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Black Women Publishers Drive the Black Press By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
Denise Rolark-Barnes
In 1827, with the publication of the “Freedom’s Journal,� John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish established the Black Press and boldly declared their mission: to be the voice of the African-American community, standing up for victims of injustice, and championing the unsung. Dedicated, resilient and strong Black women, who account for a significant number of the 211 African-American owned newspapers and media companies that are members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), stand at the forefront of that mission, today. As Women’s History Month concluded, NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., said that it’s important to recognize publishers like Rosetta Perry of “The Tennessee Tribune,� Elinor Tatum of the “New York Amsterdam News,� Janis Ware of “The Atlanta Voice,� Joy Bramble of “The Baltimore Times,� Brenda Andrews of the “The New Journal and Guide� and the many Black women that own and operate media companies in the United States and around the world. Chavis said that it’s also important to acknowledge the role that women play as leaders of the NNPA. “Four out of five members of the NNPA executive committee are women and, in 2017, that shows that the NNPA, as a national trade organization, is out in front of all other organizations when it comes to putting women in the top positions,� said Chavis. Denise Rolark Barnes, the publisher of “The Washington Informer,� serves as chair of the NNPA; Karen Carter-Richards, publisher of the “Houston Forward Times� holds the position of first vice chair; Atlanta Voice publisher Janis Ware serves as treasurer; and Shannon Williams, the president and general manager of the “Indianapolis Recorder,� serves as the organization’s secretary. “For the Black Press, Women’s History Month becomes more noteworthy, because of the women of the NNPA and their very important roles,� Chavis said. Still, the pressure of operating a newspaper isn’t lost on publishers like Carter-Richards of the 57-year-old Houston Forward Times. Carter-Richards took over the Forward Times after the death of her mother, Lenora “Doll� Carter, whom she shadowed at the paper for more than 30 years. “The business isn’t for the faint of heart and being a female publisher requires you to be even stronger,� Richards said. “Because of what my mother taught me, Forward Times Publishing Company has grown to become a multimedia company and an award-winning national publication.� Chida Warren-Darby, the managing editor and co-publisher of the “Voice & Viewpoint� in San Diego, said that being a female publisher has proven to be an “amazing experience.� Warren-Darby also offered advice to the next generation of women. “[Women publishers] should always remain true to themselves and never conform. There’s a lot of authenticity missing in the world of journalism and the media
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Buick Hosts Intimate Conversation on “The Journey Through the African American Experience� Washington, DC—Buick hosted eight African-American journalists on a historic road trip in the 2017 Buick LaCrosse, where they drove from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. for an exclusive tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). In their 2017 Buick LaCrosse, journalists made stops at several historic African-American points of interest along the way, including the Marian Andersen House, The African American Museum of Philadelphia and Mother Bethel A.M.E. Following the driving tour, the group was welcomed by award-winning journalist and producer Ed Gordon of Bounce TV for an evening conversation discussing “The Journey
Journalists gather for discussion with veteran broadcaster Ed Gordon to discuss their participation in an exclusive tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture and their historic road trip in the 2017 Buick LaCrosse.
Through the African American Experience.� Journalists reflected on the emotional experience during the intimate dinner and conversation, moderated by Ed Gordon and hosted by Buick. Together, these journalists and thought-leaders applied
their experience to what it means to be an African American in today’s world and looking ahead to the near future. “When I left the museum, I felt taller. I felt stronger. I felt resilient. So, when I leave to go back, I’m going back stronger
and more courageous,� said Emil Wilbekin of World of Wilbekin. “This trip in the Buick to Philly was amazing. After my father’s work in the Civil Rights Movement, he moved to Philadelphia to work with friends on other issues. So for me, it was very emotional to feel like I was traveling in his footsteps,� said Susan Wright of SoulBounce. Attendees included: Emil Wilbekin of World of Wilbekin; Susan Wright and Kim Hines of SoulBounce; Ester Davis of The Dallas Post Tribune; Brian Jackson of NY Magazine; Rushawn Walters of The Hilltop; Cheryl Smith of Texas Metro News; and Jarrett Hill of NBC BLK/The Hollywood Reporter.
FIRST MINORITY FEMALE-OWNED PR FIRM IN FORT WORTH CELEBRATES 30 YEARS Congresswoman Kay Granger Honors Success of Ware + Associates
Wyntress B. Ware, President & Founder of Ware & Associates and Congresswoman Kay Granger celebrated Ware’s 30th anniversary in business with a flag flown at the State Capitol on May 16th. Ware & Associates is the first, minority-female owned public relations firm based in Fort Worth.
May is National Mental Health Month Nearly 16 years ago, the tragic deaths of the five children of Andrea and Rusty Yates helped create a new era in women’s mental health. Today, as a society, we recognize and more closely focus on maternal mental health and associated issues such as education, awareness, legislation, treatment and care of mothers affected with perinatal mental illnesses including postpartum depression (PPD) and the even more serious postpartum psychosis. While we are making strides in this area of women’s health, the realization is so much more still needs to be done. A mother’s mental health is critical to the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of herself and her children.
For Houstonians, the Yates tragedy happened in our hometown, in our backyard, but it impacted the world. But, for the more than a decade and a half since this family’s loss, the Yates Children Memorial Fund (YCMF) for Women’s Mental Health Education at Mental Health America of Greater Houston and a core group of mental health and primary care professionals and organizations are helping create a generation of empowered mothers and a community energized to change the landscape of women’s mental health in our city and state. May is National Mental Health Month and also Texas Postpartum Depression Awareness Month. Advocates in
Houston and across the Lone Star State are raising public awareness on the serious impact untreated or under-treated postpartum depression can have on the safety and healthy development of our state’s mothers, children and families. With program efforts dedicated to perinatal mental health and family wellness the collective efforts of this group, primarily comprised of volunteers, to educate women, mothers and those who encounter mothers to understand postpartum mental health issues, to eliminate stigma that prevents some mothers from seeking help, and to identify resources available to help mothers before, during and after a crisis. As a group, the volunteer ef-
forts of YCMF includes educating and training thousands of mental health and primary care professionals and professionals newly entering the workforce, improving mental health literacy of more than one million mothers and families through the distribution of informational brochures hosting an international perinatal mental health conference in Houston. This year, the Yates Children Memorial Fund for Women’s Mental Health Education at Mental Health America of Greater Houston, celebrates the Year of the Mom and powerful advocacy stance of mothers helping mothers to elevate the awareness of issues associated
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One of the largest youth employment events, Opportunity Youth, is happening at the Dallas Convention Center. The Opportunity Youth program, created by Starbucks, is geared towards 16 to 24 year olds who Ten-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platare unemployed and not in school. inum-selling artist CeCe Winans will follow her recently released number one album “Let Them Fall In Love,” with a national Redefine the Game with Dr. Rantour. The Fall In Love Tour dal Pinkett, hosted by The Empresented by Medi-Share is power Series at 10a.m. Winans’ first solo tour in a Dallas Public Library- Highland decade and brings her to Hills Branch, 6200 Bonnie View the Majestic Theater Rd, Dallas, Texas 75241
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June 8 Join Dr. Linda Amerson for ‘Beautifully Insecure’7:30-9:30pm. at Studio Movie Grill - I-20 & Matlock, Arlington. The deadline for ticket purchases is Thursday June 1, 2017 There will also be a 30 minute panel discussion after the film to include these area... image & society acceptance, self love, dating with alopecia, spiritual differences in relationships, and wigs-the cover up. Panalists include: Gwen Womack, Minister Womack and Marlo Mozee. Purchase your tickets here: https://www. rity Bowl-a-thon at USA Bowl, 10920 Compostugg.com/events/beautifully-insecure-wfoy ite Drive, Dallas. featuring Miss Jessie’s Miko Branch, Kiki Shepard, Sen. Royce West, Williams Chicken’s Hiawatha Williams, Dante and Soul Food Festival TX Hosted by The Soul Food Renetta Wesley, Bethel Johnson, Eva Coleman, Dareia Tolbert, Terry Allen and a host of others. Festival 4 PM - 11 PM
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Justin Pharez Smith sentenced to life in prison for capital murder
There are so many victims when crimes are committed. By Cheryl Smith There’s something about August 2nd. Whether it’s 1985 when there was the crash of Delta Airlines flight 191 in Dallas with 137 casualties, including my Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sisters and some fellow Florida A&M University alumni; or 2014 and the brutal murders of Demarcus Walton, Tyteanna Brown and Kimberly Montgomery. I had never heard of a “trap house” until August 2, 2014 and there isn’t a day that goes by since that fateful day, that I don’t think about the violence that happened at the hands of Justin Pharez Smith (no relation). When I think of the devastation that drugs have had on society, I am saddened because just like we’re still feeling the impact of slavery centuries later, our descendants will be dealing with the effects of drug use for centuries to come. Yes, people knew Demarcus Walton as a drug dealer. But to me, he was a respectful young man who was a good father. We never had a conversation about his “business” so I can’t speak about it. I never saw him smoke a cigarette, never saw him flashing money around or doing the things you read about that are associated with the drug culture. There were no big chains, nor was his body heavily tattooed. I did, however, see him working a “legal” job and providing for his children. I remember my last conversation with him because less than 12 hours later he was brutally murdered. When I got off the phone, I told my friend Eva, “that’s a fine young man.” The next morning I received a
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call that changed my life forever. My heart felt heavy. I was in pain. Demarcus befriended Justin and when Justin decided to rob and kill his “friend,” he robbed so many other people. There’s the survivor, Tarsha Reed, who is partially blind and clearly traumatized from the attack. She survived a gunshot to the head and was able to testify of Justin’s cowardice act. There
capital murder. No surprises there. When Justin faced the jury and admitted his crimes, he said his victims were asleep. While I sat through some of the trial, I couldn’t listen to the Victim Impact Statements. So many lives have been devastated and I wonder if some will ever rebound. There is no victory to celebrate. The Judge sentenced Justin to life in prison. He won’t be ap-
Justin Pharez Smith were plenty of teary eyes as she recalled that morning begging for her life and playing dead in hopes of living. Before Demarcus was killed, I did not support the death penalty and I did not change my position. But Justin’s heinous act changed the lives of so many on all sides. Watching Justin’s mother was difficult, just as it was watching Demarcus’ mom and the others. Then there are the children (a total of 12) who have lost their parents. This was a tough trial and District Judge Jennifer Bennett made sure her courtroom did not become a circus. I appreciated her leadership because believe me it could have gotten ugly. There were clearly those with their own ideas about how to punish Justin. Some felt Justin showed no remorse whatsoever because he is a psychopath. But there were also Justin’s loved ones who asked for mercy. The jury found him guilty of
pealing his conviction and he will never be parolled. He has a child who will never get to really know him. His victim’s children will only have memories of their parents. I know quite a few people who supported Justin. One of my former students made an impassioned plea on social media, telling about the Justin he knows. I believe that my former student told the truth, just like I told the truth about Demarcus. And who wants to believe that someone they know could be so vicious as Justin is? One thing’s for sure, I want to make sure that my seven-yearold grandbaby, Aaliyah grows up knowing that her father, Demarcus, loved her dearly and that he was always there for her. I take a little solace in knowing that for a short time she had the love of a father and in this day and age, sadly there are so many who never know a father’s love.
Still, my heart is so heavy.
Improving and Bridging Gap between Law Enforcement and Communities of Color By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
Our communities rely on police departments to “protect and serve”, and the police, in turn, rely on community support and cooperation. Each group has a great responsibility in creating an environment that allows each of us to take advantage of the guiding principles our nation was founded upon “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” While many communities enjoy a strong and productive relationship between police and the community, in some communities profound fractures exist and the relationship is not always harmonious. Members of these communities often feel embattled and victimized and the fractured relationships that develop ultimately endanger the lives of both officers and civilians alike. At this point, for both parties, “safety” becomes rooted in “trust”. Community policing, transparency, and measures of accountability provide an opportunity to build trust and create a safe environment built on mutual respect, partnership and shared interests. Proactive Community Policing and Engagement Law enforcement must properly engage the communities they serve. Their purpose is not to come into the community to manage it, but rather to work with it and engage its members on a daily basis. Synchronously, it is the responsibility of the community to assist in the community policing effort; not by becoming additional police, but instead by becoming proactive members in their communities, and using their skills for the community’s benefit. This relationship is to be more of a partnership, rather than an adversarial one. It is incumbent upon both police and members of the community to interact with a cooperative spirit, to listen and act with respect and fairness, and to understand the value of fostering trust day in and day out. Law enforcement organizations must demonstrate to the public they serve—both in word and deed, the fairness and impartiality of their processes. Sustaining these conditions is critical, so that trust does not break down when there is a crisis.
Increased Transparency/ Accountability Law enforcement should continue to discuss new training and technologies that help foster a sense of accountability to the communities they are charged with protecting. Accountability is ensured through transparency in all aspects of policing. Information technology has affected the practice of policing in many ways, but, for the public, it has created the potential for new awareness of how departments and their officers are doing their jobs. Technological and societal forces are pushing toward more, rather than less, transparency. As a result, strategies that seek to get in front of the trend, rather than attempt to resist it, would be more sustainable over the long term. Departments moving in the direction of transparency should seek to engage their communities through social media, the release of data on police policies and practices, and even officer-worn video. The fatal shooting of Jordan Edwards, thus far, demonstrates the utility of body cams, which, while not a solution, can drastically affect individual cases. Using body cameras and other technologies to enhance oversight and accountability, establishes legitimacy, and builds public trust. Under these conditions, law enforcement can police safely and more effectively. As a mother and grandmother to three young black men, I cannot overstate how much this issue is of personal importance to me. Addressing and improving policing in our communities, however, does not exclusively benefit myself, or only those who look like me. It benefits all of us. It builds trust, it mitigates tragedy, and provides a stronger foundation for building relationships between law enforcement and our communities. 1 Corinthians 12:26 teaches us, “If one member suffers, we all suffer together.” As a nation, we can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to what appears only to be to the detriment of some and not all. We must acknowledge that there is work to be done and through an open and honest dialogue, we can create and embrace policies that will justly serve all of our communities.
Black Women publishers, contiued from page 1 industry as a whole,” Warren-Darby said. “I believe it’s slowly returning, but it will take the next generation to maintain that authenticity. I would also encourage them to know that their voices and ideas matter, to never underestimate what they bring to the table, and to never feel like it’s too late.” Others have spelled out what the Black Press has brought to the table. “The New York Times” noted that, well before the Civil War, publications and, more recently, radio and television stations owned and operated by African-Americans have provided an important counterweight to mainstream media, simultaneously celebrating and shaping Black culture—from politics and government to fashion and music. It all starts with the Black Press and many of its talented and savvy female publishers. “The Black Press has been the heartbeat of Black America since its inception,” said Tatum, publisher and editor-in-chief of the New York Amsterdam News, one of the most influential Black-owned and operated media businesses in the world, which ran its first edition in 1909. “From the abolition movement to the Civil Rights Movement to the Women’s Rights Movement, the Black Press has been our voice, a voice not heralded anywhere else.” Tatum continued: “It’s a voice so true to itself, that our community still heeds the call today. A voice in many cases owned by women, run by women and nurtured by women.” About 190 miles south of New York, Bramble founded The Baltimore Times on the premise that they’d publish only positive stories about Black people. After more than 30 years, Bramble said that The Baltimore Times paper, and its companion, “The Annapolis Times,” haven’t wavered. “I am extremely proud to be a part of the long tradition of respected women publishers. My challenges as a publisher have not come from my gender, but rath-
er my race,” Bramble said. “Black newspapers must jump through ridiculous hoops to receive or even be considered for advertising and promotional dollars.” Women are changing the world and represent an important audience that should not be taken for granted, said Natalie Cole, publisher and CEO of “OurWeekly Los Angeles” which was formed in 2004 and boasts a readership of more than 200,000 weekly. “The challenges that exist today are challenges to doing business successfully in our global marketplace,” said Cole. “Yes, racism and, in many cases institutional racism is evident…some will never buy what we are selling.” Cole continued: “However, we must continue to educate our loyal readers as to major players or companies that support our communities as well as those that don’t support us with an emphasis on companies to which African-Americans are their core customers.” NNPA member newspapers and media companies continue to deliver news, information and commentary each week to more than 20 million readers and the NNPA has been lauded for consistently being the voice of the Black community, reporting on events that make history. “Our papers are trusted, read from cover to cover, and are a vital part of the community—190 years and still going strong,” Bramble said. “I am sure that we will still be around for another 190 years, as we continue to be the standard bearer for all the good news that’s happening in our communities.”
_1655 Denise Rolark Barnes is the publisher of The Washington Informer and chairwoman of the NNPA This photo was taken as Rolark Barnes addressed participants at a session on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), during the NNPA’s 2017 Mid-Winter Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
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Another Pound of Flesh for the Grim Reaper Speaking Truth to Power
By Charles O’Neal Don Hill died‌ Now EVERYONE remembers that he was really a great guy. Smart, witty, incisive, and ultimately, stupidly ensnared in the kind of political chicanery that wrecks lives irreparably and forever. For the record, I still recoil at the description of Hill’s travails in his “bribes for votesâ€? case as the BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDAL IN DALLAS HISTORY. Remember this is the
city that once boasted of mayors, police chiefs, sheriffs, judges and lawyers who were active, virulent members of the Ku Klux Klan. If that isn’t scandal on the grandest scale I don’t know what qualifies. To this day, Dallas regularly and triumphantly short-changes Black and Brown citizens, razing neighborhoods in the name of progress, locking up and/or shooting nonwhites, usurping the authority of duly elected school trustees in a fashion that makes one recall the old saw â€œâ€Śuntil lions learn how to write, the story of the hunt will always be from the
hunter’s perspective.â€? In other words, the hyper-scandalous behavior of Dallas in pursuit of further “Dallasnessâ€? as told by the tellers of tales will always be at odds with the perceptions of those of us on the other end. So the late Don Hill will go down in history as the corrupt city councilman that shook the very foundation of this city. No mention that the bribers were only conducting “business as usualâ€? and have gone on with their lives to corrupt unsuspecting naĂŻfs, all too susceptible to their overtures.
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heart. Sadly, tragically, we know with certainty that was not the case. And this is not to absolve Don of responsibility for his part in this sad episode, rather is just a reminder
Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill passed away on last Saturday night. His funeral will be this Saturday at 2 pm at Concord Church, 6808 Pastor Bailey Drive. The wake will be be Friday evening at 7pm. sights that would be useful to officeholders and office seekers alike. As I said, he was a very smart man. The ultimate fault/failing of Don, I believe, was being too trusting. Too willing to believe that everyone around him had his best interests at
that Don was simply human. Don Hill died‌. He was my friend. I’m sad.
Charles O’Neal is President of the Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce.
We’re Mad too! QUIT PLAYIN’ By Vincent L. Hall There’s been a cacophony of cultural commotion around the election of Donald J. Trump. Without fail, the resounding chorus has been simple and sweet: Working class White voters are mad as hell and they won’t take “thisâ€? any longer. Don’t get it twisted‌Black folks are mad as hell too. The ever-socially relevant “Atlanticâ€? Magazine released a recent study conducted in conjunction with the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The statistics solidified the notion that Trump voters are uneasy about conditions they consider threatening to their perceived place as the superior race in America and around the world. Here are the major areas that were highlighted. Identification with
the Republican Party, Fears about cultural displacement (White working-class voters who say they often feel like a stranger in their own land) and Support for deporting immigrants living in the country illegally rounded out the top of the list. Economic fatalism (White working-class voters who said that college education is a gamble) and Economic hardship were also in the top five. While I would do nothing to dispel or diminish the feelings of any other race or class of people, in my musings of the aforementioned “American crisis,� I have to ask how the hell do these same Whites think Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and the otherwise others feel? The new demographic kaleidoscope of culture and race are harbingers of substantial social change. As we witness the “Browning� of America, working class Whites who
rightly make their social lamentations must be mindful that no matter how bad they have it, Blacks folks are worse off by double or triple. We feel your pain long before you do‌ feel ours! This “madnessâ€? is swelling up in
our children as they navigate our present climate of political turmoil. Progressive Whites are standing with them, where they can. Defiant protests and civil disobedience will be commonplace in the Trump years. This angst will not just subside. America’s young adults are liter-
ally watching as the curtains fall on their aspirations. White privilege is eroding. Minority Millennials who have been dreamers since MLK was first recited in their presence are living the nightmare that comes with racial profiling and police brutality. Unlike the pre-Baby Boomer generation, Black Millennials have not been raised to fear Whites at all. They have not been taught to feign a smile or a gratuitous nod; to ignore disrespect, nor to accommodate. They won’t give an inch when it comes to demanding their full rights and respect as Americans. The “outbursts of madness� that bolted Betsy DeVos at Bethune-Cookman University was as much a message to Trumpism as it was to the “Black Establishment.� They sent a warning to older Black professionals who still passively hum verses of “We Shall Overcome.� They challenged the remnants of Black pacifism which wholly believes the best way to han-
dle racism is to avoid the ire of White folks at all costs. Black Millennials have their own “freedom musicâ€? and will do battle directly with their oppressors. They have little patience for Black enablers whom they feel have wasted 400 years‌waiting. Mexicans Americans and immigrants are angry and dismayed. Word has it that a Latina started the petition to keep Senator John Cornyn out of Texas Southern University. The Thurgood Marshall Law School resides on that campus and Cornyn joined Republicans who attacked Marshall’s legacy during the 2010 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kegan. White folks are mad all over the world. We watched the Alt-Right torchbearers recently praising Russia. Xenophobes see Brexit, Putin and Trump as vehicles to Pan-Europeanism. Everybody is mad and that has set the groundwork for a long hot summer. It’s totally maddening!
Vincent Hall is an author, activist and award-winning columnist.
Texas lawmakers shouldn’t contribute to a delay of justice From Austin to You By Eric Johnson
Tx State Representative (D-Dallas)
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, and thereby ended the decades-long practice of segregating our nation's public school students according to their race. This “fact� was probably lost on my dad when, in 1964, he walked across the stage at James Madison High School in Dallas to receive his diploma along with his classmates, not a single one of whom was white. The same would have been true for my mom, who also is African American, when she graduated from L.G. Pinkston High School in Dallas the following year: her high school grad-
uating class, too, was 100 percent black. And make no mistake — unlike today, the Dallas Independent School District had plenty of white students back in 1964-65. They just didn't attend school with black students like my mom and dad. But what about the ruling in Brown a decade before? Didn't that ruling mean anything? On March 10, 2017, a panel of three federal judges ruled 2-1 in a case known as Perez v. Abbott that the Texas Legislature “acted with an impermissible intent to dilute minority voting strength or otherwise violated the 14th Amendment� when it drew boundaries for the 23rd, 27th and 35th congressional districts of Texas back in 2011, and that minority voters in those districts “are still being harmed by the lines drawn as the direct product of these violations.� It took the majority 165 pages to document the full nature of the
Legislature's willful violation of the constitutional and voting rights of minorities in those congressional districts, but the court was able to state its conclusion rather succinctly: “The configurations of CD23, CD27, and CD35... are therefore invalid.� Now back to Brown v. Board of Education. A year after that landmark opinion declared segregated schools unconstitutional, the Supreme Court was asked to address how the evil of segregation should be dismantled. The second Brown opinion, or Brown II, contained four seemingly innocuous words that were later used to deny minorities their constitutional right to attend racially integrated public schools for an embarrassingly long time: “With all deliberate speed.� No one knew what that phrase meant in 1955 and no one knows what that phrase means even today. But what we do know is that those four words gave every segregation-
ist in the United States the wiggle room necessary to keep black kids and white kids from attending school together for decades after Brown II was decided. The lesson to be taken from Brown II, particularly for minorities, is that when it comes to our constitutional rights, it is never a good idea to wait. Justice delayed, when it comes to our constitutional rights, is justice denied. History requires that we dismiss with extreme prejudice any suggestion that we, folks whose fundamental rights have been violated time and time again, wait before we receive justice. Back to the present: On March 15, five days after the majority ruled in Perez, I wrote a letter to State Rep. Cindy Burkett, chairman of the House Committee on Redistricting, asking her to convene a formal meeting of the committee so that we could be briefed by legal counsel on the implications of the ruling and
to schedule hearings immediately regarding the three congressional district maps that were invalidated by the court. I copied Texas House Speaker Joe Straus on the letter. After a week without a reply from either of them, I sent a second letter reiterating my request. As of April 3, 2017, neither of them had answered either letter. The redistricting committee has not held a single meeting or hearing this entire session, actually, despite the fact that taxpayer dollars presumably are being used to pay for a committee staff and to maintain a committee office in the Texas Capitol. Word in the halls of that Capitol is that the House Republican leadership's plan is to wait and see how some related redistricting litigation progresses before acting... With all deliberate speed.
State Rep. Eric Johnson is the representative of Texas’ House District 100, first elected in 2010.
Flat Funding for HBCUs Is a Win My Perspective By Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist)
My job is to promote the interests of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. So naturally I was concerned when I heard earlier this year that the new Trump administration was planning to propose increasing defense spending by $54 billion and slashing nonmilitary spending by an equal amount. That’s when the HBCU presidents, chancellors, and I decided to roll up our sleeves and get to work engaging the Trump Administration and the Republican-controlled 115th Congress to fight and protect our interests. It paid off: In late February, after weeks of meetings and phone
calls with administration officials, more than 70 HBCU leaders and I attended a listening session with top Administration officials, and a dozen returned the next day for a signing ceremony event at the White House, where President Trump signed an executive order recognizing the importance of our institutions. A few weeks later, the administration released its budget blueprint, which called for maintaining federal HBCU spending at current levels. Let me be clear: flat spending for HBCUs in a president’s budget that calls for a 13 percent funding decrease to the Department of Education is a win! It’s clear that this Administration understands the value of HBCUs, which educate nearly 300,000 students a year, award three-quarters of all doctorates earned by African Americans and provided the undergraduate degrees of 80 percent of black federal judges.
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How to Obtain a Mental Illness Warrant mentioned, “I wish you would write something on mental illness. . . in May.” “Sure,” I replied.
My Day By Dr. J. Ester Davis How do you obtain a mental illness warrant? What are the signs? Where do I go? May is Mental Illness Month. And our national statistic today is that one-in-five Americans have some form of mental illness. We cannot continue to ignore these growing numbers. The good news is that mental illness can be treated. In Dallas County, which encompasses 32 cities, the Mental Illness Court Offices are conveniently located downtown. I ran into Judge Margaret Jones-Johnson, Probate Court #3, who oversees the Dallas County Mental Illness Courts, on the steps of the courthouse some months ago. We chatted for a moment and she
On the subject of mental illness, too many suffer in silence. We seriously need a national, broader conversation because we all know someone who has some mental health signs and we still whisper about it.
anxiety, mood, autism, eating and substance use as primary causes. We use terms like bipolar, post traumatic stress, schizophrenia, depression, insomnia, anger, weight gain, frustration, loss of concentration, just to name a few, as long-term causes leading to and stimulating mental disorders. From personal experience, I want to add heredity.
We use terms like bipolar, post traumatic stress, schizophrenia, depression, insomnia, anger, weight gain, frustration, loss of concentration, just to name a few, as long-term causes leading to and stimulating mental disorders. When in reality so many live in darkness day in and day out about a disorder with healing possibilities. Professionals in this industry cite
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Who’s Afraid of a Shrill Conservative? THE LAST WORD By Dr. Julianne Malveaux
The shrill conservative Ann Coulter has made headlines because the University of California, Berkeley, wouldn’t let her speak at the end of April. Invited by college Republicans, her appearance threatened to incite violence, as activists on the left and on the right prepared to either protest or support her appearance. In the end, the University cancelled her appearance, saying it could not guarantee her safety, which has the effect of providing the notorious loudmouth an enlarged platform. National news programs have featured Coulter yammering about the anti-immigration speech she might have given. And credible, national newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post have both covered the issue on its news pages, but also
printed opinion pieces about the disturbing trend of violent protests when conservative speakers – the Manhattan Institute’s Heather McDonald, and Bell Curve author and racist provocateur Charles Murray among them – are invited to campuses. Who’s afraid of a shrill conservative? Liberals shouldn’t be. Sure, people like Ann Coulter deserve to be protested. But they also deserve to be heard. Protest can take many forms. Students who oppose the Coulter blather can peacefully gather outside a venue where she is speaking with picket signs highlighting their points. They can peacefully attend her lecture and attempt to ask questions after her lecture. They can take to community forums – from radio and television to campus newspapers, to articulate their opposition to her views. They can stage counter events – how about a pro-immigration speaker scheduled at exactly the same time as the Coulter lecture, where opposition attendance is exponentially larger than hers. Or, they can simply ignore her presence on campus. Cancelling her appearance gives her more exposure than she deserves. It is also a form of censorship
that cuts both ways. At Claremont McKenna College, police brutality defender Heather McDonald gave her talk via live stream because college administrators feared violence if there was a large audience.
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Protesters banged on the windows in the room where she gave her talk, making it difficult to hear her. How would those of us that support the Black Lives Matter movement respond if BLM leaders were treated the same way McDonald was? And aren’t BLM supporters capable of responding to McDonald’s nonsense? Universities are supposed to be places where minds are opened and ideas are exchanged. If provocative
speakers can’t visit a university, who can? And where better to hear ideas, no matter how offensive, than at a university lecture or forum. I’d not like to have Heather McDonald or Ann Coulter as a commencement speaker. In a celebratory space it would be positively offensive to have students of color be forced to share their big day with those who would implicitly deny their very right to exist. But I see no harm in having folks like McDonald, Coulter, or Murray speak on campus. Indeed, it is perhaps most effective to have them debate some of those who disagree with them. I once had the pleasure of rebutting Charles Murray after one of his Bell Curve talks. This happened more than a decade ago, but I’d like to think I handed his words back to him with aplomb. If the applause meter was any indication, I wiped the stage with him. If my memory serves me right, Murray refused a one-on-one debate proposing, instead, that he would give his talk and I could rebut it. On another occasion, I was initially contracted to debate the anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly. He slithered out of the debate, and even refused to appear
on a panel with me. No matter. I used his printed words as a basis for refuting his flawed arguments against affirmative action. I share these instances not to toot my own horn, but to suggest that when conservatives are intellectually confronted by principled opposition, they often fold. On the other hand, when they don’t even get a chance to talk, they get to play victim to a larger audience. Who’s afraid of shrill shills like Ann Coulter and Heather McDonald? Liberal and progressive students shouldn’t be. Odious conservatives like these should be protested in an orderly way, debated, and debunked. There is no way they should be prevented from speaking. There is nothing frightening about them or their ideas. When they talk, it becomes quite clear that they are wrong, misguided, and narrow-minded. But when they are silenced, their ideas take on an importance that they hardly deserve. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author, and Founder of Economic Education. Her podcast, “It’s Personal with Dr. J” is available on iTunes (https://tinyurl.com/withDrJ). Her latest book “Are We Better Off: Race, Obama and public policy is available via amazon.com. For more info visit www. juliannemalveaux.com
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Emotional Evin Cosby Defends Her Father
A Commentary By Evin Cosby
I am the youngest of five. I remember our family trips and moving to NYC just so we could be closer to my
father as he worked. From the time he worked in Las Vegas to the Cosby show in NYC, he always wanted us to be close, to be a part of his whole life, at home and on stage. I felt loved and remembered loving the moments that my parents shared with us by exposing us to all types of people from all walks of life. We grew up appreciating my father’s success because we knew the prejudice and racism he endured getting to where he got and how hard he worked for our family. Because I loved my childhood, I couldn’t wait to have a family of my own. I have two amazing children who love their grandfather. I already work hard as a single mother, with no full-time help, and with a career
in fashion design, I am lucky that I have supportive friends that I call family because my children and I need that support. The public persecution of my dad, my kids’ grandfather, and the cruelty of the media and those who speak out branding my father a “rapist” without ever knowing the truth and who shame our family and our friends for defending my dad, makes all of this so much worse for my family and my children. When people are so quick to cast hate, and make accusations of horrific violence against my dad, they are callous in their carelessness about the harm they are causing to others. I thought when my brother Ennis was murdered, that was the worst nightmare of all time. It’s so hurtful to this day. I try to block out the day he was killed, but that pain has only worsened in these last years. For some reason, my family’s pain has been a trigger for people to seize upon us harder. On the same day that Ennis was murdered, a woman came out claiming that my father had a “love child.” She was arrested for extortion. She was not my father’s daughter. On the day I gave birth to my son, another women came out, but that
case was dismissed too – the district attorney investigated her claims also and didn’t press charges. Two years ago, and over 10 years later, several women came out. Like the woman from 2005, they claimed to have been raped and drugged. But, like the one from 2005, their
stories didn’t match up. Instead of going through the criminal justice system, these stories never got investigated and just got repeated. They have been accepted as the truth. My dad tried to defend himself. His lawyers tried to defend
him, but they all got sued. People were constantly reaching out to me about why doesn’t your dad say something. I kept saying he’s trying, but the media is only interested in the stories of the women. Friends of ours tried to help, but the media wouldn’t print what they said or knew. Our friends that spoke up were pressured to shut up. No one wanted to print their supportive words. We live in a scandalous country where the more sexualized and provocative the story, the more attention it gets. We get all sorts of mixed up messages in our society. We are told that we have fundamental rights to be innocent until proven guilty. But, if enough people think you are a bad person, you are branded a bad person and the media just reinforces that. My dad, like anyone in this country, deserves to be treated fairly under the law. My dad broke barriers and raised the conscious of America on important topics, especially for the advancement of women. On “The Cosby Show” he only depicted women as smart and accomplished. On “The Cosby Show” and on “A Different World,” he took on then taboo subjects like menstrual cy-
cles and rape, and even did a show on AIDS before anyone else would bring it up. I am his fourth daughter. He raised me to go to college, start my own business, and be my own woman. He is helping me raise my children and teach them family values. I know that my father loves me, loves my sisters and my mother. He loves and respects women. He is not abusive, violent or a rapist. Sure, like many celebrities tempted by opportunity, he had his affairs, but that was between him and my mother. They have worked through it and moved on, and I am glad they did for them and for our family. The harsh and hurtful accusations of things that supposedly happened 40 or 50 years ago, before I was born, in another lifetime, and that have been carelessly repeated as truth without allowing my dad to defend himself and without requiring proof, has punished not just my dad but every one of us. They have punished the talented people who were still earning money and feeding their families from my dad’s shows and work. I am pleased that finally we are seeing the whole picture and seeing cases and claims dismissed from court. I just hope that those who pre-judged my dad are now willing to admit that they were wrong.
Baby Evin Cosby is featured with her family on the cover of Ebony Magazine.
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965
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Dear Alma, One of your recent columns, reminded me of my situation, so, I decided to contact you. I am a military wife and I love my husband. We’ve been happily married for three years. He takes good care of us and is strict with our budget. He makes sure everything is covered and written down and by the 3rd of the month all of our bills are paid. He deployed eight months ago, and of course before he left, he gave me strict instructions to follow regarding our money and the budget, which I have tried to stick with. Since, I have a job and I contribute to our household and I have money left over, as well, I decided to buy a new car. When my husband and I spoke on FaceTime and talked about buying a new car, he was totally against it and thought our old car was good enough. I totally disagreed, so I bought a new car anyway and I love it. He’ll be home next month and I don’t know what to do. How do I tell him we have a new car? New Car, Old Husband Dear New Car, Girl, you better be glad
that I can’t revoke your driver’s license or demand that you pick up trash along the side the road. Umm, this situation is nowhere near last week’s question. You ain’t got nobody sleeping on the couch, so don’t try it. Oh no, don’t move over, I don’t need space, because this right here doesn’t sit well with me at all. When a person is buying a house, what’s most important? Location, location, location. When a person is married, what’s most important? Communication, communication, communication. You’ve got to communicate, before you make a move, especially when it comes to a big purchase. And we ain’t talking about buying a set of pillows, brand new dishes or a set of bath towels. You purchased a car against your husband’s wishes and now you wanna know how to tell him? Well, I don’t think you’ll have to worry about that once you pull up to pick him up, LOL. That’s when your selfish shenanigans will come to light. It seems to me you
can do one of two things. Take it back or display your decision on paper. Your husband sounds like a serious budget man and I ain’t mad at him. Show him the money and where you can save from here and there to cover your monthly payments and insurance coverage. That’s all he wants to see. I know you gotta job and you got extra money, which is what you’re trying to use to justify your behavior, but, uh huh, nah, that won’t cut it.
When it comes to money, your husband must be able to trust you. You and your ego have broken that bond. Unless you bought the Porsche that he’s always dreamed about, it will take a long time for the two of you to recover from this. You might as well try to fit your bottom in a “forgive me please” baby seat, snap that seatbelt on and hold on, because you’re in for a bumpy ride! Al
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