October 6 - 12, 2019
Vol. 24, Issue 38
Greater Houston Edition
OUR STORY
LIVING LEGEND Rev. F.N. Williams, Sr.,
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First tour of Fisk Jubilee Singers. - 1871
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“Mr. Mac” the first Black columnist for the Houston Post died. - 2006
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Jean Jacques I crowned Emperor of Haiti. - 1804
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Samuel McCullough, a free Black man, participated in the first offensive action of the Texas Revolution, in Goliad, and is considered the war’s fist casualty. - 1835
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Milt Larkin, bandleader and self-taught jazz trumpeter, was born in Navasota. - 1910
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OP-ED
EDUCATION
WHAT’S HAPPENIN’
We MUST Understand asks who really won in the tragic case of Amber Guyger & Botham Jean.
Aldine Independent School District receives $1.35 million for school improvement initiatives.
Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church to host a SANKOFA Celebration.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize. - 1964
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Frank Robinson becomes the first African-American baseball manager. - 1975
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HOUSTON - Rev. Floyd Nathaniel Williams, Sr. was born into a family of preachers, community activists and prominent political affiliation. As a lad, he watched his father and grandfather the late Rev. Mike Williams face police brutality and all of the ills associated with strong vocal Black leaders in that era, who combatted social injustice and inequality. His father, the late Rev. M.C. Williams was a fervent force in the community and held dominant ties in the political and educational arenas. At one point there was only one school which residents of the Acreage Home community could attend, White Oak School, located on West Montgomery. No matter how far of a distance students had to walk or travel, it was the only learning institution readily available to them. Through the continued efforts of Rev. M.C. Williams, another school was eventually opened, Highland Heights. It was later named in his honor, M.C. Williams Middle School. Being reared the son of a pastor, Williams began to sense a call to the ministry. He surrendered to that call in 1945, at the age of 16. First, he earned a Bachelor of Divinity Degree in Extended Studies from Bishop College. Thereafter, he was called to lead the Greater Union Baptist Church in Matthews. Cont. aframnews.com