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QUIT PLAYIN: To Hell with Clarence! - Garland Journal
By Vincent L Hall If there’s a hell below, Clarence Thomas should be first to go! Yeah, I said it! And worse than that, I mean it! As if the installation of the first Black Supreme Court Justice went a step too far in helping African Americans, the Republican Party ordered us two steps back
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QUIT PLAYIN: Always Keep Top Eye Open! - Texas Metro News
COLORED PEOPLE OF BOSTON, ONE & ALL, You are hereby respectfully CAUTIONED and advised to avoid conversing with the Watchmen and Police Officers of Boston, For since the recent ORDER […] The post QUIT PLAYIN: Always Keep Top Eye Open! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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Quit Playin': Old School...New Leaders! - Texas Metro News
My protégé and mentee is a candidate for Dallas Council Place 8, and I am hype. This has already been an exciting election cycle. 2021 is reminiscent of the old Oak Cliff battles we saw from 1980-2000. That was when “White flight” from the southern suburbs lured the urban Black middle-class to what
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QUIT PLAYIN’: “Them White Folks and Peggy” - Texas Metro News
I met a lady named Peggy in the store the other night. We took a chance and bought a few lottery tickets. Please don’t hold it against us. If your skin was kissed with the sunlight of melanin, you take a chance every time you walk out of the door. But I will leave that
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QUIT PLAYIN: A Thankful Thanksgiving - Texas Metro News
“For I have learned to be content, whatever the circumstances may be. I know now how to live when things are difficult, and I know how to live when things are prosperous. In general, and in particular, I have learned the secret of facing either poverty or plenty. I am ready for anything through the
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QUIT PLAYIN’: Labor Day - Texas Metro News
The March Begins! The post QUIT PLAYIN’: Labor Day appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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Quit Playin’: First Concession, Last Concession?
By Vincent L. HallColumnist As we approach the shortest month of the year and the one reserved to celebrate Black History Month, the time for reflection is again at hand. …
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QUIT PLAYIN: Meet the Press at School - Texas Metro News
“What do you call a Black man with a Ph.D. from Harvard?” – Malcolm X If you know anything about this man born Malcolm Little, aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, you […] The post QUIT PLAYIN: Meet the Press at School appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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COMMENTARY: Labor Day the March Begins! | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Proclamation 95, like the 13th Amendment that it 31 years later, favored the fundamental freedoms of enslaved workers in deference to the liberties slaveholders exercised for almost 300 years. W.E.B. DuBois once remarked that he saw the American Civil War as a "General
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QUIT PLAYIN’: That Other Pledge! - Garland Journal
By Vincent L. Hall The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (as it was initially called) was founded in Oakland by Chairman Bobby Seale and Defense Minister Huey P. Newton; and […] The post QUIT PLAYIN’: That Other Pledge! appeared first on Garland Journal.
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QUIT PLAYIN’: It’s Black History by George! - Texas Metro News
By Vincent L. Hall We lost a dear friend the other day. I say we because those who want to “Remember Black Dallas' lost a giant. Dr. George Keaton Jr. […] The post QUIT PLAYIN’: It’s Black History by George! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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Quit Playin: Vote for Them!
By Vincent L. HallColumnist Sunday, September 15, 1963, was just another day in the life of four little African American girls at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. …
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QUIT PLAYIN: Meet the Press at School - Garland Journal
By Vincent L. Hall “What do you call a Black man with a Ph.D. from Harvard?” – Malcolm X If you know anything about this man born Malcolm Little, aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, you already know the answer to his question. America still calls a Black man or woman with a Ph.D. from Harvard
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QUIT PLAYIN: My Fair Lady - Garland Journal
“The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves but how she is treated.” – Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady. Just as I was gazing at the beautiful sights across the harbor from my hotel in Long Beach, California, last week, I received a call from my sister. She told
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QUIT PLAYIN’: Political Insomnia! - Texas Metro News
Took a lobbying trip to Austin last week for the first time in years. It’s a noble idea, but frankly, Scarlett, if you don’t beat these low-life “pro-life” Texas Republicans […] The post QUIT PLAYIN’: Political Insomnia! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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QUIT PLAYIN': Tired of Being Black!! - Garland Journal
By Vincent L. Hall As I meandered through the city, leaving my hood in pursuit of a hot real estate lead in Frisco, a newer version of the ultimate suburban villa I came to a startling and saddening conclusion; I’m just tired of being Black. And before you judge me harshly or without due
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Quit Playin’!: We Need Some New Farmers! – DW
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QUIT PLAYIN’: `Crystal Ain’t White! - Texas Metro News
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on […] The post QUIT PLAYIN’: `Crystal Ain’t White! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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Quit Playin': Abbott, Neanderthals and Jokes! - Texas Metro News
In September of 1986, Greg Abbott was jogging on a windy day through Houston's ritzy River Oaks neighborhood. A large Oak limb snapped as he ran beneath it. The accident cost him the use of his spine and wreaked havoc on his kidneys. Abbott, an attorney, sued the homeowner and a tree care company
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COMMENTARY: Your Obituary Goes Right Here! “Quit Playin” - Los Angeles Sentinel
We get syrupy about “Hidden Figures” from all over and know little about the heroes and sheroes who grew up in our own back yard. Mrs. French L. Cowens was born French L. Jackson to Willie Mae and Willis Jackson in Gladewater, Texas. She grew up in old North Central
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QUIT PLAYIN: Jose-Campos-Torres-Tyre-Nichols… - Garland Journal
By Vincent L. Hall “I had said I wasn't going to write no more poems like this.I had confessed to myself all along, tracer of life, poetry trends, That awareness, consciousness,poems that screamed of pain and the origins of pain and death had blanketed my tablets. But brother Torres, common ancient
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QUIT PLAYIN': Kardal Has My Vote! - Texas Metro News
"Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.” […] The post QUIT PLAYIN': Kardal Has My Vote! appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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QUIT PLAYIN': Tired of Being Black!! - Texas Metro News
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QUIT PLAYIN: Bullying? Really? - Texas Metro News
As it concerns Supreme Court Injustice Clarence Thomas (pronounced Tom-Ass) I pray that he goes before me. I shudder at the idea of leaving my children and loved ones subject to his incongruous judgment. Thomas came to Dallas the other day to complain about the leaked SCOTUS document showing that
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Quit Playin’: Gone With the Damn Wind! - Texas Metro News
Inquiring minds want to know whether anyone received an Oscar for Gone with the Wind. Well, it did. Gone with the Windwon eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), and Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel). This epic piece of cinema is known for several
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QUIT PLAYIN’: Blowing Smoke…Again! - Garland Journal
By Vincent L. Hall It is far from a revelation to say that Americans are hurting right now. Between the pandemic and the ensuing economic hardships, people across the country […] The post QUIT PLAYIN’: Blowing Smoke…Again! appeared first on Garland Journal.
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Quit Playin': D/FW's Dynamic Duo Produces Hit After Hit - Texas Metro News
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QUIT PLAYIN: Will it Go Round in Circles? - Texas Metro News
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