It was a hot Saturday after noon at the Choctaw Stadi um for the Arlington Football Classic and there were plenty of seats available as the South ern University Jaguars faced the Texas Southern University Tigers.Weknew who was going to win the contest for having the most fans in attendance. Of course, Southern University is ALWAYS strong and this year TSU did have a stronger show ing than the previous two con tests.But one thing you can say about Southern University, with a winning or losing sea son; the support is going to be there and the fans are going to have a good time.
There’s Southern University football. Then, there’s every body else in the Black College athleticThat’suniverse.acommon view of “Jag uar Nation,” the huge following of SWAC football fans that trav el week after week to watch the Baton Rouge team take on for midable opponents, both with in their conference and outside of So,it. Saturday night was partic ularly bruising – even embar
ALW ENTERTAINMENT and the Dallas Sports Commission has announced the 2022 STATE FAIR CLASSIC KICK OFF PRESS CONFERENCE to welcome back to Dallas Grambling State Uni versity (GSU) Tigers and Prairie View A&M (PVAMU) Panthers.
Arlington — Comerica Bank exec Irv Ashford and Arlington Police Chief Al Jones had a candid discussion about leadership, led by moderator, Booker T. Spencer, of Bootstrap Entrepreneurs, Inc., Monday at Choctaw Stadium.
Can you recall your earliest memory? How soon we forget.
Chief Jones, the experi ence was more challenging as he moved to Texas during the pandemic and took on Top Chief
It is a “New Era” for the STATE FAIR CLASSIC with both uni versities arriving with new head coaches.
The Tigers won the game, never letting up as they coasted to a 24-0 victory over the Jag uars.People will debate for days to come which band took the halftime Battle of the Bands honors and I’ll just say there’s no halftime like an HBCU half time.
Which brings me to my truth.
By Cheryl Smith
Preparation, persistence, and perseverance are all attri butes that are leading African American boys to join the elite group of Eagle Scouts.
At some point in Montgomery, Ala bama in 1955, a num ber of people must have known that 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat so a
in Houston, which historical ly holds the record of having the most African Americans to reach Eagle Scout in the coun try.“I think reaching the lev el of being an Eagle Scout is awesome. I am an Eagle Scout myself,” said Samuel Sarpong, who now serves as a Scout master, and was mentored in the Wheeler Ave. Troop 242. “I believe that scouting teaches you a lot about being a young
Fans, coaches and schools question HBCU Football Schedules Proposition A receives stamp of approval A tear for lost history and fading memories McLeod Prepares to Join Eagle Scouts Helping Homeless is Focus of Service Project Enlightening discussion! State Fair Classic kicks off with annual Presser Happy 10th Anniversary Texas Metro News As an Eagle Scout, Thompson Mcleod will join the 2% of African American males in the scouting program to achieve this distinguished honor. See ENLIGHTENING DISCUSSION, page 14
Texas Southern Tigers dominate Southern Jaguars in Arlington Football Classic.
“Only about two percent of the boys who become Boy Scouts reach the level of be ing an Eagle Scout. For African American boys that number is much lower,” said Dr. Tor rance Earle, former Scoutmas ter for Wheeler Ave Troop 242
rassing - for Jags’ fans collective psyche: Southern, a perennial SWAC champion, lost to Texas Southern University, a program
I didn’t have on a Florida A&M University (FAMU) shirt but I was wearing a Beta Al pha-Delta Sigma Theta Soror ity face mask and EVERYONE knows that the BADST is FAMU!
“Memories light the corners of my Frommind.”thesong “The Way We Were.”Written by Marvin Hamlisch and Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
The men talked about leading during COVID and serving the community during a time like none other for most during their lifetime, since the last pandemic wasForin
“I had to go,” said Lisa Brown
Grambling State University and Prairie View A&M Univer sity will face off in this historical Southwestern Athletic Confer ence (SWAC) rivalry Saturday, October 1, 2022, at 6PM in the Dallas-Cotton Bowl Stadium.
that has never won a confer ence championship, 24-0.
As I walked around the sta dium, other than the two com peting schools I saw a North Carolina A&T State University shirt and someone from Xavier and Dillard Universities; but I needed to see more.
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Officials aim to save lives, reduce stressors and improve policing
“The Caruth Police Institute’s Executive Advisory Board envisioned the Texas Law Enforcement Peer Network as a resource for law enforcement officers across the State who have nowhere else to turn for help,” said Flores. “With the support of our Governor and the Legislature, we have now launched the Network and can see the pos itive impact it is having on our profession. We know the Network will save lives and will enable our officers to remain healthy and productive throughout their careers.”
“Time and time again, the greatest barrier to help has been the stigma of job loss and the negative connotation of someone finding out that you need help. Our program is protected by law and offers an anonymous way to vent and discuss the hardships encountered,” said Schellenger.
UNT Dallas President Bob Mong said, “UNT Dallas is proud to join others in this important effort to reduce first responder suicides. We will not look away, we will act.”
“The anonymity is a cornerstone of how we teach and prepare peers to help one anoth er. We will continue to work diligently to earn the trust of the officers of this state one step at a time.”
UNT Dallas President Bob Mong
“I am a survivor,” stated Pieper Lewis, now a 17-year-old human trafficking survivor who stabbed her rapist to death and is now being penalized by the Iowa Court.
Police Chief Eddie Garcia Texas State Senator Royce West
Zachary Flores, Executive Director of Public Safety, City of Sherman, and UNT Dallas Police Caruth Institute Vice ChairDallas
After informing officials mul tiple times about being raped, Lewis took the knife near the ta ble and began stabbing Brooks.
First of its kind in the country, the Peer Network is a statewide program designed to give every Texas law enforcement officer access to a trained peer to address stress ors, trauma, fatigue, and other needs to combat workforce burnout and end police suicide and self-harm.
In disagreement with the rul ing, Lewis’ attorney disputed emphatically that it should be reviewed as cruel and unusu al punishment to force her to compensate the rapist’s family.
In 2021, 230 cases of child sex trafficking were shared with the Iowa Department of Human Services, with only 22 of said reports supported. Unlike sev eral other states, Iowa does not provide human traffickers with a level of criminal protection.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia, UNT
On September 13 in Des Moines, Iowa, Lewis was sen tenced to five years of closely watched probation and must
pay $150,000 in restitution to Brooks’ family.
Dallas Caruth Police Institute Vice Chair Zachary Flores, State Senator Royce West, TLEPN State Director Dustin Schellenger, and University of North Texas at Dallas President Bob Mong spoke at the event.
By Sydney Anderson
Prosecutors have not argued that Lewis was trafficked and sexually assaulted; however, they disputed that he was sleep ing during the attack, posing no threat to Lewis.
Supporters of sex traffic survivor more than double fee
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Initially, Lewis was charged with first-degree murder, but the charges changed following her plea agreement for involuntary manslaughter and willful injury. Lewis faced up to 20 years be hind bars until David M. Porter, Polk County District Judge, sus pended both prison sentences; however, if any section of her probation is violated, she will re ceive 20 years in prison.
Chief Eddie Garcia
Since the network’s creation in January 2022, 325 peers across the state have been trained and registered. There have been 424 potential law enforcement users that have created an account, and the network has been utilized 44 times.
In conjunction with National Suicide Pre vention Week, officials from law enforce ment, the Texas Legislature and the UNT Dallas Caruth Police Institute gathered last week to raise awareness of the Texas Law Enforcement Peer Network (TLEPN), an innovative, potentially life-saving resource that is available to Texas’ law enforcement officers.
Senator Royce West said, “Our officers routinely witness firsthand our society’s most tragic events and most heinous acts. I am grateful that this resource is now available to them and proud to have co-au thored the bill that created it.”
Dustin Schellenger, State Director of the Texas Law Enforcement Peer
Iowa Teen who killed rapist sentenced to pay family $150K
In June 2020, Lewis was 15 when she stabbed Zachary Brooks of Des Moines over 30 times in his apartment after he forced himself on her repeated ly.According to officials, Lewis abandoned her home with her abusive adopted mother and slept in the hallway of Brooks’ apartment, where a 28-year-old man picked her up for human trafficking.Manymen began raping Lew is, one of them being Brooks, who did so several times. Fi nally, the 28-year-old threat ened Lewis with a knife to go to Brooks’ apartment for sex.
Pieper Lewis pleaded guilty to manslaughter
The TLEPN was established in 2021 by the Texas Legislature, in response to a ris ing number of officers dying by suicide. In 2019, the number of officers in the United States who died by suicide was nearly dou ble the number killed in the line of duty.
Many individuals believe Lewis should be freed, such as her old teacher, Leland Schip per, who started a GoFundMe to support Lewis and raise money. In less than 24 hours, she raised over $200,000 for Lewis.
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Still, because of Iowa human trafficking laws, Porter stated that restitution is mandatory, as “this court is presented with no other option” due to Iowa law by the Supreme Court.
Jeff Spivey, Caruth Police Institute; Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia; Texas Senator Royce West; Dr. Monica Williams, UNT Dallas; UNT Dallas President Bob Mong; BJ Wagner, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute; Dustin Schellenger; Texas Law Enforcement Peer Network; Zachary Flores, UNT Dallas Caruth Police Institute board of directors
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia
nity and high school. But you never get too old to learn more.
Students and the public long
In 2015, Cook and Hochberg alleged Paxton violated state securities laws by persuading them to invest in a McKinney technology company without telling them he’d received com pany stock. Cook, who served as chairman of the State Affairs Committee, and Paxton both served in the Texas House and invested in a number of ventures together.Thatsummer, a Collin Coun ty grand jury indicted Paxton on two felony securities fraud charges and one felony charge of failing to properly register with the state securities commission.
Later, Paxton was subpoenaed to appear on Aug. 19. But his lawyer again fought back, saying there were unresolvable sched uling conflicts. Paxton was de posed once in the Unity case in August 2019, but this record was deemed private and remains under seal.
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
had stated that Mrs. Bailey cre ated and named the choir after noted Black composer Harry T. Burleigh when she became choir director in the mid-
I was just thinking…I know of other situations where we have forgotten too soon.
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Eventually, decades later, Claudette Colvin’s name resur faced. The world learned that she kept her seat before Mrs. Parks but did not gain notori ety for her boldness.
In the column, I quoted Mu riel Reed Bowman, a former Lincoln valedictorian during the 1940s. Bowman cleared up some longstanding misin formation. She said she want ed to clarify in order to honor another individual while not taking away any well-deserved esteem from Mrs. Bailey.
The point is that we forget. We move on. We do not carry history in our back pockets.
In addition to his 7-year-old fraud indictments, the conser vative Republican also faces a whistleblower lawsuit and an FBI bribery investigation.
Paxton has denied wrongdo ing in the cases, stating he is the target of baseless witch hunts.
The Lopers, who founded a Frisco insurance company, are close Paxton allies. They’ve do nated to his campaign and to a Paxton defense fund, and Loper
III manages the attorney gener al’s blind trust.
Cook and Hochberg’s law yers called the suit a tit-for-tat attempt to “smear and tarnish” their clients’ reputations after accusing the attorney general of
AUSTIN — Lawyers represent ing the men who accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of securities fraud will be able to question him under oath — but not until after the election.
So many things happened in history that we will never know about and sometimes get wrong. Someone should shed a tear for the history we never learned. It happened. It was phenomenal. No one recorded it. Everyone forgot it. I mourn.
fore the Nov. 8 midterm election, when he faces Democratic chal lenger Rochelle Garza.
If convicted, he faces five to 99 years on each fraud charge, plus
The decision does not mean Paxton has been deemed liable for any alleged wrongdoing, nor did it clear Cook or Hochberg.
Fading Memories cont. from page 1
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
Photo: Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer
fraud.They achieved a victory last year by adding Paxton as a “re sponsible third party” to the Unity lawsuit. Like them, Paxton was an investor and also served as the company’s lawyer, the two men argued, saying he too should be held responsible for any alleged wrongdoing.
When I returned home from college, I later began writing for the local daily newspaper. One column was about my high school choir director, Maurine F. Bailey, who became a legend at the school and in the com munity. Some time before she retired, the choir was renamed in her honor. When she finally retired, a street in the commu nity and near the school was named Maurine F. Bailey Way. Further, the Maurine F. Bailey Cultural Foundation that pro vides student scholarships also bears her name.
I had forgotten stories I grew up hearing about Black Dallas night life in the historic Freed men’s Town of Deep Ellum and the State-Thomas area. Then, I read something about the popular Gypsy Tea Room and Harlem Theatre that jogged my memory. Those sites were sta ples in the early Black Dallas community and worth remem bering.Theworld lost the history of so many African-Americans who invented things that be came permanent in our lives – the ironing board (Sarah Boone), automatic elevator doors (Alexander Miles), the potato chip (George Crum). And here is one that hits close to home, especially in Black Dallas. Spending four years at Lincoln High School in South Dallas, I thought I knew all the stories of the commu
Since June, Cook and Hoch berg’s lawyers have been trying to depose Paxton in the Unity case, during which they can ask about his securities fraud indict ments.
The deposition is tied to a yearslong dispute between Pax ton and two former friends ac cusing him of defrauding them.
Collin County District Court Judge Cynthia Wheless has or dered Paxton to sit for a onehour deposition on Nov. 28, court records show.
an additional two to 10 on the registration charge, plus fines.
In a civil lawsuit, Charles “Chip” Loper III accused the two men of concocting a complex “self-dealing” scheme to prof it off the investment funds of a mineral assets company called Unity Resources. Loper said the alleged scheme hurt him and his father financially.
A search of Paxton’s social media presence doesn’t indi cate when or whether these trips took place, and his agency and campaign staff didn’t an swer questions about when and whether the attorney general took the trips.
The deposition order comes after Paxton filed motions to reject at least two subpoenas in the last three months, citing scheduling conflicts.
Setting the deposition for late November means Paxton won’t have to answer questions about his securities fraud charges be
“To require him to change his plans at this late date would cause Paxton to incur an un due burden and expense,” Little wrote June 15.
Texas AG Ken Paxton Will Be Deposed In Fraud Case After Election, Lawyer Says Could be forced to answer questions about his 2015 indictments under oath
I forgot that the Rev. Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. was a mem ber of the board of Regents at the University of Texas at Aus tin, my alma mater back in the day. He was the first Afri can-American board member and has so many accolades that I forgot that one.
The year after his indictment, a Paxton loyalist fired back at Cook and Hochberg in the case that is at the center of this depo sition fight.
While tied together, the Unity lawsuit is separate from Paxton’s fraud case. His indictments re main active and, due to a num ber of delays, he has not yet faced a jury. Paxton’s lawyers and prosecutors are battling over where to hold the trial.
The late Lincoln H. S. choir director Maurine F. Bailey.
White woman could sit down. But instead of Colvin being remembered, the world forgot her, and Rosa Parks earned a place in history for that feat.
Photo: the African American Museum in Dallas
1940s. In fact, said Ms. Bow man, Mrs. Bailey’s predecessor – Alexander Stevens Jackson II – organized and named the choir when the school opened in 1939. Jackson was named after his father who was pastor of the prominent New Hope Baptist church in Dallas. His brother, Maynard Jackson Sr., succeeded his father as New Hope pastor. Maynard Sr.’s son, Maynard Jackson Jr., became mayor of Atlanta, GA.
Their first subpoena called for Paxton to appear on July 12. But his lawyer said he would be trav eling at that time, citing both an upcoming visit to China “with other attorneys general” and a trip to Europe.
Terry Jacobson, who along with Dallas lawyer Alex More represents GOP Rep. Byron Cook of Corsicana and Flor ida billionaire businessman Joel Hochberg, confirmed that Wheless made the decision at a hearing Friday and signed the orderPaxton’sTuesday.agency and cam paign staff, as well as his attor ney, Mitch Little, did not re spond to requests for comment.
Norma Adams-Wade, is a proud Dallas native, University of Texas at Austin journalism graduate and retired Dallas Morning News senior staff writer. She is a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists and was its first southwest regional director. She became The News’ first Black full-time reporter in 1974. norma_ adams_wade@yahoo.com
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said Salazar in a news confer ence. “They were just made fools of and were subjected to a video op, a photo op.”
the North and proving white northerners weren't sincere in their desire for racial equality. In a T.V. interview, Singelmann stated, "They have been crying the sing-song on behalf of the Negroes throughout the nation. And of course, when it comes time for them to put up or shut up, they have shut up."
They sold and funded this program through the White Cit izens Council to make the plot even more sinister. White Cit izen Councils were functional and successful throughout the South. Read the Accommo dation by Jim Schultze. He ex
Singelmann also viewed the Rides as an opportunity to steal some of the press coverage which was continuing to be de voted to the Freedom Rides and as a means to remove some Af rican Americans from the state’s welfare roll as he believed they were draining state resources.”
If it’s a matter of jobs, then let’s look at who is getting hired, and whether they are getting a job you might have had because you are qualified, but you didn’t know about it. Are you looking for a job or a position?Onceagain, are you regis tered to vote? Do you care who and what’s on the coming bal lot? You should. It will affect you whether you vote or don’t vote.What are the money issues
Singelmann viewed the re verse rides as a way of testing
plains that the Dallas Citizens Council was among the best. They even employ Negroes to help them oppress y’all!
Seen this Movie Before!
Dr. John E. Warren is publisher of The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint.
This is a time to remember that each of us represents a link to survival from the beginning of time, even though we might not know where we came from.
L. Hall
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While America is caught in the crises of the pandemic, fires, floods, heat and drought, much of this is just an add-on for so many of us who were al ready suffering from the efforts of surviving homelessness, new homelessness, rent, food, lack of healthcare and too little income for the daily struggle.
I would tell you that “Dallas’ business leaders” don't meet under that name, but they still run Dallas. Have you ever won dered why a majority-minority city has less than 10% minority participation in public sector contracts? We pay the taxes; they get the wealth. More about thatWikipedialater. draws a pretty good picture in its historical
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Rides, which were organized by the Congress of Racial Equali ty(CORE) and the Student Non violent Coordinating Commit tee (SNCC) beginning in 1960. The reverse rides were orga nized by George Singelmann, a New Orleans Greater Citizens' Council member, in retaliation against Northern liberals.
Ask your grandmother from East Texas why y'all have so many people in Michigan and L.A. Not only did leaving the South mean a chance at earning a living, but you would probably enjoy more of the guaranteed civil liberties. You know, the civil liberties they brag about when they flaunt that Constitu tion they love so dearly.
Election Day is coming and with it all our futures, whether or not we participate.
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We can do much today to determine where we go from here. Since politics is about who gets fed, we must make sure that we are at the table. We can only do that by participat ing in the process, at whatever level we find ourselves.
our radars. Our quality of life for the next two years of our immediate future will depend on what we do or don’t do.
You may not know it, but this "forced bussing" is not new in Maya Angelou's "Yet to be Unit ed States." There was a moment of déjà vu as I read an article recently in the Dallas Morning News. We’ve seen this movie before.“The Bexar County sheriff launched a criminal investiga tion Monday into the transfer of migrants by plane from San An tonio to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida’s governor amid rising migration.BexarCounty
Singelmann and Citizens Council aimed to send thou sands of Black folks away. They tried unsuccessfully to secure $100,000 from the Louisiana legislature. They tricked 200300 "riders under the pretense that they would secure good jobs and free housing. I'm cer tain that the prospect of being called "boy, gal or Nigger" less often was also a drawing card.
that you are concerned about? Rent, food, gas prices? Which candidates or issues reflect your
Moving Toward November 8th in Crisis
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.
Flashback 60 years to the date, and you will find a similar act of deceit and discrimination in the South. The Reverse Free dom Rides featured Southern segregationists arranging for free bus rides to the North. See theAfricanresemblance?Americans were giv en free one-way bus tickets to "liberal-leaning” cities like New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia in the North and Los Angeles in the West. These were places known to give opportunities to Blacks at every skill level.
the heat, fires or the floods, so do we find ways to help each other? What do you know about the local people running for office? Are you and your vote even on theirTheradar?coming November Mid term Election must be on all
Sheriff Javier Salazar said he has opened up a criminal investigation against the individual or individuals who “lured under false pretens es” 48 newly arrived migrants in San Antonio to fly to Martha’s Vineyard last week.
None of us should stand idly by and watch blatant dis crimination and oppression, especially black folks. Unfortu nately, we have seen this movie before.
This is not a push for either political party; if in doubt, register as an Independent. But register and be prepared to vote. Election Day is com ing and with it all our futures, whether or not we participate.
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As cruel and unusual as it may seem, the dumping of migrants looking to flee oppression is not new. unfortunately, the ding bats "gubernatorial twins" John Abbott and Ron DeSantis don't read history. Or maybe they do.
“Here we have 48 people who were already on hard times, and they were here legally in our country at that point ... and I believe they were preyed upon,”
synopsis of the Reverse Free dom“TheRides.reverse freedom rides were a parody of the Freedom
Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist, and an award-winning columnist.
Victoria Bell, wearing glasses and holding an infant, is greeted by Selectman E. Thomas Murphy on arrival from Little Rock with her 11 children in 1962 in Hyannis, Mass. The trip for the family was sponsored by a White segregation group in Little Rock.
Shaw’s award-winning career may have inspired an en tire generation of young Black journalists, Shaw himself had no role models of color.
In life, we have to make sure that we examine, evaluate, and if nec essary, wait. So often, our barriers are things that are really close— friends, family, co-workers. At one time, the side mirrors of a car would say, “objects in (the) mir ror are closer than they appear”. Could some of those things that are blocking your progress closer than you want to admit?
anchor of a network evening news program; Max Robinson had been named co-anchor of ABC News’s “World News To night” in 1978 just two years ear
In 1961, when Walter Cronkite, also of CBS, arrived to report a story on Oahu where Shaw was stationed as a Marine, Shaw seized his chance.
“I called the hotel 34 times and left 34 messages,” Shaw said. He waited two hours for Cronkite in the hotel’s lobby.
In addition to breaking racial barriers, Shaw played a key role in the transformation of CNN into a media powerhouse during the 1991 Gulf War.
Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew is the CEO of Soulstice Consultany (drfroswabooker.com) and the founder of the R2 Foundation (r2fdn.org). She is the author of four books including Empowering Charity: A New Narrative of Philanthropy by Baylor University Press and the host of the Tapestry Podcast.
“The qualities that made him our anchor — our rock: a man ner and a voice that makes every word believable; the coolest de meanor in the hottest situations; the cut-to-the-quick interview ing style; and, at his core, a pow erful combination of journalistic integrity and pure instinct.” — JudyRepresentationWoodruff in media mat ters. It can shape not only how people perceive one another, but how people perceive them selves.That’s why the remarkable career of television journalist Bernard Shaw, who passed away this week at the age of 82, was so significant.Whenthe brand-new 24hour cable news network CNN launched in June 1980, America saw a Black man in the primetime anchor chair. He was only the second Black
Just before making his en trance, President Johnson reached out to Shaw and touched him on the head and said, “It’s good to see you.”
When we don’t check for the blind spots, we can miss a lot when our view is blocked.
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Marc Morial is president/CEO of the National Urban League.
Throughout the Bible, there are examples of God supplying His people tools. Tools can be both physical and spiritual. Moses is an example of God using both spiri tual and physical tools. “Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied. The LORD said, "Throw it on the ground.” (Exodus 4:2) You have the tools you need if you would seek God, allow God to show what you have in your possession, make you do something with what’s been given, and watch things work out for you!
“He was the most persistent guy I’ve ever met in my life,” Cronkite said. “I was going to give him five begrudging min utes and ended up talking to
I was driving back from Austin after speaking at a conference. As I got in the DFW area, I was about to change lanes and I noticed a lady riding in my blind spot. She moved around me to the left lane and proceeded to move into the other blind spot. In frustration, I sped up just to get away. In that moment, I learned a valuable les son. We all have blind spots not just on the roads but even in our life journey. We need help to see what we can’t.
The Blind Spots
spiritual forces of evil in the heav enly realms. Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and af ter you have done everything, to stand.”Somuch of what we fight against isn’t always seen. We un derstand systems are at work that create inequity. We see the result of those systems, but we may not necessarily picture the entire enti ty that it represents. It is a fact just as we can’t always see evil, but we see its results, we know that it ex ists. What we fight against is bigger than we are, and we don’t always know what we are up against. Yet, our protection is even GREATER. Our mirrors reflect back to us. Mirrors work because rays of light bounce back off of the object. If the surface is not smooth, the light will scatter. What is being reflected
“Just a small thing.”
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Objects are a lot closer than you think. Just as much as she was preventing me from seeing to the right, she was also in a position to block me from moving to the next lane. Barriers are inevitable but it’s making the choice to evaluate first before enacting a decision. I could
Ephesians 6:10-18 tells us to be strong in God and God’s power. Trusting in our abilities can get us hurt. Had I solely trusted my eye sight, I could have damaged my car and jeopardized our safety. Thank God for the mirrors!!!
We have protection even when we don’t see it. God tell us to “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our strug gle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the
And though Shaw was stand ing just a few feet away, ” The president never once looked at me. I know what was in the pres ident’s mind — I could not prove it — but I knew it, instinctively.”
His status as the only Black re porter in the room took a cold er turn when President Richard Nixon unexpectedly announced his nomination of Clement Haynsworth, who had previous ly ruled to uphold racial segrega tion, to the Supreme Court.
Among the guests was Na tional Urban League President Whitney M. Young. “It was clear that this night had a very strong civil rights theme.”
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have easily just moved over with out pausing to see if she was there.
in your life? Are people able to see God’s light and love in you? Or is that when God is present, there is so much that is blocking and blinding you from waking up and accepting who God says you are?
Trailblazing News Anchor Bernard Shaw Inspired a Generation of Black Journalists
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fined both the coverage of the war, and Shaw’s personal cour age and skill as a journalist.
His riveting reporting from under a desk at the Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, as cruise mis siles flew past his window, de
But he knew what he want ed to be from the time he was a teenager growing up in Chicago. CBS News correspondent Ed ward R. Murrow “was my idol,” Shaw said. “He was the kind of journalist, the kind of inter viewer, the kind of anchorman I wanted to be.”
The mirrors are a tool. So often, we depend on ourselves and not enact the tools we’ve been given. God has blessed us with several tools that can be used to help us.
“I know, as a human being, that he did that — one, because I was Black, and because of the emphasis that night,” Shaw said.
It was Shaw who alerted CNN’s headquarters when the first bombs fell on Baghdad.
“He had the microphone first, the instinct to broadcast, to be there,” fellow CNN correspon dent Peter Arnett said. “He didn’t hesitate. He scooped the world.”
Who are the individuals that are around you? Do they show a pic ture of love, compassion, and gen erosity? Or do they reflect charac teristics of jealousy, greedy and disdain? Mirrors force us to look at ourselves and our surroundings.
Shaw downplayed the role of race in his career but said, “There were times when my col or did play a role in perceptions, or people’s reactions to me.” He recalled a moment as a pool reporter covering a reception for President Lyndon Johnson “sumptuous ballroom” at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
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Like his idols Murrow and Cronkite, Shaw brought some of the most consequential mo ments in history into America’s living rooms — the attempted assassination of President Ron ald Reagan in 1981, the 1989 demonstrations in China’s Tian anmen Square, the 1995 terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City. But when he retired in 2001, he ex pressed“Lookingregret.back over my career when I think about all the things that I did, but all the things that I missed within my family be cause I was out doing — I don’t think it was worth it,” he said. His advice to the next generation was, “Pursue your dreams, but know that it will cost you.”
“As the president was praising his nominee, professionally, my right hand was copying down every word. But my mind was thinking, ‘Clement Haynsworth? Supreme Court justice?'”
him for a half-hour. He was just determined to be a journalist.”
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The Botham Jean Foundation is a non-profit organization that continues the work their beloved brother and son Botham started, which provides aid to the most vulnerable. Some of his passions, which the Foundation supports, include giving back to the Saint Lucian community by providing financial and emotional support to the Boys’ training center, Transit Home for Children, and the Marian Home for the Elderly.
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Hundreds gathered and raised thousands for youth during Nancy Lieberman Chari ties Dream Ball gala on Sept. 20, 2022 at The Factory in Deep Ellum Dallas, Texas. Many sports and entertainment notables were in attendance to support beloved Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman during her 11th annual charitable event. The evening saluted women in sports in homage to the 50th anniversary of Title IX. It was filled with silent and live auction opportunities, awards, networking and food. The Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon tennis great Martina Navratilova. Lieberman's commitment to students was evident throughout multiple aspects of the event. Students from Rockwall High School's Audio/Video Production program served as paparazzi along the red carpet, sport court as attendees arrived. Scholarship recipients were honored as well.
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Thompson Mcleod was mentored by Scoutmaster, Dr. Torrance Earle, a former Scoutmaster of Wheeler Ave Troop 242 in Houston. This troop historically holds the record of having the most African American boys to reach the high ranking of Eagle Scouts in the country.
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Truefaces.everyone was not from this area but the message of how important voting is needed to be spread to everyone because wherever they came from, it’s a battle ground for what is right and best for this country; thus the world.
In 1919, Hamilton Brad ley of New York became the
And if any other schools happen to be for tunate enough to have a game played in this area, their alums, students, etc., will want folks to show up and fill every seat.
According to recent sta tistics from Zippa, the most common ethnicity of Eagle Scouts is White (67.4%), fol lowed by Hispanic or Latino (13.8%) and Black or African American (9.4%).
man and being a good citi zen of society. It teaches you to be able to survive differ ent things that come up in life. To reach the level of an Eagle Scout a service project is required,” he explained. “I am currently working with Boy Scout Thompson B. Mc Leod to reach that level. He did a good job researching what he wanted to do for his final project.”
nent African American ath letes and leaders have come through Scout program ming, including Civil Rights leader – Martin Luther King, Jr., and former profession al basketball Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan.
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first Black youth to become an Eagle Scout in the histo ry of Boy Scouts of America (BOA).“The scouting program is the only program in the country that touches on ev erything that any program is trying to accom plish. It le.life,”everythatmeritatboysoutwell.vorshiponandandincusesleadership,coversitfoonskillsvariousareasexpertise,itfocuseslifesurviskillsasThroughtheprogramarelookingover100plusbadgespertaintofacetofsaidDr.EarManypromi
As an Eagle Scout, Mc Leod will join over 2.5 mil lion young people that have achieved this status in the history of the organization.
Photos: Sylvia Dunnavant Hines
Thompson Mcleod started out with Wheeler Ave Troop 242. This troop holds the distinction of producing more Eagle Scouts than any other troop in the United States.
If FAMU ever shows up on a field in the D/ FW Metroplex, you best believe that I won’t be sounding like a hypocrite when I chal lenge my friends to support the game be cause I have supported every HBCU that has played in this market for the past 40 years.
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Green also made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, a name given to the first Black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.
And Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price is quick to purchase tickets for others to attend the games.
For more information about becoming a scout or to find a local troop please go to the BOA website www. scouting.org.“Mygoalhas always been about the scouting journey; it has never been about the destination. I have made so many lifelong friends over the years,” said McLeod.
Now we’re on to the next contest but the battle is never ending.
An 11th grader at The Winston School, a private coeducational day school in Dallas, McLeod selected a community service project to help the homeless where he is collecting new socks and gently-used men, wom en and children’s shoes. He also set up an Amazon do nation page and arranged for a local drop-off at his school to collect his dona tions.“Icame up with the idea for my final project after watching a documentary on the rising rate of homeless in America. I realized that most homeless people keep the same shoes for years. I wanted to help them out by providing them with new or gently used shoes. It has been my desire to help make their lives a little easier,” said McLeod.Active in basketball, ten nis, golf and soccer; the scholar athlete plans to ei ther attend West Point or en ter an HBCU ROTC program and he has the full support of his parents, Dr. Lisa K. Thompson McLeod and Rev. Aaron J. McLeod, Esq.
Be to others what you’d like them to be to you.Pull out the calendar, plan early and show some love for these schools. These teams and bands are traveling, some great distanc es, to put on a show, to entertain, and yes, to recruit for some fine institutions.
And if you can’t come, heck, make it so someone else can enjoy the experience.
in one week Grambling State and Prairie View A&M will be playing at the Dallas Cotton Bowl and alums, students and everyone affiliated will be wanting folks to purchase tickets.
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The history of African American boys participating in the Boy Scouts extends back to the first “Negro Boy Scout Troop” in 1911, which was in Elizabeth City, NC.
Judge Valencia Nash went to law school at TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law. She attended the game along with her twin daughters (who want to go to FAMU), and her sister. She also purchased tickets and donated them to some folks who were more than
When you think about it, all elected offi cials, on the ballot or not, should have been out at the game or had some type of pres ence especially as we move closer to that oh so important midterm election. There should have been Get Out the Vote messag es played constantly on the Jumbotron and folks should have been out there in potential voters'
What I needed to see was an abundance of HBCU shirts at the game, though.
So the truth is I have been what I am ask ing others to be and do.
Eagle Scout
The scouting experience is open to both boys and girls starting at the age of 11 and continuing until 18. Young people can partici pate in the Cub Scout pro gram from the age of six. There are also mentoring opportunities available for adults as scoutmasters and scout leaders.
BecauseWhy?
Support our HBCUs.
I don’t blame them and I’d like to see ev ery seat filled also.
Emery Moorehead and Ernest Green also reached the status of Eagle Scouts. Moorehead was a wide re ceiver in the NFL for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears. In 1985 he played as a starting tight end for the Super Bowl for the Chicago Bears, who won the champi onship that year.
But guess what?
Thengrateful.there was TX State Sen. Royce West and his wife, Carol (a Dillard University alum) who are always supporting HBCU games and encouraging others to do so. Ac tually I don’t know a game that the senator does not attend!
Don’t be one of those people who never helps others but screams bloody murder when they need help.
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Later,statement.Richardson said on Twitter that “No athlete, regardless of their race, should ever be subject to such hostile conditions.” The fan was later banned from future BYU games, and some believe that more puni tive action should have been taken much sooner, perhaps expelling the source of rac ist comments as soon as they were heard.
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School officials apologized, but such apologies have been offered for similar past incidents when no further action was taken.This time the apology has been extended to the banned fan after BYU’s investigation into the incident, which included reviews of audio and visual recordings and inter views with numerous fans, found no sup port for the allegation.
“Racism still is a thing,” concluded Ambler. “Unfortunately, the BYU game brought it to the light again. It’s never gon na go away.”
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During the opening weekend of the 2022 college volleyball season last month, a BYU fan allegedly shouted racist slurs at a Black Duke player during a match.
Racial taunting nothing new in sports
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, joined by former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, State Sen. Royce West, State Rep. Victoria Neave Criado and former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert at a press conference yester day, urged citizens to vote Yes for Proposi tion A, supporting a $1.5 billion measure to revitalize Fair Park and Bailey Hutchi son Convention Center Dallas.
“From our extensive review,” BYU said in a statement recently, “we have not found any evidence to corroborate the allegation that fans engaged in racial heckling or ut tered racial slurs at the event.”
Whatever the outcome in this case, it has
Also, last winter, a minor league hockey player was indefinitely suspended after he allegedly hurled racist taunts at a Black player. Another hockey player was sus pended for 30 games for a racist gesture di rected toward a Black player by imitating a monkey’s movements.
“This is not the first time this has hap pened in college athletics, and sadly it likely will not be the last time,” said Rich ardson. “However, each time it happens we as student-athletes, coaches, fans and administrators have a chance to educate those who act in hateful ways.”
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Last winter, racist taunts at New Prague sporting events directed toward visiting athletes of color from Robbinsdale Cooper and St. Louis Park High Schools forced the latter two schools to cancel future sched uled games with New Prague. The Minne sota State High School League later intro duced “behavioral guidelines” for member schools and reaffirmed its own Bylaw 209, which prohibits racial, sexual or religious harassment at all school-related activities, including sports.
“I was the only Black player on my team,” recalled Florida Assistant Volleyball Coach Eysha Ambler on her days as a college athlete. “I remember going to games and counting how many Black people were in there. No one ever said anything [racial]. Thank God.”
No one, no matter the cost of attending a sporting event, has the right to racially taunt anyone. However, such actions have been around probably since the Christians were targets of lions at ancient Roman games.Nomatter the level, from youth sports to pros, it’s been a longstanding problem. Sports WeeklyMag.com recently called ra cial and hateful taunting “an unaddressed plague across high school sports…against visiting teams from diverse communities [that] inspire fans to express their bigotry.”
Starter Rachel Richardson and her fel low Black teammates “were targeted and racially heckled throughout the entirety of the match,” said Richardson in a postmatch
“So, I put myself in Rachel’s position. How would I have felt if something [like that] would have happened? How would my team react? I don’t know. I think they would have my back.”
Unfortunately, there isn’t a simple and lasting solution to handle and prevent rac ist, ignorant and asinine behaviors from fans occurring at games. Banning them after the fact is only a temporary fix, not a permanent deterrence.
Charles Hallman is a contributing reporter and award-winning sports columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
The Gators were in action the same week end as the Duke team in Utah. Ambler said she and the coaches and the Florida team, which has four Black players, discussed the Richardson incident. “We talked about what we would do,” continued Ambler.
revived discussion of the reality of racial heckling, which has been clearly docu mented at all levels of sport. I’ve seen and heard hateful things said at games over the years as a reporter. I also experienced ra cial taunts as a high school player for an all-Black school playing in an all-White athletic conference.
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Head football Coach Bubba Mc dowell is not a strang er to PVAMU or the STATE FAIR CLAS SIC. Coach Mcdowell is in his 11th season as part of the Pan ther coaching staff to include four years as an assistant head coach at PVAMU and played professionally in the NFL.
"Our team did a fantastic job of serving," he noted.
STATE FAIR CLAS SIC is a first for GSU with Head football Coach Hue Jackson at the helm of the G-Men. Coach Jackson has more than 30 years of coaching experience at both
State Fair Classic
"I believe in relational polic ing," he explained. "Transpar ency, respect, engagement, ac countability and training. That spells "TREAT" and we focus on how we treat our community."
The STATE FAIR CLASSIC is a FOOT BALL rivalry that fea tures the “Halftime Showdown” between Grambling State Uni versity “World Famed” Band and Prairie View A&M Universi
As Chief Community Officer, Ashford, who moved to Texas af ter Comerica announced it was relocating its headquarters in 2007, it was business as usual as he immediately made his pres ence felt spreading a message of community, financial literacy and helping small businesses develop andHowevergrow. the restrictions of COVID called for increased ef forts in many areas and included helping businesses stay open, volunteering and partnering with organizations to serve commu nities, providing PPE loans and supporting communities wherev er there was a need,
Hired in November 2020, he previously served as second high est ranking officer for the Balti more (MD) County police depart ment.When he came to Arlington, the morale was low, he said.
be done to serve customers and theirThere'scommunities.somuch more to what was shared, including some good books to read, according to Ash ford and Jones, like "The Arson ist in the Organization" by Pete Havel and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu or the "Autobiography of Mal colm X."
ty “Marching Storm” Band. This year both GSU Band Director Dr. Nikole Roebuck and PVAMU Band Director Dr. Timmey T. Zachery will be in attendance.
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A 2022 STATE FAIR CLASSIC ticket purchase by fans includes admission to the State Fair of Texas and the incredible PreGame Concert featuring Nation al Recording Artist Ashanti on the Chevy Main Stage @ 4 P.M. gates open to the game at 5 P.M. STATE FAIR CLASSIC tickets can be purchased at both universi ties, Ticketmaster outlets, Wil liam Chicken and all other usual outlets.The2022
duties where he was in charge of people he didn't know and had to work with and lead via ZOOM and other virtual platforms.
Theresupport."werechanges made that the chief said helped to put smiles on the faces of officers.
Comerica’s Irv Ashford, moderator Booker T. Spencer and Arlington Chief Al Jones
And just as Ashford was pre pared by his education, experi ence and commitment; and has continued to climb the corporate ladder, so was his team and the thousands of employees who he said transitioned quickly and effi ciently into doing what needed to
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"I brought new ideas, allowed officer to make decisions and lis tened to the officers," he said. "Of ficers wanted to be heard. They've been hearing 'defund the police' every day and then they have to go out and 'protect and serve.' They needed to hear that they have
be determined late Saturday.
“I am surprised at the out come,” said Sharon Henry Ste phens, a Southern University alumna who traveled from the Houston area to see the Jags play. “I’m surprised that we didn’tBothscore.”Southern and TSU ath letic officials downplayed the impact of last week’s losses on this week’s game.
“No,” Willie D. Scott, South ern’s associate director of stra
“How in the world are we set tling for the peanuts and the little minute droppings that they are giving us when every body is darn near $500,000 to $600,000?”Sanders told the outlet that Appalachian State “got $1.5 mil lion to play against Texas A&M. Georgia Southern got $1.4 mil lion to play against Nebraska and so
In fact, he said, Jaguar fans, who regularly attend away games in droves of 18,000 to 30,000 fans, more than many Power 5 football programs, are accustomed to winning – and
Meanwhile,forth.” the outlet noted, historically Black Florida A&M received $450,000 when it lost 59-24 to the University of North Carolina; Alabama State earned $590,000 during its appear ance earlier this month against UCLA. The Hornets were de feated
don’t take lightly to losing.
TSU athletic officials said the matchups between smaller and larger athletic programs are good for both – and the cities in which they are played.
Scott45-7.said such games fill the athletic coffers of HBCU pro grams, which often are under funded.“Istrongly feel like those money games help build the program,” he said.
“We’re all fighting for the same thing at the end of the day. We’re scheduled to play Rice again next year,” he said. “It just does well for the city.”
The Jags’ loss against TSU raised a serious question in Black college football circles: Was Southern, who was widely favored – even expected - to win too tired or too demoralized to do so after they took a beating last week against LSU.
“That hurt my heart,” said Marshall, who brought her hus band, Garry, and son, Quincy, out to watch her beloved Jags.
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“Everyone does it,” TSU Sports Information Director Ryan McGinty said. “It happens across all levels. Everyone is playing for a different reason.”
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The lop-sided losses for the two HBCUs still weighed heavily on some fans’ hearts Saturday night.
“Football is the money maker for any university,” he said. “Football takes care of all non-revenue sports.”
Meanwhile, Texas Southern was blown out by the Universi ty of North Texas, 27-59. TSU’s haul from the game could not
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Conversation about the im pact – physical or mental – of matchups between HBCUs and predominantly white institu tions with well-funded football programs was the topic of much online banter this week.
“Maybe, we shouldn’t have played LSU last weekend,” said Chandra Ponton Moore, an alumna who lives in Ken nedale, near the end of Satur day’s“Weregame.they all hurt?” she wondered, after acknowledging she had not seen Southern’s in jury list for this week.
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In fact, fans questioned whether any historically Black SWAC or Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team, play a larger Division I Football Bowl Subdi vision (FBS) program, such as LSU or Rice University, at all.
tegic communications, said emphatically, after he was asked Saturday whether his team was too injured, physical ly or otherwise, from last week’s LSU matchup, to play well this week.“Astudent athlete can get in jured at home,” he said. “I don’t feel like that game (against LSU) hurt us at all on the next game.”
“Our expectations are high,” he said. “We have 19 conference championships. We have seven Western Division titles. We have 11 Black national champion ships. We expect to win.”
Southern fans said Saturday night they would have to suck up the latest loss – regardless of why it “Oneoccurred.thingabout Southerni tes, we’re ride or die,” Stephens said.
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Last week, the Jags lost 17-65 to Louisiana State University in the cross-city matchup. South ern reportedly raked in $760,000 to play the game. It was the first time the two teams had ever suited up against each other.
Marshall, a Southern alumna, who lives in Keller. Marshall left Saturday evening’s game at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
It fueled complaints from Jackson State University Head Football Coach Deion Sanders that historically Black colleges are inequitably paid for the matchups.“Ifwegonna get our butt kicked, shouldn’t it be worth it,” Sanders reportedly told HBCU Sports, a digital media outlet that covers Black college athletics.
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