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Black males sacrificed freedom for love BUD JOHNSON

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Bradley Jackson remembers George Washington Carver Deacon privileged to serve as pallbearer MARVIN D. CLOUD

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HOUSTON- The epitath on the grave of George Washington Carver reads, “He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world.” It is a befitting tribute to the agricultural chemist who gave to this country, 300 uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. Among the listed See JACKSON page 3

“Away from the view of owners and overseers, slaves lived their own lives. They made friends and made love, played and prayed, sang, told stories, cooked, joked, quarreled, and engaged in the necessary chores of day-to-day living, from cleaning house, cooking, and sewing to working on their garden plots.

Especially important as anchors of the slaves’ lives were their families and their religion. Throughout the South, the family defined the actual living arrangements of slaves: most slaves lived together in nuclear families—mother, father, children. The security and stability of these families faced severe challenges: no state law recognized marriage among slaves.

Masters rather than parents had legal authority over slave children. Thus, the possibility of forced separation, through sale, hung over every family. Such separations were especially frequent in the slaveexporting states of the upper South.

Still, despite their tenuous status, families served as the slaves’ most basic refuge, the center of private lives that owners could never fully control.”

The movie “Roots,” captured the essence of slaves in love.

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“The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us. But we continue to live and love and struggle and win.”

-Sonia Sanchez

Black History Month is an ideal time to explore the past, to determine what future generations will experience. However, it’s doubtful that any politically-correct media will record that 2008 America’s fanatical reaction to Super Bowl XLII, as opposed to its less enthusiastic response to Super Tuesday, could be interpreted a sign of the apocalypse. Therefore it becomes the obligation of African-American News&Issues (a different kind of newspaper that’s dedicated to making a difference), to tell like it is from an objective, uncompromised Black perspective. The Since Valentine’s Day is observed in the midst of Black History Month, it’s apropos for a complimentary memoriam (sponsored by Shirley Ann’s Black Arts & Kollectibles Gift Showroom), for the those who cherish the precious memories of Ester C. Allen, who left a legacy of love and caring for those who celebrated her long and productive life at Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church, 4000 Sumpter, on February 16, 2007.

Father Lowell Case, and Deacon Ignatius Joseph, of St. Francis of Assisi officiated the Funeral Mass and active pallbearers were Leonard Sr., Elic, Wilbert, Leonard Jr., and Earnest Jr. Charles.

Floyd Manning, Anthony Castille, Milton Castille, Raymond, Author, Lewis, Raymond and Whitney Charles were honorary pallbearers for Ester, who was one of Louisa and Louis Charles’s dozen children (four girls and eight boys), that was born on October 19, 1914 in Arnaudville, Louisiana, a tiny hamlet in Saint Landry Parish, in the Opelousas-Eunice metro area.

Apocalypse or Armageddon is a Christian concept that is mostly alluded to as “The Last Days” in Black America.

Black America, however, alludes only to the book of Revelations in the Holy Bible, but like everything else, the biblical concept has been co-opted to also include a school of thought known as Apocalypticism. (FYI: Apocalypticism is a worldview based on the idea that important matters are esoteric in nature (“hidden”) and they will soon be revealed in a major confrontation of earth-shaking magnitude that will change the course of

Esther C. Allen

OCT. 19, 1914 - FEB. 8, 2007 The highlight of Ester’s life was when she, like many young Black Americans born in the South, got caught up in The Great Migration and relocated to 1920s’ Chicago, Illinois. According to Wikipedia Encyclopedia, The Great Migration was the movement of approximately 7 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970. African-Americans migrat-

history. Apocalypticism can be tied to religious or secular views, and the expected outcome can be seen as positive, negative, or ambiguous. It can appear as a personal and group tendency, outlook, perceptual frame, or rhetorical style; and can lead people toward passivity while awaiting the inevitable end, or active preparation in anticipation of an “apocalyptic” event.

Apocalypticism is a frequent theme of literature, film and television. It also influences political policy through movements such as Christian Zionism, and in the dualism seen when politicians demon-

ed to escape widespread racism in the deep South, to seek employment opportunities in industrial cities, to get better education for their children, and to pursue what was widely perceived to be a better life in the North. Some historians differentiate between the Great Migration (1910-1940), numbering about 1.6 million migrants, and the Second Great Migration, from 1940-1970.

Not only was the Second Migration larger, with five million or more people relocating, but it had a different demographic, and migrants moved to more different places. Many particularly moved from Texas and Louisiana to California, where there were a new range of jobs in the defense industry. When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, less than 8 percent of the AfricanAmerican population lived in the Northeast or Midwest.

Most African-Americans who participated in the migration moved to large industrial cities, such as New York, Phila-

By Roy D. Malonson ize and scapegoat their enemies as wholly bad, evil, or even Satanic.

This process often involves conspiracism, in which the apocalyptic enemy is alleged to be engaged in a conspiracy against the good or godly people. The tendency was especially evident with the approach of the millennial year 2000, but it need not be tied to a particular calendar date.-Wikipedia Online Free Encyclopedia.)

Surely, Super Tuesday, personified apocalypticism, since the outcome can be seen as being positive, negative, or ambiguous. Need See MISTAKES page 7

delphia, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Cleveland, as well as to many smaller industrial cities. Cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Cleveland had some of the biggest increases in the early part of the century. Urban tensions rose as African-Americans and recent European immigrants, competed for jobs and housing with native White working class Americans.

However, Ester returned to Houston, Texas to care for her ailing brothers and sisters who all preceded her in death, along with her parents. She spent her remaining years as a community service worker for Julia C. Hester House and as a seamstress for the Red Cross, until God call her home on February 8, 2007, after she finished her course.

She leaves in mourning: a sister-in-law, Antoinette L. Charles of Houston, Texas; a host of nieces and nephews; great and greatgreat nieces and nephews; many friends and relatives.

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mmediately thought of a clever way to honor African-American News&Issues’ milestone policy (to note calendar events in our editorials and front page feature), to combine pertinent current issues with historical milestones, as I watched Pres. George W. Bush’s final State of the Union address that preceded Valentine’s Day. However, since Bush has contributed more than his share of grief to invalidate the adage, the reason I thought about Valentine’s Day had nothing to do with love per se. Then again, his message gave the distinct impression that he was trying to tell the American people that he loves his country and cares about his fellow citizens.

I have a hard time mixing politics with romance (see Editorial), because politicians remind me more of pimps than lovers. Yet, I didn’t have to be stuck by Cupid’s arrow to know love was in the air.

Instead, since AAN&I’s corporate headquarters is located in a complex with Shirley Ann’s Black Arts & Kollectibles Showroom, I only had to note the display of Afrocentric Valentine’s Day cards. So I couldn’t help but compare Bush’s short term rebate plan (to show struggling, tax oppressed citizens a little love), to a Valentine’s Day card. The cards are filled with flowery prose that makes you feel good (briefly), until you snap and realize that the sender is not only a proven liar, but has demonstrated a cold-hearted disregard for you in the past.

The buzz that I hear when I’m interacting with people that are considered politically-astute, is that now that Bush is in his last days, he’s worried about his legacy, and how TX-2

history will remember him. It’s not surprising that wannabe intellectuals have confused Bush’s rebates with debates that are totally void of common sense. For instance, Julianne Malveaux, an economist and president of Bennett College concluded in a Feb. 1, 2008 article (Short-term thinking still reigns), “Does a stimulus package really stimulate? In 2001, the last time the government proposed to send taxpayers checks to jump-start the economy, people asked whether it made sense to offer business tax breaks and put a few hundred dollars into middle-class hands.

“More symbolism than stimulus, it was not clear that the dollars offered would help those truly in need. Here we go again. Now, the House and President Bush put forth a plan to send $600 to $1,200 to 117 million families. This compromise, though hailed as a bipartisan winner, failed to provide foodstamp extensions — an add-on that would help those most in need.

And, while the unemployment rate has jumped to 5%, with 7.7 million Americans jobless, the House stimulus package negotiations left an extension of unemployment benefits on the table. Why were the unemployed left out of the initial deal?”

Perish the thought I’m itching to play the race card, but as a community leader and founding chairman of Acres Home Citizens Chamber of Commerce, I feel that one needs a Black perspective to answer that question. Denial aside, Bush’s rebates reflect conservatives’ elitist mindsets that are far too often shared by Black intellectuals that have spent more time in institutions of highly education than they

could easily relate political rhetoric to the beguiling prose found on Valentine’s Cards that expresses an abiding and everlasting love for the object of the sender’s affection.

Denial notwithstanding, when one objectively analyzes the political phenomenon of Obamamania, the operative words in the first paragraph of this editorial, “the giddiness of falling in love,” becomes the only way to describe the passion that a Black man who could be president of the land of the free has evoked. On the other hand, there’s a preponderance of evidence that falling in love is akin to going crazy.

According to a 2007 Washington Times article: “The language of Valentine’s Day cards and love songs— ‘crazy for you,’ ‘madly in love,’ et cetera—may reveal an important truth. Sometimes, love looks like a mental disorder, says British clinical psychologist Frank Tallis and the author of “Love Sick: Love as a Mental Illness”. ‘It’s part of the human condition,’ says Tallis. But it’s certainly a potentially destabilizing experience.

We Must Understand, America’s one person, one vote Democracy is ideally more civil than other nation’s election processes which often erupts into anarchy, and even civil wars when a beloved candidate doesn’t win. Yet, when one listens to the “igno-ranting” of Black Americans smitten by Obama’s charisma and message of hope, you get the distinct impression that any Black

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he Valentine’s Day assault is officially underway—all the standard trappings of this ‘lovers’ holiday’ are now on display at a store near you. According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion Valentine’s Cards are sent each year. But for the millions of Americans who are single, divorced or widowed, Valentine’s Day can be a painful reminder of unrequited or lost love. Anyone whose heart has ever been pierced by Cupid’s arrow knows that romance is a double-edged sword. The giddiness of falling in love is often doused in melancholy when life’s daily struggles start chipping away at romance. The stress and hectic pace of everyday living can overwhelm a blossoming relationship.

We Must Understand, in Webster’s dictionary the definition of a politician is ... “one who pursues personal or partisan gain, often through crafty or dishonest means.”

Thus, as Texas’ widest circulated and read newspaper with a Black perspective, and Black America’s strongest editorial voice, AfricanAmerican News&Issues would be remiss not to add an appendage to the definition of “politician” and assert that in the real world of bipartisan, power politics, love for the most desirable and/or worthy candidates has little to with the final outcome of an election in 2008 America’s bottom line society. Yet, when one listens to candidates’ campaign declarations, one

On: Valentine’s Woes

Bud Johnson: The Old African Warrior

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oebeit as a wee lad (preparing for my rites of passage into an African warrior’s destiny), I learned if I subdued my ego, I could better control my id, instead of being controlled by my libido.

Thus, I was asking the nebulous question, “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” long before Tina Turner beguiled us with her hit song (released in 1984 to coincide with her comeback album that featured the 1983 hit “Let’s Stay Together”), that evolved into a powerful movie that dramatically answered her nebulous question for those who wont to suffer Valentine’s Day woes. Hey, chill with The Twilight Zone theme.

I ain’t putting psychological roadblocks on The Outer Limits of lovers’ path to wedded bliss.

Even so, as an elder that loved the life of lust I’ve lived, and lived the lustful life I loved, I can distinguish one from the other. Hey, I was once romantic enough to marry on Valentine’s Day. Square business, I legitimized my baby’s momma, standing before God, and/or Rev. L.H. Simpson (at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Houston, Texas’ Fifth Ward on Valentine’s Day 1958), with a belly full of my first born scion. For sure, we told the same lies that half of 2008 America’s newlyweds tell today. Shazam!

So, when it comes to marriage, one must ask, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” Thus, as Valentine’s Day 2008 looms, can we talk? First,

mayhaps I should morph into my Mystic state to explain the supernatural to earthbound readers limited to understanding love only as an emotion.

Accordingly, I must first invalidate the persisting myth that there are only three categories of love, i.e., eros, philia, agape. Truth is, if one really and truly wants to be like Jill Scott’s hit song, “I’m Ready For Love,” he or she must divest themselves of dictionary definitions.

Mayhaps, I’m being presumptuous to think everybody is down with Jill, but that oversight can easily be rectified if you simply drive down the superhighway of information that today’s modern technology makes readily available to folks with curious minds and want to know. Meanwhile, the English language unabridged dictionaries provide some two dozen meanings for love, most of them applicable to romantic or close relationships that involves sex.

Check out the first two meanings in the American Heritage Dictionary (1992): 1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. 2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance. These two definitions are of great inter-

have in the real world. As publisher of Texas’ widest circulated and read newspaper with a Black perspective, I spend a great deal of time around grassroots, common sense thinking Black people.

So, again, I ask you to perish the thought that I’m dissing Black faces in high places, or Black community leaders who believe God is White and the mainstream media is gospel. I’m just telling it like it is. And it is that Bush’s rebates can be compared to Valentine’s Cards because

undesirable people won’t be receiving them.

Where am I coming from?

Apparently when Bush hatched his rebate plan he was only concerned with showing love to those whom he wants to love him back. Accordingly, he had no intentions of showing love for poor, unemployed, and/ or unemployable people trapped in the nation’s underserved neighborhoods. Need I remind you that Bush is no different from love struck romantics who “ain’t about

person who doesn’t profess their love for him is committing political suicide (if they’re an elected official), or character assassination. In essence, from an objective perspective, Black Americans who have fallen in love with Obama because they relate to his skin color, comes dangerous close to emulating racist White supremacists. Accordingly, we are fully aware that this editorial will evoke a knee jerk reaction that condemns us as being disloyal to a Black History maker whose time has come.

Yet, we’re equally aware that Obama is making Black History that will inspire future generations.

Consequently, what don’t get said won’t get read. And if we don’t make sure it’s said, we can’t expect for it to get read. Hence, our people are divided for lack of knowledge… that isn’t read, because it wasn’t said. Truth is, when one really thinks about how crazy Black folks are to believe love can elect Obama…Beyonce’s lament, “Your love’s got me lookin’ so crazy right now,” in her hit song resonates.

Love is blind aside, Super Tuesday should serve as a wake up call for Black Americans who must stop talking love, and start walking to the polls to make MLK’s dream come true. In essence, Black Texans must show Obama how much they love him at the polls on Tuesday, March 4, 2008.

Exercise your right to vote! est, because they touch upon several complexities. Particularly daunting is the idea that love is ineffable (indescribable). I can sympathize with this idea because genuine love seems to be quite complex. Both popular and scholarly accounts flirt with the idea that one of the crowning qualities of love is that it is mysterious and therefore indescribable.

More succinctly, you must dig a little deeper if you want the etymology of love. (FYI: The word love goes back to an Indo-European *leubh, which has spawned a huge lexical progeny: not just words for ‘love,’ love’s Germanic relatives, such as German liebe and Dutch liefde, as well as the archaic English lief ‘dear’ and Latin libido ‘strong desire,’ source of English libidinous but also words for ‘praise’; German glauben, Dutch gelooven, and English believe. The sense ‘find pleasing’ is primary; it subsequently developed to ‘praise’ and, probably via ‘be satisfied with,’ to ‘trust, believe.’ -Arcade Dictionary of Word Origins.) Trust in the Lord aside, if one eliminates lustful sex from true love’s equation, he or she could avoid a whole lot of woe, when they woo.

In essence, it makes sense to choose one that can be trusted (to be a good mate and a good parent), before you believe in him or her enough to ask them to “Be My Valentine.” I wonder if anybody knows where I’m coming from?

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to send Valentine’s Card to ugly folks” to win their affections. And if you don’t know where I’m coming from, just think New Orleans’s 9th Ward.

Meanwhile, we intend to keep on keeping on until we can pass the baton.

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COMMUNITY & PEOPLE ENSLAVED -from Page 1 If you’re among our estimated 2 million readers in over 40 Texas cities and millions more that regularly visit our Web page, www.aframnews.com, you’re familiar with our editorial policy to honor milestones germane to Black America. Accordingly, your level of consciousness dictates that the above excerpt (from the popular Internet magazine Africanaonline) is apropos for our Valentine’s Day edition.

Especially since it ideally melds with the 32nd observance of Black History Month. Thus, African American News & Issues is afforded an excellent opportunity to set history straight. Misinformation notwithstanding, it’s considered gospel that Black males’ (real, or imagined) lack of family values is due to their slave ancestor’s “stud Buck” orientation to impregnate “breeder wenches” and move on. But, in spite of the nation’s mass media’s denigrating propaganda (thoroughly ingrained in the minds of Americans in general, and descendants of slaves in particular), that’s far from the truth.

In fact, that distorted history was rebuked in Ebony’s Juneteenth 2003 edition that explained: “Everybody or almost everybody knows the 7 biggest lies that almost everybody-poets, novelists, scholars, rappers-tells about Blacks, love and sex.

Paraphrasing aside, they are: “1) Black love collapsed in slavery; 2) Black love collapsed after slavery; 3) Black love collapsed after The Great Migration to the North; 4) The Black family has always been a matriarchy characterized by domineering women and absent men; 5) The history of Black love is a history of fussin’ and fightin’ by hardhearted men and heartless women; 6) Black women are sharp-tongued sapphires who dis’ and run; and 7) Black men are sex-crazed hustlers who love and run. Everybody-or almost everybody--knows that.

The only problem is that the story almost everybody knows is almost totally false. As a matter of hard historical fact, the true story of Black love--love colored by, love warmed by, love Blackened by the Black experience--is the exact opposite of the traditional myth.

“For regardless of slavery, regardless of segregation, regardless of everything, Black men and

women have created a modern love song in life and art that is the loveliest thing dreamed or sung this side of the seas. It is scarcely possible to understand the history of Black men and women unless we make at least an effort to understand this fact and the further fact that the African brought his mind and his ethos--and his eros--to America with him. It is perhaps the only reason Black people survived in this land.”

Conversely the movie “Roots” (adapted from Alex Haley’s book), not only debunked a proliferation of lies about male slave’s lack of commitment to the children they sired, but gave insight into how the fiercest African warriors were passively enslaved by love for their mates, and/or offspring, rather than brutality. In fact, if one peruses AAN&I’s archives, he or she will find one of the greatest love stories every written. For sure, John Henry “Jack” Yates’s history resonates in Texas. But, ironically, his love story isn’t widely known. History records, however, that Jack, the son of slaves Robert and Rachel Yates, was born in Gloucester County, Virginia, on July 11, 1828. He was fortunate enough to be taught to read by his mother’s mistress. Jack also was allowed to make small amounts of money from fishing. Judiciously, he saved enough to by his freedom.

Meanwhile, he married Harriet Willis, of a neighboring farm; they had eleven children. When Harriet’s master moved to Matagorda County, Texas, about 1863, Yates was unable to bear the thought of being separated from his wife and children, begged to go along.

Upon emancipation in June 1865, the Yates family came to Houston to look for work and Jack became one of the founders of Freeman’s Town. Perish the thought that we’re trying to glorify today’s “trifling” Black males who give Black females every reason to proclaim, “I can do bad by myself,” and justifiably kick them to the curb.

Then again, the mass media’s persistent attacks on 2008 America’s “sorry Black males” wouldn’t resonate so negatively if today’s Black females knew enough Black History to understand that institutional racism negates a Happy Valentine’s Day.

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Some of the more noticeable changes to Social Security’s home page include: easier access to Frequently Asked Questions, one of our most popular features; more drop-down menus instead of long lists of links; a search box located directly on the home page a more visible login button for people who already receive benefits and have a password; and a quick reference list of links to our most popular online services. The most frequently used online services include applying for benefits online, replacing a lost, stolen or damaged Medicare card, requesting a proof of Social Security income letter, changing an address or phone number, and finding the nearest Social Security office. Another popular feature is the list of Frequently Asked Questions.

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items that he suggested to southern farmers to help them economically were his recipes and improvements to and for, adhesives, axle grease, bleach, buttermilk, chili sauce, fuel briquettes, ink, instant coffee, linoleum, mayonnaise, meat tenderizer, metal polish, paper, plastic, pavement, shaving cream, shoe polish, synthetic rubber, talcum powder and wood stain. Three patents were issued to Carver.

Reportedly, Carver turned down a $100,000 salary in order to pursue his ideas which he freeley gave to mankind. Although that might be hard to believe in today’s society, where that sum of money would equal one million dollars, the reality of it is not lost on Jackson, an Acres Home deacon, who had the good fortune of studying under him.

Jackson, who was born in Asheville, North Carolina on December 8, 1922, to Bradley Sr. and Sarah J. Jackson, graduated high school in 1939 at the head of his class and spent the following summer preparing to enroll in college.

“My choice was Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where I enrolled in September of 1939. My family was unable to pay for all of my expenses at school, so I took a job in my freshman year working in the cafeteria at night washing giant aluminum pots. This job allowed no time for social life, so I went without a girlfriend at this time. I was caught up in the military life at the school and my liking for things military resulted in my earning the title of best drilled cadet in my freshman year. I gained the distinction in my sophomore year of being promoted to become a cadet officer in my unit.”

After his school was given ROTC status by the U. S.War Department, he eagerly enrolled, eventually becoming one of the senior cadet officers. At this time, the US Army Air Corps had awarded the school a training program which eventually resulted in the formation of the famous “Tuskegee Airmen”.

Jackson opted not to enlist in the program, choosing instead to continue his education and pursue other military desires.

He became a member of the Chapel Ushers’ Corps. One of the integral functions of the Corps was the Chapel Services. This group of young men, under the direction of the chaplain, supervised the seating of visitors and guests and collected the offering at the Sunday morning service. With military demeanor and precision coupled with a religious calm, the ushers executed their duties quietly, efficiently and faithfully, contributing to the beauty and effectiveness of the Chapel Services.

Being close to graduation, the class speculated on their role in the war. That same year, January

1943, Carver, who was a faculty member at Tuskegee, passed away.

His funeral was held in the school chapel and Jackson was privileged to serve as one of the pallbearers, carrying his coffin to his burial place on the campus. According to an article in the Washington Post, only “simple funeral services” were held.

The Rev. Harry V. Richardson, the chaplain at Tuskegee, read the funeral service and Rev. Charles W. Kelly read messages from a number of prominent people, including President Roosevelt, commending Carter’s life and works. Jackson graduated in the spring of 1943 with high honors (cum laude) earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Industries. “My career however was set because of my enrollment in the ROTC. I returned to my home to await induction into the armed forces. The summer passed uneventful and in August, I received orders to report to Fort Bragg, North Carolina for processing. After induction, I was ordered to Fort Benning, Georgia to undergo training in the Officer Candidate School.”

He received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry. He began civilian life by accepting a job in Waco, Texas as a teacher in a vocational school for veterans.

There he met and married his second wife, Katherine E. Lewis of Somerville, Texas (having earlier dissolved a marriage that lasted only two years). In 1948, Jackson decided to return to the military. During his stay in Fort Eustis, he became a freemason and served with many lodges over the years, both in the U.S. and in Korea. Jackson served in two other units before being ordered home in 1952.

In 1955, he was relieved of active duty and returned with his family to Houston, Texas, where his civilian life began anew and he took a job in Houston installing mufflers and custom accessories on automobiles.

He worked on this job until he went to work in the Post Office as a clerk.

In 1957, he moved his family into a new home in Garden City Park and there they began to immerse themselves into community life and neighborhood projects.

Katherine became active in scouting programs, but because their church was in Third Ward, it was difficult for them to get the children ready for church and get there in time for a meaningful religious experience. Their eldest son Quenton suggested that they go to Antioch. The family then joined under the pastorate of Rev. F.N. Williams Sr. in 1961. Williams Sr., is still the current pastor. “My service at Antioch was enjoyable and I met many new friends as well as the ones that I already knew. The whole family engrossed themselves into church activities and always

enjoyed the fellowship. I helped the brothers with projects around the church and eventually after noticing my work, the pastor appointed me to serve as a trustee. I enjoyed my years at Antioch as a trustee and I eventually earned a position as Sunday School teacher in the youth department.”

Jackson was ordained as a deacon in January 1972, a position he never took lightly. “I was grateful to have been chosen and did my best to prove that it was a worthy choice.

That same year, the church suffered severe roof damage to the extent that the building was condemned and we had to hold services in the old building which had been used mostly as a fellowship hall and cafeteria.” The pastor relied on Jackson’s expertise to install the sound and communications systems.

When he retired from the Post Office in 1977, he was able to devote full time to work at the church, mostly as a van driver, for the youth department. In January 1991, Katherine passed away, and he had to make many adjustments in his family life. Quenton had married and daughter Jacquelyn had finished school and also married.

John, the youngest son was away in the Air Force. “My youngest daughter was unable to care for her two children that were with us in the house, but by the Grace of God we managed to stay together. We had a lot of help from close friends and neighbors for which I am still grateful. God blessed me to have met and married my present wife, Willie Jean. We’ve had some rough times and had to endure internal concerns, but we love each other and feel that no problem is too big for us to overcome with the help of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”

In the early 90s, he continued in masonry and eventually, earned the 32nd degree and also became a member of the Shrine.

He presently serves as Worshipful Master of Westside Lodge No. 255 affiliated with the UMW Scottish Rite Grand Lodge, AF&AM in Houston, Texas. “I helped my wife organize and incorporate a nonprofit organization, Time Out Inc. set up for the purpose of assisting victims of drug abuse in obtaining help with health concerns, housing and rehabilitation.” The Jacksons also established another nonprofit, Wilbrad Errands, to assist senior citizens with transportation problems. We eventually started transporting school children who were unable to utilize regular school buses.” In 1977, he began working part-time for National Car Rental Company at Intercontinental Airport as a shuttle driver.

“I intend to continue working there until something better comes along or until my circumstances change,” he said.

The Chapel Usher’s Corps. First row: Major Bradley Jackson, Rev. Harry V. Richarson, Major Theophilus Cottrell, Captain Chester D. Baccus and Rev. R.D. Crockett. Second row: Lt. Austin McLinn, Lt. Joshua Brown, Jr., Lt. John McCain, Lt. James M. Francis, and Lt. Junius Batiste. Third row: Sgt. Dobson, Sgt. Kemp and Sgt. Scipio.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Houston Community College System Invitation for Bids Video Camera and Related Equipment Project No. 08-13 Houston Community College (“HCC”) is soliciting sealed bids from qualified firms to provide video cameras and related equipment.

The solicitation documents can be obtained in Procurement Operations, 3100 Main Street (11th Floor), Houston, TX 77002, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM (local time), Monday through Friday or by calling Keith Reynolds at (713) 718-5014 or by visiting the HCC website at www.hccs.edu (Click on: Business & Community / Doing Business with HCC / Procurement / Current Bids and RFPs).

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M.L.P. He was recently inducted into the 2006 National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame for achievements in the field of Business. In 2005, the National Association of Securities Professionals awarded him the Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. Award for the financial service professional that best exemplifies entrepreneurial achievement, community service and high moral standards. Other honors include: United Way Volunteer of the Year, the National Black MBA’s Leadership Empowerment Award, YMCA Annual Tribute to Leadership Award, the Jewish Community Center’s Children’s Scholarship Ball Honoree, and the Community Partner’s “Father of the Year” Award.

Smith is a patron of the arts and enjoys collecting authentic museum-quality African artifacts, and is an avid golfer. He and his wife, Anita, have three sons – Marcus, Jackson and Jordan and one daughter – Joy. For more information, call (713)6927003 or register online at www.aaccgh.org.

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HCC is an equal opportunity/educational institution, which does not discriminate on the basis of race, color religion, national origin, gender age or disability.

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Association of Black JourCost: $270.00 nalists with DiDate “Reporting Total DateAdversity and Rising Above versity” 22nd Awards Dinner. Three noteworthy veterans of the media will be recognized for their contributions to their culture, their community and their craft.

The event will be held on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hilton AmericasHouston Hotel, 1600 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas Honorees include: Paula Madison, NBC Universal executive vice president of diversity, and keynote speaker; Skipper Lee Frazier, radio disc jockey, talent manager, entertainment promoter, and James T. Campbell, vice present, Fleishman-Hillard, former Houston Chronicle reader representative. Proceeds from this fund-raiser will go toward the future development of programs for students.

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HOUSTON- “Celebration” Lala Wilson & Company “brought the house down” at the Grooves Restaurant & Lounge, 2300 Pierce Street, Houston, Texas.

Lala is one of Music’s Premier Musicians and Producer. While performing and producing with many of the legends in the music business, he was a band director for Sam Cooke and Louis Jordan. Backing such artist as: The Temptations, The Four Tops, B. B. King and Johnny Taylor, just to name a few.

Oscar McGarr (Vice President) and Terrence Pace (CEO) of The Pace Entertainment Group celebrated their birthdays at this premier performance.

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2. Willie Walker 3. Denise Dickerson-Sadberry, Jesselyn Hall, Ethel Walker-Davis and Debra Walker 4. Tausha Rainey, Marjorie Jones and Gloria Lucas

Houston Fire Department’s 3rd Annual Trailblazers’ Breakfast HOUSTON- The men and women of the Houston Fire Department are asking for your financial help in sponsoring the 3rd Annual Houston Fire Department Trailblazers’ Breakfast.

The event will take place at the Marriott Westchase Hotel on February 29,2008 at 9:00 a.m. This monumental occasion is only made possible with support of our community business leaders.

The Houston Fire Department knows the importance of partnership, and now we are asking your help and continued support so we can keep the spirit of the Class of 1955 alive.

For more information on the breakfast or donation information, please contact Albert Bennett, Houston Fire Department, Community Outreach Division at (713) 495-7901.

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6 • African-American News&Issues • Texas • February 13-19, 2008 CHURCH ADS and LISTINGS

Baptist

Blessed Hope MBC 3741 Colvin Houston 77013 (713) 673-6309

Catholic St. Monica Catholic Church 8421 West Montgomery Rd. Houston 77088 (281) 447-5837

Church of Christ

Cliffdale BC 854 Enterprise Houston 77088 (281) 447-8850

East Houston Church of Christ 7515 E. Houston Houston 77028 (713) 631-7435

Ebenezer MBC 1814 Jensen Houston 77026 (713) 222-0838

FIDELITY CHURCH OF CHRIST “The Church That Cares”

SUNDAY SERVICE

8 AM and 11 AM BIBLE STUDIES Wednesday 7:30PM Leonard N. Barksdale, Pastor

Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church

Sunday

Morning Bible Class 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Evening Bible Class 5:00 p.m.

Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Chorus Group Rehearsal 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

MINISTER: Mid-Week Bible Class Theaster Maloy, Sr. 7:00 p.m.

OFFICE: 713/674-5131

4300 Noble Street, Houston TX 77020 Ph: 713/675-5111 • Fx: 713/675-1522

140 Fidelity Rd. Houston Tx 77029

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 and in our world.

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

Website: www.fwmbc.org

GREATER FRIENDSHIP MBC Rev. Johnny L. Goff, Sr.,

14055 Dublin

Houston, TX. 77085

Office: 713-728-9503 Study: 713-728-4428

www.gfmbc.com 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 founding in 1987.

Greater Progressive MBC 840 Ringold Houston 77088 (281) 445-8603 Greater True Vine MBC 3010 Fontinot Houston 77026 713) 672-9086 Green Meadow MBC 777 Green Meadow Lane Houston 77091 (713) 694-7624 Jerusalem MBC 2835 Fidelity Rd. Houston 77029 (713) 674-3794 Mt. Ararat BC 5801 W. Montgomery Houston 77073 (713) 692-9954 Mt. Ararat Community BC 9313 Lockwood Houston 77016 (713)858-9801 Mt. Olive BC 3239 Areba St. Houston 77091 (713)812-9061 Progressive MBC 944 Reverend B.J. Lewis Dr. Houston 77088 (281) 447-2342 New Pleasant Grove MBC 3221 Bain St. Houston 77021 (713) 672-7419 Olivet MBC 3115 Lyons Ave. Houston 77020 (713) 224-1515 Starlight MBC 9202 Willow St. Houston 77088 (281) 447-8788 St. Matthew’s MBC 870 Paul Quinn Houston 77091 (713) 695-2288

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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 another church home.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness

HIV is a crisis in the African-American community. Blacks account for roughly half of the more than 1 million Americans living with HIV and half of all people newly diagnosed with HIV infection each year, while representNational Center for Disease Control and Prevention ing just 13 percent of the population. This is a dire situation that requires urgent, widespread, and sustained action. In the African-American community, males continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV in the U.S. In 2005, the rate of HIV diagnosis among Black men was nearly seven times higher than that of White men, with Black gay and bisexual men representing more than half of all diagnoses. African-American women are also severely affected with an HIV diagnosis rate in 2005 more than 20 times that of White women.

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness is an opportunity to speak out about the toll of HIV and take action to stop its spread. Today, at events across the nation, CDC and African American leaders from all walks of life, including business, civil rights, entertainment, government, and media – are speaking out and taking action. We encourage every African-American to ACT – through increased Awareness, Communication, and Testing – against the HIV crisis in the Black community. In doing so, we can overcome the stigma continuing to surround this disease, and encourage African-Americans to get educated, get involved, get tested, and get treated. There is a great deal of work to be done. But we are also encouraged by hopeful signs in recent years, from dramatic reductions in the number of babies born with HIV to evidence of reductions in new HIV infections among African-American women.

At CDC, aggressively confronting the HIV epidemic among African-Americans is a high HIV/AIDS prevention priority. This reflects a major financial commitment. In fact, we estimate that in 2007, more than half of CDC’s domestic HIV prevention budget--approximately $300 million-- was spent on addressing HIV in the African American community.

CDC is working with African-American leaders from every sector, and with our public health partners, on a heightened national response to HIV in the Black community. Together, we are intensifying HIV prevention efforts on four fronts: expanding the reach of prevention programs; increasing opportunities for HIV testing and treatment; developing new, effective prevention strategies; and mobilizing broader community action. At the same time, together we must also tackle the cultural and socioeconomic challenges that place African-Americans at risk, from poverty, stigma and racism to lack of access to testing and healthcare.

Today’s HIV awareness and testing events will provide thousands of African-Americans with the important information they need to protect their health, protect their loved ones, and get involved. Collective action by everyone affected or infected by HIV is one of our most powerful weapons against this epidemic. Start today by calling 1-800-CDC-INFO or visiting www.hivtest.org to get tested and learn your HIV status. Today, and every day, let us all commit to the fight against HIV. Dr. Kevin Fenton

Willie Anderson, Sr. celebrates 100th birthday

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Morning Prayer: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Church Services: 11 am Duncan’s Vision Statement: “To train, educate, empower, evangelize, and to insipre the body of Christ by developing GODLY character through the word of GOD (2:Timothy 2:15).

Duncan Memorial holds Morning worship on Tuesday mornings at 11 am and Bible Band & Mission from 12-1 p.m. Choir Rehearsals are held every 2nd and 4th Wednesday night. They also have Friday night Bible Study at 7:30p.m.

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Willie Anderson Sr., steps out from an antique limousine at an earlier celebration.

BARRETT STATION - Family and friends of Deacon Willie Anderson, Sr. gathered at the Barrett Station Community Center in Barrett Station to celebrate his 100th birthday, on Saturday, February 9, 2008. Willie was born on February 9, 1908, to farming parents, Leonard Alexander and Ealer Gaward.

The fifth child, he was raised in a God-fearing environment and baptized at an early age by the Rev. Philip Hayward of Pilmont Rock Baptist Church in Morrow, LA. At the age of 17, Willie moved to Texas and on October 28, 1926, he

began working at Humble Oil Refinery. The Humble name was used until 1972, when Standard Oil Company became known as Exxon Corporation. On January 22, 1931, he married Roburdia Alfred and to this union, 10 children were born: Dorothy, Ethel, Lee Ester, James, Leslie, Audrey, Robert, Lloyd, Willie Jr. and Betty. (The latter four are deceased).

Life adventures continued for Willie in the 60s and after losing his first wife to death, he married Lela Napolean on January 10, 1961.

He retired in 1963 after 37 years at Humble Oil.

Mt. Ararat Baptist Church Health Fair

HOUSTON- Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, 5801 W. Montgomery Road, will host a Health Fair, on Saturday, February 16, 2008, from 9:00 am- 3:00 pm.

The fair will be free to the public. It will offer dental exams, blood pressure exams, self breast-exams, and food and other fun things for children. Families Under Social Attack (FUUSA) and the Houston Fire Departmnet will be in attendance as well.

For more information, call (713)6929954.

St. John MBC installs new pastor

DALLAS- St. John MBC, 2600 south Marsalis ave. in Dallas, hosts the installation banquet for its 9th pastor, Rev. Bertrain Bailey, on Saturday, February 16, 2008, at 7p.m. at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre, 5410 LBJ Freeway. The public is invited to be a part of this celebration. The installation service for Bailey will be held on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the church at 4p.m. To reserve a ticket for the banquet, or for more information, call (214)375-4876.

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Willie’s life was still filled with merits towards the end of the decade in 1969, when he became a deacon at Shiloh MBC under the tutelage of the late Rev. G.S. Matthews, where he remains active.

He still has an unwavering memory and does not miss an opportunity to vote in every election. He is musically inclined with abilities to play the guitar, French harp and piano.

Many of Willie’s other dreams have been fulfilled through his children, 27 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great grandchildren.

COMMUNITY & PEOPLE MISTAKES -from Page 1

we suggest that a wide diversity of optimistic Americans sees what occurred on Super Tuesday as a positive sign?

Especially among Black Americans who believe that Obama will change the direction of a sin, sick nation. Nevertheless, history books are fraught with chilling examples of the rise and fall of great empires that made the mistake of ignoring signs of an impending apocalypse in the last days because they were too powerful to fall. Yet, America, which is dubiously considered the most powerful nation in the history of civilization, totally ignores the history of once powerful nations that ruled the world, but began to erode from within when their leaders made the mistake of putting personal pleasure over the politics of governing their people. Dramatics notwithstanding, there’s a great deal of similarity between America’s Super Bowls and ancient Rome’s “Gladiatorial Games.”

Denial aside, entertainment has become more important to Americans than political elections. And as much as Black America may deny it, we’re the ones that fight each

other and are fed to lions at the behest of the ruling class. Accordingly, from a historical Black perspective, descendants of slaves made the same mistakes that the enslaved gladiators did after emerging from the struggle victoriously, only to be absorbed into Rome’s corrupted system that was already doomed and in its last days of glory.

Even so, hope springs eternal, and Sen. Barack Obama’s message of change resonated on Super Tuesday to keep hope alive. Even so, Black America could be making a super mistake to think that White America see change from the same perspective as a Black perspective.

Meanwhile, it’s doubtful if Super Tuesday will generate as much media attention as the Super Bowl in a nation that emulates Rome, but if a MVP of the biggest politician game of the year was chosen, it would be Obama, who much like Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, avoided a sure sack to win in Phoenix Arizona. However, unlike the fun and games of a Super Bowl that ended with a single victory, Super Tuesday is only the first quarter of an ongoing game. The next quarter is the March 4th primaries.

Fatherless and furious DERIC MUHAMMAD

African-American News&Issues

Imagine being invited to a party and you arrived only to be “dissed” and ignored by the very person that insisted that you come. After you’ve put on your best outfit, rearranged your schedule and jumped through hoops and hurdles to get there, the host and hostess treat you like a penny with a hole in it. Well imagine how you would feel if that party was life itself.

And even more painful, the host is your father whose sperm served as an open invitation. Out of a billion sperm cells, YOU were the only one that responded to the invite and struggled through the ninemonth process necessary for you to get to this big party. If you can close your eyes for a moment and let it sink in, maybe you can begin to fathom the depths of the pain of the young Black male.

He is fatherless; and he is furious.

Unfortunately, most of us who are from the hood need not shut our eyes. All we need to do is locate the nearest mirror.

Over 60 percent of the households in the Black community are headed by females, rendering it, as some say, “underfathered and overmothered.” And while the daughters of Black men pay a hell of an emotional price, the biggest losers are our young brothers. I have had painfully deep conversations with Black men about this issue and I’ve discovered that one of the most difficult offenses for Black brothers to face and forgive is the absence of the biological father, commonly referred to as the “sperm donor.”

It is not because they are hateful, but it is a very sensitive and painful wound to tend so many would just rather leave it alone. It is usually a pain that we take to our graves..

Black males, in particular, are righteous conquerors by nature.

As boys we are naturally attracted to strength, power and authority. God provides every son with a father that should reflect God and satisfy that natural inclination toward that which is strong. Mother does her job as a nurturer, but it is the father who teaches the boy how to eventually become a man.

This father teaches the fear of God, the importance of good character, hard work, respect for self and kind and how to honor and protect the female. He also teaches him how to dress, walk, speak and

even teaches him how to defend himself if he is attacked. When a man abandons his fatherly duties, he leaves his son to be taught by the streets.

This mis-education leads them to make poor decisions that often affect them for the rest of their lives. The criminal justice system, as well as the cemeteries, are filled with young brothers who never had a father to guide them on a straight path. When young boys do not find strength in the home, they unite with other youth in an effort to create it.

Society calls these groups “gangs.”

Most youth do not join gangs to satisfy some insatiable desire to be violent or criminal. Most join gangs because the brotherhood, camaraderie and male-bonding fills the void that disappearing dads leave behind. These boys, most who are fatherless, bring their bitterness into the gang with them.

This bitterness turns into rebellion which manifests itself in gang warfare, drug dealing and other self-destructive acts of aggression.

All are ills able to be remedied through the presence and love of a good, strong father. Young boys are not the only ones hurting.

In just as much pain is the adult Black male. Some of the deepest wounds of Black men and boys are found in the relationship between father and son. As men, we are failing our sons and our women.

Our disappearing acts have left our communities unprotected and our young boys ill-equipped to avoid the traps set for him by a society that seeks to make merchandise of them. If you have a son that you have not seen go and find him today. If you know that you have not been much of a father then swallow your pride and ask his forgiveness.

Make a pledge to become a better dad. Let no one and nothing stop you. Your son’s life depends on it. If your father was not a good one you can still learn from him. The hurt that you experienced due to your father’s absence should motivate you to protect your child from that kind of pain.

We need strong mentors and role models who are not afraid of our youth and will help to guide them toward survival and success in America. And lastly, we need God’s healing hand to tend to the wounds that keep us as Black men from forgiving our dads.

Deric Muhammad is the Millions More Movement Minister of Justice and can be reached at askbrotherderic@yahoo.com.

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Racism on the rise in the United States MARIO SALAS

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There’s no doubt that the pitch of the inflamed national debate over immigration is growing uglier and more racist as we speak. Racist comments are becoming more common among “mainstream” antiimmigration activists, conservative radio hosts, and public servants.

While their dehumanizing bombast usually stops short of openly endorsing bloodshed, much of it by inference advances or even endorses violence by designating immigrants from Third World countries (Mexico and Central America) as “invaders, alien hordes,” and other dehumanizing terms.

At one time, this type of racist bombast was restricted to hardcore racist White supremacists and a handful of American right-wing extremists, but vicious unrestricted racist comments of dark-skinned immigrants are heightening across the political spectrum. Just listen to the Republican candidates for president and some of the racist rhetoric come through. The results of such discourse are tragic and predictable.

Although hate crime statistics are somewhat unreliable, because some city and counties do not report them, numbers that are available strongly suggest a marked upsurge in racially motivated violence against all Hispanics despite their immigration standing. According to hate crime statistics published

by the FBI, hate crimes rose considerably in the latest year for which statistics are available. For example, in California, the state with the largest Hispanic populace in the country, anti-Hispanic hate crimes almost doubled in the same reporting period.

These increases in racism are not confined to Hispanics. In Roanoke, Virginia, a whacked out neoNazi leader named Bill White has become embroiled in an investigation by the federal authorities.

U.S. attorneys not long ago issued a summons ordering an Internet service provider to turn over any Email exchanges between White and John Henry, a Virginia Beach, Virginia property owner accused in a complaint filed in violation of the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against African-American tenants that are renting from Henry.

The civil rights lawsuit against Henry, which stems from a accusation made to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was brought on behalf of five African-Americans who state that Henry verbally assaulted them with racial insults and proscribed inflexible leaseholder rules because of their race. White put himself into the fray by junk mailing to the lessees, copies of his racist American National Workers Party newsletter.

The periodical referred to AfricanAmericans as “n’s” and made other belittling references. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, White also mailed correspondence

to the tenants that said, in part: “Know that the White community has noticed you and we know that you are and will never be anything more than a dirty parasite — and that our patience with you and the government that coddles you runs thin.”

A lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice based on the charge is scheduled for litigation in federal district court on May 19, 2008.

In other racist actions reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly exhibiting several hangman’s nooses from the back of his pickup truck during the national civil rights march last year in Jena, Louisiana. Jeremiah Munsen, of Grant Parish, Louisiana repeatedly drove slowly and tauntingly past a group of protestors gathered at a bus pick up point as they awaited buses to return them to their home cities after the Jena march. Munsen and a fellow schemer attached nooses to their pickup and drove around specifically to terrorize and intimidate the marchers.

A juvenile passenger was also snared and according to the arresting officer’s report, “The juvenile told police he and his family are in the Ku Klux Klan and that he had KKK tattooed on his chest.”

Racism is on the rise as advances against racism are increasing. Some of the backlash may be the result of racist hatred for the election efforts of Barack Obama.

Yates High School Basketball Team ranked fifth in the Country Team honored at Houston City Council meeting by Jolanda Jones

Anthony Jones, Jolanda Jones, Emmanuel Kirby and Yates Athletic Coordinator Ronnie Morgan

HOUSTON- Only two Texas boys’ highschool basketball teams are ranked in the top 25 nationally—and one of them is HISD’s Jack Yates High School. With an impressive record of 19 wins and only two losses (as of January 28,) the Mighty Lions currently hold the number five position, as ranked by Jim Halley in an article on the USA Today Web site (ranking may change as article is updated). In recognition of the students’ achievement, the team was honored at the Houston City Council Meeting on January 29.

The team was invited to City Hall by council member Jolanda Jones (At Large Position Number 5), who requested the official proclamation for Coach Greg Wise and the Yates team.The Yates High School basketball team has not been nationally ranked since 1983, when it was sixth in the country.

Zeta Delta Sigma presents youth symposium ARLINGTON- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated is a national leading service established with the values of sisterhood, scholarship, and service, with it strongest value being service. With nearly 100,000 members and over 400 chapters in the United States, Europe, Bermuda, Virgin Islands and the Bahamas, the organization aims to enhance the quality of life in the community, serving by the motto of, “Greater Service, Greater Progress.” Public service, leadership development and education of youth are hallmarks of the Sorority’s activities.

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated works diligently every year promoting national programs that support their youth and our

communities. This year, Zeta Delta Sigma Chapter hopes to serve and promote our sorority national program, Sigma Youth Symposium, entitled “IT’S IN THE BAG”, themed, “Framing Excellence through Persistence rather than Resistance.” Speakers will address topics of prevalent concern that negatively impact our youth: truancy, gang violence, intimidation, coercion, discrimination, sale/use of drugs, vandalism, graffiti, homicide, etc.

The Sigma Youth Symposium will be held from 10:00am to 2:00pm on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Mountain View College located at 4849 W. Illinois Ave., Dallas, Texas 75211. The Sigma Youth Symposium is a free event open to

all age groups; parents are strongly encouraged to attend as well. In addition to the Sigma Youth Symposium, winners of The Mwanamugimu (wah-nah-moo-geemoo) Project will be announced during a Special Awards Presentation and lunch will be provided.

Also, college representatives will be available to help students and their parents with financial assistance, including completing the free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and will provide preparation tips for college required test. All information will be provided in English and Spanish.

For more information, please call (214) 860-2432 or visit www. dccd.edu/keystosuccess/.

Free service for pregnant women

DENTON- The Pregnancy RiskLine of the Texas Teratogen Information Service provides information on having a healthy baby. Birth defects are one of the many concerns facing an expect-

ing mother. An unborn baby’s health can be harmed by exposure to things such as alcohol, cigarette smoking, drugs and some medication. These substances are called teratogens. For answers to

your questions, contact the Texas Teratogen Information Service, a non-profit organization for pregnant and nursing women. For more information, call (1-800)7334727.

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