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Message to the People...

Cheryl Smith

Juneteenth Resolution 15

Don’t Believe the Hype 30 14-year-old Emmett Till

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JOHNSON: m

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

Eddie Bernice Johnson represents Texas’ 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first registered nurse elected to the US Congress.

GOVERNOR SIGNS HAIR BRAIDING DEREGULATION BILL AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2717 into law today deregulating hair braiding for the Texas barbering and cosmetology professions.

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) Executive Director, William Kuntz, states, “We consistently review programs and licenses under our management to determine if continued licensure is needed. In alignment with Governor Abbott’s vision of limited government and less regulation the agency identified hair braiding as one of its strategic initiatives to downsize government for 2015. This an example of the Department’s focus on Smaller, Smarter Government.”

Individuals and instructors who only provide or teach hair braiding and specialty shops that solely provide hair braiding services are no longer required to hold a license.

But, individuals

"Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives. As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out with each other just because we believe in different methods, or tactics, or strategy. We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as free humans in this society."

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HALL: Fight The Power Again!!!

I can't play my music They say my music's too loud I kept talkin about it I got the big run around When I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground With all this bullshit going down – The Isley Brothers 1975 It's Black Music Month and a substantial reason we celebrate our music has been for its a b i l i t y t o t e l l o u r s t o r y.

However, Black Music at its best is an active and unyielding call for revolution and justice.

So much so that we have two “Fight the Power” Anthems, two generations apart.

And don't get it twisted; Revolution music makes a lot of difference. The other day as I sat in my “Four cornered room” (War), I had to ask myself “ W h a t 's going on” (Marvin Gaye). Just then I saw the second Brandon Brooks video and I knew that the time was at hand to “Fight the Power.”

To those of you who don't know Brandon Brooks, he is the 15-year-old White student who filmed the original seven minutes of video. Beyond that, he did a ver y sober and contemplative interview that basically closed the case.

Brandon testifies that he and his black friends were doing nothing wrong, and that the treatment that he received was radically different from that of the black children. Case closed.

The fact that this happened in McKinney threw me. Some of us knew a bit about Mc K i n n e y ’s p a s t a n d h o w

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Quit Playin’

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

progressive their city leaders a n d Po l i c e D e p a r t m e n t appeared to be. Commissioner John Wiley Price, my friend and fellow “Warrior”reminded me that McKinney had run out a police chief with whom we had several bad encounters with during our 15 years of protesting. McKinney did not tolerate him.

It is obvious that the actions of Corporal Brian Casebolt were an aberration. We cannot paint McKinney PD with a broad brush.

There were 12 officers there and only one acted erratic. And

two of them at least, were trying to talk Casebolt down.

As a father of three beautiful girls, I was sick and filled with angst watching the videotaped assault of Dajerria Becton.

“Silver and Gold” (Kirk Franklin) have we none, but the one thing that any father wants to guarantee his children is protection.

This young child was violated and the community was as well.

And I don’t mean the Black community, I mean everybody.

However, these images are probably more difficult for men than for women.

Generally, men in our society react to evils and injustices of the sort, with a mind to combat or compensate violence with violence quickly. That's what made Dr. Martin Luther King so great.

We know that in his heart he t h o r o u g h l y a n d i n t i m a te l y understood the violent vociferations of Malcolm X. K i n g ’s non-violence movement, rooted in biblical teachings and the theory of passive resistance would not allow an “Eye for an Eye.” Eventually, even Malcolm X was forced to relent on some f his most celebrated preachments.

Fi g h t i n g t h e p o w e r w i t h finesse and faith is a lesson that we need to hold fast to right now.

Po l i c e brutality and misconduct have become an undeclared national disaster.

Question: Is racially motivated police brutality a “hate crime” that should be prosecuted according to state statutes?

Hmmm….

If White kids were being gunned down, stunned gunned, or mistreated in the numbers and patterns we have seen lately, the hue and cry of the United S t a te s C o n g r e s s w o u l d b e deafening.

Black Music reminds us that we have an ongoing responsibility to Fight the Power!!

Got to give us what we want Gotta give us what we need Our freedom of speech is freedom or death We got to fight the powers that be!

–Public Enemy, 1989

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Ask Alma...Deciding to Move On Dear Alma, I have been with this person for six years, and we’ve had our up and downs, like any relationship.

We are living apart but he still wants us to keep our friendship. I don’t, because he needs to get himself together financially and m e n t a l l y. B a s i c a l l y, I f e e l i f someone truly loves you they will do whatever it takes to be with the person.

He’s just not moving fast enough for me. I do love him and want to be with him, but I can’t wait any longer. Now my problem is trying to move on and forget him. What’s the best way to handle this?

Six is the magic number. So you’ve been with him for six years.

You guys don’t live together; you aren’t engaged, and he needs to get it together. He wants to continue a “friendship,” but you want more, and since he hasn’t obliged, you’re ready to move on.

Ask Alma

Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans over 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Po s t .

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First, I applaud you for making the decision to break it off, redefine, redirect and find your joy.

Some people stay in an unfulfilled relationship for the sake of being in a relationship, and that’s never a healthy decision.

Truth be told, let’s give him credit a friendship is all that he wants, and a friendship is all that he has to offer – to you.

You, on the other hand, have decided that’s not enough, and that’s okay. You know you better than anyone else. By making the decision to break it off and move on in your mind, all you need now is for your heart to catch on. That ol’ heart always takes a little more

time with this sorta thing, doesn’t it?

While working through the heartache, keep in mind – after a break-up, we think…and ponder… and reminisce…about how we wish it could have been. I call that the coulda, shoulda, woulda stage.

Since you will be thinking about it, for a little while anyway, put yourself on the path of thinking about the real idealof what’s been happening for the past six years.

Write it down. That way, you can recall and reread what really happened and how it made you feel.

Now, the next step toward moving on – take the time to

refuel. I’d suggest focusing on what brings you strength.

If there’s a particular minister or motivational speaker you like, listen to them, every day. If you like to walk, run, dance, workout, swim, do that for yourself – every day – or as much as you can.

Download your best pick-me-up songs on your iPod, and listen to them. Hum along and take it all in.

Let’s imagine you’re preparing to take a long road trip. Close your eyes, see yourself at a gas station; you’re filling up your tank – a red sports car, I hope, LOL. Do the same for your heart – refuel. Keep busy, find a new hobby. How about volunteering at church, with the elderly, a charity, or with kids? Take the focus off him and focus on you.

Use this time to allow yourself to work on being the best person you can be who without a doubt is taking the time to live her life to the fullest. You can do it!

WASHINGTON: Mr. Temptation and Ms. Test Spiritual Speaking

By James Washington

These days it’s easy pretty easy to get down in the dumps about your particular situation or circumstance even if you’re a devout Christian.

Being a Christian does not guarantee a life void of trial and tribulation.

As a matter of fact, being a Christian is tantamount to sending VIP invitations to Mr. Temptation and Ms. Test.

The small but important point I’m making is not about anything other than what I believe is the key to getting through it all and maintaining a sense of inner peace that God is always in your life.

No matter the situation, He will never abandon you regardless of how lonely life gets or appears to be.

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I liken it to pushing a huge rock uphill.

On many a day that rock becomes a boulder and that hill transforms into a very steep and treacherous mountain.

At these times, one must recognize that were it not for God’s presence in your life, that rock would push you and the hill would turn to quicksand. It’s all in your attitude.

I admit it’s easy to get down when you are a believer. But because you’re a believer, it should impossible to stay down. I went to two different churches recently where members were allowed to give testimony and request prayer.

One was very large and high tech and those who spoke of their real life journeys to Christ by

concluding that “Jesus is more than a story.”

Each testimony of Christ’s reality in changing a life forced me to rethink my own situation and conclude, I have no right to be down.

Heaven, I’m blessed.

In the other much smaller and more intimate church, member after member told stories of specific trials and tests and the need for prayer; f rom famil y situations in which a six month old died prematurely and a seven-yearold from cancer, to a person so allergic to life that the smell of perfume would cause excruciating pain and a life of seclusion.

I have no right to be down.

Heaven I’m blessed.

I pass these stories along because in all instances the people involved found a way to cope, to live, to survive. Remember every testimony was relayed in church as an acknowledgement of the power and love of the Lord through whom all blessings flow.

Every story was an entreaty for prayer and a profession of faith.

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Real Christians…real life…the real world.

I just thought I’d take this opportunity to let you know that my real world, no matter how messed up can be and has been, is never as bad as it could be without the love of the Lord in my heart, the faith of Jesus Christ in spirit and the invitation to the Holy Spirit to ride shotgun with me wherever I go.

I don’t have room to insert Psalm 23 here but read it today.

Look around your valley of death and fear no evil. Bathe in the grace of God. As the kids say, ‘you better recognize.’ Recognize and be blessed.

This I ask for you in Jesus’ name.

May God bless and keep you always.

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Gospel music expert lists 11 most influential Black Gospel Songs WACO, Texas – Robert F. Darden, professor in Baylor University’s department of journalism, public relations and new media, and former gospel music editor for Billboard Magazine, is leading a national movement to preserve the fast-disappearing legacy of African American sacred music on vinyl.

To celebrate African American Music Appreciation Month, Darden, who heads Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP), has compiled the “Heaven 11” – a list of the 11 most influential black gospel songs.

“There is no way to quantify the ‘greatest’ gospel song of all time, but certain songs have been more influential than others through the years,” said Darden, who chose songs from the 1940s through the 1980s.

The list includes Darden’s comments about each selection: 1. “Movin’ on Up (A Little Higher)” “The Queen of Gospel Mahalia Jackson’s first big hit, and one of the best-selling gospel songs of all time.”

2. “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” “Perhaps the best-known, most beloved of all gospel songs; written by Thomas Dorsey after the loss of his wife and infant child, it is still sung today at virtually AfricanAmerican funeral service in the country.”

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3. “Oh Happy Day” “This song by Edwin Hawkins was the first gospel song to be a hit single in the 1960s, and had a revolutionary combination of gospel choir and modern beat.”

4. “The Reason Why We Sing” “Kirk Franklin did to the ‘80s and ‘90s what Hawkins did to the ‘60s and Andrae Crouch did to the ‘70s, combined straight-ahead gospel with the beat of the day.”

5. “People Get Ready” “This tune by Curtis Mayfield is not really a gospel song, but it was so compelling that it was adopted by both the civil rights movement and the African-American Church. There are a number of great versions, including the Chambers Brothers, the Blind Boys of Alabama and even Rod Stewart.”

6. “We Shall Overcome” “This is the ‘signature’ song of the civil rights movement, an adaptation of an old gospel tune that has been honed by the fire and blood of a thousand movement events and is still sung by oppressed people around the world.”

7. “Peace Be Still” “This song by the Rev. James Cleveland and the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey, is the song and the arrangement that made young black people want to join mass choirs and sing.”

8. “How I Got Over” “The best-known song by Clara Ward and the Ward Singers, who were second only to Mahalia Jackson in popularity for nearly 30 years.”

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9. “Touch the Hem of His Garment” “This song by the Soul Stirrers, featuring Sam Cooke, helped invent the hard-charging gospel quartet sound. The popularity of this song helped convince Cooke, the writer and featured singer, to launch a mainstream performing career.”

10. “Mary, Don’t You Weep” “The great old spirituals often make great gospel songs. This is one by the Caravans, featuring Inez Andrews, and is one of my personal favorites.”

11. The next great gospel song “We haven't heard it yet. Few people still alive even know of its existence. But it could be in the next batch of long-lost gospel classics by a hitherto unknown gospel artist donated to the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.”

Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project is the world’s largest initiative to identify, acquire, digitize, catalogue and someday make accessible the fastdisappearing legacy of African-American gospel music on vinyl, Darden said.

“Thousands of at-risk songs have been saved for future generations. The BGMRP is currently working with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C., to provide the gospel music to the new museum,” he said.

The museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2016.Visit the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project website to learn more and to listen to a collection of digitized recordings.

This story was written by student newswriter Spencer Cutright, (254) 710-6805.

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Cordially invites all District 4 citizens to our

Appreciation Day

Saturday, June 20, 2015 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

FREE food and beverages

Glendale Park 1515 E. Ledbetter Dallas, Texas 75216 214-670-0781 214-670-0781

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The first speaker in the lecture series is Cheryl Brown Wattley, author of A Step Toward Brown v. Board of Education: Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and Her Fight to End Segregation. Wattley is the Professor and Director of Experiential Education at UNT Dallas College of Law. She has also served as Professor and Director of Clinical Education at Oklahoma University College of Law in Norman, OK. Prior to teaching, Wattley practiced law for 28 years, receiving numerous awards including the Dallas Bar Association’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award in 1994. Wattley's book was published in October 2014.

Balch Springs Chamber of Commerce 11:30AM-12:30PM Speaker: Gene DuBose, Esq., Principal DuBose Legal Group, PC Topic: "Case Closed: Why You Never Want to File a Lawsuit Unless You Can Afford to Lose"

Entrepreneur Chris Howell Sr. is coming to Th3rd Thursday Champion's Luncheon, June 18, 2015 @12noon.

Salazar Center 2201 Main Street, Suite 440 Dallas, TX 75201

June 20 2015 Oak Cliff Chamber Gala "Oak Cliff: Dallas' Hidden Treasure" Chris Arnold, emcee, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM CDT Renaissance Hotel 2222 N. Stemmons Fwy. Dallas, TX 75207

June 13 The Potter's House- Fort Worth Campus 1270 Woodhaven Blvd.

Ft, Texas 76112 Doors open at 3:00 p.m. Tickets: Advance: $30.00

Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas will host a Prostate Health Educational Symposium. Reverend Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, Senior Pastor, and Reverend James L. Fitzgerald, Pastor of Pastoral Care and a prostate cancer survivor, are inviting members of the local community to learn more about the disease and to get free prostate cancer screening. *********** Volunteer opportunities at the 35TH National Veterans Wheelchair Games, Saturday, June 20 through Saturday, June 27 at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas Sheraton and other venues during the week including Southern Methodist University, Fair Park and McInnish Park.

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY The Bad Boys of R&B - Starring Jodeci + Tony! Toni ! Tone'! and more! at Verizon Theatre , 1001 Performance Place Grand Prairie, TX 75050

A Fathers Table 2015 at Gilley’s

June 24 Great Chefs. Great Food. Great Cause.

The 2nd Annual Flavors of Dallas is a unique gourmet experience with DFW Top Chefs assembling for a night of exquisite food, fine wines, and elaborate table décor designed by each chef.

Each guest sits tableside while watching and interacting with the chef throughout the evening as a 5 course dinner paired with wines is prepared and served for a table of 12.

6:30 p.m. – No Host Reception/Silent Auction Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Blvd Dallas

June 27 21st Annual Cheryl Smith’s Don’t Believe the Hype Celebrity Bowl-athon, USA Bowl, featuring comedian Dick Gregory, actress

MetroPCS Presents Juneteenth Celebration and Festival – June 20th Free family friendly event is being held from noon to 6 p.m. at City Hall Plaza

****** First Annual Juneteenth Collard Green Cultural Festival Celebrating African Cultural Traditions and Historical Contributions of people of African Decent, while promoting Family Unity and Healthy Eating Pan African Connection and Resource Center AT 7P.M. Call 972-897-3736 or 214-943-8262 **************

District 4 Appreciation Day, with Councilman Dwaine Caraway, 10a-3p at Glendale Park

The Dallas Civil Rights Museum, housed at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, has launched its new Dr. Jerry B. Chambers Lecture series, named after the former MLK Advisory Board member who passed away

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Say NO to any ASSAULT

New Voices

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Single Mom Chronicles p.12

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Martin named NABJ Journalist of the Year

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TIME TO FORGIVE?

Speaking of People

Ron Price elected to national organization post

Volume No. 56 Issue No. 18

The Long and Winding Road Light rail, Trinity River road highly scrutinized in South Dallas

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FAMU Rattlers victorious

Studies by the University of Texas at Dallas Institute of Urban Policy, United Way and Texas A&M are taking place now to assess the quality of life in the South Dallas community before billion dollar projects involving the new DART Light Rail and the Trinity

National

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Metro

“I am deeply impressed with the progress that President Barack Obama has made during the first 100 days of his administration. Already we are seeing evidence of the administration’s plan to dig our country out of recession and develop long-term, sustainable prosperity. President Obama has made two trips abroad, proving to us and to the world that he intends to repair our frayed alliances and restore our international leadership.

Finally, the Obama administration’s code of ethics has brought much-needed transparency and accountability to the White House.

President Obama is delivering on the change that he promised.”

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“Over three to four years there are changes in conditions and we want to know how it affects the area.”

Evaluating President Obama’s First 100 Days

Political analysts, both mainstream and Black news media and intellectuals around the country have given their grade evaluation on President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office, marked on April 30. Here’s how several people from the local front graded the new president.

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“OVER THREE TO FOUR YEARS THERE ARE CHANGES IN CONDITIONS AND WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS THE AREA”

THE HUNDRED DAY SCORE

Why Democracy hangs in the balance

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Toll Road are brought to the area. Some construction has begun with the demolition of homes to follow later this year.

At a meeting held by the three institutions, a focus group of sorts dished ideas and findings on the surveys that have told the story of the residents of South Dallas.

“We are measuring conditions that may vary from street to street,” said Dr.

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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

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Grade: C “In just 100 days, we’ve seen an alarming acceleration of policies that will take America down the wrong track. The administration has proposed trillions of dollars in new spending, which will result in higher taxes on Americans, while sharply raising our indebtedness to foreign creditors.

On the national security front, I am very concerned about the President’s intention to close Guantanamo without a workable plan to relocate detainees. It is my sincere hope that, moving forward,

the administration will adopt the productive, responsible approach to our nation’s challenges that Americans deserve.”

(The office of John Cornyn of Texas was contacted but did See 100 DAYS, page 19

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In having the conversation about building within South Dallas, many issues arise with respect to GWENDOLYNand JONES education business in Ask The Advocate See ROAD, page 19

PROPOSITIONS 1 AND 2 Why YES means no and NO means yes

Dallas is abuzz at the election issues before them on May 9 when citizens are asked to vote on the controverD’LYTE sial & EBONY Convention Music Happenings Center Hotel that is being backed by Mayor Leppert. But what does voting “no” and voting “yes” mean?

It is important to remember that the propositions are to amend the Dallas City Charter which, among other things, gives the MISSpower RAY to acquire city the Going Deep in Roots property fortheany public purpose. The propositions are worded to prohibit the city from acting on these before stated powers.

Therefore, if a citizen would like the city to maintain those powers, they are to vote NO and vice versa.

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