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AUSTIN- Gov. Rick Perry appointed Richard Knight Jr. of Dallas to the Texas Southern University Board of Regents for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2011. Knight is the managing partner of Pegasus Texas Holdings L.L.C. and served as city manager for the City of Dallas and as a member of the University of North Texas Board of Regents. Knight is a board member of the Dallas Children’s Medical Center, Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and Fort Worth Black Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member and past vice president at-large of the International City Management Association and is a former chairman of the board of Goodwill Industries and the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Business Council. DALLAS- The Black Academy of Arts and Letters presents the 25th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert: A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. All TBAAL singers and dancers have the opportunity to sing background vocals and dance with award winning gospel artist, Karen Clark Sheard and Roz Ryan from the television sitcom, “Amen.” All rehearsals will take place at TBAAL, Dallas Convention Center Theater Complex on the corner of Canton and Akard Streets. Rehearsals begin Thursday, January 3, 2008. For more information, call (214)-743-2400. See LONE STAR page 3
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HOUSTON- Nobody is “Blacker” than me (when it comes to my community’s economics, education and politics), and for that reason alone, I was overjoyed when Carol Mims Galloway positioned herself to shake up HISD’s board. Not to mention Jolanda Jones’s victory ideally returns the City Council at Large Position 5 seat to its historical origin. History literate African-Americans might recall that the late City Councilmember Judson Robinson, Jr. was the first Black to win a city-wide office in 1971. In 1978, the city expanded the council to 14 (nine districts and five at-large) members, but Robinson remained the only at-large Black councilman. Not only was he re-elected nine times, prior to term limits, but his wife Margarita inherited the position after his death. And the Robinsons era became a dynasty when Judson III succeeded his mother. As great as that was for symbolic “Black Power,” the reality is that the City Council is a political Tro-
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Black Santas like the one that visits Shirley Ann’s Black Art & Kollectibles each year notwithstanding, a 1968 economy strategy is no longer effective See BLACK POWER page 3 in the 21st century’s post-affirmative action era.
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SAN ANTONIO- With the MLK March coming up in January it might do well to explain how the historical event was started and to “Know Why You’re Marching.” In the late 1970s, Reverend R.A. Callies, his family, and church members began an effort to honor Dr. Martin Luther King by beginning a fund drive to raise a statue at the corner of North New Braunfels and East Houston Street. Every Saturday, over several years, Rev. Callies stood at this intersection with donation cups and the blaring speeches of Dr. King being played Christmas Day was always a very special holiday that held much more significance for the late Joseph Theobald and Lucy Portier Wiltz family insofar on December 25, 1929 God gave them a beautiful baby girl, that they named Mary Marjorie Wiltz. She lived a long and wonderful life which was celebrated on Oct. 29, 2007 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 1401 Fidelity. The Mass of Christian Burial was officiated by Rev. Lowell Case, S.S.J. and participants were: Hilda L. Witlz, Dr. Dana Wiltz-Beckham, Constance Washington, Rachel White, Christopher Barnes, Adrianna Clark, Rosa Williams, Pat Stevenson, Dr. Black, Helen Wiltz and Jael Miller. Active pallbearers were: Dr. Christopher Brown, Joseph C. Witlz Jr., Michael Maltie, Dr. Huey P. Beckham Jr., Matthew Brown and Joseph McCullough. In addition Shadow Pallbearers were: Joseph T. Witlz, Louis Myers Jr., Gregory Henry II, John Walls, Brian McCullough, Dexter Clay, Christopher Below, Aaron T. Witlz, Alison Tom, Joseph Wiltz, Regi-
on a microphone. Callies was successful in having the statue built, but it was during a time that the State of Texas did not honor Dr. King with a state holiday. Local radical grassroots leadership would soon change that. Between 1978 and 1980 about 50 community members came together and began what has since become one of the largest marches in the United States. This initial group of people saw what they were doing as a parade. These fifty people marched from Martin Luther King Middle School to the place where the statue now stands via Houston Street, a different route than what is traveled today. It was
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nald Below, Ernest McCullough Jr. and Ken D. Killingsworth. Walter Stell, Joseph Robicheaux, George Simon, Ernest McCullough Sr., Dr. Harold Stafford, Dr. Eugene Hickman, Curley Joseph, Joseph H., David C., Dr. Phillip G., Dr. Charles and Ellsworth Wiltz were honorary pallbearers for Mary, the fifth of her parent’s nine children born in Parks, Louisiana. Mary attended Holy Rosary Institute High School in Lafayette Louisiana, where she received her high school diplo-
to become a vehicle to continue the legacy of the King movement by honoring him through addressing the current problems of the day, which included discrimination, poverty, war, unemployment, and other social issues. Many of the original marchers included Rev. R.A. Callies and family, Corine Duncan, T.C. Calvert, Bettye Roberts, Rick Greene, Mario Marcel Salas, Rev. C.C. Houston, Lillian Sutton Taylor, Rev. Christopher Griffin, Vashon Byrd, Jessie Mae Hicks, Bobby Roberts, George Clark, John Stanford, John Inman, John Allen, William Boyd, and many others, including veteran members of the local civil rights movement coming from chapters of SNCC, the NAACP, the Black Panthers, and other organizations. This initial effort did not enjoy community-wide support, nor was ma. She then traveled to Houston, Texas and she was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Roxie H. White. From that union, one son was born, Craig Anthony. Mary was a devoted wife for 49 years. She entered into the Radiology Technology Program at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas. There, she worked as a radiographer from 1952 to 1966. She then went to work for Ben Taub Hospital where she retired in 1990. During her 38 years in the Hospital District, she had an award named after her. The “Mary Marjorie White Radiographer of the Year Award” was established in 1990 to annually award an outstanding financially challenged Radiographer student at Ben Taub. Mary also had a talent for cooking and baking. She decided to go back to school and obtain certification in Wedding Planning and Consulting at San Jacinto Community College, became an entrepreneur and formed a partnership with Barbara Stell. Mary was an active member of Our Lady Star of the
The NAACP states: “AfricanAmericans continue to contribute more than 700 billion a year to the economy - and a substantial amount of those hard earned dollars are spent in stores like Target. We are serious about holding companies accountable for respecting the value of African-American customers. Economic empowerment isn’t just a financial issue, it’s a civil rights issue.” Although the foregoing excerpt from a very ominous article that was recently posted on blackgiveback’s Web site selectively targeted a specific store, it’s apropos to address a nettlesome question that African-American News&Issues feels obligated to answer for economically depressed African Americans that won’t have a Merry Christmas. History records that made in American African consumers effectively used selective buying campaigns, and other methods of See WHITE CHRISTMAS page 3
it very popular, as many in the Black and minority bourgeois saw the work of King concluded. It received very little press coverage, but the marchers continued in all types of weather. In the early 1990s one such march involved freezing temperatures and sleet. Participants believed in the King dream of world peace, an end to discrimination, militarism, and empowerment of minority communities. Eventually many of those early participants went on to establish Frontline 2000, a civil and human right organization. This group spearheaded the demand for a Martin Luther King, Jr. state holiday by traveling to Austin, Texas, in 1991, and meeting with then speaker of the Texas House, Gib Lewis. Under the threat of a Texas boycott against a City of Houston bid for a See MLK PARADE page 6
Sea, where she utilized her spiritual gifts as a Eucharistic Minister, Lady of Prayer and Lector to work diligently and faithfully in the numerous affiliations in which she served. She served as President of the Sodality Society, a member of St. Vincent De Paul Society, Bazaar Committees, 55 and Alive Club, The Drexel Society, Vocation Awareness Group, Knights of Peter Claver Ladies of Auxiliary, Catholic Daughters of America and the Inez Y. Bowman, Chapter No.2, Ladies of Grace. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; one brother, Patrick Wiltz, and two sisters, Vivian Wiltz and Adrianna Wiltz. She leaves in God’s care a loving son Craig Anthony White and daughter-in-law, Laurie White; three grandchildren; Dr. Christopher Brown, Matthew Brown, and Rachel Catherine White; two brothers, David C. Wiltz (Delores), Joseph Howard Wiltz (Theresa deceased); three sisters; Inez Narcisse, Lucy McCullough and Barbara Wiltz and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends. TX-1
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enial has become somewhat of a catchword that was popularized during the so-called “War on Drugs.” Yet, the glossary of terms it engenders in a Thesaurus makes it a very compelling appellation. Microsoft Word’s Thesaurus gives us: refutation, rejection, rebuff, contradiction, disagreement, defiance, denunciation and dissent. In addition, Noah Webster (15581843), the Father of American Education, who also was a revolutionary soldier, judge, legislator, American Founder--and the creator of Webster’s Dictionary-- broke the word down even more succinctly when he defined denial as: A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction. We Must Understand, self delusion is the most powerful drug known to mankind, insofar as one can easily become addictive to what makes one feel good. Hello Dopamine and/or Phenethylamine. In fact, there’s scientific validation that denial is a connate survival instinct. One can’t always handle the truth, thus denial keeps hope alive in spite of a preponderance of evidence that behind every dark cloud is a silver lining is wishful thinking, at best, and inanity at the very worse. Even so, as Dr. Carolyn Dean, MD, ND asserted in her Feb. 16, 2006 “Death by Propaganda” report: “The basis upon which all of us are being manipulated, whether we realize it or not, rests on Freud’s basic theory that deep down, all human beings possess dangerous fears and desires that need to be controlled. “The goal is to condition us like Pavlov’s dogs! The moment we hear our cue, we, in perfect unison, are motivated to think and act as we have been conditioned to do, even if the conditioning we received was
PUBLISHER’S NEWS ANALYSIS Rep. Turner’s Xmas Message
BUD’S EYEVIEW
On: A “Xmas” Story
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lthough ‘Tis the season to be jolly, Rep. Sylvester Turner wasn’t in the mood to play Santa Claus when he passionately closed the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston’s year out with a rousing message that delighted the “Lunch Bunch” at their Dec. 6, 2007 monthly business networking luncheon, hosted in affiliation with the Acres Home Center for Business and Economic Development, in the Beulah Ann Shepard Building, 6112 Wheatley. Perhaps he brought happy tidings for the Lunch Bunch that opposed the HISD school bond. Yet, the good news he imparted will surely make HISD’s hierarchy see him as The Grinch That Stole Christmas. Turner, after thanking the Lunch Bunch that was representative of a 70 percent vote against the bond that fell only 2,000 votes short of victory, said, “I want to thank you for that. We fell somewhat short, but I declare it a victory anyway in terms of where we started to how close we got. But I want to tell you that the battle is not over.” He continued, “When you start a fight you just can’t end it until the fight is over. You’ve got to go all the way. So I will tell you that on tomorrow (Dec. 7, 2007), at the very, very latest, there will be a letter of intent that will be sent to the district as well as to the Attorney General indicating that a lawsuit will be filed on this bond proposal.” Turner, responding to a question by an African-American News&Issues reporter covering the monthly meetings, further explained the purpose of the lawsuit. Incidentally, in the past, the Houston Chronicle regularly covTX-2
ered the Chamber meetings, especially when public officials were speaking (but it’s their loss that the new regime discontinued that community service), because Turner revealed, “I want to let you know that you heard this first, but that letter of intent will have the effect, I believe, hopefully will freeze the bond proceeds until the civil suit is resolved. It will be on two fronts. One in the state courts and one in the federal courts. One will be procedure and one will be substantive. And essentially the issue is: should a district be allowed to put forth policy and distribute their funding in such a way that it forces parents to bypass their local neighborhood schools and take their kids to an outside area for them to receive a quality education? “We believe that’s unconstitutional. In a recent Supreme Court ruling, they argued that parents should not be forced to be even bused to bypass neighborhood schools to go somewhere else. If the Supreme Court ruling is true, and they believe what they wrote. I think we have a right to say that the same thing is occurring within HISD when its policy forces kids to go outside their neighborhood schools to get a quality education. If you start a fight you’ve got to stick with it until the end results. And, so we intend to fight this all the way and we hope that you will support our efforts. If the courts say the same, the lawsuit will be coming soon. And then we’ll hear the court and we’ll continue this challenge. So pray for us, and contribute whatever dollars you have to the cause,” Turner concluded and launched into other topics before taking questions.
outside our conscious awareness.” Therefore the media constantly report that (in spite of a few minor social glitches that comes with the territory of living in the land of the free), it’s all good. How can it not be in the “greatest nation in the history of civilized humankind?” Accordingly, when a loser in Houston, Texas can’t cope with life invades a shopping mall and randomly kills an innocent 20-yearold woman before taking himself out, the media reports it as an isolated incident, instead of a sign of the apocalypse. Are you thinking, why should the media put a positive spin on a wake up call to the general public? We Must Understand, when the media reports a tragedy, like the massacre in the Omaha, Nebraska mall as if it’s an isolated incident, it willing, or unwittingly becomes part of an orchestrated conspiracy to accent the positive, and eliminate the negative. Perhaps, those with curious minds want to know and is still asking “Why?” Simply put, negative news that engenders fear is bad for business. Free press aside, in a capitalist society, one has to be mindful of the Australian academic Alex Carey’s perspective: “The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.” Conversely, it’s commendable to encourage one not to live in fear. September 11 notwithstanding, the kind of fear that negates Black America’s Merry Christmas has more to do the downturn of their economic fortunes, than fear of some nut in a shopping mall. And the media can spin the unem-
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oebeit every year I express my sentiments about the Merry Christmas hype. Thus, if that makes me a Grinch that delights in stealing the joy of “Xmas” you can queue up The Twilight Zone theme forthwith, because my dispassion for any kind of silly dilly celebration, including my own birthday admittedly borders on The Outer Limits of maladaptive behavior. Bah! Humbug aside, although other kids living in a shotgun shack in Houston, Texas’ Fifth Ward ‘hood never believed the Santa Claus myth (because their houses had no chimneys and they never heard of fireplaces), in my negative mind he was a burglar invading folk’s houses. Even if he did bring gifts. Even so, since it’s almost impossible not to get caught up in the Christmas madness (in wake of the latest controversy about taking Christ out of Christmas), I will capitulate and give my loyal Eyeview mavens a gift. I know you’ve had cause to pause and ponder, whether or not, “Xmas” is an attempt to remove Jesus the Christ from the Christmas equation. Accordingly, this edited excerpt from Dennis Bratcher’s well researched treatise (The Origin of “Xmas”), is an ideal gift for you. To wit: Around
Christmas each year there are always those who loudly decry the use of the abbreviation “Xmas” as some kind of blasphemy against Christ and Christianity. This concern has been elevated recently with the public debates about manger scenes and the substitution of “holiday” for Christmas in stores and government venues. “Among religious folks, the objection to Xmas is usually along the line that people have taken Christ out of Christmas and replaced him with an unknown (since the Greek letter chi, [Χ,χ] which looks like the English letter x, is the symbol for an unknown quantity in mathematics). For example, on the “Voice of Prophecy” web site is an article entitled “You Can’t “X” out Christ.” It is as if the term “Xmas” used anywhere in public is part of some diabolical grinchly plot to subvert Christmas. This misunderstanding and fear mongering about the use of “Xmas” is not a new phenomenon. It was especially prevalent among those Christians and church leaders who wanted or needed to see the world in negative and threatening terms (see The Jonah Syndrome), or who tended to see everything in society as part of some grand conspiracy of Satan. “And no doubt some secular peo-
(In the interim: HISD pulled a “dirty tricks” maneuver and got a favorable ruling from a Travis County judge in Austin, Texas. The pre-emptive court action ideally means that HISD won’t be handcuffed from selling the bonds, even if critics file a lawsuit against the district for its handling of the elec-
tion. Undeterred, Turner assured AAN&I that “it ain’t over until it’s over.”) I don’t know exactly who’s pulling Dr. Abe Saveedra’s strings, but be assured, no matter what happens with the bond, he’ll have me to deal with from now on, because I’m the worse nightmare for people who sell their own peo-
ployment numbers all they want to, but one only has to walk though the ‘hood and see the listless youth hanging out in front of closed storefronts to know where we’re coming from. Hence, it becomes AfricanAmerican News&Issues’ obligation to tell it like it is from the Black perspective pervading 2007 Black America’s underserved, impoverished, crime and drug-infested ‘hoods), because that’s how it is. However, it’s understandable why made in America Africans’ “blessed and highly favored” tend to think positively. In Bernays 1928 book, Propaganda, he talks about the invisible governance by manipulation. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smooth functioning society.” Denial aside, one has to be detached from reality to have a Merry Christmas. “Tis the season to be jolly” notwithstanding, there’s a preponderance of evidence that suggests that along with the customary messages (that’s traditionally sent to Christmas shoppers basking in the good cheer of yuletide), a more deadly message is being sent to criminal predators that tend to assume the starring role in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas production. ple, who are just as uninformed as Christians, see “Xmas” as a way to avoid writing “Christ.” And certainly there are secular and commercial motives in the fact that “XMAS” appears in ads and signs because it can be larger and more attention getting in the same amount of space. But those factors do not take away the thoroughly Christian origin of the word “Xmas.” In this instance, all of the hype and hysteria over supposedly taking Christ out of Christmas by writing “Xmas” instead of spelling out “Christmas” is both uninformed and misdirected. Abbreviations used as Christian symbols have a long history in the church. The letters of the word “Christ” in Greek, the language in which the New Testament was written, or various titles for Jesus early became symbols of Christ and Christianity. “For example, the first two letters of the word Christ (χριστος, or as it would be written in older manuscripts, ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ) are the Greek letters chi (χ or Χ) and rho (ρ or Ρ). These letters were used in the early church to create the chi-rho monogram, a symbol that by the 4th century became part of the official standard of the emperor Constantine….Telling it like it is notwithstanding, it’s not the way this sin-sick world spells Christmas, but how they celebrate the Messiah’s (real, or imagined) birthday that takes Christ out of Xmas and negates a truly MERRY CHRISTMAS! I wonder if anybody knows where I’m coming from?
ple out. I know he knows that Black and Brown children not only have shared the same schools since they were integrated, but have historically lived in the same underserved, disenfranchised neighborhoods. That’s why I seized an opportun-
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COMMUNITY & PEOPLE ANALYSIS -from Page 2 nity to warn the Lunch Bunch that was enjoying the event (Sponsored by: CenterPoint Energy, Texas Southern University-Tavis Smiley School of Communication, Shirley Ann’s Black Arts & Kollectibles Showroom, Houston Community College, African-American News&Issues, North Harris College), to not personalize the fight against HISD as between Black and Brown factions. I know I stepped on a whole lot of toes when I referred to the historic Brown v. Board ruling to be an educational Trojan horse that has come back to haunt Black America. I’ve been accused of becoming fanatical when I talk about issues dear to me, but politically-correct Black people are crazier than I am if they don’t know that we will never overcome until we realize that Black faces put into high places by White people are our worse enemy. Space won’t allow me to explain it, but as I told the Lunch Bunch, we must stop allowing the school districts to put “handkerchief headed, Uncle Tom” Black educators in our schools. It always amazes me that in spite of all of the evidence supporting the age old proverb that if one can control people’s minds, they can control them, we continue to allow people who don’t have our best interest at heart to educate our children. Have we forgotten that the reason that the first tenet of Black America’s affirmative action demands was “Community control of schools?” And nobody explained it better than the South African freedom fighter Steve Biko (194677), who said: “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” But that’s a fight that we’ll have to fight after we help Turner’s coalition fight “our” fight with HISD. On a lighter note, I couldn’t help but comment how courageous and a little bit crazy Quannell X was to stage a protest in Pasadena that has long been a haven for Ku Klux Klan zealots. But that only added to the very spicy food for thought that the Lunch Bunch enjoyed along with Lacy’s Restaurant & Caterers delicious cuisines. And nobody enjoyed it more than the Chamber’s senior citizens’ who were guests at Center Point Energy’s table. The seniors feted were: Annie Lott, Mary Richmond, Mary Perry, Corine Sweed, Ernestine Jackson, Madie Harrison, Fred Sanders Sr., Callie Hector, Jewell Houston and Libby Mack. As usual HCCS was well represented by: Dr. Margaret Ford, Dr. Kenneth Holden, Dr. Abe Bryant, Jackie Howard, Raul Ortegon, Oralia Green, Consuelo Gonzalez, Patsy Flowers and Dr. Beverly Perry. North Harris College’s table
included: Dr. Cher Brock, Dr. Bennie Lambert, Johanna Pooley, Dean Debra Harper, Clinton Jackson-Potts, Zeneta Ward, Sherry Baines and Trina Lowery; CIS: James Moore, Chantee Kareem, Jeanie Tatum, Flora Adams and Sylvia Teague; TSU: Monica Hill, Terrell Steptoe, Kenny Robinson, Daryl Woodard, Ashley Minot, Lindsey Aleen Smith and V. Gamble; Obediah Lewis and Moses Horn represented H. E. B. Other faces in the place were: Reicke Bauman, a GOP spokesman and proud member of the NAACP, my money man Rodrick Dow, CPA and financial planner; Alvin Byrd (Councilman Johnson’s office); Lisa James (AT&T); Ada Alexander (Little York Village); Sonya Hart and Tammy Walters Shifton (Fresh Start Credit); Connie Roebuck (METRO); and the City of Houston’s Lowis Canton. Northwest Houston’s former City Councilmember and reincarnated HISD Trustee Carol Mims Galloway, received a warm welcome along with Joyce Jacquet, William Shepard, Carl Farris, Pastor Fred Sanders, Cynthia Brown (Girls’ Scouts); Morgan Knotts (Dirt Works); Karla Horn (KJH); Shawnette Shields and Derric Whitfield (CrimeStoppers); Raynard Hillis ( Christian Community Fellowship Church); Lois Gray (New Hope BC); Janice Weaver (Congresswoman Lee’s office); Kirby Gray (FUSA); Morris Fountain (Buy Your Community First); Lesley P. Williams (Red Cross), Tanya Castille (Ignite Inc.); Samuel Him (BHMAA); Andres Trevino (Judge candidate); Parmela Harris (Morgan-Harris Funeral Home); Herbert Steptoe (Winner’s Circle); and City Councilmember candidate Joe Trevino. Connie Leday, Michael Trevino, Oneta Cavett, Robin Bennett, Andrew Nunally, Shantania Leggins, Vincent Mitchell, Sean Jones, Elvira Nunnally, Gertha Giles, Kendric Leggins, Mary Taylor and Nell and Claude Cole, also enjoyed the lively luncheon that was coordinated by chairman Keith Silas and members Robert Leday and Judge Oswald Scott. As usual, I was granted my Chairman Emeritus privileged of offering closing remarks. As productive as 2007 was for the ever growing chamber, we looking forward to an even better 2008 that will begin on January 10. The keynote speaker will be Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, senior pastor of Windsor Village UMC. The luncheon will be held from 11:00a.m. to 12:15p.m. For more information and to RSVP call (713) 692-7003. See PHOTOS page 5
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HOUSTON- The fourth annual production of Redefinition: An Artistic Experience will be showcased at the Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main, Sunday, December 30, 2007. The multi-media evening of entertainment, education, cultural enlightenment and fellowship features the visual arts, spoken word poetry, modern dance and live jazz, bringing together more than 25 artists of multiple disciplines in one night. The performance is held in cooperation with the Community Artists’ Collective. “Redefinition: An Artistic Experience showcases some of the world-class artistry produced in the Gulf Coast region,” Reginald Quinerly, the show’s creator, co-producer, artistic director and full-time jazz musician,” explained. PLANO- Stephanie Ward Gallery is gearing up for its annual Kwanzaa Celebration on Monday December 31, 2007, from 6 p.m. -- 8:30p. m. Local musicians, singers, poets, dancers and others with talent are invited to participate in this celebration of creativity. Kwanzaa is a weeklong Cultural Celebration created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1965. The Cultural Celebration highlights
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economic protests, to coerce corporate America to respect Black Americans’ green dollars. (FYI: There was music, there were beauty queens in open cars. There were civic leaders, a Scout troop marching, and cars draped in seasonal crepe paper. The air was cool, the sun was shining, and the kids were on pins and needles by the time Santa Claus appeared, tossing fistfuls of candy left and right. All typical scenery of any town’s Christmas parade, except one thing. This Santa Claus was Black. For that matter, so was almost everyone in the crowd. It was November 29, 1968—the day Durham had two Christmas parades at the same time. One, sponsored by the Durham Merchants Association, was on Main Street downtown. The other was on Fayetteville Street, sponsored by the Black Solidarity Committee for Community Improvement.” Black Christmas was part of a boycott the solidarity committee aimed at Durham’s White business establishment. Initiated in July, it would continue more than six months, putting as many as 29 firms on its do-not-patronize list and pressuring the merchants association and chamber of commerce to put their clout behind the committee’s demands for changes in welfare, housing, and employment practices in Durham and for more Black representation on bodies that made decisions in those fields. Claiming to represent 13 unions, fraternities, and other civic and business organizations, plus 21 neighborhood councils, the solidarity committee delivered a 15-page memorandum to the chamber and merchants association on July 28, detailing grievances and demands. Before either body could respond, the committee declared
a boycott of Northgate Shopping Center. Over the next month, 14 more businesses went onto the offlimits list of the “Selective Buying Campaign.” Negotiations went on through the fall between the solidarity committee, merchants association, and chamber, to no effect. Black Christmas, and a concerted effort to keep Black consumers away from downtown stores, became the campaign’s climactic moment. After the holidays, with the campaign losing some of its pre-Christmas momentum, negotiations resumed and led to formation of six joint committees to resolve issues that had provoked the boycott. On February 16, the committee declared a “moratorium” that was, for all practical purposes, the campaign’s end. “When the effort was finalized, we had jobs all over downtown, even some bank tellers and persons managing departments in stores.” R. Kelly Bryant, BSCCI treasurer, 2002 interview.) Black Santas notwithstanding, need we explain why a 1968 economy strategy is no longer effective in the 21st century’s post-affirmative action era? Truth is, the NAACP’s targeting on Target stores speaks more to organization’s disconnect with grassroots Black America that could care less whether, or not, stores that provide them much needed jobs respond to a survey (The 2007 NAACP Consumer Choice and Best Practices Diversity Guides, is meant to provide African-American consumers with tools that enable them to make informed decisions about their spending), or not. Accordingly, that was Target’s rebuttal. In response to the NAACP’s allegations (that the conglomerate is hiding something because they refuse to respond to a survey that measures a company’s finan-
cial responsibility within the African American community), Target countered: The company proudly states that since 1946, Target has given 5% of their income to support and enrich communities. To date, that adds up to over $3 million every week. The company was also the founding sponsor for Start Something, an initiative of the Tiger Woods Foundation. Some of the areas the survey measures are employment (including workforce diversity and recruitment efforts), supplier diversity, charitable giving/ philanthropic activity and community reinvestment. On Target’s web site, it states: “At Target, diversity is something we integrate into all aspects of our business. This commitment to diversity is one of our corporate values.” Unfortunately, one of the primary reasons Black civil rights advocacy organizations no longer have clout is because they have abandoned their prime directives. The historically great Black advocacy groups have become self serving, rather than adhere to their mission statements to serve the people. More succinctly, one only has to observe the corporate sponsors of the NAACP Freedom Fund Banquets to validate that reality. Even so, a better indicator of corporation’s sincere appreciation for Black consumer dollars can be determined by perusing Black newspapers. Self-aggrandizement aside, Black newspapers are, indeed, the editorial voice of Black America. Thus, it should be obvious that until those whom we speak for grasp the concept of benevolent marketing being good business, as opposed to empowering a community by advertising in Black newspapers that ideally speak for them, Black America can’t impact a “White Xmas.” Meanwhile, have a Merry Christmas.
BLACK POWER-from Page 1 jan horse. I won’t belabor the point, but I’m obligated to simply tell it like it is. Regrettably Judson did more to divide and confuse Black Houston than his White counterparts. And I’m not saying this just because Acres Home was annexed into the city’s gerrymandered jurisdiction (only to control the newly created Model Cities Redevelopment Funding), under Judson’s watch. Truth is, I could go on and on telling it like it is about the good… the bad… and the ugly… history of Black faces that we were so happy to elect to high places. You can be sure that Judson didn’t act alone. Many of today’s Black sell-out Black leaders got fat swilling from the public troth. Even so, suffice it to say, Judson’s handling of the Black community’s cable TV set asides virtually checkmated our ability to establish strong lines of communication. If you think this is personal, I’m sure that there’re still a few living historians that have the nerve and/or verve to tell it like it is who can validate what I’m saying. History certainly records that Judson’s focus was primarily on his elite cohorts that resides south of 1-10. Consequently, Houston’s disenfranchised, impoverished Black neighbors in districts suffered. Unfortunately, self serving district councilmembers did little to connect Black Houston’s political structure. Truth is, District D got even more divisive when Rodney Ellis handpicked Al Calloway to succeed him. And you only have to check our archives www.aframnews.com to
learn why even the freedom fighter Jew Don Boney became a victim of the mess that Calloway left (after he illegally accepted a job in the Mayor’s Office before his term was limited), and Ada Edwards didn’t improve the situation. It remains to be seen if Wanda Adams will exceed her term limited mentor’s efforts to connect with Black Houston north. Meanwhile, I have my fingers crossed that Jones’s idea of unity is “all of the people.” She must prove to me that Acres Home has a better Black face in a high place than Michael Berry’s White face. Believe it, or not, since Galloway’s term expired, Berry has responded to problems in the Black community more promptly than the Black councilmembers. He at least returns my phone calls. Meanwhile, Black Houston must do something about Ellis. The man has really outdone himself by opposing erstwhile State Rep. Ron Wilson’s possible appointment to the Texas department of Public Safety’s governing board that has had only one African-American appointed in 187 years, under the guise that he has GOP leanings. Lest we forget, Mayor Bill White attended fundraisers for Gov. Rick Perry and nobody questioned his party loyalty. So where is Ellis coming from? In case you missed Clay Robison’s column. (FYI: Gary Bledsoe, Texas president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and several other Black leaders have urged Perry to appoint Wilson to one of two vacancies on the recently expanded Public Safety Com-
mission. But Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, one of only two Black members of the Texas Senate and one of Wilson’s most outspoken opponents, said his appointment would be “polarizing” and “divisive.” Wilson contends that Ellis mainly wants to keep him off the Texas Racing Commission. The chairman of the Public Safety Commission or his designee is an ex officio voting member of the panel that regulates racetracks. The two were on opposite sides earlier this year when the Racing Commission acted on applications for new track licenses in South Texas. Wilson, an attorney, represents G-Tech, the Texas Lottery operator, but he said that relationship wouldn’t pose any conflicts with the appointment he wants. Ellis isn’t convinced.-edited excerpt from Dec. 9, 2007 Houston Chronicle.) What? I can’t imagine a Black elected official being self-serving, or plain crazy enough to attempt to justify denying Wilson (one of the most effective lawmakers in Texas history that constantly utilized TDPS to investigate racism) such a history making appointment. Nevertheless, since the power is with the people (that vote), my message to Jones, Adams, Galloway and all of our other newly-elected African-American officials is that their first priority should be a concerted effort to unite the entire Black community, and make our fragmented political system whole again. To be effective Black Power Must Connect.
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131-year history. The total fall 2007 enrollment of 8,382 is the highest in the university’s history. This enrollment status represents a 4.7 percent increase over fall 2006. Enrollment at the university also reached a peak at 8,350 in fall 2004. “This historic enrollment reflects our commitment to increasing the university’s enrollment each year. I’m excited about this milestone in our history and proud of the university’s faculty and staff who worked collaborative-
ly with high school and community college staff members to make this achievement a reality,” said PVAMU President George C. Wright.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $59.1 million to hundreds of public housing agencies (PHAs) across the nation to help low-income individuals get job training and employment placement. “Thousands of people will get the assistance they need to help them find jobs that will get them on their road to financial independence,” said HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson who announced the funding. “Some families have become homeowners or debt-free as a result of this program, thanks to their commitment and determination to thrive.” $40.00 The funding is provided through HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program, which encourages communities to develop local strategies to help families who live in public housing or participate in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program obtain employment that will lead to economic independence and self-sufficiency. PHAs work with welfare agencies, schools, businesses, and other local partners to develop a comprehensive program that gives participating FSS family members the skills and experience to enable them to obtain employment. The funding is distributed to PHAs, which allows them to hire or retain FSS coordinators on staff to assist adult residents to find employment. The coordinators link participants to resources in the community that can help with their job search, such as job training opportunities, employment placement programs or local employers. The coordinators also help individuals locate childcare, counseling services, and transportation, which are often times impediments Heading Title:to employment. Participants, some Youth of whom are on welfare, sign a conSports tract that stipulates the head of the household will find suitable employment and the family will be off of welfare assistance within five years. Because public housing and voucher rents are tied to income, when income rises, rent rises. With the FSS program, the rent increase is Information paid to the PHA, but goes into Contact an interest-bearing escrow account. Name: Mr. Robert Leday If the participant successfully graduates from the program, he or she can use the escrow Company: L&S Youth Sports account forPhone: a variety of goals, including payment on a (832) 338-4766 or (713)down 249-9337 home, starting a business, paying back debts or paying educational expenses.
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6 • African-American News&Issues • Texas • December 19-25, 2007
DR. MARGARET L. FORD African-American News&Issues
French writer Anatole France was the Nobel Prize winner for Literature in 1921. In addition to being a Nobel Prize winner, a writer, and a member of the French Academy, he was also keenly attuned to the factors that motivate human behavior. He is quoted as saying, “Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.”While we cannot quantify how much encouragement, how much gentle teaching, and how much application are required for each person, I would nonetheless agree with him that encouragement is vital to student achievement and to student success. If you, as a reader, also accept Anatole France’s position, then a fundamental question follows: If nine-tenths of education is encouragement, are the students who drop out or stop out of our educational institutions discouraged? If encouragement is vital, and we agree that it is, how can encouragement be incorporated into the total educational process without becoming trite or trendy? There needs to be enough encouragement for everyone who is a part of the institution, including teachers, students, and staff, to feel energized by the learning environment. But more is required, and maybe that is the missing percentage that France leaves to our interpretation. I believe that Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet, lecturer and essayist was accurate when he said, “The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.” It could be that encouragement is inextricably linked to respect. Could it be that some people encourage those persons whom they respect more than those persons whom they consider unworthy of respect? Regardless of the situation or circumstances, it is important to apply the Golden Rule in Education – to do unto others as we would have them do unto us – or unto our children. In any event, respect for others and of self are basic expectations. Finally, in this analysis, I reference Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman, first democratically elected State President of South Africa, and 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace Winner who is quoted as saying, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to
change the world.” I agree. Unfortunately, we will not change the world or even maintain a competitive edge if we do not deliberately apply principles like encouragement and respect in our educational institutions. If we agree with the sentiments expressed above by great minds of the 20th and 21st Centuries, how do we encourage students enough to inspire their learning? How do we respect students enough to influence their persistency? In my estimation, there is a single thread woven through each of the questions that are lessons for us today. It is good to practice the simple act of encouraging others. It is also good to practice respecting others – irrespective of their title, rank or position in life. There is a transforming effect that occurs within you and within others when you decide that the new approach in your daily life is to be an encourager and to demonstrate respect for others. Ultimately, the boomerang effect will occur; what you transmit will come back to you. An encourager, according to the New World Dictionary is one who gives courage, hope, or confidence. How do you give courage, hope, or confidence to someone? Is this something that should be cultivated independently, or do you believe that we are co-participants in cultivating courage, hope, and confidence in the people we meet? I believe the latter; we are co-participants in others’ lives, and we should embrace the many ways that we can empower others. You encourage others with positive, words of expression. You encourage others when you support their efforts and initiatives, and you encourage others when you set higher standards and expectations for them than they ever thought they could achieve. The former principal of Booker T. Washington Senior High School, Mr. Franklin Wesley, was a great leader and an exceptional encourager. In fact, I remember several conversations with him where his love of Booker T. Washington students was evident, and his expectations of and for them were high. There was nothing that his students could not achieve, and he saw himself as the catalyst, co-participant, in their lives, to make their success happen. There are other great role models and encouragers in the community – just like Mr. Wesley was during his tenure Washington. Ford is the president of Houston Community College-Northeast. For more information call (713)718-
MLK PARADE-from Page 1 and supported by Frontline 2000 leadership, the Speaker of the Texas House relented and moved the bill forward. It became law in 1991 despite statewide opposition. With this victory in hand, the march grew larger and larger, eventually attracting tens of thousands. In 1990 and 1991, the march attracted over 15,000 participants. A solid mass of march-
ers had joined the event, and continued to demand justice for many social problems. Additionally, the march took on international issues by demanding freedom for Nelson Mandela in South Africa and an end to the first Gulf War. The March Committee has had many chairpersons across the decades, but has maintained the diversity that King espoused by having women, and various eth-
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HOUSTON- John E. Smith celebrated his retirement after 33 years of faithful service with AT&T Inc. A small group of family, friends and ex-co-workers gathered at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, Richmond Ave on November 29. 1) From the left: Shirley and John Smith 2) Helen and Charles Davenport 3) Rashaad Gambrell, Trameisha Smith and Shaun Smith
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nic representations as committee chairpersons. The Martin Luther King March Committee has taken on working class issues over the years and continues to invite all segments of society to address their issues as they honor Dr. King on his birthday. With this history in mind, it becomes very important to live and act in the spirit of Dr. King. Some forces have advocated that the MLK March Committee include military vehicles in the march, but the committee has opposed the inclusion of such vehicles in the MLK march as this would violate the highest ideals of Dr. King’s non-violent beliefs. The controversy of flying jets over the MLK March resulted in another historical event being created known as the “Know Why You’re Marching” series. Seeing that the War in Iraq had to be opposed, the Neighborhoods First Alliance took up the idea of “Know Why You’re Marching” as a vehicle to educate future generations against war and the corruption of Martin Luther King’s ideas. The “Know Why You’re Marching” event brings in veterans of the civil rights movement to educate the community about why MLK would not have wanted symbols of violence associated with his remembrance.
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Celebration of Life for the Homecoming Queen Ritchie HOUSTON- Ritchie Delores Johnson was born in Houston, Texas on August 12, 1955 to the late Gloria Dean Elizabeth Johnson and Richard Arnel Johnson. Ritchie graduated from M.C. Williams High School, Class of 1973. She married Ananias Smith and had her first daughter, Lea Evette. Later, Ritchie met Charles Knotts who would father her two younger children, Morgan Chassidy and Christian Andrew. After being a housewife for a number of years, she found her calling in long-term nursing care. Around this time, Ritchie and Darrell Stubblefield would find each other to share their lives together. She was a hard worker and raised her children to be strong. Her patients soon became her family, as well. On Mother’s Day 2007, Ritchie was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This illness would be her homecoming call. God called and she answered on October 5, 2007. Her memories will be clearly cherished by: her spouse of 20 plus years- Darrell Stubblefield; three children- Lea Lashley (Shawn), Morgan Knotts (Harry), and Christian Knotts; six grandchildren- Jaleesa Rene, Ayana Janelle, Jaylen Everette, Andrew Cemauri, Keniia Tyo’n and Kerique Anard; five sisters- Sharon Johnson, Evelyn Carl, Cathy Joseph (Terry), Alicia Turner and Dana (Lester); three close friends Heidi, Carol, and Rita; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, relatives, friends; and all the people she touched who will miss her dearly.
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CHURCH & COMMUNITY
African-American News&Issues • Texas • December 19-25, 2007 • 7
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MySpace--The reason this segment of what ideally is AfricanAmerican News&Issues unique version of a people column (that’s essential for small, weekly newspapers wont to serve readers up close and personal) is sometimes labeled The Twilite Zone.com, is because it spaces one out to deal with so many different personalities. Especially if one doesn’t fully grasp the concept of media coverage and/ or how topics are chosen to publish as a public service. In fact, the only reason it survived our publisher’s lean and mean policy (due to the increasing lack of space), was because of popular demand by readers that understand the esteem factor in being recognized. Thus, we would be remiss not to remind our readers, who enjoy This Bud and Sports Perspectives, that the advertisers supporting this page deserve your appreciation. Especially the churches with pastors who have sense enough to support Black newspapers with columns like this, instead of wasting their congregation’s tithes and offerings advertising in mainstream media because they think the White folks’ ice is colder. Nevertheless, nothing pleases me more than a success story that was enhanced by this space. I’m sure you remember Kenneth Eakins, Jr., who heard some youths singing on ra-dio station KCOH 1430 AM about three years ago and boldly walked in and told the host and Rev. Lisa Berry Dockery, “Hey I can sing too.” Lisa gave him his “American Idol” moment, but for some reason I was compelled to call and ask him to call me. And the rest is history. But since I not only gave Kenneth pub, but even cash donations I consider myself his surrogate godfather. For
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sure, it makes me as proud as a grandpa to report that Kenneth is now a sophomore at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA majoring in “Music Business Management.” He is an active member of the “Black Student Union, Gospel Choir, and the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants). He was selected this year as residence assistance” for the Office of Housing and is now currently looking for an internship in New York, Los Angeles, or Atlanta. Kenneth intends to pursue a career as an Artist & Label Relations Coordinator when he graduates in 2010. By the way, his tuition is $35,000 per year (school tuition is $20,000 and housing is $15,000) and he doesn’t have to pay a dime. And I’m sure his beautiful mom Paula, is overjoyed, albeit her baby no longer looks like a baby. Congrats Kenneth, This Bud’s For You.
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BIBLE STUDIES Wednesday 7:30PM Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church
“Preaching The Tx Gospel Houston, 77020Is More Important Than Philosophizing. SUNDAY Soul Winning Is More Important Than Building Membership Morning Prayer: 9:15 am .” If youSunday are looking church School: for 9:30aam home, you might want to come Church Services: am Befellowship with these11folks. sides Sunday, they meet for prayer on Tuesday morning at 11 am, and on Friday the Bible Band Mission meets from 12 to 1 pm and a Bible
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Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church members will endeavor to provide a strong foundation of love; we will stand on Biblical Truths; and we will equip one another to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our community
Experience the Friendship! Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is a church with a mission- “Let Each One, Reach One!” They have been committed to following the Lord’s command to reach out to the lost (Matt. 28: 18-20) since their found-
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FIFTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST SUNDAY 8:00 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Bible Class 11:15 a.m. Worship 6:00 p.m. Worship MONDAY 10:00 a.m. Gary Smith Ladies Bible Class Minister WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. Bible Class for all
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In addition to their other activities, the Fifth Ward COC also holds a Bible Class for non-members on Thursday nights at 7:30 PM. For more information on the various special events or activities you really should visit their website, it is very well done, informative and worth a visit even if you have
Ebenezer MBC 1814 Jensen Houston 77026 (713) 222-0838
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Greater Progressive MBC 840 Ringold Houston 77088 (281) 445-8603 Hope in Christ Church 10310 Antoine Drive Suite A Houston 77091 (832) 882-7925 Jerusalem MBC 2835 Fidelity Rd. Houston 77029 (713) 674-3794
Mt. Ararat Baptist Church 5801 W. Montgomery Houston 77073 (713) 692-9954 Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church/ School 1055 W. Tidwell Rd. Houston 77091 (713) 680-1419 New Pleasant Grove MBC 3221 Bain St. Houston 77021 (713) 672-7419 Olivet Missionary Baptist Church 3115 Lyons Ave. Houston 77020 (713) 224-1515 Progressive MBC 944 Reverend B.J. Lewis Dr. Houston 77088 (281) 447-2342 St. Monica Catholic Church 8421 West Montgomery Rd. Houston 77088 (281) 447-5837 Wesley United Methodist Church 7225 Homestead Houston 77028 (713)635- 3191
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Cell Phone vs. Bible I wonder what would happen if we treated our Holy Bible like we treat our cell phones. What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we flipped through it several times a day, or turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we used it to receive messages from the text or treated it like we couldn’t live without it? What if we gave it to kids as gifts or used it in case of an emergency? This is something to make you go....hmm...where is my Bible? We wouldn’t have to worry about dropped calls, either. Oh, and one more thing.......unlike our cell phones, we don’t have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill. Makes you want to stop and think “where are my priorities?” Submitted by: Cliffdale Baptist Church
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