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ca1994 Marks story, ES3 1995 Pirogr©ss not TAG As I am sure many of our readers have heard, Dallas is often viewed as not being The continuing controversy Carter Lincoln Pinkston S. Oak Cliff All Schools the most progressive city on the face on the over the Talented and Gifted Kimbal! Madison Roosevelt Tag Magnet planet. In fact, there are those who believe Magnet at Townview seems to be an that we are at least 10-15 years behind issue that refuses to yield to a far other major American cities as it related to more critical one in DISD. As READING the overall lot for African Americans. Minority Opportunity News reviewed in last month's edition, Within the last two weeks, I have again the focus on the TAG matter has received irrefutable proof that Dallas is diminished the level of attention not as far behind the rest of the known that should be given to the more universe as we might have suspected. important concern of the low pass E^ 1994 Last fall, many of us witnessed one of rate on the Texas Assessment of E3 1995 the major events of our modem times, the Academic Skills test (TAAS) for Million Man March. By all visible indica­ African American students. In the tors (except those used by the U.S. Park long term the TAAS failure rate will Service, which calculated a figure of about have much more severe implica­ Carter Lincoln Pinkston S. Oak Cliff All Schools 400,000) at least one million men did tions than the furor that currently Kimball Madison Roosevelt Tag Magnet attend this historic event. surrounds TAG. Now what does this have to do with Presently, the U.S, Department Dallas? On January 15 of this year Pilgrim of Education is about to investigate Rest Missionary Baptist Church, the complaints that the TAAS test dis­ MATHEMATICS African-American Pastors' Coalition con­ criminates against minority stu­ vened the second annual Martin Luther dents, who disproportionately rep­ King, Jr. Celebration. By all accounts, the resent those who fail. The com­ program was outstanding, and featured a plaint, lodged by the Texas NAACP, number of noteworthy points for our com­ alleges that the high failure rale and C3 1994 munity First was the series of initiatives subsequent inability of these stu­ ^1995 announced by this organization of local dents minority students to receive clergy under the leadership the Rev. Zan high school diplomas is discrimi­ W. Holmes, Jr. Major steps have and will natory and biased. While the Texas continue to be taken by this group to authorities who administer the test advance a number of needed changes in suggest that the test is free of such Carter Lincoln Pinkston S. Oak Cliff All Schools Kimball Madison Roosevelt Tag Magnet Dallas. But this new hallmark for leader­ bias, no real data is provided that ship in Dallas was not the most telling explains why there is such an obvi­ analogy to either the March or the state of ous discrepancy in the failure sta­ Source of lest data: DISD; graphs by Tommy Morgan tistics. The NAACP Black Dallas, Now was the fact that there the leadership of the African American to move on to the far more relevant con­ action highlights the absurdity of the TAG was a large and very committed group of cerns of why our kids are doing so poor­ issue on several accounts. First, the TAG community has responded with too lit­ African Americans who attended the tle, too late. While these leaders. Pastor ly on the TAAS test and show how we function with no yelling or screaming matter should have never become a "com­ munity" issue. The matter could have and Zan Holmes and the African American intend to either change the test or eliminate arguing. Rather it was a day of reflection, Pastors Coalition and John Wiley Price it all together. As the accompanying chart of looking towards the future needs and should have been resolved internally. In fact, it may have been best addressed and the Warriors, were meeting to dis­ reveals, our energies would be better desires for our community. Urifortunately, within the executive principal's office as cuss their plan of action, the superinten­ expended on the dismal pass rates for the similarity to Dallas was not shown by soon as she had any indications that the dent was aimouncing the district's offi­ minority students, who are heavily con­ the numbers of rousing messages nor the TAG principal was executing an "end cial policy in response to the TAG matter centrated at schools such as Carter, Lincoln inspirational songs from the Martin run" by sharing her concerns directly with by the reassignment of the two principals. and Kimball. Responsibility and account­ Luther King, Jr. choir. While clearly on a board members without being solicited However vigorous the objection, the fact ability for this rest with school board par with those of the March, our pastors for this information. The worst case sce­ is the decision was made that Dr. Watson trustees Yvonne Ewell, Kathryn Gilliam and musicians did not bring the compar­ nario should have seen it concluded by the was not going back to Townview. In this and Hollis Brashear. The TAG students, if isons between the two events. area superintendent. Only in Dallas could sense, the TAG matter became an employ­ they stay focused on academics instead of What then do I refer To? Numbers! an issue like this grow to such ridiculous ee issue and therefore out of the realm of politics, have an excellent chance to suc­ Particularly those reported for the atten­ proportions so as to involve the number public discussion and intervention. ceed in life. Clearly the majority of stu­ dees at the celebration, just over a month of civic, governmental and business lead­ The truth is, the TAG matter, for all dents who fail the TAAS test do not have prior to the King program, the nation had ers it has. intents and purposes, is over. Now is the the same chance for success. It is all of ou r Continued on page 6 A second concern is that, as usual. time for the leadership of our community responsibility to change that. MON (»Kr?irnrgmfo siamB o )-Eg^l S^fereffimMgB ] rrasiw^^^ Acknowledgment Last issue Minority Opportunity News Cover Story published what it thinks is an important, 18-22 Waiting on Justice real-life example of true self-help and Editorials grass-roots economics. 02 TAAS tells the Story, Not TAG - Reaching for the Sky was a story writ­ ten by Rodney Crump, a contributing Features writer (as stated under his byline), about 09 ..Texas By-Froduct REACH, Inc., based in Meridan, Miss. 14-15 A.A. Pastor's Coalition MON neglected to mention that Mr. 23 ..Remembering Barabara Crump is a regular contributor to the Jordan 27 A Dynamic Duo Jackson Advocate, a fine weekly newspaper 29 Calling all Bachelorettcs! publishing out of Jackson, Miss. 37 Black Businesses Our sincere thanks to Mr. Benjamin M^^^ Special Jealous, editor of the Jackson Advocate, who 06 „.Update: Wiley Baker assisted us in finding an able local jour­ Criminal Lav/ • Personal Injury 10 MON-thly News Brief nalist to write the story. And of course, 13 ...Ethnic Notes: The Black our thanks to Mr. Crump for his efforts. Cowboy #1 We at MON hope tocontinue, indeed 26 Dales to Remember encourage, this type of collaboration 28 Black Radio among African American publications. 2730 Ster^mons Frwy • Tower West, Suit© 1104 • DaIIo$, Texas 75207 30... 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Many of the members ^T 16-17 In Th(? News are from the south and are familiar with 24-25 S.W.B. Community_ Calendar some of the issues in your publication, 43-48 Career Opportunities while the few yoimg adult members are not aware. We would be very pleased to receive complimentary issues of your publication to share with our congregation. Should you have any questions, please call me, the church clerk.

• Karen U Johnson-Cole Chairman Emeritus Northern Shores, Ml Jim Bochum $ Need some quick cash? $ Publisher Thurman R. Jones N'Word Revisited Managing Editor RIGHT ON, MR. JONES !!! At last, Jason Webster an African American that will publicly Get up to $20® today! Editorial Department denounce the use of the "N-Word!" The (214) 606-3890 "N-Word" is NOT okay..regardless of the Saies/Marketing Department color of the mouth it is uttered from. (214) 606-7351 We will buy your appliances, Editor -Chris Prycr The belief that it is okay for Blacks to /• CuHLrtl Edilor Sarah N. Bojca eua./EveRt Editor .Tai Jones say it but not Whites gives credence to the then leeise it back to you! Reporter .' '. .Veronica W. Morgan saying "if you call someone a dog long Contribullria WrHer JJofothy Gentry Contfibullng Wrtter '. Yvctte Blair enough, they will start to act like one." Columnlit .Thomas Muhammad Slave owners called our forefathers Columnist -. .Cheryl Smith What could be easier? Account Rep .^ophanie ScotI "Nigger" and they answered. Now, gen­ Account Rep Jcri Rowe erations later, African Americans have Account Rep Sheila D. Tarpley Pholographer. .^ ... .Wallacfl Faggofl internalized the word to the point that it Vol Community Publicist .Charlotte Beny no longer bothers us. Please do not CBA Leasing Vol Community Publicist Rila While Minority Opportunity News assumes no responsibility lot attempt to sanction the word by saying (214) 637-CASH (2274) s(riicited malerial ar>d reserves the right to edit and make it's okay for us to use but not them. appropriate modiricalions. Minorilv Opporliiniy Nniv Hws Founded July 1991. Shame on (Dallas) Mayor (Ron) Kirk b\/ lint Hixhu'm and Thuntian R. Jonfs. and (Dallas County) Commissioner (John TVs • VCRs • Stereos • CD Players • Musical Equipment • Clrculslion Audited By $ Refrigerators • Microwaves • Washers • Dryers • Much More $ {«' )^' \V T?r Continued on page 6 nCTrn:=Tgm wvngfflgvfl^^ o (mtri:^ ^ o ^rnimrrmv^r^ ./PS.

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SBA Certified Lender Member FDIC Equal Opportunity Lender c IMOHStiK'^. ] like South Dallas/Fair Park, Mosier Val­ in the middle of "African American His- • that you deserve to be supported too. So, ley, West Dallas, Joppa (or Joppie), the lory Month," already the shortest month for being so respectful of us brothers you Thomas Oak Cliff bottoms near Roosevelt High of theyear.Thismonthshould beuscd to now have my permission to exhale. In 0. Muhammad school or any other places in the Dallas discuss the Whitejewish participation in fact, we brothers will join in with you. Ft.Worth metroplex., we should be in financing the African slave trade. OK, all together now African broth­ tears and angry as hell. As Malcolm X As for the DISD, we should be ask­ ers and sistersi Breath in, breath out, «i told us, "We should be swinging instead ing them how in the hell can Whites, who breath in, breath out, breath in, breath of singing!" But, as usual we are too only make up 10 percent of the district, be out, breath in,... busy having Miller time, party time, 55 percent of the TAG program? Are they. Until then, Ihe struggle continues... sports half-time, break dance time and that smart? I don't think so! People MON WhBt tine very little serious reading, studying, should call it like it is. RACIST. Oh, by the ^ 99 working, crea ting, pro testing a nd down way racism, is power plus prejudice. So, right bult-kicking time! Commissioner John Wiley Price can not GetthosePRQFITS Hell For? be a racist for ir\sisting that TAG remain It seems that the whole African For instance Charlotte Mayes insults ' the whole Dallas African American com- at Townview, as some White Jews have American community (particularly the tried lo make him out to be. He does not -^Movin^l female por­ m u n i I y with her control the power at DISD. Oh wow! Il Contact MON's Advertising tion) is just dawned on me that you sisters put going wild attacks on our liberat­ your egos away and supported us broth­ 214-606-7351 about ers with our Million Man March and for author Terry' ing institu­ McMillan's tions to our book turned media. And film, Waiting ^ Negro r "1 To Exhale.' elected offi­ And accord­ cials were ing to inter­ so quiet views con­ you would ducted by (editor's Note: Vie opinions expressed by Mr. have some talk Muhammad's commentary arc not necessarily thought STATE BANK show host, those of the Minority Opportunity Neivs.) they were no . African also on that American tape. Or males will be safe on the planet in 1996 were THEY? The "White Godfathers of after it's showing. Now although I ^^orth Dallas" then paid Negro "ghetto haven't seen the movie (and I probably, pimps" lo escort Mayes to everything won't) as yet. I predict that just as we from KwanzaaFesl to BonTon lo try and African-American males have survived - make her appear to be an African with a slavery, Jim Crowism, Lynch Laws, "The whole lot of soul. Color Purple", Poll Taxes, Prisons, Racist Cops, Newt, Gramm, Dole, Kress, Keev- er, Mark Furliman, Willie Lynch, Wash­ ington Post Columnist Richard Cohen, The most Bstonisio thing aliDot all MAIN OFFICE BUCKNER BANKING CENTER Member 601N.HWY175 3637 N. BUCKNER BLVD. Hitler, Steve Bartlett etc., we will survive jJ^DIC (214)287-2030 (214)328-2736 this one too. this hoopla to me is houi can uie yet LENDER] And hey sister, I know by now you're probably sitting there reading this so GKcited about entertainment at a and working your neck saying, "Wehave faced those same attacks that African time luhen the luhole race is under American males have faced so, why are you leaving us out?" The answer is sim­ the most vigorous attachs since the ple. You have been "Waiting to Exhale." So, for the brothers I say this one's for times of Ulalcolm am) fllartin? Divorce you. Oh, and by the way, I did meet Ms. McMillan here in Dallas a few years ago Personal Injury and found her to be an intelligent strong female worthy of big-time respect. But I Meanwhile, at the DISD, the dirty Family Law gotta do what I gotta do, OK? . duo of Sandy Kress and Bill Keevcr make Now back to my story. The most mockery of the long awaited dreams of AfricanAmericansby attempting to kill astonishing thing about all this hoopla to the Townview Super Magnet school and me is how can we-get so excited about cover their stink behind the anti-Semitic n enter la inmenl at a lime when the whole label. Wasn't it Minister Louis Farrakhan /. race is under the most vigorous attacks, who once lold us how "some White Jews since the limes of Malcolm and Martin? will use the Jewish religion to try and How-can we justify getting all vi^orked up hide their dirty deeds?" As you watch the Attorney & Counselor at Law • ^ V ^- ,AL'' about romance, sexual relationships, girl TAG mess chew on that. 2730 Stemmons, 1104 Tower West ' P | meets boy, boy meets girl, she's too fat, However, I have a feeling you won't Dallas, Tx 75207 ^ she's too skinny, he's got a lol of umph, be tliinking about it long. Especially after 214-689-7800 she's too dull! I mean, who the hell cares? White Jews put you to sleep with their When you look at the conditions of "DallasActs Kind Month." Oh, I'msorry, Not Certifi@d by Texas Board of Legal Specialization our communities, particularly places that should be Dallas Acts Kind "Week" m}:v[^m(-Trr?£?riK'j;ifXr,{m!m c (vtrgt?> s o tpa^mrnt-r; riXEa

V-- '• ] Publisher ontlnued from page 2 medication lo handle depression. Departmesit of Agdcnltiire Seeing that this is a new decade, you been drawn into the arguments regarding may want to update yourself and readers how many folds were in attendance at the on mental illness and find out a more March. After months of wrangling, the honors Texas Faimly informative approach for your readers. Park Department finally recognized their Second, if you would take the time to error. Enter the Dallas Morning News' On Friday, January 26, descendants of years or more in 1974. The event is held look around, you will find some of our coverage of the King Celebration. Lo and the Baker family were honored in Austin the last Friday in January every year. less fortunate suffer from the same and behold, Dallas met DC by grossly under- by Governor George Bush and the Texas If you would like more information could be belter off if they took the mod­ counting the attendance at the event. E)epartment of Agriculture. on the Texas Family Land Heritage em-day approach to their illness. While the sanctuary (which by the way Over 25 descendants of Wiley Baker Ceremony, please contact the Texas Receiving counseling and treatment is the seats over 1,200) was essentially packed, were present to see grandsons L.J. and Department of Agriculture, P. O. Box best thing thai could ever happen to any­ the DMN reported an attendance of Charlie Baker and great granddaughter 12847, Austin, Texas 78711. one who is suffering from "depression." approximately 400. (See pages 14 and 15- Shirley Demus Tarpley receive a procla­ MON If left untreated, it could result in death -draw your own conclusions.) How in the mation from the Sta te of Texas for contin­ (suicide or homicide). uous land ownership for over.lOO years. Viiley Baker, Ih patriarch of the Baker fantili/, xvas fea­ world could this be? tured in the Januar^f 1936 issue o/MOM. Seeing that this is a black newspaper The Texas Family Land Heritage ceremo­ trying to inform our black community, I, To make matters even worse, anoth­ ny was held at the LBJ Library on the for one, would have thought you would er reporter with the DMN, who also hap­ campus of the University of Texas at Letters continued from page 3 at least try to be more sensitive to your pened to be in attendance at the program Austin, and presented by Texas Land readers. said that she personally counted 900 atten­ Commissioner Rick Perry. dees before she chose to stop cotmting. Wiley) Price for not denouncing the use of Check yourself before you wreck Nonetheless, the erstwhile reporter "I feel very proud to accept this the word. In an era when Blacks are yourself! responsible for the coverage of the event award in honor of my great grandfather, answering to such lilies as "City B.l. Wiley Baker," said Shirley Demus Tarpley, Manager," etc.it is sad lo hear some of us and the editor somehow shrank this par­ Arlington, TX imofficial historian for ihe Baker family. are proudly answering to "Nigger." tial count to less than half of that number. "My only regret is that our ancestors could Ultimately, we ended up with an article If you don't respect yourself, no one P.S. I know you may not print this...By all not be here to enjoy the fruits of their labor. will respect you. means please take the time out lo inform that suggested an attendance of about 400. However, I know that they are looking BLACK PEOPLE, RESPECT YOUR­ yourself, in not your readers. Of all the ways for us to reach the big down on this event today and are very SELVES!!! MON time, I am sorely upset that it would have proud and happy that the state of Texas, Iris Thomas to be in this fashion. Perhaps, math and their descendants, are honoring them Dear Girlfriend, should be made a required course at jour­ in this way," she added. I am writing regarding your response Contact MON's Advertising nalism school. The state begffli recognizing farmers to "Blind Dale" dated Jan. 1996. What are your thoughts? and ranchers whose families have owned First of all, there is nothing wrong 214-606-7351 MON and worked the same land for a hundred with having to date anyone who is on

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And, this year if made a decision to let John McCaa be the Wsmited: 8:00, immediately following Minister Louis ) will be bigger ond better, raising more money !o benefit^ lone evening anchor for life over at Farraklmu's address. \ orcQ nonprofit orgcnizGlions.„ Clarence Hill hos joined the WFAA. Oftentimes when someone men­ i KKDA stoff w'th a new talk show on Saturday evenings al 7 tions the lack of African American male I p.m..,KDFVMV executive Euff Porhom ond his wife, Rene'; Oiue, maylbe anchors, the reply is the same, regardless ; QiB expecting c little one in 96!!! The wedding dele israpid-j of what station they are affiliated with: PEN NOTES two, Blsick "There's John McCaa!" 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Young j remember lost year's event wiih Chuck 0., Dick Gregory, ness for himself...listen for former Dallas SCIC thief Peter FLEA8ES men, looking for someone to pattern their I Malik Forrokhcn, Babyfose, Bob Roy Senders, John McCco, Johnson on KRLD hosting o lolk show„.WFAA b looking for Dallas has one. New York has a few. lives after, will take notice of those on the j Jomes V/oshingfon, Mayor Ron Kirk, Senator Royte West, 0 port-lime re?flrter...KTVT is trying to wise up. look for Miami boasts one. Chicago has a few. But screens. It helps for those on the screens to i NancIIc lee, Skip Murphy, Kim Warren, Tonya English, more African Americans on the scene...V/endy Alexonder we still don't have enough across this be committed to community involvement. I Rene' Syler, Buff Porhom, Special K, Thomas Muhammad, isflnewjournolistin)hearea.-ft5 ^ country. KDFW-TV has made enormous Oh, the elusive African American strides in an effort to diversify the news­ male evening news anchor! 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He said he wouJd much rather iays Mo to review and there is no timeline as to how densely populated one it might be con­ have a business that would employ more long it will take before approval. sidered. But this is near the Black com­ people and that would be satisfactory to Griffin Industries, known also as munity," he said. the citizens. Texas By-Products, has several violations Nickelberry said another concern Russell Stover Candy Company is stacked against their plant located in the was the water system. To process the by­ planning to opena plant three miles from city of Wiley (just north of Dallas) such products, there would have to be a the proposed site of the rendering plant. as not using the proper chemicals and, lagoon system (a shallow water area for Representatives with the candy compa­ By YvetteR. Blair Fernandez said, the TNRCC does take the processing of sewage or storing of liq­ ny said they initially were not aware tha t this into consideration when issuing per­ uids) in place. Corsicana does not have a rendering plant was looking to locate The citizens in Corsicana share a mits. She said the requirements include such a system. in Corsicana..The candy plant would common sentiment: They don't want making sure that scrubbers are installed Nickelberry said that he heard many employ more than 250 people. Griffin Industries in their town. For a and that chlorine is used to avoid odor negative remarks about the company, As one citizen put it, "We would town with a population of nearly 23,000 violations. wWch also has a plant in Bastrop, Texas. much rather smell.the sweet scent of and an economy that could stand a little He said the information given him about candy than the detestable odor of animal boost, why have the citizens voted the plant was not very reliable. "Only one by-products." against this business moving to their commissioner made a visit to the Bastrop MON south central Texas town. It's simple. The felt liheifit mas in B remote area facility. Maybe if we all could have gone, smell is fierce. So fierce that one resident we could have gotten a better under­ Writer's note: MON contacted fn>c Criffin Industries represailatiivs. Bill Vickcrs, the gaieral nianager,woutd describes the smell as "stinky as 1,000 standing about the plant," he said, skunks." anil not a densely populated one it not comment until a news release was prq>arcd.Sofar, "We looked at the public sentiment 710 release has been made ai^iiable to MON. Griffins Industries is a business that might lie considered. But this is near and voted for them (Griffin Industries) produces animal by-products from the not to come to Corsicana," said Mayor debris from slaughterhouses. It is a ren­ the Blach community," Wilson Griffin. He said there was a lot of Get those PROFITS dering plant where carcasses and other concern about the smell. "There are a lot animal parts are turned into stock feed -Dlan HicIiEltiBrni, IlavarrD [ounta ComiiiislDnEr of different industries that could locate material and fertilizers. In order to carry here, but we fell that we just didn't want •^rMoving! out this process, they have to boil the ani­ this type of business in our city." Contact MON's Advertising mal remains, treating them ivith chemi­ City Commissioner Anthony Lee cals and utilize nearly 100,000 gallons of But for Kathy McKissack, whose agreed. Lee said that after hearing from 214-606-7351 water per day. And what's even worse, property is some 2,000 feet from the pro­ the public and viewing films about the the trucks that carry these carcasses trav­ posed site of the plant, she doesn't see el the same highways as do school hov/ the plant could avoid emitting odor­ busses. ous pollutants. "How can it avoid being a Tlie proposed site is 2.5 miles south nuisance," said McKissack who"came to of the city on Interstate 45. It also includes Corsicana from Dallas to enjoy her retire­ a portion of the city of Angus. But as soon ment. She said these types of plants are as the citizens of Corsicana learned a usually on the side of town where people couple of months ago that Griffin Indus­ who don't have money live. She said that tries had set its sights on locating there, her group. People United for the Envi­ they became outraged. ronment of Navarro County (which con­ "Petitions started flowingin opposi­ sists of about 20 people), has expressed 42.06% in Fiscal Year 1995 tion of the plant," said Lloyd Ross, presi­ their opposition. {Percentage of contracts awarded to minorities end women-owned businesses.) The Comptroller's office.is changing the history of dent of the city's National Association for "The big objection is that they want contracting in Texas...and we need your helpl the Advancement of Colored People to keep these trucks out on the streets for branch. He said that the plant is not 24 hours. Trucks that have dead animals, If you provide any of these favored, especially in the African Ameri­ blood and other odorous products. I just products or services... can community. Approximately 25 per- Cable pulling don't think its healthy," she said Consulting services . cent'of Corsicana's population is African McKissack also said that Griffin Electrical services Maintenance tor computer American and most of them live in the Industries offered to buy her property, tiardware and printers southeastern sector of the city, the sector including her rental house, which is cur­ Temporary personnel services Telecommunications/pager rentals where the rendering plant would be rently occupied by an African American Professional services Oriice equipment maintenance built. family that is financially not able to Recycled products "We are already in an industrial area move. She declined the offer. IXfflB Data access services Janitorial 8«rviees 119 surrounded by pollutants. This is not a There was so much public discontent LI Computer software services welcome addition," he stated. Office equipment/supplies with the plant moving to Corsicana that Security services One of the major concerns that resi­ the city commissioners passed a resolu­ • For more information, Systems furniture dents have with the rendering plant is the Office furniture tion to keep the plant from moving to its call the HUB Hotline: Toll-free Hazardous waste removal smell and the pollutants. However, city limits. The city also passed an ordi­ according to an official with the Texas nance that prohibits certain kinds of busi­ 1-800-991-BIDS (2437) ...we want to know about you! Natural Resources Conservation Com­ nesses from locating in the city limits, All purchases arc governed by General Services Coniniissinn rules and regulaiiims as mission, the regulatory agency that among them a rendering plant. Specifi­ dcscrilKd in Vernon's Texas Civil Slaiulcs. Article W)l b. issues air and water permits, these types cally, it states that no slaughtering estab­ Tlic Conipirollcr of Public Accounts is an equal opportunity cnipUiycr and docs iioi i]iscriiiiin:iic of businesses usually don't eniit pollu­ lishment, hide house, rendering estab­ on Uic basis of race, color, religion, sex, national orgin, age or disability i>r in Uie provision of tants. "They don't have a health effect," lishment or any other business whose any services, programs or aLiiviLics. said Linda Fernandez. "They are basical­ operations are deemed to produce nau­ ly odor nuisances." seous or offensive side-effects can locale mm ^ '^-^m^miimmmmMm \ Griffin Industries, wliich has repeat­ within the city limits. mtoi{V.g^;ra>i^>mi[V/RfevP> - ,^n^ i?> o m^itmr, iiaSE I iiilHjWter^=: During the week of Feb. 4-10, the Their campaign "Don't Wreck Your Department of Health, during 1990-94, of MON-tMy ; Greater Dallas Injury Prevention Center Week," will include a display booth at the 1,444 motor vehicle-related deaths, will call attention to the factors that lead Red Bird Mall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 349 were African Americans. News Briefs to car crashes, particularly among 6-8 p.rru There will also be a wrecked car For more information on activities, African Americans, and show how to donated by MADD on display Feb. 11. - call(2l4) 590-4455. Eddie prevent injuries. According to data from the Texas MON Bemice Johnson Launches. Youth Conference Congress- . woman Eddie Bernice Johnson, along with the City of Dallas, DISD, and the Dallas Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the first in a series of day-long conferences on preparing youth for future careers. The conference, "Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Careers, A Sum­ mit on School to Work Opportunities," will explore the necessary tools that stu­ dents need beyond college and provide students with exposure to real career opportunities. • The conference will cover what types of education and skills students will need to succeed in 21st Century careers, ' explore what employers look for when hiring applicants. Others topics include addressing employment and education- trends and discussion .on if a college' degree is enough to make it into the 21st Century. 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Nome: Susan Lee Birthplace: .§.[y5.n.'...I?.?..\l.?.9.?. station Am MAr€>mt alt-TEMP Last Book Read: "Along Came the Spider' By Dorothy Gentry was receiving double, if not triple, pay­ iDy 3ames Patterson ment for my hours worked. Susan Lee and Ronald Hay are in "Now, however, there are a number Favorite Food: Salad the business of assisting individuals in of temp agencies opening up almost CHURCH MEMBEPSHiP; North Dallas Community finding temporary, contract and perma­ every day. It is becoming more competi­ Bible Fellowship nent employment. tive in this industry." Advice to would-be And judging from the success of Says Hay: "We recognized that cor­ entrepreneurs: "Have an jnvestor(s). and their company. All Temps Personnel porate America was down-sizing as financial backing to help Service, Inc., they conduct business very well as out-sourcing and temp agencies you implement your busi- well. would play a major role in employment ness plan." All Temps began with a North for many people. We wanted to be there Dallas facility in April, 1990 and to grasp that opportunity." Nafne: Ronald Hay expanded to Houston a year later. All Temps is unique in that major Soon after. All Temps moved its cor­ emphasis is placed on helping tempo­ Birthplace: ...t1[.?D..C9„?.!...!:^.9..-. porate office to the present location at rary workers upgrade their skills and Last Book Read: "The Chamber" 2606 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. A prepare for permanent employment in third location in San Antonio followed. the public and/or private sector. ...^.y...?.9t!.!?...??.!!!.5.*?.9.(![). On January 2 of this year. All Temps "One Uttle perk we give our temps Favorite Food: opened its newest branch office in every month is information about the CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: North Dallas Community North Dallas at 12770 Coit Rd., increas­ work force...keeping them informed so ..§.!M?...f!!?J.l.?.yf.5.l?Jp ing their total staff to 14. they know and can adjust to what they All Temps has approximately 500 are about to face," says Lee. "We try to Advice to would-be educate, train and assist them in their entrepreneurs: "When you lay out your temps and contract workers on assign­ ments with corporate, public and gov­ adjustment [to] corporate America, financial plan, increase ernment entities in the D/FW Contract labor, Lee says, is the wave what you think you need Metroplex, Houston and San Antonio of the future: "Our world is moving to a financially by 5 times for and with corporations such as Texas service industry and service is a vital those unexpected costs. • Instruments, EDS, Resolution Trust part of our business." Corporation, The University of Texas For more information on All Temps, Southwestern Medical Center, etc. call (214) 426-0091;. fax (214) 426-2861. Lee remembers dreaming of open­ Or visit the corporate office at 2606 MLK ing a temporary agency after spending Jr. Blvd., Suite 222, Dallas 75215 or \he time doing part-time temp work and new branch office at 12770 Coit Rd., . modeling in the 70's. "They paid me Suite 510, Dallas 75251. '. well...and the agency itself, I'm sure. MON mr.r^m('im-mxtmmi^m'r:', c am^P'^-c i^ai-Rim.', if^jjp^ ] I liijiiigmf^ z ] ry. Estevanico, a Moroccan, was among they and their property (which in some Tlbie Mack the Spanish explorers (some 400) who •••i cases included slaves) suffered Native-' landed near present day Tampa Bay, American reprisals (blacks were killed Florida, in 1528. and/or kidnapped). From 1839 until long Cowboy The stories related by Estevanico and after the Civil War, Texan's (white and the three other survivors of the expedi­ black) fought Native-Americans- Parti tion were responsible for Coronado's References to black and Indian asso-. attempt to locate the Seven Cities of Cibo­ ciations were not uncommon in many Russell P. Shockley, B.S.Ed. la. Estevanico continued his explorations confrontations in the West and South­ until he was killed by the Zuni's in 1539. west. Often these blacks were already The previous month's Ethnic Notes offering, aili- Some two-hundred years later. mixed with Seminole, Creek, Com- tled The Crater, outlined the Battle of Petersburg (Vir­ manche, or even Sioux. ginia) that tookpiacein 1S64 during the Civil War. It Black, Indian, and Mexican families also served as an appropriate introduction to the rote ofhelpe d to found what is now the largest Needless to mention, no account of the Black Cowboy/Buffalo Soldier in the American West.cit y in the West (originally established to the settling of the West could be complete The Black Cowboy/Buffalo Soldier was as much agro w food for the Military), El Pueblo de without including the accounts of the part of the West, and the American Western Campaign,Nuestr a Senora La Reina de Los Angeles. Black Cowboy. as the Natiiv-American Indian. As the expansionists Blacks and the descendants of blacks Next month: The Buffalo Soldier. moved toward the Pacific Ocean blacks, as well as were literally among the first families of whiles, were a pari oftliat moivment. MON This is the first of a J-part series featuring the Los Angeles, just at they were among the first settlers in the Spanish Colony of Russell D. Shockley is the director of Ethnic Notes. Black Cowboy/Buffalo Soldier of the West. -RDS r For lecture or presentation information, call or write to New Mexico. ;^>S'^I^'^^^a—^. Ethnic Notes, c/o MON. • • - Once they rode all the trails, driving millions of cattle before them. Some died Nat Love, "Deadwood Dick." «^ in the stampedes, some froze to death First and greatest of the cowboys. and some drowned. Some were too slow lltiiouyhBlecliUoijs had played a with a gun and others much too fast. unskilled laborers, etc. A few even They hunted wild horses and wolves, major role in mailing the uiest secure, worked for Russell, Majors and Waddell and a few even hunted men. pn their Pony Express. PARTY CREATION B Numbering in the thousands, they they held no presence uiithin the Black.women cooked for hungry fifty Sufplio for were some of the best riders, ropers and trappers, many in isolated mountain olrtneiyi, Aflntvtrtiriu, Dioy jnowcrii Wiaoinji! forts, as well as for travelers on the But- wranglers. Even when praised as being pages ofmestern fiction or history." Helium tsnti! >v3hae - wi aeliver inyvJiere the "whitest men ever to be known", they terfield Stages that rolled through Texas were not white. They were the black and Arizona. . , ., . frti BtHoonswitn SlSfurdiisi ofpirt/gooh. Cowboysof the West. . In Texas, as white settlers occupied The Cowboys of the actual West When Levkds and Clark commanded more and more Native-American lands,. (2ia) 321-1426 were like the west itself, multi-colored. the first official attempt to expand the r»'"—' They were black/ brown, red and even geographical knowledge about the white. They shared the same jobs and American continent, a black man by the many of the same dangers, ate the same name of York accompanied the expedi­ 'The food and slept on the same ground. tion from the first hoist of the sail, near Over the years, as the real west was the mouth of the Missouri River in 1804, slowly replaced by a more fictional one till their return in 1806 (after having (as represented in early western dime crossed the Rocky Mountains, and trav­ Moves In Us... novels and our present-day depiction's in eling as far as the Columbia River). movies and television), one thing became Another black man, Jacob Dodson, apparent. Although Black Cowboys had accompanied John C. Fremont on his played a major role in making the west 1843 expedition to find a pass through secure, they held no presence within the the high Sierra. Saunders Jackson, also pages of western fiction or history. black, joined Fremont's fourth expedi­ The tall, lean and tanned White man, tion in 1848. the occasional "good" Indian, the proud Some blacks Ijccame Mountainmen. &jp^' Zan HoliridS, Sr. Pastor Spanish-American, even the Oriental, James Beckwourth, (called "Medicine u««SSb«Soi^ ^ though often times grotesquely stereo­ Calf" Beckwourth by the Indians) StLuke(ComniuiitylUMC typed, all made their way into the fiction became one of the most famous. Beck- of Western America. The black Cowboy wourth's exploits rival those of such was non-existent. famous early western cowboys as Kit Only now is he beginning to be rec­ Carson and Jim Bridger, both with ognized for the exceptionally accom­ whom Beckwourth had associated with. plished individual that ho was. After 1848, numerous travelers of the Some had worn the uniform of the Oregon Trail turned south to California,- Confederacy. Others Kid fought for the where gold had been discovered. Among Union. With them were Mexican vaque- them were blacks, both free and slave, ...Is The Spirit Moving In You?" ros as well as an occasional German, who slaked claims and formed mining The call to Christian ministry comes in several ways, and lakes diverse forms. Irishman, Englishman, or Swede. But, companies. Black prospectors and min­ We provide Ihc educational and spiritual preparation needed for local and global more numerous than either the North­ ers also joined in later mining develop­ ministry. 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Bailey, Sr. Pastor, Concord Missionary Baftisi Church, major Oak Keynote Speaker: Dr. Manual Scott, Sr, "Areyou a Bleeding Saint?" • 20 13.00 Vice-Vresiiicnt a! Large ofA.A. Pastor's Coalition Cliff congre­ 19.50 gation. • . • example of this support was apparent at 40 - 3i.00 46.50 the recent discussions about the Town- *Support for view/TAG matter at DISD. I J. E. Pennick & Assoc. "Our Brother's Keep­ In order to address this very aggres­ er", the South Dallas sive list of programs and initiatives, the non-profit dedicated Coalition has also hired Mr. Don Robin- A " 1 '^r to drug and substance abuse treatment for youth. i4.>-^'::- "Form relation­ ships with other coali­ tions and organiza­ tions such as the J.L. Turner Legal Society and the Black Accoun­ tants organization who are in discussions regarding their sup­ port of the Credit Union. *Agrcement to consistently speak out on the major issue fac­ Pastor Zan Holmes. 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TEXAS MASSACRE OF 1910 Town ofSlocum still aivaits justice after ''race war''

By Allen Ro Gray

ow far have we come in our battle to end racism? How hard must wo fight? In order to judge adequately we must study the past. Remember Slocum. The beauty of a forest can be deceptive—^entrapping one to see only the beauty. It seduces the spirits of man like the songs of a siren. With the turn of Fall, withered leaves bur)' past actions just thai much deeper. But memories cling to forests. Enchanted songs are sung on dark nights when the wind whirls through the trees and the leafs are stirred. The east Texas town of Slocum was a prosperous community in 1910. Due lo the lush pine forest, the log­ ging business had boomed. There were stores, shops...all the elements necessary to make a town. There was even talk of a railroad coming through the town. It also had separation of wealthy and poor, black and white. That distinct characteristic has not been lost over the years. Anderson County, home to Slocum, and neighboring Houston County are primary locations for the malignant Texas prison system and home of a disproporlionale number of African-American prisoners. The dominate number of prison guards and administrators are white, and herald mainly from the immodiale areas. They are osmosized with a domineering mentality of control when it comes to dealing with African-Ameri- carts. . Slocum was a typical Texas town of the times, not unlike any other in Anderson County. Populated with survivors of Texas' malevolent slave industry—^both slaves and former slave owners—sentiments and prac­ tices ran true lo Ihat era. Racism and segregation was recognized, accepted and life moved on. Blacks had learned lo coexist with whites, many of whom were less prosperous than many of Slocum's blacks. The African-American population in Anderson County had fallen lo 38 percent, down from 41 percent in 19(X). Some of the richest farmland in Slocum was owned by African-Americans who had either received il imrypy^teOr^rarr^YnTlTV/fSiffiei cdrrgir^ rifP o r,m?nKmv, ii^M^ ] •V.

from their former masters or purchased it through hard work. Eventually, more than 50 percent of the lush area was owned by blacks. The resentment in poorer whites festered and grew. Then, like logs being heaped on to a fire, isolated incidents set the hatred inside whiles ablaze. Kov/ tho troi::blo bo:*cn On Sunday, July 24, 1910, Marsh Holley, of African American descent, returned to his community of Slocum. Before Marsh Holley loft towrv it was alleged he had a promissor)' note endorsed by Reddin Alford, a white resident who was disabled. During the tirne of Hollcy's absence, the note came due and Alford said he "went" the note on Holley's behalf and when he demanded that he be paid [by Holley], a verbal exchange ensued. Alford maintained that Holley became disre­ spectful and cursed him. This altercation caused divi­ sion between the races in the town. cr^*- •>- JT'^.: ...the most damaging ruiiior...i]jas that blaclis...liail

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-.4- ^; 'S' A few days later racial tension mounted. A road near -V, •5^ Slocum, which ran through the Houston County line, '.t,, *Sr- needed work, A Houston County foreman put a black -v'.v .'<'''''• ' S man in charge of the repairs and sent him to Slocum to "'•* . , i • rjv ....--w enlist the aid of local farmers. The idea of a black over­ , ' ,-. .' •^i^^i^.- seer offended several Slocum residents, including Jim >,,/ Spurger. whoflat out refused to work for an African- ^''•irv •-r^ ' '"t '.*, \ American overseer. More angry words were tossed in '£•" the wind. .\-~-; • .'>•• .• While Slocum residents felt ihal several African- Americans had gotten out of their place and deserved to be punished. in the whites. He told the town that at least 200 or more done anything that I could discover. There was just a Meanwhile, black Palestine residents tell of a black blacks had armed themselves and amassed at Denson hot-headed gang hunting [blacks] down and killing store owner living and operating in Slocum who had let Springs, about five miles away, vyith plans of killing them. We found eight dead bodics...[Two] were killed it be known to another black resident that he had been every white in sight. A posse was formed and they rode late yesterday evening near the town of Percilla. I involved in an affair with a white woman. The second towards Denson Springs. Witnesses estimated the posse think most of that crowd of [white] men came from black man took the secret to the white side of town. Black was at least 200 are more men armed lo the teeth. Houston county... according to what I was told, the folk are sure that he was the first to die when the trouble Mrs. George Scarborough of Slocum saw a party of shooting was still going on late yesterday evening. started. about 50 while men traveling through her property on They were just hunting the Negroes down like sheep. However, possibly Ihe most damaging rumor, hav­ foot and horseback lo a house where the unarmed dead We found two in the road that had been shot about ing absolutely no foundation, was that blacks in Chero­ bodies of four blacks were later found, "one of them 10:00 [the] night before last. It was evident that at the kee County and in the southern portion of Anderson being old and while-haired." time they were killed they were trying lo get our of ihe County had for the past two weeks been holding night­ The blood-thirsty posse rode to Denson Springs, county, for they had their bundle of clothes with ly meetings "for the purpose of rising and killing the ready to do battle. Sheriff W. H Black of Anderson them." - whiles." Like a snowball rolling down hill, Ihe rumor County reported, "When [the posse] got there [Ihey] spread by word of moulh, embellished with each tell ing. found just one black man, and he was not armed but Thursday, July 28, saw a fatal incident occur involv­ certainly scared." Spurger changed his story and said \..[ii)liitesl luerejost riifl aroond in cars shoot­ ing Jim Spurger, who had heard that the black man the black men were at Augusta instead. The posse head­ selected to supervise the road project had made "slur­ ed in that direction. ing blaclis as they sat relaning on their porches. ring" remarks about him behind his back. Spurger said Again there were no black men to be found. the black man held a grudge against him because during Struck with fear and panic, while women and chil­ -(iranfatfier uf currEnt SIDOIP resiilEiil an earlier altercation he had gotten "disrespectful" and dren were gathered and placed inside local schools and Spurger had whipped him. According to Spurger and churches for protection. Armed guards were stationed his friends, the supervisor, who knew where Spurger around the buildings and at points along.the road. An Early Friday morning on July 29, three young lived, attempted to sneak up on him with a loaded gun. alarm went our for arms, ammunition and reinforce­ black men. Cleave Larkin; 19, his uncle, Charlie Wil­ Spui^er, who was also armed, was warned by his friends ments, claiming that whiles were unarmed and defense­ son, 15, and Lusk Holley, 18, were walking a quarter and shot the black man dead on the spot. less. Slocum received response from as far away as mile from their grandmother's house to the Wilson Huntsville. The series of events that followed have come to be home to feed the livestock. They crossed paths with a known by both blacks and whites as the "Route." A current Slocum resident says that he remembers band of about 12 lo 15 white men. Five blasts from his grandfather telling of how whiles "were just riding shotguns exploded through the cool morning air. Th^Hcirto around in cars shooting blacks as they sat relaxing on Larkin was the first to do down, fatally wounded. Wil­ son suffered broken thighs and flesh wounds in the Thursday, July 28, is still recalled as a night of terror, their porches. A range of killing which spanned on half chest and ankles. Miraculously, Lusk Holley escaped Spurger rode to Slocum desperately seeking the aid of mile wide and six miles long continued throughout the with only minor injuries. white townspeople, Spurger, who many whites regard­ night. Sheriff Black slated: "These Negroes have never ed as "loathsome," nonetheless aroused the greatest fear Continued on next page L mmm^/^iTi^x^r^x^itr^Tms^ Q fai^^ ^ Q fmn'^:m^^ v^:m ] That evening, in a house located brush with death that morning, decided startled Palestine early that Saturday for the present time. It was too late; all the along the Grapeland and Fercilla roads, with two other young men trying lo morning of July 30. The message said gun dealers %vere practically sold out.. four men, aged 18 to 70, died, gunned reach the harbor of safety that Palestine send men, guns and ammunilion Judge Gardner called Austin and down as they sat on the front porch of would provide. They decided to use the straightway. A race war was on in the requested the Texas Rangers. Adjutant their home. cloak of darkness and Ihe marshy forest southern part of the county. General Newlon, a veteran of war who Countless other blacks died thai to make iheir escape. had been called in by Judge Gardner, night. A few, hidden by "good while Between 10 and 11:00 Lusk Holley,. ordered out the Marshall (Texas) Muske­ folk," were spared. along with Alex Holley and William For- IliB odds uiere noui five to DOB: teers, an infantry company of 30 men Sheriff Black claimed first he heard man, crossed loni Creek towards Pales­ who were due in by special train at 7:45 of the trouble was at 11:00 Friday night. tine. Suddenly, the trio was confronted blaclinienjlioioereilanQerousIijIoiii p.m. Furthermore, Newlon put on alert Sheriff J.C. Lacy telephoned him that a by a roving militia, approximately 20 Ihe Amarillo Troop of Cavalry, which was while man had killed two black men in white men marching single file behind on ammunition, against 1SDQ uihites, in Fort Worth, as well as a cavalry troop his county near the county line. Sheriff their leader, who was on horseback. Lusk based in Dallas. Large posses of white Lacy wanted Sheriff Black to meet him at Holley and the others tried hiding in the mho mere uieil-armeil and at libertij men responded from Elkhart, Denson Grapeland so ihey could make the arrests underbrush, but to no avail. When the Springs, Crocket, Grapeland, and other together. Sheriff Black told Sheriff Lacy trio of unarmed men was discovered, the places. In an even more drastic measure, that he was busy and couldn't make il. militia took aim. The shrill of a whistle by to gain more men. pns and ammuni­ a call went out for the slate militia. . At 12 midnight Sheriff Lacy tele­ the con\mander sounded out; a volley of tion. Ihe lilacli men mere completely The black field hands were much phoned Sheriff Black and told him that buckshot exploded. more to deal with than had been expect­ the murders had happened in his county. Alex Holley was killed. Forman some­ surrounded. ed by whites, who found it not so easy lo Sheriff Black, reacting nonchalantly, sent how disappeared, never to be heard from murder armed men set on defending two deputies lo collect guns from area again. God maintained a hedge "round themselves. The war of extermination blacks. They could only find nine single Lusk Holley. He escaped wounded. The telephone company reported began to reversed itself against ihe whites barreled shotguns and shells, suitable for that similar calls originated from Slocum as a far greater number of them fell dead hunting nothing more than squirrels. Race War and Denson Springs. An SOS went out to orwere wounded. However, the constant When Sheriff Black finally arrived on Finally, the rar^dom murders agitated the every adjoining city and those beyond. influx of white reinforcements drained the scene Saturday morning, he found all nerves of ihe black community. In order At 10:00 a.m. Sheriff Black began the black men's ammunilion. Then they the whiles heavily armed with sholguns, lo protect themselves, they gathered 300 putting together a posse to go lo Slocum came, the state militia. so afraid and excited that they could strong at Denson Springs. They sent out a "to lake charge of the situation". More The odds were now five to one: 300 hardly give their own names. Witnesses demand to the whites that Ihey be left than a hundred men in all look off black men, who were dangerously low reported that they had seen 18 to 40 alone and treated like "peaceful citizens". towards Denson Springs heavily armed. on ammunition, against 1500 whites, blacks murdered by vigilante militias Their answer was what whites called Whiles all around responded likewise. who were well armed and at liberty to from neighboring towns. a "War of Extermination." District Judge B.H. Gardner ordered gain more men, guns and ammunition. That same Friday nighl, lucky Lusk The race war was on. the saloons closed at 11:45 a.m. and pro­ The black men were completely sur­ HoUey, who had narrowly escaped a A rural telephone call—an SOS— hibited the sale of guns or ammunition rounded.

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wi?j^m^^<5raaa^<£rTji?^7'?3^^ - (u^m^ ^ ^ ^^aavj^v^"??^ The fighting carried on well into Sat­ them being deep in the thick, marshy dead bodies had become ripe. The stench Conflicting news reports filled with urday night. The black men's ammuni­ woodlands. Examinations of 20 or so of death carried to near by towns, over­ half-truths flooded the streets. Some tion supply was near depletion, with dead black bodies revealed that in every powering the fresh scents of the forest. accounts alleged involvement by only a few men here and there possessing case shotguns loaded with buckshot The buzzaMs fulfilled Sheriff Black's troops; others said only local residents; ammunition. Thirty African Americans were used except one. All but three were prophecy. still others said all whites except the lost their lives during that battle. Over shot from behind. Older blacks from that neck of the ones who lived in Slocum took part in 200 whites lay dead or wounded. In the end, it was impossible to tell woods claim anywhere from 175 to 200 the mayhem. - - The blacks then ordered all married exactly how many blacks had died. Many blacks lost their lives from Thursday, July men to retreat as 120 single men held of the blacks of Slocum wore battle scars. 28 to Sunday, July 31. ground till their comrades made good Homes in the black community were rid­ their escape. Guns empty, the single men dled with bullet holes; many had been Tho Cover Up leuiont find some ofthe bodies until had no choice but to surrender. After completely deserted. There was a report The unwillingness, or complete refusal,' handing over their weapons, the 120 an angry while mob had killed a black to convict whites of racially motivated the location is revealed to us bij the black prisoners were brutally beaten and woman and her infant. An old man was crimes against blacks did not emerge maimed. The blacks that perished were shotgunned while sitting in a chair on his with modem day cases like Christopher buzzards.' dumped six feet deep in the same trench­ porch. His wife died standing next to Bordsk/s (sentenced to probation for a es in which they had fought and covered him. At least one entire family was lost It conviction of murder) or Rodney King's • -lntaiiCDiiirtiiSdEriffllllilacli over with dirt. is presumed some bodies were dragged (a black man whose brutal assailants— Few of the married men were able to into the woods and secretly buried dur­ police officers—^ivere found innocent). At ing the night. escape. least not in Texas, where it is a well-estabr Fearing word of the incident might Of the all but forgotten battle, a Several blacks had turned them­ lished practice. harm the local economy, the Palestine weekly newspaper, The Chicago Defender, selves in at the Palestine jail, seeking On Sunday, July 31, 1910, a total of Board of Trade held a special meeting in wrote: refuge from the impending danger. eight white men—^Jim Spurger and seven which they selected a committee of three •Those taken prisoners were In addition to the two bodies he had others—were arrested and charged with men to prepare a statement explaining 120 single men, the others are viewed earlier. Sheriff Black later admit­ murder in the first degree. the matter. In that statement the commit­ free, thanks to the willing ted he saw eleven others, but stated that But nothing would every be done. A tee assured the entire country that no race sacrifice of the comrades. We there was only one sure way he knew of cover-up of the battle had begun even riot occurred: are all awaiting the fate of that would uncover every single corpse. before the last shot was fired. *We repeat again, there was no those captured in this land of "We won't find some of the bodies After"having operated properly the race war, nothing that bor­ barbarians of ancient day.* until the location is revealed to us by the first part of the day on Saturday, all dered on a race war, and the buzzards." he said. phone contact with Slocum and Denson only interference outside.of ThoAftcmicth Springs mysteriously ceased. The phone the cominunity fight was the Dead bodies of black men, women, boys August in Texas has always been the company couldn't explain the malfunc­ very prompt and vigorous and girls were scattered all about south­ same dusty, humid and extremely hot. By tion, for the phone lines stood intact, ern Anderson County, the majority of Monday, August 1, the unaccounted for uncut at any point. Continued on next page

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Ci'J'Xi. Bjnk nf AmcriiraTciiii. N.A. Membcf FDIC An E^ual Oppiinuniiy Emjilnycr. LncmlLcgcnJi in Ihc ClcrvLlcrvyv ollci emub Fchruireccruiry 29^y, ItfVfiii-m., a-»ilK»t^iMjiiBn muniuwa hi»e, pfcicnlis[«™;niBJj >aii ihinc umc Ihinc iwi^iiwmw iui oficnaoficnall ui icfcivc ^ From previous page Slocum, which is in close proximity to Vidor, Texas, an all white town thai has action of the officers of the recently come under pressure because county and state in restoring of the refusal to admit African-Ameri­ the peace and making arrests, can residents. There is no store in the gutiranteeing to the people community of Slocum, only a school teliiifeiipnidiiiteite here and elsewhere that this house and a volunteer fire department. is a law abiding city and Whites purchased the choice land thai county.• blacks once owned at an extremely dis­ They also added that the matter had counted price; other land holdings were been handed over to the grand jury and simply abandoned. said "this jury is now investigating the But spring cometh the following case, thai the responsibility may be year. It was then Ihat Mother Nature, placed where it belongs and the guilty whose beauty had been desecrated with punished." Almost as an afterthought blood of the innocent victims, chose to they added, "without regard to color." raise her head in forceful vengeance. No indictments were immediately Tyre, 10 years old at the lime of the handed down, even though nearly massacre, still carries vivid memories of r^'^'/^- ffjrtB^ f^iK everyone from Slocum was called to les-. the horrible episode. As she tells it, a lify. Some white male witnesses said that tremendous tornado hit Anderson coun-' the blacks did organize and they (whites) ty, concentrating the whole of its force had a right to be uneasy. The committee squarely—and deliberately, she wrote that after their investigation believes—at the center of Slocum. A "rumors neither confirmed or dis­ white man who lived in Slocum in July, proved" a plot to kill every while in 1910, pulled up slakes and moved to Slocum. Palestine promptly after the lomado had Even the most prominent citizens of completed its punishment. The white Ihe community vowed they would per­ man, who owned a prized while stallion, jure themselves before turning evidence. said the powerful winds lifted ihe horse To convict Spurger and the others would from the ground and carried it away as mean the conviction of every white who he watched. Slocum was left in complete (D!)lTIM.^/«lI(Mil0iOm>liIGI©eiM^ foolishly believed him. ruin. A few decades later, vengeance was repeated on Slocum, but this time with a Venues were changed, and (3MniOM§ie

that much deeper. throughout the era. It is time for us to ^.-.-^.n.'.-^-uwV* ) We hear of a bombing in Bosnia and make Florida fair to all of its citizens." we become bewildered. We hear of a The Senate concurred. A $2.1 million market square slaughter in Serejeve and' claims bill was passed, 26-14. People who we become sullen. There is word of a late can prove that Ihey are survivors and nighl lynching or a brutal boating of a sin­ lived in Rosewood and were forced out gle black ma;i and we are enraged to riol. by the violence will be eligible for up to ITiese acts of barbarity are etched into our $150,000. So far, only foursurvivorshave" . iimMififeinJitw iMoflE^Bin©^^ minds forever. been identified. Now what of ma Iters avenged ? To dale no survivors of the Slocum Quid pro quo? massacre have been identified, nor any That one single incident, above all of the surviving families compensated else, changed Slocum forever. Fovv for the atrocities they endured. blacks, if any, currently reside in MON

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1992 Former Congresswoman leaves legacy of achievement Keynote Address, Democratic National Convention By Veronica W« Morgan served as a faculty advisor, minority 1979 recruiter and professor al the university. Accepted Lyndon B. Johnson Public Ser­ 1994 A co-worker told me she was heart­ Ms. Jordan was buried at the Stale vice Professorship. The Lyndon B. John­ U.S. Commission on Immigration broken upon learning about Bar­ Cemetery in Austin. son School of Public Affairs. Reform Chair of nine-member panel bara Jordan's death on January The University of Texas a I 17. Austin Awarded FresidenlialMedalof Freedom "She was my hero/'she said. "When I was a little girl I wanted 1982 Some of the information concerning to be just like her." Accepted Lyndon B. Johnson Barbara Jordan's life and accomplish­ Eagerly searching for the Centennial Chair in National ments was taken from a book entitled appropriate words to describe Policy Notable Black American Women. Ms. Jordan, the co-worker added: MOM Barbara Jordan was aggressive, 1985 she was assertive, she was inde­ Main Post Office in Houston pendent, intelligent, and a togeth­ dedicated lo Barbara C. Jordan er black woman. Thai she was Served on an 11-member panel and more. J.V. appointed by Secretary General BUCK She was a pioneer, an educa­ of United Nations lo conduct HISTORY MOrmi tor, an attorney, a phenomenal hearings on Ihe role of multina­ ALL force to be reckoned v^dth, and a tional corporations in South MOVIES political figure whose work demonstrat­ Chronology of Jordan's accom­ Africa and Nambia ed her drive for excellence. plishments SOULFUL 990/, In 1967, Ms. Jordan was sworn in as 1986 ay the first black female stale senator in Named by The World Almanac as "One of ILIAGES 0 Texas since 1SS3. She was elected presi­ 1952 Became "Girl of the Year," placed first in the 25 Most Influential Women in Amer­ 2391S. Collins • Arlington, TX 76014 dent pro tempore of the senate in 1972, ica" for 12 consecutive years which meant, if both the governor and slate Ushers Oratorical Contest, won a (817) 277-7337 the lieutenant governor were out of the trip to Chicago and won the national con­ 1991 slate on Ihe same day, she would be gov­ test, graduated from high school. ernor. OnJunelO,1972shebecameGov- ernor for the Day. 1962 & 1964 Ran for Texas House of Representatives While there are many significant "firsts" lo describe Ms. Jordan's accom­ TMiik TOEcsnil t u 1965 plishments, very few will come close to Served as ad ministra live assistant lo Har­ capturing the essence of her success. ris County Judge William Elliot The 59-year-old Houston, Texas native was born February 21,1936 to Ben­ 1967 f ? jamin Mercdieth and Arlyne Fatten Jor­ Sworn in as first female black state sena­ dan. She graduated with honors from tor in Texas since 1883 I? Phyllis Wheatley High School in 1952, .^•^' and earned a bachelors from Texas South­ 1971 ern University. Barbara Jordan Day proclaimed by JF Thmfcagain. While at TSU, the Delta Sigma Theta Houston Mayor Louie Welch, Oct. 1 r.rr member served on the debate team ^; Let us show yoii how with the:x/ . under the coactiing of Dr. Tom Freeman. 1972 She graduated from Boston University Governor for Ihe Day, June 10 Affordable Neighborhood Mortgage.^ Law School in 1959. Harvard University later awarded her withan honorary doc­ Elected lo the United States House of ll fl Guanmty Federal Bank's r^ O torate and invited her to speak during Representatives commencement exercises. Affordable Neighborhood Mortga^^^ Ms. Jordan garnered numerous 1973 H 'A small downpaynient ---'-•... ^ '..\. awards and honorary doctorates over the Appointed lo Judiciary Committee years, having been voted "Best Living • Use of past rent and utilities payments^as credit history- Orator" in 1984 by the International Plat-' 1974 • ll • No originxitlon ices or discount points \ J form Association. She was selected Among the distinguished Congressmen li • Homebiiyers IVaining Program | i repeatedly as "One of the 25 Most Influ­ on diplomatic mission to China ential Women in America" by World Vi IJor information call: ': \ Almanac in 1986, and as one of the 'Ten 1976 U U (214)360-5139 U ' Women of the Year" in 1976 by Time Delivered Keynote address al Democrat­ magazine. ic National Convention n Upon retiring from politics, Ms. Jor­ Re-elected lo 3rd term in US House of dan joined the faculty at the University Representatives of Texas in Austin in 1979. In 1982 she *A y. f DtCfein was appointed to the Lyndon B. Johnson 1978 *AD loans stibjvct' ' - Guaranty Fi^^raii Bank, Centennial Chair in National Policy and Retired from Congress tocmlilapprovaL [ mr7Ei-J{V/(yirtmvni^ffl-tV/i^biCT;? o (mxm m o rpa^.RmTt^n^ Around Town Cont'd at 450-1018. 6 to 8 p.m. ond Ave. On Saturday February 17, from 9:30 ********** For more information, call 943-0142. a.m. to 3:30 p.m. / ebmary ^jt] ^Opportunity Newt Church Youth Choir Competition is set for For more information, call (214) 746- The Texas Education Agency and Texans' Uniquely "U" Brides of Color will present the Thursday, February 15, at the Renaissance 2340. The workshop is free. Lunch is $7. Third Annual Black Bridal Extravaganza on War on Drugs will join forces on Sunday, Feb. Center, 2100 Evans Avenue in Fort Worth. The 2nd Annual Dr. Francine Morrison 25 through the 27 to provide information Love Work, will host a book signing on Satur­ Sunday, Feb. 11 at the I larvey Hotel in down­ ompetition starts at 6:30 p.m. A dona­ Gospel Jubilee takes place on Saturday, Feb­ February 2 ********** February 9 town Dallas. about tobacco, alcohol and other drug abuse. day, Feb. 3, at Black Images Book Bazaar, 230 The monthly Business Breakfast meeting for tion of $3 is required. ruary 17, at 7 p.m. At the Renaissance Center, Sixteen strands will be offered on each topic The comedy troupe, Capitol Steps, will per­ For more information, call, (214 330- Wynnewood Village, from 3 to 5 p.m. small/minority/women entrepreneurs will Deidra Lynn Woods Theatre presents "Black For more information, call (817) 923- 2100 Evans Avenue, in Fort Worth. and guest speakers will be available through­ form at Brookhaven College on Friday, Feb­ 5683. General Admission to the event is $5. For more information, call (214) 943- be held on Tuesday, Februarv 6, from 7 a.m. to Man In America," a play dealing with the 1605. For more information, call (817) 923- out the workshop. ruary 2, at 8 p.m. in the Performance 0142. 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn North, 2540 problems of homosexuality, drugs, female 1605. For more information, call (512) 343- 3939 Valley View Lane in Farmers Branch. Meacham, in Fort Worth. relationships, violence, drugfl 2626. Tickets are on sale at the campus box ********** February 12 For additional information, contact The play is scheduled for Friday, Febru- February 16 office. For more information, call (214) 620- I.eroy White, Jr., president of Plant The Seed, Willie R. Heath, Jr. at (817) 334-32 at the theatre located west of I-4S on I Iroy Roberts Foundation will hold auditions Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson will February 18 4118. an organization that establishes neighbor­ Martin Luther King drive. Tickets are $10 for for the Talent Search Showcase and A Super­ sponsor a summit on "Preparing Today's Dallas Bethlehem Center Community Chil­ February 28 ********** hood gardens, tended, nurtured and harvest­ ********** adults and $8 for students. star Evening on Monday, February 12, from ed by local residents, will sponsor a tilling Youth for Tomorrow's Careers." on Friday, dren's Choir, South DalesGospclSinger Judy Dallas Urban League will host their annual The City of Dallas will conduct an Econom­ For more information, call 565-1710. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Fort Worth. The exact loca­ First Friday Business Network, sponsored by and plot prep ceremony at 2639 Mojave in Feb. 16, at Le Meridien, 650 N. Pearl Stree't. Tucker and the popular Dixieland and Jazz meeting at 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Febru­ ic Development meeting from 4-6 p.m in the tion is 5001 Brentwood Stair #109. Omni American Federal Credit Union, Miller Dallas. ********** From 8 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bands of Lovers Lane UMC will entertain ary 28. Auditorium at the Methodist Medical For more information, call (817) 551- Brewing Company, The La Vida News, The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, A Marriage Encounter Weekend will be held For more information, call (202) 225- after a "down home" Southern meal on Sun­ I he keynote speaker for the event is Center located at 1441 N. Beckkv 9279. Williams Fried Chicken and Blair, Goggan, February 3, at 9 a.m. for couples living in Dallas and the 8885. day, February 18. Ayindejean Baptiste, the 12-year-old speak­ Sampson & Meeks on Friday, Feb. 2, at the For more information, call (214) 662- rounding areas beginning Friday, February 9 ********** Dallas Visual Art Center will exhibit the For more information, call (214) 363- er during The Million Man March. Renaissance Center, 2100 Evans Ave. In Fort 0174 or (214) 466-3221. through 11, at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Piano. A Neighborhoods meeting will be held at works of Saba Rasheed through Friday, Feb­ 1468. This year's meeting is geared toward Worth. February 8 The weekend is sponsored by Dales/Ft. Ridgecrest Baptis Church located at 5470 ruary 16. The public is invited. For more active youth volunteers. ********** details, contact Katherine Wagner, executive Donation is $3 per person, the meeting David J. Berry, president and chief operation Worth Lutheran Marriage Encounter couples. Ellsword in Dallas, on Thurs. Feb. 8 from 6:30 For more information, call (214) 528- director, at (214) 821-2522. begins at 5:30 p.m. through 8 p.m. Bob Ray Artist/Poet Jon Randolph Adams will show­ officer of Bank of America, Texas invites the For more information, contact Roger to 8:30 p.m. February 21 8038. Sanders will be the special guest speaker. case new works in an exhibition entitled his public to "Share in our Pride" at the Anita V An Amateur Gospel Talent Competition and Chris Williams at (214) 530-1218 or I lerh For more information, call 670-5339. Rev. Samuel Proctor, author of "The Sub­ ********** For more information, call (817) 922- high HOLY hip houseness at Onasile Martinex Ballet Folkloric's 19% Membership is scheduled for Friday, February 16, at 6:30 and Betty Doller at (214) 780-0920. For infor­ stance of Things Hoped For: A Memoir of 9999 or (817) 923-9305. Ciallery in Deep Elum, Feb.3 through Feb. 29. Campaign party on Thursday, February 8, p.m. at the Renaissance Center, 2100 Evans The deadline for entering Our Texas mation about weekends in other parts, call 1- African- The opening reception and preview will from 6:30 to 830 p.m. at the Olympic Pizza Avenue, Fort Worth. magazine fiction/non-fiction writer's contest 800-235-1010. American Faith," on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at occur on Sat. Feb. 3 from - to 5 p.m. Restaurant, 2907 W. Northwest Highway. For more information, call (817) 923- is Wednesday, February 28. The maximum February 13 Black Images, 230 Wynnewood. February 3 For more information, please contact Business attire is requested. To R.S.V.P 1605. length for submissions is 2,000 words. Stories A Valentine's Eve Sweetheart Jazz Concert Emmanuel Gellespie at Onasile Gallery (214) call 828-0181. For more information, call 943-0142. will be judged on style, plot and creativity. It Park One Realtors will sponsor a free seminar February 10 featuring Dr. Billy Taylor and Jon Hendricks ********** in both Spanish and English every Saturday 760.8205. ********** should reflect the feel and flavor of our exis­ A Free Health Fair is scheduled for Saturday, is scheduled for Tuesday, February 13, at The The 12th Annual Quest For Success Awards tence. An entry fee of $15 is due. in February from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fort Worth's Majestic Theatre. Luncheon will be held at the Dallas Conven­ Several Y.O.U.T.H, Town Hall Meetings will February 22 The setting must be contemporary, his­ The seminars entitled "\ low to Buy and Town Center Mall. To purchase tickets, call UNT at (8*7) tion Center on Friday, February 16. The event February 4 be held at various Dallas schools throughout torical or futuristic and unpublished. Our Sell Houses " are sponsored by Merit Mort­ The fair is sponsored by Osteopathic 565-3743 or Ticketmaster at (214) 373-8000. is being sponsored by The Dallas Black Mayor Ron Kirk will host a Citywide Open the month of February. On Thurs., Feb. 8, Texas magazine retains the right to publish gage Co. And South Central Pacific Corpora­ Peaches Smith will delight children of all ages Health System of Texas. For more informa­ Seats are priced from $18 to $32. Chamber of Commerce, Miller Brewing Co., House Workshop at Dallas City Hall on the meeting will take place at Hillcrest High Thursday, Feb. 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. submissions in a 1997 Anthology of Texas tion. Locations will be given once reserva­ with original works previously published School, 9924 Hillcrest Road; on Friday, Feb. tion, call (817) 923-1605. Bank-One, TX , WFAA and The Dallas Morn­ For more information, call 670-5339. Writers. tions have been made. Spanish seminars will and new works at Black Images, 2nd Annual 9, the meeting will be held at W.E. Greiner Jr. ing News. be held on Feb. 3 and 17; and English semi­ Lovefest, on Sunday, Feb. 4, from 3 to 5 p.m. ********** For more information, call 1-800-766- High School, 501S. Edgefield; on Thurs., Feb. February 14 For more information, call (214) 934- ********** nars will be held on Feb. 10 and 24. For more information, call (214) 943- John de Lancie stars as a robot inventor who 3012. 7710. 22, the meeting will be held at Skyline High Michael Baisden, author of Never Satisfied: Perspectives in African American Art 1996 For reservations and more information, 0142. School and on Saturday, Feb. 23, the meeting goes too far in Sci-Fi Chann. I'lane- Volunteer Center Of Dallas County is fea t u r- call John Marks (214) 713-7825 or page him tarv Premiere, "Evolver," on Saturday, Feb. aid Wliy Men Cheat, will appear at Black celebrates 10 years of African American Artis- ********** willbeheldatE.B.ComstockJr. High School ing a bowl-a-thon on Friday, February 16 tic Expressions on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 6 February 29 at 798-4747. 10 7t„Onm Images, 230 Wynnewood on Wednesday, through 17 in Piano. For more information, Tickets go on sale for the Broadway musical All scheduled meetings will begin at February 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. p.m. to 8 p.m. at The African American Muse­ call (214) 826-6767 ext. 242. Daniel Wolff will appear at Black Images, 230 ********** "Ain't Misbehavin," on Sunday Feb. 4, at all p.m. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for stv um, 3536 Grand Avenue. For more information, call 943-0142. Wynnewood, on Thursday, February 29 from St. Luke "Community" United Methodist Ticketmaster outle' dent with identification. Children under 1 To R.S.V.P. call (212) 697-4515. For moa> February 11 ********** 6 to 8 p.m. Church will host a "Waiting to Exhale Rela­ The Point* will star in thi are free. information, call (214) 565-9026. St. John Missionary Baptist Church invites tionship seminar on Saturday, February 3 Waller musical hit which is scheduled to run Persons interested in attending any of The fifth annual Valentines Day Marrow- February 17 Dallas Theatre presents Eartha Kitt in an Wolff is the author of You Send Me: The vou to attend a free unique worship ft from 8:30 am to 12:30 p.m. for one week only beginning Tuesday, Mar. the meeting should contact the schools for Donor Drive is scheduled for Wednesday, Success Summit '96 will be held at the Arling­ elusive 3-night only engagement beginning Life and Times of Sam Cooke. on Sunday, February 11, at V45 p.m. The ser­ The event is being sponsored by the Sin- 12 through March 17. more information. February 14 at Children's Medical Center in ton Hilton 1 lotel, 2401 E. Lamar Blvd., on Sat­ Thursday, Feb. 22 through the 24 at DTC's lor more information, call 943-0142. vice with its theatrical elements is entitled urday, Feb. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. MON 4 Life Everlasting Ministry. For more more information call (214) 373- ********** "Let Everything Praise the lord. Dallas, the drive will I .r-old Kalita Humphreys Theater, information, call Michelle Cole at (214) 780- 8000. and other African-American Registration begins at 8 p.m. For more 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Monique jellerette dejongh and Cassandra For more information, call (214) 375- 2891. ,ts awaiting a donor transplant, information, call (214) 988-3345. Catolouis will give great suggestions on how 4876. The exact location is 2600 S. Marsalis All tickets are $40 each. All seats are ATTENTION: ********** to meet and Ho a' To Marry A Black Man, on Ave, Dallas,TX. i more information, call Shannon ********** reserved. For tickets, call the Dallas Theater Murray at (214) 351-8646. Center at (214) 522-TIXX. If you're interested in placing your February 6 Thurs., Feb. 8 at Black Images Book B Clarodes Dance Institute celebrates the The First Gospel Choreography Workshop is ********** event in our February Calendar, send scheduled to take place on Saturday, Febru­ Texas Department of Transportation will 230 Wynnewood, from 6 to 8 p.m. Grand Opening of their new location on Sat­ offer a 11(nation workshops for Dis­ Mayor Ron Kirk invites you and a guest to it to us by mail or fax no later ary 3 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. I he cost is $5 For more information, call (214) 943- the premier of "America urday, Feb. 17, from noon until 3 p.m. at 9661 advantaged Business Enterprises/Historical­ February 15 Audelia Rd. # I February 24 than Wednesday, February 21,1996 per pern 0142. cial guest Jasmine Guy and Vanessa liell Cal­ ly Underutilized Businesses on Tuesday, Feb­ For more information, call (214) 225- »*»»*»»**» loway on Sunday, February 11, at the Dallas ight into the story For more information, call (214) 340- A Greek Step Show & Dance is set for 8 p.m. Minority Opportunity News ruary 6, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. 6565. ,m or Art, 1717 N. Harwood behind Wiiv Mould Wlute Guys Have All The 1146. to 1 a.m. at the Renaissance Center in Fort 2730 Stemmons Frwy to 4 p.m. at TxDof s Construction Division, ACore Assets meeting Workshop will be held The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. and the Tun? I low Reginald lewis i 3illkm-Dol- Texas Historical Commission and Black Worth on Saturday, February 24. A donation ********** 200 E. Riverside Dr. Room 102, in Austin. on the 7th floor of tt* lonsson Central 1202 Tower West screening starts at 7:30 p.m. lar Business I m Dallas Remembered, Inc. Will hold a Com­ of $7 is required. Audrey Chapman, author of Getting Good For more information, call Pat Merrill, at Library, on Thurs. Feb. 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. Dallas, TX 75207 : more information, call Sandv C "otton Lewis will appear at Black Images, 230 munity and Flentag. it ion Workshop I or more information, call (817) 923- Ixrving: How Black Men and Women Can Make (512)463-6631. For more information, call 67 Wynnewood, on Thursday, February 15 from at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 1919 Sec­ 1605. (214) 905-0949 Fax "Southwestern Bell is the one to call on in Texas." Southwestern Bell Telephone is proud to serve our customers in Texas. We can also provide solutions to your communications needs. That's because our services make it easier to stay in touch throughout your busy day. 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Minority Opportunity News page 24 • February 1996 Minority Opportunity News '' wmm'immi Febrasify McDsneiats t® Poimdleir Senate in 1870. February 26 Days of February - February 10 February 21 -Antoine Tats" Domino, singer, per­ **Mary Leontyne Price, famous actress *'E1 Haji Malik El Shabazz - Malcohn former, bom 1928. Discover and and singer, born 1927. X, assassinated 1965. **Muhammad All captures heavy­ Celebrate African -Roberta Flack, famous singer, bom weight title from Sonny Listen in 1964. 1939. February 22 American Arts^ -Dr. Ralph J. Bunche becomes the first February 27 Culture^ and February 11 Black to receive the Nobel Peace Prize -Theodore Flowers, boxer, beconrtes first **Nelson Mandela released from prison for United Nations' accomplishments in Black Middleweight Champion of the Entertainment in 1990. He was imprisoned for 27 years 1950. World in 1926. ttecause he demanded "human rights" -Julius Erving, basketball star, l?orn **Debbie Thomas is first African History all year for Black South Africans 1950. American to win a medal for figure skat­ Col. Frederick Gregory becomes first ing in the Olympics in 1988. By Sarah N. Bruce / Arts, African American to command space Culture, Entertain tment Editor February 12 mission in 1989. •*NAACP founded in 1909. February 28 -William "Bill" Russell, former pro bas­ **Poct Phyllis Wheatley dies in 1784. - February 1 ketball player and first Black head coach February 23 Bubba Smith, famous football player **Langston Hughes, playwright, poet, for the Seattle Supersonics, bom 1934. -William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) and film star^ bom 1945. bom 1902. -Arsenio Hall, comedian-talk show Dubois, poet, scholar, historian, sden- -Michael Jackson, performer, singer, -Garrett Morris, television comedian, host-actor, born 1955. list, teacher, bom 1868. composer, wins eight Grammy Awards born 1937. in 1984. -Clifford Alexander Jr. becomes the first Black Secretary of the United States February 13 February 24 Army in 1977. **Absalom Jones, leader of America's "Frederick Douglass' home, Washing­ February 29 first Black church, born 1746. ton, D.C., is made a national shrine in -Leap Day!! 1922, MON February 2 -Congress bans U.S. Slave trade in 1807. February 14 Special Thanks to Black History Inltractive Software - February 25 Calendar Count for the *• suhmissims. Tor more info **Aulherine Lucy becomes the first **Frederick Augustus Douglass, stales- on the software: hlarry Anderson Interactive Black student at the University of man and journalist, bom 1817. *'Hiram Revels becomes the first Softwml8719 Rembrandt, Dallas, TX 75287 QU) Alabama in 1956. -Augusta Institute (renamed Morehouse African American elected to the U.S. 307-8456, College) in Atlanta Georgia, opened Februaiy 3 ]^ '*Anlonio Ruiz, Buenos Aires national DALLAS URBAN LEAGUE PRESENTS hero, dies 1810. February 15 "Nat ''King" Cole, singer and jazz This Year's Theme, February 4 pianist, dies 1965. -Rosa Parks, civil rights activist, born "mm-. I MLUTi TO m mw 1913. February 16 **Frederick A. Douglass elected presi­ Februarys dent of Frecdman's Bank and Trust in **L.R. Lautier becomes the first African ^°^'*' American to join the National Press Club in 1956. February 17 K **Jim Brown, Hall of Fame football -'\\- February 6 P'^V^^' ^^" ^^^^• U..-^ J -Robert "Bob" Marley, reggae star, "Mi^^hael Jordan, famous basketball Ayinde Jean Baptiste bom 1945. P^^y^^' ^^" ^^^^• (Key Note Speaker) -Natalie Cole, famous songstress and ' daughter of Nat "King" Cole, born 1950. February 18 Powerful young man spoke at **First formal protest against slavery Million Man March February 7 filed by Quakers in 1688. _ **Hubie Blake, ragtime composer and and appeared on Today's Show pianist, born 1883. February 19 11:45 (am) Wednesday, February 28,199G **First Pan-African Congress held in Februarys Paris in 1919. Harvey Hotel -Henry Lewis becomes first African -Smokey Robinson, singer/songwriter, 400 North Olive Street American director of a United States bom 1940. symphony orchestra by heading the (Downtown Dallas) New Jersey Symphony in 1968. February 20 Ticket Prices: $25.00 ••Frederick A Douglass dies 1895. To Purchase Tickets CaU (214) 528-8038 February 9 -Charles Barkley, famous basketball **Arthur Ashe becomes the first Black to player, born 1963. Note: "Bridges', Held in Conjunction with Dul's Annual Membership Meeting, join the U.S. Davis Cup Team in 1964. mrKtgmr.(gferaptfgmTfenfe'?g, e .^ET?^ m - r^^vn^. mr^ ZI PWlffB ing out serious poetry—some set to and their popularity continues to rise. music—that dealt with issues of suicide, • An album, entitled Princess Kamilyah, A Bsnuasmc blacks fighting and killing each other, featuring 15 of Everett's poems, will be men respecting women and staying in released in February. Dnao . school. Everett is also publishing a collection As quickly as he could scribble the of his most inspiring works in a book •A entitled God Is the Answer: Poems that Can( Local 8-year-old jxjetic verses, Everett would dole it out to f •-",. anyone he came in contact with. Occa­ Save A Life, • • , ,- h • V- ••> . recites Dad's.poetry sionally, he would recite his poems or sing Kamilyah's name will appear on I'. By Veronica W. Morgan the lyrics as young Kamilyah looked on. several programs dealing with Black His­ \ r •- But something remarkable hap­ tory throughout the month of February. f'/ A'. -• * . Kamilyah Everett is not an unusual pened. Something that changed the way Her latest work, and one that is sure to provoke deep thought, is 28 Days To Be '' ? little girl. he did things. He discovered that the 1 Black. The poem challenges the conven­ She fidgets with pencils and pens then five-year-old Kamilyah could red tie <..^ his poems. tional way of thinking about Black His­ when grown ups are talking. She slumps tory month. Everett said the poems M in her seat, spins gently in swivel chairs states, you are black for 28 days but I've and stares impatiently out windows been black all my life. wondering when her dad will firush talk­ W Individual copies of the poem are ing so the two of them can go home, or expected to be released in bookstores by Ayinde Joan Baptiste better, to the "Sonic/' for a thick vanilla^ • February. Other poems will also be avail­ chocolate or strawberry shake. able in 12^ 18 versions in the near future. Sharing the stage with Kamilyah will But at any given moment, if Ken tells : Said Everett: "I'd like to see the beAyindt JeanBaptiste, the dynamic 12- his eight-year-old to "do" any one of the poems become as popular as Black Art." year-old speaker at the Million Man lengthy poems he has written over the , Everett credits his inspiration to March, and featured guest on the Today years, she willingly stands, checks out write and his daughter's unique ability show with Bryant Gumbel and Catie her audience to make certain that "no one to express herself and his poetry as a Couric. Bapliste will be the keynote will be offended," looks once more to dad God-given talent. Together the two have speaker at theannual meeting. Tickets are for reassurance, and then lifts her head shared their gifts with hundreds of peo­ on sale for $25. and thunderously recites verse after ple through performances, held city- verse, poem after poem, without hesita­ Twenty-five outstanding young peo­ wide, at malls, black history programs, ple who have displayed positive charac­ tion, as she paces back and forth. church functions, school functions and teristics throughout their community will "She can go for an hour and a half," other outlets. And they hope to spread says Ken Everett smiling proudly at his the message even further. .; be honored. oldest daughter.He and his wife, Keena, Individuals desiring to nominate a Outside of her busy life of reading, deserving youth should contact the Dal­ also have a two-year-old named rapping and expressing poetry, Kamilyah las Urban League at (214) 528-8038. Kandyce. attends Slults Road Elementary School. Everett, a high school math teacher Kamilyah Everett and Dad Ken She enjoys tennis, karate, piano and yes,' Requirements include a one-page essay turned part-time poet, says he decided golf. Her favorite subject is math. stating why the person should be chosen, to try lus hand at writing inspirational, "In fact," says Everett, obviously " On Wednesday, February 28, Kam­ two references from people other than religious verse close to five years ago. pleased, "she could doit better than me." ilyah will perform at the Dallas Urban family members and a non-returnable His intention was to find a way of The rapping teacher, a nickname League's Armiial Membership Meeting. photo. Deadline for submissions is Feb­ imparting hope and encouragement to given to him by his students, decided to The theme of this year's event is ruarys. the many troubled youth he came in con­ step back, keep his poetry and show it to "Bridges: A Salute to Our You th." MON his daughter, who echoed the messages he tact with daily. Tlie program will begin at 11:45 a.m. For organizations, churches and indiaduah fishing to Combined with faith in God and wanted to convey. In doing so, the dynam­ and will be held at the Harvey Hotel, 400 contact Kamilyah and her father, call (214) 681 -2207 or love for jazz music, Everett began crank­ ic duo lias garnered considerable attention North Olive Street. 681-0682. r I NO[l/IINATIO^a FORM I The Dallas Urban League is accepting nominations for young people who have remained positive role models against the odds, and continue to influence the I lives of others. We will honor twenty-five (25) youth from traditional and non-traditional families in the community. Nominations are to be submitted in a one-page I essay stating why this individual should be honored. Deadlmo for submitting nominations is February 5, 1996. I On an attached sheet of paper, tell us why this person should be nominated. Send Information to th© Dallas Urban League, Attn: Bridges: "A Salute to our 1 Youth" Nomination Committee, 3625 N. Hall St., Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75219. For more Information, please call (214) 528-8038. I NAME OF NOMINEE: , •_ \ , . • I I ADDRESS OF NOMINEE: RULES I CITY . STATE ZIP •Photograph; Please send a photo­ I graph of the nominee. Sorry, photographs ' I HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER: ' cannot be returned. PARENTS/GUARDIAN NAME: ^ I •Verification: In order to be consid­ I YOUR ORGANIZATION/BUSINESS/CHURCH/SCHOOL: ^ ered, a nominee must have two references who may be contacted to verify the scope I YOUR NAME: '. TITLE: and content of the nominee. References I should be persons familiar with the person I ADDRESS: '• being nominated. References may not include any person related to the nominee. r I CITY . STATE ZIP Please send the name, address and I daytime telephone of each reference. I HOMEPHONE#: I L WORK PHONES: FAX#: J [ h^lnnmtir,f^ppCTft^^;,yf^ps a (?is^ &r c (^:^jgTy> fl=l>:m ] I \mim^ ] down, has responsibilities. After we K104 ranked #1 in the D/FW women, call them bitches, we don't use made sure this (switching formats) was Metroplex at one point last year and has the word nigger, or play rap songs that ¥-Bay for the right direction in which to go, we did consistently placed in the Top 10 spots promote drugs," he says. everything possible to make it work." overall. As for VIOO, Bacote says, the station ¥100 Bacote also heaped praises upon the Dowe says KKDA's new station, will continue to listen to its audience and Metroplex VIOO listener. which has been in the works for more grow. "We will change v^alh them, but we Station scores big in will stay focused on our demographics t TSMHSHEsnrm, 1 and on what people tell us they want. radio ratings H«f« ars the Top 20 Daltas-Fort Worth racDoftarton s wHh 8. KOAI-FU (107.5) 4.2 4.2 "Ratings come and go," he contin­ Bsieners age 12 and oldef, tccordlno to the latest Art^ 9. KEGL-nJ (97.1) 3.9 4.4 ued. "But the key is to stay focused. By Dorothy Gentry Iron suvey. The tall «tlno» period It Sept 21 through Dec. 13. Arbitron counts anyone at least 12 ysara of age tie KPLX-FM (99.5) 3.9 4.1 African Aniericans in this market deserve Contributing Writer , wtx> Ustene to a station tor at toast 15 minutes between 6 tie KLUV-FW (38.7) 3.9 4.6 a.m. and midnlj^l. Each sha/e point reflecH 1 percent of a good product, something they can be the audierKe. 12. KRLD-AM (1080) 38 3.8 proud of. They showed their approval in 13. KDGE-FM (94.5) 35 3.2 Less than six months after changing Fan SumnMr the ratings." its format, the station formerly known as Banit Station th»n ahart 14. KTXQ-FW (102.1) 3.3 2.8 1. KVIL-FM t103.7> S.8 5.2 15. K2PS-fM (92.5) 2.8 2.4 MON 1003 JAMZ has landed in the #4 spot in lie KHKS-FM (106.1) 5.6 5.1 16. KLTY-FM(94,t) 2.7 26 the fall Arbitron radio ratings. 3. KSCS-FM (96.31 S.5 5.6 tie KDMX-FM (102.9) 2.7 3.0 The ra tings, which were released Jaa KR8V-FM (100.31 S.O 3.7 ia. KRRW-FM (97.9) 2.6 2.2 12, list the lop 20 Dallas/Fort Worth radio • 5. KYNG-FM (105.3) 4.8 5.1 19. KLIF-AM (570) 2.5 1.9 KSNN-FM (94.9) 2.0 2.5 statiorK with listeners age 12 and older. 6. WBAP-AM (flaOj 4.7 4.9 20. iniMainnnnnii 7. KKOA-FM (t04.5) 4.6 tie KTCK-AM (1310) 2.0 1.1 ' KRBV-FM (100.3), also known as VIOO, CINDY BALDWIN Leasing Specialist ranked #4 overall. The station, which "I credit Dallas/Fort Worth for than a year, should join the FM dial in changed its format on Sept. 1,1995 from responding. That is who 1 give thanks early spring or late summer. The station rap heavy urban contemporary to a mix­ to." will play the old school R&B hits, "and ture of R&B hits and classics, jumped VIGO'S 5.0 share in the fall ratings put willbeconunitted to the black communi­ from 12lh place overall last summer. it ahead, for the moment, of KKDA-FM ty, ^he 25-54 age group and will serve FrM S«rvic0 s}n€a 1959, VIOO also went from 8lh last year to (104.5), which placed 7th overall with a those in both Dallas and Fort Worth." 3rd this year in the ratings with the 18-34 4.6 share.' K104, ever popular among the 12-24 3979 N. Bettline year-old audience and jumped from #17 Ken Dowe, KKDA director of broad­ age audience, will not change its format: In/ing, TX 75038 to #2 in the 25-54 year-old audience, the cast services, says the ratings, which are a mixture of R&B hits, some oldies and (214) 256-3545 • Fax (214) 258-1419 station's main focus. released three times a year, were not a light rap. "We were very pleased with the rat­ total surprise to the station. Dowe emphasizes that although the ings and with the fact that we were able "We weren't really all that surprised. station "doesn't play dirty rap," it will Atlanta Dallas Ft Worth Houston to significantly reach our target audi­ We knew it would be that way," he says. continue playing some rap. "We are Nashville • Austin Denver Galveston San Antonio Tulsa ence," says Thomas Bacote, VIOO pro­ "Not taking anything away from much aware that youngsters up to age 30 gram director. VIOO. That (their #4 ranking) is great. But like some of it (the rap music) and we are The success of the station "is a team K104 is incredibly successful," he says. not going to deny those artists their • INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED America's Oldest & Largest Rental Referral Service effort," Bacote says. "Everyone, from the "Ratings-wise, K104 had its most suc­ opportunity. .general manager lb the music director on cessful year last year." 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We've do it or wear it. already spoken with most of the mayors However, we as African Americans in the major cities up and down the east­ rarely cashinonourcreativity. For exam­ ern seaboard, so we're structuring our­ ple African Americans are the main pur­ selves so we already have the (political chasers of athletic footwear and sporting and financial) powers that be in place, so apparel helping to make it a $30 billion that when we get ready to look for fran­ business. For all our trend setting, less chises in those areas we have everything than one percent of these sales can be in place," elaborated Brockman. traced to African-American owned man­ The most unique feature of Foot Stop Tex'as Commerce Bank Proudly Salutes ufacturers or retail establishments- Enterprises is that each franchisee is Enter Marvin Brown and Derrick required to give back to the community our Friend and Board Director " Brockman, two young African American in which he or she operates by creating with vision, social consciousness and a jobs, sponsoring educational programs, BARBARA JORDAN novel business concept with tremendous youth athletic programs and forming growth potential - athletic appeal and scholarship funds. " We feel it is impor­ 1936' 1996 tant to set a standard and precedent to sportswear retail franchises for African- I Ttiaa our youth who are looking to get ICommerca Americans. . . I B3nk involved in an industry like this, or to Foot Stop is not just another small become an entrepreneur. We can't be time minority business, it has big time afraid to do business in our own com­ aspirations with a strategy and market munities. This is a great business oppor­ package to match. tunity and it is also an opporhinity to be "Our first priority was to go out and a part of the community, to be a resource OPPOHTUNITY find the different kinds of financing that to that community," stressed Brown. can be used to help a potential entrepre­ neur who might not have the inomediate For more information contact Foot Stop Enterprises Limited at P.O. Box 1096 FOR JOHN CHASE, ARCHITECT, financing [and] who would need some Media, PA., 19063. The telephone and fax type of support to find the different orga­ DART WAS A GREAT ROUTE TO WORK. numbers are (610) 558-3370 and 566-5365. nization that were out there," explained For franchise information or team sales Brown, president of the company. call 1-800-991-FOOT. Currently, Fool Stop has six locations MON in Philadelphia and Coatsville, PA ; jrDART'S mission is to help people go places. But Wilmington, DE; and Largo and Balti­ This is a reprint of a story tliat first appeared in Januanf more, MD. A new store opened in Octo­ 8-U,1996 issueofThe Louisiiina WixVXy.-Id. ' we're also working to help businesses go places. Like ber in Baltimore and two stores are planned for the Atlanta area by early John S. Chase, FAIA, Architect, whose DART con­ 1996. The company hopes to have at least 10 stores per sta te. Currently it is in nego- tracts have led to work from other organizations. • tiation with a well known professional 'We find your apartment And they have benefited from athlete to open a store in Knoxville,Tenn. home...free'' Other African-American athletes are also our seminars and programs for expressing interest in the concept. Unlike other franchises operations. minority businesses. Foot Stop offers its franchisees a full line Kathy Cusick of support to erasure their success. Brock- (like "music*) Contact DART'S man, company vice president responsi­ ble for business development and mar­ Office of Minority • keting, has formulated ways to facilitate 3668 N. Beltline Road " Business Enterprises the application, financial statement and Irving, Texas 75062 financing processes. Foot Stop's man­ Office (214) 256-0544 at 214-749-2507. You-ll agement team provides attentive, hand­ Pager/Voice Memo (214) 592-RENT some support in legal assistance, Fox (214) 257-9663 find it's an excellent / _ B • « « j^m* 'JJ « 4 -a rf ^ accounting, merchandise buying assis­ tance, inventory control (the whole sys­ way to get to work. DAJTT/ : tem is cormected to a central computer— "I serve the entire MetropJex' system which tracks inventory, individ­ ^ mm^iKnC'y-T-t.TiX(mmr;rtsim, -- i^rtrcr, m - (irsm'i^i^^ rr=T=T=^ U D Wynewood Mall area are African Amer-- ican or of another ethnic minority. "I hear about how important it is for us to support our black businesses but a lot of the times it is hard. They sometimes don't have what I need and I have no choice but to go elsewhere," Lawrence Out of those firms listed, only six were yourself does affect your profits," says By Dorothy Gentry says. black-owned and only 2 made the lop 10 Joyce Foreman, owner of Foreman Office Owning your own business is hard list in terms of revenue for 1994. Those Products at 1507 Main St. in downtown Many business owners, however, says they have to rely on "other" con­ enough. It gets about 100 percent two were Drew Pearson Marketing Inc., a Dallas. sumers because blacks tend to browse tougher, however, when you are black sports and character licensing company "In the last 15 years I have learned and window shop with the intention of and own your own business. which ranked #2, and First TexCorp that you are a business person first and Inc./First Texas Bank, partly owned by foremost, then you are African American "maybe" buying later. Customers of The obstacles are numerous - pro­ another race, they said, tend to come into viding you have enough capital to even Charley (the country music star) and and for me, I am a woman, third." Rozene Pride, which ranked #9. the store with the sole intent to purchase get your business off the ground. Once something right then. ' that hurdle is cleared, others await: little The remaining four black-owned businesses on the DBJ's list of the largest Keith Lindley, a 28-year-old truck support from other blacks, negative per­ driver says he looks for black-owned ceptions associated with "black-owned metroplex minority-owned businesses The average blach-oujoed business were: Jacob's Corp, a sales promo­ businesses whenever he is on the road. businesses," lack of profits to stay open, "Doesn't matter what city I am in, I try to little or no paid staff, no benefits, etc- tion/marketing consulting firm which had revenue of SSS.OOfl compared ranked #11; Royal Choice Carriers Inc., a find, something, anything, that is black- Howcver, these problems are not owned and give them my business. That's deterring many black entrepreneurs. trucking firm which ranked #15; Argus uiith sales ofmore than 8190,000 for Services Corp, a medical bill auditing because I know it is right to do that." According to figures released at the end No matter what stand you take, one of 1995 from the federal government, the and case management firm wliich ranked the averaye U.S. firm in the survey. #16; Trans First Inc., which specializes in single phrase could sum up the goal of number of black-owned businesses has electronic benefit transfers, ranked #21.. black businesses in the 21st century: increased 46 percent since 1987 - and is "Offer more and receive more." Pro-Line Corp., which ranked third still growing. "We need to put more challenges on last year, had not responded by press Foreman, who was in the first class time, the DBJ said. black businesses to do more and offer Increasing, but still behind of "Quest for Success" winners in 1985 more and treat the black customers, the With numt>er like these, many black- and was the only female in the group, ones who look like them, just like they owned businesses, in search of higher From 1987 to 1992, the number of says if a business does not have anything treat the other customers," Lawrence profits and a way to survive, turn to con­ black-owned businesses increased, sig- geared specifically for African Ameri-. says. "Then they wouldn't be able to get sumers who don't always look like them. . nificantly, growing nearly twice as fast as cans, then they will have to sell to rid of us." the number of all U.S. firms. whomever they can. Looking for a Market Formean adds, "We don't do enough Black businesses increased 46.4 per­ "It is sort of a double edged-sword. business with each other (other black cent nationally compared with 26.3 per­ You have people who seek you out businesses). But the more we talk about The majority of black-owned busi­ cent for all firms, growing to 620,912 dur­ because you are black-owned. And you each other and get the word out, the bet­ nesses, about 55 percent, are in the ser­ ing the five-year period; their revenue do have some who come in and are so ter it will get" vice industry. Fifteen percent of black- increased 63 percent to $32.2 billion, excited to see a black business owner. MON according to the Census Bureau's 1992 owned businesses are in some sort of trade industry and the transportation • "They may come in and browse and . survey. . " look and don't buy anything, but then Mcamvhile, the total number of VS. industry is represented by approximate­ ly 8 percent of black-owned-firms. they go and tell other people about you," companies grew 26 percent to 17.3 mil­ she says. lion, and revenue rose about 65 percent to About 7 percent of black-owned Veronica Sawyer, owner of Party ' AUTO ELECTRONICS $3.3 trillion. firms represent the finance, insurance Creations in the (iasa View Shopping and real estate industry and 16 percent of Center, 2240 Gus Thomasson, says being black owned business are in a variety of the sole proprietor has its advantages, "W other industries. but having a partner is always belter. Slacli bysinessBs increased kU per­ Despite the reported 46 percent Sawyer, who bought out her partner increase since 1987, the average black- in Party Creations, has two-part time I cent nationally compared uiith 2G.3 owned firm still is much smaller than the workers and, "has to go out and shout average U.S. company, the survey real loud," about her business. percent for all firms, gromiog to revealed. She plans to open up more stores in • DooB PnOTimoH Black-owned businesses accounted the suburbs surrounding Dallas to reach • Cuss BeuuucE & IMPACT SENSOK 620.913 dorino the five-year period. for about 3.5 percent of all firms in 1992, another market. • LOUB SiSEM but had only about 1 percent of all sales « ASMS AvroMATiCAur during that same year. Offer more, receive more Also, during that year, 90 percent of In the Census Bureau survey, Texas black-owned businesses had no paid "A lot of the times, I don't shop at ranked third Cbeliind California and New employees and 56 percent had $10,000 in black businesses because they either act York) among U-S. states with the most annual revenue or less. The average desperate for my business and turn me North Dallas South Dallas black-owned businesses (50,008). The off, or they have an attihide that makes 5620 LBJ Fnvy 6230 Hwy. 67 black-owned business had revenue of @ Montfort @ Red Bird Texas companies ranked second in terms $52,000 compared with sales of more me not even want to give them my 620-0000 333-4131 of revenue, with sales of $23 billion. • . than $190,000 for the average U.S. firm in money/' says Sonia Lawrence. However, many of those businesses the survey. 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Recall that when a prospective PRE-QUALIFICATION PROGRAMS OFFERED: home buyer seek financing through a FNMA: A Guide to Homeownership lender he would usually incur up front UORNETPlus Well, it's a new year, and many 1995 fees, such as an application feeof around tAG\C HOMEWARD BOUND home buying goals have found their way $60 dollars, and an appraisal fee at GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE into 1996. Tlie new year also introduces around $325 on an FHA loan. So, when you add your up front costs to your esti­ Instructors & Consultants certified in their expertise fields new changes involving mortgage financ­ Competitive Pricing Evening and Weekend Classes ing cost.- In this column we hope to get mated cash at closing above, you end up prospective home buying goals adjusted wilh a total out-of-pocket,expense of CALL 1-800-809-8317 and focused for year 1996. So, get on your $3,626.19 purchasing our example home mark, get ready, and let's go. using FHA financing.

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•^•'••f ^^-M>;C^::S:mf' Fax or Moil Order Sales Price: >65,000 DownPymt: .51,450 ^^":^'i^^ ;^S|8^ • Book Only - $49.95 : ' • Loan Amount: .*63,550 (30 >TS, 7.125% Fixed) f|St?R|f'Jf^.;^ Book + Contract with .jtep-by-sfep Inslrudions - $69.95 Principal & Interest:..... S425.15 s&a fifS5Si?»fe'a,si # • Al! orders must include %A.50 Shipping & Handling Taxes & Insurance: ..^83.14 \ (texoi Residence must acJd 8.25% Sales Tax] Mortgage Payment: S6xi.29/monlh Mr. Curtis Yates (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY] Hstimatcd Closing Cost: .*l,426-00 NAME: Estimated Prcpaids: .... .5427.71 IphT Rj^l Estimated Reserves: .... .*437.4S ADDRESS:. Down Payment: .51,450.00 OTY: .STAIE: ,21P: PHONEO. Less Earnest Money:.... .5500.00 Cash At Closing: ' .53,241.19 CHARGE TO MY: £133 O [CIrd.on.) Signotur*: __^__ li-r'a^t'>f*tilaMilJtil l>ilO>.^iI We start the new year off with mort­ Here's a good tip for 1996 to help ACCOUNT NUMBER: .EXPIRATION DATE:, J- protect and prepare you from losing the MAKE CHECK OR MOIMEY ORDER PAYABLE TO; i(£Al ESarf JWyi OyO gage interest rates lower, specifically ^Aal\WSaPUBUCA^ONS • C/0 SEAL ESUJS STATUS QUO • tlJ} HJ frwy, Sfm, fiOO * DaBat^Ttxtu 7S2S} FHA 30-year fixed rate mortgages, which amount you paid for the appraisal if for' TotalAm'ouf,l£ndas'»d: IS . } some reason your mortgage loan is tio.oo WILL BEOONATEO TO CHAffGf CJJID CKDIKSMAYB£fAXED 34 HRS. will be the focus of this column. As of this JEFFMYSTREETLEAmiNQ CENTER FAX: pl4l 9Z4^2706 writing, a prospective home buyer can denied by a lender: When making the ron EVERY eoox SOLD THANK YOU FOS YOUf OSDCRI take out an FHA 30-year fixed rate home ' loan application request, the loan officer mortgage at around 7,125% with no loan to hold off from ordering the appraisal origination fee or loan discount points. until you get a pre-approval on the loan; The firstblac k woman to be a bank president, Ms. Maggie Briefly defined, the loan origination fee many times prospective home buyers L. Walker founded the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank in is the fee a lender would charge to origi­ who's mortgage loan request is denied Richmond, Virginia in 1903. Strong enough to survive the nate the loan, and loan discount point is forfeit both the fee for loan application •j:z depression, the bank is in existence today and it's slogan - one percentage point of the loan amount and the cost of the appraisal because the loan officer executed the loan application reflects the intention of keeping black people's money in paid by the buyer to the lender to recoup the community: any lost from a note or mortgage being and appraisal simultaneously. d sold to investors in the secondary mar­ Best wishes for you and your family ket. toward your home buying goals in 1996. Look for future issues o' MON, where Now, let's go into the current market you'll learn the most informative topics and buy a $65,000 home in order to zero "Bring It All Back Home." surrounding real estate. - in on today's estimated cost to buy. Using an FHA 30-year fixed rate mortgage at" Please send all comments or ques­ 7.1257o, our down payment on the exam­ tions wiih'a self-addressed stamped ple home would be $1,450. Principal and envelope to Curtis Yates, REAL ESTATE MAINBA'MK interest on the loan would be ^28.15. STATUS QUO; 397 Dai-Rich, Ste.149, Monthly property taxes and insurance Richardson, Texas 75080; (214) 702-0151, T"-^^ • would be approximately $183.14 leaving Fax: (214) 934-2706. .j^ a total monthly payment of $611.29. How MON Member FDJC much gross monthly income would a Curlis Yates is ihe ou'iiL'rf operator of REAL ESTATE prospective buyer have to earn in order STATUS QUO.P.0. Box 8i3S42. Richardson, Texas: 333 West Kiesl Boulevard to qualify for the loan? Well, a single indi- (214) 702-0151. Fax (2U) 934-2706 (214) 371-6000 L |yi^Tyy<»ravglS^iTt'ftr;jyVtr7g^ c S^SS^ ^W o Ra^.my/ D n— !jiiireJ?^JiPir ] Jr., Blvd., seeks to the firm and the com­ move into the area. become a viable perma­ munity." The firm is also looking to expand its itore Firosnt nent fixture in the com­ Since opening business and open up more stoi^e fronts munity, and according the store front last year, in other cities. to Willam Brewer III, attorney Brewer said By establishing their presence in tlie Law r X -• the lecture series is an • «• the response has been - community, Bickel & Brewer is reinforc­ excellent opportunity great. The storefront Attorneys open : ing its commitment to helping the South for the firm to be more specializes in civil mat­ Dallas area. "We've made inroads," said neighborhood law visible and for people ters in the area of com­ • Brewer. "We're not trying to displace to lean about the law. mercial litigation, other lawyers here; we're here to supple­ office "It's a real addvantage including contractural ment other lawyers." By Yvette R.Blair to be able to spend time disputes, fraud, decep­ Bickel & Brewer is a separate limited with judges," he said. ' tive trade practices, liability corporation that is owned by the In an effort to provide a platfrom of The lecture series ' eviction and foreclo­ partners of Bickel & Brewer, a national legal discussions and to foster goodwill has two objectives: sure. law firm dedicated to resolving complex between the newest law firm in South offering the public an Most recently, business disputes for a wide range of cor­ Dallas with already established firms, opportunity to better l-T William Breiver and John Bickel the firm was success­ porate and institutional clients. Open Bickel & Brewer is sponsoring a series of understand the legal ful in helping an 81- • since 1984, the firm has offices in Dallas, judicial lectures. The monthly lectures system and what rights they have and to year-old African American man in an Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. will feature judges who will speak on offer attorneys who attend the lectures insurance dispute. Profits from the store front will go such topics as consumer fraud, equal credit for continuing legal education. The attorneys said they are looking toward the Bickel & Brewer Legal Foun­ access to the courts and how legal trends "A consistent problem that prevents forward to a long-term relationship with dation, which promotes charitable legal impact economic development in Dallas' more people from seeking expert legal South Dallas. Brewer said oftentimes programs in the Dallas community. southern sector. Speakers slated to speak advice in disputes is a general lack of large firms do not open offices south of Operating hours are from 9:30 a.m. at the noon luncheons include Judge Tom understanding of the legal system," Brew­ the downtown area. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 James, Chief Judge of the Fifth District of er said, adding that these judicial lectures "By our presence here, the commu­ p.m. on Saturdays. The initial consulta­ Texas Court of Appeals, Judge Carolyn will hopefully rnove that obstacle. nity knows that we are serious and here tion with an attorney will be provided Wright and Judge John Marshall. Additionally, said John Bickel II, to affect change," said Bickel. Brewer free of charge. Thereafter, fees will be The firm, which recently opened a these lectures will no doubt create a new agreed and said he hopes that this store­ based upon an individual's ability to pay. store front at 2602 Martin Luther King, base of clientele "which will benefit both front will encourage other large firms to MON

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