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Pastor Frederick D. Haynes calls White named Legal Legend on President Trump to “stop it!”

Editor’s note: This letter was first presented by Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III at the Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 church service at Friendship-West Baptist Church where he is the senior pastor. Shared on social media, the letter has gone viral. Many expressed the need for this letter to receive maximum coverage and distribution. A highly-respected voice internationally, we’re honored that the scholar, author, orator, advisor, preacher, teacher, activist, theologian, mentor, son, husband, father, Dr. Haynes, gave permission for us to share this message with our readers.

ulations but our state of emergency precludes me from empty pleasantries.

Further, you rode a wave of division, fear and hatred into your electoral college victory for the presidency of these "yet to be"

to give birth to your illegitimate victory.

Your "reality show campaign" stirred up white rage and produced a "whitelash" to use the explosive expression and "Messy Truth" of Van Jones.

You did and said anything to get elected by preying on ethnic, religious and racial hostilities in a nation that has never been truthful about the ugly undercurrent of white supremacy and heteropatriarchy.

You've even Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III President Donald Trump placed a picture of Andrew JackDear President Donald Trump, son, the genocidal, slave holding United States.

I must admit that you brilliant- racist in the Oval Office because Grace and Peace and Love be ly united in unholy wedlock, ma- you see him as a model. multiplied.

You appointed a neo nazi, white nipulating the media with your cult of celebrity and the ugly unI wanted to offer my congratSee HAYNES, page 12 resolved issue of race and racism

A virtuous woman!

On January 25, 2017 Carolyn Y. Jones transitioned after a lengthy illness. First diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2005, breast cancer in 2010 and lung cancer in 2016, Mrs. Jones was fondly remembered at services at St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church.

Born to the late Ellis Harold Rogers and Tessie Reeva Rogers on November 9, 1944, she grew up with two siblings, Danny Jay and Billie Ray in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Woodson High School in 1963 and attended

Carolyn Y. Rogers Jones

Bishop College and later retired from the Stewart Title Company, for health reasons.

She met Thomas G. Jones, the love of her life, in 1967 and they married on July 26, 1968. To this union four children were born: Shaundra, Regina, Shelley and Kelley, of which three preceded her in death.

She was a member of St. Luke, under the leadership of Rev. Zan Wesley Holmes Jr., where she remained faithful until her death.

Mark A. Shank, Partner; Amy M. Stewart, Partne; Jennifer H. Doan, Partner; Hon. H. Ron White; Royal Furgeson, Dean of UNT College of Law and Wes Christian, Partner

Former District Judge H. Ron White has been inducted into the Texas Legal Legends at the UNT Dallas College of Law, recently.

The Texas Legal Legends is a project of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas that memoralizes the stories of many legendary lawyers who have practiced law in Texas. These Legends are examples of

lawyers who have spent their professional careers serving others and taking on challenges that are bigger than themselves.

Joined by his wife, Rita, son Eric and several friends and colleagues, Mr. White was lauded for a distinguished career of service in and out of the courtroom.

Congratulations to the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce’s Quest for Success Class of 2017

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HALL: No respect for Resident Trump QUIT PLAYIN’

By Vincent L. Hall

That’s what he is to me; no more no less.

Donald John Trump is not and will never be accepted by me as this nation’s Commander-in-Chief. I’m unabashedly Black and I wouldn’t give a damn if he gave every one of the “Blacks” a six-figure job; he scores no points with me.

In fact, old Black wisdom declares that; “All money ain’t good money.” Prostitutes of any gender can make “good” money, but the source of their money is still no good.

Donald Trump is the walking antithesis of good and while he may create a new set of winners and losers, his efforts will not be good across the board.

Now I realize that I am losing some of my White readers and a cotton patch full of hanky-head Negroes.

To these fair weather friends and followers

I extend a quote from the Houston Rap con- are different. In fact, Republicans already sortium known as the “Geto Boys”; I’d rather know that he is probably more liberal than be hated for who I am than loved for whom I most Democrats.

I don’t disavow RT because he’s a classless am not.” America’s biggest problem with race is that Black folks crack a smile when crying wannabee pimp who sports cheap ties… three inches too long and does not have better suits the heartbreak they feel.

The reasons that my disregard for Resi- the common decency to button his coat.

His overuse of terdent Trump is racotta and that so unrelenting, combed over coifunrepentant, fure doesn’t disand unwaverqualify him. Style ing are singular gets you points, and simple…I but little else. owe no respect The fact that to anyone who Resident Trump is disrespectful couldn’t qualify towards me and to be a church mine.

My Papa First Lady Michelle Obama, Melania Trump, President-elect Donald Trump deacon much less and President Barack OBama, shortly before the Inauguration.

President does not said; “It’s nice to make me any less be nice, but when fond of him. (Five kids and three baby mayou can’t…kick ‘em in the ass.”

For the next four years that will be my vo- mas won’t cut it with the Evangelicals that voted for him) lition and vocation.

Resident Trump failed when he emerged Don’t get it twisted. I don’t dislike the Resident Trump because of his race or riches or as the most disrespectful voice in the history because he is racist. I don’t hold this level of of American politics. He has no respect for disdain for him because his political views family, for women, for minorities, the dis-

abled, nor the poor. RT has no respect for comity or civility. He has no respect for science or for our environment, which means he does not respect the future or the children that will inherit it.

Peter Wehner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, penned similar sentiments recently in the Washington Post.

“Donald Trump is a transgressive personality. He thrives on creating disorder, in violating rules, in provoking outrage. He is a shock jock. This might be a tolerable (if culturally coarsening) trait in a reality television star; it is a dangerous one in a commander in chief. He is unlikely to be contained by norms and customs, or even by laws and the Constitution. For Mr. Trump, nothing is sacred. The truth is malleable, instrumental, and subjective. It is all about him. It is always about him.”

What angers me most is Resident Trump’s disrespect for truthfulness and transparency.

Resident Trump and the legion of liars that rode his train into the White House, lie as a matter of survival and sport. I don’t believe his residency to be legitimate and pray that this farce doesn’t last long.

I’ve got no respect for RT and pardon my honesty in expressing it.

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Barber tells Black Press: “Bowing Down Is Not an Option”

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire)

Reverend William Barber, the president of the North Carolina state chapter of the NAACP and leader of the Moral Mondays movement, delivered a rousing keynote address to open the 2017 Mid-Winter Conference of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA).

The theme of the conference was “Strengthening Black-owned Newspapers through Training, Innovation and Technology.” The NNPA partnered with General Motors, Chevrolet, Ford Motor Company, Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the conference; Volkswagen, Ascension, Coca-Cola, and the American Association for Cancer Research supported the event as sponsors.

During his speech titled, “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?” Barber tackled voter suppression in the aftermath of Shelby v. Holder, White evangelicalism and the current political environment in the age

of “alternative facts.”

Noting that President Woodrow Wilson played the White supremacist propaganda film “Birth of a Nation” in the Oval office in 1911, Barber said that Trump’s ascension and election is not an anomaly in American history.

“This is not the first time that White supremacy has occupied The White House. This is not the first time that America has elected a racist egomaniac,” said Barber, reminding the audience that President Wilson, a former college president, played “Birth” to signal that Reconstruction was over. “Education doesn’t necessarily get racism out of you.”

To a chorus of “Amens,” Barber said that the one thing that we have to first decide to do in this moment is that bowing down is not an option.

Recognizing that he was addressing a room full of journalists and publishers, Barber pitched ideas for a number of articles and commentaries.

“Somebody has to unpack ‘so-called’ White evangelicalism that is illogical malpractice

and heresy,” said Barber. “We’ve got to have some papers that write and do some investigative work to connect the money to White evangelicalism to the policies of extremism and racism, because some of our own folk are sending money to some of these TV White evangelicals.”

Barber said that the loss of the full protections of the Voting Rights Act and voter suppression were two of the most underreported stories during the last election cycle.

“Long before any Russian hack, the American electoral process was hacked by systemic racism and fear,” said Barber. “The Southern Strategy is alive and well.”

Barber acknowledged that civil rights leaders and Democrats could have voiced louder criticism about the lack of work done in the U.S. Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act. “Democrats talked more about David Dukes than they did about voter suppression and the Voting Rights Act being dismantled,” said Barber.

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places across the nation; those closures disproportionately affected Black voters.

“Voter suppression has been proven, voter fraud has been disproven. The lie about voter fraud is a distraction from the truth about voter suppression, because voter suppression is about thievery. You scratch a liar, you’ll find a thief,” said Barber. “Trump won because of the voter suppression that went on in the Black community.”

After delivering a brief history of fusion politics, a time when poor Whites and Blacks worked together to achieve political power in the South following the Civil War, Barber questioned why so many poor, White people today cast votes for lawmakers that oppose establishing living wage standards, better healthcare and more educational opportunities for low-income families.

The North Carolina pastor noted that there are 18.9 poor White people in the United States, about eight million more than the number of poor Black people, though Black

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THE GRIT AND GRACE OF CORETTA SCOTT KING

Every day that he holds the Presidency, Donald Trump does something outrageous. He blusFormerly Kuumba Heritage News ters, he just plain lies, and he bullies. He pushes his decisions, his executive orders, down the MAILING ADDRESS throats of a Congress that he dominates. Why not 320 S. R.L. Thornton Freeway let the democratic process work and let them vote Suite 220 Dallas, TX 75203 to build a wall and pay for it, instead of insisting, by executive order, that the wall will WWW.TEXASMETRONEWS.COM be built. In just one short week as 214-941-0110 President, he has demeaned our democracy and our voters, caused interCheryl Smith national turmoil, and more. But he is PUBLISHER - EDITOR news@texasmetronews.com doing exactly what he said he would do.

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DESIGN/LAYOUT Journalist Rev. Dr. Barbara Reyn619 olds offers us the opportunity to remember history in the Coretta Scott King memoir, My Life, My Love, My PHOTOGRAPHERS Wallace Faggett Legacy. Reynolds took copious notes Kevin Griffith and made extensive recordings in the Richard Manson decades that she worked and travdgdaphotographer.com elled with Coretta King, and she has CIRCULATION/DISTRIBUTION turned them into a memoir. CompletMB Distribution ed in 2007, it has taken a decade for the book to be published, largely beEditorial submissions news@texasmetronews.com cause of complications with the King estate.

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BLACK $45.00 PRESS The book is a great and inspirational read, The Black Press believes that America can best lead especially now, when so many have despaired the world away from racial at the irrational-seeming leadership of Donald and national antagonisms Trump. It is a reminder that it took 15 years of when it accords to every persistence to establish the King holiday that we person, regardless of race, now all take for granted. color or creed, full human and legal rights. Hating no It is easy to forget that Congressman John person, fearing no person, Conyers (D-MI) introduced the King Holiday legthe Black Press strives to islation in 1968, just days after Dr. King’s assassihelp every person in the firm nation. He introduced it again and again, year belief that all are hurt as after year. According to Coretta King, the bill was long as anyone is held back.

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rejected more than seventy times. But she, and Conyers, persisted in their efforts to create a national holiday.

Coretta King met with the reformed segregationist Senator Robert Byrd. She says she would have been “anxious� to meet with a man who filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Bill, but was assured that his views had changed.

Indeed, Byrd supported the effort to establish the King holiday, but through a rules change, a two-thirds vote was needed to establish a holiday instead of a simple majority. In 1979, the bill lost by a mere five votes.

Agitation continued after this loss. A petition drive yielded six million signatures. Stevie Wonder released his Happy Birthday song that advo-

cated for a King holiday.

Senator Jesse Helms opposed the holiday, introducing a 300-page document that detailed King’s “Communist activities�. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was so outraged by the document that he threw it to the ground, describing it as a “packet of filth�.

On October 19, 1983, the Senate passed King holiday legislation 78-22, following a House vote of 338-90. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 3, 1983, establishing the King holiday on the third Monday of January, beginning in 1986. Of course, some states dragged their feet.

Arizona did not acknowledge the holiday until the NFL moved a Super Bowl in protest in 1992. South Carolina waited until 2000 to acknowledge the holiday.

We often see Coretta Scott King as a stoic, dignified lady, and a graceful partner to civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King.

This memoir shows her from another perspective, as a leader in her own right, as a dedicated pacifist, as a persistent adherent to principles of nonviolence, as a gritty fighter for her husband’s legacy through the holiday and the establishment of the King Center.

We also see her as a mother, and can read her assessment of her children, their strengths and their challenges. While I had the privilege to be in Mrs. King’s company on many occasions, and to speak with her personally and at length more than once, this book adds a depth to my knowledge of her and makes me wish I’d had the opportunity to know the side of her that laughed with Betty Shabazz and Myrlie Evers (I laughed with both of those women, but never Coretta), enjoyed opera, and let her hair down.

As we attempt to develop the “fight back� plan for the outrageousness of the Trump presidency, it is useful to consider the women on whose shoulders we stand – Fannie Lou Hamer, Ida B. Wells, Shirley Chisholm and so many others.

And it is useful to remember the grit and grace of Coretta Scott King, the power and passion in her persistence.

For me, this book put steel in my spine. The Trump years will be a long four years, but imagine waiting 17 years to establish a King holiday that is now so widely celebrated!

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy� is available via www.amazon.com

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DAVIS: Wine, Waistline and Mozart

My Day

By Dr. J. Ester Davis

Are you losing weight in 2017? What do grapes do in the body? Do they stimulate weight loss or have a role in weight control? Do the acids in grapes have the ability to delay growth of fatty cells?

How much extreme stress, necessary and unnecessary, do you allow in your space daily?

The most notable resolution made in 2017 was to lose 10 pounds. Weight loss and weight control are on the minds of 80% of Americans. That is a staggering revelation! And there is no law, executive order, prescription or hotline headlining the ‘urgency of an overweight nation.’ It is quietly ignored except at doctor visits.

I have some news to ‘smile’ about. It is largely known that red wine has a high antioxidant content that separate it from

others wines. The antioxidant “resveratrol” boosts metabolism and is highly regarded as some protection against heart disease. Some scientists have added anti-aging as a love connection in fine wines. Red wines, in moderation, is a ‘happy’ healthy food. Let’s define moderate consumption as one glass a day, or for especially stressful days…two glasses.

Wine has history. Included in the works of Shakespeare are 56 references to wine. The word wine is part of 145 Bible passages. Doctors relate the size of your waistline to mountainous unmanaged stress, which is directly linked to the condition of your health.

Tapping into your waistline “requires some happiness in your life, purpose and regimented exercise” says renown winemaker Jean-Charles

Boisset (Wine Enthusiast’s 2012 American Winery of the Year).

Cabernet Sauvignon is arguably the world’s most noble red grape – grown in nearly every wine producing country across the globe.

CNN notes wine and waistline as partners in weight control. Wine will curtail your appetite, which makes it a favorite at night in lieu of a snack that leaves crumbs in your bed.

So many of my audiences remember the series we produced on ‘Sleep Apnea” with former pro football players. A sleep doctor told us repeatedly, “if you are not sleeping, you are dy-

ing.” Sleep is not an option.

What does Mozart have to do with this article? As a young music student with classes at the University of Houston, my professor would serve wine in tiny elegant glasses, after recitals. The rationale was that certain wine styles and music result in perfect harmony. Meaning great wines, like great music, is not easily produced. His choice of music was Mozart… because Mozart “changes the flavor of wine.”

I still love wine and Mozart.

The loudest message here is commit to lose weight…and just do it. We need you… in good health.

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JOHNSON: What’s the Next Step after the Women’s March?

FROM THE HILL

by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

Our nation has been wounded recently.

But out of the wounds came something beautiful--millions of women, men, and children marched across the nation and worldwide on January 20th in support of the Women’s Movement that has blossomed after the election.

Everyone gathered in solidarity and were passionate in taking to the streets to profess their attitudes about respecting the rights of women, acknowledging that they do not fear immigrants but welcome a conversation to include them in our democracy, protecting our planet and the need to uphold justice and equality for all Americans whether Black, Latino, Asian, or in the LGBTQ communi-

ty.

The Women’s March was so enormous it transformed into a movement, but we must hold this momentum.

Having been in politics for a long time, I have witnessed many become emotionally defeated.

However, I want our younger generations to know that their passion cannot be quelled when it gets hard—in fact, it should be stoked.

It is imperative that everyone understands the era we are entering and not take for granted the tireless hard work being done by new and seasoned activists in their local communities to protect the rights of all Americans and bring awareness to issues that gravely impact our lives.

What we witnessed Saturday was a demonstration of people saying enough

is enough; no longer will they sit aside to watch their rights be taken from right under them.

The people have proclaimed they are expectant of change and will demand it by organizing. Keep doing it.

We might be witnessing one of the next best moments in history. When people unite together the results of a victory allow a shifting of policies. So my hope is that this protest foreshadows that people will not give up easily during the uphill battle to fight for their rights and will be persistent in organizing.

My message to those who have been encouraged and motivated by the actions of the previous demonstration is to be committed to peace, justice and equality for all.

I also encourage you to get to know each other, sit around the table and discuss strategic ways how you can contribute to solving local issues and be involved in your community.

You are also not in this alone! In order to have a more informed decision on an issue research local organizations that are working to combat the issues of women’s rights, civil rights, climate change, LGBTQ issues and more.

You can also keep yourself informed of the issues that most concern you by checking the status of current legislation at www.congress.gov.

Lastly, I always welcome the thoughts and concerns from you, the people, who have elected me to represent our district.

May your voices continue to be loud and energy resilient as you organize across our state and country to see the change we all desire, prosperity of the American dream for all.

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Black History Month COMMUNITY CALENDAR February 2

DISD Budget Town Hall Meeting 6:30pm – 7:30pm; Billy Dade School, 2727 Al Lipscomb Way, 75215. Learn how your tax dollars are spent; provide input on wish lists and cost-savings.

Contact: Delisa Proctor; proctor@dallasisd.org **** Film Screening: “I Am Not Your Negro” Thurs, Feb 2, 2017; 7pm; Angelika Film Center; 5321 Mockingbird, 75206. Free screening of Academy Award nominated documentary featuring Samuel L. Jackson narrating James Baldwin’s unfinished book, “Remember This House” about race in America. Contact: Marilyn Clark, SDCC, 214-939-2782. ****** Dallas County Schools Safety Summit at the Dallas County Schools Technology & Training Center, 5151 Samuell, Dallas. Lunch provided.

CAAPCO Joint Membership Drive at the Tower Club in Dallas 6p.m.

February 4 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha XI Omega Chapter, will have its 2017 Founders’ Day Luncheon 12 noon at the Hilton Anatole. Guest speaker is Dr. Jacqueline Walters, nationally recognized OB/ GYN and star of Bravo’s hit reality series “Married to Medicine.” Dr. Jackie is a two-time breast cancer survivor and founder of the 50 Shades of Pink Foundation.

Feb 4

CRESCENT COURT FARMERS MARKET This is a Neighborhood Farmers Market organized

by Crescent TC Investors LP to occur on 500 Crescent Court. The market site will be contained within the Atrium of the Crescent Properties, on the north side. 10:00am – 3:00pm. Hotel Crescent Court 500 Crescent Ct Dallas, TX 75201 **** Theta Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc Pancake Breakfast Join the brothers of Omega

Psi Phi 8-10 am at teh Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill, 810 South Cockrell Hill, Duncanville $10 Kids Create “Moving” Illustrations at the Library Children ages 6 to 12 can create moving line drawings at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Walnut Creek Branch Library, 3319 Edgewood Drive.

Participants will make abstract illustrations using crayons and markers, then cut their drawings into strips and glue them to construction paper. This will create a wave effect and give the illusion that the drawings are moving! For more information and to register, call 972-205-2585. ***** Diaspora Day Celebration South Dallas Cultural Center; 3400 S. Fitzhugh, 75210. Free celebration of food, fashion, customs of African people in conjunction with the Center’s “Distant Relatives” exhibit featuring the works of Nigerian photographers. Contact: Marilyn Clark, 214-939-2782.

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Eventfully Yours Special Event Venue presents “BIG GAME BALLOUT Watch Party” featuring the FALCONS vs. PATRIOTS. Come out for some real fun as you cheer on your favorite team with host Lynne Haze and dJ MAC-nificent (Jamita Barnett Machen) on the wheelz. Reserved Seat, Games, Food, Door Prizes included in ticket price. THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN. DON’T HEAR ABOUT IT, BE ABOUT IT! EARLY BIRD PRICE IS $15.00! Regular Price - $25.00 ATTIRE: Favorite Team’s Attire 7640 NE Loop 820 suite 110, North Richland Hills, Texas 76180

Feb 6 Meet the President National Association of Black Journalists meeting will be held at the C.R. Smith Museum, 6:30 8p.m. NABJ President Sarah Glover will discuss the State of NABJ

Feb 7 Senior Day at State Capitol Tues, Feb 7, 2017; 5:30am; Senior Source; 3910 Harry Hines, Dallas, 75219. Bus leaves at 5:30am for a day of lobbying at the State Capitol for issues of importance to seniors. $20 non-refundable cost. Contact: Lynda Ender; 214-823-5700 x6113; lender@theseniorsource.org. **** TCU Horned Frogs vs. Texas Longhorns At the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum at 12 PM

Feb 7

Tues, Feb 7, 2017; 7pm – 9pm; Valentina’s Banquet Hall, 202 Beckleymeade, 75232. Southern Dallas elected officials, precinct chairs, neighborhood associations, business/civic organizations, should attend to be updated on activities and progress in the area. Contact: info@achievepr.net. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-southern-dallas-engagement-community-briefing-tickets-31496682425

****** DMA MEANINGFUL MOMENTS

Designed specifically for individuals with early stage dementia and their family members or caregivers, Meaningful Moments is a monthly program that includes a gallery discussion, an interactive component, and an art-making activity in the Art Studio.The program is free, but reservations are required and space is limited. Dallas Museum of Art 1717 North Harwood Street Dallas, TX **** The Voice of Small Business DFW Talks X Live Networking Luncheon at 11am Gather’s Cafe & Coffee Timberland Blvd Fort Worth, TX 76244

February 9 Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the Majestic!

The Texas Theater and the Majestic Theater are teaming up to present the Audrey Hepburn classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Audrey plays that daring, darling, holly go lightly to a new high in entertainment delight in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

The Majestic Theater 1925 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75201. At 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

February 10 The NAACP Garland Branch Hosts Its 17th Annual Winter Ball “Recognizing the Door Keepers of God ’s House” 8:00 p.m.@ Hyatt Place Garland 5101 N. George Bush Highway Garland, Texas 75040 Tickets: $50.00 - Attire: Black Tie Evening Includes: Live Entertainment – Dinner. For tickets, send check or money order to: NAACP Garland - Attention: Gwen Daniels, PO Box 460944 - Garland, TX 75046-0944 Ticket sales end on February 6, For more information, call the NAACP: 972.381.5044, Voice Box 5

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Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce’s QUEST for Success Awards Luncheon Fairmont Hotel at 11:30 a.m.

Feb 11 JAZZ with a FUNKYTwist featuring Brian Culbertson and Johnathon Butler at the SMU McFarlin Auditorium at 7p.m. **** Greater Southwest Chamber of Commerce Valentine’s Day Gala benefiting the GSWCOC School of Business and 5% of proceeds go to the Trinity Chapter of Links Inc. Hilton Garden Inn, 800 North Main Street, Duncanville 6p.m. Reception Dinner at 7pm followed by dancing ***** 2017 Teen Film Fest: Dallas Public Library Deadline: Sat. Feb 11, 2017. Teens 14–18 should submit their 2–5 minute, cell phone videos.

Theme: “What was your most significant moment of 2016?” Films screened Feb 25th. Post videos on YouTube; send the link with name, age, high school to: art@dallascityhall.com. Contact: Melissa Dease; 214-670-7850; melissa.dease@dallaslibrary. org ****** Hearts in the Park 2017 Valentine’s Day with Hearts in the Park, at Klyde Warren Park, Ginsburg Family Great Lawn, presented by Nissan! Enjoy “Wild About You” family-friendly activities on Saturday, February 11 from 3 to 6 pm followed by a movie screening at 6:30 pm. Festivities include animal demonstrations, dance lessons and smooch a pooch puppy kissing booth and adoptions and more activities with park sponsors and program sponsors. More updates to come, check back here for the latest!

At Klyde Warren from 3 to 6 PM ***** Masquerade Mystique - Charity Ball A night of fantasy and wonder. Feast your eyes and ears on an interactive entertainment experience to tickle your fancy, masterful mixes from the DJ booth and surprises around every corner. All proceeds benefit SheNOW Women’s Charity. $40 Admission at The Quixotic World 2824 MAIN ST Dallas, TX 75226 from 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm

Feb 14 Valentine’s Day at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens For Valentine’s Day, the garden will stay open until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14, encouraging couples to pack a picnic. While eating, sweethearts and families can watch the sunset

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Emmett Till’s accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham admits Lie

By Stacy M. Brown (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member)

More than six decades after the horrific, racially-motivated murder of Emmett Till, the White woman who accused the Chicago teenager of verbally and physically accosting her in Money, Miss., in 1955, has admitted she lied, according to a new book.

Till had allegedly whistled at and groped Carolyn Bryant, a 21-year-old White woman, while at a country store in the small town.

After the encounter, Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and J.W. Milam tracked young Emmett down, kidnapped him, tortured him, shot him, and then tied his battered body to a cotton gin fan using barbed wire and dumped him in the muddy Tallahatchie River.

Later, the two men were acquitted of the murder by an all-White, all-male jury after an hour’s deliberation. Till’s brutal killing and photos of his open casket at his funeral helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.

During the trial, Carolyn Bryant testified that Emmett, who was 14, had made physical and verbal advances toward her, a sen-

sational claim that increased tensions surrounding the case. She testified that Emmett had grabbed and threatened her inside the store – and that he had used an “unprintable” word when he told her he had been intimate “with White women before.”

But according to a 2007 interview, newly revealed in Carolyn Bryant Donham the book, “The Blood of Emmett Till,” Carolyn Bryant admits that it never happened.

“That part’s not true,” she told writer Timothy Tyson, according to “Vanity Fair,” though she claimed she could not recall what happened the rest of the evening at her husband’s country store, where Emmett stopped by briefly on Aug. 24, 1955, to buy two cents worth of gum.

Till was shot in the head and was found

with barbed wire wrapped around his neck; one of his eyes was gouged out.

“Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him,” she is quoted as saying.

Bryant’s testimony was out of the earshot of the jury, but helped to frame the case publicly.

“I was just scared to death,” she said in court.

Emmett Till The two killers later admitted their guilt, after their acquittals.

Emmett Till’s murder became the flashpoint in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett’s mother, had even insisted on an open casket at his funeral, leading to photographs of his battered corpse being spread across the country, which helped focus public attention on what was happening in the heart of the country.

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In 2004, the FBI reopened the case to see if any accomplices could be hauled to court, but a grand jury decided three years later that there was insufficient evidence to pursue charges.

The young Carolyn Bryant went into hiding after the murder trial — divorcing and marrying twice more — and remained mum on the case until she gave the interview with Tyson, the “New York Post” reported.

Bryant is now known as Carolyn Bryant Donham. Donham told Tyson that she “felt tender sorrow” for Emmett’s mother, who died in 2003, but Tyson doesn’t mention if Donham expressed guilt or apologized.

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has said she thought about Emmett when she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., a few months after his death.

The shocking crime was memorialized in the arts and literature; in Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s play “Dreaming Emmett,” a Langston Hughes poem, and a song by Bob Dylan.

The whereabouts of the now-82-year-old Donham are unknown.

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Dallas Mavericks Foundation raises thousands for Area Organizations Story and Photos

By Dorothy Gentry Dirk, Harrison Barnes, Mr. Shark Tank Himself - Mark Cuban, Head Coach Rick Carlisle and the entire Dallas Mavericks organization were in attendance at The Mavs Ball, the premier fundraiser for the Mavs Foundation.

The gala was held Jan. 27th at The Factory Ballroom in Deep Ellum with a cocktail reception, seated dinner and live and silent auctions.

The event raised over $660,000 for the Mavs Foundation and we are thrilled,” said Dallas Mavericks Director of Corporate Communications and Events, Erin Finegold.

The Foundation’s 2017 beneficiaries are Boys & Girls Club of Arlington, Dallas CASA, Family Gateway, Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas, Nexus Recovery Center and Readers 2 Leaders, along with the commu-

nities they serve.

The beneficiaries are chosen through a grant selection process by the Mavs Foundation Board of Directors.

Illusionist and magician Dan White best known for his act on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon was the entertainment.

The event was hosted by FOX Sports Southwest’s Mark Followill and Dana Larson.

The Dallas Mavericks Foundation is dedicated to using its platform to build a stronger community by empowering youth, women and families who need help through financial support, advocacy and service.

Over the last 20 years, the Mavs Foundation has granted over $3.5 million dollars to nonprofit organizations serving women, children and families in need and created Reading and Learning Centers and basketball courts across the North Texas community.

Caraway says he’s ready to reclaim the District 4 City Council seat dilapidation an stagnate growth in Stressing that he only came off the economic development. The lack of atcouncil because of term limits, fortention to code enforcement is embarmer Dallas Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and rassing. I can’t just sit back city councilmember and continue to watch Dwaine Caraway said what is happening. I’m it wasn’t in his plans running to return and get to return to the Counprogress back on track by cil, especially since in moving District 4 forward the interim he unsucone block at a time.” cessfully sought a seat Immediately following on the Dallas County the announcement, Mr. Commissioners Court.

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people experience poverty at higher rates than Whites.

Barber said that exploring the real reasons why so many poor Whites vote against their own self-interest, would make for a great investigative report.

Returning to the theme that today’s political environment in America is nothing new, Barber told the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who he described as “three millennials from the Bible days,” that liked to write and Nebuchadnezzar, “a maniacal egomaniac who loved to tweet out his own news,” loved to build towers and invited people to come to his towers to bow down.

When Nebuchadnezzar commanded that everyone bow down to his image and

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused, the king threatened to throw them into the furnace.

“He didn’t know they already had a fire. They came from people who had been through the fire,” said Barber. “They remembered how the lord had dealt with pharaoh. They remembered how David dealt with Goliath.”

Barber said that the three young leaders had a fire in them, because they sung the songs of their ancestors.

“Can we just make a decision, Black folks?

Can we just make a decision, publishers?

Can we just make a decision, civil rights… that bowing down is not an option?” Barber implored. “I gotta suspicion that it’s going be some fiery times. I gotta suspicion that it’s

gonna get hot. I gotta suspicion that Nebuchadnezzar is gonna do some rough stuff.”

Barber implored the publishers, journalists and activists in the room to go into the proverbial fire standing up, because help won’t come, if you go in the fire bowing down.

“If you go in the fire standing up, God can transform the fire and the same fire that was meant to destroy you, can become a fire of deliverance!” Barber shouted.

The crowd roared, delivering Barber a standing ovation. The Moral Mondays leader continued: “Bowing down is not an option! Standing down is not an option! Looking down is not an option! Breaking down is not an option!

We’ve been through worse before.” Barber

exclaimed. “We’ve been through slavery.

We’ve been through Jim Crow. We’ve been through the Trail of Tears and we’re gonna stand up in this moment!”

The next day at the conference, Barber committed to writing a regular guest column for the NNPA Newswire that will be distributed throughout the NNPA’s network of 211 Black-owned media properties and will reach an estimated 20 million readers in print and online.

“Somebody has to write from the perspective of crisis, even if the crisis doesn’t end immediately,” Barber explained. “Somebody has to make sure that there is a witness that [the Black Press] didn’t go along with it. So we have to do that.”

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Before you what -Know your why?

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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?

Name Withheld Dear Name Withheld 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 shoudda, 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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Held at Collin College Conference Center on Jan. 21, The Human Trafficking Summit primarily focused on educating teenage girls.

Dr. Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. and author of Push Out: The Criminalization of Black Girls, led the forum.

According to statistics, the dangers of human trafficking are growing within the borders of America, even Plano North Metroplex Links with retreat participants reaching into the homes in suburbia.

The Links, Incorporated is an internaThe two most common tional, not-for-profit volunteer organizatypes of human trafficking are sex traftion, established in 1946. ficking, under which victims are forced As one of the nation’s oldest, most presinto prostitution; and labor trafficking, tigious and largest service organizations which coerces victims to perform labor for women of color, membership consists with no pay. of over 14,000 professional women in 284 While many Americans erroneously chapters located in 42 states, the District associate human trafficking with forof Columbia and the Commonwealth of eign nationals or undocumented immithe Bahamas. grants, statistics show that trafficking Programming includes National Trends victims can come from a range of inand Services, the Arts, Services to Youth, come levels, and many may come from International Trends and Services and families with higher socioeconomic staHealth and Human Services. tus. Texas, alone, has more than 300,000 Locally, the Plano North MetroPlex victims.

Monique Morris with Links Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is com"Our girls are sacred and loved... we prised of over 50 members who contribute are sacred and loved... we must protect greater than 4000 documented hours of our girls," Morris said. She then demonstrated to leaders how they can help educate, raise aware- community service annually. ness and speak about the prevention of human trafficking in the community.

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supremacist as an influential and powerful leader on your staff. All of those are warning signs that portend your concept of making "America Great Again" has everything to do with making America hate, again.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was right when he quoted James Baldwin and wondered if we had integrated into a burning house? Our house is on fire and you are throwing gasoline into the conflagration I hear from those who've met you in person that you are a nice man. If that is true then you must be bipolar because your policies and nominations are mean spirited and a reflection of white supremacy which, in case you don't know, has an expiration date on it. In love, I offer you some medication for your bipolarity.

Honestly, I am praying for you. I am praying that God would arrest you and cause you to experience a repentance that will lead to personal and national transformation. I write praying that you will rise to the dignity of the presidential office and be delivered from the petty politics of demonizing others.

Our nation is sick and you are feeding more toxins and poisons into the body politic.

I couldn't remain silent as you embrace Islamophobia and xenophobia while marching this nation towards an ugly fascism. You have ignored the pained protests of the indigenous Standing Rock Sioux and jeopardized the health of millions because of your determination to repeal Obamacare; because apparently you don't care. You have attacked the media that was complicit in your election because they didn't hold you accountable for your "alternative facts" and belief that if you say something that's not

true, long enough and loud enough, it will become true. Now you have used religion as a weapon with the full support of your puppets in the pulpit.

In the Name of Jesus, stop it!

This nation, snatched violently from the natives, was built on the backs of stolen Africans and with the hands of immigrants. Now you've issued an executive order targeting those you have "othered" in the name of religion.

In the Name of Jesus, I stand in solidarity with my Muslim sisters and brothers and oppose this bigoted ban. If you are so concerned about terrorism from religious extremists then ban the Ku Klux Klan. Don't forget that Timothy McVeigh was a Christian terrorist. Those clinic bombing pro life zealots kill people in the name of their god. Ban them! Native Americans were slaughtered by immigrant Christian terrorists.

You seem to relish photo ops with black people who have high profiles but limited public policy understanding. Worse, you have surrounded yourself with preachers who would rather be puppets than prophets.

Even David needed a Nathan to keep him in check. I have some Nathans I'd like to recommend. They stand in the prophetic tradition of Amos of Tekoa and Jesus of Nazareth, Martin King and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Why don't you invite Minister Danielle Ayers, Dr. William Barber, Dr. Traci Blackmon, Dr. Amos Brown, Dr. Iva Carruthers, Dr. Keri Day, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Judge Reverend Wendell Griffin, Drs. Otis Moss, Sr and Jr., Dr. James Perkins, Father Michael Pfleger, Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, Dr. Gina Stewart, and Dr. Raphael Warnock, to name a few. They would prophetically lift your presidency and

Do you know this man?

Come on PEOPLE! Don’t you CARE? Will it matter when it is your sister, mother, aunt or grandmother or maybe YOU?

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policies from the dark place of hate to the sunlit spaces of justice and love that would move America to becoming a "more perfect union."

You need prophets like the above mentioned in order to insure that you don't go the way of another who was intoxicated by his self importance. Please, Mr. President, read Daniel chapter 5. Belshazzar had a party celebrating his greatness, that was crashed by a hand that wrote on the wall. The handwriting on the wall was interpreted by a foreigner with a different religion than Belshazzar. His name was Daniel. Daniel interpreted the handwriting on the wall "God has numbered your days with an expiration date.

You've been weighed in the balances and found wanting. Your kingdom has been divided and given over..." in your case to Russia!

Mr. President, the handwriting is on the wall. "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God." The handwriting is on the wall. "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,for the rights of all who are destitute.

Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."

The handwriting is on the wall. You are obsessed that your presidency not be illegitimate because the Russians appointed you and you lost the popular vote even as your Republican Party suppressed the Black vote (That's what you should investigate. Voter fraud is fake news but voter suppression is real). Prophetic justice reminds you that you built your political platform questioning the legitimacy of the first Black president and now your presidency is illegitimate! "Be not deceived, God is not mocked whatever you sow you will reap!" The old saying goes "What goes around, comes around."

The handwriting is on the wall

I write as an ally of what Angela Davis refers to as "an inclusive and intersectional feminism that calls upon all of us to join the resistance to racism, to Islamophobia, to anti-Semitism, to misogyny, to capitalist exploitation," and Palestinian apartheid.

The handwriting is on the wall.

Psalm 72 is instructive for leaders "he (or she) delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper."

The handwriting is on the wall because Jesus warned that when He judges the nations He will separate the sheep from the goats.

Will he say to you, Mr. President, "I was hungry and your executive order made it more difficult for low and moderate income families to secure a home loan and you appointed a gifted surgeon, who needs to go some where and sit down, with no experience to give leadership to HUD. I was thirsty and you issued an executive order to run roughshod over Native American, Standing Rock Sioux sacred grounds but Flint residents still don't have new pipes for fresh water from a fresh water source.

I was in prison because of the war on drugs which was really a war on black and poor people and because of stop and frisk; and you appointed Jefferson Beauregard Sessions as a racist fox to guard the henhouse of justice.

I was a stranger and you built a wall and issued a ban on muslims." You will ask "Jesus when did this happen." He will say "Inasmuch as you did it to the least of these, you've done it to me."

Mr. President, the handwriting is on the wall. I am praying for you and this sick nation to be healed.

Peace and Power,

Frederick Douglass Haynes, III

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– Andrea Parquet-Taylor has been named Vice President, News Director for KTVT (CBS 11), the CBS-owned station in Dallas-Fort Worth, it was announced today by President and General Manager Gary Schneider.

“Andrea brings extensive experience as a news director and a depth of knowledge that will help further develop our team from a broadcast and digital perspective,” Schneider said. “She has expertise in producing investigative stories that have substantial impact in the community.

She also understands the significant role weather plays in the lives of our viewers

Andrea Parquet-Taylor here in North Texas.”

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NABJ statement on Tamron Hall’s departure from NBC WASHINGTON- The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is saddened by Tamron Hall’s departure from NBC. She broke ground as the first black female “Today Show” cohost and was enjoying ratings success alongside Al Roker during the show’s

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leigh-Durham, where she has been news director since 2011. During her tenure, WNCN received multiple Best Newscast honors from the Associated Press of North and South Carolina and Best Newscast and Best Website awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. Under her leadership, WNCN was also honored with multiple regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including the station’s first for Best Newscast.

Prior to her time at WNCN, Parquet-Taylor was assistant news director at KHOU, the CBS affiliate in Houston. She

also previously served as news director at WXYZ in Detroit, WRAL/WRAZ in Raleigh-Durham and WMAR in Baltimore.

"It is an honor to join the talented team at CBS 11, which has an outstanding reputation for solid reporting,” Parquet-Taylor said. “I'm looking forward to upholding the tradition of excellence by utilizing every asset and platform to engage and serve the community."

Parquet-Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree in communications arts and sciences from Michigan State University and began her career as a producer at WXYZ. She will join KTVT this month.

News anchor Megyn Kelly are being seen by industry professionals as whitewashing.

Published reports suggest Kelly will be replacing “Today’s Takes,” the hour of programming led by Hall and Roker. Roker tweeted last week that the show leads the ratings in its time slot and consistently beats its competition.

This achievement deserves praise, not punishment, as replacing talent often is associated with low ratings performance.

Kelly has a well-documented history of offensive remarks regarding people of color.

On The Kelly File, her Fox News show, the host said then-First Lady Michelle Obama’s commencement address at Tuskegee University pandered to a “culture of victimization.”

While NABJ wishes Hall well on her next move, NABJ requests a meeting with NBC leadership on the top-rated show’s dismantling. We look forward to dialogue and resolve regarding black journalists and their continuing roles at NBC both in front and behind the camera.

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