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Forward Times Publishing Co, Inc. FORWARD TIMES History. The Forward Times Family Tradition aren Carter Richards serves as CEO and Publisher of The Forward Times, the South’s largest Black Kowned and independently published newspaper. Karen has continued the iconic legacy of her parents and after thirty years of working in the family business in various administrative and managerial positions, she took over the helm and transitioned the business into one of the leading multimedia companies in the country. Karen serves as 1st Vice Chair for the National News- paper Publishers Association Julius Carter (N.N.P.A. consists of over 200 African American newspa- 1914 - 1971 pers across the country). The Forward Times re- ulius Carter founded the Houston Forward Times in mains the strongest infor- 1960 as a means of uniting Black Houston to overcome mation vehicle and most Jthe obstacles that were holding us in the shackles of trusted voice for African second class citizenry. Mr. Carter passed away in 1971, after Americans in the city of building the Forward Times into one of the major newspa- Houston and throughout the pers in Houston -- a weekly publication that went head to southern region. head with two dailies. The Forward Times had truly become The Forward Times has been the voice of hope for Black Houstonians. Karen Carter Richards the recipient of various local and national awards for jour- nalistic and digital excellence, including best graphic de- signs, layout, and editorial excellence. In addition to being an award-winning and historic publication, The Forward Times boasts a paid circulation of roughly 65,000 and is one of the few publications that holds a second-class mailing permit that allows us to mail the newspapers directly into the homes of subscribers. The Forward Times holds memberships in the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Texas Press Ser- vice, Texas Publishers Association, Texas Business Al- liance and the Better Business Bureau. Lenora Carter 1941 - 2010 I had promised myself that I would rs. Lenora “Doll” Carter fully understood the sig- nificance of her husband’s desire to always keep keep the paper going – at least until Mhis legacy in the family. “Doll” Carter was the CEO, it reached it’s fiftieth anniversary, no managing editor for 39 years, and publisher of the Forward “ Times. Under her leadership the Forward Times grew to matter what, because in my heart I become the south’s largest independently owned and pub- considered it a monument to him.” lished African American newspaper. Mrs. Carter served on numerous boards and has held official positions in many organizations, including National Newspaper Publishers As- - Lenora “Doll” Carter sociation.

18 & Under lack Newspapers represent the most powerful and pursuasive 45 - 64 18 - 24 means of reaching the African American consumer. The buying 8% power of the African American 28% 11% community increased by 165% Bin the past seven years. This buying power totaled $845 Billion in 2007, and is expected to reach $1.3 trillion by 2017. 19% 34%

Print Demographics 65 & Older 25 - 44 Established: 1960 Paid Circulation: 64,580 Frequency: Weekly 53% Readership: 258,320 Married Houston Population: 2,239,558 25% Total Black Popluation: 23.7% 22% Divorced Single 66% Graduated/Attended College Marital Status

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Vol. 55 No. 13 | $1.00 Women’s History Special Edition | March 25 - 31, 2015 6B houston Forward Times November 25 - December 1, 2015 J.B. Bickerstaff has been named interim head coach of the Houston Rockets following the WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2015 Sports firing of Kevin McHale. Celebrate By Nicholas Norman, Sports Editor @nicholasanorman ? It’s tough because the only reason I’m here is because of (McHale). “ I’m so thankful to him. I’m hurt that he’s not here, and I’m hurt that I won’t get to see him every day.”- J.B. Bickerstaff Color Rates ockets Talk Will the Houston Rockets Trade Dwight Howard? It’s funny how quickly perceptions change: Daryl Morey is no longer a genius, Kevin McHale was never a good head coach, the Houston Rockets look awful, Ms. Tina and James Harden goes from MVP to the biggest problem on the team. B/W1C...... $250.00 We hate being ‘I told you so’ kind of guys, but after every Rockets loss over the last few years, we’ve written about how the Rockets are falling into a trap with Harden. A player who has a unique set of offensive skills, but is a black hole on defense not because Knowles: of anything physical; he simply doesn’t feel like guarding most Designing of the time. The over reliance on his ability and the lack of any kind of attempt to B/W2C...... $450.00 curb his dominance on the Her Own Life floor with a Plan B is now hitting this team straight in the face. Making the head coach someone who might help DeAndre Hopkins develop players but has zero control over what goes on By Chelsea Lenora White the court helped lead to this as well. The Rockets are Ms. Tina Knowles is known to many as the mother of megastar vocalist Daryl Morey’s team. It’s a Beyoncé Knowles. However, she has been much more than a stereotypical B/W3C...... $600.00 great organization to sign stage mom cheering from the sidelines. Ms. Tina is a mother, grandmother, Makes History entrepreneur, and the epitome of “every woman.” for, with an owner that wants to win but doesn’t Whether we are new parents or simply transitioning through life’s put impossible pressure ups and downs, most of us have felt like it’s too late to become whom on those under him. But we want to be at some point. Complacency, low self-esteem and/or this makes the head coach expendable, and the players know feeling like we do not have the extra time to achieve our fullest Against the New it. Harden could do whatever he wanted on the court. McHale potential are issues that affect people from all walks of life. Ms. had to work around that, but when it’s such a central issue on Tina is living proof that being beautiful, successful and wealthy this team, it’s hard to make it work 100% smoothly. does not shield a person from disappointment. Rather than The Rockets do have some problems they can’t control. choosing to wallow in heartbreak and sadness, she has made Dwight Howard is rested every two or three games, which the decision to fight for her happiness. York Jets never helps, but he’s also on a decline on both ends of the Tina Knowles was born in New Orleans, Louisiana The Houston Texans’ DeAndre Hopkins is 23 because you have to give a guy like floor. Patrick Beverley is never healthy; the team let go of Josh to Agnés Dereon, a talented seamstress. The family was years and 169 days old, but his age is just a number. Darrelle Revis the respect he deserves.” Smith foolishly after making him fit quite well in their system; poor and she couldn’t understand how her mother could The third-year wide receiver plays like a talented Yates, who overthrew Hopkins on the and the signing of Ty Lawson is backfiring on them, not to afford the tuition charge at the Catholic schools she veteran. opening drive, made up for it later. He threw mention that he might be going to jail instead of being the attended until “I later learned that my mother paid part On Sunday, Hopkins became the third-youngest a second touchdown pass to Hopkins in the tiebreaker for the Rockets in the West. of the tuition by making robes for altar boys, cloaks for player in NFL history to reach 200 career catches and third quarter. The 20-yard scoring reception Rumors often don’t turn out to be true, but there was the priests and altar cloths for the church. She was really 3,000 yards receiving behind just Larry Fitzgerald and gave the Texans a two-touchdown lead. nothing surprising to hear about players who have had enough talented. People would come to her for prom dresses and David Boston. “Hopkins is a heck of a player,” head of Harden and his lack of effort on the floor. He responded to fancy gowns.” Her mother and sisters taught her to sew. Hopkins would accomplish the feat against the coach Bill O’Brien said. “He’s big, he’s that with an offensive explosion, but soon went back to his In the mid-1970s, she met Gadsden, Alabama, Jets All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis. got really good hands, he’s fast, very smart native and Fisk University graduate Mathew Knowles Minimum Lines - 525 old ways. Missing, and then trying to make up for that Hopkins and Revis seemed to have a chippy battle player, understands leverage. These guys, by not giving a damn about defense and missing some at a party, and when the two met again a year later, they of words throughout the first half of the game. Revis any receiver that I’ve been around (and) more bad shots offensively. Don’t be fooled by his 10 began dating. They married in 1979 and in 1981, the eventually left the game in the third quarter to be I’ve been very fortunate to be around assists in their recent loss, this time to the Knicks. At couple welcomed a daughter, Beyoncé Knowles. evaluated for concussion symptoms. Hopkins noted some really elite receivers, they’re very this point of the season, with his teammates reacting She recalls: “For four years I didn’t work. I just that he did see more double coverage when Revis left intelligent players and that’s what he is.” to him like this, Harden is more harm than good for kept my daughter. And then things got really rocky the game. The third-year wide receiver finished the Houston Rockets. and my marriage got very tumultuous. I was having “He is a great defensive back,” Hopkins said. with five catches for 118 yards and two According to Yibida.com, “Dwight Howard all these problems and I was like, ‘What have I done? “You’ve got to give him a lot of credit. You know, I touchdowns. It was his fifth 100- could walk away from the Houston Rockets before I’ve been out of the job market for four years.’ Self- just came out and put my hard hat on today, and I was plus yard performance of this season’s trade deadline amid building esteem low. ‘What do I do now?’ In the process of ready to play.” 2015. tensions within the Rockets organization”. that time I had started beauty school and I had maybe Hopkins passed the career milestone with his 61- The article would go on to three months to last with that. After I got pregnant, yard touchdown reception with 3:04 left in the second state, “The meeting was centered on my marriage just got really bad and I knew I had to quarter. He also made an eye-popping one-handed clearing the air and communication do something.” catch for an 18-yard gain earlier in the drive. within the players as reported by ESPN. At that point, Ms. Tina began to fight for “Hop was asking for the ball from the get-go,” DEANDRE But according to Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today, her happiness and independence. She became T.J. Yates said after the game. “He knew that we were one of the center pieces of the players-only meeting was extremely focused about cosmetology school going to pick and choose our times to throw at him HOPKINS unhappiness with Rockets superstar James Harden’s style and by the time she had baby Bey, she had built of play. The report revealed that Harden’s ‘aloofness’ has a small salon in her home as well as a solid Pre-Printed Inserts Local National frustrated his teammates, with McHale taking the brunt of the clientele. Shortly after, Ms. Tina decided to take Jadeveon Clowney Returned to Action issue.” her business to the next level. It’s no secret that James Harden has a different type of She explained: “Eight weeks after I had my personality than most NBA stars. When he plays, it just seems baby, I took her to her paternal grandmother and I and Was Successful in Different Role like he doesn’t care. He doesn’t put any effort on the defensive said, ‘Listen, you gotta keep her cause I gotta open The Texans saw the return of outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney to action in their win over the Jets and he paired well with end and only cares about scoring. There’s been countless time up a business,’ because I would never be in this Whitney Mercilus who is on a hot streak. sHarden lost his man on defense and to a defensive minded position again. I would never be totally dependent “It does a lot for us,” Clowney said when asked about rushing in tandem with Mercilus. “Guys can’t protect that well with all player like Howard, that can be pretty disturbing. on someone. I would never give up myself. I of us on the field at the same time…It worked. It worked this game.” Harden’s attitude also seems to be a problem as the article opened my business and it was such a success Clowney spent a lot of the day bumped inside attacking the interior of the Jets line while Mercilus states that he can come across as aloof. Harden doesn’t own story… it was a labor of love. That adversity of stayed rushing from the outside. up to his mistakes and Dwight may leave. me having this bad marriage caused me to go and “It was part of the gameplan. Coach came up with a good gameplan, we executed it.” Dwight Howard is known for leaving situations if do something about my situation.” Clowney said it was fun to play inside which is something he hadn’t done in a while. He he doesn’t feel comfortable and with all that’s going on in See Ms. Tina 4A mentioned he used his quickness against the interior linemen as well as playing off the other Houston, there’s a great chance he may leave during free defensive linemen. agency; but if he’s frustrated throughout this season, he may Mercilus had another standout performance being all over the field for the Texans and demand a trade. causing havoc for Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The Rockets’ problem is not Dwight Howard. He’s been It is all about translating his success in practice. unhealthy and injured, but when he plays, he makes a great “Just coming in day in, day out, working my craft. Just to be a better pass rusher and impact on the defensive end. Now the Rockets do need better run stopper,” Mercilus said. scorers, but Howard hasn’t been an elite scorer since his He mentioned they had the center-quarterback exchange timed out well from practice days in Orlando. Howard is definitely an issue, but there 4 Standard, 8 Tabloid...... $40 per M...... $50 but came up a little short on some of the plays. may be a bigger one with Harden and his ego. Clowney, who added some pass deflections and a half-sack to his resume today, liked The Houston Rockets are imploding and it wouldn’t his performance. be surprising if they traded Dwight Howard. The Howard/ “I think I did good on the rushes. Playing inside isn’t an easy task…Got pressure Harden experiment hasn’t worked the minute it was on the quarterback, a lot of pressure, caused some interceptions and everything, tipped formed and the Rockets should get as many pieces as passes.” they can. We all know how Howard gets when he’s Follow us online at www.forwardtimesonline.com Clowney wasn’t one to revel in the accomplishments of this game. in situations he doesn’t like and if the rumors are “On to New Orleans for me and put this game behind us. Good to get the win, true, he may be a distraction to a team that’s and get ready to prepare for (the Saints.)” already heading south. 6 Standard,12 Tabloid...... $50 per M...... $55 10 inch Ad Eighth Page Strip Ad 8 Standard, 16 Tabloid...... $55 per M...... $60 (2 Cols.) 3.89in. x 5in. (3 Cols.) 5.92in. x 5 1/2in. (6 Cols.) 12in. x 3in. 10 Standard, 20 Tabloid...... $60 per M...... $65 2B houston Forward Times June 17 - 23, 2015 12 Standard, 24 Tabloid...... $65 per M...... $70 EntertainmentBy: Chelsea Lenora White, Entertainment Editor REMEMBERING JOE [SAMPLE [

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LifestyleFASHION | ENTERTAINMENT | SPORTS SOCIETY | RELIGION This Week In Fashionw/ Grace Boateng

This weekend I sat and smiled to myself as I thought about all of the homes that I plan on visiting to partake in various Thanksgiving meals. I will most likely enter quietly through a second floor window like ‘Bruh-Man’ from Martin…peruse the dining areas to gather some delicious items…and then leave. If you see me, don’t be alarmed; I’m simply there for the food. Not conversation. Food. So easy on the salt people. But that’s enough about me... FRANCINE This weekend Jennifer Lopez (aka the only person to ever do Selena Quintanilla- Pérez justice...) slayed on stage at the JAMES American Music Awards in a yellow Michael Costello jumpsuit and on the streets sporting a black and green Versace look. Lopez, who hosted the program and changed into 10 outfits, started off the show with a big dance number. Lopez and her 46 year old self danced around the stage in a custom-made DSQUARED2 multicolored tulle bodysuit. So basically you have no excuses and NO you don’t need that second slice of pie. Be good to yourself and be good to one another. Until next time, Grace Boateng Fashion Round-Up

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The Julius and Lenora Carter Schol- arship and Youth Foundation was established in September 2010. After the sudden passing of Lenora “Doll” Carter, Publisher and CEO of Forward Times Publishing Company, Inc. in 2010, the daughter of the founders, Karen Carter Richards, became the Publisher and CEO of the Forward Times, and took the initiative of establish the Foundation in her parents’ honor. Julius Carter and his wife, Lenora, founded the Forward Times Publishing Company in January 1960. During their tenure, the Carters privately assisted students who aspired to excel in the area of journalism. The Carter’s saw a need to positively influence the decline in interest when it came to vetting stories, qualifying subjects, and upholding journalism ethics by extending more knowledge to students by providing a means to help them garner better education in the field of journalism.

In keeping with the legacy and history of the newspaper, Karen understood that the future of new media could be breached with the volumes of white noise reporting online. Currently, as part of the Carter legacy, the private assistance once personally handed out to a few students is now available to more students who are seeking to advance their careers in the field of journalism and digital communications through the Julius and Lenora Carter Scholarship and Youth Foundation, a 503(c) company. The Carter legacy will live on through the well-appointed works of the students who have benefited from both the scholarships offered and the Foundation itself. In keeping with the Foundation’s charter, it has part- nered with local businesses and corporations to grant scholarships to qualified high school and university students that meet eligibility requirements. As of 2015, the Foundation has granted more than $30,000 in scholarships and helped numerous low and/or medium income high school seniors and college students, from both public and private schools within the Greater Houston Metropolitan area to continue their education. Additionally, the Foundation af- fords these students the unique opportunity for real world experience by providing an intern experience at The Forward Times. FORWARD TIMES Contact. Forward Times Publishing Co. Phone: 713.526.4727 Fax: 713.526.3170 [email protected]

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