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her own. She is methodical and strategic in her quest best lives. Cecil was driven and he drove the best. It’s to join the ranks of the WNBA, which she boldly tells in their nature to continue to keep their foot on the anyone is her goal. Her father was an entrepreneur pedal and press forward. who demonstrated the same level of determination Cecily recently informed me of a milestone she for success as he built his clientele and gained ac- has accomplished which I have yet to achieve. She claim in the limousine industry. has read the entire Bible! She started this quest June The impact of a father never fades Cecily, the eldest, dreams of being an architect. 2013. Now, June 2016, she has completed the misBy Eva D. Coleman Having completed her freshman year of high school sion. Often times when I’d check on her before going to bed, I’d enter her room to My girls have fond with an admirable quietness and light coming memories of their fa- grade point average, she’s well on her from her lamp shining onto ther. the pages held in her hand. Occasionally, they’ll way to fulfilling this I’d kiss her cheek and she’d bring up something he goal. Long before her freshman year, carry on. I never asked and said or recall a place never knew how far she had where he took them, she researched armade it in her good book. boasting about how chitecture programs around the country, While my girls and I exmuch fun they had. perienced a devastating While Cecil Coleman including the type of chapter in our lives, the plot has been physically degrees and licenses thickens and I know the seabsent from our home necessary, and has quel will be even more reCecil Coleman for nearly five years, narrowed her school warding. his spirit is strongly ever list down to three. If she keeps up her I asked Cecily about her present. end of the deal with takeaway after having finMany were touched by Cecil’s kindness, generosiished the entire Bible and ty, chivalry or huge smile that brightened hearts and grades, etc., I’ll do the Book of Revelation. She even his dark brown skin. However, nothing makes whatever it takes to help her get to one replied by saying, “We just my day brighter than the two girls we share who reof those private inhave to remember that God flect the same characteristics. is in control.� Evana, the youngest, is an avid basketball player. stitutions. My girls have How one handles life She studies the game with such intense concentrabegins with foundation. tion, and I’ve even observed her watching NBA clas- not faltered in any Knowing the true architect sics with players like Wilt Chamberlain and others. way since their faEva, Cecily and Evana Coleman helps you remain grounded. She even watches old advertisements with players ther passed away from With their father, foundation and products, gaining an understanding of endorse- cancer. They’ve mainment deals. This 9 year old does this completely on tained their grades and their drive to live out their was always at the forefront. With me, it remains.
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The Legacy of the Black Power Movement in Dallas, TX
WHAT: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Black Power/ Consciousness Movement WHEN: Saturday, June 18, 2016, 12 PM (Noon) to 3 PM WHERE: Pan African Connection (Bookstore, Art Gallery and Resource Center), 4466 South Marsalis Ave, Dallas (75216) Featuring Enest McMillan Black Power! These words shouted out by Stokely Carmichael (aka, Kwame Toure) on Mississippi highway 51 on June 17, 1966 reverberated in the collective soul of Black America, crystallizing both strength and love. The call led to new goals and redefined
the measures of success, inspiring a new generation of activists who had not The Dallas Black Power Legacy Project’s previously been involved in the civil Commemorative Celebration on June 18, rights movement. It seeks to honor and illusbuilt upon the lestrate that the Black Power sons learned from the Movement was a posisouthern civil rights tive force for social and struggle and called political empowerment for a black consciousfor oppressed people, ness, establishing new and not the destructive independent organizainfluence that has been so tions and institutions often portrayed. that were controlled by black people. It shaped Most important, it will personal transforenable young activists to mations as well as establish working relaErnest McMillan political activism and tionships and communiBack in the day led to the creation of cations with Black Power organizations by those veterans, as well as eduwho never found their place in the civil cate the veterans about the contemporary rights agenda. social justice movement. We hope to forge
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new cooperation and alliances between veteran and contemporary social justice and thus strengthen the work ahead. "Part of our mission is to inform the local community about the radical legacy of the Black Power Movement in Dallas. Former members of SNCC, Black Panther Party, All African People's Revolutionary Party, Black Women's United Front, the Black Star Collective and others will gather to share stories of our struggles and victories on the ground in Dallas Texas. This June 18th celebration features African drumming, spoken word, music and issue-oriented workshops-all which strive to facilitate and encourage the development of mutual support for community enhancement, and new works about the Black Power era.
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Tweens age 10 to 13 years may celebrate the upcoming Olympic Games at the Garland library’s June Tween Scene events. Tweens may participate in one-minute,
2016 Summer Nutrition Program The City of Garland is proud to announce the 2016 Summer Nutrition Program, which provides free meals to children age 1-18 years while school is out for the summer. All meals are free and no registration or proof of income is required. This year’s program will run from June 6-Aug. 5; no meals will be served on July 4. Children are encouraged to visit the sites this summer and discover a new way to have fun! See a list of meal sites at GarlandTx.gov.
Special Programs for Children in June As part of the Summer Reading Program, “On Your Mark, Get Set... Read,” Garland libraries invite kids to sing along with Willy Welch, a children’s entertainer, author, and recording artist who brings songs and stories to schools, churches, day cares, and libraries. Welch will appear at the Central Library, 625 Austin St. See appearance dates for Mr. Welch in the Garland library web portal. Call 972-205-2509 for more information.
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Clinton and Trump point America in two very different directions By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition via George Curry Media
ments. Trump presents himself as an insurgent in the Re- anti-gay and anti-Black reactions. publican Party, but he carries that party's right-wing agenClinton is far more an establishment than a movement da. He thinks climate change is a myth. He's for massive candidate. But she will be supported by and pressed by tax cuts on the wealthy, and for more spending on the mil- the civil rights, women's, environmental, LGBT, union, itary. He has embraced the GOP's race-baiting politics and Latino, pro-democracy and anti-Wall Street movements. carted them to new lows. Sanders was right to run in the Democratic primaries beResidents in the District of He has no program for dealing with inequality. He's cause that is where the reform movement energy gets exColumbia voted in the last pri- built his campaign by pushing off against Hispanics, Mus- pressed. mary on Tuesday. Bernie Sand- lims, women, environmentalists and African-Americans. The choice in direction is clear. Activists have to decide ers vows to make the case to He pledges to tear up the Iran nuclear deal, which would whether it is preferable to fight against a leader supported super delegates that he is the best choice to take on Donald add tensions to the most volatile region of the world. and pushed by the right - even if it means supporting a Trump, as he has every right to do. Trump sounds refreshing in his skepticism about Ameri- candidate they deem less progressive - or to deny their The media has already dubbed Hillary Clinton the ca's failed trade policies and about its interventions across vote to both nominees. presumptive nominee. She has won more votes, more the world. But his answers - that he'd cut a better deal We know the cost of dismay and the power of hope. In pledged delegates and more primaries. Super delegates are postures, not policy. 1960, John F. Kennedy beat Richard Nixon by 112,000 will not overturn the choice of the voters unless the forClinton, in contrast, offers herself as an experienced votes, the margin of our hope. In 1968, Hubert Humphrey mer secretary of state's email scandal gets much worse. reformer who will build on the progress made over the lost to Richard Nixon by 800,000 votes, the margin of our We are headed into a race between Donald Trump and last years, not reverse it. She'll push for strengthening the despair. In 1980, Ronald Reagan won in large part beHillary Clinton. Voting Rights Act, comprehensive immigration reform, cause of Democratic Party divisions over Jimmy Carter. Most attention is focused on their personalities. The equal pay for women and a stronger effort to address cli- In 2008, Barack Obama became the first African-Ameripolls show that Americans feel unfavorably toward both mate change. She'll defend progress made on choice, gay can president on the basis of our hope. of them. Trump calls Clinton "crooked" and has already rights, civil rights and the environment. She favors lifting We're headed into a negative campaign featuring on begun a campaign of personal insults and slurs. Clinton the minimum wage and empowering workers to organize. personal insult and negative attacks. But we're making a calls Trump "unfit temperamentally" for the job and has She celebrates the Iran deal and the Paris agreement on choice about direction. And we should not forget that. highlighted his changing ideas and lack of policy exper- climate. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is founder and president of tise. Trump wants to be seen as a strong outsider. Clinton Trump is far more a Caesar than a movement candidate. wants to be perceived as experienced and responsible. But he will be supported by and pressed by the conserva- the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition. But this election is less a choice about personality than tive movements that drive the Republican right - the Tea You can keep up with his work at www.rainabout direction, less about individuals than about move- Party, the Gun Lobby and the anti-choice, anti-immigrant, bowpush.org ily, but it never crossed her the spring of 2016. mind that she would make When she’s not keeping a career out of it. It wasn’t busy with school, work, or until she stepped foot in an array of extra curricular her high school English activities, Trevizo likes to class that she realized how spend time having fun with EARLINE GADSON much she enjoyed writing her loved ones, including stories. After considering her 4-year-old Chihua9-10-1934 a career as an architect hua-Pug mix Auggie. Throughout her internship Trevizo will 6-10-2014 be covering City Council meetings, School throughout her teenage With the help of her supyears, Trevizo decided the portive family, Trevizo will Boards, Dallas Area life and entertainment right path for her was in be graduating a semester alongside other interns. A social media journalism. early from Texas Tech Uniwith a passion for investigative pieces, she Throughout her college versity in December 2016. will write converging news for the Garland career Trevizo has writAfter graduation she plans JOYCE ANN BROWN Journal and Texas Metro News in print and ten stories for her school’s to eventually move to New online. 2-12-1947award-winning online paper, and created York to pursue a career in print journalism. Trevizo’s love for the written word sparked video content for the school’s television staHer long-term goal is to work for the New 6-13- 2015 long before she realized it was her calling in tion. 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Praise Party with Dareia
By Dareia Tolbert
Soft is the New Power, Deya “Direct” Smith encourages women to tap into their God-given authority, intuition and femininity to experience the ultimate success in love and life. What if everything you thought you understood about communicating with men was wrong? Would you be willing to re-calibrate your thinking to possess the love and life you desire? From the creator of the Man Whisperer Multimedia Series comes the new book Soft is the New Power by Deya “Direct” Smith. Smith shows readers how to return to the organic softness that is feminine power. Many women are losing themselves in an effort to keep up with the male-dominated workplace and the new-age approaches to dating and relationships. Too many successful and ambitious, career-driven women for various reasons tend to use masculine or hard energy to survive or
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succeed, and as a result, not only are they exhausted, but they become hardened in communications. Smith encourages readers to step out of their comfort zones of self-promotion and self-protection and take a stronger, yet softer position to gain what they want. She says women have an innate power to attract amazing relationships through initiative, understanding and acceptance, coupled with the ability to approach life with a soft touch. Knowing how and when to turn on your power, does not negate the need to play hard ball when necessary, but it definitely gives you an advantage in work, play and at home. God made us the softer sex for a reason. Use it to your advantage! Listen to audio interview on www.Dareia Tolbert. com Readers will: •Eliminate the pressure of being ‘on’ constantly; Define and embrace your feminine power; Understand that being soft does not make you weak it makes you wise; Improve communication with men in business and in your personal life; Learn the art of speaking to a man’s heart.
Hillary subjected to different standard on Emails by George E. Curry (George Curry Media Columnist)
In the larger scheme of things, the long-awaited 83-page report on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server by the State Department’s inspector general was no where as damming as the media circus surrounding its release would lead you to believe. Clearly, she made some poor decisions - which she took far too long to acknowledge - and she ignored repeated suggestions that she dump the private server, with one staffer being sternly told not to bring up the subject again. A column in Forbes by Charles Tiefer places the controversy in its proper context. He wrote, “[The report] does not add any new serious charges or adverse facts. And, it shows she was less out of line with her predecessors, notably Colin Powell, than has been charged.” Tierfer continued, “...To the extent that she is criticized because ‘she did not comply with the Department’s policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act,’
the report is making a legal judgment that is not particularly strong. Note how she is not labeled as violating any statute, but rather, a real mouthful of mush ‘the Department’s policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act.’ So we are talking about obscure, dull, bureaucratic policies. Not a criminal statute. Not even a civil statute - just the bureaucratic policies. “A report that says so little new against Clinton, amounts to a vindication.” But you wouldn’t know it by all the “breaking news” stories on cable TV. Or, the newspaper coverage, for that matter. The Washington Post published a blistering editorial under the headline, “Clinton’s inexcusable, willful disregard for the rules.” The editorial began, “Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 has been justifiably criticized as an error of judgment. What the new report from the State Department inspector general makes clear is that it also was not a casual oversight. Ms. Clinton had plenty of warnings to use official government communications methods, so as to make sure that her records were prop-
erly preserved and to minimize cybersecurity risks. She ignored them.” Keep in mind, as CNN observed, “Experts have said it doesn’t appear Clinton violated federal laws.” Let’s contrast that to far more serious misconduct during the George W. Bush administration. In 2007, it was disclosed that the Bush administration had created a private Internet domain called gwb43.com (for George W. Bush, the 43rd U.S. president) on which they were conducting official government business. Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff, reportedly used the private account to conduct 95 percent of his communications, ostensibly political matters forbidden by federal law. The account was controlled by the Republican National Committee. Under federal law, the White House is required to maintain all records pertaining to presidential decision-making. The existence of the server became public when it was discovered that J. Scott Jennings, the White House deputy director of political affairs, had used the account to discuss the firing of one of eight U.S. attorneys dismissed for political reasons. When Democrats took control of Congress and started looking into whether the U.S. attorneys had been fired for purely political reasons, it was announced that as many as 22 million emails may have been “lost” from the priwww.garlandjournal.com
vate gwb43.com server, including nearly all relating to the fired federal attorneys. The media reaction was in sharp contrast to how it has treated the disclosures about Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Media Matters observed, “The White House email story broke on a Wednesday. Yet on that Sunday’s Meet The Press, Face The Nation, and Fox News Sunday, the topic of millions of missing White House emails did not come up. At all. (The story did get covered on ABC’s This Week.) “By comparison, not only did every network Sunday news show this week cover the story about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emails, but they were drowning in commentary. Between Meet the Press, Face The Nation, This Week, and Fox News Sunday, Clinton’s ‘email’ or ‘emails’ were referenced more than 100 times on the programs, according to Nexis transcripts.” It continued, “How did the Washington Post and New York Times commentators deal with the Bush email scandal in the week following the confirmation of the missing messages? In his April 17, 2007 column, Post columnist Eugene Robinson hit the White House hard. But he was the only Post columnist to do so. On the editorial page, the Post cautioned that the story of millions of missing White House emails might not really be a ‘scandal.’ Instead, it was possible, the Post suggested, that Rove and
others simply received ‘sloppy guidance’ regarding email protocol.” In case you missed the point, the watchdog group said, “Just to repeat: In 2007, the story was about millions of missing White House emails that were sought in connection to a Congressional investigation. Yet somehow the archiving of Clinton’s emails today requires exponentially more coverage, and exceedingly more critical coverage.” “Of course, back in 2007 Fox News seemed utterly uninterested in the Bush email story days after the news broke. A search of Fox archives locates only one panel discussion about the story and it featured two guests accusing Democrats of engineering a ‘fishing expedition.’ “From then-Fox co-host, Fred Barnes: “I mean, deleted e-mails, who cares?” No one - unless it involves Hillary Clinton. George E. Curry is President and CEO of George Curry Media, LLC. He is the former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA). He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at twitter.com/currygeorge, George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook, and Periscope. See previous columns at http:// www.georgecurry.com/columns.
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Collin County Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. It was a night to remember. It was simply, elegantly flawless as 16 young ladies took their next step in life as debutantes of the Collin County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The theme of this year’s cotillion was “Exquisite Jewels - Unveiling Intelligence, Beauty and Brilliance and the mistress of ceremony was actress, photographer, author and philanthropist Daphne Maxwell Reid. The Cotillion was the big event after an intense program under the leadership and direction of Ashley Nicole Simmons, who in her message to the debutantes said, “It is with immense pleasure that I watch your presentation this evening. I ask that you magnify the lessons, etiquette and values that you learned through this Cotillion program as you embark upon the journey of life. Never stop learning, never stop improving and strive to be the best you. Continue to be a sponge and absorb all the lessons that are sure to come. Remember that someone is always watching: Ask yourself, ‘What will my legacy be?’” Members LaQuisha Buchanan and Jackie Lane were the Cotillion CoChairs; Lauren Michelle Bridges was the Ladies-in-Waiting Co-Lead; and, Sharon Kindall and Karen White were the Escort Co-Leads. The Collin County Chapter was chartered eight years ago with 59 Sorors in McKinney, TX. Serving in her fourth year as president is Tonyia T. Williams. For eight years the members have presented young ladies and their escorts, as well as their families and loved ones with some of the most memorable and cherished moments of their lives.
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Ali – The Greatest - Round One “What’s My Name?” Quit Playin’ by Vincent Hall
Vincent L. Hall is an author and award winning columnist.
I am the greatest. I said that before I even knew I was.
– Muhammad Ali 1967 was turning to face spring and three impressionable boys were fully engaged. Me, Michael Jackson and Prince were all around eight. James Brown had the three of us dancing to a new smash hit; “Papa’s got a Brand New Bag.” Meanwhile a potent hurricane was predicted for Houston Texas. This “pretty” poet/pugilist selfnamed Muhammad Ali publically rejected his government name, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. Later, I learned that Clay was named for a powerful and prestigious abolitionist. His parents plotted to emblazon destiny on young Cassius’s conscience by naming him for greatness. But Ali realized that he could not call himself “The Greatest” with a carefully selected “slave name.” 1967 was a year of wonderment for me. The Vietnam War was televised and I was petrified that I might someday be drafted. The War, though I studied it intimately and daily, was confusing as I had it proffered to me by Walter Cronkite. If all of Vietnam was a hazardous battleground, what was a “Demilitarized Zone?” So peace is possible, but the body bag business is booming? Nothing made much sense to me after JFK was killed three miles from my front door… Nothing!! I switched channels to find sportscaster Howard Cosell a man whom I admired and trusted for one reason…Cosell defended fully
the rights of the former Cassius Marcellus Clay to be called whatever the hell he wanted. Be leery of the “America the paradise” historians who will whitewash Ali and recast him as some sort of candy-assed, highly celebrated conformist, ready-made for a “Wheaties” box. Ali didn’t earn that coveted cereal-box cameo until 1999, after the Olympic torch. Before Ali became an “acceptable Negro”, most White folks and a lot of Negroes hated him. To this crowd his first names were, uppity, loudmouth, troublemaking and a few other invectives, but they all agreed that his surname was Nigger. From Clay to Ali, he grew up in an environment that was hostile, hurtful and humiliating to his race. Save that Kumbaya ‘ish! Black America’s eyes and ears affixed on Houston Texas. More ears than eyes because televisions were a middle-class luxury. Houston rocketed to fame by landing NASA. Ali’s outspoken arrogance would be tested at the “8th Wonder of the World; The Astrodome.” The Astrodome was the first enclosed football arena and earned Houston a significant amount of tourism.
Muhammad Ali entered the ring intent on delivering a resounding ass-whipping to his opponent and his haters. He paced the ring keeping constant eye contact. He looked at six-foot-six inch Ernie Terrell like he was a midget. During the pre-fight hype, Terrell mocked the name change, currying favor with Whites and Black Christians who despised Ali, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. But watching, I thought Terrell had talked about Ali’s mama. In our community “The Dozens” will get you hurt quickly and seriously; with or without gloves and a protective cup. Throughout the contest I could see Ali constantly mouthing something to Terrell, but couldn’t make it out. Camera angles and close-ups were not nearly as refined then, but Ali allowed him to stay conscious long enough to finish this speech he was spitting. A few days later I learned that the whole while he brutalized Terrell, he was asking him, “What’s my name? What’s my name boy? Terrell finally had to say his name. My middle daughter, Alison was named partially for Ali, because the name Ali means “Greatness” around the world. Ali is “The Greatest” because he named it and claimed it. Ali made Black beautiful and us proud and was the progenitor of a movement. Ali whipped his non-believers and made them acquiesce. Greatness requires bearing the sacrifices that
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come with your beliefs. BTW… What’s your name?
Ali – The Greatest – Round Two – Ali had Heart!
‘I’ve searched the land and found this David, son of Jesse. He’s a man whose heart beats to my heart.’ Acts 13:22 The sacred pages of the Qur’an call King David a prophet. There are Torah experts arguing for and against the notion that David was Jewish. But the Bible sets King David apart and sets the stage for this column very simply; David was a man after God’s own heart. Muhammad Ali had heart and God must have been pleased. Stocking contemporary commentary with anything religious is
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dangerous. But I could not parse, parallel or pontificate on Muhammad Ali without taking a biblical text. Ali’s heart was directed by what I call the “Extra-celestial.” In the Hall dictionary, extra-celestial translates as a forceful movement of God. God will make you fight even when you don’t know how or if you can win. Ali, like David, faced menacing, stiff-necked, Philistines akin to Goliath. The old Black Preacher conjectured that David chose five smooth stones and his slingshot because he heard Goliath had four brothers. Ali, like David, learned to fight with precision early on. Young Cassius had his $65 Schwinn bicycle stolen. Clay’s mentor, officer Joe Martin, who mastered “community policing”, set him on a path of self-discipline and self-defense. Ali, like shepherd boy David, was deemed “least likely to succeed.” Cassius was born and immersed into segregation and second-class citizenship. His life expectancy and expectations were marginalized. Ali’s affiliation with the Nation of Islam earned him even more scorn and suspicion. But when millions of White college students couldn’t convince America that the Vietnam War was wrong, Ali sacrificed all he had and more than he could afford. Ali thought and fought from his heart.
Ali, like David was passionate about everything in life and beautiful women were a shared weakness. According to civil rights leader, Reverend Dr. Wyatt T. Walker, one night when the A/C broke down in his palace, King David peeped over onto a balcony and was “slayed” by the “shimmering figure” of Bathsheba. She was moon-bathing on the roof of the military barracks nearby. David’s passion led him
Ali had a similar experience after being captivated by a “fine brown frame” and future wife; Veronica Porsche. Ali prominently and preemptively introduced Porsche as his bride, much to the surprise and chagrin of a wife who nurtured their four children. Martial artist Khalilah Ali, like Uriah, became a caustic casualty when lust turned to love. (I told y’all I wasn’t whitewash-
to have his favorite general and Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah, killed in battle.
ing Ali! The news ain’t that Ali fell down; the news is that he never stayed down! Ali, like David was a
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lover and a fighter!) Muhammad Ali was to boxing what David was to songwriting. (Bible thumpers know that David penned the Psalms). Sportswriter Kelsey McCarson put it this way. “Muhammad Ali was arguably the most influential and revered figure in American sports history. Sure, Babe Ruth was great, Michael Jordan was amazing and Jim Brown was, too. But Ali was so much more. Ali was “The Greatest.” In order to fully comprehend the significance of “heart”, imagine other “great athletes” with Ali’s heart. Envision Michael Jordan having the love and conviction for humanity that he has for golf, cigars and “Becky with the good hair.” Or picture Tiger Woods sinking the notion that he is anything other than a proud Negro, with all rights and responsibilities thereto appertaining. Social activist Jim Brown, like Ali proves that “success” without heart is just a shallow, self-serving, sham. Muhammad Ali’s heart initially cost him the love of the “up and in”; but he became the undisputed champion of the multitudinous “down and out.” In my opinion, Ali, Like David was a man after God’s own heart. Editor’s Note: Log onto www.muhammadali.com and order your Ali memorabilia. Photos featured are available on www. muhammadali.com
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BLACKONOMICS by James Clingman
via George Curry Media Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, is the nation’s most prolific writer on economic empowerment for Black people. He can be reached through his website, blackonomics.com.
“Where you been, boy?” When I heard those words in June 1966, I knew I was going to have rough time in the U.S. Navy. My immediate reply to that Petty Officer was, “Who are you calling a boy? I am a man!” I was 21-years-old, already an angry Black man who experienced separate bathrooms, water fountains, restaurants at Greyhound bus stops that had “Coloreds served round back” signs posted on their front doors, and having to sit in the balcony of the local theater in Winston-Salem, N.C. during my two years of high school there. I was already angry about Medgar Evers, Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney, and Malcolm X. So I knew at that very moment I was called a “boy” by this southern White guy, I would be a marked man on that ship because of my belligerence and unwillingness to go along to get along. Ten months later, when Muhammad Ali refused to step forward to be drafted, I took a step up, got on his shoulders and have been there ever since. My view
Muhammad Ali -- The Legacy from that perch has given me the spirit, the drive, the commitment, and the dedication to do what I have done for decades now. His example gave me the audacity and temerity to stand before anyone, White, Black or otherwise, to state my case and stand my ground. A backbone is much stronger than a wishbone. Ali had backbone, and he passed it on to me without ever knowing it. Ali and those few athletes who stood with him were giants in a land of cowering, timid, “yessah” men. He was bold, brash, brave, and brutal in his in-yourface assessment of society’s ills. Ali was the personification of dreams, the realization of hopes, and the culmination of victory, with his fists as well as his voice, which could only be silenced by Parkinson’s disease. His impact on my life has lasted for 50 years, and will continue until I die. When they stripped him of his title and took away his right to earn a living, I became even angrier at the government for such a gross injustice. Years later, watching him fight the daily rounds of his real “Fight of the Century,” against such a relentless opponent as Parkinson’s, my commitment to help others grew even stronger.
Now that I am in the fight of my life, against my greatest opponent, ALS, which is similar to Parkinson’s in some ways. I think about Muhammad Ali often; I think about his children, especially his “Little Girl” Laila, in the same vein I think about my daughter, Kiah. And I pray that I will be strong like he was until the end. Ali’s strength made me a better person; I have the courage of my convictions and the fearless sacrificial mindset of that man among men. In today’s society of “make money without making waves,” prominent athletes should learn from Ali. It was not enough to wear hoodies when Trayvon was killed, not enough to turn shirts inside out and throw them on the basketball court in response to a racist franchise owner, not enough to wear “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts after Eric Garner was choked to death, not enough to stand in front of the Walmart where John Crawford was killed for checking out a BB Gun, not enough just to voice outrage after Sandra Bland died inside a jail cell despite not committing a crime, and not enough to say, “I haven’t really been on top of this issue,” when 12-year-old Tamir Rice was executed for carrying a toy gun in the “Open Carry” State of Ohio. Empty gestures are temporary and cause no real changes.
It’s easier to speak highly of Muhammad Ali than it is to do what he did. I am proud to say that I did what he did, and will continue. I am reminded of the following quote from a Village Voice article titled, “Compa$$ionate Capitali$m” by Ta-Nehisi Coates: “Forty years [after his death], it’s easy to quote Malcolm and put him on a postage stamp - now that we’ve killed him. Martin Luther King Jr. was ultimately abandoned by the civil rights establishment for his stand against poverty and war. Today he has a national holiday, and even conservatives have to honor him now that he’s no longer here to shame them. Ditto for the Black Panthers. Everybody says their dad wore a black beret - now that J. Edgar Hoover isn’t alive to tap their phones. “Progressive vision almost always lacks mass appeal. While possibly enjoying a bit of rebellious sheen, prophetic insight is decidedly uncool; it involves the sacrifice of family livelihoods, the sullying of reputations, and, at worst, death. Only the afterglow is romantic. Everybody says they would have fought with Nat Turner - now that none of us are slaves.”
Go Sweetly Muhammad Ali FROM THE HILL by Congresswoman
Eddie Bernice Johnson With the passing of the larger than life sports personality, Muhammad Ali, the world has lost more than a great boxing champion. We have lost a remarkable human-being whose life was laced with courage, dignity and grace. While his athletic talents had long since passed, his face was recognized on every continent in the world, from the largest cities to the smallest villages. He was more than a citizen of a single country. He was, in fact, a citizen of the world. The meaning and dimensions of his life have helped to shape the very mosaic of the 21st century. His inner light illuminated the hearts, the minds, and the souls of men, women and children the world over. He lived a transformational life with vision at its core. Muhammad Ali once said that a person who views the world at 50-years of age
the same as they did at 20-years of age has wasted 30 years of life. He was a wise and purposeful man, a son of the South, who rose to the pinnacle of a sport that brought him fame and wealth. Despite his success it appeared that he was in pursuit of something else, something far more valuable than money, fame, regular mention in the headlines of newspapers or a gallery of friends. He often said that those who are not “courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” The risks that he took inside and out of the boxing ring were numerous, from refusing to enter the draft for the Vietnam War which caused him to be stripped of his title and banned from boxing while in his prime, to exposing his body to more than 20,000 punches from his opponents throughout his historic career.
During the course of his life, Muhammad Ali struggled with the direction of his nation, and some of its citizens struggled with him. Yet, as time passed and his compassion for others and his battle for social and economic justice emerged, he became a national and international hero. We may never see the likes of Muhammad Ali again. Yet we must never forget all that he stood for, and the manner in which he engaged us and the world. I am grateful that he chose to live and work amongst us as he did. We are a better people, a better nation, and a better world because of the life and influence of Muhammad Ali.
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Stanley Almodovar III (23), Amanda Alvear (25), Oscar Aracena (26), Rodolfo Ayala (33), Antonio Davon Brown (29), Darryl R. Burt II (29), Jonathan Camuy (24), Angel Luis Candelario-Padro (28), Omar Capo (20), Simon Carrillo (31), Luis Daniel Conde (39), Cory James Connell (21), Tevin Eugene Crosby (25), Anthony Luis Laureano Disla (25), Deonka Deidra Drayton (32), Leroy Valentin Fernandez (25), Mercedez Marisol Flores (26), Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz (22), Juan Ramon Guerrero (22), Paul Terrell Henry (41), Frankie Hernandez (27), Miguel Angel Honorato (30), Jimmy De Jesús (50), Javier Jorge-Reyes (40), Jason Benjamin Josaphat (19), Eddie Jamoldroy Justice (30), Christopher Leinonen (32), Alejandro Barrios Martinez (21), Juan Chavez Martinez (25), Brenda Lee Marquez McCool (49), Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez (25), Kimberly Morris (37), Akyra Murray (18), Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez (25), Joel Rayon Paniagua (31), Jean Carlos Mendez Perez (35), Enrique L. Rios (25), Eric Ivan Ortiz Rivera (36), Jean Carlos Nieves Rodriguez (27), Xavier Emmanúel Serrano Rosado (35), Christopher Sanfeliz (24), Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan (24), Edward Sotomayor Jr. (34), Shane Evan Tomlinson (33), Martin Benitez Torres (33), Juan P. Rivera Velazquez (37), Luis Vielma (22), Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon (37), Jerald Arthur Wright (31). These are the names of the 49 people killed in the Orlando attacks over the weekend, which has quickly become one of the deadliest mass shooting in the United States. The tragedy happened at around 2 a.m. when Omar Mateen, the shooter, began a three-hour shooting rampage and hostage siege at Pulse, a local gay club. Armed with an assault gun and a handgun, the lone shooter’s spree ultimately ended when a SWAT team gunned him down. Some suspected the shooting to be a hate crime, since Mateen’s father, Mir Seddique, claimed that Omar had become enraged after seeing two men kissing in downtown Miami. Seddique claimed that he believed that was part of his son’s motive. “I apologize for what my son did,” Seddique told NBC News. “I don’t know why he did it. He is dead, so I can’t ask him. I wish I knew.” However, as reported by CNN late Sunday, Mateen had made a call to 911 during the attack, pledging his allegiance to the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But there is no evidence that Mateen was in communications with the terrorist group, let alone that the group even knew of his existence. But shortly after, Amaq, an ISIS news agency, claimed to be responsible for the murders.
“The armed attack that targeted a gay family members is indicative.” night club in the city of Orlando in the Friends, club employees, and classmates American state of Florida which left over told ABC News that Mateen was a regular 100 people dead or injured was carried out patron of gay clubs for years. by an Islamic State fighter,” read the Amaq 71-year-old James Van Horn, a frequent statement. visitor to Pulse said, “Sometime he would However, U.S. intelligent officials think be there for a few weeks at a time and the group is just claiming responsibility to maybe on the weekends and then you make up ground for recent losses in Iraq wouldn’t see him for a little while, then and Syria. you’d see him again.” “The fact that a website connected to Chris Callen, a performer at Pulse, didn’t [ISIS] applauded it doesn’t mean anythink Mateen seemed homophobic. thing,” said the official. “They are losing “He seemed really warm,” Callen said. on their home turf, and it’s not surprising Pulse head of security Estella Peterkin if they’re looking for some kind of twisted claimed she had to kick Mateen out a victory.” couple of times for bad behavior. The 29-year-old Mateen was born in Others, such as Florida resident Kevin New York and has lived in Florida for the West, claim that Mateen would use gay past decade. dating apps to contact them. In 2006, he filed a petition to have his “He was asking… what clubs are popname legally changed ping and things of that from Omar Mir Sedsort,” West said. dique to Omar Mir This behavior seems Smith Chapel African Methodist Seddique Mateen. to go at odds with how Episcopal Church of Dallas Texas will Federal agents interYusufiy claimed that hold a prayer vigil for the victims of Mateen felt toward the viewed him twice in the Orlando Florida terror attack on gay community. 2013 after co-workers claimed that he had “He would express Wednesday June 15, 2016 at 7:30 made inappropriate his anger towards [a] pm this prayer vigil is open to the comments to them certain culture, hopublic please use social media to about radical Islam promosexuality, because share this event. For more informa- in… Islamic culture, it paganda. One of those tion please call the church office at is really not tolerated,” ex-coworkers, Daniel Gilroy, told NBC News 214-948-9482 Dr. C Dennis Williams Yusufiy said. “I know at that Mateen was racist, the time he was trying is the Senior Pastor. belligerent, and “toxic.” to get his life straight “He was scary in a conand follow his faith.” cerning way,” Gilroy said. “And it wasn’t With access to his cell phone and the at times; it was all the time. He had anger cooperation of his current wife, Noor Mamanagement issues. Something would set teen, more information is surfacing about him off, but the things that would set him Mateen, his habits and behaviors. off were always women, race or religion.” Noor is allegedly providing key informaThe FBI investigated him again in 2014 tion to investigators, senior counter-terbecause of his connection with an Amerrorism official told ABC News. ican who traveled to the Middle East to Now, in the aftermath of the incident, become a suicide bomber. the safety of citizens is in question. Mateen’s ex-wife, Sitora Yusufiy, told “Texas is likely the next place to get reporters that Mateen would beat her and targeted, so of course I’m scared,” Michiwas prone to violent behavior. gan-born Quantez Lawson, 28, said. “We “When he got his tempers, he would need some sort of gun control because express hate toward everything,” Yusufiy there has been more incidents since it’s said. been free to open carry.” The marriage, which was consummated The argument of gun control is comin 2009, lasted only a couple of months manding a larger presence in society’s until her parents came to take her away issues. “Tragically, news reports about and the couple officially divorced in 2011. mass gun violence have become a constant presence in our everyday lives,” About Omar Mateen Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, said. “This attack reiterates the need for Firearms and Explosives announced that our country to fundamentally rethink the Mateen had bought the firearms legally gun culture and the laws that surround it within the last week. in America. When one man, with a history Florida Representative Alan Grayson of domestic abuse and mental illness, is believes the shooting was ideologically able to buy a gun, murder 49 people and motivated, claiming, “The nationality of injure more than 50 others, it highlights www.garlandjournal.com
the deficiencies in our current system. We must not continue to send condolences to the countless victims of violence without doing everything in our power to prevent more families and communities from suffering from this kind of senseless violence. We must act now to end mass shootings in our country.” Open carry laws have also come into question. “I wasn’t excited about open carry when they announced it,” said Irving resident Vanessa Izquierdo, 20. “I think there should be more banning because right now we’re fighting fire with fire and it’s not a good idea.” For some the incident has made them angry. “I'm mad and angry and done with people who keep defending gun laws that allowed this to happen,” Austin resident Cy Zamanian, 20, said. “We've been down this path several time, just in the past year, and still nothing has changed. And as a country we will continue to do nothing. Because if we weren't going to do anything about children being killed in their own school, our country sure as hell isn't going to do anything about LGBT community members being killed, because it's still clear that a good chunk of our country doesn't see them as equals.” But some people do feel safe around the large amount of guns owned in Texas. “You can’t take guns away from this culture because it’s embedded in this culture,” Mexico-born Victor Villanueva, 20, said. “Texas owns a quarter of the guns in the world, so I feel pretty safe knowing someone in here has a gun that could stop an event.” But at the end of the day the event still has tragic consequences. “Honestly it kills me to see that happen in the world,” Lewisville native Juan Chavez, 22, said. “The killers will never understand that the people's lives they took had families that cared and loved them and can no longer be with them. It isn't fair in the slightest. Why should the families be punished for this? I just hope that one day all this hate and killing sprees stop.” Now the country, and much of the world, sits and waits with Orlando and consoles them in their time of need as they wait for change to happen. "I offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of those who were impacted by today's senseless violence in Orlando,” Texas Senator Rodney Ellis said. “More than ever, it is clear that hate can kill. All of us have a responsibility to join together in a unified response against hatred directed at any group - whether it's because of what you look like, where you were born, or who you love."
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My Day - Ali and Dallas MY DAY
Before you what ~ know your why? Ask Alma:
By Dr. J. Ester Davis
by Alma Gill
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Muhammad Ali created and lived the “Audacity of Hope” decades before Barack Obama published his thoughts on reclaiming the American dream, making it a number one New York Times bestseller. He channeled his thoughts into sweeping poetry. Muhammad Ali was the perfect Drum Major for James Brown’s “I’m Black and I’m Proud.” In the book, “Having Our Say” by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany, the sisters confronted the days of Jim Crow, as the rose to professional prominence, middle class status, during the Harlem heyday. I think they would say Muhammad Ali carried their message to world class status, just beautifully. The greatest athlete of all times and the world’s greatest self-ordained ambassador for racial respect came to Dallas several times. Most people remember his ever present voice on the black radio shows and visiting college campuses. I met Ali the first time in 1974. I was the pageant director for the Miss Black Dallas Pageant and at the time, advisory member for the Miss Black America and Miss Black USA Pageants. The 1974 pageant was historic because we had pageant queens in from Colorado, California and Florida. I n the 70’s we had these pageants in every major American city with large audiences, major contributors, celebrities, advertisers and supporters. After Muhammad Ali died last week, Saundra Lohr, Miss Black Dallas 1974, posted a memoir on Facebook and we talked. After catching up, I started looking for the stack of souvenir books I
had somewhere. Going about my day this week, I started talking to people, both young and old, about Muhammad Ali. At the service station, I casually asked this lady attendant about Ali. She immediately lighted up and said “I talked to him on the phone once. . . when I was 13 years old.” Of course, I had to hear the rest of the story. She was a student at Oliver W. Holmes, recuperating from a broken leg and listening to the “Tom Joyner Show.” Every day she called in to the “Tom Joyner Show.”. Well, this particular day Tom Joyner’s guest was Muhammad Ali. Tom Joyner allowed her to talk to Muhammad Ali. She still had every word recorded in her memory bank and the excitement in her voice was as though it happened yesterday. This story is significant and is the root cause of Muhammad Ali’s greatest. He could walk and talk with kings and queens, politicIans and filmmakers, adversaries and haters, promotors and Indian Chiefs, CEOs and COOs and still not lose the common touch with everyday people. The other significant sentiment I heard from my community survey was, “I think I admired him more after his fighting career.” This accounting of Muhammad Ali centered around his openness to display his illness. His courage and bravery in and out of the ‘center ring’ will live forever in the hearts of his world fan club. He was indeed. . . the greatest. www.esterday.com
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Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysaskalma@gmail.com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and Twitter @almaaskalma.
Dear Alma, I’ve been married for over 10 years and I’m very happy with my husband and two kids. My husband is very kind to me. My kids are very well behaved and we have a good life. Before I got married I was in love with a man who said he would never get married and he didn’t want any kids. I always hoped that he didn’t mean that and would marry me but he never did. After more than a year and a half, we broke it off and I met my husband and got married. After I got married I would see him from time to time and he stayed in touch with my brother. When he and my brother would go out, he would always ask about me to see how I was doing. Recently my brother told me that he said he should have married me. I know you’re gonna think I’m crazy but I can’t stop thinking about him. I think we need to have a conversation because I have so much I want to say to him. I am trying to figure out my best option. I could email him or reach out on Facebook. I was thinking I could ask him to meet me. How
should I contact him in a way that’s the most respectful? -unsigned Dear Unsigned, Excuse me, did you say respectful? What exactly is respectful about a married woman trying to reconnect with an ex? Because that’s basically all you’re trying to do. You wanna know how I know – cause I thought the same thing. And when I did, I asked my BFF Neasy about it. Yep, I wanted to contact my old “here he comes, I can’t breathe” high school crush named Poopie. Girl, it was a crush like no other, LOL. Like you, I was happily married, life was good, and all I wanted to do is let him know just how much I truly loved him. I did my best explaining and exasperating my heart and soul to Neasy and you know what she asked me: Why? Yep, just that simple. So now I’m asking you. Why? What if he misunderstands your actions? Is it worth your marriage, the love of your husband, the happiness of your children? If he wanted to marry you, he would have. Ain’t no truth in shoud-
da, cudda, wudda. Stop romanticizing over what you wish could have happen and live in what is happening. What is happening is that you have a loving husband and father to your children. If circumstances were the other way around and your husband wanted to have a conversation with an ex, girl pleez, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. You’d be accusing him of all kinds of disrespect! Turn your twinkle toes towards what’s real and watch the video, live version of Whitney Houston, “All the Man I Need” and fall back in fabulous love with your husband. My favorite is the one with her in a beautiful red gown, Kirk Whalum’s on the sax. It’s the concert she did for our troops. Girl, rewind it two or three times if you need to. All the romance and attention you’re looking for is already living inside your home. You just need to breathe new life into it. Let that other man go, that conversation and action of sharing words, just isn’t worth the risk of losing your happy home. I never contacted Poopie and I’m perfectly fine with that decision. Give it some time and you will be, too. If not, go find a BFF you can confide in, who’ll keep you on track named Neasy! Alma
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So Now You Perfect, Right? us is highly unlikely; that falling and failing but to the Christian are inevitable. Getting attempting to obey the up, however, is not. Word, it is mandatory. Now I’m told, if you “For whoever exalts ask the Holy Spirit for by James A. Washington himself will be humbled a helping hand, you’re and whoever humbles very likely to get one. himself will be exalted.” It’s that God is a Matthew 23:12. God of another chance From everything I’ve there are countless Now I happen to thing. I believe this read and been told, you references to living, think this is serious because I’ve blown so should never expect that or trying to live a life you can live a perfect devoid of ego and pride. stuff. The only way to many opportunities to life. Flaws, faults, Paul actually says adhere to any of it is to demonstrate humility, mistakes and miscues humility is required look deep inside one’s but yet the blessings still are inevitable and for the presence of the self and acknowledge come my way. Hell, I woke up this cannot be avoided no Holy Spirit. “But the the personal character matter how hard you try. fruit of the spirit is love, flaws that we each have. morning. The least I can do is God lets us know joy, peace, patience, I think this is the reason through the sacrifice of kindness, goodness, Christ said, “He who is show up in church on Jesus Christ, that how we faithfulness, gentleness without sin, cast the first Sunday to let others know this is a place handle our imperfection and self control…since stone.” Once you see the real to come and bring an is as important as we live by the Spirit, let acknowledging that we us keep in step with the you, real forgiveness imperfect life in search must follow. Who would of the perfect truth. have them. My spiritual Spirit. imagination allows me Flaws and all, God Let us not become dare be so arrogant and to consider humility as conceited, provoking not humble himself in loves me and every an essential ingredient and envying each other.” the eyes of God by not now and then I need of any Christian’s make Galatians 5:22-26. I forgiving his fellow to be reminded of that. up. don’t know about you man’s transgressions? Church is a good, if not A humble person but conditioning myself God did for you and me. the best, place where That brings me to the that can happen. would never look down to live humbly out of role of the church. If upon or turn a nose up habit can be difficult, if The challenge is there was ever a place to remember you can to anyone and certainly not impossible for the would not think of world in which we live. where the concept of never feel comfortable themselves as superior Ours is a world that forgiveness should be about casting that first to another human being. measures the substance guaranteed, it’s the stone, ever. The reason, again I of a person by the church. May God bless and But we all know the keep you always. imagine, must be that accumulation of money, he or she recognizes things, position and church is far from a perfect place. The key (214) 514-9553 or and subscribes to that status. Resume: raylcarr@yahoo.com, old saying, “…there but To acquire a humble to all of this is what for the grace of God, go state of mind as a matter happens after you fall, I…” of course to many of after you sin, after you back slide; remember Throughout the bible
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Business has been even busier than it normally is the business formerly known as Black Jack Pizza after it was revealed that the co-owner, Dorothy Jones received a cease and desist letter from BlackJack Pizza Enterprises, threatening her business with legal action. The Colorado-based company with over 40 locations in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and Montana says if the Joneses don’t stop using any resemblance to the name they trademarked in 1987--three years before the Jones’ restaurant came on the scene, there would be consequences. A clearly emotional Mrs. Jones talked about how it didn’t seem fair that a name she had used almost three decades was being stripped from her business. As she talked about how she and her son started the company to provide pizza to an area that was overlooked by major chains, Mrs. Jones said she didn’t want to change the name. “I feel like it will hurt my business because people will think that we have sold it,” she said. “People are used to seeing us here!” And that was the dream that son Terry said he had when he first approached her about opening a restau-
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