February 26, 2021
Black History Month should be a great celebration for all Americans, not just those of us who are black. Unfortunately, the pride I felt about it as a child in the late 1970s has almost dissipated. That’s because instead of honoring those who truly made black history into American history, corporate media, corporations and the politically left have appropriated this tradition into a vehicle for virtual signaling.
President Gerald Ford decreed Black History Month a national observance in 1976, a year that marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first iteration of Black History Month. Black History Month evolved from the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History’s “Negro History Week,” which began in 1926. Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and minister Jesse E. Moorland chose the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
Joseph Green-Bishop | 12/18/2020, 6 a.m. Reverend Mamie Alethia Williams Courtesy Photo
The Reverend Mamie Alethia Williams was an angelic servant of God who during nearly a half century of ministry profoundly and selflessly improved the lives of people throughout the world.
A powerful orator and effective church and civic leader, Reverend Williams, who passed recently in her Baltimore County home, performed a major role in progressive social change movements in the United States, Africa, Europe and in the Caribbean.
A graduate of Claflin University in her native South Carolina, and the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., there was little to help others that Reverend Williams did not do during her lifetime.
crown. president reagan is calling it a wonderful thing for our nation. former congresswoman shirley chisolm says it is a sign that racism is on the wane. and civil rights leader benjamin hooks likens it to jackie robinson breaking the color barrier in major league baseball. for the first time, a black woman has been crowned miss america. the story from bob burkwitz. and our new miss america is vanessa williams. reporter: for 20-year-old vanessa williams it is enough to be crowned miss america because she is the first black to hold the title she is a history maker. miss new york, however, doesn t feel entirely comfortable with that position. i d like to make sure there is no differentiation between a black miss america and the other miss americas. whether she likes it or not she scored a breakthrough. up until the 50s it was whites only. before miss williams sang her way to victory, only three others made
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is 2%. and if those factors are absent, the probability of being poor is 76%. here at the naacp, you understand the deep and lasting difference that family makes. your former executive director dr. benjamin hooks had it exactly right. the family, he said, quote, remains the bullwart and the mainstay of the black community. that great truth must not be overlooked, end of quote. any policy that lifts up and honors the family is going to be good for the country and that must be our goal. as president, i will promote strong families, and i will defend traditional marriage. now as you may have heard from my opponent, i am also a believer in the free enterprise system. i believe it can bring change where so many well-meaning