January 17, 2021
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION
Vol. 25, Issue 52
“Our vote and our money are the two most powerful things we have. Be careful who you give them to.” - Roy Douglas Malonson
“Addressing Current & Historical Realties Affecting Our Community”
LETTER FROM THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL By: N.L. Preston
IMPEACHED FOR HATE
By: Roy Douglas Malonson
What did Malcolm X famously say? “Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never made me sad; they only made me glad.” President Donald Trump is the first and only president in US history to be impeached twice. And he did it to himself. His mouth, his ego, his obvious hatred for Blacks and Hispanics, and his Twitter account
helped to push his loyal legion of followers over the edge, after he encouraged them to bombard the U.S. Capitol in a deadly rampage on Jan. 6, where one police officer and four others lost their lives. All of this unfolded as, according to reports, the president sat back like a deranged puppet master, relishing in the unfolding chaos because - in his eyes - the people were doing it all out of love for him and
anger over the election he lost – but was unwilling to accept. And at the end of the devastation and deaths, he told his rioters that he loved them and to go home for the evening. Enough was enough. The House of Representatives voted 232-197 to impeach the president for “high crimes and misdemeanors” for inciting an insurrection against the federal government. Speaker
of the House Nancy Pelosi called Trump “a clear and present danger to our country.” Trump will not have to vacate the White House before his term ends because the Senate will not reconvene in time, but his impeachment is marked in history. On Jan. 20, Joe Biden will be sworn in as 46th president, but will Trump’s reign of terror end? - AANI
In April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama after he defied a state court’s injunction and led a march of black protesters without a permit, urging an Easter boycott of white-owned stores. A statement published in The Birmingham News, written by eight moderate white clergymen, criticized the march and other demonstrations. This prompted King to write a 7,000-word response, in which he smuggled out of the jail with the help of his lawyer. Originally published under the headline “The Negro Is Your
Brother,” this letter became a landmark document of the Civil Rights Movement. Part of King’s letter read, “I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial “outside agitator” idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.” - AANI
WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY • AVOID PUBLIC SPACES OR EVENTS WITH MORE THAN 10 PATRONS • SANITIZE AND STOCK UP • AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH • PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE