through history books. In just two years in office, JFK made a dent in a myriad of crises during his administration, and set the groundwork for the changes that rippled after his assassination. As the first “TV President,” he became the face of the nation: a charismatic president with an accessible first family. First Lady Jackie Kennedy was the first to welcome the nation into the White House with television broadcasts capturing her family at play and on holidays. JFK ran on ideals of hope and change that inspired millions of African Americans and young people on college campuses in a way never seen prior. He was young, and fostered the idea that any man could achieve greatness and enjoy a slice of the American dream, regardless of their ancestry or economic standing. The effects were two fold: the media lens also made him the first modern president to have his personal life in tabloids, and his ideals were mired as radical and harmful to the nation’s status quo.
In New York, my parents grew up with nuclear bomb drills in school and were carefully kept out of the racially charged areas of the South. They received all of their news on a small black and white TV, from the Jackson 5′s first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” to watching Lee Harvey Oswald get shot in cold blood live on television. It was an era where reality TV resulted in mandatory drafts that claimed a fresh batch of 18 year olds for war, young men (and their families) praying that their birthdate wouldn’t appear on the screen. Although JFK’s steps into civil rights war were weary, he did forge ahead with the idea that all men are deserving of inalienable rights, regardless of skin color. For this reason, African Americans sup-
ported his administration, as a new day seemed not so far out of reach. Throughout the violence, water hoses, and church bombings, African Americans held forthright to the idea that civil disobedience and resolve would overcome the barriers. JFK represented a symbol of hope for the underserved and grossly overlooked citizens. For the first time in our nation’s history the youth vote and African Americans mattered. An outpouring of grief in the form of mailed letters delivered to the White House the days following the assassination. Letters ranging from impressionable 5 year olds who saw JFK as “TV dad” to 95 year olds who expressed their apologies for turning a blind’s eye to prejudice
they knew were unjust. Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in June, just two months before JFK was killed. His widow, Myrlie Evers, reached out to Jackie Kennedy along with the 800,000 Americans who wrote the First Lady in the weeks following the assassination. Race and political belief aside, the two young widows lost their husbands to the same brand of evil that left their young children fatherless. 50 years later, the nation remembers John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The events of 1963 impacted a nation, and is a reminder of just how far we’ve come, and how far we can always go as a nation united.
Greater St. Luke’s Church Celebrates Pastor’s First Anniversary Sunday, November 3, 2013 climaxed four days of celebrating the first anniversary of Rev. Joseph Pipes. Left photo: Canomy Harris escorts Rev. Pipes, joined by his wife Stacy Pipes, who was escorted in by Timmony Abbott. Greater Saint Luke’s Pastor is also a member of Grandma’s Boys, a midwestern gospel group. He is only the third person to pastor the church.
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Local Pastor Files Counter Lawsuit Against Department of City Development and Mayor John Dickert Racine, WI- Senior Pastor Elliott K. Cohen of the Abundant Life Christian Center has given his attorney the consent to move forward with a Counter Lawsuit against the Department of City Development and Mayor John Dickert. The plantiff argues that the Department of City Development under the subverted direction of Mayor John Dickert has for more than two and a half years selectively targeted Project New Life Community Development Corporation through a discriminatory witch hunt to eliminate the faith-based organization from expanding it’s housing initiatives to serve inner city residents in the City of Racine. The Department of City Development through the direction of Mayor John Dickert and the Legal Firm of Hankel, Bjelajac & Kallenbach, LLC which is also a participant in this subverted activity has been basically trying to allege that Project New Life Community Development Corporation has more than $54,221.50 in unsupported project costs even after a certified accounting firm showed that Project New Life not only accounted through solid financial records for $77,387.37 of the grant funding, but also invested $60,000.00 of their own funding through a line of credit to ensure that the property located at 1017 Marquette Street was beyond reproach. The City of Racine Department of City Development under the direction of Mayor John Dickert also alleges that Project New Life Community Development Corporation has not been trying to sell the property even though they secured two Real Estate Brokers and placed the home on the market for 1.5 years reducing the price of the house 4 times. After finding a provision in the Grant Agreement that allowed Project New Life Community Development to find a qualified low-income potential home buyer that could move into the property for 36 months while securing the necessary financing to purchase the property, the Department of City Development through their legal counsel Bob Hankel tried to reject the purchase agreement as not complying with the Department’s guidelines even though the grant agreement states that a potential qualified low-income home buyer meets the guidelines. The counter lawsuit presented by Senior Pastor Elliott K. Cohen alleges that this maneuver by the City of Racine’s Department of City Development and Mayor Dickert is part of a larger strategy throughout the City of Racine to manipulate federal, state and local funding away from the minority agencies that serve poor people directly by attempting to convolute and tarnish the agencies reputation.
This strategy has proven effective with defunding the Community Economic Development Coproration(CEDCO)which was an organization that provided loan funding to minority businesses in the City of Racine. This strategy has proven effective with defunding the Opportunity Industrilization Center(OIC)which was an organization that existed for the purpose of helping minorities through employment and education. This strategy has proven effective with defunding the George Bray Center an organization which serves many of the youth and teens in the City of Racine. It has also proven effective with the defunding of the Racine Urban League which along with the NAACP are the longest tenured civil rights organizations fighting to end discrimination in education, housing, employment and public accommodations. Dr. King said that the time has come to shift from a civil rights movement to a human rights movement. We need a movement in Racine for education not incarceration, a movement for jobs not jails, and a movement for inclusion not collusion. Many of our predecessors, even those patriarchs in the City of Racine, were freedom fighters that risked their lives and reputations to put an end to the old caste systems that victimizes individuals, families and whole communities. We cannot allow crumbs handed out to a few people to build and labor on a house on Riverside Drive to be the poster-child for racial fairness and equality. Even though the workers completed the work on the project on Riverside Drive, investing twice as much money ($176,000.00) into a property in the “hood,” the workers on the project don’t even retain the deed to the property. The property has to be deeded back to the Real Estate Developer-The City of Racine’s Department of City Development and Mayor John Dickert. The movie 12 Years A Slave is an accurate depiction of someone that was once free, but tricked and lured back into the bondage of slavery. We will never break this cycle of creating a caste-like system in Racine until we build an underground railroad for people to be released from employment, housing, education and prison incarceration. Just as it was in the days of slavery, it was not enough just to celebrate a few people, one by one, as they make their break for freedom. We have to be willing to take a stand and make a stand for the abolition of a castesystems that undermines the unalienable rights contained in the declaration of independence for our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. To defeat this system, it will mean organizing forums around
issues pertinent to our continually progress. We have to organize as a common movement and not a single movement stuck in the mire of separate campaigns and policy agendas. We must share a common commitment to movement building for racial and social justice that can genuinely shape the foundation of systems of racial and social inequality.
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Gamble/Oliver host birthday party Lewis Gamble and Dianne Oliver, center, held joint birthday parties at Kool’s Sport Lounge, located 1330 Washington Avenue. About 150 individuals attended the gala. Joining the two were Shanita Gamble, Sharon Lue Gamble, Lorene Hudson, and Kendra Gamble. Front row: Tiffany Gamble.
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Above Pastor Karen Norton and family members hold the plaque that they were presented by the Outstanding Hispanic Unsung Hero Award committee recognizing the achievement of Pastor Breon Norton. In a letter to the family, it said, “The Outstanding Hispanic Unsung Hero award is given to individuals of Hispanic/Non-Hispanic decent, who have made a difference in the Hispanic community and in the Racine community overall.” The letter went on to say the Pastor Norton has been an inspiration to the community as he led the Hispanic community to follow Jesus, through his music. “Through his music,” the letter said, “he broke down walls, and he was a person to be admired for his personal achievements and noble qualities. He sacrificed much time and talent so others could benefit. Mayor John Dickert made the presentation at the event, which was held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Saturday November 16. The late Pastor Norton was the co-pastor of the Gospel Mission Ministries along with his wife . In accepting the award, she said, “…His loving, humorous, light hearted, sweet and humble spirit will live on.” Pastor Norton was inspirational in the forming of a multicultural community choir that received accolades for their performances at events throughout the Midwest. Page 6 Racine Insider News, December 2013
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Trinty MBC Celebrates 19th Aniversary
Right Photo: Pastor Buddy and Dorothy Vinson are shown at the 19th Annual Pastor Anniversary honoring the two, sponsored by Trinty Missionary Baptist Church, located 596 5th Street. Above photo: Rev. Vinson, center, is shown with Rev. Jimmie Richmond, Pastor Tommie Knuckles, Pastor Fred Richmond, who gave the keynote address, and Minister Willie Mosley.
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Racine: A City With A Problem About the Film 150 years ago, Racine, Wisconsin was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. But times change, and so do cities. This is the story of change for one upper Midwest town that took away the welcome mat and hung out the “no vacancy” sign for Blacks and Hispanics. Pattern or Practice peels the veneer off that shoddy pretense and provides a stark view of what institutionalized racism looks like. Racine, Wisconsin, once a manufacturing powerhouse, is a backsliding, post-industrial community with a race problem so pervasive that disbelief is nearly always the observer’s first reaction. By the time the final credits are rolling, that disbelief is replaced by anger, disgust, perhaps shame and hopefully a desire for change. A pattern or practice of discrimination, means that there’s a policy or a practice of discrimination or a pattern of discrimination. It is been conducted against a group of persons or an issue of general public importance. In the past six years in the City of Racine 14 minority owned bars or nightclubs and 2 white owned bars with minority patrons have been closed while in contrast no white establishments have been affected.
This all started: With the documentary Pattern or Practice, the documentary was going to bring awareness to the fact that minority businesses were being closed at an alarming rate by the City of Racine. What happened ? As the film crew interviewed each business owner and as we dove into the meeting minutes of the City of Racine. We saw a disturbing pattern of how targeted business owners, particularly Hispanic and Black owners were subject to different standards. As we interviewed persons affected by the policies instituted by the City of Racine, we discovered the systematic closing of minority businesses in particular areas. Why? A “cleanup” effort by the City of Racine in three targeted areas where the majority of these businesses were operating. Came together : As we brought each business owner together they discovered that they were not alone in the way things were handled by the City of Racine in the closing of their business. Individuals started to step out and discuss the institutional racism that was happening in the City of Racine. The Pattern Application process: Restrictions were placed upon minority businesses at a much higher standard, age, music, dress
code, side agreements. Cost prohibitive requests were made of minority business owners. The application process for white establishments were considerably less. Surveillance: The term used by the Racine Police Department is crime prevention. Surveillance vans, cameras, police cars with videos are parked outside of minority establishments waiting for an incident. Incidents are logged and reported to the Public License and Safety Committee. This practice is not done to white owned establishments. Called in: The minority owned establishments are called in at a much higher rate and for infractions that white owned establishments are not called in for. Poor public image : Incidents are played out in public on minority bars and downplayed when white bars are involved. Side agreement or due process: The minority business owner is threatened with closing of his/her business or accept a side agreement, understanding that the restrictions must be adhered to or he/she will lose their business. Due process: After repeating the process the minority business owners now are voted to due process. The committee that conducts the hearing is the
same members who voted to send the business owner to due process. There is no chance the minority owner can survive the hearing. Once the hearing is completed and the businesses is then recommended for revocation the same members are on Racine Common Council to judge the outcome. Business closed: To date there have been 14 minority owned businesses and two white owned business with mostly minority clientele taken to due process hearings or forced into closing in the last six years, none have survived. In contrast no white bars have been closed by the City Of Racine. The Alderman, Mayor, Police Chief, and concerned citizens use the local media to praise the good work of all involved in ridding the city of troublesome bars/clubs and have made the city a better place to live. The Film / Documentary will premier at the Oriental Theater Milwaukee WI. on January 20, 2014 ( Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday) catch the link at http://tinyurl.com/lkyden8 for tickets. More info to come. View the trailer at: www.patternorpractice.com.
Supervisor Lumpkin Speaks Out Against Wisconsin’s Voter ID Bill In Federal Court Trial
Minorities, senior citizens, and a Racine elected official testified Monday, November 5, about costly and time-consuming difficulties they faced in getting photo identification as they pressed their case to permanently invalidate Wisconsin's voter ID law. The federal trial that kicked off two weeks involves two cases. A Dane County judge in a different case has already blocked the law, but opponents of voter ID are pursuing the federal litigation in an attempt to ensure the requirement never goes back into effect. Assistant attorneys general defended the law in court, saying requiring IDs was a reasonable way to curb fraud and maintain public confidence in the way the state runs elections. "Voter fraud is real," Assistant Attorney General Clayton Kawski said. "It is not a myth." The trial began with a string of people describing the problems they had in trying to secure IDs for themselves or family members. Some of them have yet to be
successful. "I cannot express the amount of time, energy and frustration it required" to get a license for her mother, Debra Crawford testified. Crawford's mother, Bettye Jones, was the lead plaintiff in one of the cases before the court Monday. Jones died in October 2012. Jones was born in Tennessee and lived much of her life in Cleveland, Ohio. She moved to Brookfield in 2011 to be closer to family after her husband died. She had to make multiple trips to a Wisconsin
Division of Motor Vehicles office before she could get a driver's license last year because she did not have a birth certificate. Getting the license cost her more than $100 and took about 40 hours over several months, Crawford testified. The state has a "legitimate and important interest" in preventing voter fraud and ensuring the public believes elections are conducted fairly, Kawski said. Attorneys for the plaintiffs countered there is no evidence of in-person voter impersonation, the only type of fraud that would be prevented by an ID requirement. Kenneth Lumpkin, a Racine County Board Supervisor, testified during the trial for the Plaintiffs. He said that he viewed Act 10 as a huge obstacle for voters, especially minority voters. In some instance it is hard for minorities to prove where they live because of living arrangements. “In one area that I see where we have a concentration of African-Americans and Hispanics, you
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have to show where you live, under the law. In the many instances, within the household, it might be just one individual that has the lease, pays the light and gas bills,” he explained. He says “In the same house up to five people could be staying and not able to prove their residence.” Providing a birth certificate can be quite challenging for some older Racine eligible voters. “Racine’s AfricanAmerican population, which I can speak to, migrated primarily from Mississippi and Alabama, and other southern states. Many of those persons who came to Racine were born by what we refer to as midwives at the time. And at that time, the midwives were not issuing birth certificates and people would just use their Bible to record that type of information. And so we have a large elder population in Racine’s central city that do not have birth certificates.” He said that Racine is no different from other cities in the challenges a individual might face in trying to obtain an acceptable Wisconsin ID. Gov. Scott Walker, who signed the Please turn to page 14
Church Calender for the Month of December Abundant Life Christian Center Ministries – 3433 Douglas Ave (262) 637-5433 Pastor Elliott & Josette Cohen Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM
Northwestern Ave, Racine, WI (262) 6344655 Pastor Fred L. Richmond Sunday Worship Services @ 8:00 AM & 10:30 AM; Sunday School @ 9:00 AM Saturday December 7 @ 9:00 AM Racine Community Health Center hosting Question on Obama Care Breakfast Serve Donation $5.00 limited seating ONLY for Adults 18 and over Tuesday December 31 @ 5:00 PM Southeastern Wisconsin Baptist Pastor’s Fellowship Watch Night Service @ New Omega Baptist Church The Final Hour Ministries – PO Box 242 North Chicago IL 60064 (847) 912-0596 Apostle Michael White Jr. Daily Prophetic Word: www.thefinalhourministries.org Let us Pray For You – Faith Will Do It Every Time!! The Final Hour Ministries School of The Prophet! (Class Began January 15, 2013) through September 16, 2013
Christ Baptist Church – 1034 West Blvd (414) 217-5055 Pastor Daryn David Crenshaw Sundays Worship Service @ 9:30 AM Christ Chapel Missionary Baptist Church – 825 Park Ave (262) 633-4277 Pastor Mark D. Gates Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship @ 11:00 AM Tuesday December 31 @ 5:00 PM Southeastern Wisconsin Baptist Pastor’s Fellowship Watch Night Service @ New Omega Baptist Church Christian Faith Fellowship Church-Racine – 3001 Carpenter Ave (262) 631-0196 Pastors Willie & Patricia Scotts Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM
Reconciliation Ministries International – 2200 Mt. Pleasant St, Racine, WI 53404 Apostle Norris & Prophetess Michelle Johnson Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 11:30 AM
Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church – 1201 Center St (262) 880-6521 Pastor Tommie Knuckles Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM Church of God Revival Center 722 6th Street (262) 633-2044 Pastor Dorothy Jackson Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM Dominion Church of God MPGT – 402 9th St (262) 637-5585 Bishop Kelvin Weatherspoon Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM Faith Christian Fellowship Church 1200 Racine St (262) 637-6220 Bishop Sheila Neinhaus Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 10:30 AM Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church, 1529 Elizabeth Ave, North Chicago, IL 60064 (847) 473-1610 Pastor Eugene Roberson Sunday Worship Service @ 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM; Sunday School @ 9:00 AM Greater Mt. Eagle Baptist Church – 929 State St (262) 637-1606 Pastor Keith T. Evans Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 10:30 AM Tuesday December 31 @ 6:00 PM Watch Night Service Greater St. Lukes Baptist Church – 1326 State St (262) 632-4146 Pastor Joe Pipes Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM Saturday December 7 @ 8:00AM12:00 Noon Women’s Ministry Breakfast Donation 10.00 Sunday December 15 Following 11:00 AM Worship Christmas Program and Dinner Tuesday December 31 @ 10:30 PM Watch Night Service Kingdom Dominion Outreach Ministry – 1840 Howe Street (262) 7482870 Pastor Larry E Brown Sunday Worship @ 10:30 AM Wednesday @ 6:00 PM Bible Study Tuesday December 31 @ 10:00 PM Watch Night Service
Minister Della Buckley Insider News Religious Editor (262) 456-1264 Insider News: (262) 822-1331 Loving Arms Outreach Ministries – 2711 Sheridan Rd, Suite 209, Zion, IL (847) 975-6106 Bishop Dr. Michael L. Hargett, Sr. Ph.D. Monday December 2 @ 7:00 PM Men’s Fellowship Monday December 13 @ 7:00 PM Women’s Fellowship Tuesday December 3 17 @ 7:00 PM Basic Bible Study Tuesday 12 @ 7:00 PM Advance Bible Study Wednesday December 4 11 18 @ 12:00 PM Noon Prayer Service Thursday December 5 6 19Jabez Prayer Line Friday December 6 13 20 7:00 PM10:00 PM Faith It Out Youth Night Saturday December 6 13 20 10:45 AM12:30 PM Glenn Lakes Nursing Home Sunday Sunday December 1 8 @ 11:30 AM Worship/Holy Communion Sunday December 15 @ 11:30 AM Youth Day & Holy Communion Sunday December 22 @ 4:00 PM Family & Friend Day Service Mt. Sinai Institutional Baptist Church – 2401 Argonne Drive North Chicago, IL (847) 689-4422 Pastor Gerald Wilcoxon Sunday Worship Service @ 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Monday-Friday December 2-6 December Conference Nashville TN Saturday December 7 @ 12:45PM-2:30 PM Sunday School Christmas Program Rehearsal
Saturday December 7 @ 5:00 PM Annual Church Christmas Dinner Sunday December 15 @ 9:30 AM Sunday School Christmas Program Saturday December 21 @ 9:00 AM12:00 PM Glimmer of Hope Clothing Give-A-Way Wednesday December 25 @ 9:00 AM4:00 PM Christmas Dinner for Sailors Tuesday December 31 @ 9:30 PM Watch Night Service New Beginning of Faith Church – 2711-19th St (262) 818-1265 Pastor Prentiss Robbins Sunday Worship Service @ 12:30 PM North Shore Faith Community Church - P.O. Box 8812, Gurnee, IL 60031 (877) 770-5157 Pastor Rosemarie Green, M.Div. Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM New Brighter Day Baptist Church – 1225 25th Ave, Kenosha (262) 552-8090 Pastor Joseph L. Thomas Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM Sunday December 22 @ 3:30 PM Christmas Program Tuesday December 31 @ 5:00 PM Southeastern Wisconsin Baptist Pastor’s Fellowship Watch Night Service @ New Omega Baptist Church New Omega Baptist Church – 5731
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Searching Together Baptist Church – 825 21st St, Racine, WI 53403 (262) 6334421 Pastor Willie Riley Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 10:30 AM Second Baptist Church – 3925 32nd Ave, Kenosha, WI 53144 (262) 652-1692 Pastor Lawrence L. Kirby, II Sunday Worship Services @ 7:45AM & 10:30 AM; Sunday School 9:15 AM-10:15 AM St. Paul Baptist Church – 1120 Grand Ave (262) 632-1467 Bishop Lawrence L. Kirby Sunday School @ 9:30 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 7:45 AM & 10:45 AM Monday-Thursday December 1-4 35th Annual SSPB Conference Nashville TN Sunday December 22 @ 9:00 AM Annual Sunday School Christmas Program Sunday December 22 @ 11:00 AM Annual Christmas Worship and Fellowship Dinner Tuesday December 31 @ 9:00 PM Watch Night Service United Faith Missionary Baptist Church – 1327 Blake Ave (262) 6321327 Pastor Gregory Daniels Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 10:45AM Sunday December 22 @ 11:00 AM Christmas Service Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosper New Year The Vine Ministries – 1500 Washington Ave (262) 498-8868 Pastor James Ford Sunday Worship Service @ 11:00 AM Tuesday @ 6:00 PM Bible Study Wayman African Methodist Epsicopal Church – 424 N. Memorial Dr Pastor Ernest J. Garrison Sunday School @ 9:00 AM; Sunday Worship Service @ 10:30 AM
CHURCH DIRECTORY ST. PAUL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
1120 Grand Ave. Racine, Wis.
262-632-1467 www.stpmbc.org
Bishop Lawrence L.
KIRBY Senior Pastor
Pastors Willie & Patricia Scott
Christian Faith Fellowship Church Racine, Wisconsin 262-631-0196
Sunday School 9:15 AM Sunday Worship Service 7:45 AM & 10:40 AM Wednesday Prayer & Bible Class
ZOE OUTREACH Ministries
11:00 AM and 6:00 PM Dinner - 5:30 PM
Pastor Tommie Knuckles
2130 Racine Street Racine, WI 619-3027
Melvin Hargove Senior Pastor Sunday School - 8:30 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m. Sunday NA Meeting - 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Corporate Prayer - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Studies - 12 p.m. & 6:15 p.m. Wednesday Community Dinner - 4:30-5:30p.m. Thursday NA Meeting - 6:00 p.m.
SEARChING TOGEThER MISSIONARy BAPTIST ChURCh Rev. Willie Riley, Senior Pastor 262.633.4421
Greater Mt. Eagle Baptist Church
Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church
“A God Glorifying, Christ Centered, Spirit-Filled Church”
1201 Center Street Racine, Wis. 53403 (262) 880-6521 Come Worship with us at: Sunday Worship Service 11:00 AM Bible Study Wednesday 6:00 Pm - 8:00 PM
Rev. Keith Evans Pastor
Sunday School • 9:00 AM Sunday Worship Service • 10:45 AM Bible Study (Wed.) • 6:00 PM Word of Life (Youth Program) (Thur..) • 6:30 PM
Pastor Joseph L. & First Lady Thomas
New Brighter Day Baptist Church 1225 25th Ave., Kenosha, WI
262-552-8090
825 21st Street • Racine Sunday School Worship Service Mid Morning Worship Service Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study Wednesday Dinner p.m. Wednesday Evening Bible Study Saturday Morning Prayer
9:00am - Sunday School 10:00am - Sunday Service at 3001 Carpenter Ave. (off Durand Ave ,West of Memorial Drive) Midweek service Tuesday at 6:30pm at other location: call for more information 631-0196 PO Box085576 • Racine, WI 53408
9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 5:30-6:30 6:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m.
Joseph L. Thomas, Pastor Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Tuesday Prayer Service - 6:00 p.m. Bible Study - Tuesday 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
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Trinity United Missionary Baptist Church 306-5th Street, Racine, WI 262.635.1994 email: tumbcc@ameritech.net Rev. Buddy Vinson Senior Pastor
Sunday School - 9:30 AM Sunday Worship 10:30 AM Prayer Service - (Wed.) 5:00 PM Bible Class & Prayer (Wed.) - 6:00 PM
Second Missionary Baptist Church, located 1250 Lathrop Ave, celebrated Rev. Mark Freeman’s, fifth year anniversary recently. Shown with Freeman, left, were his wife Valerrie, and their sons Jacob, 6, and Jo’El, 3. The family was joined by Arther and Mary Reid, owners of Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home, located in Racine and Milwaukee. The program was chaired by Gwen Berry Byre.
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In Riveting New Book, The 19th Child of 21 Shares Overcoming a Lifetime of Obstacles to Become the First To Earn a College Degree Bookcover Nationwide (October 17, 2013) -- Glendale, Arizona resident Paul Lamar Hunter beat the odds against poor kids being less likely to obtain a college education. He's an over comer! The author is excited to announce the debut of his riveting new book No Love, No Charity: the Success of the 19th Child, a thrilling autobiographical account that describes how he made it, despite overwhelming odds. As the 19th child of twenty-one (all born within 21 years), his troubled life traversed the perils of poverty, neglect, dysfunction, and even deaths. Hunter describes what it was like growing up in the shadows of a famous, yet detached mother whose affections were focused on the homeless shelter that she founded; and not on her children. Though the shelter was supposed to be a haven for the downtrodden, it was actually the breeding ground for dysfunction and despondency. WhAT ThE AUThOR OVERCAME: Poverty: We grew up in a house where there was insufficient food, clothing and money to take care of us all. There were times when my siblings and I not only shared clothes, we also shared toothbrushes. We experienced days when we were required to eat homemade biscuits for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We lived in a two-bedroom house until just before the 14th child was born." Neglect: "Our mom neglected us while she spent more time at the homeless shelter than at our home. She instructed older siblings to watch the younger ones while she would do the Lord's will - taking care of the homeless. Her more than frequent absences led to numerous detrimental results for us children, including when my sister Zollena suffered severe burns and my brother Thomas Hunter died in our house fire in 1976." Familial Dysfunction: "Our mother provided only negative feedback and ridicule to my siblings and me. She didn't allow us to address her as mother or mom; she preferred we call her "E." She did not advocate education for us, and frequently told us that we would never accomplish anything. Our mom was unloving, short-tempered, inattentive, and unnecessarily controlling. Additionally, most of us children experienced some forms of mental, physical and spiritual abuse at the hands of "E." There was no father to take care of us as he died in a car accident in 1978. I was eight-years old." Despite Hunter's misfortunes, failures, and a lifetime of obstacles, his determined spirit and unshakeable faith lifted him above the fray to become the first in his family to graduate from college. Hunter is proud of his academic accomplishments, but equally as proud of having coached a fifth grade basketball team (The Magic) in a championship game to
Votor’s ID from page 11 bill, stated that people can easily get free IDs from the state.
a comeback win from nine points down. His team took the championship by one point (2928). Having moved full-speed ahead, Hunter is living proof that neither limits nor lineage determine the quality of one's life. He commented, "Faith, fortitude and determination enable individuals to turn their setbacks into comebacks." The author and his living siblings (10 sisters, eight brothers) range in age from 40 to 61; residing in Moreno Valley, CA, Racine, WI, Memphis, TN, Atlanta, GA, Pittsburgh, PA and St. Paul, MN. Between them, they have 63 children and 55 grandchildren. "No Love, No Charity: the Success of the 19th Child" by Paul Lamar Hunter (Life to Legacy, LLC, paperback, 184 pp, ISBN: 10-0984797343, ISBN: 13-9780984797349) WhAT PEOPLE ARE SAyING... "This book is a dark revelation about how traumatic growing up can be. Paul's story reiterates the fact that those of us who have loving parents are truly blessed... Despite it all, Paul's story will encourage anyone that he or she can make it despite all the odds. Certainly, it can be done. It should be done. It must be done!" -- Kevin Weslaski, Image Management, LLC "A truly compelling and very interesting book. It holds your attention from beginning to end. A must read!" -- Attorney Thomas W. Durkin, Racine, Wisconsin "The phrase, "reality is stranger than fiction" certainly applies to this poignant story. However, the darkness does not overtake the light. Truly, an over comer's story. In the end, Paul Hunter prevails." -- Book's Publisher, Life to Legacy, LLC ABOUT ThE AUThOR Paul Lamar Hunter was born in Racine, Wisconsin on October 16, 1970. He is the 19th child of 21 natural children born to James Hunter Sr. and Louise Hunter. The proud father of four children graduated from Washington Park High School in 1990. In 2005, he earned an Associate Degree in Supervisory Management from Gateway Technical College. In 2012, at age 42, he became the first in his family to earn a college degree - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Upper Iowa University. Unfortunately, like 53% of recent college graduates (1), Hunter is currently without employment. Paul Hunter is available for speaking engagements and book signings. He can be reached at Paul@NoLoveNoCharity.com or visit www.NoLoveNoCharity.com | Twitter: @APLH19 | Facebook: Author Paul Lamar Hunter | Instagram: AUTHORPAULLAMARHUNTER | Author's video www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhRcRkp_7HY
"There really is no barrier for people," he said at a Milwaukee news conference. "Particularly in a society where people need photo identification for just about everything else, including checking out a book from the library just down the way here at Wisconsin Ave., we’re offering that for free to make sure each and every vote cast is legally cast and authentically cast, I think it's a reasonable requirement." Wisconsin was one of several states to approve voter ID laws after the 2010 elections that swept Republicans into office across the country. Wisconsin's law and many of the others are more restrictive than Indiana's law, setting up a new round of litigation nationally. Lawsuits are pending in Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina, and higher courts are expected to ultimately resolve what kind of ID requirements are allowable. One difference between Wisconsin's law and Indiana's, concerns those unable to get identification. In Indiana, people who can't get IDs can sign sworn statements and still vote. In Wisconsin, there is no such system. Wisconsin makes state IDs available for voting for free, but some voters find they still have to pay fees for birth certificates or other documents necessary to qualify for the free IDs. That amounts to an unconstitutional poll tax, opponents of the law say.
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