A (Black) History-Filled Night on November 23, 2020 If the NFL officiating careers of Referee Jerome Boger, umpire Barry Anderson, side judge Anthony Jeffries, line judge Carl Johnson, down judge Julian Mapp, field judge Dale Shaw and back judge Greg Steed had ended the night of November 23,2020, it would nonetheless go without further comment that these seven black veterans in stripes who paraded single file out of their dressing room at Raymond Jones stadium in Tampa, Florida had permanently set their cleats in historical cement to equate with Dr.…
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In 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia… Members of Omega Psi Phi Create the Hungry Club Forum of the Butler YMCA The Butler Street YMCA, which opened its doors in 1894, was a pioneer in many respects to help close the racial divides that existed in the city which longtime Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield described as “too busy to hate,” however, it was not too busy to segregate. Notwithstanding the youthful activities the Y organized and funded for Black youngsters from all over Atlanta like basketball, field trips, tournaments and summer…
Will this election day be the beginning of the end for America? (Article Below – available for use) Will this election day be the beginning of the end for America? By Dr. H. J. Harris, author of “Solving the Race Issue In America” (www.solvingtheraceissue.com) As election day unfolds, many wonder if the words of President Abraham Lincoln are predictive of the future of America. Lincoln said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” Lincoln felt that the ideals of…
Black Press Coverage of the 2020 Elections Facebook.com/BlackPressUSA: https://www.facebook.com/BlackPressUSA YouTube at BlackPressUSATV: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=BlackPressUSATV 7 pm to 7:15 pm EST National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) goes live! NNPA Chair and Houston Forward Times Publisher Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., kick things off with opening remarks. 7:15 pm to 7:30 pm EST Special interview with Steve Corbett, who comes to us from Scranton, Pennsylvania, a key city that Trump and Biden have been fighting tooth and nail for and the national media has descended upon…
I’ve heard that Martin Luther King Jr. did not want my dad Hosea Williams to March this time. Hosea had led many marches across the southeast by then, he was hired by Martin King because of his success in organizing and leading working people to march. Hosea was sent to this small Southern town to manage the movement there until Dr. King could get there. They had a phone call about the rising sentiment of the people there, especially about the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson and the decision was…
By Ramona Houston, Ph.D., PMP As we enter the final days of the 2020 election cycle, African American men have taken center stage in the conversation about this transformative election. Despite the political realities of the last four years, polling data shows a small, yet significant percentage of African American men supporting President Donald Trump, and another notable percentage choosing not to participate in the political process at all. Considering the current state of Black America, one thing is clear: African Americans have suffered immensely under the Trump administration. For…
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