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MY TRUTH By Cheryl Smith Publisher
Show some love to the home team Chuck D, of the rap group Public Enemy, has to be one of the great minds of our time! A consummate professional and thought-provoking deep thinker with great work ethic; he is phenomenal. I also consider him a friend. I picked him up from the airport once during a visit to Dallas, and I told him I had a stop to make because it was payday. When I arrived at the building that housed Service Broadcasting - the parent company
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Black Clergy jailed and shackled
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Faith and prayer have been the backbone of the African American community since we came upon these shores. We have counted on our faith leaders (the roll call would include Revs. Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, James Walker Hood, Martin Luther King, Jr., Wyatt Tee Walker, Jesse L. Jackson, William Barber, Barbara Williams Skinner, Bishop Vashti McKenzie, and many others) to articulate the justness of our cause and to mobilize us to work for the justice that is called for in the New Testament, especially in Matthew 25: 35-45. Our ministers are revered leaders who often stand in
Rev. Dr. William J Barber II
the face of injustice. We are not surprised, and indeed, encouraged, when their firm stands in the face of oppression lead to collisions with the law. Still, when faith leaders are treated harshly, it forces us to examine the injustice in
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our system. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail� in 1963, he chided White ministers who made a public statement about his methods, suggesting that segregation should be
fought in the courts, not in the streets. His letter moved the White faith community to confront some of the injustices of segregation and to form alliances with the Civil Rights movement. King spent eleven days in
the Birmingham jail in extremely harsh conditions. However, the oppressor does not learn from its excesses. On June 12, nine faith leaders were shackled and held for 27 hours after being arrested for praying at the Supreme Court. The multicultural group of men and women are part of Rev. William Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign (A National Call for Moral Revival). Their effort is to bring attention to the amazing inequality and moral bankruptcy of our nation. Their prayers at the Supreme Court were extremely timely given the court’s recent actions to make it more See CLERGY, page 8
Miami Times dominates 2018 NNPA Awards VirLinda Stanton
of K104, KKDA-AM and KRNB, Chuck came inside with me. Always gracious, he greeted folks and chatted while I took care of my business. When he was in the company of those who were in a position to effect change at the station, Chuck urged them to be kinder to the locals. He wanted locals to be showered with love on the way up, instead of waiting until they hit big time and then jumping on the bandwagon. Which brings me to my truth. Dallas has so many smart and talented people — people who are going places. I’ve always prided myself on being able to see the good in people. I also see the bad and ugly, but that’s another story for another day.
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Anyway, I applauded Chuck for looking out for those who don’t have. It’s amazing we live in a world where the person who could pur-
It was a night to remember as Karen Carter Richards, the first vice chair of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and publisher of the Houston Forward Times, received the highly-coveted Publish of the Year Award during the 2018 NNPA Foundation Merit Awards in Norfolk, Va. Richards, who remained in Houston recovering from an illness, was represented by her associate editor, Jeffrey L. Boney.
North Dallas Gazette Publisher Thurman Jones (winner of Best Editorial), with Honoree Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dr. Ben Chavis
chase the entire restaurant is offered a free meal but not the person who doesn’t have a pot or a window (you get my point?). Well, I want to shine a spotlight on three locals: Imaj, VirLinda, and PtoSee MY TRUTH, page 6
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munities that we have always found value in.� The Merit Awards recognizes individual newspapers, publishers and other staff members that have excelled in various newspaper categories such as Best Editorial, Best Column Writing, Community Service, Best Layout & Design, Best Church Page, Best Sports Section and other areas. The NNPA Foundation also presented 21 scholarships that were funded by See AWARDS, page 8
NNPA Publishers’ Forum: Houston Forward Times’ Karen Carter Richards continues work of her Trailblazing Parents By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
Karen Carter Richards, the publisher and CEO of the Houston Forward Times, was born in a small town in Arizona; her family moved to Houston when she was just one month old. “I went to elementary, junior high and high school in Houston. After high school, I realized that I had an interest in the medical fields, so I applied for and got accepted to the DeBakey
High School for Health Professions,� said Richards, who serves as 1st Vice Chair of the NNPA Association Executive Board. “I’ve spent my entire life in Houston.� Fifty-eight years ago, Carter Richards’ father, Julius P. Carter, founded the award-winning, Houston Forward Times. By 1971, the Forward Times was one of the top three newspapers in Houston. Sadly, that same year, Julius P. Carter died leaving his wife, Lenora “Doll� Car-
Karen Carter Richards
ter, to run the family business. “As a child, I always had
to work in the family business,â€? Carter Richards said. “When I was 7 years old, I had a newspaper route in my neighborhood that my dad set up.â€? Carter Richards continued: “My father and mother always said that I needed to learn every aspect of the business‌the only thing I didn’t learn to do was run our press.â€? The Houston native left her hometown to attend Xavier University as a biology major, but returned to
Houston after being homesick and missing and worrying about her mother. Carter Richards attended college at the University of St. Thomas and the University of Houston-Downtown. Later, she returned to her roots and the family business, following in the footsteps of two publishing trailblazers, her father and her mother. Carter Richards was about 22 when she surmised that See RICHARDS, page 8
Joseph Jackson,
patriarch of Jackson family of superstars, has died By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
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During an earlier interview, Richards expressed her undying appreciation for the Black Press. “The Black Press has always been and will continue to be relevant. We are the voice, the true voice of our people,â€? Carter Richards said. “We have recorded our history for 191 years like no other media could ever do. We have recorded many stories‌our celebrations, our injustices and those hidden, treasured stories that came from our com-
Family members said Jackson died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at a hospital in Las Vegas. Jackson was 89. After his own failed musical aspirations, Joseph Jackson help launch his children to international stardom in the 1960s and 1970s. He managed the Jackson 5 before the group left Motown and was rebranded as the Jacksons. Ultimately, the patriarch is responsible for the emergence of the biggest star in
Joseph Jackson
pop music history, the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Last week, the family announced that Jackson was terminally ill following a long battle with cancer. “He’s very frail. It’s any day now,� Jermaine Jackson
told reporters shortly before his father died. Born in 1928, in the onehorse town of Fountain Hill, Arkansas, Joe’s grandfather was a slave and he later described his upbringing as “lonely� and with “few friends,� according to his
biography. His parents separated when he was 12 and after a period living with his father in California, he moved to be with his mother and four siblings in a Chicago suburb and pursued his dream of becoming a professional boxer. It was while living with his mother that he met and married local girl Katherine Scruse and, in 1950, the couple moved to nearby Gary, Indiana, and within eight years had 10 children, including twins Marlon and Brandon, the latter of whom died at birth. The pressures of looking
after his family meant Jackson had to abandon boxing to work full time, though he also played guitar with a blues band named The Falcons. Although he remained frustrated at The Falcons’ lack of success, it was when he caught nine-year-old son Tito playing with his guitar in 1962 that Joe’s fortunes changed. Despite initially threatening Tito with punishment for snapping a string, he urged his son to keep playing. Jackson then encourSee JACKSON, page 7
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