Vol. 24, Issue 31

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Vol. 24, Issue 31

Greater Houston Edition

OUR STORY

LIVING LEGEND

August 18

James Meredith graduates from “Ole Miss”.

- 1963

Henry Hartford Brown

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Bishop Desmond Tutu defies apartheid laws by walking alone on a South African beach.

– 1989

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The first group of twenty Africans are brought to Jamestown, VA. – 1619

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Nat Turner leads the only successful slave rebellion in United States history.

- 1831

22

John Lee Hooker, blues singer and guitarist was born.

– 1917

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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Senator Borris Miles discusses Remnants of Slavery as it relates to the Galveston Police Department.

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New Generation Youth Ministry engages youth with the Word of God through a Bible competition.

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Greater St. Matthew Baptist church to host a Scholarship event featuring Kathy Taylor-Brown.

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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is formed.

- 1796

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Henry Blair’s cotton planting machine patented.

- 1836

HOUSTON - Henry Hartford Brown was born on November 17, 1930 in Houston. Brown attended Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Texas Southern University where he also did graduate study.

He served as an Adjunct Professor at Howard University School of Business & Industry. In 1959, he started his career at Anheuser-Busch, Inc. as a wholesaler representative.

Brown was recognized as a Superior Sales Achiever, was promoted and received “The Adolphus Award,” the company’s highest recognition for excellence in sales, named after the founder of Anheuser-Busch and the Fortune 500 Corporation.

In 1975, Brown developed Budweiser’s Great Kings and Queens of Africa, an educational program that showcases the rich ancestral history of African-Americans. In 1980, he was named Vice Pres. of Marketing Development at Anheuser-Busch for his meritorious contributions resulting from his many innovative programs and projects.

In 1990, Brown was elected as Senior Vice President of Anheuser-Busch, becoming the first African-American to be elevated to the Senior Executive Suite of the world’s largest brewery.

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State of Black Texas in the Texas Legislature

By Senator Borris Miles

Remnants of Slavery & the Galveston Police Department

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uring the 86th Legislative Session, I reminded my colleagues about how remnants of slavery still

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Answering the Call: Immigration Reform

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hen I heard the news of the ICE raids in my home state of Mississippi, it horrified me; but I can’t say it surprised me. I come from Mississippi, where the struggle for unity and racial harmony has always been particularly tough and violent. For years in my home state, Blacks have struggled to be equal to Whites in the state.

After every other state in the union has done the right thing and removed

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exist today when deliberating bills on the Sugar Land 95, and the removal of Confederate statues and monuments. Several news outlets reported the site where Fort Bend ISD uncovered the remains of 95 individuals who were part of the state’s convict leasing program. I fought with the community to ensure this site and these remains would be memorialized and we won.

Earlier this year, Senator Royce West (D-Dallas), the only other Af-

rican-American state senator in Texas, and I fought against a bill that would make it harder to remove Confederate statues and monuments. This bill later died in the Texas House. But statues and buried human remains are not the only remnants around us, it’s the actions by our fellow man.

Two weeks ago, photos surfaced of two Galveston Police Mounted Patrol Officers escorting Donald Neely, a Black man, handcuffed and being led

by a rope. This chilling photo went viral because the imagery was reminiscent of how slaves were treated. Regardless of why Mr. Neely was arrested, he deserved to be treated with dignity and respect by law enforcement.

Those officers decided to handcuff him, lead him by rope while they were on horseback and parade him around town like he was a public spectacle. This is outrageous! I condemned the actions of these officers during this arrest and

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Confederate symbols from their flags, Mississippi stands alone, steep in injustice and fear. I need you to understand that I come from Mississippi. I know the history of my home state. This is the state that is the last stronghold of overt racism and hatred towards African-Americans.

Mississippi is where Emmett Till, a 14-yearold boy, was kidnapped and murdered—his killers known but allowed to walk free. This is the state where police arrested nine students at Tougaloo College, all on a quest to reach their academic goals in their effort to live the American dream.

Their crime? Reading in a “Whites only” public library. The entirety of the University of Mississippi erupted in outrage because of the Supreme

Court’s decision to allow a Black man, James Meredith, to attend the school.

The riot was so terrible, the National Guard had to mobilize for Meredith’s protection.

Now in 2019, this is the state where 680 undocumented workers were arrested in one of the biggest immigration sweeps in American history. These workers were at their jobs trying to make an honest living for their families as many had just dropped off their kids to school for the first day after summer vacation in Mississippi.

I am not surprised Mississippi is yet again obtaining a horrible record of discrimination. The arrests were a result of an administrative investigation with the state leadership, Homeland Security and federal officers. It is said that this investiga-

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tion has been underway for a year now.

“Through the hard work of these men and women, we are once again becoming a nation of laws,” US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst said as he announced the arrests.

Tate Reeves who is currently the Lieutenant Governor and candidate for Governor of Mississippi said in a tweet just after the raid, “Glad to see that ICE is working hard to enforce our immigration laws.

680 aliens detained in Mississippi. We must enforce our laws, for the safety of all Americans. Well done and praise the US Attorney and the current administration.”

We are better than this America. A country that was founded on biblical principles and values. I am reminded of Matthew

for unnecessarily subjecting Mr. Neely to public humiliation. I thank Galveston Police Chief Vernon Hale for his swift response and apology to Mr. Neely.

I ask him to thoroughly investigate those officers and consider disciplinary actions and to institute department-wide sensitivity training to ensure that officers, present and future understand why this was wrong, why it was inhumane and why it was downright racist.

- AANI

25:45 which says, “And the kind will say, ‘I tell you the truth when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me’.” It is time for us to search our hearts in America and say, “Is this what Christ would do?”

We are at a pivotal moment in American history which will define our state and define us as Mississippians as well as a country.

This is the moment for us all to make the right choice. What will we do?

Will we continue to follow the path laid out in our dark history, or will we stand up for what we know is right?

Mississippi has made leaps and bounds as our country wrestled with its conscience and struggled with the horrors of the past.

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OPINION & EDITORIAL

We MUST Understand

By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher

The Truth About Welfare “Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.”

- President Ronald Reagan

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merica first developed its national welfare system in 1935, as a result of the effects of the Great Depression. On January 4, 1935 President Roosevelt announced in his State of the Union Address that, “the time has come for action by the national government, to provide security against the major hazards and vicissitudes of life.”

Thus, the welfare system was established out of the necessity of hardship on American citizens.

Since that time, several generations of families have survived off of its assistance for survival.

However, there have been many untruths about the actual individuals who rely on the system. So, it is time to set the record straight.

We MUST Understand, for too long members of the African-American community and other minority groups have suffered racist and discriminatory stereotypical labels that are just not factual. It never ceases to amaze me how people can judge an entire culture based off of a portion of the individu-

als who are a part of it.

Throughout the years, Black folks and other minorities have always been labeled as the largest population of those who receive welfare benefits.

But according to statistics it is actually the other way around.

In an article printed in Newsweek entitled, Trump Thinks Only Black People are on Welfare, But Really, White Americans Receive Most Benefits, Ryan Sit provides statistics on the subject.

He states, “Whites are the biggest beneficiaries when it comes to government safety-net programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, commonly referred to as welfare.”

He further explains, “White people without a college degree ages 18 to 64 are the largest class of adults lifted out of poverty by such programs.”

According to the Think Tank’s 2017 report, “6.2 million working-age Whites were lifted above the poverty line in 2014, compared to 2.8 million Blacks and 2.4 million Hispanics.”

In 2015, the Department of Agriculture provided details regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps). It found that, “Just over 40 percent of SNAP recipients are White, another 25.7 percent are Black, 10.3 percent are Hispanic, 2.1 percent are Asian and 1.2 percent are Native American.”

Now these are not little White lies, but in fact, the truth about Welfare.

- AANI

The Hutchinson Report

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Here’s Why Conspiracy Theorists Run Wild with Epstein’s Suicide

T

he predictable started barely before the ink on the headline dried on the report that super-rich and super disgraced, financier Jeffrey Epstein had committed suicide in his Manhattan Center jail cell.

No way Epstein could kill himself, he had to be the most endangered, the most influential, and therefore the most watched prisoner in any pen in the country. If he ever got to trial, the sex trafficker and global influence peddler and enabler, supposedly could take down presidents, ex-presidents, various heads of state, and a slew of other notables if he squealed.

So, he had to be bumped off to shut him up.

But by whom and how?

As always in cases such as this, it mattered little that there is no provable answer to either of these questions. Or that he had tried to commit suicide earlier. Or that he refused to name names when he had a chance in a deposition a few years earlier. Or, that he was not on a suicide watch at the time. Or that his glamour globe-trotting life was over, and he would likely

never see the light of day outside a courtroom and a prison cell.

Suspicions of his demise through foul play were enough to unleash the standard wild tale of conspiracies. For decades, talk of hidden and sinister conspiracies and plots have been the staple of a political spectrum of extreme rightists, Aryan Nation racists, Millennium Christian fundamentalists, leftist radicals and fraternal lodges and societies.

Their Internet sites always bristle with purported official documents that detail and expose these alleged plots. These groups and thousands of individuals believe that government, corporate or international Zionist groups busily hatch secret plots and concoct hidden plans to wreak havoc on their lives. Hollywood and the TV industry churn out countless movies and TV shows in which shadowy government groups topple foreign governments, assassinate government leaders and brainwash operatives to do dirty deeds.

Conspiracy theorists allege explosives were planted at the WTC; that Jewish and Israeli Tower workers and occupants were warned the day before, supposedly by the Mossad (the Israeli intelligence agency) to stay away; that a missile slammed into the Pentagon; that the government hid the wreckage of the United Airlines plane that terrorists crashed in Pennsylvania.

Every one of these the-

ories has been debunked.

The American woods swarm with many Americans that fervently believe government, corporate or international Zionist groups busily hatch secret plots and concoct hidden plans to wreak havoc on their lives.

The Manchurian Candidate idea, popularized in books and countless movies and TV shows, has firmly implanted the notion that shadowy government groups routinely topple foreign governments, assassinate government leaders and brainwash operatives to do dirty deeds. There are two other undeniable reasons that conspiracy theories have so easily infected the popular imagination.

Government agencies, such as the FBI, the CIA and INSCOM (Army intelligence), with the connivance of presidents, have often played fast and loose with the law and the rules of democracy.

They have spied on, harassed and jailed thousands of Americans, from Communists to anti-war activists. The conspiracy bug bit many Blacks hard beginning in the 1960s.

They were convinced that murky government agencies flooded the ghettoes with drugs, alcohol, gangs and guns to sow division and disunity among Black organizations, eliminate militant Black leaders, jail Black politicians and quash Black activism.

Their conspiracy fantasies were fueled by well-documented spying

by Army Intelligence, the Justice Department

and the FBI on the Nation of Islam, the Black Panther Party, the NAACP and other Black groups, the Tuskegee experiment that stretched from 1932 into the 1970s in which federal officials knowingly withheld curative medical treatment to Black men in Alabama infected with syphilis, and the corruption probes that targeted Black elected officials in the 1980s. The jewel in the conspiracy theory crown has been the murder of John F. Kennedy.

The notion that a lone gunman could kill Kennedy has been endlessly disputed by a legion of writers and investigators.

With the finger pointed to a murky checklist of conspirators who wanted Kennedy bumped off.

The other murder that has drawn almost equal conspiracy chatter is the murder of Dr. M.L. King, Jr. The claim is that King’s convicted killer, James Earl Ray was a Lee Harvey Oswald-type patsy and that government spy agencies—most notably the FBI—orchestrated King’s murder.

In 1997, the King family jumped on the conspiracy bandwagon and demanded that Ray get a new trial presumably to ferret out the racist or government conspirators behind his murder. In an era filled with allegations of fake news, Russian bots, alleged election rigging, and a president who routinely spins his own conspiracy theories, the Epstein suicide like the Kennedy and King murders....

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By Rebecca S. Jones

“Back in the day, I remember going to Houston near the Cypress area, and there was some Texas state troopers that would be parked on the right side of the road. They looked so tall and of course, they were White. But, I would always say when I get up, I want to be a state trooper.

Even during my elementary days when the teachers would ask you what you wanted to be. I would always say, ‘I want to be a police officer.’”

- Chief Wilton White, Jr., Eagle Lake P.D.

HOUSTON - A native of Hempstead, Texas, Wilton White, Jr. was birthed to Georgia Mae Taylor and the late Wilton White, Sr. His fondest memories as a child was spending time during the summer at his grandparents’ house.

His grandfather, Harry Taylor was a hard-working mechanic and farmer, who taught him how to ride horses and the basics about working on engines. White also recalls watching Country Western shows with his grandfather and envisioned himself becoming a cowboy when he got older.

He was educated in the public-school system.

During his high school years, he was active in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) - a work program which allows students with enough credit hours to leave school and work. He said, “In school I wasn’t really athletic. I was too short for basketball; too slow for track; and too little for football; but, I found

something I could do and that was the military.”

After graduating from Hempstead High School in 1979, he became a commercial driver for Wilmice Vending Company and Sherwin-Williams Painting Company. In 1982, he enlisted in the United States Army.

White said, “As it turned out I had a knack for that military stuff. I went in there and started working out and running and went from 125 pounds, when I graduated high school to 190 pounds when I came out of the military. Even though I was asthmatic, I never let that stop me. I would buy shorts with pockets and would put my inhaler in my pocket. Whenever I felt myself having an attack, I would give myself a few puffs and keep going.”

Although White entered the military as a Diesel Mechanic he quickly emerged as a leader. He perfected the skill of shooting his rifle, so much so, that he earned a badge for being a sharp shooter. He also rose to the rank of Sergeant within a two-and-a-halfyear time span, amidst receiving other medals and commendations. During his tenure there, he devoted four years of service in Regular Duty and served another two years in the Texas National Guard; before receiving an honorable discharge in 1988.

Upon being discharged from the military, White felt the strong need to continue his education before re-entering the workforce. Accordingly, he moved to Fort Hood and matriculated at Central

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COVER STORY Texas College, where he earned an Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice.

Following, he relocated to Houston and secured employment at Armored Transport Texas. While picking up and delivering money to varying enterprises in the city; he decided the time had come for him to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a police officer. Thus, he enrolled at the University of Houston - Downtown

Wilton White served in the U.S. army from 1982-1988.

Photo Credit Wilton White

and began his studies to obtain licensure. He would work during the day and attend class at night. His sacrifice was rewarded in December of 1989, as he attained his license to become a certified police officer in the state of Texas.

Thereafter, he applied with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

However, the agency was experiencing a four-year hiring freeze. Motivated to accomplish his dream, he went on to apply at the Brenham Police Department in Brenham, Texas.

Initially, White was told there were no openings

available. At the time, the department only had one African-American police officer, Mr. Bill Mays. Fortunately for White, Mays retired shortly afterwards.

Subsequently, he was called back by Brenham PD who offered him the position. After happily accepting the invitation, he began working as a police officer just a month after earning his license.

White maintained an unblemished record during his four-year tenure with the Brenham Police Department. While there, he served on the Interview Board and became a Field Training officer before applying with the Texas Department of Public Safety. Consequently, he was hired on with the Department of Public Safety in January, 1994. He continued his professional legacy of excellence, during the 13 years he dedicated to the department - serving on the Interview Board and as Field Training Officer to both male and female troopers.

As a Texas state trooper, White received many awards and accolades for his service. He was recognized with the Driver’s Safety award, for having written over 760 speeding tickets - more than any other officer in the region.

Also, in 2004, he was hit by a drunk driver while working for the DPS and was seriously injured to the point, that he was off work for nine months. As a result, he was summoned to Austin to receive the Star of Texas award presented by then-Governor Rick Perry. Having “won

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White became one of the first officers to ever receive the Star of Texas award by then-Governor Rick Perry, for being seriously injured in the line of duty. the war, but lost the battle,” is how White described his transition from State Trooper with the DPS to becoming Lieutenant of Operations at Prairie View A&M University.

As such, Lt. White began working in this capacity in April, 2007. He devoted over a decade to the Prairie View community before retiring in 2018, with a combined sum of 27 years of experience serving in law enforcement.

Although Lt. White had accomplished much, he still felt a void within.

He said, “I had to clean my heart because I had been overlooked twice for the Chief position at Prairie View. So, when I got to where I could retire, that’s what I did. Because, I felt I had done everything throughout my career that I could, to become Chief; but, that wasn’t where God wanted me to be.”

While enjoying retirement, one of White’s friends contacted him and shared that Eagle Lake Police Department was in search of a Chief.

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Chief Wilton White, Jr. has become the first African-American Chief of the Eagle Lake Police Department established in 1888.

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New Generation Bible Competition

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RELIGION

I Don’t Know Him!

Jesus warned us about false prophets and told us to remain prayerful.

Photo Credit AP Photo/Brynn Anderson Tournament participants and winners from Apostolic Faith, Assembly of the Living Word, Church of the Nation, Divine Connection Christian Center, Fountain of Life International, Chapel of Restoration, Height of Zion, House of David, Houston South Four Square, International Way of Life, King’s Palace (RCCG), New Life Chapel (RCCG), Our Savior’s Church, Pavilion of Redemption, Temple Rebuilder Ministry, Tender Care Ministry, World Prayer Ministry, Harvest Point Ministry and Jesus People Chapel International.

Photo Credit Julienne King

By Julienne King

HOUSTON - New Generation Youth Ministry (NGYM) is a youth ministry for local youth in the City of Houston. It was a vision given to a group of Pastors of how to engage the youth of today to keep them connected to the Word of God. In 2008, the Board of Directors was formed to carry out the vision throughout the city.

The Board of Directors include: Dr. B. Osho, Dr. Ayodeji Awe, Pastor Kayode Kolawole, Rev. Bolatito Popoala, Bro. Femi Alaka and Pastor Adetokunbo Obasa, who have all remained committed to fulfilling NGYM’s vision. Children from ages 4-19 are given books of the Bible to study verses of scripture to memorize, stories of the Bible to color and verses of the Bible to locate in a yearly summer Tournament. Youth from all over

the city come together after months of studying and practicing to compete for prizes.

When the vision started, there were only five churches that were a part of the ministry. With each year, the number of participating churches has grown to the current number of 37 churches.

Of the 37 churches that were involved in this year’s competition, 19 actively participated in the competition. The judges for this year’s Bible Tournament Competition were: Dea. Adewomi Adeniyi, Min. Abiola Adesina, Bro. Femi Alaka, Dr. Julienne King and Elder Samuel Olukosi.

There were five areas of competition and the churches that won those competitions are as follows: Children Painting Category, 1st place, House of David; 2nd place, Harvest Point and 3rd place,

Houston Four Square.

In the Oral Quiz Category, 1st place, Houston Four Square; 2nd place, Apostolic Faith and 3rd place, King’s Palace. For the Written Quiz Category, 1st and 2nd place, King’s Palace and 3rd place, Houston Four Square.

The Memory Verse Category winners, 1st place, Tender Care Ministry; 2nd place, House of David and 3rd place, King’s Palace.

NGYM’s Sword Drill Category winners, 1st place, Houston Four Square; 2nd place, House of David and 3rd place, Harvest Point.

In the final Poetry Category winners, 1st place, House of David; 2nd place, Apostolic Church and 3rd place, King’s Palace.

Concluding, the Bible Tournament was a tremendous success and created a renewed sense of spirituality for participants and attendees alike.

- AANI

By Bobby E. Mills, PhD

HOUSTON - Two thousand years ago Jesus walked along the shores of the Galilee Sea proclaiming a higher calling; asking individuals to form a community, spiritually acknowledging and em-

bracing the reality of God. “And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were Fishers. And he saith unto them, “Come Follow me, and I will make

you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.” Matthew 4: 18-20 Oftentimes, in the twenty-first century, many pastoral leaders say they have been called by God, but few are chosen, because everyone that says Lord, Lord does not mean it. Therefore, judging by the ungodly political nature and character of American society few have been chosen by God. Seemingly the pastoral heart’s desire of too many Christian Right Evangelical pastors is material empire building, fishing for money and not shepherding souls.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Afro-All Star Charity Basketball Game Faith Lutheran Church 800 Brooks St Gym Sugar Land, 77478 From 12-5p.m.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Mentoring the 100 Way Mentee Orientation Fall 2019 Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men 1700 Gregg St Houston, 77020

Texas • August 18 - 24, 2019

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice

Please join the City of Houston’s Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) for its Fall Open House and Public Hearings. Approximately $250 million in federal entitlement grants will be available to improve Houston's neighborhoods and the quality of life for low- and moderate-income families over the next five years. Tell us about your community needs and priorities for the preparation of Houston's 5-year strategic plans, the 2019 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice and 2020 Consolidated Plan.

Location Emancipation Community Center 3018 Emancipation Ave, Houston, TX 77004 Southwest Multi-Service Center 6400 High Star Drive, Houston, TX 77074

Date Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

Both venues are accessible for persons with disabilities. For additional information or to request special arrangements at the public hearings (interpreter, captioning for the hearing impaired, sign language, or other), contact Ashley Lawson at 832.394.5438 or Ashley.Lawson@houstontx.gov.

You can also take the 2019 Community Needs Survey and get involved at our website: www.houstontx.gov/housing. For specific questions or concerns about fair housing or landlord/tenant relations, please contact Yolanda Jefferies at 832.394.6240.

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 4th Annual I Love My HBCU ALL WHITE AFFAIR The Ensemble Theatre 3535 Main St Houston, 77002 Starting at 9p.m.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Hidden Colors 5 Viewing & Panel Discussion Shape Community Center 3903 Almeda Rd Houston, 77004 From 6-9p.m.

Tickets: $5-$60

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Black University Presents SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Know Thyself Series-Part I Prairie View A&M Shrine of the Black Univ. Natl Alumni Assoc.

Madonna Cultural & Fort Bend County Chapter Event Center Annual Scholarship 5309 Martin Luther King Banquet Houston, 77021 Power Center From 2-5p.m.

12401 S. Post Oak Houston, 77045 SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 For more information National Alliance for contact Mrs. Ida Wright Mental Health (NAMI) at (281) 342-3868 or Mrs. “Family to Family Carolyn Fields at Support Group” (281) 633-1234.

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3815 Live Oak St SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Houston, 77004 MPAC From 4-6:30p.m.

(Mack Performing Arts Collective) SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 Sponsored by H.E.B Buck Street Memorial 4400 Palm Royale Blvd Church of God in Christ is Sugar Land, 77479 celebrating its From 7-11p.m.

107th Church Anniversary 3510 Des Chaumes St. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Houston, 77026 Scholarship Event Starting at 3pm Featuring Kathy Taylor Supt. W. L. Hennesy, Sr. & others Guest Speaker Greater St. Matthews B.C. Bishop Prince E.W. Bryant 6333 Highway 6 Pastor Hitchcock, 77563 For more information Tickets: $25 Victoria Harvey From 4:30-7:30p.m.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 StixxandStonez Back 2 School Bash Shaw’s A Cut Above 9243 South Main St Houston, 77025 Free From 1-5p.m.

MONDAY, AUGUST 26 Safety and Security for Young Black Male Shape Community Cntr.

3903 Almeda Rd Houston, 77004 From 6-8p.m.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 Pearland Medical Plaza Extravaganza-GB Healthcare Mixer 10970 Shadow Creek Pearland, 77584 Free From 6:30-8:30p.m.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 Houston Touchdown Club Luncheon 19th Annual TSU & P.V. A&M Labor Day Classic Luncheon Power Center 12401 South Post Oak Houston, 77045 Starting at Noon Tickets: $25 Purchase Tickets at: TD’s Club’s Neal Farmer at (713) 849-9860

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Black Maternal Health Summit UT Health Cooley Center 7440 Cambridge St Houston, 77030 From 8a.m.-3p.m.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 2019 Pinnacle Awards VIP Nominee Reception Houston Museum of African-American Culture 4807 Caroline St Houston, 77004 Free

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Black AIDS Institute and Houston Dept. of Health TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 Presents: Chocolate Milk: The Kickback The Documentary Texas Southern University Breaking Cultural Barriers 3100 Cleburne St in Maternal Mental Houston, 77004 Health Free Fete Function From 5-7p.m.

1910 Country Place THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Parkway DAV & RecruitMilitary #Suite 158 Houston Veterans Pearland, 77584 Job Fair From 5-8:30p.m.

Toyota Center TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 1510 Polk St ABC’s of Home Houston, 77002 Buying & Selling From 11a.m.-3p.m.

First American Title THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 Insurance Company WCEAN Presents: 12012 Space Center Back 2 Business Blvd University of Houston Suite #1200 Energy Research Park Houston, 77059 5000 Gulf Freeway Free Bldg 4 Addressing Current& Historical Realities Houston, 77023 Affecting Our Free Community From 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m.

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