June 6, 2021
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION
Vol. 26, Issue 20
who police the police? “Addressing Current & Historical Realties Affecting Our Community”
Attacks on the Black vote continue
By: AANI staff
‘Black Wall Street’ was NOT the first massacre!
By: Roy Douglas Malonson
There are things they don’t teach our children in school, because they want to make us and the atrocities committed against us disappear. Yes, they teach a watered-down version of the Slave trade, but they try to sweep under the rug the mob mentality and mass murder of an entire Black community that was flourishing with wealth and progress. Not many of our children have ever heard of Black Wall Street, they have only heard of Black poverty. They had no idea that – once upon a time in Tulsa, Oklahoma – Blacks were living well and had an entire community filled with Black-owned businesses before jealousy and lies fueled by racism and hate gave whites the “excuse” to go on a blood-thirsty tirade against us and wipe us out 100 years ago. This year marks a century since the Tulsa Race Massacre that led to the murder of almost 300 Black people and thousands of arrests for no reason. Black
Wall Street was destroyed in two days by land and air attacks. Initiated by inflammatory reports (or flat-out lies) about a 19-year-old Black man offending a 17-yearold White female in an elevator. A white mob supported by law enforcement stormed into the all Black district, Greenwood. and a fleet of men came with torches to set fire to homes and businesses. Thousands of African Americans were then imprisoned. Property losses cost over $1 million which is over $20 million in today’s dollars. The Greenwood district was one of the most prosperous and self-sufficient of all-Black communities in the nation. Its destruction has greatly impacted descendants for generations. Fear of punishment kept the massacre from being passed down in earlier generations. Blacks who remained in the area suffered trauma with memories of the attack and watched Massacre cont’d page 3
Gov. Greg Abbott made a bold statement this week, threatening there will be “no pay for those who abandon their responsibilities.” in response to a walkout in the state House of Representatives by Democrats. The walkout was initiated by Texas Democrats in order to prevent the passage of legislation they feel will restrict voting rights. Just minutes before the midnight deadline, opposers headed for the exit doors, temporarily derailing a controversial new voting law that would affect millions of people. The revolt is one of Democrats’ biggest protests to date against GOP efforts nationwide to impose stricter election laws. Abbott is compelling state lawmakers to return for a special session, saying the election integrity bill is a must pass emergency. Abbott says the new bill would lower the standard for overturning future election outcomes, eliminate drive-thru and 24-hour voting, require proof of identity on absentee ballots, making it illegal to send unsolicited applications. We all know what this really is – AN ATTACK OF THE BLACK VOTE! As more than a dozen states enact tighter voting restrictions, which seem more like a coverup for voter suppression tactics, Dems are urging President Joe Biden to take action. Meanwhile, Abbott is threatening to use his power to veto to move the Republican agenda forward. - AANI
“OUR VOTE AND OUR MONEY ARE THE TWO MOST POWERFUL THINGS WE HAVE. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GIVE THEM TO.” - ROY DOUGLAS MALONSON