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Dear Queen Mother Amelia Boynton Robinson: I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting you in 2005 at the breakfast event for the National Voting Rights Museum’s Bloody Sunday commemoration in Selma, Alabama. It was already an exciting occasion for me as a recipient of the Invisible Giant Award. The Hon. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Mr. Harry Belafonte, Vivica A. Fox, Thomas Muhammad and my long-time friend, Chuck D, were all in Selma for the 40th anniversary of such an important time in our history. And it was a joy to hear the dynamic Susan L. Taylor, who was the speaker that morning.At the breakfast, it was announced that the centerpieces could be purchased for a “donation.” The centerpieces were beautiful dolls dressed in Antebellum attire. At my table, the doll’s features were not as African as I woudl have preferred so I went looking for a doll with a fuller nose and lips. When I found the “perfect” doll, I walked up to you, introduced myself and we had a great discussion about life and the movement. I then asked you to sign my doll’s petticoat and you did.Later I was looking at the doll and thinking about how I would

take her home and place her in a coveted place where folks could see, but not touch. I did a double-take when I looked at your signature because it clicked in my head that just like my

three nieces who I was raising back in Dallas, your name began and ended with an “A.” Was this a coincidence? I was so excited that I immediately began telling everyone I was bringing another addition to the “A-

Team” home.You, in the form of the doll Amelia, are in a highly revered place in my home and I love to tell

people about you, your life’s works and how we are connected. And, as if there wasn’t enough of a connection, I found out that you and I share a strong bond as

members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. My dear sister, you hold a special place in my heart and I will treasure the memory of our meeting

and the doll that I have bearing your name. It is also important to note that Alayna, Annya and Ayanna knew that under no circumstances were they to attempt to comb Amelia’s hair or change her clothes!

They also feel that they must protect you from anyone entering our home. You are also deserving of the same love, reverence and protection because you are indeed an

international treasure!When I think of the sacrifices that you made, of your tireless efforts and strength, I feel nothing but

pride. Whenever I get a little tired, I will think of women like you who lived the words of Solomon Northrup (author of 12 Years a Slave), who said he would not fall into despair.

Instead, I will do as you have done all your life,. I will fight the good fight! Like you, I will not be silent, because it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who said, “We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

Thanks for all you’ve done and continue to do. Hopefully others will join you on the right side of history.

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NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATESFor more information go to Mohamed Elhassan on Facebook

Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed was born in the Sudan in 1961. Mr. Mohamed is vice president of the National Reform Party in Sudan and was nominated to run for President in 2010 and 2015. Mr. Mohamed is running again to become the President of Sudan and plans to end the genocide in Darfur and begin the process of normalizing relations with the United States of America. He wants to utilize his knowledge from living in America for over 30 years and incorporate that in his presidential administration and bring peace and harmony to all of Sudan.

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By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

In 1796, Edward Jenner propelled medical research and public health forward when he invented the first vaccine. Cowpox, a less deadly form of smallpox, infected milkmaids via sores on a cow’s body. Jenner correctly tested his hypothesis that a cowpox infection could protect a person from smallpox. Until the true development and distribution of vaccines, epidemics such as whooping cough, smallpox,

measles, yellow fever, and rubella had ravaged cities throughout the world.

Even with Jenner’s discovery, the 1800s was a difficult time for public health. While the National Vaccine Agency was established in the United States in order to encourage individuals to vaccinate themselves in 1813, poor hygiene practices and the emergence of additional infectious diseases slowed the development of vaccines and increased global outbreaks. Two thirds of the soldiers who lost their lives in the American Civil War were killed by uncontrolled infectious diseases. Yellow fever crippled the Mississippi Valley while measles ravaged Native American tribes in Arizona. At the end of the century the U.S. faced its first polio epidemic. During the 1900s, vaccine research and development experienced significant progress. Scientists discovered methods for growing and treating viruses in the laboratory. Researchers not only

created the first polio vaccine, they were also able to focus on common infectious diseases like measles, mumps, and rubella. U.S. law also backed vaccinations. In 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of mandatory smallpox vaccines to preserve public health. By 1922, many schools required a smallpox vaccine before a child could attend.

Because of vaccine research and routine immunizations, an infectious disease that was categorized as uncontrollable a century earlier was successfully eradicated. Since the implementation of vaccines, instances of whooping cough have decreased by 81 percent, measles by 99 percent, and mumps by 99 percent.

While many countries still struggle with outbreaks of diseases eradicated from the U.S. decades ago, some in our country choose to forego the availability of state-of-the-art medicines and choose not to vaccinate their children.

Ultimately, this jeopardizes the health of the general public. Just last month, visitors to Disneyland in California were exposed to measles, causing at least 100 cases identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, parents who choose not to vaccinate their children are also making a choice for the individuals that their children contact. Herd immunity, an important benefit of widespread vaccination, helps to protect people who cannot be vaccinated because of age or pre-existing medical conditions by ensuring that everyone they come in contact with is immunized. However, as more and more people refuse routine immunizations, the risk of outbreak is much worse. In 2014, the U.S. experienced the worst measles and whooping cough outbreaks in decades.

JOHNSON: CHILDREN MUST BE VACCINATED!

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

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"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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“Selma was Amelia Boynton’s idea,” said Ambassador Andrew Young. “Amelia Boynton was a Black woman who went to Selma in 1929 with George Washington Carver; she registered to vote in 1932.” Young said that Boynton was a member of Delta Sigma Theta who “led a march across the “Black Belt” to get Barack Obama elected in 2010 when she was 100-years-old.” “This is the woman that nobody knows who came to see Martin Luther King, just before Christmas in 1964 and said, ‘You need to come and help us in Selma,’ and that is where the Selma movement started,” said Young.

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Admission: $10.00 Proceeds benefit NBUF Educational Program

For tickets, call the TBAAL Box Office at 214-743-2400

“Selma was Amelia Boynton’s idea,” said Ambassador Andrew Young. “Amelia Boynton was a Black woman who went to Selma in 1929 with George Washington Carver; she registered to vote in 1932.” Young said that Boynton was a member of Delta Sigma Theta who “led a march across the “Black Belt” to get Barack Obama elected in 2010 when she was 100-years-old.” “This is the woman that nobody knows who came to see Martin Luther King, just before Christmas in 1964 and said, ‘You need to come and help us in Selma,’ and that is where the Selma movement started,” said Young.

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By Bill Duke

As the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s 86th birthday, we are immersed in an intensive, often divisive, conversation about race in America. Sixty years after King marched through the streets, like he did in Selma and cities throughout the South, we find ourselves still on the streets battling many of these same issues. The 2014 “battle” has focused on how police treat us in our communities, which have pitted “white police” against black citizens. My concern is that we are too narrowly focused. We need to make sure we battle this issue of race on all fronts. Today, we face prejudice from those outside the black community and from within it as well. Let’s face it: Skin color is still an issue in our community. The bullying that takes place between dark skinned and light skinned people is alive and well – and quite honestly Martin Luther King would be hurt to know that we’re not living up to his call for us to judge each other by the content of our character, not the color of our skin.In recent years, I’ve engaged thousands of people in conversations about race and colorism in producing my documentaries – Dark Girls and Light Girls.

Admittedly, I’m not a psychiatrist or sociologist, I’m a filmmaker. Just last year I spoke at the Apollo Theater where had done a screening. When an elderly woman asked me, “Why are you airing our dirty laundry?” I looked at her, and I don’t think she liked it when I said, “because its stinking up the house.” We have to get over this. We have to engage ourselves in this conversation to help us better understand the ways in which we slight each other. We have to grasp the notion that colorism – the prejudice based on the lightness and darkness of one’s skin – shows that darker skinned individuals have to overcome even greater incidents of prejudice than light skinned individuals.You know the “doll test” that originally was done in the 1940s by researchers Kenneth and Mamie Clark who were setting out to measure the impact of segregation on African-American children. Many others have replicated this study over the past 70 years, but results have not changed: Young girls and boys repeatedly

characterize the dark skinned dolls as dumb, evil and unkempt. Add to this the bullying that light skin girls get from their dark skin sisters who think they’re “stuck up” or “too good.’ I’m sure I’m not talking about anything you haven’t heard discussed in your own home. Last year when Lupita Nyong’o’s won

an Oscar for her role in the movie, 12 Years a Slave, it was significant in many ways, particularly as a dark skinned woman. In many ways, she has become a poster child for dark skin women, celebrating their beauty and promoting confidence. On the other hand, Beyoncé is increasingly

criticized for “looking too white” on her CD and magazine covers in which she appears. Add to this the growing number of white females who are regularly going to tanning salons, getting Botox to plump up their lips and getting butt lifts. This issue is not unique to the United States, but in this world that is increasingly full of brown people.

As we reflect on King, he made it clear that people are judging you on what they see, how you look and the color of your skin. If you’re a dark-skinned black, there’s even a greater burden. If you’re a dark skinned black woman, you face even greater scrutiny. Dark skin people have both whites that are uncomfortable with the color of their skin. You face name-calling from all sides, including your own family. Your self-esteem and self-perception takes a beating.What I’m hoping for is that we’ll find ways to engage in conversations in our homes, in our classrooms, in our churches that will inspire us to elevate ourselves beyond these prejudices. We know that’s what King would have wanted. Director, producer, and writer Bi! Duke is the godfather of African-American cinema. He was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Tribute $om the Directors Guild of America, placing him in the company of directors like Stephen Spielberg and Clint Eastwood. Duke’s productions include “American Gigolo,” “A Rage in Harlem,” “Predator,” and many more. He has degrees $om Boston University, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the American Film Institute.

Filmmaker, author Bill Duke re!ects on Dr. King, Race and Colorism



BY JOHN WILEY PRICEDallas County Commissioner (TX)

Over the last 30 years that I have had the privilege to serve Dallas County as Commissioner of District Three, the downtime for entertainment of any sorts has been minimal.

However, I have always held a spot for those events which regard and pay homage to the struggle of our people.

The movie Selma, and the marketing trailers that described what it would be; grabbed my attention rather quickly.

Even though for some, it would just be another Martin Luther King story, I don't believe that the average American realizes that you could not conceptualize or fully construe the character and courage of Dr. Martin Luther King in two and a half hours.

Added to those b r i l l i an t cinematic excerpts which peaked most of our collective curiosity, the fact that Oprah Winfrey and so many other Black talents had merged to present this film made it a must-see for me.

I will be the first to admit that I was not sure what to expect. I don't have the time, privilege, or space for engaging in theater that

does not move me emotionally and teach me historically or socially. Real revolutionaries never tend to recline or regress.

Save the placards with racial instructions on where to drink water or use the restroom, Dallas Coun ty, Texas in 2015 i s spiritually the same as Dallas County, Alabama was in 1965.

Race still matters!There were at least two other

times when I was really excited and in deep anticipation about seeing movies. The first that comes to my memory, is Malcolm X.

Those who loved Malcolm dearly, seemed willing to put a contract out on the life of Spike Lee if he made light of or i n a n y w a y d i s f i g u r e d t h e m e m o r y o f Malcolm X.

But all of us left that three hour plus blockbuster with the same sent iment ; “Spike Lee did the damn thing and he, a n d D e n z e l W a s h i n g t o n , deserves an Oscar.

And of course, and more recently, the blockbuster hit by Director Quentin Tarantino: “Django.”

Of course I was most enthralled with the idea that one of my homeboys who grew up just five miles from the area outside Dallas where I grew up, Jamie Foxx, was the lead.

But when the trailer showed Django's excitement after having been told he could get paid to kill white men, I said "Aw shoot, I gotta see it!" No gun, I mean pun intended.

In fact, one of Selma’s stars, rapper and actor Common, surmised for me and most of you what the movie accomplished.

“As I got to know the people of the civil rights movement, I realized I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote.

I am the caring white supporter killed on the front lines of freedom.

I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet. I am the two fallen police officers murdered in the line of duty. 'Selma' has awakened my humanity.”

Selma is a pivotal and seminal movie for me b e c a u s e i t highlights the f a c t t h a t l e a d e r s w i t h o u t f o l l o w e r s , w h o a r e e q u a l l y c o m m i t t e d , c a n n e v e r s u s t a i n a movement. T h e r e a r e o t h e r c i v i l

rights stories that parallel that of Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was killed trying to get the right to vote.

There are unknown champions all over this nation, who may not have suffered a mortal death, but the fight against racism and injustice have decimated their personal lives either financially, profess ional ly, social ly, or otherwise.

As we sauntered through the last days of 2015's Black History Month, I believed that it was important for us to unearth enough of our own history to learn

the names of literally hundreds of other freedom fighters that never make the marquee in February. The unsung of our struggle.

God has blessed me to be a fairly successful public servant over the last three decades. But a story about me that only features me would be insufficient. There were countless days when I wasn’t sure what to do, wanted to give up, or reconsider my purpose in life. But while watching others sacrifice their all I became encouraged to stay in this fight, and more importantly, to win it!

Selma is not just another movie. It is not just another depiction of Martin Luther King and all of his oratorical splendor. Selma is not just about the tyranny and terrorism that White America forced on our people and people of good will.

Selma is a reminder that if America is ever going to be what she purports to be, it will require some courageous efforts from those who lead and those who follow. Our claim to justice must be carried out by people of all races and kind, all religions and ethnicities.

Selma reminds us that the world can change overnight if enough of us are willing to stay up all night to change it!

John Wiley Price serves as the ranking member of the Dallas County Commissioner’s Court, and has become notorious for his vision, his vigor and his veracity. “Our Man Downtown” is known throughout this nation as a powerful proponent and advocate for all of the people of Dallas County and far beyond. He is the first African American elected to t h e D a l l a s C o u n t y Commissioner’s Court and has served since January 1, 1985.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 5

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm$ Mayor’s Welcome Reception, Performing Arts Center, 1000 Selma Ave, Mayor George Evans5:45 pm—6:45 pm$ Play: The Life of Jimmie Lee Jackson, Performing Arts Center, 1000 Selma Ave.7:00pm—9:00pm$ Memorial for Martyrs of the Movement & Mass Meeting, Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1431 Broad St. Speakers: Rev. William Barber, Dr. Bernice King, and Rev. Jeremiah Wright7:00 pm – 9:00 pm$ Miss Jubilee Pageant, School of Discovery, 1200 Water Ave, Fee: $5

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

6:30 am$ Jubilee Golf Tournament, Valley Grande Golf Course, Dr Leroy Maxwell, 334-872-2321, $758:00 am—9:00 am$ Women & the Civil Rights Movement: A Conversation, Dr. Adelaide Sanford, Diane Nash, Dr. Thelma Adair, Faya Toure’, Wallace Community College (WWCS), 3000 Earl Goodwin Pkwy.9:00 am – 3:00 pm$ Education Summit, WWCS, 3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway (Registration 8:00 am – 9:00- am) 9:00 am – 12:00 noon$ How to Value Black Lives: The Case for Emotional Emancipation, Community Healing Network, Inc, Performing Arts Center, 1000 Selma Ave.9:00 am—12 noon$ Economic Empowerment Summit, Presented by Black Women’s Roundtable & Women of Will, Wallace Community College, 3000 Goodwin Pkwy, Sheila Tyson, Convener 11:00 am – 1-30 pm$ Public Hearings on Poverty: A Renewal of Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign, Brown Chapel, 410 $ Martin Luther King St.9:00 am – 2:00 pm$ Children’s Sojourn, School of Discovery, 400 Wash St, Shiloh Baptist Church, 1416 Selma Av, $710:00 am – 2:00 pm $ Invisible Giants Story Telling, Selma City Schools1:30 pm – 3:00 pm $ Building a Movement From the Ground Up, Rev William Barber, Brown Chapel, 410 M.L. King St.3:15 pm – 3:45 pm$ Induction into Legal Guardians Hall of Fame, National Voting Rights Museum, 6 Hwy 80 East,3:45 pm – 4:15 pm $ Induction into the Women’s Hall of Fame, National Voting Rights Museum, 6 Hwy 80 East

4:00 pm – 10:00 pm$ Film Festival, Performing Arts Center, 1000 Selma Ave.5:00 pm – 7:00 pm$ Mock Trial, Concordia College, Auditorium, 1712 Broad St7:00 pm – 9:00 pm$ A Public Conversation: “Chaos or Community?” Concordia College, Auditorium, 1712 Broad Street Speakers: Benjamin Chavis, Dick Gregory, Maxine Waters and Rev. Jeremiah Wright7:00 pm – 9:00 pm $ “Stomp Out to Vote” Step Show, School of Discovery, Pickard Auditorium, 400 Wash St, Fee: $12

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

NOTE: TIME AND LOCATIONS FOR ALL EVENTS ON SATURDAY WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED DUE TO THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA. ALL EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE, SO PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE < www.selma50.com >FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AS WE CONFIRM CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE.

SERIES OF POWERFUL WORKSHOPS ON THE STATUS OF CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS 50 YEARS LATER

Dallas County Courthouse, 105 Lauderdale Street, Dallas County Courthouse Annex, 102 Church Street $9:00 am – 10:15 am •From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative, County Courthouse, 2nd Floor Courtroom9:00 am – 10:15 am •Medicaid Expansion Matters: The Lives of 300,000 Alabamians Depend On It; Sophia Bracey Harris, Executive Director, Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama; Joe Keffer, retired Labor and Community Organizer, Service Employees International Union; Tammy Thomas, Field Organizer, Center for Community Change; Court House Annex, Courtroom 19:00 am – 10:15 am •Change is Gonna Come: Advancing an Environmental & Climate Justice Agenda in the South, Part 1; Jacqueline Patterson, NAAPC Climate Change Propgram, Richard Moore, Environmental Justice & HealthAlliance for Chemical Policy Reform; Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network; Harold Mitchell, Regensis; Cynthia Peurifoy, Environmental Justice Divison, Region IV; Court House Annex, Courthouse 2

9:00 am – 10:15 am$ •Alabama Unafraid: Latino Immigrant Activism Post-House Bill 56; Dr. Carlos Aleman, Assistant Professor of History and Director of Latin American Scholars Study Program, Stamford University,Courthouse Annex, Commissioners’ Courtroom9:00 am – 10:15 am $ •The Role of Education in the Liberation of a People 50 Years Later, Tony Browder, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Dr. Robert White, Dr. Adelaide Sanford, County Courthouse, 2nd Floor, Law Library9:00 am –11:00 am$ •Voting Rights & Elected Officials of Color from 1965 to 2015, and Beyond, Joint Center for Political Economic Affairs, Black Belt African American Genealogical & Historical Society, Selma Public Library,$ 1103 Selma Ave.9:00 am – 12 noon$ •The Drug War: Its Role in Mass Incarceration & Disenfranchisement of African Americans, TOPS, First Baptist Church, 709 Martin Luther King St, Selma10:30 am – 12:30 pm$ •Living Legends Share Their Wisdom About the Challenges of Today; Panelists: Claudette Colvin, Dorothy Cotton, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Worth Long, Robert “Bob” Moses, Diane Nash, Dr. C.T. Vivian$ County Courthouse, 2nd Floor Courtroom12:00 noon—2:00 pm$ •Southern People’s Initiative—Two Year Action Plan, Stephanie Guilloud, Project South & TOPS, $ First Baptist Church, 709 Martin Luther King St.12:30 pm---1:30 pm$ •Voting Rights Workshop—Keeping America’s Promise: Advancing Democracy, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Lawyers and Special Guests, Dallas County Courthouse, 2nd Floor Courtroom12:40 pm – 1:20 pm$ •Fighting for Economic Justice in the Black Belt; Lawrence Gardella, Director for Advocacy, Legal $ Services Alabama; Geraldine V. Turner-Wofford, Managing Attorney, Selma Office, Legal Services$ Alabama; Terrika Shaw, Staff Attorney, Legal Services Alabama; Courthouse Annex, Courtroom 11:30 pm – 3:00 pm$ •Still Separate, Still Unequal: Combating Racial Segregation Under the Fair Housing Act and$ Other Civil Rights Laws; Sara Pratt, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs and Enforcement, HUD; Faith Cooper, Director, Central Alabama Fair Housing Center;

BRIDGE CROSSING JUBILEE SCHEDULE—2015



MOHAMED ELHASSAN MOHAMMED

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

SUDAN

STOP THE GENOCIDE

BRING PEACE TO DARFUR

NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATESFor more information go to Mohamed Elhassan on Facebook

Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed was born in the Sudan in 1961. Mr. Mohamed is vice president of the National Reform Party in Sudan and was nominated to run for President in 2010 and 2015. Mr. Mohamed is running again to become the President of Sudan and plans to end the genocide in Darfur and begin the process of normalizing relations with the United States of America. He wants to utilize his knowledge from living in America for over 30 years and incorporate that in his presidential administration and bring peace and harmony to all of Sudan.

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On August 6, 1965, Amelia Boynton Robinson introduced herself to President Lyndon Baines Johnson in front of the White House. She had been invited by the president to participate in the signing of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. Born on August 18, 1911, in Savannah, Georgia, Robinson began helping her mother to register women to vote a!er the Nineteenth Amendment was rati"ed on her ninth birthday on August 18, 1920.

In 1933, Robinson co-founded the Dallas County Voters League in Selma, Alabama. #e 1901 Alabama State Constitution had e$ectively disenfranchised black voters in the state by passing white supremacy as law. Already a registered voter, Boynton

and her "rst husband, S. William Boynton, worked tirelessly to register black voters in the county. #e pressure against them took a toll on Mr. Boynton’s health, and he died in 1963.

#e Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent Bernard and Colia LaFayette to Selma in 1963 to help with voter registration. SNCC began holding mass meetings and coordinated marches to the county courthouse.

SNCC’s e$orts were e$ectively ended when the city passed an injunction banning public meetings in 1964. Mrs. Robinson sent a letter to Martin Luther King on behalf of the Dallas County Voters League asking him

to send the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to help with the campaign. #is was her second invitation; she and her husband "rst invited Dr. King to Selma in 1955 a!er the Montgomery Bus Boycott sparked by Rosa Parks' noncooperation with legal discrimination.

SCLC’s James Bevel, James Orange, and Diane Nash came to Selma to organize the project. Bevel and Nash had dra!ed the Program for Action in Alabama a year earlier following the murder of four girls in Birmingham when the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed. #e proposal outlined a strategy of nonviolent direct action designed to get the

right to vote, an idea that was a necessary precursor to successful voter registration.

A!er SCLC’s campaign o%cially got underway on January 2, 1965, when Dr. King held a mass meeting, Mrs. Robinson was manhandled and arrested during a demonstration by Selma’s notorious Sheri$ Jim Clark.

James Orange was assigned to organize neighboring Perry County, and Richard Boone administrated the Selma project, while Bevel led nonviolent workshops and continued to strategize the movement. When Jimmie Lee Jackson, a young man in Perry County, was shot by a state trooper

during a demonstration, Bevel proposed a march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery to protest the shooting. #ere was even talk of dumping Jackson’s decomposing body on the steps of the capitol.

#e marchers gathered at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma on Sunday, March 7, 1965, and walked towards the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River. As the march crossed the bridge, a line of state troopers assembled at the end of the bridge volleyed tear gas canisters into the crowd and began chasing the marchers on horseback while striking them with billy clubs. Amelia Boynton Robinson was beaten unconscious and le! for dead on the bridge.

#e atrocity was captured by network news stations and was broadcast immediately a!er the Sunday Night Movie, Trial At Nuremburg. President Johnson and the rest of the nation watched in horror at the event which became known as “Bloody Sunday.” A week later, on March 15, 1965, Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to introduce legislation to protect voting rights. His declaration, “We shall overcome” was met with thundering applause.

Today Mrs. Robinson is revered as the “Mother of the Voting Rights Movement.” She is credited for parting the waters that led to the election of the "rst African American president of the United States, Barack Obama.

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By Dr. J. Ester Davis

Fifty years ago I was a college student in Houston, Texas. I was sent to and graduated from Jack Yates High School because of the music opportunities.

Being from Conroe, Texas, most African American children from the South stayed close to home, because our parents in small southern towns lived with daily fears and daily stories that kept “fears” alive. However, my Mother was a visionary. She always told us we could not stay in Conroe. Concentrate on your studies and prepare to leave this “sawmill town.”

I am not going to Selma for the historic march. It is a personal deep-seeded decision. Small southern town America in the 60’s was treacherous territory. We only

had each other in our segregated part of the world with over-protective neighbors, aunts, uncles and parents. Ironically enough, I can only remember one family in our neighborhood without a father in the house. Everybody had a Mom and a Dad.

But the fear of the white man in these little towns and communities was real. . . and always with no recourse, no help, no police on our side. Whatever was happening out there the local authorities and “red necks” made sure it was not repeated in their town.

My first college year, I stayed with my Aunt Fan, who lived close to the Texas Southern University campus. My cousin J. C., fresh home from Vietnam, was a mortuary student at Southwestern. The rumors, incidents and troublesome occurrences became so frequent that a decision was made to keep us at home. So we started driving the 30 miles into Houston every day. The reason was centered around the endless marches on campuses around the country. They reasoned that if we were home every night we would not join the marches.

I can vividly remember the protective measures my family took to protect us. We went nowhere alone in fully-segregated Conroe. My entire world was in a five-block radius. Four blocks to my aunt’s home, on Avenue E and South 5th Street. Three blocks to church, one block to Booker T. Washington School (1st to 12th grades), and the new black school built in 1952. One block to the baseball and football fields and at the back of the school was our own swimming pool. For my music lessons I walked through our backyard to next door.

Four of my eight aunts were maids and they overheard lots of news about “the Negro” that they bought back to the neighborhood. Surprisingly enough, without the communication tools we have today, we kept up with the latest news in Selma, Birmingham, Little Rock, Jackson, and everywhere.

Even though I lived with the Selma’s of the 60’s , I still to this day remember the words that my Dad had to say about “this integration.”

My Dad, a much-respected man, owned a business all of my

life. He was a mechanic, owned trucks, owned land, hauled wood, where most of business was from the other races. My Dad never fully agreed with the marches. He ignored the threats from both sides of the aisle. My Dad wanted the “Negro” to build his own world, plant his own corn, own his own work and leave something to his children.

And you know what? Even with the old and new

marches on the history books, he had a valid point.

By Thomas Muhammad

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., challenged "Give us the Ballot" while Brother Malcolm X threw down the gauntlet in his fiery speech "The Ballot or the Bullet!"

Those were the choices America's brutal system was faced with by a people who had been suffering from murders and racist injustice for over 400 years.

One part of the leadership was pleading to America's so-called

"moral" conscious the other part was demanding that America act fast to cure its ills or suffer the consequences because it had "a racial powder keg sitting in its lap!"

In many ways both parts were victorious. The voting rights act was passed. Black people began voting, running and winning

elected positions, particularly in the South, in huge numbers finally culminating in the election of America's

first black president.

The very interesting point on these two movements converging is that it wasn't until the release of the popular film "Selma" that Malcolm's role, representing the militant angle of the voting rights struggle, had ever been publicly revealed.

Unfortunately, many of the powerful civil rights icons of the movement and never spoke

publicly about Malcolm's involvement.He gave a keynote address at Brown Chapel church while Dr. King was in the Selmajail. Most say it was because much blame was attributed to Malcolm's role in

radicalizing young black non-violent students.

To a large extent this could very well be true, however I'm sure most historians would agree that for the sake of cohesive study, all sides of a story must be told in order to have the type of

legitimacy needed to provide a clear path for the future.

Only the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute, located at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama, notes Malcolm's role in their "Voting Rights Timelines."

Kudos to the brave leadership there. As celebration of the 50th anniversary gets underway the hope is that we remember the key position of Brother Malcolm's voting rights point that’s relevant even more so today.

He said, "you don't catch hell cause you're a Democrat, you don't catch hell cause you're a Republican. All of us catch hell cause we're Black!"

Amen.

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A minister recently reminded me of something I pray will also benefit you in understanding your walk in faith. The pastor reminded those, who would claim Christ as their own, that being a Christian is part of an evolutionary process. Make no mistake about it. There will be problems along the way. But remember the process has purpose. Lest we forget, there is power resulting from committing oneself to the process of being faithful. There is purpose behind our struggle of faith. God is still in control and at every stage of our lives, the test or the temptation is there to give us a chance to confirm and clarify our status with the Almighty. You’re kind of on His team or not . You’re e i ther practicing for the game, in the game, or wasting your time and that of your so-called teammates. Think about it. What do you consider your duty in this life? Why are you here? What’s the point of existence? To a man or woman of God, these are not hard questions. Life is a manifestation of knowledge that allows you to know God. Our purpose is to recognize who we are in relation to God and then act accordingly. Now God

does give us assistance in the process. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witness in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8. If this be the case, then it bears the question, ‘where are we in this process?’ The one place we must be however is in it. In-the-process means just that, in it. That means some part of our consciousness, some part of who we are, actively (not passively), participates in the work of the Lord.

Most of you who read this column know I believe faith is a verb and in order to participate in a n y p r o c e s s , y o u m u s t d o something. In this case you must do something in the name of God, period. It must be conscious. It must be deliberate. It must be

inclusive of some understanding that Jesus would approve. Maybe you remember something about the learning process in your youth. To be successful, study was required. Learning, real learning, did not happen by osmosis . I t had identifiable results and measurable consequences. In school you had to pass a test. In life you grow in faith and thereby in knowledge of the truth i.e. God is the reason. Isn’t it amazing that the more you know about the Lord, the more there is to know? Isn’t it wonderful to begin the process of service in His name? The more you serve, the more you want to serve. How you serve is a byproduct of the gifts already given you by Him. I think in church they say, “Come on somebody.” The point of all this is that regardless of where you are in the process, you can’t go wrong because, hello,

you’re in the process. As the minister pointed out, there will be problems that arise along the way. These problems are understood and handled when you remember your purpose for participating in the first place. Can you feel the power I was talking about earlier? When you are fully engaged in the process of being a Christian, there is power to be had and shared when you realize you’re having success. And success has already been defined as understanding the war is already won. Christ did that. These battles are mere formalities. God is giving us more knowledge as we learn h o w t o u s e H i s t o o l s a n d understand how they help us study. This is a class in spiritual understanding and the bible is a terrific textbook. Find yourself a quiet place to study. Prepare for your tests and graduate with testimony. Just remember in these classes failure is possible, but dropping out is not an option.

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Around 6:00am Tuesday, Dec. 23, Greg Pickney’s mother

woke him up. Pickney, 22, soon found out

years old, Terrence Tusan, was missing. Pickney called Tusan’s

Soon, all of Tusan’s friends and family were searching for him. Social media accounts of

with pictures of Tusan and places where he last was seen.

late. Tusan was killed on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 21.“When I found the news it

was like a dream that wasn’t

soon as we found out we went to

Tusan was shot in the head and neck, outside of the CastleRock Apartments in Denton. According to Denton Police,

the incident was the result of

gunshot wounds and they

the apartment in less than two days.

to police that the suspects broke into their home. Two of three of the alleged suspects are dead. Tusan was reported as one of the alleged suspects along with 18-year-old Jakobi Gipson.

Lloyd Fraction, another suspect turned himself in Wednesday, Jan. 7. Another suspect, Rashar Aikens was arrested Jan. 6. Details of what exactly

happened at the apartment

but what actually happened may

Terrence’s character were

and family.

Tusan was a student a few semesters short of a graduate degree and star

in Washington, D.C., a 2009 state football MVP for Euless Trinity High school, god father,

and Donna Tusan’s, who met at

son. Their other son, Joseph was killed as the result of a racially-charged incident in 2004. Christmas came and went and

the mourners of Tusan started their New Year off by burying

ones recalled fond memories of him at St. John Baptist Church in Grand Prairie, Tusan’s home church and where he accepted Christ.

one of Tusan’s teammates at

Orleans to pay respects to his teammate. Hamilton was also one of many who stepped up and spoke on behalf of his teammate at the wake. “At that time I really didn’t

want to do it but I had to let his family know. I knew he would

this season. He always told me

old ways. It really does make you feel good knowing that people are always on your side and I had to let his family know

“Mother of Denton Break-In

News headline. It was one of many headlines

that portrayed Tusan as a

criminal. Comments poured in and people weighed in on the life of someone they did not know with few facts Denton police released.

Some who read the initial posts surrounding the alleged home

about the case. They wondered

why would a college student throw their life away? What were they allegedly trying to take? How was he robbing someone if he was shot outside? Others suspected that Tusan

was set up by being with the wrong friend at the wrong time and the wrong place.

wonders had about the late Terrence Tusan, the damage has already been done. Though details may or

may not be released about

understanding, they won’t be as

criminal headlines seen all around the nation. Tusan was portrayed as a

his close friends and family, they know who Tusan was. “It was kind of hard because

I felt like the media was portraying my friend as a bad person and not as the person who he was. Why were they releasing the

friend of 15 years and roommate

Batiste said. “We were actually supposed

to open presents that night. I was already dealing with my

Batiste, a junior at Howard,

Tusan’s funeral. He and Tusan attended

school together since they were

on graduating from Howard

lineman, Batiste blocked for his 5 foot 6 inch 156 lb. best friend his whole life. They were inseparable. Batiste plans on building on that bond with Tusan by getting some of the same tattoos Tusan had. He also

family. “I want to paint a mural of

Batiste said. “God has a better plan for him and he’s up there with his brother. They always say in football, the eye in the sky don’t lie. He’s doing to be

Howard’s head Coach Gary

spoke on the star running back. Tusan played three seasons on the football team as a Bison. He was also a member of

Though he was small in stature, Harrell described one of his

the way to Texas. He’ll always be a Bison. When it was times

‘TuTu’ time. He only said one

“When he transcends, we’re still able to keep him close to our hearts. We can’t ask why his

to continue to carry his legacy

Murdered Howard University student-athlete revered by many, accounts questioned

Terrence Tusan

Terrence Tusan was a student at Howard University



Dear Alma,My husband and I have

been married for over 25 years. We’re both in our late 50s. On the outside looking in, we’re a church going happy couple, but the reality is, we’re not. No, we don’t argue or disrespect each other, but we just don’t talk much. He falls asleep in the basement most nights and I’m sleeping alone. We don’t go out on romantic dates and he never wants to try anything new. We just exist almost like roommates. And I’m sure he would be fine with this for the rest of his life.

I love my husband very much and I don’t want my marriage to end. I have been seeing an old boyfriend lately who has moved back to our town. He and I have not missed a beat. We’re like two teenagers sneaking around and, needless to say,

everything is hot and heavy. I know I should cut it off before my husband finds out, but I enjoy the attention. I talked to my husband the other night and told him how unhappy I was and he said he’ll do better. He hasn’t returned to our bedroom, so I’m not sure what’s going on. I just don’t know what to do. I am not ready to let go of the way things are with the return of the “love of my life.” Do you think I should give my husband an ultimatum?— Name withheld

An ultimatum to do what, not catch you at your foolishness? You’re married.

Your love and devotion is reserved for your husband, only. In the good, bad, fast and slow times. This sounds like a slow season.

Your husband clearly is a guy who deserves the opportunity to make it better. He isn’t abusing you, he seems to be in a comfort zone. You have invested 25 years in a person who should be respected as the LOYL. Don’t get it twisted.

Girlfriend, you’re as wrong as a Wendy Williams weave and you know it. Adultery is never the acceptable behavior. Just because you’ve added lip gloss and eye liner doesn’t beautify it. You’re wrong! Ok, so your husband isn’t

romantic, won’t come to bed and he isn’t hitting it like he use too. And? What can you do about it? Have you offered him a reason to come to bed?

Start focusing and planning a red hot reunion with all the dedication and planning you exercised to plan your wedding, and watch happens. Break if off with the other lover. No contact whatsoever, no phone calls, emails, text messages, Facebook contact, twitter post, snail mail, nothing.

Find your way back to reality. Back to honoring your husband. Girl, get your stuff together. What you’re doing is ratchet, cut it out. It’s one thing to lie to yourself when you don’t know any better, but you do. You have pulled in the wrong driveway Lady Love, cause you gets no sympathy here.

— Alma

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TIME TO FORGIVE?

FAMU Rattlers victorious

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Michael Baisden leaves airwaves -- Skip Murphy moves to slot

GWENDOLYN JONESAsk The Advocate

D’LYTE & EBONYMusic Happenings

VALDER BEEBEThat Celebrity Interview

MISS RAYGoing Deep in the Roots

YVETTE BROOKSYour Curlfriend!

KENNY JAYMaking Women Happy!

Single Mom Chronicles

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Say NO to any ASSAULTBy Cheryl Smith - Texas Metro News

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Welcome Home Ambassador

Ron Kirk!p.7

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By Patrice J. [email protected]

Studies by theUniversity of Texas atDallas Institute of UrbanPolicy, United Way andTexas A&M are takingplace now to assess thequality of life in the SouthDallas community beforebillion dollar projectsinvolving the new DARTLight Rail and the Trinity

Toll Road are brought tothe area. Some construc-tion has begun with thedemolition of homes tofollow later this year.At a meeting held by the

three institutions, a focusgroup of sorts dished ideasand findings on the surveysthat have told the story of theresidents of South Dallas.“We are measuring con-

ditions that may vary fromstreet to street,” said Dr.

Timothy Bray, director ofthe Institute of UrbanPolicy Research. He helps

oversee the The FieldResearch Team whichunderwent 80 hours of

training in administeringthe anonymous surveys.“Over three to four yearsthere are changes in condi-tions and we want to knowhow it affects the area.”

In having the conversa-tion about building withinSouth Dallas, many issuesarise with respect toeducation and business in

See ROAD, page 19

The Long andWinding RoadLight rail, Trinity River road highlyscrutinized in South Dallas

“OVER THREE TO

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ARE CHANGES IN

CONDITIONS AND

WEWANT TO KNOW

HOW IT AFFECTS

THE AREA”

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.

Congresswoman EddieBernice Johnson

Grade:A“I am deeply impressed with the progress that

President Barack Obama has made during the first 100days of his administration. Already we are seeingevidence of the administration’s plan to dig our countryout of recession and develop long-term, sustainable pros-perity. President Obama has made two trips abroad,proving to us and to the world that he intends to

repair our frayed alliances and restore ourinternational leadership.

Finally, the Obama adminis-tration’s code of ethicshas broughtmuch-neededtransparency andaccountability to theWhite House.

President Obamais delivering on thechange that hepromised.”

Senator Kay

Bailey HutchisonGrade: C

“In just 100 days, we’ve seen an alarming accel-

eration 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 aboutthe President’s intention toclose Guantanamo without aworkable plan to relocatedetainees. It is mysincere hope that,movingforward,

theadminis-

tration willadopt the productive,

responsible approach to ournation’s challenges thatAmericansdeserve.”(The office of John Cornyn of

Texas was contacted but did

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Dallas is abuzz at theelection issues beforethem on May 9 whencitizens are asked tovote on the controver-sial ConventionCenter Hotel that isbeing backed byMayor

Leppert. But what doesvoting “no” and voting“yes” mean?It is important to

remember that thepropositions are toamend the Dallas CityCharter which, amongother things, gives thecity the power to acquireproperty for any publicpurpose. The propositionsare worded to prohibit thecity from acting on thesebefore stated powers.Therefore, if a citizen wouldlike the city to maintainthose powers, they are tovote NO and vice versa.

Evaluating President Obama’s First 100 Days

THE HUNDRED DAY SCORE

WhyYES means no

and NOmeans yes

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