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May 13, 2020

MY TRUTH

By Cheryl Smith, Publisher

Senator West speaks out in support of Judge Eric Moye

My truth today may help someone tomorrow

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irst we must realize that COVI19 is real. And while we “know” that the first “known” case was in China; we also know that there are people who had the virus and have never been diagnosed and people are dying daily.

Unfortunately, while many are assuming that common sense is common, guess what? It isn’t. Some are going to believe what others think are unimaginable. Others are going to be called fools for believing and acting on the most absurd suggestions, remedies, or directives.

Today, we must err on the side of caution and life. Be safe! We are committed to bringing you information that will help you to grow and thrive but more importantly, live!

May is Mental Health Aware-ness Month and I submit to you we all could use some attention. You may think COVID-19 is not impacting you. BUT, you’ve another think coming! These are challenging times.

Pastor Frederick D. Haynes III, of Dallas’ Friendship-West Baptist Church, said that COVID-19 has exposed the breakages in society. He is correct in his assessment as we saw services, funds, goods and resources continuing to go to those with the most, while the least of us went without.

While we salute those on the frontlines, we must recognize there are several frontlines, along with the “essentials.” Thanks to all, including those who are giving from their hearts and own pockets to benefit others.

I’ve heard it said many times before, and it doesn’t get “real”er than today: we are at war!

Sen. Royce West

WEST: If Trump wants to go after a good judge in my home county, I say bring it.

Judge Eric Moye State Senator Royce West on Monday voiced his support for an independent judiciary in Texas and defended the right of all judges to do their jobs without

OBAMAS TO HOST VIRTUAL GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR 2020 GRADUATES

by Dana Givens, Black Enterprise Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many milestones and celebrations have been canceled following restrictions on large public gatherings due to health concerns. One of the many casualties of the public health crisis has been school graduations for this year’s graduates. Because of school closures, many organizations have decided to partner with celebrity commencement speakers to give graduates a virtual experience to still celebrate their achievements.

Former U.S. President, Barack Obama, will be creating a virtual commencement ceremony specifically for HBCU graduates who have had their traditional ceremonies canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, titled “Show Me Your Walk: HBCU Edition.”

“Over the past month, President and Mrs. Obama have received dozens of requests from around the globe to address graduating classes whose

Gov. Greg Abbott fear of infringement by other branches of state government or threats from right-wing fringe groups.

See WEST, page 7

in-person commencement events have been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” the former president’s office said in a statement on Tuesday, according to ABC 7. “Today, the Obamas are pleased to announce that they will participate in multiple virtual commencement celebrations for students, families and educators.”

The Obamas will also be featured in another virtual commencement ceremony for all graduates. It has been reported that the event will take place on June 6 and will be livestreamed on YouTube.

Mrs. Obama took to Twitter to announce the news for the class of 2020: I know how hard the #Classof2020 has worked to make it to graduation, so @BarackObama and I want to give you the celebration you deserve. That’s why @ReachHigher and I are teaming up with @Youtube to host a virtual graduation on June 6! RSVP at https://t.co/TPcaSy43B8. pic.twitter.com/glLadzlZux — Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) May 5, 2020 In addition to the special ceremony, Mr. Obama will also be making an appearance on “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020,” on May 16.

After This…Church!

By Vincent L. Hall Quit Playin’

Everyone is wondering if their world will be different after this. No one really knows what the world will look like after COVID-19 is bound and gagged, but let me give you my perspective on where we need to

Duncanville HS Valedictorian, Salutatorian

I WAS JUST THINKING...

Class of 2020

By Norma Adams-Wade

Daniela Padron Castillo is the Class of 2020 Valedictorian.

During her four years at Duncanville High School, Daniela Daniela Padron Castillo was a star on the varsity tennis team as she qualified for the State Tennis Tournament as a freshman.

“She is a great player because of her tenacity and heart she displays on court,” said then Head Tennis Coach Trent Sellers.

“She’s also very coachable and has a desire to never give ‘less than best’ effort.”

Daniela was also involved with Youth and Government, Student Council and was secretary for the National Honor Society.

She plans to attend Swarthmore College where she will study Civil Engineering.

Julia Bowers is the Class of 2020 Salutatorian. Julia was a national qualifier all four years in Youth and Government.

Julia Bowers She was also the National Honor Society President and Senior Class Treasurer.

"She is a young woman of strength, integrity, grace and passion," said NHS sponsor Shaunna Kile. "She lets God lead her and it pours from her soul."

Julia plans to attend Boston College where she will major in biology on the pre-medicine track. Her favorite memory was going to the YAG state conference with her best friends.

go from here.

After this pandemic is over, Black folks gotta get back to church. Nothing short of an oppression fighting faith will suffice. You never believe me, so I got an opinion from a real intellectual.

One of the most outstanding pastors of the history of this nation and this city, the late Dr. See QUIT PLAYIN’, page 6

Forgotten Giant Mention the name Dr. M. K. Curry Jr. and the current generation likely will give you a blank stare. Add the name to Bishop College and the blank stare may continue.

Dr. M. K. Curry Jr. It’s really not the young one’s fault or the newcomer who has recently settled here. Time moves on, memories fade, new crises replace old ones.

But recently conversations with two persons full of memories and artifacts filled my own head with recall, wonder and regrets.

The wonder comes from the mystery of how circumstances can turn a life from distinction to debris. The regret comes from imagining how different this one life would have been if the road has turned right instead of left.

Dr. M. K. Curry Jr. was president of Bishop College in Marshall, Texas and when the college moved to Dallas in 1961.

Paul Quinn College now occupies See THINKING, page 5

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MAY 13, 2020

DeSoto ISD receives major donation from Errol Spence DeSoto Indepen-dent School District has announced the donation of 16,000 bottles of water for its student meal program by Unified World Champion boxer, Errol Spence Jr., one of DeSoto’s hometown sports heroes.

Spence made the donation at the main hub for the DeSoto ISD Child Nutrition Services along with Equinox Harvest Birch Water business partners Derrick James, the 2017 Ring Magazine Boxing Trainer of the Year & Dallas/ Fort Worth native Jordan Dresel, co-owner of Equinox Harvest Birch Water. “This is my hometown. This is where I grew up and I live here now. DeSoto has seen me grow up since I was a little kid. They have always supported me since day one and I want to help them and be there for them for this cause,� said Spence in a media interview during the announcement.

The donation is truly appreciated as the DeSoto ISD meal program surpasses the distribution of more than 60,000 meals to community children from the district’s seven meals sites which have been open since March 16.

AMANDA EDWARDS ENDORSES ROYCE WEST FOR U.S. SENATE Endorsement caps off three-week period with endorsements from major unions HOUSTON, TX--Last week the Royce West for U.S. Senate campaign announced that former at-large Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, who placed fifth in the March 3 primary, earning more than 189,000 votes and more than 10 percent of all votes cast, has endorsed Senator West in anticipation of the July 14 runoff.

The race for United States Senate this year is an important one that will shape the future of our state, and the Senate itself, for years to come. “Today, I am proud to announce that I support Royce West for U.S. Senate in the July 14 runoff election,� she said. “I support Senator West because of his strong Democratic values, and his focus on addressing the issues I care about that impact the lives of Texans and people nationwide. “Throughout the course of my campaign, I said this race was about people, and what matters most to us, not politics. I said this race was about healthcare, about providing our communities real leadership, and about finding reforms to ensure previously marginalized voices find their way to the forefront. “I am endorsing Royce West because I believe he will bring about the change we need when it comes to healthcare, climate change, education, criminal

Hon. Amanda Edwards

justice reform, and many issues I championed as a candidate in this race.

When it comes to the issues that I and so many others care about, Royce West has the determination to get things done in Washington, which is why I’m proud to endorse Royce West.

Senator West said he was honored to receive Edwards’ endorsement. “Amanda and young leaders like her who are willing to take a stand for what they believe are the future of the Democratic Party in Texas, and I am honored to have her endorsement and support as we head toward the July runoff,� West said.

His campaign team noted that Edwards’ endorsement brings the total of former contenders in the March 3 primary endorsing the Dallas state senator to six: Jolt founder and former Worker’s Defense Project Executive Director Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, former Houston City Councilman and Congressman Chris Bell, Co-Chair of the Texas Poor People’s Campaign Sema Hernandez, and Beaumont NAACP leader and pastor

Michael Cooper.

The candidates currently endorsing West represent 826,398 votes from the March 3 primary, said West Communications Director Vince Leibowitz. “The support that has coalesced around Senator West represents more than one million total votes from the March 3 primary, when considered with the Senator’s vote total,� Leibowitz said. “A wide variety of distinguished Democrats from that field, as well as many others, have stepped up to endorse the Senator in recent week.�

Those groups include the Communication Workers of America, representing more than 64,000 people in Texas, the American Federation of Teachers, The Black Women’s PAC of Texas, and Democracy for America.

Additionally, Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, the first African American female elected to the United States Senate; Louisiana Congressman Cedric Richmond; and, Fort Worth City Councilwoman Kelly Allen Gray have all endorsed the Senator in recent weeks, Leibowitz noted.

He also said another major announcement was forthcoming, noting the West Campaign was also notified this week that a formal endorsement announcement would be coming soon from the Congressional Black Caucus PAC.

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I ain’t no damned scientist, but this COVID Dude, is not Playin!

THE STRUGGLE

people with half of those cases in the the US where nearly 74,000 had died.

I mean this Dude, I call an anti-social

BY THOMAS disease, is proving MUHAMMAD too tough to handle for President Donald orrect, I called Coronavirus a Dude cause Brothers know Trump and his administration Sistahs wouldn’t do this to where American citizens get no help the world! Yes I’m clear, sometimes from even news sources like Fox News, as they keep harping on their Sisters do try our patience.

In fact, growing up in da hood, blame game narrative, “it escaped brothers in anger with a Sister, from a lab in Wuhan, China!”

Excuse me, but who the hell cares? would occasionally shout out “give Let’s just stop the damn thing, okay! me back my damn rib!” That’s I have complete faith in the where the Bible said she comes from professional doctors to get us right? Father Adam gave up a rib, so through this.

They’ve gone to we calling in our damned loan! medical schools, earned the degrees Back to this COVID Dude, where and can provide us with the best currently with the virus thing is even solutions if we just follow them hitting the wealthy it seems; to have and learn patience.

But I definitely put them in feeling the homeless wouldn’t put any trust in a guy who people’s pain! Fat cats standing is not a doctor or scientist and was out on street corners holding signs convicted for illegal prescription exclaiming “will work for food” is quickly becoming the norm as the drug use! He and I were born in nation’s food supply is drying up. the same month, same day and, yes In less than four months the virus same year 1/12/1951. I just hope it has infected world wide 3.1 million wasn’t the same hour!

Who is “he” you ask? Okay don’t

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laugh! It’s Rush Limbaugh! Yeah Donald Trumps’ bosom buddy!

Now remember you said you weren’t going to laugh!

It’s been proven perfectly clear the Donald either is asleep at the switch or has no care for any life other than his, cause this dude is kicking his and, by default, America’s butt!

All happening with a man who will look you straight in the eye and lie like the truth is not in him!

This COVID Dude has even shined a huge light on America’s prisons, particularly in rural areas!

For decades these majority white communities have used census data to get billions from the federal government by counting prisoners as a part of their towns.

Yeah righ!t I hear you, that is funny, but it can be extremely deadly for prison inmates and even prison guards who live in these communities!

These places have become areas where “social distancing” is completely impossible and the virus is spreading like wildfire behind prison walls and guards are likely taking it home to their families.

And look at the folk Trump has put in charge like this guy Brian Harrison

who used to run a small business called “Dallas Labradoodles!” Yeah he’s from my “homey,” but he has no education in public health, management, or even medicine.

The only thing he’s known for is being the man who successfully breeded a labradoodle but he’s tapped to lead the US pandemic task force which will probably be the most powerful position of our life time! Wow! It’s bad enough this President spends his every waking hour watching and listening to the “Great Enabling Talking Heads” at Fox like Tucker Carson who claimed that this “virus didn’t turn out to nearly be deadly as we thought it was!” And I’m like, huh! The US has over a million infected people that we know of and have over 70 thousand dead that’s not deadly!

Remember the latest prediction was 74,000 would die by August. We are early May and we’ve already about to reach that milestone, you think?

And since the Donald refuses to do nationwide testing as the science

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community has recommended, we won’t really know the true picture of just how bad a shape the country’s really in. So now the medical experts from around the world are resorting to test on sewers through wastewater places to try and get a trace on where the virus is spreading, because after all everybody uses the toilet, right? lol!

Man, I too wish this COVID Dude was gone like tomorrow, but that’s not what we see happening and for now too many doctors have been right thus far!

I definitely refuse to take any chances cause a nut sitting safely in the White House or his crackpots sitting safely behind mics at a tv studio tells me it’s safe to go out, and protest stay at home orders or mingling in large crowds! No way or as our sisters would say at a moment like this, “NOT!” The Struggle Continues....

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EDITORIAL

MAY 13, 2020

Looking for answers?

WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE BY DR. E. FAYE WILLIAMS, ESQ.

This coronavirus that has us sheltering in place has taken some through many different emotions.

Some have experienced fear, concern, stress and many negative feelings.

There’re some who’ve used this time to do positive things that carry with them hope and good feelings about what they’ve been able to do for themselves and for others.

I encourage you to try looking on the bright side of what’s going on in your life. I’ll tell you first what I do.

Every day, several times each day, I say a prayer for someone or something and I immediately feel better. I take a walk outside and just observe the beauty of the flowers, the sky and environment

in general. I find there’s always something out there that makes me smile.

Even though I have on my mask and gloves, I bow my head each time I come near anyone just to let them know I see them and I acknowledge their humanity. I can’t always tell if they acknowledge my recognition of them, but I feel good knowing I have acknowledged them.

There’re so many things one can do so as not to sit around and bemoan the fact that this virus may have changed our lives forever.

It’s so important to be physically and mentally active. In my case, I walk between four and five miles per day.

One day during the past week, I walked 5.2 miles. Imagine how excited I was about that extra .2 miles! That may not sound like such a big deal, but I knew how

long it had taken me to get there!

I put that in my success column.

You don’t have to do all the big things immediately. Try a gradual approach to whatever it is you set as a goal.

In my case, I’m ready to set a new walking goal. That helps to

keep my mind off negative things I might be thinking if I just sat around saying, “Poor me.”

Often when you are looking for answers, you can find them within yourself.

Get the attention off yourself

while thinking of something else.

Read a good book — one that you can’t put down until you’re finished.

Call a friend to share what you’ve just read. If you tell the story of what you’ve read in an exciting manner, it’s possible you can get your friend’s mind off the negative and proceed to do just what you’re doing.

Don’t tell yourself you can’t do certain things.

Learn to do the thing you’ve been saying you can’t do. Gather facts instead of sitting around in fear. Get involved in an online seminar or learn a new language. There’re so many great things you can do. In my case, along with Bishop Joe Simon, I’m soliciting unregistered voters. Along with members of the National Congress of Black Women, we’re teaching people how to register online. It’s easy.

Help by steering people who aren’t registered to https:// www.usa.gov/register-to-vote.

Tell them to check Voting and Elections and follow the prompts.

If they have a problem, they can call 877-805-8447. There’ll be someone to assist them.

There’s another easy project you can do to help while taking your mind off your fears. Adopt a nursing home.

Call the director and find out what products would be helpful for you to donate. Ship the products without ever having to go to the nursing home.

If you’re looking for answers, whatever you do, instead of sitting around in fear, think solutions by making a list of at least 10 things you’re capable of doing. Select from the list and do as many as you can. Don’t just sit around in fear.

(Dr. E. Faye Williams is National President of the National Congress of Black Women and Host of “Wake Up and Stay Woke” on WPFW-FM 89.3.)

What do you have to lose? Your health OR YOUR JOB? THE LAST WORD BY DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX

A little less than four years ago, the president tried to get Black votes with the question, “What do you have to lose.” The coronavirus offers a bleak answer.

Trump was notified of the danger of the pandemic in January, but didn’t begin to address the issue until late February. Hospitals ran short on supplies like gowns, masks and tests.

Governors had to ask, then plead with the president for ventilators and other supplies. And in the beginning,

the president dismissed the seriousness of the virus, claiming it would “go away.” And after weeks of “staying in place” and wearing masks, the daily death toll has not yet stabilized.

Of course, the Black community, along with Native Americans and Latinos, are hardest hit because of differences in spatial location, income, and age.

With some of the nonsense Trump has spouted, one might also think that he is deliberately targeting the Black community for damage. What do we have to lose? Our jobs or our lives.

Consider the United States Postal Service (USPS), which has been a staple employer in the

African American community.

Back in the day, my mom used to

talk about “Ph.D.s working at the post office,” because academic employment was scarce and segregated, and the Post Office paid decently. Many a Black family made it to the middle class with postal wages.

And now the president is declaring war on the USPS. Why? 45 has incorrectly said that fees for mailing packages are “too low,” that USPS is subsidizing internet companies (he means Amazon) with low package fees. But studies have shown that the prices paid for mailing packages more than cover their actual costs.

Twenty-one percent of the

USPS” roughly 625,000 employees are African American, and nearly 17 percent are other people of color. Might this be one of the reasons that 45 keeps lashing out at the USPS? He says that unless the USPS raises its fees for package delivery, he will deny the USPS any COVID-19 aid. I’m not suggesting that his animus toward the USPS in general, and Jeff Bezos and Amazon in particular, is precisely because so many people of color work for the Post Office.

Still, I do not think that his attitude toward Black people is unrelated to his ire at the USPS. See MALVEAUX, page 6

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When The Boat Feels Unstable been down paths of uncertainty before.

We know what it is like to wonder if God will bring us through it but each time, our emotions take over.

BY DR. FROSWA BOOKER-DREW We become frightened, angry, sad, and even scared. This isn’t This has been a difficult week. the first time in our lives that we The last few days have been a didn’t have all of the answers or roller coaster of emotions. I details but we knew that we would struggle with severe allergies and get through it.

We knew the outcome, no was in the Emergency Room matter how difficult, would be Monday night.

This time, the symptoms were different than my previous analphalytic episodes. I had an idea when it started that this could result in something familiar but some of the occurrences were new. There was still the itching, bumps and some swelling but now I experienced tightness and redness. in our favor. And yet, with this Immediately, I knew that I had knowledge, we continue to go to get out the big guns and take through our moments of despair meds including my EPI pen. As when we see situations on the we drove to the emergency room horizon that look familiar to those and I entered, it too, was familiar past pains.

We fail to remember how God and yet, different. I couldn’t have family with me. My temperature is faithful and has always brought was tested immediately. I was us through even when the answer in my room alone with just the may not have been what we physicians observing my vitals wanted or expected.

The story of Jesus calming the while administering steroids.

My fears about COVID-19 storm is so significant for us today. began to swirl in my mind--what The disciples were in the boat with if I got sick here? What if I need God and had been several times to stay over night again and go to before. They had also seen storms, ICU? I became vigilant in being I’m sure, but on this particular mindful of my surroundings. day, no matter how familiar it What I might have taken for seemed, they felt different. They granted before, I couldn’t this felt afraid.

35 That day when evening time.

And just like each time before, came, he said to his disciples, “Let I made it. I was released home in us go over to the other just a few hours, feeling better and side.” 36 Leaving the crowd with a game plan to address with behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were my allergist.

I think my situation this week also other boats with him. 37 A is a reminder of what many of furious squall came up, and the us are going through now. We’ve waves broke over the boat, so that FAITHFUL UTTERANCES

it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

(Mark 4:35-41 New International Version (NIV)) Our boats will be rocked. There will be storms that rage sometimes uncontrollably without end it feels like at times.

Even if we’ve been there before, those feelings of fear and trepidation still appear and we ask God is He there?

Does he understand what I’m going through and what we must remember is that He is in the boat with us.

He is close and He will never leave us even when it looks like we will be overtaken in an experience that maybe familiar and yet, seems different than before.

At times, it seems as if Jesus is asleep as if He doesn’t know what is going on. He’s aware and cares for each of us. God is consistent. Hold on to that when your boat is rocked and know that He is with you...always.

Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew is the Founder and CEO of Soulstice Consultancy, specializing as a Partnership Broker and Leadership Expert for companies and organizations to thrive with measurable and meaningful impact.

She also is the VP of Community Affairs and Strategic Alliances for the State Fair of Texas.

I WAS JUST THINKING,

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the old Bishop College campus. you could not control him.”

By many accounts Dr. Curry was I was just thinking... how does a a brilliant scholar, a decent and giant of a man or woman adjust to polite man, and an insightful, such a fall from grace? With a man stubborn and determined leader like Dr. Curry, whose intentions for all the right reasons. seemed noble – despite some of his Dr. Curry ascended to heights at clashes with Bishop students who the helm of the 287-acre campus on demonstrated during the 1960s civil Simpson-Stuart Road near Bonnie rights era – what is the path to peace View Road in Southern Dallas. Then of mind? misappropriated federal money by We have examples of falls certain members of his staff sent the that are not pleasant to mention: college into a newsman Matt Lauer, tailspin. entrepreneur and The aftercook Martha Stewart, math led to and entertainers R. indictments, a Kelley, Bill Cosby, Billie lengthy federal Holiday, and Full House court trial, a star Lori Loughlin.

Dallas Black The mighty fall, but community many are not forgotten. and HBCUs Students relax on grass in the 1960s at the entrance to Martha Stewart, for in turmoil, the old Bishop College campus that is now Paul Quinn example, has returned s t u d e n t s , College on Simpson Stuart Road in far Southwest Dallas. from serving a felony professors conviction for stock and other employees caught in the fraud and gradually resumed her top crosshairs, and ultimately the demise spot as a business mogul. of the college in 1988 after a stellar Rev. Larry J. Sanders Sr. believes 107-year history. a deep spiritual quality sustained Dr. Acquaintances said the Magnolia, Curry through losing his lofty status.

Arkansas native, Morehouse College Rev. Sanders was president of the Phi Beta Kappa mathematics last class of Bishop graduates when it graduate, and former two-time closed in 1988. president of the United Negro He was Dr. Curry’s former driver College Fund, died at age 77 -- the and personal assistant until Curry same day the college properties were died, and he has been pastor of sold. They said Dr. Curry’s health Keller Springs Baptist Church in had deteriorated by then and he was Carrollton for 20 years. rarely seen in public.

“After he left Bishop, people would “It was very rainy on the day of ask how he was faring, Rev. Sanders his funeral, but it was well attended said. “I remember him responding at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church near often by saying, ‘the work goes on, the campus,” recalled Dr. Harry the cause endures, the hope still lives, Robinson Jr., who was the librarian and the dream shall never die.” at Bishop College before he led the There is so much more to the story movement that created the African of this forgotten giant – stubborn, American Museum at Fair Park. unrelenting. I hope to revisit his and “Dr. Curry’s wife, Mrs. Marjorie his family’s life on another occasion.

Stewart Curry, asked me to read a Norma Adams-Wade is a veteran, poem and I did the best I could,” award-winning journalist, graduate of Dr. Robinson said. “One of the UT-Austin and Dallas native. One of highlights of my memory is how Dr. the founders of the National Association of Curry stood up for his students. He Black Journalists (NABJ) she was inducted was courageous, head-strong, and into the NABJ Hall of Fame.

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Quit Playin’

watch out for this pandemic, we are continued from front page forced to watch our backs.

Manuel Scott, Sr., explained what Take, for instance, church means to our struggle in one of this past week. We watched the fallthe rare YouTube videos that bear his out of a young Black jogger who image. was lynched by “wannabee” cops in “White folks... not all of them, but Georgia. His mother did not celebrate many of our oppressors made a big Mother’s Day because it was the very mistake. They kept us out of school date she gave birth to him. and worked us in the fields. They kept In Indiana, two more of the “usual us out of political office and out of suspects were killed by police. No dashgood jobs. cam working in “a shootout” between But they made a tactical mistake. police and two Black men, one of them They let us go to church! They let us a former soldier. meet Jesus. They let us read this Bible.

Somehow, they did get a detective on And it looked like we as a people tape. He couldn’t hold his glee as he should have been out of business. But made it to the crime scene; “Looks like Jesus gave us survival strength. From it’s going to be a closed casket homie.”

Monday to Saturday, they would put The coronavirus has killed its share, a heavy load on us. But on Sunday but they got a long way to go to catch morning, we sang," I'm so glad that up with the police departments in the trouble don't last always!”

U.S. You never have to leave Texas, for After this, some of us will go to examples. A 48-year-old, well-known church regularly. “Work out your soul gospel artist died at the hands of the salvation.” The old Preacher says that, Houston PD. No word yet on what “If it’s right to be in the church, it’s excuse or probable cause they will wrong to be out.” create.

Go to the Synagogues, Mosques, or Prayers and sympathies to the wherever your spirit leads you; just go! families of Ahmaud Arbery, Dreasjon How else can you cope with a week’s Reed, McHale Rose, and Adrian worth of bad news? The world has to Medearis.

Artists who got us past the sorrows of our struggles died in a relentless spurt. Little Richard, Betty Wright, and Andre Harrell all filled the entertainment marquee for the last time.

Coronavirus ain’t got shit on being Black in America. We need a place of solace and safety.

After this is over, we need to return to the epicenter of our strength and success. We identified our talents and spiritual gifts at church. We learned business principles, politics, oratory skills, musical prowess, and the art and organization of civil rights protests in the church.

Prayer works, but the dream works better when the team works together.

It is not my place or my point to force Christianity on anyone, but faith worked for us. Don’t get caught up in all those false equivalencies about jive-ass preachers and judgmental parishioners. The Lord will make a way for you to get to church after this.

These troubles won’t last always.

Happy Birthday Bro!

Part 1: Wig’d Out

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Malveaux, continued from page 4 What do we have to lose? Some Black women have found their lives at risk because Trump’s touting of hyd rox yc h l o ro q u i n e as a “game-changing” coronavirus cure.

People with lupus also need hydroxychloroquine for their disease, but Trump’s unseemly huckstering a drug that is not likely to cure the coronavirus has created shortages for hydroxychloroquine.

Black women get lupus twice as frequently as white women, and we get it younger and with more complications than white women. Because lupus is more likely to hit Black women at an earlier age, Black women also risk complications from pregnancy because of lupus.

Did Trump enthusiastically embrace hydroxychloroquine because Black women are more likely to get the disease, and he wanted to punish us? Does he have investments in hydroxychloroquine– producing companies?

You don’t have to believe in conspiracies to recognize the disproportional impact the shortages of hydroxychloroquine have had on Black women.

These impacts of disparate impact are one of the many reasons that race matters and that

data on health, income, employment, wealth, and other factors must be collected and reported by race.

At the same time, there re too many who resist gathering and reporting data by race, facetiously claiming we are all “one nation.”

And the myth of “one nation” holds if data are not collected.

When the threat of the coronavirus has receded, perhaps a year or so from now, we will be able to measure who carried the higher burden of this coronavirus.

But we already know that Black folks are dying, losing their jobs, or being exposed to the virus because of the jobs they hold (as an example, Black women are 6 percent of the labor force but 20 percent of medical support staff).

We don’t need detailed statistical analysis to conclude that poorer, urban, Black and brown communities are hardest hit.

What do you have to lose? Your job, and maybe even your life.

The lack of leadership 45 has exhibited during this pandemic disqualifies him for a second term. And those disproportionately impacted who choose to vote for 45, choose to vote against their own interest.

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Mr. West’s statements came after both Texas Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump attacked Judge Eric V. Moyé, who presides over the 14th Civil District Court in Dallas County.

Judge Moyé recently made headlines after a ruling he issued upheld guidelines on COVID-19 related business closures that were issued by the governor.

"What Governor Abbott and other Texas leaders like Attorney General Paxton and did was fundamentally wrong and dangerous. Our state constitution specifically spells out a separation of powers between the executive and judicial branches,” said West.

"Abbott himself gave the justice system enforcement guidelines, including jailing business owners who were non-compliant.

After a salon owner repeatedly flaunted the law as part of a carefully planned right-

POTUS Donald Trump wing publicity stunt, Judge Moyé did the right thing by holding this salon owner in contempt of court for refusing to follow Abbott's own guidelines.

“But Abbott decided to earn political points with Trump supporters and the far right by subverting the rule of law and the justice system. It's a dangerous precedent."

Judge Moyé was attacked with racial

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Now, the salon owner, right-wing pundits and President Donald Trump are targeting Judge Moyé, who is up for re-election.

Trump retweeted calls for Judge Moyé's defeat over the weekend.

"We are looking at a planned publicity stunt, a right-wing direct action maneuver that continues with Trump now involved.

“Right-wing protestors showed up outside Judge Moyé’s home. What is Governor Abbott going to do to keep the judge protected now that his and Paxton’s actions have put his life at risk? Will he protect her like he protected a salon owner,” West asked. "My reaction is, if Trump wants to try to take out a good judge in my home county, I say bring it."

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IN MEMORIAM

KENNETH EDMONDS

Special to the NNPA Newswire, by the North Carolina Black Publishers Association.

DURHAM, NC — Kenneth William Edmonds, Editor-Publisher of The Carolina Times, died on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at 66. Edmonds succeeded his mother, Vivian Edmonds, in 2002, and carried on the legacy of his grandfather, Louis Austin.

Kenneth attended the local public schools in the Durham and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school systems, where he excelled in basketball and, after the ninth grade, attended prep school at Laurinburg Institute and majored in journalism at East Carolina University.

He began working for The Carolina Times in his youth, at age 4 or 5, as he assisted his grandfather by serving as “Keeper of the Keys.” He remarked that his grandfather would misplace his keys around the house, the office, the post office, and other places that he frequented. Kenneth’s first job was to keep up with them as they moved around Durham. He saw firsthand through the life, work and sacrifices that Louis and Stella Vivian Walker Austin faced as they sought to bring about a more equitable and just community.

Kenneth held numerous positions at the paper, including selling newspapers outside the office and later in the neighborhoods, which gave him keen insights into the lives of those featured weekly in “The Times.” He progressed at the paper, and his first writing assignment was writing obituaries and, eventually editorials. His photography also graced the newspaper, and, eventually, he began laying out the paper and exploring the business side of the profession.

Kenneth brought the newspaper into the age of digital technology and ushered in an era of a new relevance to the publication with the inclusion of national wire service stories, and the incorporation of color photography within the pages of The Carolina Times. Though he made these improvements, Edmonds was always mindful of a statement his mother once made, “I’m trying to work my way out of a job.”

Her son took up that banner and continued printing weekly to chronicle the Durham Black community’s continued movement in that direction.

He was also a life member of the NAACP and enjoyed fellowship with St. Joseph’s African Methodist Episcopal Church since his childhood.

Born on Dec. 5, 1953 to the late educator, Woodrow “Woody” W. Edmonds, and educator and editor, Vivian L. Austin Edmonds, Kenneth leaves to cherish his memories his loving and devoted son, Christian Edwards, and cousins, Bernard Austin and Vivian Austin.

ANDRE HARRELL

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D, NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor Photo: Instagram/Uptown Records

The Twitterverse is in mourning after reports legendary music executive Andre Harrell was found

dead today in his Los Angeles apartment. The Bronx native was one half of the rap duo Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde. In the early 1980s, Harrell joined Russell Simmons at Def Jam Records, eventually becoming Vice President and General Manager. In 1986, Harrell left Def Jam Records to start his own label, Uptown Records at MCA, which became the sound of 1990s Hip-Hop Soul.

At Uptown, Harrell signed Heavy D and the Boyz, Marly Marl, Al B. Sure, and Guy among others. It is at Uptown Records where Harrell famously discovered future music mogul Sean “P Diddy” Combs, who started at the company as an intern and rose to the ranks of a Vice-President of A&R signing such acts as Mary J. Blige, Jodeci and Father MC. Harrell also served as an Executive Producer for the FOX television hit New York Undercover (1994-1989). Harrell fired Combs, who left to form Bad Boy Records bringing Hip-Hop legend Notorious B.I.G. with him and signing Total, Faith Evans, 112, Craig Mack, and a host of other artists. Despite the breakup, Combs and Harrell remained lifelong friends.

After Combs’ departure, Mary J. Blige and Jodeci also left the label, leaving Uptown with declining sales. In 1995, Harrell left Uptown Records to join iconic record company Motown Records with Heavy D becoming CEO of Uptown. Harrell, who had been paid $20 million to sign with Motown, was fired two years later in 1997, taking a $5 million payout with him.

In 2014, Andre Harrell and Combs reunited, with Harrell becoming Vice-Chairman of Revolt TV & Media, Combs’ multi-platform music network. Harrell was also a producer on Revolt‘s wildly popular show “State of the Culture.” At REVOLT, Harrell oversaw the REVOLT Music Conference (RMC) and produced and hosted the show, “Music Talks” where he interviewed music legends like L.A. Reid, Babyface, Nas, Queen Latifah and Sean Combs. At the time of his death, the entertainment powerhouse was working on a 3-part-series about Uptown Records for BET Networks. A pioneer of HipHop Soul and a major figure in black R&B music and television soundtracks, Harrell was 59.

LITTLE RICHARD

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was one of the most influential singer songwriters in popular music. He was one of the founders of Rock n’ Roll in the 1950s and one of the most memorable performers in rock history. Little Richard was born in 1932 in Macon, Georgia.

“Tutti Frutti” (1955), one of Richard’s signature songs, became a hit reaching the No. 2 on the Billboard chart. Another hit, “Long Tall Sally” (1956), hit No. 1 on Billboard. “Tutti Frutti” was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2010 and cited for its “unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music”. Two of his songs,”Tutti Frutti” and “Good Golly, Miss Molly” were listed on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Little Richard’s music was covered by several artists

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thereafter and his influence included The Beatles, who opened for Little Richard as he toured Europe in 1962.

He also advised Paul McCartney on his distinctive vocalizations. Little Richard influenced Otis Redding, James Brown, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, John Lennon and Cliff Richard and those influences frequently showed up in their music.

Legend has it that James Brown came up with the Famous Flames debut hit, “Please, Please, Please”, after Richard had written the words down on a napkin.

Redding started his professional career with Little Richard’s band, The Upsetters. Bob Dylan performed covers of Little Richard’s songs on piano during a high school talent show with his rock and roll group, the Golden Chords. In 1959, Dylan wrote in his yearbook under “Ambition”: “to join Little Richard.”

In 1963, Richard agreed to assist a failing tour effort

by The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley and The Rolling Stones and was given his own TV special after the tour ended. Little Richard received all the honors possible in music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of legendary inductees in 1986. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Little Richard is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. In 2015, Richard received a Rhapsody & Rhythm Award from the National Museum of African American Music for his key role in the formation of popular music genres and helping to bring an end to the racial divide on the music charts and in concert in the mid-1950s changing American culture significantly.

In 1955, he recorded “Tutti Frutti” in three takes and it was released as a single in November 1955.

Penniman’s performances, like most early rock and roll shows, resulted in integrated audience reaction during an era of strict segregation in the South. On tours that included groups of music stars, Little Richard and other artists such as Fats Domino and Chuck Berry would allow audiences Black and white to enter buildings via the same door but sit in separate places — but everyone would dance.

Little Richard’s high-energy performances while playing the piano included dancing on top of the piano, running on and off the stage and throwing souvenirs to the audience. He also dressed flamboyantly onstage.

Some of what is taken for granted now in popular music was invented by Little Richard. He was ranked eighth on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and Rolling Stone listed three of Little Richard’s recordings, “The Girl Can’t Help It”, “Long Tall Sally” and “Tutti Frutti”, on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Little Richard was the third of 12 children of Leva Mae and Charles Penniman.

Betty Wright was a soul and R&B singer with deep gospel roots.

She influenced a generation of female singersongwriters and continues to influence the world of hip hop, who sample some of her more famous material.

Born singing gospel with the family group, the Echoes of Joy, Wright began experimenting with R&B music in 1965 when she was only 11. In 1968, she released her first album, My First Time Around, by the age of 14, and scored her first national hit, "Girls Can't Do What Guys Can Do." But it was not until the end of 1971 that Wright's most successful phase of her career began to take place.

The song, "Clean Up Woman", became a Top 5 pop and #2 R&B hit, and would later influence a remix of Mary J. Blige's "Real Love" single with the sample of its guitar riffs; R&B girl group trio SWV's "I'm So Into You" also featured a sample from "Clean Up Woman," as did Afrika Bambaataa's song "Zulu War Chant", and Sublime's "Get Out!" remix. In 1974, Wright scored big with the songs "Tonight is the Night" (about a real-life love affair that happened with Wright when she was a teenager) and "Where is the Love" (which won her a GRAMMY for Best R&B Song).

In 1988, Wright made music history by being the first woman to have a gold record on her own label, (self written, arranged, produced, and published). With the release of Mother Wit, which featured two of her biggest hits in years, "No Pain No Gain" and the "After The Pain." On both songs, Wright displays her powerful upper register capabilities and seven-octave range.

By 2001 a compilation album The Very Best of Betty Wright was released, along with her first studio album in several years, Fit for a King.

After co-producing the first two Joss Stone albums, (2003, 2004) multiple GRAMMY nominations, Vocal production on Diddy and Keyshia Cole’ Last Night (#1),a Vocal Coaching spot on Making the Band 3, which spawned the group Danity Kane, Wright managed to squeeze in an amazing collab with her dear friend Ms Angie Stone which garnered them a GRAMMY nomination in Best duets category. Ms. B is also vocal coach to Lil Wayne, who she declares has the memory of a space alien: a phenomenon.

This mother of 5 ( Aisha, Patrice, Patrick*, Chaka, and Asher,) still managed to mentor several young singer/songwriters in a home-based camp called The MOST, which is an acronym for Mountain Of Songs Today, Wright has been instrumental in the careers of hundreds of artists (vocal coaching, production, song writing, backing vocalist and co-ordinator, music consultancy, etc)The likes of Beyonce, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Joss Stone, Mia X, Trick Daddy, Flo Rida, DJ Khaled, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Alice Cooper, Bill Wyman(Rolling Stones) and on and on til the break of dawn.....!

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Facebook provides relief for journalism organizations Facebook has announced more than 200 news organizations will receive nearly $16 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local news. These grants stem from $25 million in local news relief funding announced in March as part of Facebook’s $100 million global investment in news.

It includes: $10.3 million being awarded to 144 US local newsrooms as part of the COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program.

The fund is supporting many publishers who are hardest hit by this crisis: nearly 80 percent of recipients are family- or independently owned and more than half are published by or for communities of color. $5.4 million being awarded to 59 North American newsrooms that participated in Facebook Local News Accelerator programs focused on subscriptions and memberships.

Remaining funds will be used throughout 2020 to support projects focused on longer-term sustainability in local journalism. This includes $2.5

million for Report for America, helping the group place 225 journalists in 160 local news organizations for their 2020 reporting corps.

Partnering with leading industry organizations like The Local Media Association and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism to move quickly, the Facebook Journalism Project has awarded more than 600 grants across the US and Canada since the pandemic began. Additional grant programs have been launched to support journalism around the world.

COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program

After receiving more than 2,000 applications for the COVID-19 Local News Relief Grant Program from newsrooms across every state in the US, all US territories and Washington, D.C., we are providing grants ranging from $25,000-$100,000 to help publishers continue serving communities during the coronavirus outbreak. These grant recipients were selected through a process led by the Local Media Association (LMA)

and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism and with significant contributions from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION), Local Media Consortium (LMC), and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).

“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role local news plays in our communities, while simultaneously threatening their very existence. Reviewing hundreds of applications on a tight timeline both illustrated the depth of need, but also highlighted the innovation that these small, independent publishers can provide for their communities when given the resources,” said Jonathan Kealing, INN’s chief network officer. “I’m excited to see new news products and more critical original reporting in these communities, thanks to Facebook’s support.”

The pool of grant recipients is notable in several ways: Nearly four in five are family- or independently owned.

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THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW

At the Movies

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BY HOLLYWOOD HERNANDEZ

By VALDER BEEBE

From Executive Producers Halle Berry and Lena Waithe comes season 2 of BET’s hit series directed entirely by Women of Color…Boomerang. In the Valder Beebe Show satellite studio, I interviewed two of the stars of the series, Brittany Inge and RJ Walker.

The series is based on the 1992 American rom-com in which Berry starred alongside Robin Givens and Eddie Murphy, and will continue to follow the lives of Jacqueline Boyer’s son, Bryson (Tequan Richmond) and Marcus and Angela Graham’s daughter, Simone (Tetona Jackson) as they try to step out of their parents’ shadows and make a legacy of their own. Actors Leland Martin (Ari), RJ Walker (David), Brittany Inge (Crystal), and Lala Milan (Tia), will return as series regulars. Guest stars for the series will include Kim Wayans, Jaleel White, Walter Emanuel Jones, Nicole Williams, Cameron J. Ross, Elle Lorraine, and Zoelle Griggs.

Dime Davis returns to the director’s chair for half of the season. Other directors this season include Tiffany Johnson (Dear White

People, Black Monday, and Twenties) for two episodes and firsttime director Katrelle N. Kindred for two episodes.

Brittany Inge is a multi-hyphenate artist and activist from Laurel, MD. She is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC and Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. RJ most recently completed shooting a great supporting role in Amy Poehler’s feature comedy, WINE COUNTRY, with Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, and Jason Schwartzman.-Text provided by Brittany & RJ’s publicists in conjunction with the Valder Beebe Show VEB: Welcome both of you very talented Boomerang stars.

BI: Thank you for the very warm welcome to your show, The Valder Beebe Show.

VEB: Based on the 1992 American romantic comedy film, this new series follows the lives of Jacqueline Boyer’s son and Marcus and Angela Graham’s daughter as they try to step out of their parents’

shadows and make a legacy of their own.

Tell us about your Boomerang Role.

BI: I play Krystal Garret. She’s a strong black women just on her journey to find herself after a divorce.

VEB: What does the audience need to know about BET Boomerang?

RJ: Boomerang covers the children of Marcus Graham (Eddie Murphy) and Jacqueline Boyer. Boomerang is the black living single, black friends’ genre.

VEB: Britany, RJ mentioned living single.

I believe African American audiences have been looking for that genre to connect to for a long time.

BI: I absolutely agree with that. I would say that Living Single is most aligned with Boomerang, the stories we want to tell, the values that align with us as young, successful, Black millenniums.

Brittany & RJ’s full interview…….YouTube.com/ valderbeebeshow

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BECOMING is a NETFLEX documentary by first time director, Nadia Hallgren who follows the former first lady on her tour to 34 citles to promote her memoir, “Becoming,” and to connect and mentor young women on each stop along the way.

The film is a sincere look at the hate speech that was spewed by racists and Fox News reporters that both she and President Obama had to deal with and she admits that it was hurtful.

However; the former first lady remained upbeat. Her positive attitude is infectious.

She is such a contrast to the current Tweeting egomaniac who currently resides in the White House. The movie brings up her “when they go low, we go high” speech while campaigning for Hillary Clinton and shows that was not just a campaign slogan, but rather something she truly believes in her heart.

During her cross country tour she looks at her family’s history and remembers how she came from slaves

to become the first African American First Lady. It’s an example of never forgetting where you came from.

During her book tour she’s interviewed by famous celebrities, like Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King. She tells some really great stories about her family time in the White House, for example the time she and her daughters wanted to sneak outside, but were hampered by the secret service. The funniest one she relates is that on the families last night in the White House her girls wanted to have a sleep over. The next morning they had to scramble to all the kids out of the house because Trump was ready to move in.

BECOMING is a wonderful journey about the Obama’s eight years in the White House. It gives us a real insight to one of the most beloved first ladies in history.

It’s rated PG and runs right at 90 minutes.

On my “Hollywood Popcorn Scale” I rate this movie a JUMBO!

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Natalie Williams, JD is Chief of Staff and Director of Institutional Advancement for Paul Quinn College, under the leadership of President Michael J. Sorrell. Ms. Williams leads the College’s Corporate Work Program where students gain valuable work experience at businesses, non-profits and Fortune 500 companies. She also manages the execution of institutional grants and implements the development campaigns and initiatives. With more than a decade of experience creating effective and sustainable solutions to raise student achievement, she is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School and Arizona State University with degrees in Philosophy and Journalism.

MS: Natalie, will you tell us a little about yourself and what does your job entail?

NW: Absolutely I’m so very happy to be here, and have an opportunity to talk about Paul Quinn College, the college that I absolutely love; that I call family. The staff, students, and

Natalie Williams

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It just really pumps me up and gets me charged up every day.

I have the absolute pleasure of serving as President Sorrell’s Chief of Staff and leading our development initiatives for the college as well as our urban work program, and our corporate work program. So I support the students in several ways of building our mission to ensure that we are able to end intergenerational poverty by providing a direct pathway for students to not only graduate with their degree but a direct pathway for employment after graduation because they’ve spent four years while they’re here at the college in realitybased education, but also

in internships with various companies throughout the metroplex.

MS: Since COVID-19 hit what are some of the challenges you are faced with?

NW: Well, you know, we’re facing the same challenges that all colleges and universities are facing throughout the nation.

We have to shift our learning model and transition our classes to online fortunately for us we had already started that, Dr. Dowdy leads up our Academic Affairs team and we have a blended learning model already in place. So students are accustomed to having both hybrid instruction where you have in-person instruction as well as instruction virtually or online. Our Affairs team was really amazing and being able to pivot quickly, but other challenges that you know, we’re facing and adapting to is just making sure that the students have housing, those students who weren’t able to return home. We created a space for them. And created for 25 student’s off-campus housing.

Follow Paul Quinn College on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @PaulQuinnTigers to find out what President Sorrell has planned for graduation.

We talked about more challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic. To hear the full interview, go to BlogTalkRadio.com/Cheryl’s Word or the link: https://bit.ly/3cCwhHc.

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Virtual Community Calendar MAY 13, 2020

MAY 16, 2020

Ask Dr. Amerson ‘Domestic Violence during COVID-19 Pandemic’ at 11am. CST on DfwiRadio.com. Expert guest Kymberli Rice-Anders will give factual information and give statistics, about signs the public needs to know for personal safely. Resources information given. Tips on hair, scalp care & alopecia. #ScalpDoctor #39yrveteran #7yrhost

A Message For You. I Messenger Media is continuing to provide thought-provoking, informative, enlightening and entertaining news, and commentary. 1:00 pm on BlogTalkRadio.com and Facebook Live. Partnering with the Facebook Journalism Project. Stay tuned

A Message For You, with Marva Sneed comes to you From Marva with Love. Guest: Author Clarence “KD” McNair, Jr. “Give it One More Try.” The book underscores the importance of mental health. 11 am-1 pm. CST. Facebook Live @CherylSmith and BlogTalkRadio.com. Join the conversation at 646-200-0459.

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NBPRS Dallas and NABJ Media Related Task Force present the “Virtual” Happy Hour with host Terry Allen every Sunday 5:30 pm CST. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom. us/meeting/register/vpIpcumvrD4jCjxEQOkkv1R6jaqJ1yhGw. Bring your best drink and enjoy the best in online networking!

MAY 18, 2020 A Message For You, hosted by Cheryl Smith, Publisher of Texas Metro News, Garland Journal & I Messenger. She‘s a veteran journalist and FAMU graduate, who currently serves as Secretary of the National Association of Black Journalists. Join in on Facebook/@CherylSmith and BlogTalkRadio. com. Questions ask Cheryl, 646-200-0459.

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MAY 20, 2020 Ask Dr. Amerson ‘Suicide Awareness during the Pandemic’’ at 11am CST on DFWiRadio.com. Expert guest Brandon Demings will share his personal testimony, give statistics, and give resources for this worldwide topic, which is not talked about enough. #ScalpDoctor #39yrveteran #7yrhost A Message For You. with Marva Sneed comes to you From Marva with Love, bringing you COVID-19 information on how to get the help you need, News, Resources, Music, and Encouragement. 11 am-1 pm. CST. Facebook/@CherylSmith and BlogTalkRadio.com.646-200-0459.

May 21, 2020 A Message For You, hosted by Cheryl Smith publisher of Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger, a veteran journalist and FAMU graduate, who currently serves as Secretary of the National Association of Black Journalists. On Facebook/@CherylSmith & BlogTalkRadio.com. at 11 am-1 pm. Questions ask Cheryl 646-200-0459.

May 22, 2020 From Marva with Love with Marva Sneed 11:15am Dr. Sharka’Kang Zoolo Kang, a Naturopathic Doctor and herbalist, sharing solutions and what we can do to be healthy. 11:45am Dr. Ester Davis of The Ester Davis T.V. Show. We will discuss why there is a need for an organization of just the Black Press and what else she’s working on. 12:15 pm. Shuckey Duckey, Renowned Comedian, sharing what’s going on and what it is like having entertainment in the virtual world.

May 23, 2020 Happy Birthday to I Messenger Media Intern and Morehouse Man-Anthony Council

A Message For You. I Messenger Media is continuing to provide thought-provoking, informative, enlightening and entertaining news and commentary.

1:00 pm on BlogTalkRadio.com and Facebook Live. Partnering with the Facebook Journalism Project.

May 24, 2020 Andrew’s World, host Andrew Whigham III on BlogTalkRadio.com from 8 am-10 am. Tune in for thought-provoking, informative, enlightening, and entertaining news and commentary. Join the conversation at 646-200-0459 Andrew’s World.

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