(NNPA)—“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer.”  General Order Number 3 as read by Major General Gordon Granger, Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865.

by Elinor Tatum

If you look at any election in the past 50 years, you will notice one thing—that the Black vote counts. But when you look at the way politicians look at the Black vote, you may see a very different picture.

The Black community has power, and when we get passionate about an issue, we come out in full force. But when we are neglected, we may very well sit an election out.

(NNPA)—Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. has been an advocate since his high school freshman days when he, among the Green­ville Eight, pro­tested segregated library practices.  As a student at North Carolina A&T State University, he was part of the actions to integrate the city, involved with the phenomenal Bennett Belles who were the backbone of that movement. 

As an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he was the one who raised hell, caused trouble, and moved the economic justice agenda. As a presidential candidate in 1984, he was the man who stood firmly in the constitution, asserting his right to run. In 1988, he cleared hurdles as a candidate, earning majority votes from states where African-Americans were a minority.  He has made history.

Father’s Day as some of are aware could be every day of the year. On a personal level the four of us were blessed with the most wonderful father a family could have. Our father was a neighbor father who demonstrated by example all of the qualities that were necessary in the development of a man. Daddy was more than an exceptional provider of materialism, he instilled in all that knew him the following positive factors:

Responsibility for self, family and others, never condoning wrong, can’t was never to be a part of your vocabulary or lifestyle, all things being equal you could accomplish anything, honor your parents, respect for all adults and especially women.