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The fourth edition of Who’s Who In Black Dallas® will be unveiled at a networking recep‐ tion and program at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Friday, September 29th beginning at 6:00 p.m., officials announced today. Who’s Who In Black Dallas® will be celebrating the achieve‐ Workers inspect a statue of Robert E. Lee in a public park in Dallas, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. (LM OTERO/AP) ments of African Americans in the metropolitan Dallas area. Over 200 people will be high‐ lighted in the publication. (AP) ‐ Crews have removed a statue of Robert E. Lee from a pedestal and carted it away Joining the celebration for the fourth edition will be State Senator Royce West, Managing from a Dallas park named for the Confederate general. In an unannounced but expected move, a large crane was brought through the city by a Partner of West and Associates LLP and Effie Dennison, Senior Vice President and Director police escort to Lee Park, where it lifted the large statue from its pedestal late Thursday Community Development and Corporate Social Responsibility for Texas Capital Bank. West afternoon. penned the Foreword and Dennison wrote the Introduction for the fourth edition. City officials said in a statement that an art conservator monitored the proper handling of “Recognizing the achievements of African Americans in Dallas is significant. Sharing my the statue, and police tactical officers with automatic rifles provided security. thoughts among those affiliated with Who’s Who In Black Dallas® is very heart warming,” The statue was lowered onto a flatbed trailer for transport to an abandoned naval air sta‐ said West. tion owned by the city on its western outskirts. It's expected to remain there until city offi‐ “I was thrilled to be invited to write the Introduction for the fourth edition of Who’s Who,” cials decide the statue's future. said Dennison who has been previously recognized in the Corporate Brass section in Dallas. The 14‐foot‐tall, 6‐ton statue depicting Lee on horseback flanked by an anonymous “I have been an admirer of the many talented people in this city for a long time and am Confederate soldier was erected in what was originally called Oak Lawn Park. President encouraged about recognizing African American contributions.” Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the statue in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial celebra‐ “We are excited to be doing the fourth edition of Who’s Who In Black Dallas® and are tion. equally excited to have Senator Royce West and Effie Dennison penning the Foreword and The Dallas City Council voted Sept. 6 to remove the statue but was met with a series of Introduction for this edition,” says Carter Womack, Chief Operating Officer of Who’s Who delays, including a brief court stay obtained by a pro‐Confederacy group and a collision last Publishing. “Their respective impact on the African‐American community goes hand in hand Sunday between a semitrailer and a crane assigned to remove the statue. The driver of the with the commitment and vision of Who’s Who Publishing.” semitrailer was killed in the crash. Started last year as an added feature is the issuing of three awards – Eddie Bernice Johnson Trailblazer in honor of the long serving Congresswoman; Comer Cottrell Entrepreneur in honor of the late Hair Care Manufacturing Entrepreneur and Community Impact. State Representative Helen Giddings will receive the Trailblazer, Curtis Ransom, owner of numerous KFC’s franchises will get the Comer Cottrell Entrepreneur Award and John Proctor, chair, Regional Black Contractor Association, advocate for African American business inclusion, the Community Impact Award. “We wanted to recognize three areas of impact,” said returning Associate Publisher Ken Carter, President, and CEO of Focus Communications, a 37‐year‐old public relations, public affairs, marketing, and crisis communications company “We strongly believe the recipients of these honors are truly noteworthy and Game Changers,” said Carter. The reception is open to the public at a cost of $75 per person that includes a copy of the book. To RSVP go online to https://shoprealtimesmedia.com/shop/uncategorized/whos‐ who‐in‐black‐dallas‐4th‐edition‐unveiling . Pre‐order of the publication is also available for $39.95 by going to website – www.whoswhopublishing.com or calling (313) 963‐8100. The lead sponsors of the fourth edition are the North Texas Tollway Authority, Toyota and KRNB/K104. Other sponsors include Dallas ISD, City of Dallas, Texas Capital Bank, and University of North Texas Dallas among others. Who’s Who Publishing Company highlights the achievements of African Americans and other minority groups in over 25 markets across the country through its brand of Who’s Who publications and signature events. Who’s Who Publishing Company is a subsidiary of Real Times Media, one of the leading sources of African‐American related news, entertain‐ ment, and lifestyle information. IN THIS ISSUE... INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK . Sports - Page 5

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To cross the 1 percent line on high the fact that African Americans be sure, while the unemploy‐ The income, poverty and earning until 1997, and now experience twice as much ment rate is way down, there health insurance data released our percentage has more than poverty as Whites, earning only are also people sitting on the BE KIND! Never speak harsh words. Be by the Census Bureau on doubled. Still, it would take 60 percent of the incomes that sidelines of the labor force. September 13 confirms what hundreds of years, at the rate Whites do. This gap will not be Raises seem to be coming, but kind and gentle with your tongue. For it many of us already knew. we are going, to close the gap closed unless there is some quite slowly, and a 3.2 percent President Obama’s last year with Whites. intervention, some form of increase in income, after sever‐ has been said that the tongue can be like was one of economic improve‐ With incomes as low as they reparations, or some special al years of declining income, ment for many individuals. The are, it is unsurprising to find program that will empower seems not to be enough. a sword. Think long before you criticize median income rose from African Americans more heavily African Americans. If that did‐ Additionally, there are millions $57,230 in 2015 to $59,039 in represented among the poor n’t happen in the Obama of millennials who came of age your neighbor. Your tongue can be nasty. 2016, an increase of 3.2 per‐ than Whites are, but again, administration, it is unlikely to during the recession, having cent. Black income rose 5.4 President Obama’s last year in happen in during the current spent years marginally Living is one of the most beautiful things percent, from $37, 364 in 2015 office saw a real drop in the one. employed, and are shouldering to $39,400 in 2016, while poverty level. The poverty rate President Obama’s singular the burden of high student in the world. But the tongue can kill! White income rose from $63, dropped from 13.5 percent in success, of course, was health loans. Small increases in 745 to $65,041, an increase of 2015 to 12.7 percent in 2016, care. More than 93 percent of income don’t make these folks two percent. The income gap and the Black poverty rate Whites, 92 percent of Asian feel flush. Many still feel that A Message from narrowed very slightly, with dropped from 24.1 percent to Americans, 89.5 percent of they are just getting by. African Americans making 58 22.0 percent. There were African Americans and 84 per‐ Knowing “45,” he will crow The Dallas Post Tribune Editor: percent of White earnings in 800,000 fewer African cent of Hispanics had health about these numbers, though 2015 and 60 percent of White Americans in poverty in 2016 care in 2016, continuing an he truly cannot take any earnings in 2016. This income than in 2015. That’s good news. upward trend that began in responsibility for them. This We welcome letters to the editor. ratio typically hovers around 60 Child poverty was also over‐ 2011 with the introduction of data is 2016 data, and the Submissions must be signed, addressed percent, and this situation has whelming. With 15.1 percent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). improvement here can be sole‐ not improved, since 1967. White children living in poverty Of course, Republicans have ly attributed to President and must include a daytime and an Despite an absolute improve‐ there were nearly twice as promised to “repeal and Obama. The proof of 45’s pud‐ ment in incomes, the racial many Black children living in replace” Obamacare. They ding will come next year, when evening phone number. Please limit sub‐ income disparity remains. poverty at 29.5 percent. Among have been unsuccessful, 2017 data are reported. Will we missions to 350 words. We reserve the Fewer than 1 in 10 whites elders, 8 percent of White sen‐ because so many Americans be better off with the repeal of earned less than $15,000 per iors were poor, compared to like the program and use it, the ACA? Will incomes rise or right to edit and correct all submissions year, compared to 20 percent 18.5 percent of African even though it has flaws. The fall under 45’s leadership? of African Americans at that American seniors. And when program should be tweaked, What will happen with poverty although; every effort will be made to low earning level. While 18 per‐ Black women headed house‐ but not replaced, but we’ll see in an administration that has retain the intended meaning of the sub‐ cent of Whites earned less than holds, 34.2 percent of those what happens in coming already taken actions to keep $25,000 a year, fully one‐third households lived in poverty. months. wages low? Will the Obama mission. Send your submissions via email of African Americans earned so While these numbers make a Despite improvements in momentum come to a skidding little. At the same time, while clear case that President income data, too many halt because of 45’s policies? to [email protected] or by 7.4 percent of Whites earned Obama improved the situation Americans aren’t feeling the We’ll have to wait and see, but mail to P.O. Box 570769, Dallas, Texas more than $200,000 a year, for all Americans, it is also clear improvements. That’s how “45” it is clear that 45 has already only 2.8 percent of African that his unwillingness or inabil‐ was able to manipulate people taken too many steps in the 75357‐0769. Americans had similarly high ity to target programs toward into believing that they were wrong direction. earnings. At the top, there was the African American poor worse off than they had ever September 21 - 27, 2017 The Dallas Post Tribune Page 3 Church Directory

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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

DeMaurice Smith has been re‐elected as executive director of the players' union in a special committee vote. Under guidelines passed since his last election as NFL Players Association head in 2015, a 14‐player Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt signs autographs for fans holding signs referencing Hurricane Harvey before a game selection committee could bypass a full membership against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) election. That committee, made of up the 11 mem‐ (AP) ‐ Among the 209,426 people who donated to Houston Texans' J.J. Watt's Houston Relief Flood Fund to help those bers of the NFLPA executive committee plus the three longest‐serving player representatives, reviews affected by Hurricane Harvey were New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick. the sitting executive director. That group can then Brady donated $100,000 and Belichick contributed $50,000. call for an election to keep the incumbent in office, "It's [incredibly] kind gestures," Watt said. "Just goes to show what type of people they are. Despite everything, play‐ and the vote must be unanimous. ing a game against each other, having practice against each other, being in the same [conference] and things like that. The 14‐0 vote took place Tuesday night. For them to step up at a time like that and just help their fellow human is pretty special and I think it speaks volumes to Attorney Cyrus Mehri, who had launched a cam‐ their character. paign to oppose Smith in a general election in "I'm very appreciative of that obviously and I think the way both of them went about it as well, just kind of quietly March, called the re‐election "a non‐democratic behind the scenes. I don't think they even meant for it to get out, so good people. Much appreciated for sure. process" and vowed to continue working toward Watt closed the fundraised on Friday, Sept. 15 after raising 37,131,687 million. having a full election of the membership in March.

Schlotzsky’s to donate proceeds from $1.99 birthday deal to Hurricane Harvey relief

To celebrate its 46th birthday next month, Schlotzsky’s is offering The Original sandwich for just $1.99 on Tuesday, October 3. Honoring its Texas roots, all proceeds from this deal will go directly to Hurricane Harvey relief. In addition to the birthday deal, the Schlotzsky’s® “46th Birthday” Sweepstakes is currently happening, and sandwich lovers can enter between now and 11:59 p.m. on October 3 for a chance to win up to $1,000 cash or Free Schlotzsky’s for a year, and other smaller prizes every day during the sweeptstakes. How To Enter: Download the Schlotzsky’s® Lotz4Me™ app on your smartphone, entering necessary information to become a Lotz4Me™ member; visit a participating Schlotzsky’s location and spend at least $6.00, including any size fountain drink. At the register, scan the barcode on your receipt and be automatically be entered into the Promotion. When your Entry is submitted, you will receive a message that confirms your Entry. Entrants may continue on in the App to play the game for a chance to win instant prizes.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING ALL CHILDREN

By: Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), grants states the careers or personal lives. To improve academic achieve‐ Media Campaign) freedom to develop their own academic standards and ment, let’s first equip teachers with the skills to recognize measures of accountability so long as those standards pre‐ the natural talents that support and encourage academic I am a former teacher. I taught for 25 years in the public pare students for college and career readiness. State aca‐ achievement. School systems must realize that tests only school system and have held various titles in the field of demic standards can include a wide range of subject areas; measure a finite set of skills and that skills do exist outside education throughout my 40‐year career. I have always had in contrast to the previous emphasis on reading and math‐ of those measured. Academic achievement is improved a passion for education. My family and I joke that I have ematics. To support the academic achievement of students when we recognize the differences in children and embrace been teaching since the first day of kindergarten. My older with varied academic ability, background, and socioeco‐ them rather than trying to put every child in the same, sister also wanted to be a teacher. So, we would spend our nomic status, it is vital that educators refrain from the one‐ square box. Academic achievement is improved when par‐ evenings “playing school” with our many siblings and size‐fits‐all model of instruction promoted during No Child ents take the initiative to advocate for their child’s needs neighbors. Because of our productive “pretend play” I Left Behind (NCLB). from the womb all the way through college graduation and began school already reading and writing. I remember To improve academic achievement, we must reflect on the start of their careers. printing the alphabet with pride. By the time I reached third our stated mission: to educate all children. Not every child Who is responsible for improving academic achieve‐ grade I was reading everything I could get my hands on and is going to be a mathematician. Not every child is going to ment? All of us. Get engaged, go to the meetings, partici‐ helping my classmates read as well. In fact, the only time I be a scientist or doctor. However, every child is born with pate in the professional development, take part in the free was reprimanded was when I tried to help a classmate pro‐ specific gifts and talents. It is up to us, as parents and edu‐ webinars, read the articles on education in your local news‐ nounce names during her social studies report on current cators, to help each child develop those specific talents. In papers, and be a voice in your child’s education. events. a family of six children, each of my siblings had a different If you are looking for tips on how to get involved, or I shared that time during my childhood, because it is area of interest. One became a medical doctor, another a where to go to attend meetings, visit . www.nnpa.org/essa. important for educators to understand that children begin mathematician, still another, an engineer; there are two school on various levels. Children develop and retain infor‐ former teachers, and a law enforcement officer. We were Dr. Elizabeth Primas is an educator, who spent more mation differently. Some students begin school ahead of all expected to excel in our respective fields, and we did. than 40 years working towards improving education for the pack. As educators, it is our responsibility to ensure all Success comes in many forms. A successful student is children of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds. Dr. children, irrespective of their initial academic level contin‐ allowed to pursue his/her natural talents and encouraged Primas is the program manager for the NNPA’s Every ue to make progress. to learn the skills needed to be a productive citizen. Had my Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness Campaign. Follow Unfortunately, most students are not progressing at an siblings and I been limited to reading and mathematics, we Dr. Primas on Twitter @elizabethprimas. appropriate pace. The reauthorized, national education probably wouldn’t have been as successful; not in our

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