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newstalkMinistry addresses gun violence

THE RACE TO FILL THE SEAT of the late State Sen. Mario Gallegos continues. State Rep. Carol Alvarado and former Harris County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia will meet in a runoff for the Senate District 6 seat after garnering the most votes in the recent special election. Garcia received 45 percent of the vote and Alvarado received nearly 42 percent. Once an official count is complete, the date of the runoff between the two Democrats will be announced by Gov. Rick Perry……..REMAINING CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED against day care operator Jessica Tata, who was sentenced to 80 years in prison in November for felony murder in

the death of 16-month-old Elias Castillo. The toddler was one of four children killed in a fire at Tata’s home day care in 2011. Prosecutors dropped the remaining charges because additional trials would have been redundant. “There’s really no reason to drag the families through all of that again,” said Assistant Harris County District Attorney Steve Baldassano……..THE HOUSTON NAACP is setting the record straight about an unpaid hotel bill. Houston’s Four Seasons Hotel filed suit against the NAACP, claiming the organization owes almost $100,000 in banquet charges incurred last summer during the national convention. Local branch

President Rev. Reginald Lillie said the suit was filed against the NAACP national office, which is handling the matter. “It is important to note that the Houston Branch did not incur any expenses at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston and is in no way involved in this matter,” Lillie said. He added that the Houston branch has no outstanding debt ……..THE MURAL OF PRESIDENT OBAMA has been defaced again. The 10-foot mural, located on Travis near Midtown, was recently splashed with black and red paint by vandals. It had been restored by artist Reginald Adams in October after a previous vandalism.

By ASWAD WALKERDefender

The horrendous level of gun violence in the Black com-munity is cause for concern. Dr. Robert Gilmore, president of Real Urban Ministry, Inc., be-lieves that such violence reflects mental illness and addiction. He has issued a “Call to Action for Recovery and Wellness” to help combat the problem.

In an effort to seek programmatic-solutions that involve churches, schools, families and businesses, the group sched-uled its next meeting at This Is It Restau-rant on Friday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 a.m. at 3712 Blodgett.

Gilmore said the effort is an extension of President Obama’s call for community members to help end the violence.

“The numbers for young males caught up in this violence in our community is deeply disturbing and has been for almost 20 years,” said Gilmore, who wants to make the connection between gun violence and mental illness.

“Gun violence is an abnormal behavior and an evil action, and needs to be ex-plained as such to all that understand what your using a gun can do to the other person and to yourself. Mental Illness needs to be treated as what it is – an addiction to some-thing or the inability to control yourself in

the same regard,” he said.Gilmore, who earned three

degrees from Texas Southern University before earning his doctorate in education from the University of Houston, believes Black History Month is the perfect time for such a call to action.

“This marks 150 years since the Emancipation Procla-mation, and 50 years since the March on Washington. And

just weeks ago, we witnessed the first Black president’s second inauguration,” he said.

“We are walking in history, Black History, American History, and we need to understand that so we can see where we are going, and answer this call to action by re-examining ourselves, our families, our future, and our organizational involve-ments,” he said.

Gilmore will soon announce on-going meetings of the “Now Is The Time” Hous-ton Coalition, and a city and countywide wellness and recovery plan to reach all 13 counties in the Houston-Galveston area.

“We didn’t have this level of violence 150 years ago, or 50 years ago,” said Gilm-ore, a native Houstonian and Yates High School graduate.

“So what does that tell you? As a race, we must go back to where we left our pride, our dignity, our respect for our family, community and God.”

Coalition promotes immigration reform

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At a time when Congress and the White House are seeking answers to the issue of immigration, a coalition of Houston groups is calling for changes that include a pathway to citizenship.

Houston for Commonsense Im-migration Reform, a coalition of local civic, faith, labor, and social justice or-ganizations, recently held a rally at City Hall to call on the Texas Congressional delegation to take the lead.

Coalition members also outlined their proposals for reform: a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants currently in the United States, an orga-nized legal system to handle the future flow of immigrants, and safe borders.

“With the Latino electorate voting for President Obama in record numbers across the country, this is the time for our community to continue flexing their civic muscle to pass a commonsense im-migration reform,” said Carlos Duarte, executive director of Mi Familia Vota Texas.

Congressman Al Green echoed the need for reform.

“There is a right time for all things,” Green said. “This is the right time for immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship, which leads undocumented workers who play by the rules out of the darkness of human existence into the light of American life. This will move our great nation one step closer to a more perfect Union.”

The coalition announced plans to lobby lawmakers, join in making one million calls to congress in March, and hold rallies across Texas leading up to a mass demonstration on April 10 at the U.S. Capitol.

“As citizens, Texans and parents we are asking for practical solutions,” said Elsa Caballero Texas state director of the labor union SEIU Local 1.

”Creating a path to citizenship for immigrants who have worked, lived and contributed to our communities for years is the sensible and ethical thing to do. Not only do we have a moral respon-sibility, we stand to lower our poverty rate, raise wages across the board by leveling the playing field for responsible businesses and strengthening our com-munities.”

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CBC member upset with Obama

By George E. CurryNNPA Editor-in-Chief

U.S. Rep. Alcee L. Hastings says President Barack Obama con-sistently disrespects the Congressio-nal Black Caucus (CBC), the Black Press, and graduates of historically Black colleges, key groups that were critical to his re-election in November.

Speaking at the mid-winter convention of the National Newspa-per Publishers Association (NNPA), Hastings, a former federal judge, said the CBC carefully vetted can-didates they felt would be ideal for the second Obama administration, which has come under criticism for being dominated by white males.

“The Black Caucus of Congress then sent 61 names to the White House,” Hastings recounted. “Time went by. Not one of that 61 was selected – not one.”

In a speech that had a rich blend of serious-ness, humor and expletives, Hastings said during the campaign, the CBC pressed the Obama cam-paign about the paucity of advertising with Black newspapers in particular.

He said a top campaign official said Obama initially planned to spend only $650,000 with Black newspapers, a figure that was raised under pressure to $1 million – which meant that $999 million went to others.

“If I was president of the United States, there is no way in hell that I would raise a billion dol-

lars and don’t spend but a million dollars with people who probably had as much to do with my becoming president as anybody,” the Florida Democrat said.

Hastings, the first African-American elected to Congress from Florida since the Reconstruc-tion Era, expressed admiration for the Black Press, saying it covers the full scope of Black life better than white-owned media.

“I spent more money in this election than I have in any election,” said Hastings, who has served in Congress since 1992. “And I believe Bobby [Henry, publisher of the Westside Gazette in Fort Lauderdale] will tell you that I spent an

equivalent or more money than the Obama for America people did with his newspaper.”

Hastings said he also outspent the Obama campaign in other media in Broward County, which makes up part of his congressional district.

“I did that because I wanted Obama to win the presidency, but I particularly went to the ground in this election to prove to him and his minions that this was territory that had been watered, flowered, grown and harvested long before anybody knew his name.”

Hastings continued, “…Because of your efforts –national Black pub-lishers – because of many of your efforts, we voted 2 percent in this election more than we did in ’08. And I received 2 percent more in the congressional district that I serve than he did – and that’s the message I wanted to send to him.”

He said a strong message also needs to be sent to advertisers that fail to support the Black Press. According to a 2012 report by Nielsen titled, “African-American Consumers: Still Vital, Still Growing,” Black consumers will have a pro-jected buying power of $1.1 trillion by 2012. Yet, of the $120 billion spent on advertising in 2011, only 2 percent was spent with African-American media.

Hasting criticized several Florida newspapers and local advertisers by name.

“Many of the same people that advertise in these white-owned] publications don’t advertise

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Black high school graduation rates lowerBy ZENITHA PRINCESpecial to the AFRO

High school graduation rates in the United States are at their highest since 1974, according to a recent U.S. Department of Education re-port, but Black students graduated at a rate below other ethnic groups.

Of the 4 million public school students who entered 9th grade in the 2006-2007 school year, 78.2 percent, or 3.1 million, received high school diplomas in the 2009-2010 school year, an increase of more than two percentage points.

Among racial/ethnic groups, Asian/Pacific Islander students had the highest graduation rate at 93.5 percent. The rates for other groups were 83.0 percent for white students, 71.4 percent for Hispanic students, 69.1 percent for American Indian/Alaska Native students, and 66.1 percent for Black students.

“The new report is good news after three decades of stagna-tion,” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “And it’s promising that high school graduation rates are up for all ethnic groups in 2010 – especially for Hispanics, whose

graduation rate has jumped almost 10 points since 2006.”

Duncan said despite improve-ments, some of the news is unac-ceptable.

“Our high school dropout rate is still unsustainably high for a knowledge-based economy and still unacceptably high in our African-American, Latino, and Native-American communities,” Duncan said.

Black, Latino and Native American students also have higher dropout rates than Asian and white students.


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what’supFRANK OCEAN wants to press charges against fel-low singer CHRIS BROWN for an alleged assault in a West Hollywood parking lot. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the case after responding to a report of men fighting outside the Westlake Recording Studio. They were told by witnesses there had been a brief fight over a parking space. Brown is on probation for assaulting his girl-friend Rihanna in 2009. He reportedly got into a fight with singer Drake at a New York nightclub last sum-mer……..TAYE DIGGS had a different kind of law-and-order encounter. The actor single-handedly appre-hended a man who tried to break into his L.A. home. Diggs confronted the suspect, who took off running. Diggs eventually subdued him until police officers arrived……..LEROY “SUGARFOOT” BON-

NER, front man for the funk music band the Ohio Players, died Jan. 26 at the age of 69. The Dayton Daily News listed cancer as the cause of death. Bon-ner started his career with a group named the Ohio Untouchables, which later became the Ohio Players. They were known for their upbeat music, catchy lyrics and flamboyant outfits, and produced such classics as “Love Rollercoaster,” ‘’Fire,” and ‘’Skin Tight.” The band had seven Top 40 hits between 1973 and 1976. Bonner remained active in recent years with a spinoff band called Sugarfoot’s Ohio Players........Acclaimed musician and composer WYNTON MARSALIS will celebrate his hometown by hosting a one-hour special titled “New Orleans: Let The Good Times Roll” on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m. on CBS. The special coin-cides with the Super Bowl…….. CISSY HOUSTON

is sharing memories of her late daughter in her new book, “Remembering Whitney.” She reveals that she had doubts about BOBBY BROWN from the begin-ning. “I do believe her life would have turned out dif-ferently,” Houston writes. “It would have been easier for her to get sober and stay sober. Instead she was with someone who, like her, wanted to party. To me, he never seemed to be a help to her in the way she needed.” The first anniversary of Whitney Houston’s death is Feb. 11……..KESHIA KNIGHT PUL-LIAM is trying her hand at reality TV. The former “Cosby” kid is joining the cast of “Splash,” a celebrity diving show. Each week the competition will get stiff-er as the challenges increase in difficulty. The show premieres March 19 on ABC. Pulliam currently stars on the TBS sitcom “The House of Payne.”

By KAM WILLIAMSSpecial to the Defender

Accomplished actor Anthony Ander-son has appeared in over 20 films, and his stellar work on NBC’s “Law & Order” earned him three of his eight NAACP Image Award nominations.

Prior to launching his acting career, Anthony grew up in Los Angeles and attended the High School for the Performing Arts, where he earned first place in the NAACP’s ACTSO Awards with his performance of a classic mono-logue from “The Great White Hope.” That performance, along with his dedi-cation to his craft, earned him an arts scholarship to Howard University.

He first gained national attention as one of Jim Carrey’s sons in “Me, Myself, & Irene.” Over the years, he has displayed his range of talent in ev-erything from “Transformers” to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning feature film, “The Departed.”

Anthony is currently starring In three TV series, “Guys with Kids,” “Treme” and “Golf in America,” and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Alvina, and their two children. Here he talks about recently hosting the United Negro College Fund’s 34th Annual “An Evening of Stars,” among other things.

KW: Congratulations on your eighth NAACP Im-age Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Actor

in a Comedy TV Series for “Guys with Kids.” AA: Thank you. Maybe one day I’ll win one. KW: What interested you in hosting the UNCFs’

Evening of Stars? AA: They reached out to me to host, and I couldn’t

turn them down. I’d grown up watching the show with my parents every year back when it was hosted by Lou Rawls. We didn’t have much money at all, but my folks always found a way to give a little. And now, here I am 30 years later with a $25,000 United Negro College

Fund scholarship in my name. That’s something that interested me as well.

KW: What did attending How-ard University mean to you?

AA: It meant everything. This is the sort of creative energy you could find on campus when I was a stu-dent there: Paula Jai Parker, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Wendy Davis, Carl Anthony Payne, Sean P. Diddy Combs, Ananda Lewis, Laz Alonso, Lance Gross, the music of the group Shai, and the list goes on and on. We were all there at the same time. For all of us to then go off in our respective fields independently of one another and become successes can’t even be quantified.

KW: How do you manage to juggle three series?

AA: They all shoot in differ-ent locations but at different times, fortunately. So, I’ve been able to

work everything out. KW: Are you happy?AA: Happiness is a state of mind. Most people au-

tomatically assume that we’re happy because we’re fa-mous and some of us are rich. But material things don’t make you happy. And the more success you achieve only amplifies who you are as a person. If you’re miserable, you’re just going to be miserable and rich and famous. I know people like that. I have friends who are that way.

Anthony Anderson and Tempestt Bledsoe portray a married couple in “Guys with Kids.”


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Lifetime celebrates Black History Month

Lifetime will commemorate Black History Month with a trio of world-premiere movies.

The first film, “Betty & Coretta,” tells the dual real-life stories of Coretta Scott King (portrayed by Angela Bassett) and Dr. Betty Shabazz (played by Mary J. Blige). Malik Yoba portrays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Lindsay Owen Pierre is Malcolm X.

It airs Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m., with encore presentations to be announced.

“Betty & Coretta” focuses on the extraordinary women be-hind two men who would change history. When their husbands are tragically assassinated, they not only inherit a role in the Civil Rights Movement but become single mothers responsible for rearing and supporting their children. The two wid-ows also form a lifelong friendship.

Bassett describes the women as “towers of thought and activism.” “We’ve seen, a number of times, the story of their husbands – and rightly so,”

Bassett said. “They were tremendous influences on our culture and our times and

moving America forward. But the women…were equally as significant in their own right. Very strong. Very forceful.”

The second movie, “Twist of Faith,” is an interfaith love story about a single Christian mother (Toni Braxton) and an Orthodox Jewish widower (David Julian Hirsh), whose mutual passion for music and singing draws them together. It premieres Saturday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m.

In “Twist of Faith,” Jacob (Hirsh), an Or-thodox Jewish cantor and amateur songwriter who lives in Brooklyn, witnesses the senseless murder of his wife and three children. Abandon-ing his identity, he wanders aimlessly, and lands in a small Alabama town. There, he is embraced by Nina (Braxton), a single mother and the lead singer of a small gospel choir.

The third movie, “Pastor Brown,” follows a young woman (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) who returns home to take over as pastor of the family church after her father’s death. She is forced to face her sordid past and mend fences with her sister (Nicole

Ari Parker) and son.It premieres Saturday, Feb.16, at 7 p.m., and also stars Keith

David, Michael Beach, Ernie Hudson, Tisha Campbell-Martin, India.Arie and Dondre Whitfield.

Toni Braxton and Mykelti Williamson are two stars of “Twist of Faith.”

Salli Richardson-Whitfield stars in the Lifetime movie “Pastor Brown.”


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Feb. 3-9The Johnson-Phillip All Faiths Chapel of Prairie View

A&M University presents the 55th annual Ministers’ Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 5 and Wednesday, Feb. 6, beginning at 7 a.m. at the Memorial Student Center Audi-torium and Ballroom. Contact: 936-261-3592.

The Black Justice Tuesday Coalition marks two years of protests against police brutality on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at noon at the Harris County Court House 1201 Frank-lin. Contact: [email protected]

The Houston Public Library presents a Jazz and Poetry Series, which inspires students with an “I CAN” message, on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. at Shepard-Acres Homes Neighborhood Library, 8501 West Montgomery.

The library also presents Baba Alafia and the Magi-cal Storytime, which incorporates stories and games involving African instruments. It takes place Tuesday, Feb. 5, at noon at Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood Library, 3223 Wilcrest; Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Lo-oscan Neighborhood Library, 2510 Willowick; and Satur-day, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. at Central Library, 500 McKinney.

The KoumanKe’le’ African Dance & Drum Ensem-ble performs Thursday, Feb. 7, at 4 p.m. at the Henington-Alief Regional Library, 7979 South Kirkwood. Contact: www.houstonlibrary.org.

The Children’s Museum of Houston, located at 1500 Binz, celebrates Black History Month with special events for kids from Thursday, Feb. 7 to Wednesday, Feb. 13. Bubbha Thomas and the Jazz & Poetry Series visit the Brown Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 9, at 3 p.m. Ongoing activities include African-American inspired music, games and storytelling. The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from noon-6 p.m. Visit www.cmhouston.org or call -713-522-1138.

The University of Houston sponsors a lecture on Inside the Buffalo by Capt. Paul Matthews, founder and board chair of the Buffalo Soldiers Museum. It takes place Friday, Feb. 8 at noon at the Rockwell Pavilion, M.D. Anderson Library, 2nd floor. A reception follows, and the movie, “Inside the Buffalo,” begins at 2:30 p.m. Contact: 713-743-2811or www.uh.edu/class/aas/news/index.php.

The University Museum at Texas Southern University hosts the exhibit Dance Theater of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts, from Feb. 8 to April 28. The museum is located at 3100 Cleburne Ave., and is open Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Contact: www.umusetsu.org or 713-313-7145

Feb. 10-16The Houston Public Library sponsors an Evening

with Attica Locke on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Julia Ideson Building, 550 McKinney. The award-winning author discusses and signs copies of her latest novel, “The Cutting Season.”

Express Children’s Theatre presents Dream of Doors, a musical odyssey by Thomas Meloncon, on Sat-urday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. at the Central Library. Contact: www.houstonlibrary.org.

Students Participating In Transcendent (S.P.I.T.) Knowledge, a lecture series program at Prairie View A&M, presents Minnijean Brown Trickey: Return to Little Rock, on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the MSC Auditorium.

PV also presents the President’s Lecture Series with Rev. William Lawson on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m. in the Juvenile Justice Auditorium. Contact: 936-261-3566.

Feb. 17-23The Prairie View Trail Riders’ Annual Chili Cook-off

Competition is Monday, Feb. 18 at noon at PV’s Hobart-Taylor Lawn. Contact: 936-261-3071.

The Thomas F. Freeman Center for Forensic Excellence at TSU presents the 12th Annual Barbara Jordan Memo-rial Lecture, “The Pursuit of Excellence in the Forensic Arts,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Walter J. McCoy Auditorium No. 114.

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum hosts its 13th annual Black-Tie Benefit Gala and Silent Auction on Friday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Proceeds will benefit renovation of the museum. Contact: 713-298-2471 or mil-



February is African-American History Month, and the Houston area offers something for everyone for the next 28 days. The Defender is kicking off the celebration with a se-

lection of things to see and do. More activities will follow in future editions.

The Children’s Museum features the ongoing Cum Yah Gullah exhibit.

The Prairie View Trail Riders’ Chili Cook-off is Feb. 18.

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The University Museum at Texas Southern University hosts the exhibit Dance Theater of Harlem: 40 Years of Firsts, from Feb. 8 to April 28. The museum is located at 3100 Cleburne Ave., and is open Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Contact: www.umusetsu.org or 713-313-7145

Feb. 10-16The Houston Public Library sponsors an Evening

with Attica Locke on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Julia Ideson Building, 550 McKinney. The award-winning author discusses and signs copies of her latest novel, “The Cutting Season.”

Express Children’s Theatre presents Dream of Doors, a musical odyssey by Thomas Meloncon, on Sat-urday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. at the Central Library. Contact: www.houstonlibrary.org.

Students Participating In Transcendent (S.P.I.T.) Knowledge, a lecture series program at Prairie View A&M, presents Minnijean Brown Trickey: Return to Little Rock, on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the MSC Auditorium.

PV also presents the President’s Lecture Series with Rev. William Lawson on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m. in the Juvenile Justice Auditorium. Contact: 936-261-3566.

Feb. 17-23The Prairie View Trail Riders’ Annual Chili Cook-off

Competition is Monday, Feb. 18 at noon at PV’s Hobart-Taylor Lawn. Contact: 936-261-3071.

The Thomas F. Freeman Center for Forensic Excellence at TSU presents the 12th Annual Barbara Jordan Memo-rial Lecture, “The Pursuit of Excellence in the Forensic Arts,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Walter J. McCoy Auditorium No. 114.

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum hosts its 13th annual Black-Tie Benefit Gala and Silent Auction on Friday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Proceeds will benefit renovation of the museum. Contact: 713-298-2471 or mil-

[email protected] Community College’s annual Black History

Scholarship Gala features actor Terrence Howard as the keynote speaker. He has starred in such movies as “The Best Man,” “Crash,” “Red Tails,” “Iron Man,” “Ray” and “Hustle & Flow.” The gala is Saturday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m., at the Hil-ton Americas-Houston. Contact: www.hccs.edu/blackhistory or 713-718- 5242.

The Houston Public Library presents An Afternoon with Isabel Wilkerson on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. at the Julia Ideson Building Auditorium, 550 McKinney. Wilkerson is the author of “The Warmth of Other Suns.” As Chicago bureau chief of the New York Times, she was the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Contact: www.houstonlibrary.org or 832-393-1662.

Feb. 24-28The Houston Public Library presents Ballet Talks

with Lauren Anderson on Monday, Feb. 25, at 12:30 p.m. at Morris Frank Library, 10103 Fondren. She will discuss the challenges she faced on her journey to become the first African-American principal dancer with the Houston Ballet. Baba Alafia and the Magical Storytime is Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 12:30 p.m. at the Kendall Neighborhood Library, 609 N. Eldridge.

PV’s Black history activities include three events on Thursday, Feb. 28. A book review and discussion of “An Ordinary Man: Black Power in Overalls,” is at 2 p.m. at John B. Coleman Library, Room. 108. Contact: 936-261-1532. A Can You Run This Institution Shadow Program with the Panther Ambassadors is at 6 p.m. in the MSC Student Lounge. Contact: 936-261-3566. A presentation on the His-tory of African Americans in Texas: 500 Years with Michael Hurd is at 2 p.m. in the Samuel Metters Auditorium. Con-tact: 936-261-9800.

The Children’s Museum of Houston presents the ongo-ing exhibit Cum Yah Gullah, which explores the West African culture that survived the hardships of slavery along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. The exhibit fea-tures storytelling, music and more, and runs through Sept. 8. Contact: www.cmhouston.org or 713-522-1138.



February is African-American History Month, and the Houston area offers something for everyone for the next 28 days. The Defender is kicking off the celebration with a se-

lection of things to see and do. More activities will follow in future editions.

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum hosts its gala on Feb. 22.

Actor Terrence Howard

is HCC’s guest speaker

on Feb. 23.

Former Houston Ballet star Lauren Anderson speaks on Feb. 25.

Faces of Black Houston

Each of us has a story. Some of them reveal moments of struggle, of

heartache, of triumph, of resiliency, of joy. The man on the bus sitting next to you could volunteer at the children’s hospital every weekend. The bank teller could double as a burlesque dancer by night. The woman speaking loudly on her cell phone could be speaking to one of her three hearing impaired children. Whatever the story, everyone has their own to tell.With the Faces of Black Houston project, we invite you to step inside the lives of those you’re with every day but never truly see. We have compiled a series of profiles that give everyday Houstonians the ability to be seen and heard.

What will these ‘Faces’reveal to you?

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On what would have been the 100th birthday of the late Rosa Parks, the U.S. Postal Service is honoring the civil rights icon with a Forever stamp. It will be officially unveiled on Monday, Feb. 4, as part of National Day of Courage cer-emonies in Dearborn, Mich.

Parks’ stamp is part of the USPS Civil Rights Series, which also commemorates the Emancipation Proclamation and March on Washington.

Parks has been called the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. In 1955, Parks, a seamstress and secretary of the

Montgomery, Ala., NAACP, refused to obey a bus driver’s order to give up her seat in the “colored” sec-tion to a white passenger, after the white section was filled.

Her act of defiance sparked the Mongtomery Bus Boycott, which lasted 13 months. Its lead-ers included Dr. Martin Luther

King Jr., a new minister in town. The boycott eventually led to a 1956 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation on public buses.

For her role in history, Parks received the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal, the Congres-sional Gold Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She died in 2005 at the age of 92.

with you and that’s insulting be-cause we ultimately wind up using the products that they advertise and somehow or another, our news is ignored.”

Hastings graduated from Fisk University in Nashville and Florida A&M University Law School, both historically Black colleges. His said Obama has also demonstrated insensitivity to HBCUs. Obama ad-ministration officials disagree with that assessment, pointing out that he announced a plan to increase spend-ing on HBCUs by $850 million over the next 10 years.

Hastings predicted that the na-tion will lose half of its 105 HBCUs over the next 15 years.

“They, like you, will not survive unless you begin to form consor-tiums and unless you understand that you are Black-owned and not neces-sarily Black when it comes to this media business,” he said. “You’re going to have to form conglomer-

ates; you’re going to have to form bonds of trust like you elders had to give birth to this organization being here in place in the first place.”

The congressman also said white-owned media is failing, in part, because of the rush to beat their competitors.

“The important thing for each of you is to be different from some of them,” he said. “You don’t have to worry about being first; most of you don’t publish but once a week. You’re last, so you can get the story straight. And you can be accurate…”

Hastings drew loud laughter when he discussed his deep aversion to social media.

“That rush to judgment that the media does is particularly damaging, especially when you got people in their bedrooms at 3 o’clock in the morning, sitting looking at a screen and Googling and tweeting all night long. It ain’t that much communica-tions in the world,” he said.

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businessJesse Jackson Sr. talks business

By KAM WILLIAMSSpecial to the Defender

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow

PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past 40 years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice.

In 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. He is known for bringing people together on common ground across lines of race, culture, class, gender and belief.

Born in 1941 in Greenville, S.C., Jackson graduated from the public schools in Greenville and enrolled in the University of Illinois on a football scholarship. He later trans-ferred to North Carolina A&T State University and graduated in 1964.

He began his theo-logical studies at Chicago Theological Seminary but deferred his studies when he began working full-time in the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jackson married his college sweetheart Jacque-line in 1963. They have five children: Santita, former Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Jonathan, Yusef and Jacqueline Jr.

Here he talks about business issues and the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street

Project’s 16th annual Wall Street Economic Summit, currently taking place in New York City. This year’s summit focuses on access to capital, career develop-ment and labor.

KW: What plans do you have for this year’s economic summit?

JJ: First, to gather people to discuss the new economic agenda. We just got through the political agenda with the inaugura-tion of President Obama. Now, we have to deal with the economic agenda. No access to capital, needing more access to technol-ogy, etcetera. We want to call the banks to invest in America. In 2009 we had 600 Black dealerships, to-day we have 200. We have lost TV and radio stations. We must re-strategize.

KW: Given that we

now have an African-American president and Black billionaires, is this a post-racial society?

JJ: We don’t have a lot of Black billionaires, actually. We are not in a post-racial society. We are a multi-racial society and substantially racist. We still need to access jobs and contracts – all those level playing fields are very much needed.

KW: What would you say is the No. 1 economic issue African-Americans are facing today?

JJ: Access to jobs. Next, the recovery of houses lost when the bankstargeted our homes and businesses that move our future forward.

KW: Do you see Wall Street as being at odds with Main Street, or can the 1 percent be a part of

the solution for the woes of the 99 percent?

JJ: The 1 per-cent have received their needs through greed and lack of regulations – too few have too much and more have none. It’s too unequal and unbal-anced and the middle class is sinking.

Rev. Jesse Jackson says America must focus on its economic agenda.

Chamber gets new name, imageDefender News Services

The Houston Citizens Chamber of Commerce has changed its name to the Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) and launched its new website, www.ghbcc.com.

“We’re excited about the new changes hap-pening this year for the

chamber,” said Eric Lyons, GHBC president. “Our new name embodies our innovative thinking and new programs we plan to implement in the years to come.”

The name change

comes after an intensive restructuring process. Many of the chamber’s new programs will encour-age local African-Amer-ican business owners to support each other through partnerships.

“In order to re-main relevant, we have to constantly reinvent ourselves,” Lyons said. “The chamber’s board and members understand the importance of maintaining relevancy in a society that

is constantly changing.“With this understand-

ing, we have to make sure we’re consistently meeting

the needs of our constitu-ents while maintaining our foundation within the community.”

Eric Lyons

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sportsCougar Danuel Housemakes smooth transition


By MAX EDISONDefender

The University of Houston Cougar basketball squad of Coach James Dickey is preparing for the sec-ond half of C-USA competition.

The Cougars are a young, talented, athletic squad that has struggled with playing 40 full minutes of basketball, game in and game out. If the Cougars are to blossom and perform up to their potential, they will have to lean on the continued quality play of freshman sensation Danuel House.

House (6-feet-7, 195 pounds), an immensely talented swingman from Fort Bend Hightower, was the cornerstone of the highly rated 2012 recruiting class. Rated the No. 3 small forward in the nation by ESPN as a senior, House has not disappointed.

He’s averaging 13.4 points per game and five rebounds, and has already been named C-USA Freshman of the Week on three different occasions.

Cougar associate head coach Alvin Brooks talked about the team’s talented freshman.

“House is making a nice transi-tion to the college game,” Brooks said. “He is one of the top 25 freshmen in the nation accord-ing to ESPN. He’s learning two positions [shooting guard and small forward] and he struggled a little early, but has adjusted very well.”

“He’s a very skilled player on both ends of the court,” Brooks continued. “He’s a good shooter that’s also good from distance. He has the ability to get to the line and he makes free throws. He also doesn’t mind playing defense. He’s a student of the game and has a high basket-ball IQ. He accepts coaching well and wants to get better.”

House is flourishing now, but admitted he was not truly prepared for the physical nature of the college game.

“It’s been fun, but it’s been hard and I’ve had to work very hard,” House said. “My body wasn’t up to the physical level of play. I had to get in the weight room and work with our athletic trainer Bryan Lewis, then get with

our coaches to prepare me to be effective and not wear down at the end of games. The hard work has paid off.”

House is an unselfish player who puts the team first, a trait that he feels was honed in high school.

“High school taught me a lot [about team work],” he said. “One man can’t hold five players. You got to learn how to work with your teammates and be happy for their success. It’s a team game.”

Spending time with House, one can’t help but mar-vel at his focus and maturity, which Brooks thinks is a

result of his close-knit family.“He’s actually mature beyond his years

and I think that comes from his upbring-ing and his family structure,” Brooks said. “They are a very close-knit, religious family. His father is a smart, savvy guy who really

understands basketball and you can see the strong influence his Dad has had in his life. He tries to emulate his father. Danuel is very grounded

and focused.” The Cougars are a

young, talented team with the potential to do big things in the

second half of the C-USA season, and

House has some observa-tions that could serve his team well.

“Maturity is the key for us coming down the stretch,” he said. “We need

to step up and be mature about our mistakes, especially when our

coaches point them out and correct them.

“We need to take bet-ter care of the basketball on offense and tighten

up our team defense. We sometimes fall into lapses where we

think we can outscore everybody and that’s simply not the case. Championship teams play defense for 40 minutes. We can be a very good team and do some dam-age if we can correct those problems. We

have the talent,” House said.

Danuel House is a freshman sensation with the University of Houston Cougars

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Kinkaid girls relish rival games


St. John’s tops Kinkaid Despite picking up two offensive fouls in the first five minutes of a crucial Southwest Preparatory Conference South Division contest against rival St. John’s, Justise Winslow settled down for another dominating performance. Winslow finished with 35 points, 17 rebounds and four assists in a 59-50 victory to forge the Mavericks into a second-place tie between the two schools in the SPC. “I had to stay within myself, play calm and let the game come to me,” Winslow said. “I had to play smart, even if that meant giving up a wide-open layup. My teammates did a good job of allowing me to play off the ball.” St. John’s reeled off a 14-0 spurt in the second quarter to turn a two-point deficit into a 28-16 halftime advantage. St. John’s improved to 21-8 on the season and 3-1 in league play. Kinkaid fell to 18-3 and 3-1.

Nimitz holds off nemesisFour-time defending District 18-5A champion Alief Elsik is within an eyelash of relinquishing its crown. Dashia Henry’s long shot at the buzzer was ruled a two-pointer and Aldine Nimitz escaped with a 46-45 victory to improve to 9-1 in district play. “The officials allowed us to play and we didn’t respond to the aggressiveness right away,” said Nimitz coach Tawana Rhoads. “I’m just happy that we were able to finish out the game.” Alachanon King led Nimitz with 14 points. Nimitz made 18-of-33 shots from the field.

Tony Wyllie honoredTexas Southern University alum and Washington Redskins Senior Vice President of Communica-tions Tony Wyllie, has been acknowledged by the Fritz Pollard Alliance as one NFL’s top minority executives. He was honored at the Alliance’s John-nie Cochran Salute to Excellence banquet which was held during Super Bowl week in New Orleans. Wyllie serves as senior advisor to the principal owner, Daniel Snyder, on all issues related to public perception of the franchise. He is responsible for shaping the team image through all public contacts and publicity generation. Wyllie oversees the coor-dination of all interviews for the club and serves as the team spokesman. Prior to joining the Redskins in 2010, Wyllie served as vice president of com-munications with Houston Texans from the team’s inception in 2000. The Fritz Pollard Alliance is an advocacy group that seeks to increase access and opportunity for minorities interested in coaching, front office and scouting positions in the NFL.

Harden is an All-StarThe NBA recently confirmed what we in Houston have known for quite some time – James Harden is an All-Star. Harden was one of 14 players recently selected by NBA head coaches as a reserve for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game to be played Feb. 17 in the Toyota Center. This marks the first time Harden has been selected as an All-Star. Overall, Harden becomes the 15th player in Rockets history to be named to an All-Star squad. He is also the first Houston player selected to an All-Star Game since Yao Ming was voted in as a starter in 2011.

By DARRELL K. ARDISONDefender

It was the type of scenario Stacey Marshall relishes.

Now in her 12th year as head girls’ basketball coach at

The Kinkaid School, Marshall re-cently took a young Falcons squad on the road into a packed gymna-sium for an important league game against a longtime rival.

It was Kinkaid versus St. John’s for sole possession of first place in the Southwest Preparatory Conference’s (SPC) South Divi-sion. St. John’s was unbeaten in league play (3-0) while Kinkaid came into the contest 3-1.

“Obviously, whenever you’re playing a road game/rival game/conference game they’re all pretty crucial,” Marshall said. “St. John’s is our biggest rival so you have two teams that are out there bat-tling and fighting.

“We really did a good job of feeling our way through runs, in-juries and foul problems just to be resilient,” Marshall said. “That’s what you saw out there.”

Kinkaid, 23-5 overall and 4-1 within the division, rallied from a six-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat St. John’s 44-40 behind 24 points from junior guard Brecca Thomas.

Trailing 35-29, Thomas scored her team’s next 14 points to give Kinkaid a 43-40 edge with 28 sec-onds remaining in regulation.

“Brecca Thomas is a very special player,” Marshall said. “She is being recruited by lots of Division I colleges. She knew that we needed her and she did what great players do and hit some key shots for us.”

Starting sophomore guard Frances Andrews left the game with a knee injury in the second quarter and didn’t return to the Kinkaid lineup.

“When Frances got injured everybody realized that we’re down one person and we just have to keep the energy up and play for her,” Thomas said. “It was like the crowd is good so get excited and go out and win the game.”

Kinkaid’s 5-foot-11 defensive stalwart Raevyn Rogers picked up her third personal foul in the second quarter and had to retire to the bench. However, Rogers came up big in the game’s final moments with two key rebounds, a steal and a free throw for the game’s final margin.

“It was killing me to sit out so when I came back in the game, I had to relax, get off the ball and play safely,” Rogers said. “I had to read the ball mainly and use

my defensive skills. I couldn’t let my anger get the best of me or I would have fouled out. I had to get myself together.

“On the rebounds, I remem-bered my coach telling me to box out and spring up,” Rogers said. “She told me to fly so I had to fly after the ball.”

Marshall wasn’t surprised that Rogers made her impact felt as the game wound down.

“Raevyn does great things for us and she is a hard-nosed player,” Marshall said. “We lose something defensively when she’s not out there.

“To me the story of this game was how one of our leaders [Andrews] went down early and how the other kids played for her and really battled,” Marshall said. “As a coach, it is great to watch your team rally around an injured player.”

Marshall has coached Kinkaid to two SPC state titles and hopes to win a few more. Kinkaid has two remaining league home games left before the SPC Tournament: Feb. 1 against the John Cooper School and Feb. 8 against Episcopal.

“I’ve been blessed to have kids that have bought into the sys-tem,” Marshall said. “They believe in me, they believe in the system and they work real hard.”

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CELEBRATING A SILVER WITH A CENTENNIAL….. Houston-area Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. recently celebrated the centennial anniversary as a national organization and the 25th anniversary of the Houston area joint Founders Day Observance. The chapters include Bay Area Houston Alumnae, Houston Metropolitan Alumnae, North Harris County Alumnae, Suburban Houston-Fort Bend Alumnae, Delta Gamma Chapter at Texas Southern University and Zeta Sigma Chapter at the University of Houston-Central Campus. The organization was founded on Jan. 13, 1913 by 22 collegiate women at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and has more than 250,000 members in 900 chapters worldwide. Almost 1,000 women attended this celebration that featured their 24th national president, Cynthia Butler-McIntyre as the guest speaker. We salute chapter presidents Brenda Powell, Pamela Cashaw, LaToyia Brooks Harris, Silvia

Tiller-Jackson, Dorothy Hardy and Rene Richardson. Congratulations and continued success!.....PASSING OF THE GAVEL…..The Houston Black Real Estate Association recently celebrated 64 years of service at their

annual awards and installation banquet and chose the theme, “Reaching New Horizons, Ensuring Tomorrow’s Future” as they continue the work necessary for economic equality. On this special night, outgoing president Courtney Johnson Rose, managing broker/co-owner of George E. Johnson Properties, turned over the

task to incoming president Gerald Womack, broker with Womack Development & Investment Realtors Inc. Several individuals received awards, including: Felicia Guidry, Newcomer of the Year; Alyna Brown Lewis, Nina B. Kemp Award; Zelda Cain, Louis C. Ray Salesperson of the Year; Viola Solomon, Lender of the Year and Kimberly Barnes-Henson, Judson W. Robinson Sr. Realtist of the Year. Zinetta Burney presided over

the installation of the officers and board of directors and Melanie Lawson and Jose’ Grinan served as mistress and master of ceremonies. Continued success!..... UNSUNG HEROES…...The National Women of Achievement, Inc., Missouri City/Houston Metro Chapter, hosted their annual Profile of Prominence by honoring seven unsung heroes for their excellence in achievements. The honorees include Tilla Y. Baldwin, contract manager of Central Region of U.S. Physical Therapy; Olivia Mitchell Broussard, educator; Cheryl Griffin Cash, attorney; Amie Theresa Francis, president of Breathe Again; Shana Lewis, clinical director of Living Well Professional Counseling Services; Monique Shankle, attorney and consultant in the energy industry and Clara Veal, retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve. Kudos to national president Beatrice Mayes, chapter president Consuela Broussard, South Central Regional director Shirley Bell, chairperson Jean Jordan and the entire membership for an outstanding event. Congrats!.....From Chag’s Place to your place, have a great week!

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