Texas Metro News

Please wear your mask and wash your hands!

The very last!

MY TRUTH

By Cheryl Smith,

Publisher

I’ve been in some uncomfortable situations during my lifetime, but I have survived. There are times when I thought I couldn’t go on, and still I was able to persevere.

Over the years, I have overheard folks say they couldn’t bring themselves to watch a movie, especially those relating to slavery.

I always wondered how they’d feel if they had to experience the savagery of that peculiar institution called “slavery.”

Which brings me to my truth.

I felt my heart beating faster and faster as I watched the video of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin steadily applying pressure to the neck of George Floyd, until he killed him. Every time I think of those eight minutes and 46 seconds, I want to hug Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old who

Photo credit: Messenger

Rev. Dr. Sheron Patterson laying on Dallas City Hall Plaza for 8 minutes and 46 seconds during program for George Floyd.

Members of Clergy kneel.

remained focused and captured the atrocity.

On Friday, June 5, 2020; it was during the 8 am hour at Dallas City Hall and it was close to 90 degrees on the plaza. In a program that included several members of the clergy and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson; Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson proclaimed the day as George Perry Floyd Remembrance Day. My heartbeat once again began beating fast as the time came for eight min-

utes and 46 seconds of silence in Mr. Floyd’s honor.

Dr. Sheron Patterson, Sr. Pastor of Hamilton Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX, was the officiant of the program and she immediately took to the ground where she laid for the duration. It wasn’t a publicity stunt. Dr. Patterson is the real deal.

She is involved, she cares and she works hard. The daughter of a police officer, she is the change we need and she works for it.

It was a time to really

Football great Colin Kaepernick’s take-a-knee gesture is now famous as a rallying cry around the world against police brutality, racial injustices, and the killing of citizen George Floyd.

mer team or as an Unrestricted Free Agent (UFA) by another?

The talented, caring and socially-savvy star athlete has made it clear throughout his National Football League career troubles that playing professional football is what he wants to do.

By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor

Photo credit: Darnella Frazier’s video

Minneapolis police officer presses knee on George Floyd’s neck.

think about Mr. Floyd. We didn’t feel the pressure or pain that he endured; nor the uncaring, aloof attitude of his murderer, who was joined by three other officers.

What we felt then was minor. But what we are feeling is real and we must continue applying pressure and calling for change.

A sign captured at in Orlando, FL by photojournalist Richard Moore said it all, “You …ed with the last generation!”

But a recent Black man killed by a White cop has unwittingly catapulted Kaepernick’s fight against police brutality and the killing of unarmed Black men and women to the top of daily newscasts, and front and center in endless social media posts.

Minneapolis White police

June 10, 2020

NBA G-League cancels remainder of season On the same day the Dallas Mavericks learned it would have the opportunity to complete its 2019-20 season, its sister team down the road received the opposite news.

NBA G League President Shareef AbdurRahim announced Thursday that the remainder of the 2019-20 NBA G League season, which was suspended March 12, has been officially canceled. The NBA G League’s regular season was scheduled to conclude on March 28.

The Texas Legends are the Mavs’ G-League affiliate. The team plays its season in Frisco at the Comerica Center.

“While canceling the remainder of our season weighs heavily on us, we recognize that it is the most appropriate

So now can we hire Kaepernick back?

I was just thinking...does this Instead, politics and the mean that we now can get the League’s quest for sponsorship I WAS JUST former San Francisco 49ers money and approval by conTHINKING quarterback rehired by his for- servative fans got in the way.

By Norma Adams-Wade

VOL.8 NO. 35

Photo credit: AP

Colin Kaepernick kneeling to protest police brutality

Shareef Abdur-Rahim

action to take for our league,” said AbdurRahim in a prepared statement. “I extend my sincere gratitude to NBA G League players and coaches for giving their all to their teams and fans this season. And to our fans, I thank you and look forward to resuming play for the 2020-21 season.”

In the coming weeks, the NBA G League will announce end-of-season award winners, including the Most Valuable Player, Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

officer Derek Chauvin, 44, was fired and arrested after a bystander’s cell phone video recorded him on May 25 committing a horrendous, fatal offense.

Chauvin pressing his knee for eight minutes, 46 seconds on the neck of George Floyd, 46, -an unarmed Minneapolis Black man who died after pleading that he could not breathe. Floyd was suspected of paying for a pack of cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill at a nearby retail see THINKING, page 8

2

JUNE 10, 2020

NEWS

METRO BRIEFS

pg. 3

EDITORIAL

pg. 4

PERSPECTIVE

pg. 5

CALENDAR

pg. 16

LIFESTYLE

pg. 13

MAILING ADDRESS 320 S. R.L. Thornton Freeway 220 Dallas, TX 75203 WWW.TEXASMETRONEWS.COM 214-941-0110 Cheryl Smith PUBLISHER - EDITOR editor@myimessenger.com

DSO, DBDT TO HONOR GEORGE FLOYD The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) and Project Unity will hold a public concert to honor those who have lost their lives to racial violence and injustice – most recently, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Dallas’ Botham Jean.

The November 11 concert is a fundraiser for Project Unity, an organization founded by Pastor Richie Butler of St. Paul United Methodist Church. Project Unity works to unify Dallas by implementing community-building programs to help heal race relationships between law enforcement and Dallas citizens. The DSO and Project Unity partnered in 2019 for the inspiring Gospel Goes Classical concert.

“The events of recent months have been devastating and painful. We have reflected on how we as an organization can respond, and, with the magnitude of the crisis, we have more questions than answers,” said Kim Noltemy, of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. “How can we take a leadership role as an arts organization and respond in a meaningful way? How can we expand the DSO’s inclusivity on

CREDO OF THE BLACK PRESS

Zenetta Drew, Executive Director of DBDT and member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Board of Governors added, “We are pleased to work with the DSO and Project Unity to honor those who lost their lives but who will be remembered and inspire us all to be catalysts for critical change in our communities.”

“The events of the past few weeks have left us hurting as a community with deep wounds that have been re-opened,” said Pastor Richie Butler. “It is in these times that we look to each other to make real change that is more than words on a page. Project Unity’s mission is to bring

Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Dak Prescott donates $1 Million

By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor

The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and national antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race, color or creed, full human and legal rights. Hating no person, fearing no person, the Black Press strives to help every person in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.

every level, and what can we do to build consensus to move forward to unite people of different backgrounds, races and ethnicities? As a first step, this concert will use music to unite and heal and to pay tribute to those who lost their lives and deserved to be honored on a national level.”

“Since its founding in 1976 by Ann Williams, Dallas Black Dance Theatre has been committed to bridging cultures and will continue to educate and use dance to define our identity and values to advance a more just society,” said Melissa M. Young, Artistic Director.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott’s $1 million donation – announced in an impassioned Instagram post Wednesday morning – will go toward improving police training and addressing “systematic racism through education and advocacy in our country.”

Prescott’s statement on Instagram covered four pages and featured black and white images including a photo of George Floyd and an image of black and white hands intertwined. The donation will be administered through his Faith Fight Finish Foundation, which ”invests in the future of our youth by empowering them to find strength through adversity.”

The statement read in full: As a Black, Multiracial American, I am disgusted and unsettled! I am as optimistic as they come! I try to understand and find the positive in every situation or aspect of my life.

My mom left me the word Faith to live out for a reason. I believe in the good in each individual and this country as a whole! To be humble and to see every man and woman as the same takes humility and accountability.

As our communities take action, protest-

ing and fighting for the justice of George Floyd and every black life, I am with you!

I have viewed these protests and riots in our streets as a form of strength and an attempt to show we as Black people have rights that aren’t being perceived equally as our counterparts.

These riots have caused consternation and confusion in an already crisis-driven world.

My MOM left me the word Faith to live out for a reason. I believe in the good in each individual and this country as a whole! To be humble and to see every man and woman as the same takes humility and accountability.

As our communities take action, protesting and fighting for the justice of George Floyd and every black life, I am with you!

I have viewed these protests and riots in our streets as a form of strength and an attempt to show we as Black people have rights that aren’t being perceived equally as our counterparts.

These riots have caused consternation and confusion in an already Crisis-driven world.

I do not believe in looting or that violence is the answer.

I have personally struggled, along with our country, since the Coronavirus pandemic began. Anxiety became something I had

to understand and battle with as I searched for a purpose without the game of football around. I wanted to help, make a change, be a part of something that fixed the pandemic. During that search, I lost an Idol, my brother. He and I shared the same mission: FIND A BIGGER PURPOSE! As I process the passing of my brother, I have come to realize we are not given a voice to pronounce how much we matter.

It is our obligation to tell our neighbor how much they matter to us and to take a stand for the greater good of each other.

BLACK LIVES MATTER! We must commit to hold ourselves and our communities accountable! We must teach one another about our differences.

We must embrace the different colors, cultures and ways of life. To be multi-racial is beautiful and that is what this country is!

To the men and women of that police our streets, I have the utmost respect for those of you with a passion for protecting and serving your communities. When you choose to wear the badge of a police officer, you pledged to PROTECT life and property through the enforcement of our laws and regulations. How can you claim to uphold the law when those within your own ranks don’t abide by it? You need to hold your own accountable! Each of you are as guilty

the community together and to listen to everyone. With the Dallas Symphony and Dallas Black Dance Theatre, we will gather to do just that.”

The program will include musical and dance performances and remarks from prominent Dallas leaders. The DSO will commission a new work for the occasion from Quinn Mason, a Dallas-based Black composer currently studying at SMU, to be premiered at the event. Students from the DSO’s Young Strings program, a 28year old education initiative designed to increase diversity in America’s orchestras, will also perform.

“I am completely committed to moving the organization’s inclusion and diversity efforts forward as quickly as possible,” said Ms. Noltemy. “In recent years, the DSO has committed to authentic inclusion in audience development, education activities, board diversification and building on our inclusive hiring and business practices, but we have much more work to do.”

Tickets go on sales in August, and all social distancing and CDC guidelines will be practiced, both on the stage and in the audience.v as the men who stood by Derek Chauvin if you do not stand up against the systemic racism plaguing our police forces nationwide.

TAKE ACTION! As long as cops continue to profile blacks as a threat, cops will continue to be perceived as untrustworthy.

You have to CHANGE YOURSELF before you can ask anyone else to Change!

I STAND TO MAKE A CHANGE! I STAND TO SEE OUR COUNTRY WHOLE! I STAND TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY EQUAL! I STAND TO HELP OUR STREETS AND COMMUNITIES TRUST ONE ANOTHER I STAND FOR BLACK LIVES! I STAND FOR LOVE! I WILL TAKE ACTION AND HELP! I WILL ACT ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU! We will clean our streets and our communities not only of the looting and violence, but most importantly the racism, racial-profiling and hate!

I plan to take action and pledge $1 million to improve our police training and address systematic racism through education and advocacy in our country.

God Bless All Love Dak Prescott FAITH @faithfightfinish4

3

JUNE 10, 2020

Babylon Confusion in 2020 FAITHFUL UTTERANCES BY DR. FROSWA BOOKER-DREW

This has been a difficult week. Processing my feelings—my pain, my anger, and my disillusionment. It was like a rollercoaster of emotions and I found myself relieving my own experiences while juggling the frustration of my young adult daughter and my elderly mother. We have all had experiences with racism. In a recent Facebook post, I shared my recent encounter with being stopped by a State Trooper earlier this year. I was driving back from visiting my daughter in college and I jumped in front of a state trooper. I wasn’t speeding, just trying to get home. I was pulled over and I couldn’t understand why.

He said I didn’t have a front license plate. I informed him it was a rental car I was returning the next day.

He then accused me of drinking because he smelled alcohol in my car.

I reached down to pick up the hand sanitizer that had fallen on the floor.

I was then interrogated about why I rented a car and why I wasn’t driving my car. When I replied I don’t

drive my car long distances because it’s older, he then asked me how old it was it. Questions that were in my opinion, intrusive. After running my tags, he found nothing. I drove away shaking and angry. This was the same county Sandra Bland was killed in. All I wanted to do was go home safely, alive. I ultimately filed a report with the Inspector General’s office and spoke with some others in leadership about my experience. I was blessed to use my voice.

George, Breonna, Sandra, Eric, Philando, Trayvon, Aubrey, Tamir, Jordan and so many others did not have that opportunity. I could tell you stories about being stopped in in different parts of Dallas. And it does not matter that I have a PhD, say the right things, do the right things-because of the color of my skin, assumptions are made about me. It has been heartbreaking listening to friends as we share our fears for our loved ones. Terrified of them jogging, bird watching, leaving parties, listening to music in the car, going to the store, sitting in their homes. A friend said his 13-year-old grandson asked if he could be taught how to deal with the police because he does not want to die.

It is painful to prepare your kids for the first time they’ll be called the ‘n’ word or stopped by authorities or mistreated because of their skin color and worry every time they are out, if that will be the last time you see them. My story is the story of many of our people. We know racism, discrimination, and hate. What makes it overwhelming is that this pain and hurt is generational. I have listened to the stories of my mother witnessing police brutality when she was a young woman or watching my grandmother as a senior citizen being called gal by a younger white woman when I was a girl. We carry this pain not only in our minds and spirits, but it is carried in our bodies. The stress is overwhelming and has both physical and psychological impacts on our well-being which is well-documented in Science.

Despite what I am feeling, throughout this entire season, I have been reminded of Babylon in the Bible. I strongly believe there are some nuggets of knowledge for us to examine.

Babylon is mentioned several times beginning in Genesis 11 with the Tower of Babel. It was in this place that people became unable to unsee FAITHFUL UTTERANCES, page 9

www.grandpasecret.com

Ed Bell Construction Company An Equal Opportunity Employer June 1, 2020 Ed Bell Construction is a Dallas based heavy highway contractor doing business in the North Texas market since 1963. With clients such as TxDOT, Dallas County Public Works, and the Cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, Richardson and Mansfield (plus many others), we have a strong backlog of work in the highway market locally.

We are currently hiring for the following positions: • Excavator Operator (Earthwork)

• • • • • • • • •

Loader Operator (Earthwork) Motor grader Operator (Earthwork) Concrete Finishers (Structures, Paving) Roller Operator (Earthwork) Form Setters (Structures, Paving) Laborer (Earthwork, Structures, Paving) CDL Driver (Water Truck) Rough Terrain Crane Operator Paving Machine Operator

Available: multiple openings Rate: Negotiable Must have own transportation Years of Experience required will vary, from 6 months to 2 years (depending on position) Physical and Drug Screen Required Must have a Clear Background Must be at least 18 years old (CDL Driver, 21 yrs) Must APPLY IN PERSON at 10605 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75220 from 7am-11am Mon-Fri. Please visit our website: www.edbellconstruction.com/careers Or email your resume to: careers@edbellconstruction.com

Please wear your mask and wash your hands!

6090 Bonnie View Rd, Dallas, TX 75241 Hours of services may differ Phone: (214) 372-6321

4

JUNE 10, 2020

This must stop!

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

In his poem “No Man Is an Island,” John Donne wrote, “Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.”

I’ve always been involved in humanitarian issues and the universality of justice. This past week has been exceptionally difficult for me and anyone else with even an iota of human compassion. Two unnecessary murders of black men have monopolized our airwaves and will be the topic of discussion for the foreseeable future. The current social turmoil pushes me to the limits of my endurance.

On Sunday, May 24, readers of The New York Times were

greeted with a front page listing the names of 1,000 COVID-19 victims. Following was the announcement that the United States had surpassed the unwelcomed milestone of 100,000 deaths.

While shocking and heart-rending numbers, I’m sure others were woefully desensitized to the full scope of loss from COVID-19.

To put these COVID-19 numbers into perspective, a comparison to the Vietnam War isn’t unreasonable. By official measure, the number of American deaths in Vietnam was 58,220.

That number was matched and surpassed in late April for COVID-19 deaths.

Reaching the 100,000 milestone signifies a point of nearly doubling the loss of life in Vietnam. The greater tragedy is that it took U.S. forces 19 years in

Vietnam to reach 58,000. We’ve nearly doubled that number in three months with the coronavirus.

Arguably, had the Trump administration begun efforts to combat this virus one week earlier, the loss of life could have been reduced by 36,000, according to health experts. Instead, we add those names to the list of those we’ve lost.

Although not lost to COVID-19, one other name must be added to those we have lost – George Floyd.

By now, most Americans have seen the video of Mr. Floyd being suffocated by a Minneapolis police officer who applied near-total force of his body to Mr. Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes.

During that time, Mr. Floyd repeatedly begged for mercy and, probably from past life lessons, remained respectful to the po-

lice. Mr. Floyd even addressed his assailant as “Sir.” In an MSNBC interview, Princeton University Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. described this problem as one of African Americans having to live under the “trauma” of the coronavirus and the “terrorism” of lawless policing.

Those who have lost relatives or friends to the coronavirus, or even had relatives or friends contract the disease, understand the trauma and uncertainty of living under the threat of the disease.

There is genuine trauma in wondering, “Who’s next?” or “How can I avoid it?”

If one cannot understand the terrorism that Professor Glaude describes, imagine being apprehended, tried and executed by a rogue police officer. A store owner called the police with an allegation of Mr. Floyd passing counterfeit currency. Whether he attempted to pass bogus money or not, there is no charge

of counterfeiting that results in execution.

George Floyd joins Eric Garner, choked for selling single cigarettes; Ahmaud Arbery, killed for jogging; Tamir Rice, killed for playing as a 12-yearold child would; Trayvon Martin, killed for walking home wearing a hoodie; Emmett Till, killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman, and on and on.

George Floyd endured suffocation and ridicule to the point of his death. These killings are the result of ideation that denies the humanity of the victims.

They cannot be excused because of mental illness. They are deluded expressions of superiority and control over selected victims. This must stop! We need no more names on this list.

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

Andrea Harris and the fight for minority business THE LAST WORD BY DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX

Andrea Harris was not wellknown, but she should have been. She was the co-founder of the North Carolina Institute of Minority Business Development, an advocate for social and economic justice, a champion for historically Black colleges and universities, and a Bennett Belle (Class of 1970) who passionately loved her college.

After a brief illness and a stroke, she made her transition on May 20. The death of the well-connected woman who made it her business to link others together has drawn tributes

and accolades from former North Congresswoman Eva Clayton, from other North Carolina legislators, from many of her Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters, from her alma mater, Bennett College (www.bennett.edu), from the Minority Business Development Agency (https://www.mbda.gov/ news/news-and-announcements/2020/05/remembrance-legacy-ms-andrea-harris) and from her beloved Institute.

A community organizer before she was a minority business advocate, Harris was a little woman with a big voice that she did not mind using for advocacy. For many years, she convinced the North Carolina legislature to fund the Institute of Minority Business Devel-

Andrea Harris

opment. At 5’1”, Andrea was a compact hurricane, a force to be reckoned with. And she was a friend.

I was so sorry to hear of transition. We talked at least a couple of times a week when she was a

trustee at Bennett College and I was its President. More recently, we might spoke infrequently and no matter how much time passed between our conversations, either of us felt free, at any time, to pick up the phone to chat or ask for a favor.

The news about the ways the coronavirus has affected Black and other minority business would undoubtedly have prompted a conversation with brainstorming, commiseration, advocacy, action possibilities, and possible solutions.

When I read the news that the corona-imposed recession has wiped out more than 40 percent of Black-owned businesses nationally, I thought about Harris and passion she brought to her advocacy. And I thought about the “bailout” has shortchanged

minority-owned businesses, many who saw their requests for funding through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) be declined.

I imagined that Andrea would have called her friend, former Bennett faculty member and Congresswoman Alma Adams to push for set-asides for minority business. I imagined her calling another mutual friend, Rev. William Barber, to weave the minority business cause into his advocacy for social and economic justice.

Harris would not be surprised, just as I am not, that Black-owned and other minority businesses got the short stick of bailout funds and that such a large number of Black-owned see MALVEAUX, page 8

5

JUNE 10, 2020

A call for change, a call for justice

By Royce West Texas State Senate Many Americans have been moved to stunned resignation that yes, police misconduct exists after viewing the final nine minutes of George Floyd’s life.

But for too many African Americans, it’s another verse of a song that mainstream America has not wanted to hear Just two weeks earlier, 26 yearold Breonna Taylor was shot to death by Louisville police while in her own bed, the result of questionable, no-knock warrant tac-

Sen. Royce West

tics. In Fort Worth last October, Atatiana Jefferson’s life was ended by an officer who fired rounds through her window, while on her property unannounced. And in 2018, former Dallas officer Amber Guyger ended a promising future far too soon for Botham Jean.

Too many of us were left thinking that ‘Black folks can’t feel safe anywhere; not even at home.’

No, these stories are not new.

We remember the deaths of Jordan Edwards in Balch Springs in 2017, Walter Scott in 2016, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling in 2016, Michael Brown in 2014 and Eric Garner in 2013. All whose lives ended unjustifiably, most with those responsible not facing the type of legal conse-

quences that persons not wearing badges would if they took the life of another. But even rare guilty verdicts do not erase the pain felt by family members over lost loved ones.

It’s time, past time for changes to laws on the use of deadly force by those sworn to uphold the law.

It’s time to respect and value the lives of Black and minority Americans. It’s also time for leaders who are not Black or minority to stop acting like these heinous acts, administered by the hands of law enforcement, do not happen or have not occurred. Sadly, the blind eye of denial, indifference and maybe even complicity, has been around for centuries and seems renewed in recent days.

Those motivations are why I authored SB30, The Community Safety Education Act in 2017, which instructs officers and citizens on how they should respond during interactions with law enforcement – hopefully for reasons of self-preservation. The bill’s language has been incorporated into Texas’ drivers’ license exams, along with driver training, defensive driving courses and law enforcement instruction.

For the same reasons, I authored body camera legislation in 2015and passed Texas’ first statutes that prohibited racial profiling by law enforcement and placed cameras inside patrol cars in 2001.

But none of these tools, nor broad daylight, or eye witnesses, was enough to save the life of George Floyd from the gross callousness of four Minneapolis policemen.

Historians’ credit dinner time video of police dogs and fire hoses see CALL FOR JUSTICE, page 12

Social Justice

By Dr. D’Andre Weaver This weekend took me back to December 2015, when my former student, Quintonio LeGrier, was killed on his front porch by a Chicago Police Officer who stated he reacted out of fear.

Q was the perfect student, quiet, and loved math and science.

He was one of the students who inspired me to run the Chicago Marathon to raise money to purchase clean drinking water for kids in Africa. I miss him. I still think about him to this day.

Like many, I sat paralyzed watching the image of another dead Black American lay lifeless in the street. I’ve been alive long enough to see my share, yet I still feel all the feelings, compounded, as if each execution was happening again for the very first time.

For a moment, I lost hope in humanity and struggled to find the strength to say the name of the latest victim. I struggled with watching and saying the names of the recent ones.

I’m exhausted by the number of Black Americans who’ve been unjustly killed or jailed in this country. And, I’m tired of the systemic inequities that continue to exist in this country and in the educational system to which I’ve committed my life.

I’ve spoken at funerals and tried to comfort the parents of students who have unjustly died at the hands of rogue police officers who do not take their oaths seriously. I’ve prayed at the bedsides of Black students injured by gun violence. In fact, I am still traumatized by the gun violence that was inflicted on my own family.

If the continued loss of Black American human life does not stir up in each of us the need to make personal and societal change in these United States of America, what will?

As this country deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, it must also deal with the racial pandemic that has overtly and covertly affected Black Americans, like me, for hundreds of years.

This weekend, I’ve felt my share of sadness, frustration, and fear. Sadness because of the 8 minutes it took to dehumanize a fellow American, remove the God-given breath from his body and for his life to be strangled away, powerless, as a man’s knee stayed pressed upon his neck.

I watched my childhood neighborhood destroyed, the school building that I led as a principal broken into, and the Chicago landmarks

that played backdrop to my upbringing changed forever. Frustration because this isn’t the first, second, or third time Black life has been taken without cause. I know this probably won’t be the last time, either.

Fear because I’m concerned about the long-term effects that the first six months of 2020 will have on Americans, particularly people of color, people who have experienced unemployment and extreme poverty, whose dreams have been deferred, and those who feel as if they just can’t get a break.

And even more fear because the West side of Chicago, home to so many black and brown families, became an economic desert and never recovered after the 1968 riots which erupted in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I’m afraid of history repeating itself across the country.

But even still, I’ve seen the power of collective impact and togetherness in our country when things get tough. Americans have the ability to band together across differences and social constructs when there is a threat to our collective humanity. And, racism and oppression are such threats. Each of us has a responsibility to make our country, cities, and communities better for all of us. Change really does start with the heart and mind.

It starts with you and me.

As an educator, I’ve seen our public education system fail at effectively ensuring that students not only learn core content at equitably rigorous levels, but also fail at helping students learn about the realities of race, class, privilege, and collective responsibility. I’ve seen educators and leaders shy away from addressing issues of race and equity because of fear, pride, or politics. When we fail to teach our children about the reality of their existence, we fail to prepare them for the reality of the worlds in which they live. As educators, we have a responsibility to help students learn the things that really matter the most.

Here’s what we should do.

Educators at all levels must not be silent.

Read full story... www.texasmetronews.com DeSoto Independent School District Superintendent of Schools D’Andre J. Weaver. Ph.D. is a South Side Chicago native who has been described as strategic, visionary and forward-thinking among the national education community.

6

JUNE 10, 2020

Who’s Lootin’ You??

QUIT PLAYIN’

THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

By Vincent L. Hall

Back in 2009, Steve Mnuchin and a volt of capitalist vultures bought California’s IndyMac bank.

IndyMac fell from its perch in 2008 when the foreclosure crisis popped up, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) went down. These modern-day robber barons picked up a bargain for $13.9 billion with a 10% cash down payment.

“Mini-Me” Mnuchin tooled a foreclosure machine and looted the taxpayers for no less than $200 million, according to a Huffington Post 2017 article.

“No such luck, of course, for the bank’s ordinary borrowers. During Mnuchin’ s reign, IndyMac carried out more than 36,000 foreclosures, tossing former homeowners (including active-duty military servicemen and women) onto the street without hesitation or pity, by any means necessary.

Mnuchin and his billionaire posse “rushed delinquent homeowners out of their homes by violating notice and waiting period statutes, illegally backdated key documents, and effectively gamed foreclosure auctions.”

No wonder Trump tapped his “MiniMe” for his cabinet. Looters of a feather flock together!

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debated whether the “billionaire braggart” filed for bankruptcy four or six times. She was correct; he looted the taxpayers six times.

The Washington Post Fact Checker bore out her claim.

“Trump’s companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which means a company can remain in business

That Fake $20 Bill Might Buy True Police Reform BY THOMAS MUHAMMAD

while wiping away many of its debts. The bankruptcy court ultimately approves a corporate budget and a plan to repay remaining debts; often, shareholders lose much of their equity.

Trump’s Taj Mahal opened in April 1990 in Atlantic City, but six months later, “defaulted on interest payments to bondholders as his finances went into a tailspin,” the Washington Post’s Robert O’Harrow found.

In July 1991, Trump’s Taj Mahal filed for bankruptcy. He could not keep up with debts on two other Atlantic City casinos, and those two properties declared bankruptcy in 1992. A fourth property, the Plaza Hotel in New York, declared bankruptcy in 1992 after amassing debt.

PolitiFact uncovered two more bankruptcies filed after 1992, totaling six. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts filed for bankruptcy again in 2004, after accruing about $1.8 billion in debt. Trump Entertainment Resorts also declared bankruptcy in 2009, after being hit hard during the 2008 recession.

Why the discrepancy? Perhaps this will give us an idea: Trump told Washington Post reporters that he “counted the first three bankruptcies as just one.”

Amazon CEO and the man soon slated to become the world’s first trillionaire loots the U.S. Post office when he’s not cannibalizing diverse markets. Trump tweeted that the “U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon.” His math was fuzzy, but experts project that Bezos pockets at least a few billion extra dollars per annum.

Jeff Bezos conceded to CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell that Trump and others are not entirely off see QUIT PLAYIN’ , page 8

“I do not pretend to be a divine man, but I do believe in divine guidance, divine power and in the fulfillment of divine prophecy. I am not educated nor am I an expert in any particular field... but I am sincere and my sincerity is my credential!”

Malcolm X, March 12 1964.

I used this quote by Malcolm to illustrate his honesty in challenging the civil rights leaders then to demand human rights. He reasoned that when you are seen as a fellow human your civil rights are given!

Listen to the vast majority of young Black protesters they are screaming that all they want is to be treated as human beings!

We are once again at a place when the plight of America’s Black masses has engulfed the world! This time people all over the world are taking a knee in an attempt to show solidarity with the image made famous by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick who sacrificed losing his job spotlighting police abuse of Black Americans at the hands of white police officers.

There are now tons of images of police chiefs and ordinary officers taking a knee, some alongside protesters and one must admit that yes it’s an awesome sight. But to young folk on this emotional ride; don’t forget what brought you here!

Remember it was police murders and abuses; particularly of innocent Black males that has to stop now! In this moment of high visibility you must work toward a solution because a different, hateful emotion will soon follow this one and you’ll be right back where you were before George Floyd’s brutal death!

That horrendous image of a smirking and callous look on the face of Officer Derek Chauvin as his knee

shoved in the neck of Brother Floyd, literally choking out his life out was akin to what many of us 1960s children saw on Emmett Till’s face as he lay in his coffin at his funeral.

Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family’s grocery store. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, demanded that he have an open casket funeral because she wanted the world to see what white bigotry did to her innocent son! Malcolm X went around the nation speaking and showing that picture to Black audiences to highlight hatred of Blacks in America!

And as a veteran of hundreds of protests, my life experiences have taught me that what is important in these types of events is to use this existing moment to come up with a solution that would avoid a recurrence.

Let’s take that fake 20 dollar bill Floyd was supposed to have had and buy Strong Citizens Police Review Boards, complete with subpoena and investigative powers, with a solidly-financed budget for major cities across America!

By now it should be perfectly clear that police should never be allowed to investigate themselves, especially in possible murder charges or other types of physical abuse cases.

Here’s a case in point!

Officer Derek Chauvin had had 18 offenses lodged against him during his 18 years of working on the force, but not one complaint stuck until that faithful day when 17-year-old Darnella Frazier taped him committing a crime — taking Brother Floyd’s life.

A strong police review board of empowered citizens probably could have caught him on his second offense and gotten the department to terminate him from the force.

My long-time friend, Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison, see STRUGGLE , page 13

7

JUNE 10, 2020

You may not have dandruff ABOUT YOUR HAIR BY DR. LINDA AMERSON

Is Your Scalp Constantly Flaky?

Many consumers automatically assume they have dandruff when they see a scaly condition on their scalp. The term “dandruff” is a rather loose term that consumers give to all scaly conditions of the scalp.

Everyone has microorganisms on the skin and scalp, which is termed the normal skin flora. In some cases, these microorganisms multiply at a more rapid rate, further affecting the skin and scalp regeneration process, showing thicker scales

on the eyebrows, inside and outside of the ears, forehead and scalp. Furthermore, some of the scaly conditions are combined with inflammation, erythema, scalp discoloration, and excessive itchiness.

Is all dandruff alike?

It is possible for a consumer to have a scaly scalp disorder and not have knowledge of it.

Some consumers may assume they have dry scalp, or that a scaly scalp is some thing they inherited from their parents, thus trying numerous over the counter products with no results. This occurs because, in many cases a consumer may have two or more scaly scalp conditions and the over the

counter product is only effective in treating only one of the scaly conditions, while the other scaly conditions require a different treatment.

A dry scalp condition is not the same as dandruff. This condition does not result in scales that you can lift or move on the scalp. Most importantly, a dry scalp is best corrected with moisture -- not heavy oils or pomades applied to the scalp.

Heavy oils or pomades can clog the pores of the scalp, further resulting in slow hair grow.

Scalp Conditions There are actually several types of unattractive scaly scalp conditions. I have listed a few scaly scalp conditions below: Psoriasis is a common scaly

scalp disorders that affects people at all ages. Get an accurate diagnosis from a scalp specialist expert for all scalp issues.

Neurodermatitis is a disorder that usually occurs in women.

Seborrheic Dermatitis can be either dry or oily scaling on the scalp.

Pityriasis Ameantacea is a severe scalp condition.

Do your flakes look like layers of corn meal? All scaly scalp conditions can range from mild to severe and can be listed as pityriasis capitis, atopic eczema, pyrogenic granuloma, or seborrheic eczema to name a few. Please DO NOT attempt to make a self-diagnosis.

Other factors of scalp disorders

In addition, contributor to scalp disorders include: a poor diet, medications, health conditions, fluid retention, and stiff hair designs & braids (worn for two weeks or longer).

Actually 98% of Americans are nutritionally deficient, which also affects scalp health.

To conclude, are you tired of feeling embarrassment or ashamed when scales appear on your scalp, and/or shoulders, eyebrows, forehead, ear area, clothing or neckline area? Help is available.

Dr. Linda Amerson, LA’s Hair & Scalp Clinic, Arlington, TX 817 265 8854 Hairandscalpessentials.com #ScalpDoctor

MO’ BETTAH WINGS

$5 Daily Specials 10% Teachers Discount 11am-10pm Monday-Saturday

12-8 Sunday

8

JUNE 10, 2020

Thinking, from page 1... kneeling might lead us to substiPerhaps

store. His death sparked daily protests and riots. The officer was arrested and his lesser, original charge ultimately was upgraded to 2nd-degree murder.

Three other officers were fired and later charged as accessories.

If you don’t know Kaepernick’s back story by now you probably have been under a rock or asleep beside Rip Van Winkle. The player, fondly known as Kap, was the 49ers’ quarterback from 2011 to 2016 and led the team to several Super Bowls, although they ultimately lost. Later, Kap’s standing with the franchise plummeted after polarizing reactions to his kneeing began. He ultimately opted out of his contract, became a free agent, but no team has picked him up. He has made it clear that he still wants to play.

Since the George Floyd killing, much has been made about the link between two kinds of kneelings – Kap’s kneeling to save lives, the cop’s kneeing to end one.

QUIT PLAYIN’, from page 6...

base. “I didn’t have to build a transportation network to deliver the packages. It existed: It was called the post office,” Over the past weekend, there was a significant and pronounced problem with lowlevel looters. We clutched our collective pearls as we watched two-bit opportunists take things they neither needed or wanted.

It happened during the protest, but looting never shows up on anyone’s pre-protest planning sessions.

So why do you bitch and moan about crumbs when the professional looters are stealing your loaves?

The Native Americans watched as their land was looted. The Africans had their dignity, and the duty of their handiwork looted.

Asian immigrants built the rail system

Kaepernick’s

tute the Black National Anthem to be sung at the opening of each NFL game instead of the traditional National Anthem. The BNA words and lyrics, written by two historic brothers – James Weldon and John Rosamond Johnson -- carry a significant, needed message:

“Lift ev’ry voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring.

Ring with the harmonies of liberty. ...Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won!”

Norma Adam-Wade is a veteran, award-winning journalist, Graduate of UT- Austin and Dallas native. One of the founders of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), she was inducted into the NABJ Hall of Fame

while being held in camps. The Mexican immigrant was lured to “Great America” to undercut the wages of all of the above and poor whites.

Americans are looted continuously by a consortium that includes corporate giants, lobbyists, the U. S. Congress, and the greedy rich. Savvy and sadistic politicians like Nixon and Trump convinced you that looters are coming for you. All the while, they rob you blind.

We can agree that the idiot who broke the plate glass window at Target to get a handful of nothing is deplorable.

What, then, do you call looters who reverse-mortgaged your grandfather, a disabled veteran out of his home?

Looters? Man miss me with that bullshit! You better discern who’s looting you!

Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist, and award-winning columnist.

Katharine Reed Fain

heroic

January 19, 1917 - June 5, 2020

“Being here 100 years, you see a lot, you go through a lot. We just want Freedom.”

On January 19, 1917, Katharine Reed was born to the union of Makum Buck and Annie Cornella Davis Reed, in the Beulah Community of Elkhart, Texas.

She attended school and church in the same building and graduated as an 8th grader; the highest level a Negro could attend school in the 1930s.

Katharine married Leo Fain in September 1933. The happy couple and son Hosea L. G. Fain lived in a two-room house within the same community in which they grew up.

While Leo was working, Katharine slipped off and got her first job because she viewed their marriage as a partnership.

In conversations with family members, she shared stories of her witnessing the terrible deaths of Blacks, but she continued working to build a stronger family.

Katharine persevered and with strength, wisdom and faith in God, she remained focused

MALVEAUX, from page 4...

businesses (more than any other racial or ethnic group) are imperiled by the coronavirus recession.

The massive hit Black-owned businesses took is partly a function of the industries, including personal services, that minority businesses are concentrated in. It is also a function of the precarious position of minority businesses, many of which are underfunded, with unequal access to capital and market discrimination.

People like Andrea Harris fought hard for the right of minority businesses to thrive.

And she believed in helping young women, especially her Bennett Belles, to learn about entrepreneurship. She helped us set up a summer entrepreneurship program for high

Katharine Reed Fain and eventually in 1970 became employed full-time as an aide for Dr. Jack Thompson’s Medical Clinic in Palestine, Texas.

Katharine united with the Beulah Baptist Church when she was 5 years old and remained faithful until her health failed.

Many days members heard Katharine singing one of her fa-

school students, helped establish an entrepreneurship minor, and took many fledgling businesses under her wing.

We need more advocates for minority business. Most Black-owned businesses have but one employee. Many are unable to provide essential job benefits –health care, sick leave, and more. More Blackowned businesses need more access to capital. Coronavirus has heightened our awareness of inequality in employment, income, occupational status (22 percent of nurses’ assistants are Black women, and another 22 percent are Latina), health status, housing status, and more.

While the Small Business Administration did not initially collect demographic data on who got bailout money, instinctively, we know that Black-owned businesses were less likely than others to get funding.

Andrea Harris’s life work was about promoting Black busi-

vorite songs, “I can’t even walk without you holding my hand.”

Katharine is preceded in death by her husband, Leo Fain; son, Hosea L. G. Fain Sr.; grandson, Gary Wayne Fain; parents, Makum Buck Reed and Annie Cornella Davis Reed; one sister, Ann Micheaux; and two brothers, Edgar and Ed. She leaves to cherish her memories, her dedicated daughter-in-law, Ester J. McDonald Fain; five grandchildren, Rose Fain Winters, Grand Prairie; Hosea (Jacqueline) Fain Jr., Dallas, Texas; Dapheny Fain, DeSoto, Texas; Alecia Fain, Red Oak, Texas; and Caryn (Robert) Warren, Grand Prairie, Texas; a sister Henrietta Bailey. Eighteen great grandchildren and 17 great, great grandchildren; one great, great, great, grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends of all ages, and races.

ness. As these businesses are being harder hit than others by the corona recession, many of us know that our feisty friend would roll her sleeves up and dig in to offer advocacy and provide solutions for Black-owned business.

Amid a national pandemic, some don’t think we should talk much about race. But if we are all in the same boat, some folks are riding, while others are rowing. Harris would be one of those who would focus on the rowers.

In tribute to her, we should all be advocates for Black-owned businesses, and direct some of our dollars their way.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author, media contributor and educator. Her latest project MALVEAUX! On UDCTV is available on youtube.com. For booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com.

9

JUNE 10, 2020

NBA Coaches Association condemns racial injustice, forms committee

By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor

The NBA Coaches Association – of which Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle is the president – released a statement recently condemning the murder of unarmed George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, and also announced the formation of a committee on racial injustice and reform.

The statement was issued after a full weekend of protests, demonstrations and unrest across the country after the murder of Floyd, as well as 26-year-old Breonna Taylor a week prior, who was shot and killed in her home by Louisville Metro Police Department; serving a no-knock warrant – as well as other public instances of

racial discrimination.

The NBACA statement in full: NEW YORK, June 1, 2020 Our heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the family of George Floyd.

As NBA coaches -- both head and assistant coaches -- we lead groups of men, most of whom are African American, and we see, hear and share their feelings of disgust, frustration, helplessness and anger.

The events of the past few weeks -- police brutality, racial profiling and the weaponization of racism are shameful, inhumane and intolerable.

As a diverse group of leaders, we have a responsibility to stand up and speak out for those who don’t have a voice – and to stand up and speak out for those who don’t feel it is safe to do so.

Witnessing the murder of George Floyd in cold blood and in broad daylight has traumatized our nation, but the reality is that African Americans are targeted and victimized on a daily basis. As NBA coaches, we cannot treat this as an isolated incident of outrage.

We are committed to working in our NBA cities with local leaders, officials and law enforcement agencies to create positive change in our communities. We have the power and platform to affect change, and we will use it.

The NBACA also established a committee on racial injustice and reform “to pursue solutions within NBA cities,” according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Committee includes San Antonio Spurs Coach Greg

Pray for Current College Students She conquered the mental anguish of this second campus visit since COVID like a pro.

I pray for all current college students who feel misplaced. I’m confident that all of the pieces will come back together, stronger and more fortified than ever before. They have to. I’ve done my best at providing Cecily with a firm, unshakable foundation.

She’s built for life. - The Widow Files

By Eva D. Coleman

It all comes down to structure and frame of mind. We did a turnaround road trip to Houston on June 3, 2020 for my favorite University of Houston architecture student to gather her belongings and supplies from the building which served as her second home beyond the dorm.

“The vibe is way off,” my child said right before exiting the car to go inside. She had a one-hour window to get all of her stuff, by herself, due to limited access.

Cecily Coleman returns to University of Houston to pick up her belongings

George Floyd

Popovich, Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, LA Clippers Coach Doc Rivers, Cleveland Cavaliers Coach JB Bickerstaff and Atlanta Hawks Coach Lloyd Pierce.

Per Wojnarowski, the committee is planning to meet virtually to discuss “how they can begin immediate action items across the league’s cities.”

Last weekend saw a large contingent of NBA players across the nation using their platform to join protests and call for justice in the midst of the racial injustice and

division across the nation. The Dallas Mavericks showed their support in Dallas, with owner Mark Cuban and players Jalen Brunson, Justin Jackson, Maxi Kleber and Dwight Powell all attending a vigil for Floyd held outside of the Dallas Police Department headquarters.

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson, a close friend of the murdered Floyd, travelled to Minneapolis for protesting and a news conference, and was joined

by Minnesota Timberwolves player Karl Anthony Towns and actor Jamie Foxx. Indiana Pacers player Malcolm Brogdon marched with protesters as did Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown – who drove 15 hours to Atlanta to join protesters and teammate Enes Kanter. The New York Knicks’ Dennis Smith Jr. joined protests in Fayetteville, N.C., his hometown and the 76ers Tobias Harris joined protests in Philadelphia.

FAITHFUL UTTERANCES, from page 3...

derstand one another because God confused their languages.

They were trying to build a tower to reach the heavens. Babylon is mentioned several times throughout the Bible especially during the time of exile of the Jews in the book of Jeremiah: “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters.

Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, be-

cause if it prospers, you too will prosper.” 8 Yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you.

Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. 9 They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not sent them,” declares the Lord. 10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”

10

JUNE 10, 2020

WE’RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

Thanks for your cooperation and continued support of Black Jack Pizza!

No More Hugs and Kisses...

JUST GOOD FOOD! 2536 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Dallas, TX 75215

(214) 565-1025

2120 N St Augustine Suite 100 Dallas, TX 75227

(972) 329-1414

11

JUNE 10, 2020

Nena’s Finds Boutique

We’re OPEN!

A Uniquely Stylish, Fashionable Boutique for women of all Sizes!

Ranging from Pretti and Petite to Pretti and Plus!

Nena likes to be a bit edgy, blingy ...

But she keeps it Chic with Sophisticated Style!

Nena’s Finds is your one stop shop for an Eccentric flare!

214.623.7314 nenafinds17@gmail.com

SUBSCRIBE TO TEXAS METRO NEWS SEND YOUR CALENDAR EVENTS

214- 941- 0110

3917 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. Suite 103 Dallas Texas 75237. 469-399-0096 Open Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8p.

During this pandemic we are still open for call-in and pick up orders. We have specials Tuesdays $5 burger baskets with fries and Wednesdays $5 chicken strip baskets with fries. Our menu is filled with so many delicious items.

We have Bar-B-Q plates, Crab boils and so much more.

We would love to serve you.

Schedule your Sip n Shop, Trunk Show, Girls Nite Out or Wardrobe Revamp with Nena’s Finds today!

12

JUNE 10, 2020

We are not disposable, we are essential THE BLACK CARD BY TERRY ALLEN

Thanks, you readers, for your loyalty to I Messenger and my column as it is being read all over the world. Your feedback has confirmed that the paper, the column and the information is what is needed in these times.

Before I get focused on our essential value, I want you to pause to remember Mr. George Floyd and pray for our cities and all of our citizens.

Now. I want to assure you that I understand that your time is a priceless resource and being alone with our thoughts can be an alarming place for some of us, especially when the public has treated African Americans as if we are disposable.

Black Americans have a greater risk to loss from health and economic disparities than our mainstream counterparts as we account for more than half of the COVID-19 cases and over 60% of the deaths nationwide.

One reason is Black workers account for more than 80% of essential frontline employees in the health, retail, delivery and warehouse jobs in the USA. Also, most of these jobs are on or under the poverty level, subjecting people of color to restricted access to healthcare, work leave, health insurance and self/employer provided PPE. And some neighborhoods of color are food deserts, underserved transportation pathways and higher-priced retail products for same basic staples in other areas. In summary, many Black people, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, are also in the midst of a RACIAL pandemic.

Many Blacks have to go to work; cannot shelter at home and live in neighborhoods that may have less life-enhancing environment than our counterparts.

So, let’s call a “thing” a “thing,” acknowledge it, and recognize that “thing” dwells within our world. I am a Black man with an adult Black son and I live in fear for my life every day.

In the words of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. “You cannot out con-

cern me!” My son, my nephews, my male cousins and I have a different code of conduct and rules of engagement than our counterparts.

Racism is a greater pandemic for us than anything else. We are forced to work inside a world built by institutionalized racism. From enslavement and experimental medical trials, to legal genocide and redlining the US has a long history of using our labor and contributions for free.

We need an overhaul of our community to combat all the underlying issues that affect us. So, if you did some soul searching over the past couple of months, what can you do collectively to pull back the curtain; identify racism at all levels; and make masterful steps to end the cycle once and for all?

My grandmother would say; “Beloved, nothing can be dealt with until we actually DEAL with it.” So, let’s please put together steps to empower us to end racism in our lifetime. I believe in reparative concessions.

If we dig deep enough, most of us can find build a collaborative process to help topple racism. I am going to add one issue we can work on right now. People of color, stop undermining our own and practicing self-hate and self-sabotage to make sure our voices are snuffed out. Every day, I have to defend my experience to some Black person who undermines my fight; who thinks racism is my fault and I can overcome it!

How many of you advertise with Black newspapers and require that mainstream manufacturers advertise? For example, how many of you have gone to a Black business owner who failed to get your ”it” right and you 1) did not say anything 2) did not return nor let them know 3) and trashed them to others and 4) went to another non-Black business owner; got treated the same but stayed? Don’t lie!

Words are powerful. We can use them to affirm ourselves or they can lead to self-sabotage. We are not disposable we are essential. What can you do to contribute to our success?

Terry Allen is a multi-media journalist and board member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

EAT ZONE Best Food in Town The Hidden Secret of OakCliff 2 Burgers for $5

EAT ZONE

2 Pc Grilled/Fried Þsh

Best Food in Town The Hidden Secret of OakCliff 2 Burgers for $5 2 Pc Grilled/Fried Þsh

To get latest updates 3003 E. Illinois Ave,75216 214-376-9663 visit us at

3003 E. Illinois Ave,75216

214-376-9663

www.texasmetronews.com

CALL FOR JUSTICE, from page 5... aimed at peaceful demonstrators with assisting the passage of Civil Rights legislation in 1965. It also took an awakening of the conscious of white Americans to confirm that what they had witnessed was undeniably wrong.

Sixty-five years later, we’re still on that long, winding, partly-paved road to justice that has left some travelers stranded.

I am committed to help

pave that road. I’ve met recently with local activists and Dallas officials with the goal of creating new tools or sharpening the old ones, so that together, we can find a fix that will deliver fair and equal treatment under the law for all Americans.

Days ago, the U.S Supreme Court said that the legal concept of qualified immunity needs to be revisited.

Even Justice Clarence Thomas agrees! What can you as citizens do? Remain vigilant. Speak out.

And most of all - VOTE. We need your help!

Vote to elect officials who will hold accountable those who violate the public good; no matter what badge they wear or office they hold. All Americans deserve the right to breathe.

13

STRUGGLE, from page 6...

now has formerly charged all four officers; including upgrading charges of Chauvin to 2nd degree murder. Justice seems assured!

But as Attorney Ellison warned the people of his state that this isn’t a slam dunk case, and based on my experiences he’s damn right! White juries have historically let cops off even in murder cases as horrible as the Floyd case.

A strong police review board, with the type of powers cited above, is the best answer for the future.

And yes be pissed off with President Donald Trump for his lack of feeling and his lack of calling for change in America’s policing tactics!

But, please folks don’t get caught up in the emotional partisan crap that political opportunists are trying to spread!

Let’s be honest!

Former President Barack Obama and Joe Biden, his Vice President, didn’t prioritize solving police abuse during their administration. In fact many of the names of Black people who suffered at the hands of police abuse happened under their watch!

The repercussions from a lack of actions climaxed into the stark killings of five white police who were systematically sniped from rooftops in downtown Dallas along with police ambushes throughout America done by Black ex-army soldiers.

Black Lives Matter was first birthed during the Obama/Biden administration in 2012 and lasted till the end of their term in the White House.

Beginning with Michael Brown to Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, and young 12-yearold Tamir Rice: killed while

JUNE 10, 2020 playing with a water pistol in a park.

Black ex-soldiers went on killing sprees seeking to revenge police killings. And you can best believe that if nothing meaningful comes from this latest killing those types of events happen again.

Biden is promising to create a National Police Oversight Board, should he be elected in November. On that I’ll simply quote Brother Malcolm, “Time will tell!”

Let’s face it the reality is that video of Floyd’s killing and the fact that there are millions; primarily young White kids out of schools, unable to work and therefore have plenty of time on their hands, is the main reason these protests have been tremendously huge and have grown to world popularity.

It’s also why the protests are peaceful and white cops are not wholesale killing protesters!

It would be very difficult to get away with that in the public.

If they did there most definitely would be hell to pay from even white bigot conservatives!

In Dallas we collected 20,000 signatures in 1989 and placed a vote for a strong police review board on the ballot and we lost big time; because of a campaign led by the Dallas Police Association.

I will never forget how some Black elders in Black South Dallas told me, “Honey I’m gonna vote against you cause baby we need the police and y’all trying to get rid of em!”

It was a pure lie, but we were defenseless against the police union and its heavily-funded war chest that ran ads convincing seniors we were trying to close the department.

And if there’s one thing that has remained constant in the battle for true police reform is that white police unions everywhere will always stand in pro-

tection of bad cops and yes even bigoted cops like Chauvin.

Don’t get me wrong, police are needed.

So you don’t believe we do?

Tell me what would you do, if you left your home only to return and your home or car has been robbed. Now tell me who you gonna call, the New Black Panther Party?

I love my dear brother, Aaron Michaels, a founder of the New Black Panther Party, but should I believe he can find and arrest the perpetrators that vrobbed me? Do you?

Hell no, he couldn’t!

Police are needed or there would be pure chaos right?

We just simply want them to be held accountable to all of their taxpaying citizens, and not kill us over petty bul$/@;#t or physically abuse citizens, simply because some officer is having a bad day!

Of course there are some of my dear friends and comrades who are calling for abolishing police departments! And I’m saying okay I could be for that.

But first you gotta convince me that crime could be eradicated without them.

I strongly believe it is the most crucial time for getting real police changes while America’s heartstrings are beating with the rhythm of police reforms.

Now is the time to spend that fake 20 dollar bill that cost a wonderful life; and buy some true police reforms before some fake civil rights political opportunists take charge and pull a con on ya!

Take this advice from an old protest veteran, Homey!

Until then the Struggle Continues…

Thomas Muhammad is Chairman of the National Black United Front(NBUF)- Dallas Texas Chapter

AT THE MOVIES

The Black Godfather BY HOLLYWOOD HERNANDEZ

June is Black Music month and just in time for the celebration is a NETFLEX documentary by director Reginald Hudlin, THE BLACK GODFATHER. It’s an amazing story about African American Clarence Avant who is probably the most influential man in Black Music who you have never heard of. Amazing is the only word to describe the impact he’s left on Black Music and culture.

He began as a manager in Harlem in the late 1950s and only recently received his recognition with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019, at 84 years old. The names and the stories involved with his help to achieve success read like the history of Black Entertainment.

He worked in nightclubs helping to give legitimacy to artists like Sam Cooke and Dinah Washington and is credited with amazing deals with artists like Jam and Lewis, L.A. and Babyface, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones; and he even had a hand in brokering a deal to get Barack Obama the Democratic nomination for president. His daughter got her father’s blessing to work in Obama’s campaign. Even though he thought Obama would lose he is given most of the credit for getting the first

Black president in office.

The loving story shared by all of the famous artists, athletes and politicians is an amazing and inspiring story of a man who always gave a “hand up” to African Americans who needed a hand. Even former president Bill Clinton talks about how Avant gave him the strength to keep going when Republicans were trying to kill his legacy and get him out of office. He says Avant advised him to stay the course and do his job.

There are so many jawdropping stories about artists who needed help and who got it from Clarence Avant. When Biggie was killed in Vegas it was Avant who got Puffy out of town by car so he wouldn’t be in public, catching a flight. Puffy gives him credit for saving his life.

In another story Michael Jackson cut a soundtrack for the movie of ET and didn’t have permission from a rival record label to release it. Avant brokered that deal to get it released, leaving Michael so impressed that he hired Avant to be in charge of the Bad Tour.

The stories go on and on but Clarence Avant’s life story is a very enjoyable tale.

It’s on NETFLIX and on “My Hollywood Popcorn Scale” I rate THE BLACK GODFATHER a JUMBO!

14

JUNE 10, 2020

LL Cool J is Mad as Hell

Legendary rapper’s tirades lead to blistering lyrics on current events

By Eva D. Coleman LL Cool J is hard as hell Battle anybody I don’t care who you tell I excel, they all fail Gonna crack shells, Double-L must rock the bells These famed lyrics by James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J, from his 1985 song “Rock the Bells” ring true during the current state of affairs in the United States of America as protesters, rioters and looters rock the country following the senseless murder of George Floyd.

LL made headlines and recently experienced some backlash over wondering and asking what parents of bi-racial children are saying during this time of unrest.

“What does the parent of a bi racial child say to that child about systemic racism? I’m curious.. I’m a black man.. my mama was very clear. What do you say?” he asked

via Twitter.

This backlash caused LL’s anger to swell, and he let it all out during a live social media tirade where he often kept misplacing the word “neck” for “knee” all throughout as he responded to the image of George Floyd being pinned down

by Derek Chauvin in the tragic occurrence in Minneapolis, MN. A reply to a post LL made on his Instagram page of which he included protest photos captioned with “This is what America looks like on May 30th 2020” had the rapper come out of his “Ladies Love” character in his response

Dr. Amerson adapts to Temporary Business Closure

back to the Instagram user, calling her a “hoe.”

LL came back even harder with raging lyrics that cut deep, showcasing his expert lyricism while expressing his anger and pain.

He starts by saying, “For 400 years you had your knees on our necks. A garden of evil with no seeds of respect.”

Staring squarely into the camera with watery eyes, his delivery references many injustices and cleverly weaves in names with play on words of many African Americans who have been slain, including many more besides the recent deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

“Sandra wasn’t bland, they hated Mike cause he Brown. Trayvon should have had an Aston Martin ridin’ around,” were verses he spit.

LL ends his powerful a cappella freestyle with “Black lives matter.

Forever.”

And they do.

Dr. Linda Amerson, Board Certified Trichologist, has adapted to the temporary closure of LA's Hair and Scalp Clinic. We continue to offer our award-winning products to consumers. Our exclusive products are manufactured by a facility in Garland, TX. Premium quality natural ingredients are used to assist with dry, oily, itchy, flaky, inflammed scalps, as well as hair breakage, hair thinning and regrowth.

Everyone may order from our website, and we will ship your product order to you. http://www. hairandscalpessentials.com. We need your support.

In addition, we offer Video Consultations globally! We will schedule an appointment, give a diagnosis, them make a recommendation. We are available to serve you in the comfort of your home.

Call us today - 817.265.8854 http://www.hairandscalpessentials.com We need your support.

The Church and COVID-19 and sometimes even grief, you’re there. So what a joy and a blessMARVA ing that God would have you in WITH their lives. You become family,

BY MARVA SNEED and that’s the greatest blessing that anyone can have.

MS: How are you handling the On “From Marva with Love,” challenges of helping your pawe recently heard from Pastor rishioners during this COVID Roy F. Jones, II, Pastor of New pandemic?

Hope Missionary Baptist Church RJ: One of the things we’ve in Austin, TX. He is an extraordidone, and of course, when nary man of God who possesses everything hit, it was complete a unique style of preaching and chaos for every pastor because it’s teaching the word of God with new to everybody, not just pashumility, power, and relevance. tors, businesses and everything.

Pastor Jones is married to Willie But one thing that I realize with M. Wooley, and they have a son social media and everyone on the Roy F. Jones, III. internet, that there needs MS: Pastor Jones, you to be structure. So one were called to be a minof the things we do is ister in 1997. How long Zoom. We still have after that, did you beour Sunday school come a pastor? meeting in the RJ: I announced morning.

I’ll come my call in 1997. I back and preach preached my first from my sanctuary sermon in March in my house at the of 1997, and my 11:00 hour so peopastor that was ple can have structure 93 years old, cause if they don’t, passed in 1999 folks will get on the and I became internet, and what the interim will happen is they pastor in 1999, will get stuff from and about 21/2 Pastor Roy F. Jones everywhere.

When I years later, I begrew up, my mother came pastor. About three weeks ago, we celebrated 20 years as a and my grandmother taught me that you don’t eat at anybody’s pastor.

MS: How has it been pastoring? table. With so much out there, you have to make sure that you Have you experienced growth?

RJ: From my standpoint, I have give them the proper meal or grown. I’ve matured, and also, (word of God) so they don’t eat you learn that the most signifi- everywhere because they could cant thing you’re doing is for the get food poisoning depending on Lord, ministering. I have bap- where you eat.

Pastor Jones shares even more tized children, and now I’m bapabout the challenges of the COVtizing their children and watchID pandemic.

To hear the full ining their children grow. It has terview go to BlogTalKRadio.com been a phenomenal experience.

That you play an essential as- Link: https://bit.ly/3aCmWyA. pect in people’s lives, God would Tune in to “From Marva with have you play a significant part Love,” Fridays from 11 am-1 pm. in their lives’ baptism, marriage, FROM

15

JUNE 10, 2020

CADNET CLASSIFIEDS

FREE!

Savings Include an American Standard Right Height Toilet FREE! ($500 Value)

Walk-In Tubs

WALK-IN BATHTUB SALE! SAVE $1,500 ✔ Backed by American Standard’s 140 years of experience ✔ Ultra low entry for easy entering & exiting ✔ Patented Quick Drain® Technology ✔ Lifetime Warranty on the bath AND installation, INCLUDING labor backed by American Standard ✔ 44 Hydrotherapy jets for an invigorating massage Limited Time Offer! Call Today!

877-381-3271

Or visit: www.walkintubinfo.com/network

IDEAS WANTED!

Get Your Free Inventor’s Guide

CALL 800-353-6102 NOW Helping inventors and idea people since 1989.

Davison charges fees for services

I MISS YOU

DENTAL Insurance Physicians Mutual Insurance Company

I refuse to allow this sadness

A less expensive way to help get the dental care you deserve If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for about

No wait for preventive care and no deductibles –

Keep your own dentist! You can go to any dentist

Coverage for over 350 procedures including

$1 a day*

to destroy my heart.

you want

you could get a checkup tomorrow

cleanings, exams, fillings, crowns…even dentures

NO annual or lifetime cap on the cash benefits

you can receive

FREE Information Kit

Love is not banished by death.

1-877-308-2834

www.dental50plus.com/cadnet

Bruised, yes. Tattered, yes.

*Individual plan. Product not available in MN, MT, NH, NM, RI, VT, WA. Acceptance guaranteed for one insurance policy/certificate of this type. Contact us for complete details about this insurance solicitation. This specific offer is not available in CO, NY; call 1-800-969-4781 or respond for similar offer. Certificate C250A (ID: C250E; PA: C250Q); Insurance Policy P150 (GA: P150GA; NY: P150NY; OK: P150OK; TN: P150TN) 6096E-0917 MB17-NM008Ec

Displaced, oh, yes.

Autos Wanted C A R S / T R U C K S WANTED!!! All Makes/ Models 2002-2019! Any Condition. Running or Not. Top $$$ Paid! Free Towing! We’re Nationwide!

Call Now: 1-888-985-1806 Health & Fitness GENERIC VIAGRA and CIALIS! 100 Pills $99.00 FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed. 24/7 CALL NOW! 888-889-5515 Miscellaneous Earthlink High Speed Internet. As Low As $14.95/month (for the first 3 months.) Reliable High Speed Fiber Optic Technology.

Stream Videos, Music and More!

Call Earthlink Today 1-855-520-7938 Applying for Social Security Disability or Appealing a Denied Claim?

Call Bill Gordon & Assoc., Social Security Disability Attorneys, 1-855-498-6323!

FREE Consultations. Local Attorneys Nationwide [Mail: 2420 N St NW, Washington DC. Office: Broward Co. FL (TX/NM Bar.)] Become a Published Author. We want to Read Your Book! Dorrance Publishing-Trusted by Authors Since 1920 Book manuscript submissions currently being reviewed.

Comprehensive Services: Consultation, Production, Promotion and Distribution Call for Your Free Author’s Guide 1-877626-2213 Portable Oxygen Concentrator May Be Covered by Medicare!

Reclaim independence and mobility with the compact design and long-lasting battery of Inogen One. Free information kit! Call 888609-2189

But, never destroyed.

No matter how dark your sorrow, love will grow forth.

Do you know this man?

HE IS A SERIAL RAPIST

He targeted members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. but this is more than about a sorority. We’re talking about a community.

Come on PEOPLE! Don’t you CARE? Will it matter when it is your sister, mother, aunt or grandmother or maybe YOU?

Crimestoppers

877-373-8477

DENTAL INSURANCE from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company.

Coverage for [350+ ] procedures. Real dental insurance -NOT just a discount plan. [Don’t wait!] Call now! Get your FREE Dental Information Kit with all the details!

1-877-308-2834 www. dental50plus.com/cadnet #6258 Two great new offers from AT&T Wireless! Ask how to get the Next Generation Samsung Galaxy S10e FREE. FREE iPhone with

AT&T’s Buy one, Give One. While supplies last!

CALL 1-866-565-8452 or www.freephonesnow.com// cadnet !!

OLD GUITARS WANTED!!

GIBSON, FENDER, MARTIN, Etc. 1930’s to 1980’s. TOP DOLLAR PAID. CALL TOLL FREE 1-866-4338277 Stay in your home longer with an American Standard Walk-In Bathtub. Receive up to $1,500 off, including a free toilet, and a lifetime warranty on the tub and installation! Call us at 1-855-481-3969 or visit www.walkintubquote.com/ national **STOP STRUGGLING ON THE STAIRS** Give your life a lift with an ACORN STAIRLIFT! Call now for $250 OFF your stairlift purchase and FREE DVD & bro-chure! 1-866471-1334 HughesNet Satellite Internet - 25mbps starting at $49.99/mo! Get More Data FREE Off-Peak Data.

FAST download speeds.

WiFi built in!

FREE Standard Installation for lease customers! Limited Time, Call 1-855-973-9254 Eliminate gutter cleaning forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking gutter protection. Schedule a FREE LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off Entire Purchase. 10% Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-855-402-0373 Cross country Moving, Long distance Moving Company, out of state move $799 Long Distance Movers. Get Free quote on your Long distance move.

1-844-452-1706 Call Empire Today® to schedule a FREE in-home estimate on Carpeting & Flooring. Call Today!

1-855-404-2366 DISH Network $59.99 For 190 Channels! Add High Speed Internet for ONLY $19.95/month. Call Today for $100 Gift Card!

Best Value & Technology.

FREE Installation. Call 1-855-837-9146 (some restrictions apply) Wanted To Buy Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201

Reader Advisory: The National Trade Association we belong to has purchased the above classifieds. Determining the value of their service or product is advised by this publication. In order to avoid misunderstandings, some advertisers do not offer employment but rather supply the readers with manuals, directories and other materials designed to help their clients establish mail order selling and other businesses at home. Under NO circumstance should you send any money in advance or give the client your checking, license ID, or credit card numbers. Also beware of ads that claim to guarantee loans regardless of credit and note that if a credit repair company does business only over the phone it is illegal to request any money before delivering its service. All funds are based in US dollars. Toll free numbers may or may not reach Canada.

1616

MAY 20, 2020

June 10-11, 2020 Virtual Small Business Expo 2020 From 10 am – 6: pm. FREE ATTENDEE TICKET Register: Eventbrite.com/ virtual-small-business-2020expo.

June 10, 2020 A Message For You, The Stimulus Show with Marva Sneed.

Guest: South Dallas Café from 11 am -1 pm.

CST On Facebook Live/@TexasMetroNews and BlogTalkRadio.com. Call in and join the conversation at 646-200-0459.

Women’s Issues Town Hall with Royce West & Rep. Victoria Neave. Focusing on issues that impact women.

7 pm-8 pm. Register: www. mobilize.us.

Ask Dr. Amerson ‘Auto Immunity and Alopecia Areata’ at 11am CST on DfwiRadio.com Expert guest is Author & Transformational Coach Sandra Dubose, who will share her testimonial; we will discuss other alopecia categories. Tips on hair care, scalp care, & alopecia. #ScalpDoctor #39yrveteran #7yrhost Hollywood Live! With “Hollywood” Hernandez, CoHost Shavonda with a “V” on Hollywoodlive.com from 2 pm-4 pm. Guest: Eve Wooten & Samanthea Hunte.

Virtual Community Conversation-WOW Dems and NDTDW with Sen. Royce West. Join Senator Royce West on a Virtual Community Conversation across Texas by attending this virtual town hall! This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Senator West’s experience, his vision for Texas, and ask questions. Register: www.mobilize.us 7pm CST. Garland ISD Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremonies, Rowlett High School at Williams Stadium 510 Stadium Dr. Garland.

8 pm. For more information and all of the details: garlandisd.net/graduation.

NNPA’s Live Publishers Broadcast Hosted by Stacy M. Brown Journalist/Correspondent 12pm CST 1pm EST. Live on Facebook/BlackPress USA, Vimeo, and YouTube. 7 Kevin Seraaj- Orlando Advocate, Ruth Hopkins- Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Journal News, Terry B. Jones - Data News New Orleans, Thurman Jones- North

JUNE 10, 2020

Virtual Community Calendar

Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger. She is a veteran journalist and FAMU graduate, who currently serves as Secretary of the National Association of Black Journalists. Join in on Facebook/@ TexasMetroNews and BlogTalkRadio.com at 11 am- 1pm. Questions ask Cheryl at 646-200-0459

Garland ISD Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremonies, Lakeview Centennial High School at Williams Stadium 510 Stadium Dr. Garland. 8 pm. For more information and all of the details: garlandisd.net/graduation.

National Coalition of a 100 Black Women, Inc Dallas Metropolitan Chapter 2020 Barbara Jordan Civic Engagement Webinar Series an engaging series aimed at educating our communities on the impact of civic engagement legislation. Topic: The Impact of Planning a legislative Day at 7 pm. Register: www.ncbwdallas.org.

June 12, 2020 From Marva with Love with Marva Sneed 11:15 am. David Reeves, Community Engagement Manager of Education is Freedom. 12:00 LaShante Williams, How to prepare healthy meals, so that we won’t blow up because of COVID -19? 12:30 pm. Machelle Allums, African American Insurance Agents Organization Vice President of DFW NAAIA. From 11 am-1 pm. Live on Facebook/@TexasMetroNews and BlogTalkRadio.com.

Garland ISD Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremonies, Naaman Forest High School at Williams Stadium 510 Stadium Dr. Garland. 8 pm.

For more information and all of the details: garlandisd.net/graduation.

June 13, 2020 A Message For You. I Messenger Media is continuing to provide thought-provoking, informative, enlightening, entertaining news, and commentary. 1 pm. on BlogTalkRadio.com.

Garland ISD Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremonies, Garland High School at Williams Stadium 510 Stadium Dr. Garland. 8 pm. For more information and all of the details: garlandisd.net/graduation

III on BlogTalkRadio.com 8 am.-10 am. Tune in for thought-provoking, enlightening, informative, and entertaining news and commentary. Join the conversation at 646200-0459 on Andrew’s World.

NBPRS Dallas and NABJ Media Related Task Force presents the “Virtual” Happy Hour with host Terry Allen. 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!

Garland ISD Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremonies, North Garland High School at Williams Stadium 510 Stadium Dr. Garland. 8 pm. For more information: garlandisd.net/graduation.

Virtual Community Conversation-East Texas.

Join Senator Royce West, on a Virtual Community Conversation across Texas by attending this virtual town hall! Learn more about Senator West’s experience, his vision for Texas, and ask questions. 4 pm. REGISTER HERE: www.mobilize.us

June 15, 2020 A Message For You, hosted by Cheryl Smith, publisher of Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger. She is a veteran journalist and FAMU graduate, who currently serves as Secretary of the National Association of Black Journalists. Join in on Facebook/@TexasMetroNews and BlogTalkRadio.com at 11 am- 1pm. Questions ask Cheryl at 646-200-0459.

NNPA’s Live Publishers Broadcast Hosted by Stacy M. Brown Journalist/Correspondent 12pm CST 1pm EST. Live on Facebook/Black Press USA, Vimeo, and YouTube. Tracey Williams-Dillard- Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Willard Jackson- Ebony Magazine, Daryl Evans- Cleveland Call & Post, James Madison - Florida Sun. Virtual Community Conversation-North Central Texas. Join Senator Royce West on a Virtual Community Conversation across Texas by attending this virtual town hall! This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Senator West’s experience, his vision for Texas, and ask questions. 6 pm – 7 pm. Register: www.mobilize.us.

June 16, 2020

June 11, 2020

A Message For You. I Messenger Media is continuing to provide thought-provoking, informative, enlightening, entertaining news, and commentary. 1 pm. on BlogTalkRadio.com.

A Message For You, with Anthony Council Morehouse student and I Messenger Media intern. Anthony brings that perspective from those born in this century.

Live on Facebook/@TexasMetroNews and Blog Talk Radio.com Join in on the conversation.

A Message For You, hosted by Cheryl Smith, publisher of

Andrew’s World with host Andrew Whigham

June 17, 2020

Dallas Gazette.

June 14, 2020

A Message For You, “The Stimulus Show” with Marva

Sneed. 11 am -1 pm. CST. On Facebook Live/@TexasMetroNews and BlogTalkRadio.com. Call in and join the conversation at 646-200-0459.

Ask Dr. Amerson Listen to our Father’s Day segment ‘Motown Sounds’ on Ask Dr. Amerson, with musicians Legacy 4 Band and Music producer Phazz Clark at 11am CST. Healthy tips for hair care, scalp care, alopecia and more on DfwiRadio.com & FB Live.

Virtual Community Conversation-North East Texas. Join Senator Royce West on a Virtual Community Conversation across Texas by attending this virtual town hall!

This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Senator West’s experience, his vision for Texas, and ask questions. 7 pm – 8 pm. Register: www.mobilize.us.

June 18, 2020 A Message For You, hosted by Cheryl Smith, publisher of Texas Metro News, Garland Journal and I Messenger. She is a veteran journalist and FAMU graduate, who currently serves as Secretary of the National Association of Black Journalists. Join in on Facebook/@ TexasMetroNews and BlogTalkRadio.com at 11 am- 1pm. Questions ask Cheryl at 646-200-0459.

Virtual Community Conversation-South Central Texas. Join Senator Royce West on a Virtual Community Conversation across Texas by attending this virtual town hall! This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Senator West’s experience, his vision for Texas, and ask questions. 6 pm– 7 pm. Register: www.mobilize.com.

National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc Dallas Metropolitan Chapter 2020 Barbara Jordan Civic Engagement Webinar Series an engaging series aimed at educating our communities on the impact of civic engagement legislation. Topic: Becoming a Delegate or Precinct Chair at 7 pm. Register: www.ncbwdallas.org.

Valder Beebe Show That Celebrity Interview, daily shows on 411RadioNetwork.com & SoundCloud.com/valderbeebeshow; On-Demand (schedule) YouTube.com/ valderbeebeshow.