Garland Journal 11-17-22

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My Truth

By Cheryl Smith Publisher

A Dream Deferred

Harlem

What happens to a dream de ferred?

Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore— And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

Another election has come and gone and there’s another one waiting around the corner!

Wednesday morning quar terbacking was in in full effect as everyone, yes, everyone I talked to; had something to say.

If only.

Why?

WTH?

How?

What were they thinking?

If I woulda, coulda, shoulda Next time…

And I even got a few, I told you…

So what’s a person to do?

Which brings me to my truth. Some might say democracy is about to explode.

The Honorable Rev. Jesse Jackson, almost 40 years ago, told us to, “Keep Hope Alive.”

If you’re like me, you need a message today. You need a sign.

You need something that will help you get over the hump, because for me every day, not just Wednesday, has become “hump day” as I attempt to grow and bring others along with me.

As we prepare for the next election there has to be some tough, hard and insightful con versations.

Some people need to be hired, fired, retrained, educat ed, while others need to have a come to their inspiration meet ing because things can’t keep going on the way they have been going if this world is going to get better.

Then too, there is a conversa tion that has to be had with that person in the mirror.

Begin there and see what happens!

By Rodney A. Brooks

I never had a conversation about money with my parents. Never. Even when I applied to colleges I don’t remember talking to my mother about the costs and how I would pay. We knew she couldn’t afford to help me pay college tu ition. I figured it out – I made it through four years of college with a combination of scholarships, fi nancial aid and income from sum mer jobs.

I went off to college without ever knowing what things cost, like the mortgage or a car note. I didn’t even know how to open a checking account. But I had to learn - fast.

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With Pending Criminal, Civil, Congressional Investigations, Trump Formally Announces

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent

Six hundred and seventy-eight days after he inspired arguably the worst act of domestic terror ism in U.S. history and almost single-handedly destroyed Amer ican democracy, Donald J. Trump formally announced that he’s running for president.

The twice-impeached former president made the announce ment ostensibly at the scene of one of his more recent alleged crimes.

With a gaggle of American flags hanging in the background and dozens of family members and supporters looking on, Trump de clared his 2024 candidacy at Mara-Lago, his Florida compound.

“Ladies and gentlemen, distin guished guests and my fellow cit

izens, America’s comeback starts now,” Trump told his cheering faithful.

With Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen as the ear ly favorite to win the 2024 GOP nomination, Trump took a bow for “all the promises I’ve kept.”

However, most observers have noted that a border wall on the Southern U.S. border never oc curred and Mexico, as Trump fa mously promised, never paid for such a project.

While in office, Trump nev er released his tax returns and a healthcare plan he continu ally promised that would usurp Obamacare, never happened.

In August, authorities searched the Mar-a-Lago residence and re portedly retrieved masses of clas sified federal documents that he allegedly and illegally removed

from

Trump’s announcement comes even as several investigations continue.

Earlier in the day, Allen Weis

selberg, the former chief financial officer for the Trump Organiza tion, testified in a criminal tax fraud case that Trump himself “authorized” the scheme.

Weisselberg, 75, added that Trump knew compensation for executives included perks such as apartments and luxury cars in stead of extra salary.

In April of 2021, Weisselberg and the company were both indicted. Authorities haven’t charged Trump with any wrong doing.

In August 2022, New York At torney General Letitia James al leged in a civil suit that Trump and three of his adult children engaged in a decade’s worth of fraud, inflating Trump’s net worth by billions of dollars.

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TCU Honors James Cash ’69 with Statue, Honorary Doctorate

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to move TCU — and other or ganizations you touched — forward,” Chancellor Boschini said at the statue dedication.

Cash was the first Black stu dent-athlete at TCU, was the first Black basketball player in the Southwest Conference, and has continued his leader ship throughout his life.

Dr. James Cash

“Through your courage and determination, you used your experiences and perspectives

“TCU helped me accomplish more than others thought pos sible, by teaching me to care more than others thought wise, which empowered me to take more risk than others thought

was safe,” Cash’s quote reads on the plaque of his statue.

Following his bachelor’s at TCU, Cash earned master’s and doctorate degrees at Pur due. He joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1976. Now the James E. Ro bison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, he taught in each of the school’s major programs and, in 1985, became the first Black facul ty member to receive tenure. Chancellor Boschini and sev

Tiffany Cross Show “Cross Connection” on MSNBC Unexpectedly Ends

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Without detailed explanation and days before one of the most consequential midterm elec tions in recent memory, MSNBC decided to end its contract with MSNBC host Tiffany Cross. The staff who work on her show was informed of the change on Oct. 4.

Cross was host of The Cross Connection, which aired on Sat urday mornings at 10 a.m. The show was the highest rated week end show on MSNBC, whose slo gan is “this is who we are.”

The sudden end to Cross’ time at MSNBC is another moment in a string of examples of MSNBC parting ways with Black women who were either hosts or com mentators at the network. The list of Black women who have departed over the last several years includes Tamron Hall, April Ryan, Melissa Harris Perry, Karen Finney and Zerlina Maxwell.

In a statement posted on social media on the evening of Nov. 4, Cross reacted saying, “I am dis heartened to learn of MSNBC’s decision to cancel The Cross Connection, at such a crucial

time — four days before the mid term elections.”

“Fresh off the heels of ‘a ra cial reckoning,’ as so many have called it, we see that with prog

ress there is always backlash. Now is not the time to retreat to politics or journalism as usual,” Cross observed.

There has been a rise in politi cal violence and white suprema cy in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s rise to political prominence. Trump’s announce ment he’d run for the presidency included a racist attack on Mex ican immigrants, blaming them for crime in the U.S.

“When Mexico sends its peo ple, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re

You need to talk to your children about money

Please don’t think I’m blaming my parents or any Black parents for their lack of financial literacy or not talking to their five children about money. It was almost taboo back then to discuss such things, even with children. It still feels taboo to day for many Black families. But if you are not sitting down with your children and talking to them about money, finances and what things cost, you are making a big mistake.

Let’s start with a couple of star tling statistics.

• The average Black family has a net worth of $17,000, one-tenth of the average White family.

• Only 34% of Black Americans own stocks compared to 61 per cent of White Americans, ac cording to the Federal Reserve’s last survey. Stocks and retire ment plans are the primary way Americans build wealth, so that accounts for a big part of the ra

cial wealth disparities.

• Only 44 percent of Black Amer icans have retirement accounts with an average balance of $20,000 vs. 65 percent of White Americans who have an average balance of $50,000.

There are many reasons for these wealth disparities, and financial lit eracy only plays one part. Racism and discrimination have played a major role. But we must do a better job of preparing our children for a financial journey that we know will be difficult at best. And the best way to do that is to sit down with them and talk about money.

The financial literacy gap be gins early in life, according to The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s re port, Financial Literacy for Youth. “White and Asian 15-year-olds, on average, have sub-stantially high er financial literacy scores, while Hispanic and Black students have

substantially lower scores when compared to their general pop ulation peers, as reported in the 2020 U.S. National Strategy for Fi nancial Literacy.”

We know that some parents need classes in financial literacy themselves. But the basics of finan cial literacy is understanding the basics of money. And for children that might include understanding how much their parents earn, how much they pay for the mortgage or rent, what the gas and electric bill is or what they pay monthly for those family cell phones. The more we talk to our children about money, the better they will understand life.

A friend who is a financial plan ner and who teaches financial planning in an urban high school said he asked his class what things like cable television and utilities cost their parents, and they had no idea. Another friend who is an

entrepreneur said not only did she know how much how mother earned, but her mom also made her write out the checks to pay the bills. That way she knew there was nothing left at the end of the month.

You may not be able to talk to your children about stocks and bonds, but you can talk to them about money. And do what you can to ensure that they take advan tage of the financial literacy classes in high school or church.

If they learn about money, they will want to learn more. And the more they learn, the more they can teach their parents.

A. Brooks is a Texas Metro News Columnist and Senior Fellow at Prosperity Now. The author of Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism and discrimination put us here, but this is how we can save future generations, he has written for USA TODAY, The Washington Post and National Geographic.

the White House after Joe Biden’s resounding victory over Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

James Cash ’69, a leader in sports, community and ed ucation, cemented his place in TCU history Friday. On the same day the university dedi cated his statue in front of the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena, Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. presented him with an Hon orary Doctor of Science, hono ris causa.

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Black Press of America Plans Digital Innovation and Training Conference in St. Thomas

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire

The National Newspaper Pub lishers Association (NNPA) and its 235 African American newspa pers and media company owners, employees, sponsors, and others plan to converge in the beautiful U.S. Virgin Islands for the NNPA’s annual midwinter training con ference in February.

With the theme, “Digital In novation, Training, and Engage ment of the Black Press of Amer ica,” publishers and others will link up to further strengthen the 195-year-old Black Press.

Moreover, the always highly anticipated training conference takes place from Feb. 1 to Feb. 4

at the brand-new Westin Beach Resort at Frenchmen’s Reef, Es tate Bakkeroe, in St. Thomas.

The NNPA’s all-Black woman executive board will count among those greeting NNPA partners, sponsors, and guests.

All guests can take advantage of a remarkable and reduced-priced resort stay by immediately registering at http://www.nn pa-events.com.

Chair Karen Carter Richards, the publisher of the Houston For ward Times, leads the all-women executive board.

Janis Ware, the publisher of the Atlanta Voice, serves as vice chair.

Fran Farrer, the publisher of The County News in North Carolina, is the second vice chair.

UNT Black Alumni Network Celebrates Homecoming Weekend

by Marva Sneed

and Black Student Union leaders. The Homecom ing Tail gate kicked offed at 1:00 on Saturday. They enjoyed free food catered by Angelina’s Restaurant. The Mean Green won 52-14 victory over FIU. After the game it was time to celebrate and party. UNT Black Alumni Network Homecom ing After Party at the UNT Union Ballroom fea turing entertainment from the David Whiteman Band. There was great music, networking and reconnecting with fellow UNT alumni.

Celebrating 30 Years of BLACK EXCELLENCE!

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Representatives from longtime NNPA partners General Motors, Reynolds, Pfizer, the Bill & Melin da Gates Foundation, and Google News Initiative also count among the invited guests.

Among NNPA’s highly-valued sponsors invited to attend are AARP, Wells Fargo, AmeriHealth Caritas, American Petroleum Institute, Comcast NBC Univer sal, In Our Own Voice – Nation al Black Women’s Reproductive Agenda, Compassion & Choices Action Network, and the NNPA Fund.

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Jackie Hampton, the publisher of The Mississippi Link, serves as national secretary, and Cheryl Smith, the publisher of the Texas

Metro News, is the NNPA’s na tional treasurer.

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. will receive

Achievement Award.

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UNT Black Alumni Network (BAN) gathered in Denton at Homecoming on November 5th it was the Mean Green vs. FIU Homecoming game. There were several events before the game in cluded in UNT BAN homecoming weekend. The alumni meet for their annual meeting with updates on the UNT Alumni Association chapter along with presentations from UNT leadership

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at Hyatt Regency-Dallas. There was a Cocktail

Dinner, and Casino Night. The Attire was For mal 70’s

and Disco. The event was sold out. The sponsors of J.L. Turner Legal Association helps them continue their legacy of supporting minority law students and recognizing their dedicated sponsor and annual awards recipients.

Brief by Marva Sneed

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The Sweet Smell of Good Health

By Eva D. Coleman Lifestyle & Culture Editor

You can get hooked on this stuff! While we con stantly hear “Self-care is the best care,” VitaDrip & Wellness Spa in Dallas delivers an environment that helps get you there.

“I just feel so free,” Adri enne Christian said. “I think I want to go home and go to bed.”

Christian and others sat calmly and relaxed on stools at the bar. The lights were low with a hint of blue. Each person that came in was hesitant to leave.

Many giggled at one woman who proudly ex claimed she liked “Sex on the Beach” the best.

For some, it was a new experience, while others spoke of their encounters in Vegas and Los Angeles.

While they wore tubing in their nose and looped

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Some of the scents were sweet while others were more medicinal. With 48 flavored oxygen

treatments to choose from, it’s easy to find a few favorites, which VitaDrip shared in a news release are designed to “boost energy levels, provide stress release, increase concentration and ease headaches and hang overs.”

On the other side of the

glass, some patrons were lounging in chairs and re ceiving intravenous (IV) treatments. The IV Drip treatments range from hydration to immune support and more.

The combination of these styles of elective care in a single location is considered a rare find

in Dallas. Local registered nurse Sylvie Enoh left her job during the pandem ic to bring this concept to life. The doors opened Nov. 10, 2022 and its jo vial approach to health care is bound to be worth trying and returning for the unique offerings.

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Tiffany Cross Show

not sending you. They’re send ing people that have lots of problems, and they’re bring ing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people,” Trump said during the June 16, 2015 campaign kickoff announcement in New York.

Prior to that statement, Trump had spent years attempt ing to falsely claim that Presi dent Barack Obama was born in Kenya and somehow elected illegitimately though President Obama was born in the U.S.

On June 17, 2015 a white su premacist, Dylann Roof, mur dered nine Black people by shooting them to death at point blank range during a bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charles ton, South Carolina. Those murdered by Roof including the church’s senior pastor: State Senator Clementa Pinckney.

During his time in office, Trump hired two white suprem acist who often platformed and pushed policies and messaging that has been used by racists: Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller.

The FBI has reported a no table uptick in political threats and violence and named the number one threat in the U.S: as politically driven domestic terrorism.

On Aug. 4, FBI Director Chris topher Wray told Congress that, “the greatest terrorism threat to our homeland is posed by lone actors or small cells who typical ly radicalize to violence online and look to attack soft targets with easily accessible weapons. We see these threats manifested within both domestic violent extremists and homegrown vi olent extremists… Individuals who commit violent criminal acts in furtherance of social or political goals stemming from domestic influences—some of which include racial or ethnic bias, or anti-government or an ti-authority sentiments.”

In 2017, a hate filled white supremacists riot broke out in Charlottesville, Va. and a count er-protester was murdered after a white supremacist deliberate ly drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. President Trump did little to push back

cont. from page 1

against the racist Charlottesville rioters and instead said “there are very good people on both sides.”

In Jan. 2021, the U.S. Capi tol was violently attacked by Trump supporters shortly af ter he incited them in a speech to go to the Capitol on the day President Biden’s 8 million vote victory over Trump was to be certified.

Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pe losi, 82, was violently attacked in his home by an intruder who struck him with a hammer. The individual trafficked in false on line conspiracy theories around election fraud and QAnon driv en paranoia.

At a time of rising political division and deliberate misin formation and disinformation, MSNBC is removing an on-air presence pushing back against growing racist and fascist trends in politics. Cross was recently a target of Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The silence of MSNBC on Carlson’s attack was noted by many on social media.

“So just right before a cru cial election cycle the plug is pulled on @tiffanydcross? What’s going on @msnbc?! First @mharrisperry & now this….I know the numbers were right…. what’s goin on?” Wrote music artist and producer Questlove on twitter on Nov. 4.

“WTH?! First @ZerlinaMax well now suddenly @Tiffany DCross is out @msnbc? Pro

Tip: Reversing 2020’s equality by ruthlessly purging people of color or taking hints on how to treat your hosts from Tuck er & Fox News won’t appease Trump & the armed insurrec tionists. They hate you,” wrote Malcolm Nance, a MSNBC con tributor.

MSNBC announced Cross Connection’s debut in Decem ber 2020 along with a Sunday show hosted by Jonathan Cape hart. Moving forward, MSNBC will have different hosts in the Saturday 10 a.m. slot to replace Cross.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and the host of the podcast BURKEFILE. She is a political analyst who appears regularly on #RolandMartinUnfiltered. She may be contacted at LBurke007@ gmail.com and on twitter at @ LVBurke

TCU Honors James Cash cont. from page 1

eral members of the TCU Board of Trustees traveled to attend the ceremony for Cash when he was honored by the university by the naming of Cash House, a reno vated building on the campus of the Harvard Business School.

Cash is on the board of di rectors of several corporations, including General Electric; The Chubb Corporation; Phase For ward, Inc.; Walmart; and Verac ode. He also served on the board at Microsoft. In 2003, Cash joined the Boston Celtics’ ownership group, where he helped launch community-based initiatives fo cusing on racism and racial in equality.

At TCU, Cash, an Academic All-American, was named First Team All-Southwest Confer ence in 1968 when he led TCU to the 1968 Southwest Confer ence championship. One of five players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 800 re bounds, Cash’s jersey is one of only four retired at TCU.

“Your achievements on this campus were just the beginning of what would become an ex traordinary career,” Chancellor Boschini said. “For TCU students,

you are the ultimate role mod el for ethical leadership and re sponsible citizenship.”

The statue of Cash was dedicat ed Nov. 11 at a ceremony host ed by TCU Athletics welcoming Cash’s family and teammates, Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker, Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks, TCU Board of Trust ee President Mark Johnson, Di rector of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati, TCU Basketball Coach Jamie Dixon and many other TCU leaders and alumni. The statue was borne from one of seven recommendations pre sented to the Board of Trustees following the Race & Reconcilia tion Initiative’s First Year Survey Report in April 2021. The recom mendations, all of which were unanimously approved by the Board, included the suggestion to commemorate the efforts of un derrepresented groups who con tributed to TCU’s development as an educational step toward creat ing a more inclusive community. Rather than removing statues or other items, TCU has committed to honoring its diverse Horned Frogs through telling a more complete story.

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Big Mama Said

By Terry Allen

Big Mama never fails! Her wisdom transcends time. Lucille “Big Mama” Allen’s birth in 1906 sparked a faith driven wisdom trail within the family. She created a process of self-aware ness, self-examination and spiritual alignment for all of her children.

She also once stated to me after I bought something via the mail from a magazine ad that did not look like its picture.

She quoted Maya Angelou, “Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.” I learned that I had to examine the credibility of the source, the reputation of the product and the entire relevance of the offering.

Let’s examine this African proverb in terms of the new DEI movement across the country and in other glob

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al spaces and platform. The proverb says, “Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”

I flip that to expand to this state ment. It’s easy to talk the talk and give advice on how things should be done. But if the person giving the advice does not act in a way that agrees with the advice they are giving, the proverb implies that a person should back up their talking with action.

In the DEI movement sparked by the global impact of the death of George Floyd, where we are giving ourselves a self-examination of “equity” and “be longing” in our organizations.

Yet here is the issue. A lot of the green lighted programs are led by individuals that do not have the ap propriate competency to execute and establish a presence of equity and be longing.

In other words, the purveyors of DEI do not have any ‘skin-the-game” and the DEI process is mired in House Negro and Field Negro situations. The Malcolm X definition of the “field vs house’ process is hard to identify, measure and diffuse.

It is dipped in an ineffective process fails to ensure that a person of color is competent to achieve DEI goals. The iconic Dr. Claud Anderson called it meritorious manumission – a process where enslaved people of color re ceived favor when they reported other enslaved people who they felt were a threat to the process and/or they were not aligned with their oppression.

I have received numerous emails and calls daily, where employees have been blocked and dismissed by ap pointed DEI team leaders as they are being minimized for no reasons other than at the discretion of the DEI ap pointed leadership.

I have gotten examples where the DEI group leaders and allys began a series of actions like visibly not speak ing, blocking any participation, creat ing new rules that were spearheaded to minimize targeted employees and scrutinizing their every action with a parent-like scorn.

All of this undermines the DEI movement. So, we now are seeing a failure of authenticity. There are three key reasons why DEI initiatives fail: failure to explicitly connect DEI ob jectives to the organization’s merit system, branding and values; lack of sustainable power from C-suite lead ership; and absence of a cohesive competency in the staff charged with integrating DEI into all aspects of the business.

Self-hatred is real as people are being minimized by their own. Big Mama also said “ sometimes you have to D.U.C.K” Dodge Unhealed Co workers Kindly. Thanks Big Mama!

Terry Allen is an award-winning media professional, journalist, and entrepreneur. He is also the founder of City Men Cook and 1016 Media. Reach him at terryallenpr@gmail.com His column appears in over 16 BIPOC newspapers

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Will it Go Round in Circles?

Quit Playin’

By Vincent L. Hall

The online magazine “Ste reogum” posted a June 2019 ar ticle about one of my favorite musicians. Reading it led to me going back to do a review of the late Billy Preston and his moving musical catalog. His 1973 #1 hit is still in my groove cycle.

“Will it Go Round in Circles” is almost 50 years old, but its press ing question for African-Ameri cans is unanswered.

In the article, writer Tom Brei han parallels Preston and Stevie Wonder, who were contemporar ies in more ways than one. Both were “child prodigies” with solid bonafides. Before he was 26, Billy Preston performed with Mahalia Jackson, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, and Sly & The Family Stone.

The self-taught keyboardist idolized The Beatles and eventual ly co-produced with George Harri son. Preston, like Stevie, mastered the early stages of musical tech nology by playing the “clavinet.”

This instrument mimicked the sound of the guitar. Stevie made the clavinet prominent in his hits Superstition and Higher Ground.

Both musicians are consid ered keyboard pioneers of sorts. However, the reason for my fasci nation with “Will it Go Round in Circles” hovers around the lyrics.

“I’ve got a song, I ain’t got no melody

I’ma gonna sing it to my friends

I’ve got a dance, I ain’t got no steps, no I’m gonna let the music move me around

I’ve got a story, ain’t got no moral

Let the bad guy win every once in a while!”

Breihan gave us the backstory.

“Preston co-wrote “Will It Go Round in Circles” with his friend and regular collaborator Bruce Fisher, who got to quit his job in the NBC mailroom when the song blew up. Preston had told Fisher that he had a song but didn’t have a melody. They made a joke out of that, and the joke became a song.

The “Will It Go Round in Circles” lyrics are all silly paradoxical lines about a story with no moral (“let the bad guy win once in a while”) or a dance with no steps (“let the music move me around”).

If you wanted, you could read this as Preston making a gnomic point about the eternal clash be

Billy Preston and his band were having fun, no doubt, but it was one of those hits you could lis

someone to use their influence or position to promote a partic ular product or interest. For ex ample, record agents bribed disc jockeys knowing that if they spent enough money, any record could become a hit!”

So now you’re asking what the moral to this story is? Wanna hear it? Here it go! (In the spirit of In Living Color’s Calhoun Tubbs)

Will it Go Round in Circles was a lot of fun, but today it feels like a Black socio-political prophecy. Fifty years later, in our existence as African-Americans, we still go around in circles. We merged our pre-Civil Rights wisdom with the oppressor, so nowadays, the bad guy seems to win much more than once in a while.

This latest election cycle proves that we have forgotten the wis dom of our fore parents. We can’t get away with what White folks get away with. We have to live lawfully. We have to respect the God of our ancestors. And with out fail…We have to vote!

tween expectations and reality. But when you listen to the song, it’s pretty clear he’s just having fun. It’s the sound of a bunch of killer musicians doing whatever they want with a nasty groove and refusing to let the whole thing mean anything more than that.”

ten to once and fall in love. Most chart-toppers became standard because they dominated the ra dio airwaves. That was the pur pose and strategy of “Payola.”

For those in the audience who are too young to understand, payola is the practice of bribing

Billy Preston asks two central questions in the chorus of this now “Golden Oldie. Will it go around in circles? Will it fly high like a bird up in the sky? Stay tuned. That’s all I can tell you!

Oppose Kroger and Albertsons Merger

you believe that, there is a bridge in the Utah desert that they’d like to sell you.

Think the cost of food is high?

Just wait.

Last week, Kroger announced plans to acquire Albertsons in a staggering $24.6 billion deal. If the deal goes through, it will merge the number one and number two stand-alone grocery chains, which together operate nearly 5,000 stores around the country and generate more than $200 bil lion in revenue each year.

If you think this doesn’t affect you, think again. Kroger and Alb ertsons are holding companies as well as brands. Kroger brands in clude Ralphs, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, King Soopers and several more. Albertsons operates under the names of Safeway, Hag gen, Jewel-Osco, Shaws, Pavilions, Vons and several others.

Well versed by their financial advisers, the companies’ CEOs are saying all the right things. The merger, they maintain, will allow major savings and efficiencies, some of which they will reinvest, much of which they will return to consumers in lower prices. And if

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In reality, the merger will fur ther consolidate the grocery store market. Right now, before the merger, according to the National Grocers Association, five compa nies control a stunning 60% of all U.S. grocery sales. After the merg er, the combined company plus Walmart, by far the largest food seller, would control nearly 50% of the market.

That kind of concentration will lead to the loss of jobs for work ers, rising prices for consumers and monopoly profits for the companies. Working families are already stretching to meet their food needs, as food prices are ris ing rapidly.

Eggs are up over 30% for the year; chicken over 17%, and coffee over 15%. As the American Eco nomic Liberties Project summa rized, this merger “would be di sastrous for market competition, small businesses, and especially consumers’ pockets.”

There are a lot of factors hit ting food prices these days — the Ukraine war, drought in large por tions of the U.S. and in China, an avian flu epidemic, and more. But, as David Dayan of the American Prospect reports, one contrib uting factor is that consolidated

companies take advantage of the moment to raise their own prices and profits even more.

Dayan quotes Kroger CEO Rod ney McMullen, who will head the merged company, saying that “a

conservative judges will overturn the agencies and give the merger a pass. No question with billions at stake, they will have the best lawyers in the world to wage the legal war.

But workers’ wages aren’t driv ing inflation. What’s needed instead is a concerted effort to straighten out supply chains (and bring more manufacturing home), rebates to consumers paid for by taxes on oil and drug companies that are driving prices up, and an aggressive anti-trust effort to chal lenge the excess profits exacted by CEOs in concentrated industries.

Not surprisingly, a lot of money goes into convincing politicians to ignore large mergers. And a lot of money goes into grooming con servative judges to frustrate efforts to police mergers. Sen. Bernie Sanders has called the proposed merger an “absolute disaster,” but few politicians are sufficiently in dependent to challenge the big money behind the proposed deal.

little bit of inflation is always good in our business” because “cus tomers don’t overly react” — that is, blame the companies — to in creases in prices.

Happily, Joe Biden has chosen anti-monopoly advocates to lead the agencies that police mergers, like the Federal Trade Commis sion that oversees grocery chains. The FTC head Lisa Kahn will sure ly challenge this merger. What the companies are counting on is that

This is part of a bigger story. To day, American wages aren’t keep ing up with rising prices, while corporations — particularly in industries dominated by a small number of companies — pocket record profits.

Reacting to inflation, the Feder al Reserve is doing what it always does to lower prices — hike in terest rates to slow the economy, throw millions out of work, and force wages down.

So, it is vital that this not be left to the politicians and the judges. Leaders of communities — par ticularly rural and urban commu nities with poor and lower wage families — should demand to meet with the CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons to express opposition to the merger.

This merger will end with more parents unable to afford the food their children need. It must be stopped.

the Election is Over…

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Now that the election is over, this is a good time for reality checks.

First, we must take a close look at the messages sent by all vot ers on election day. On the Con servative Right, we find people running for and getting elected to offices at all levels who clearly stated that they are “election de

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Those same people have said they will not accept current elec tion results unless they win the offices for which they are run ning. Such people are behind the voter suppression laws instituted around the country.

Those who agree with them but not running for office have made their positions known by the re-election of such people as Governor Greg Abbot in Texas, Governor DeSantis in Florida, Senator Marco Rubio in Florida over Congresswoman Val Dem ings, and a number of other such

elections around the country.

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The key is not to lose sight of our local issues while fighting to protect our national interests. The issues of homelessness, in flation, unemployment, gas and healthcare must remain priorities with all of us. The bottom line, we must stay engaged. This battle is ongoing.

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The Dash is Very Important

Faithful Utterances

By Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew

I will never forget that unique voice that was so soft, but you could always hear her joy. She was consistently kind, generous, and a fighter. Our grandmothers were best friends. Our grandfa thers were on the deacon board together. We were both in youth ministry as kids at First Baptist Church on Henderson Avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana. Although our lives moved in different direc tions after high school, she went on to become a fierce warrior in the domestic violence space ad vocating for women. She was well known and respected for the ways in which she served oth ers. Despite the media attention

she received for being a change agent, she was still down to earth and a true lover of people. It was painful to find out that she had become ill and that on Sunday, she passed away. It was a blessing to grow up with such a beautiful person who was always a light.

The legacy she has left behind for her mother, two sons, family, friends, and those she served is monumental.

Death is something that we will ALL face. It is inevitable. The day will come when each of us will leave this body. We will leave behind our possessions, our jobs, our relationships. My friend is the epitome of a life well lived. Her Facebook page is filled with tributes of the kindness she displayed to others. I am sure this weekend at her services, the tributes of her character and compassion will continue to be shared.

Some of us get so fixated on the wrong things as we strive for

success. We can get so focused on the end result that we don’t think much about the process or the people. People don’t re member when you are gone what you wore, how much you made, or the titles you had throughout

Are you too busy building a life of success or one of significance?

your career. People remember how you made them feel. They remember what you said, how you treated them, your traits and the impact you had on their exis tence.

What will people say about you when you are no longer here?

The impact of my childhood friend’s life will reverberate for years beyond her time on earth. I am comforted in knowing that she lived a wonderful life but more so that because of her belief in God and strong faith, I know where she is. “Do not let your hearts be trou bled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.” (John 14:1-4)

God has prepared a place for her. I am saddened by the loss of such a wonderful human, but my grief is different. “Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will

not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life]. (1 Thessalo nians 4:13, AMP)

Although the dates of January 14, 1972 — November 6, 2022 only share her birth and death, it doesn’t offer any indicator what happened in the dash. Her dash was one that was transforma tive. In her dash, she made those around her better. Her dash made a difference. What is hap pening with your dash?

Live a life that matters. Live a life that blesses others.

Most importantly, live a life of accepting, believing uncondi tionally, knowing intimately, and walking daily with God.

Rest well, my friend. Your lega cy of love lives on!

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Is Brown Next?

Wake Up and Stay Woke

By Dr. E. Faye Williams

“It is the policy of the Govern ment of the United States to … promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a continuing affirmative program in each executive de partment and agency.” — Presi dent Richard M. Nixon, Executive Order 11478 (Aug. 8, 1969)

Resulting from the concert ed efforts of civil rights activists, this executive order was issued to remedy the systemic, pervasive and traditional discrimination — institutional discrimination – that had governed and shaped federal government employment prac tices for decades. From that time forward, federal employment practices were to be conduct ed without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. With the exception of HBCUs, ad vanced education was singularly available to whites, while fewer opportunities existed for nonwhites. Soon after the executive order and assessing the similar ities of past discriminatory pol icies and practices within their

ranks, colleges and universities began to acknowledge the need to adjust admission policies to reverse and eliminate practices of institutional discrimination.

At the urging of civil rights activ ists, increased numbers of Black students were admitted. These increased numbers of admissions were logically justified as reme dial, but were also recognized as an enhancement to the academic environment. The resulting intel lectual, cultural and social diver sity realized by these “affirmative” admissions created a learning and demographic environment that more closely reflected the gener al society and provided improved opportunities for positive inter personal interactions. Although not immediate or without chal lenges, these bilateral goals of eliminating discriminatory prac tices and expanding intellectual diversity were set in motion. Since being placed into practice, these “affirmative” admission policies have faced legal challenges alleg ing “reverse discrimination.”

Resulting court decisions in high-profile cases involving high ly ranked institutions have direct ed modifications to admission policies, but current challenges face a more reactionary social mindset and a more dogmatic Supreme Court. As of this writing, the Supreme Court of the United

immediate case, Asian American students allege that “race-con scious” admissions have prevent ed the admission of more quali fied Asian American applicants.

According to The Washington Post, “Conservative Supreme Court justices on Monday seemed open to ending decades of prece dent allowing race-conscious ad mission decisions at colleges and universities, expressing doubt that the institutions would ever

tiff’s attorney, Cameron Norris, representing Students for Fair Admissions, emphasized what he called the harms of racial classi fications.

“They stigmatize their intended beneficiaries. They increase racial consciousness, which delays the day in which we can move to true racial neutrality. And they cause resentment by treating people differently based on something they can’t change,” he said.”

I find Norris’ argument disin genuous, at best. While arguing against “racial classifications,” he argues for a group that accepts their own “racial classification” as the basis of alleged discrimi nation. It is also disingenuous to believe that, even absent consid eration of past experiences, the color of a person does not matter, or that, as a class, they would feel stigmatized by actions designed to address past injustice to that class.

One can only ask if “racial neutrality” can ever be achieved or, more practically, if we must be about the work of correcting emerging or remaining vestiges of discrimination where we find them. I’m left to wonder if, for this iteration of the Supreme Court, 50 years is an arbitrary expiration date for SCOTUS decisions that correct long-standing social ills. Like Lee C. Bollinger, president of Columbia University, I agree that if Columbia (and other col leges/universities) is not allowed to consider race, the presence of Black, Hispanic and Native Amer ican students on the Ivy League campus could be diminished.

“I would expect it to have a sig nificant impact,” Bollinger said.

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The Last Word

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

During this Supreme Court session, the justices will tackle affirmative action in two cases brought by “Students for Fair Admissions” opposing affirma tive action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.

According to its website, this group represents “20,000 stu dents, parents, and others who believe that racial classifica tions and preferences to college admissions are unfair, unnec essary, and unconstitutional”. Where were these people when African Americans were explicit ly excluded from college admis sions? Where were they when Black folks had to sue to be ad mitted?

Consider the George V. McLau rin. Oklahoma State REents case, where McLaurin, an African American man, was denied ad mission to a graduate program at Oklahoma University solely be cause of his race. In 1950, it was illegal in Oklahoma to attend, teach at, or operate an educa tional institution that admitted

both white and Black students. Tax-payers, including Black citi zens, funded this university. This was affirmative action for white folks, but no “Students for Fair Admissions” challenged the rac ist policy.

Anti-blackness was acceptable historically, and it is alive and well today. The bizarre concept of race neutrality in a racist soci ety is nothing more than histori cal denial. Anti-blackness is wo ven into the fabric of our nation, and affirmative action, minority set- asides, and other race-con scious remedies are merely the antidote to historical structur al racism. These “Students for Fair Admission” have embraced the absolute unfairness of how national public policy is tilted against Black people.

Enslavement was not race-neutral. Jim Crow laws were not race-neutral. Fair Housing redlining was not race-neutral. But these Students for Fair Ad missions want race neutrali ty. They need the education in American history they missed since they did not study how so-called race neutrality has harmed Black people.

Once admitted to Oklahoma University, George McLaurin was segregated in the library, class rooms, and cafeteria. The lower court ruled that his “inconve

nience” was minor. The Supreme Court found for McLaurin, but only after a multi-year battle. Meanwhile, Oklahoma Universi ty found his classroom presence so onerous that he was forced to listen to lectures in a closet that was separate from the classroom space for other students.

McLaurin was not the only

justice denied. Like many other plaintiffs, McLaurin was over 60 when he pursued his case. He held a master’s degree and was a professor at HBCU Langston University for over 30 years.

But the Supreme Court case seemed to take its toll on him. There is no record that he gradu ated, although his wife, Peninah,

simmer in their faux superiority to attack Black people?

Affirmative action opened doors that had, for so long, been shut in the face of Black students. These “Students for Fair Admis sions” want to close the doors again. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has his fingerprints all over this. Two of his former law clerks are the attorneys for Stu dents for Fair Admissions.

Thomas is a study of racial con tradictions, but the best analysis comes from Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, who said that whether a snake is Black or white, it is still a snake. Thom as would describe himself as a constitutional strict construc tionist. I’d call him an example of how Black folk can embrace anti-Blackness and deny histo ry in their effort to appease and embrace white predatory capi talists.

student who attempted admis sion to Oklahoma State Univer sity, nor the only one who chal lenged them in court. Ada Lois Sopuel Fisher applied to OU’s law school but was denied en try because of her race. Thanks to the NAACP and the McLaurin agitation, she was admitted in 1949 and graduated in 1951. She was appointed to the OU Board of Regents in 1992.

In Oklahoma and many other states, justice delayed has been

earned a master’s in Home Eco nomics from OU in 1954. George McLaurin died in 1968.

Do these Students for Fair Admissions know this? Do they care that George McLaurin, and so many others, experienced no fairness? Does it matter to them that the antidote to this unfair ness is affirmative action? Or do privileged whites and white-ad jacent people (like the Asian Americans who embrace an ti-Blackness and white privilege)

The Students for Fair Admis sions and their Thomas-con nected allies deny history, but they are not alone in their an ti-Black attacks. Let’s not fall for their rhetoric of “race neutrality.” Denying race history and racial oppression is nothing more than virulent anti-Blackness.

States is entertaining challeng es to the admission policies of Harvard University and the Uni versity of North Carolina. In this

concede an “endpoint” in their use of race to build diverse stu dent bodies.”

The Post adds that the plain

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The Students for Fair Admissions and their Thomas-connected allies deny history, but they are not alone in their anti-Black attacks. Let’s not fall for their rhetoric of “race neutrality.” Denying race history and racial oppression is nothing more than virulent anti-Blackness.

Dallas Wings Name New Head Coach

By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor

The Dallas Wings are hoping the fifth time is the charm.

The WNBA team on Monday announced the hiring of Latricia Trammell to serve as the organi zation’s next head coach. It will be the Wings’ fifth head coach in five seasons.

She will be formally intro duced at a press conference on Friday, Nov. 11 at 12 p.m. CST at Troy’s at Texas Live! in Irving. The press conference will also be available for fans via live stream on the Wings’ Facebook Page Trammell joins the Wings af ter spending the previous four seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks. She was part of a staff that led a top-three defensive net rating for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2021. Over the past four seasons, Los Angeles also saw four players named to the WNBA All-Defensive teams, including the 2020 WNBA De fensive Player of the Year in Can dace Parker. Prior to her time in LA, Trammell spent one season as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Stars in 2017.

She replaces Vickie Johnson who was fired in September af ter two seasons despite the team finishing this past season with their best record since the Wings moved to Dallas in 2016 from Tulsa.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the Dallas Wings and I am hon ored and excited to lead this talented ros ter,” Trammell said. “I’d like to thank Greg Bibb and Bill Camer on for their belief in me. The investment by this ownership group in the success of the Wings, both on and off the court, is incredibly impressive. I believe my coaching experi ences at every level have prepared me for this opportunity and I can’t wait to get to work on behalf of this team, these loyal fans and the entire North Texas community.”

Trammell has almost 30 years of coaching experience. She spent three seasons at the helm of Oklahoma City University

where the team won back-toback NAIA National Champion ships in 2014 and 2015. Tram mell was named NAIA Coach of the Year both seasons. Trammell

Overall, she totaled a 150-86 (.664) collegiate coaching record. Prior to joining the collegiate ranks, Trammel spent six years coaching high school girls’ bas ketball in Texas and Oklahoma, tallying a 105-45 (.700) record.

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Faye Bryant and Ron Tibbs hosted their first Fall Jazz Formal Fund-raiser at Endeavors Performing Arts & Special Events Venue in Killeen, Texas benefiting Soul Arts At Endeavors Sum mer Youth Arts Program. The October 29th formal affair, which sold out in 21 days, opened with Killeen's song stress Michelle Marie and featured Dallas's award-win ning Saxophonist Don Diego and band. The after sounds were provided by DJ Jr. Vibes and Ron Tibbs was the Mas ter of Ceremony.

Ms. Bryant, a now retired MSG, served 33 years in the Army. Her distinguished fiance Ron Tibbs is a Case Manager at United Health Care and an independent Travel Agent. Both collab orated with owners of En deavors Performing Arts and

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Ms. Bryant, a sophisticat ed socialite in her own right and passionate supporter of organizations inspiring and mentoring youth has longed to see elegant up

recorded a record of 85-10 over the course of her time at OKCU. Prior to her time at Oklahoma City, she spent five seasons at Western State (Colo.) University and ranks third all-time in wins in the history of the program.

“We are pleased to welcome Latri cia Trammell as the head coach of the Dallas Wings,” Pres ident & CEO Greg Bibb stated. “Coach Trammell has prov en to be a winner at every level of basketball she has coached, including the WNBA. I have long admired the approach Latricia takes with coach ing, which includes exhaustive prepa ration, an emphasis on communication and rela tionships, and a continual desire to learn and grow her craft. I’m excited to watch Latricia lead our talented roster as we continue our on-court growth in pursuit of a WNBA Championship.”

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The vivacious couple, Tibbs and Bryant, raised $3,500 from ticket sales and sepa rate donations for the youth organization by the end of the night. For more informa tion on how you can donate to Endeavors Summer Youth Arts Program or the 2022 New Years Eve fund-raiser event at The Courtyard By Marriott in Killeen, Texas call 310.341.8036 or visit www. endeavorsvenue.com to get your tickets.

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Chavis Declares ‘A Luta Continua’ As Black Press Set to Honor Icon with Lifetime Achievement Award

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior Correspondent

When the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) re moved the interim president and CEO tag from Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. in 2014, then NNPA Board Chair Cloves Campbell conveyed to the membership that the civil rights icon possessed the talent and contacts to make an immediate impact.

Campbell, the publisher of the Arizona Informant, also highlighted another of Chavis’ intangibles from which Black-owned media compa nies would benefit: energy.

Eight years later, and a decade af ter running the NNPA on an interim basis, Chavis has continued to display the kind of energy seen primarily in individuals less than half his age.

He’s also led the NNPA, repre senting the 195-year-old Black Press of America, to financial prosperity when newspapers and media compa nies universally struggle to keep the doors open.

Among the most recent accom plishments under Chavis, the Black Press finally received all-access to the White House.

It was Chavis leading a large con tingent of Black Press publishers to Charleston, South Carolina, during the 2020 primary season where they met with candidate Joe Biden.

At the time, Biden trailed mightily in the polls and needed a victory in Dixie to survive. Chavis’ interview with Biden went viral, the former vice president then received a crucial endorsement from Rep. James Cly burn (D-SC), won the primary, and his campaign rode the wave all the way to the White House.

He’s also brokered deals with or strengthened partnerships with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GM, Reynolds, AARP, API, and many others.

As he traversed the globe – in pro tective gear – during the pandemic, Chavis, by his actions and deft deal making, often reminded publishers,

partners, sponsors, employees, and others of the catchy slogan he’s lived by since he was a wide-eyed 14-yearold serving in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“A luta continua” – or “the struggle continues.”

Because of his dedication and steadying hand, the historic all-Black woman board of the NNPA unani mously has chosen Chavis as the re cipient of the NNPA Lifetime Achieve ment Award.

They will present the honor at a special gala during the NNPA’s annu al midwinter training conference.

With the theme, “Digital Inno vation, Training, and Engagement of the Black Press of America,” the conference convenes on Feb. 1 at the brand-new Westin Beach Resort at Frenchmen’s Reef, Estate Bakkeroe, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

“I’ve very honored to be consid ered by the NNPA for this esteemed award,” Chavis remarked.

“I do believe that, if anything, my life represents a life of a freedom fighter. However, I want to empha size that accepting this ward in no way should be interpreted as saying that the struggle for freedom has been completely won.”

Chavis continued:

“We’ve made tremendous progress in the last 100 years, but we still have a lot of progress and freedom to fight for.

“If I’ve learned anything over my last 75 years, it’s that when you win freedom to any extent, you must fight to preserve that freedom. You must fight to protect that freedom, endow that freedom, and sustain that freedom.

“Thus, I’m not willing to retire from being a freedom fighter. So, I accept this award as an incentive to keep fighting for freedom for people of African descent, Americans, and those worldwide.”

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political prisoners, Chavis is also re nowned for his early fight for envi ronmental justice.

In the 1980s, he coined the term “environmental racism.”

Chavis has advised many promi nent politicians and entertainers –many like Hip Hop and Business Mo gul Russell Simmons, refer to Chavis as a mentor.

A former NAACP president, Cha vis organized the Million Man March

“Today, we celebrate a man who leads with heart, love for his God, and all people from all walks of life. He is truly a rare human being. One to go down in the annals of human history as special and one for the ages.”

NNPA Treasurer and Texas Metro News Publisher Cheryl Smith also praised Chavis for having “led a life of service.”

“He is a true servant leader who has his finger on the pulse of our people, our communities, and the world,” Smith asserted.

“I am so appreciative of his lead ership, wisdom, and support,” she added.

NNPA Fund Chairman and Los An geles Wave Publications CEO Pluria Marshall Jr. called Chavis a potent and stabilizing force.

“For more than ten years, Ben has been a potent and stabilizing force for NNPA and its nonprofit NNPA Fund,” Marshall insisted.

“He is a visionary consensus build er and community advocate whose calm and deft communication skills have helped make the Black Press an even stronger media force in Amer ica.”

family fighting for freedom world wide for over 250 years.”

Westside Gazette Publisher Bobby Henry said it’d been some time since someone has stood on the shoulders of history makers to demand free dom, justice, and equality for all, particularly for Black people after en during suffering because of the fight.

“I am one to say, because of the strength, courage, and fortitude of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., the Black Press of America, the NNPA, and the world are better be cause of him,” Henry asserted.

“Congratulations, Dr. Chavis. A luta continua.”

While preparing for the confer ence, Chavis said he was far from finished.

“When I came to this job ten years ago, I came with a sense of opti mism,” Chavis recalled.

“Now, 10 years later, my optimism has increased exponentially because I see the potential of the Black Press. I’m very pleased to see so many young Generation Z journalists, writ ers, photographers, and content cre ators.”

and co-founded the Hip Hop Summit with Simmons.

A younger generation of admir ers still approaches Chavis in awe of his appearance in the hip hop classic movie drama, “Belly.”

Many of all ages continue to revere Chavis as a civil rights leader and a reverend.

“Dr. Chavis has given meaning to the words of Micah 6:8 in the Bible,” said San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Publisher Dr. John Warren.

Quoting the King James Bible, War ren said of Chavis, “And what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.”

Chavis has served the NNPA and “the people of this country with hon esty, integrity, and selflessness, with out looking for awards, recognition, or accolades,” said NNPA Vice Chair and Atlanta Voice Publisher Janis Ware.

Marshall continued:

“From his longtime commitment to civil rights to his ardent passion for equity and justice, Ben has con sistently proven himself to be the consummate public servant.

“He is more than deserving of this lifetime achievement award, and I am pleased to endorse his selection to this prestigious honor.”

Chavis noted that those sentiments mean a great deal.

“This award is particularly sig nificant because it comes from my colleagues, fellow publishers, jour nalists, editors, and writers,” Chavis said.

“It reminds me of what James Bald win reminded me of when he said the pen is mightier than the sword.”

“I’m thankful I’ve been able to use my pen as an instrument for free dom. I accept this award on behalf of the Chavis family, a freedom-fighting

“I think the future in this digital space … it’s not just that we should be in this space but leading the space forward. So, my optimism is still in tact and has increased because I’ve seen not only the expansion and suc cess of the Black Press over the last decade, but I’ve seen glimpses of the brighter future ahead.

“The biggest challenge is the eco nomic and equity question. We must work on that to sustain Black-owned businesses, particularly Black-owned media, economically and equitably. That’s the next hurdle, and I will live out my years making sure that we don’t miss a beat in improving the economic equity of Black-owned businesses and Black-owned media companies.”

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