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enlightening, thought-provoking and entertaining movie experiences I’ve enjoyed this year.

Expectations were high because of the onslaught of recent biopics that have left much to be desired.

With all the hype surrounding the film about the popular 80s rap group, N.W.A, the pressure was on for the four remaining former members, director F. Gary Gray and everyone associated with the production.

This was the group credited with introducing gangsta rap: Eric "Eazy-E" Wright, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson, Lorenzo '"MC Ren" Patterson and Antoine "DJ Yella" Carraby.

Their poignant lyrics became very popular among youth of all ethnic groups, gained the attention of the FBI and police departments, and started a movement among critics who decried these Niggaz With Attitudes.

As I sat in the packed theatre, I remember thinking to myself that I really did not look forward to the two hours and 30 minutes of Straight out of Compton, or anyplace else.

Much to my surprise, however, two hours and 30 minutes later I was asking myself where had the time gone.

Excellent casting and acting complimented an intriguing story line that elicited laughter, tears, angry thoughts, and yes, constant head bobbing.

Full disclosure, I love rap music. Hailing from the east coast, I lived rap music and although I have seen the hip hop culture evolve and hit a few rough bumps when in the hands of the wrong people, I have witnessed the eloquence of young men and women as they shared their experiences with the world.

I clearly understood what was articulated in the movie, Straight Out of Compton —you can’t expect people to talk about experiences unfamiliar to them.

Members of N.W.A., as well as others from the east coast to the west coast rapped about their communities, their lives and the world we live in — from their perspective — no one elses!

And that’s the message you get in Straight Out of Compton as the young rappers answer questions from the media.

A definite tense moment occurs when the rappers are detained. Their encounters with the police are sure to touch movie-goers who would be hard pressed not to see the parallels between what happened with the rappers and the many young black men and women who have died at the hands of police officers.

There are many lessons to learn from Straight Out of Compton. Someone asked me if they should bring their eight-year-old. I saw children around that age and younger during the screening and I heard a few people commenting.

Yes, the language is vulgar at times, there’s nudity, drugs, violence and pain. I can’t really say that shielding our children will help them. Shielding has made them totally oblivious about their past and uncaring about the significance of struggles or their heritage.

If a parent feels as though they want their child to view the movie, they’d better be prepared to have some serious discussions because there is so much to absorb.

And since we live in a society where we're not talking as much as we should, we’re not communicating effectively and bettering our interpersonal skills; well if Straight Outta Compton helps, then all eyes, and especially the critics, should be glued to the screen.

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JOHNSON: The importance of STEM here in the United States if we are to attract and retain the companies that are the leaders in technological innovation.

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

Throughout my career in Congress, I have been an outspoken proponent of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.

As the current Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, I continue to emphasize the need for investing in STEM education, encouraging our young people to pursue STEM studies, and achieving more diversity in STEM fields.

This is an issue I care deeply about, and one that I take very seriously. There is a very real possibility that we will lose our competitive edge, and our children will no longer have the opportunities that we had if we do not remain committed to investing in and improving STEM education in this country.

The workforce of the future will need STEM skills to fill jobs, and we need a STEM-educated workforce

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall STEM employment is projected to grow about 13 percent between 2012 and 2022. This is faster than the 11percent rate of growth projected for all occupations over the decade.

Workers in STEM jobs also have much higher salaries. In 2013, the median annual wage earned by STEM workers was nearly $76,000—more than double the $35,080 median wage for all workers.

These are good jobs for our children.

Fortunately, this is an issue that is finally getting some serious attention.

Companies ranging in size from multinational enterprises on down to local businesses are realizing more and more how critical it is to the longterm success of their businesses that they have access to a highly skilled and well-prepared workforce.

So, they are taking a leadership role and investing in our future. Colleges and universities are also recognizing how important this is.

They are working to provide better teacher training programs, partnering with schools on programs for middle and high school students and doing important education research.

We know school administrators, teachers, community leaders, and parents all play a critical role in addressing this issue as well.

No one person or organization can do it alone.

We must all work together to leverage our respective strengths and resources to tackle this challenge.

President Obama launched the “Educate to Innovate” initiative in 2009 to move American students from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math achievement over the next decade.

This initiative includes the efforts of the Federal Government, leading companies – many of them based in Texas, foundations, non-profits, and science and engineering societies.

Just this year, the President announced more than $240 million in pledges to boost STEM studies.

Those commitments have brought total financial and material support for these programs to $1 billion.

Additionally, more than 100 colleges and universities have committed to training 20,000 engineers, and a coalition of CEOs has promised to expand highquality STEM education programs to an additional 1.5 million students this year.

Here, at home, the Imagine Science Dallas Program, a summer day camp that is focused on encouraging minority and low income students to pursue STEM studies, is making a difference. The program is spearheaded by the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas, Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas and Texas A&M Agrilife Extension 4-H. I encourage programs like Imagine Science Dallas and others that motivate children at very early ages to develop STEM skills.

These students simply need encouragement and an opportunity to excel.

We need to ensure that the U.S. continues to produce the world’s best scientists, mathematicians and engineers and to make sure that every student is prepared for the highly technical, high-paying jobs of the future.

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.

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5th Circuit’s ruling another chapter in Texas’ Voter ID saga

by Royce West Texas Senate Last week’s ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals marks a victory for many like myself who have said since 2011, that the Voter ID law passed by the Texas Legislature that year was discriminatory. In the struggle to ensure voting rights for poor, minority, elderly, young and next generation Texas voters, we’ll take any win that the courts hand down.

However, it’s not the first court to say that the strict photo-ID requirements discriminate against too many who are without the required documents or struggle to obtain them. Let’s hope it won’t be the last.

Plaintiffs and other Texas Democrats applauded the decision reached by a three-judge, 5th Circuit panel. But closer examination tells us two things. The ruling could have gone further and there remain more arguments to be made to rid state statutes of barriers to voting.

To recap, the court’s decision comes in response to the state’s appeal of a broad and highly critical ruling handed down in October 2014, by Corpus Christi Federal District

Court Judge Nelva Ramos, which said Texas’ restrictive Voter ID law violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA). Judge Ramos found that Texas’ statute was 1) discriminatory in purpose, 2) discriminatory in its effect, and 3) constituted a poll tax.

Texas Attorney General, now Governor Greg Abbott, immediately sought an injunction from the 5th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent Judge Ramos’ ruling from becoming effective before the November 2014 Midterm Elections.

It wasn’t the first time Abbott proved quick on the draw.

In June 2013, just hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 5 of the VRA that required Texas to pre-clear any changes to voting procedures; Abbott was spot-on with implementing SB14, which had awaited federal approval since its passage. In August 2012, a Washington D.C. federal court

backed the Department of Justice’s position, under former Attorney General Eric Holder, that SB14 was discriminatory and subject to Section 5 review.

The 5th Circuit panel rejected Ramos’s ruling that SB14’s provisions (which permits only seven forms of photo ID to be used by voters) amounted to a de facto poll tax. Despite undisputed testimony by plaintiffs regarding the number of minority Texans who do not have the approved forms of photo ID and the difficulties they may encounter to obtain such, the panel determined that the indirect costs of acquiring an approved photo ID do not equal to a poll tax.

The appellate court also ruled that more evidence was needed to prove Ramos’ assertion that Texas’ Voter ID law was passed with discriminatory intent. The court said that Texas’ past history of voter

discrimination and opposing testimony about the impact SB14 would have on minorities was not enough. Nowhere in official records, the court said, could it be found that there was deliberate intent by Republicans to deny minority voters access to the polls. Their carefully crafted message has - since the first such bills surfaced in 2005 - and remains to this day, that the law’s goal is to protect against voter fraud.

This is despite the fact that from 2002-2011, only two convictions for the specific, in-person voter fraud that SB14 was said to be designed for have been handed down.

In sending the case back to district court, Judge Ramos was instructed to work with the parties on a fix for the 5th Circuit’s finding that in totality, the Voter ID law does “in effect” discriminate.

It has been suggested that one of the fixes could be adding more approved forms of ID to the current list; for example, a student photo ID. Such has been approved in other states. Texas is likely to appeal the panel’s decision, either to the full 5th Circuit Court or directly to the Supreme Court.

Interim Superintendent addresses Community before First day of School To our community members: Welcome back to a new school year. I’m happy to be back in Dallas ISD with one of the best teams of educators anywhere. We are on the right road to create a bright future for each of our 160,000 students. Working together, we can achieve our mission to educate all students for success.

Our leadership team is focused on implementing some of the innovative programs that have

been introduced in the last couple of years.

of our parents and community members.

As you know, trustees are working We are totally toward a November committed to support bond election to teachers and staff in continue to upgrade their work to provide our facilities and the best possible make room for education for programs to benefit students. students. The success Accomplishing this of that effort will goal will take the depend largely on the Dr. Michael Hinojosa effort and public’s trust that commitment of every Dallas ISD will do district employee and the support what’s best for kids. It’s our

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commitment to continue to earn that trust on a daily basis so that our kids win. When they win, everyone wins.

I look forward to meeting and talking with citizens across this community to earn your support as we work to achieve continuous improvement as a district.

Respectfully, Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D. Interim Superintendent of Schools

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MEGA NEWS: MEGAFEST ADDS TYLER PERRY’S “MADEA ON THE RUN” PLAY TO LINE UP MegaFest Marks Debut of Tyler Perry Production for Dallas Tour Stop

MegaFest, the nation’s largest inspirational family festival will feat Tyler Perry’s new stage play, “Madea on the Run,” will make a tour stop in Dallas during the five-day experience slated for August 19-23. The play will be in the arena at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on Friday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m.

Ticket prices range between $45 and $75 and are on sale at Ticketmaster.

“Madea always makes us all laugh while teaching valuable lessons that we remember long afterwards,” Bishop T.D. Jakes said. “We are excited to welcome

Tyler Perry back to MegaFest. Tyler is a friend and constant supporter of ours. We are happy to extend this platform to his fan base knowing that MegaFest attendees will enjoy this hilarious play. ”

“Madea on the Run,” which began touring in March, will be the first Tyler Perry play ever staged at MegaFest. The play’s plot follows Madea, played by Perry, as she goes on the lam from local authorities and is forced to hide with her friend, Aunt Bam, played by Cassi Davis. The play’s brand new score, written by Perry, promises audiences a night of laughter and inspiration.

Tickets for “Madea on the Run” are available for purchase individually, separate from MegaFest ticketing packages. Additional MegaFest event and speaker updates will be announced throughout the summer, and the public is encouraged to check www.mega-fest.com for news.

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WASHINGTON: Help Wanted Personals Ad

By James A. Washington Let’s be real. How many people have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? How about a personal relationship with the Almighty or, perhaps a personal experience with the Holy Spirit?

Many of us can acknowledge and understand personal in the secular realm. We can all attest to personal relationships with other people.

They are at times wonderful, painful, even traumatic, but you have to admit they are and have been indeed personal. In many instances these are the relationships that shape our character and define us as unique human beings.

Not only do deep substantive personal relationships define us, they also can set a course for our lives long after they’re over.

Your relationships to your mother, brother, spouse, lover or friend can, and do, leave lasting impressions, if not scars, that never leave us and have consequences for how we live and relate to others today. It is how we deal with and recover

from personal relationships that allow us to eventually become who we really are.

invisible, the untouchable, someone who has reportedly been dead for over two centuries?

You are an extremely blessed person if you are able to share life’s monumental moments with others.

My answer is if you had a real relationship with someone who is now deceased or who is no longer in your life, then you know, you too, can testify about the profound effect that person had on you as a human being.

Most of us, if we’re honest with ourselves, keep our most valued moments hidden in secret places to cherish as treasures or to despise alone.

Even now, you respond to the knowledge of how that

Spiritually Speaking

By James A. Washington

Isn’t it interesting that the road to enlightened salvation begins with a personal experience that many call ‘being saved,” being called, accepting Christ as their Lord and Savior?

Having had that experience, I can understand how that might be puzzling to those who have not.

How can you have a personal experience, how can you have a personal relationship with the

person might look upon certain behaviors you wouldn’t want any of us to know you engaged in.

You know if that person would be proud of you or embarrassed for you.

That’s reality. That’s personal and that’s how it is with God. By faith in Jesus Christ, by belief in His godliness, by trying to live by His Word, by recognition of His deity, by understanding His sacrifice, by these thing and much more do we begin this personal trip.

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You can’t have a personal relationship with anyone until you truly understand and then respond to where he or she is coming from.

Anything else is casual.

That too is reality.

Only a fool would claim a personal relationship with a stranger. Only an idiot would submit themselves to the direction of someone they just met yesterday.

How many times have you spent an ungodly amount of time with someone who turned out to be foreign to your spirit?

I guess what I’m saying is we don’t know God because we seek Him not.

We don’t know God because we haven’t studied Him, haven’t taken the time to get to know what He’s all about, haven’t shared haven’t gotten personal.

A personal relationship is not achieved by casual contact. It requires effort. It requires time, yours and God’s. He’s waiting for you to make the introduction.

He’ll handle the rest.

May God bless and keep you always.

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The 23rd Annual Jethro Pugh Memorial Golf Classic Scholarship Invitational continues its tradition and important mission of providing scholarships to brilliant students attending Dallas-area UNCF universities. In its history, this event has raised more than $700,000 in support of these schools and students.

No person embodied the spirit of generosity and support for this event and these students more than Jethro Pugh. In every phase of his life – as a championship player with the Dallas Cowboys, a business owner and leader in airport concessions, or a philanthropic giant in the community – he acted with class, energy and unwavering passion.

Please fill out the Sponsorship and the Players form, if you are playing in the tournament, and return to Christine Thomas before Wednesday, September 9, 2015.

Please make checks payable to: The Paradies Shops Foundation, Inc. Please reference Jethro Pugh Memorial Invitational

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND Our nation’s oldest and most successful African American higher education assistance organizations. Their mission is to enhance the quality of education by raising operating funds for member colleges and universities, providing financial assistance to deserving students and supplying technical assistance to member institutions.

Please mail this form and your check to: Christine Thomas Paradies 2849 Paces Ferry Road Overlook I, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30339

CONGRATULATIONS to the CLASS OF 2015

Although we were saddened by Jethro’s passing earlier this year, we will carry on his legacy and commitment to this cause in his honor and continue supporting UNCF, which enables more than 60,000 students each year to attend college and get the education they need.

Or scan and/or email your printed form or e-form to: christine.thomas@paradies-na.com Or fax this form to 404.349.3226

Proceeds from this tournament benefit the United Negro College Fund, a non-profit organization.

Contributions are deductible to the extend allowable by law.

For tax purposes, the value of If you have any questions, player gifts that each player please call or email Christine receives totals $300 Thomas at 404.494.3459 or We look forward to your dedicated support this year christine.thomas@paradies-na.com Contributions to The "Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives.

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Football Great’s Charity, Local Retailer Team up for Back-to-School

Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities and Belk, the retail department store, teamed up to donate 1,600 uniforms to Dallas ISD students, Aug. 13 at Roger Q. Mills Elementary School and Billy Earl Dade Middle School.

“Education is the cornerstone to achieve what you want in

life,” said Emmitt Smith, the Dallas Cowboys’ legend.

“Pat and I are honored that Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities has been able to help students in the North Texas community obtain the uniforms they need while instilling the confidence and enthusiasm to attend school.”

This is the second year Belk has supported the Pat and Emmitt Smith uniform donation in Dallas ISD. To date, Belk has donated more than 2,400 uniforms, a value of more than $94,000 for Dallas ISD students.

were invited to a brief address by Pat and Emmitt Smith, district leaders and school administrators.

Attendees are then free to enter the Belk pop-up shops that will offer uniforms to students at Mills and Dade.

Families are escorted to the schools on district buses and

Dallas ISD Football Teams Hit the Gridiron for First Practices Eighteen Dallas ISD football teams hit the gridiron last week for the start of practice, and each team has the same end goal: win the State championship.

Though most football programs no longer participate in two-a-day practices, football teams go through strategic daily workout schedules that incorporate strength training, conditioning, and fundamental position.

“Two-a-days practices are virtually a practice concept of the past and very few schools practice twice a day any

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longer,” said Phil Francis, Dallas ISD’s head athletic trainer. “It is now widely

The University Interscholastic League instated a four-day acclimatization

understood that the excessive duration with exposure to the ambient temperatures and humidity can cause heat-related illness.”

period that mandates teams cannot practice more than once per day during the first four days of outdoor practice activities. During those first four practices, contact activities or

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equipment, including the helmet, are not allowed. Teams are advised to limit practices to no more than three hours and walk-throughs, or teaching sessions, to two hours. This adds up to a maximum of five hours of team activity per day.

In addition, the UIL has instated the “No Fly Zone,” which prohibits teams from practicing between noon–6 p.m. during the first two weeks of organized practices. The No Fly Zone is a precaution against heat-related illnesses that can result from practicing in the intense heat of the Texas summer.

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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

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“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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training in administering the anonymous surveys.

“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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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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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?

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

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