Deadline for Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Fast ApproachingDozens of area enrollment events to be heldprior to February 15 deadlineWith the final deadline to purchase

health care coverage through theHealth Insurance Marketplacequickly approaching, Mayor TomBarrett, the Milwaukee EnrollmentNetwork (MKEN), and the City ofMilwaukee Health Department(MHD) are reminding area residentsthat resources for enrollment assis-tance are available.“There are just two weeks left to

purchase private health care coveragethrough the Health Insurance Marketplace,” said Mayor Tom Barrett. “I urgeall who have questions about renewing their health care coverage or exploringnew options to take advantage of the numerous resources available for assis-tance before it’s too late.”Throughout Milwaukee, more than 17 special enrollment events will be

held before the February 15 deadline. Regularly scheduled enrollment assis-tance will continue at more than 10 community agency locations, includingthe City of Milwaukee Health Department’s three health center locations.Find a full calendar of special events and regular enrollment support hours atwww.mkehcp.org. “Nine out of 10 Wisconsinites who enrolled through the Health Insurance

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ount MaryUniversity’sfashion pro-gram andthe Ebony

Fashion Fair share manyof the same qualities andaccomplishments. Bothwere created by womenwho entered and dis-rupted the fashion worldand both are celebrating50th anniversaries.Since the Ebony Fashion Fair and

Mount Mary’s fashion programeach have 50 proud years ofachievements,Mount Maryis pleased tobe a present-ing sponsorof InspiringBeauty: 50Years ofEbony Fash-ion Fair at theMilwaukeeArt Mu-seum,” saysMount MaryExecutive Vice President for Ad-ministrative Services Beth Wnuk.Eunice Walker Johnson, a

wealthy African-American womanfrom Chicago and owner of theJohnson Publishing Company, pub-lishers ofEbony maga-zine, was ararity in theelite, whiteworld of fash-ion and attimes wassnubbed byEuropean de-signers. Sr.Aloyse Hess-burg, SSND,was also anewcomer to the fashion scene – anun from the Midwest, dressed infull habit, attending New York fash-ion shows and working to establisha fashion program at a smallwomen’s college in Milwaukee.

But, despite challenges, bothwomen persevered and succeeded.Johnson created the traveling EbonyFashion Fair to give African-Ameri-can women across the United Statesaccess to high-end fashion, and em-power them to embrace their beautywhile also promoting philanthropic

Dedicated to Ron Pounds, thelegacy of achievement and mastery in African Global Imagesexhibit returns to MATC for Black History MonthBy Taki S. RatonFor the third consecutive year, African Global Images, Inc. has been invited

back to the downtown campus of MATC, 700 West State Street. Under thesponsorship of the President’s Diversity Council of Milwaukee Area Techni-cal College, eight display cases on the second floor “M” building has beenreserved to install an historical exhibit in honor of Black History Month 2015. Titled “Presence, Invention, Civilization In Black – Models of Excellence,

Accomplishment and Mastery on the Global Stage of Time and Achieve-ment”, this year’s installation is dedicated to the memory of Ron W. Poundswho joined the ancestors on December 6, 2014.Upon the return of he and his wife Lillian from a 1987 life-changing voyage

to Egypt (Kemet) with the Association for the Study of Classical African Civ-ilizations (ASCAC), Ron co-founded and headed the local Milwaukee Chap-ter of ASCAC where he embraced the true history and meaning of ClassicalAfrican culture and its connection to the bloodline and unique life experiencesand accomplishments of Blacks in America.Called Ka-Tawi, this local organization held regular study group meetings

and invited area, regional and national scholarly African Americans to educatethe local membership about their true cultural and ancestral roots. “Ron toured Kemet and stood in the African sunlight as he viewed the

Sphinx, stood in the doorway of the Great Pyramid of Giza and watched therising of the African sun on African soil,” says longtime friend, associate andretired UWM Africology professor Dr. William Rogers. “As a master teacher,

Three Black Milwaukee statelegislators were critical of Gov.Scott Walker’s 2015 budget pro-posals, charging the governor andpossible presidential candidatewith ignoring Milwaukee familiesand putting property tax relief onthe backs of the state’s students.State Senators Lena Taylor and Nikiya Harris

Dodd, and State Rep. David Bowen made theirremarks after Walker presented his biannualbudget before the legislature at the capitol build-ing Tuesday in Madison.According to the Wisconsin State Journal,

Walker’s $68 billion two-year spending plan,called the “Freedom and Prosperity Budget Pro-posal,” calls for sweeping expansion of privateschool vouchers, consolidating control over en-vironmental regulation and natural resources,sharp cuts for the University of Wisconsin systemand defunding public television and radio.“Our plan is based on growth and opportu-

nity—which leads to freedom and prosperity forall,” said Walker during his 25-minute speech.The 2015-17 budget proposal addresses a pro-

jected $2 billion shortfall.The proposed budget reportedly calls for bor-

rowing $1.3 billion for road projects, rather thanincreasing the gas tax and other fee increases toaddress a long-term transportation shortfall.It cuts property taxes by $5 for the average value home in each of the next

two years, but otherwise makes no major changes to the tax system. It holdsschool funding levels flat, and cuts 400 state positions; about half of themhave been vacant for a year or more.The governor’s budget also calls for cuts in the UW System and expands

vouchers for school choice. The governor’s budget also calls for cuts in the

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DARIN HUBBARD: “I feel the new streetcar projectwould be a waste (of money) because it will not serve alarge number of Milwaukee citizens, though someguests of the city may find it useful to get around down-town. Also, there is the matter of having the money tokeep-up the streetcar and rails, which would be a newbudget item for the city. The money (earmarked for thestreetcar) could be used for job creation, housing, busi-ness start-ups and grants.”

DALE KAZEE: “No, we need jobsand I don’t think we (Black people)will benefit from the streetcar. It willnot take us to where the jobs are.”

ANGELA MOORE:“I disagree with thestreetcar because it will not service the entireMilwaukee area. And, the route of thestreecar is already on the Milwaukee Transitbus route.”

MICHELLE PITTS: “It’s just a temporary fixthat will not work. Like anything else, it’s good fornow but...The project may create jobs (to install thetracks and build the cars) but that is not an ade-quate trade-off for what comes after that. Also, ourstreets cannot support the tracks because WisconsinAvenue is not wide enough and is already difficultto drive down.”

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: “What do you think of thestreetcar project being proposed by Mayor Tom Barrett? Should it be built? Why or why not?”

PULSE OF THECOMMUNITYPhotos and question by Yvonne Kemp

Ebony Fashion Fair & Mount Mary Share VISION, HISTORY & GARMENTSFashion Fair Founder & Nun Who Launched University’sFashion Program Cut from the Same Cloth

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Sen. Taylor

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Black statelawmakerscritical ofGov. Walker’s2015 budget Gov. Scott Walker outlining his 2015 budget proposal.

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“Titled ‘Presence, Invention, Civilization In Black– Models of Excellence, Accomplishment and

Mastery on the Global Stage of Time andAchievement,’ this year’s installation is dedi-cated to the memory of Ron W. Pounds whojoined the ancestors on December 6, 2014.”

Eunice Johnson,founder of EbonyFashion Fair

Sister AloyseHessburg, who es-tablished a fash-ion program at Mt.Mary University

(Pictured at left): Camille Morgan explains one of the many fashion designs in the Ebony FashionFair exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum during a preview for the media Tuesday.(Pictured atright): Morgan listens as Kristin Settle, public relations manager for the art museum explains thesignificance of bringing the exhibit to Milwaukee, which was a host city for the traveling fashionshow for many years during its existence. (All photos by Yvonne Kemp)

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he followed in the footsteps of such historians as JoelScomburg, John G. Jackson, Chancellor Williams and thegreat Carter G. Woodson,” he adds.As in previous years, the overriding theme and objec-

tive of this current 110 item installation is to documentthe unbroken legacy of African World accomplishment,invention and civilizing masterful engagements from hu-mankind beginnings, into Nubia, Classical Kemetic(Egyptian) civilizations, Great African Kingdoms, theGolden Age of the Moors, exemplar mastery during theeras of plantation enslavement, Reconstruction, Jim Crowand onward into select present day accomplished titles.African Global Images (AGI) has as its mission to el-

evate, enhance, cultivate and advance African Americanhistory to the next level of world status research, schol-arship and instructional methodology.Inspired by Hidden Colors 1 and 2, the concept of

African World Historiography in this presentation effortis to literally extract African American History from itslimited definitions, imposed imagery, and culturalized in-feriorization inherent within the confined 396 years ofWesternized reference thought from 1619 to the 2015present and reconnect this unique North American expe-rience to the African global presence of prideful accom-plishment on the world stage of time and achievement.New this year are segments on Nubia, seven colored

portraits of our Kemetic ancestry to denote in no uncer-tain terms that the so-called ancient “Egyptians” wereBlack, a color cover of “The Book of Ptahhotep” by theesteemed warrior scholar ancestor, Dr. Asa Hilliard andDamali Williams (1987), a portrait of the Blacks in earlyChina from Runoko Rashidi’s June 20, 2014 article, “TheBlack Presence in Early China” in Atlanta Black Star asincluded with the Olmec Head discovered in Tres Za-potes, South America in 1939.Both the portraits of Blacks in early China and the

Olmec Head are included in this AGI installation to pic-torially demonstrate that Africans over millions of yearsnot only migrated and populated the planet, but thateverywhere that there was an African presence, civilizingactivity, moral growth and progress was at the foundinganchor of all world cultures.And in particular, AGI would like to thank world trav-

eler, scholar and esteemed global historian Rashidi forproviding this year’s installation with images reflectiveof Blacks in Kemet.The Nubian Incense Burner is mated in the Case 2 seg-

ment with the Zodiac symbol reflective of the world’sfirst time-measured calendar of 4236 B.C.E. to recordthat the ancient African had civilizations thousands ofyears prior to the beginning of the Egyptian/Kemetic dy-nastic period beginning in 3150 B.C.E. The Book of Ptahhotep is the oldest complete text ever

of instructional literature in the world dating back to2,350 B.C.E. The text can be read for embedded wisdomon upwards of 50 themes to include Advice to Leaders,Be Moderate in All Things, Honor the Advancement of

Others and Serve a Wise Man, Proper Etiquette as aGuest, Obey the Law, Follow the Path of Truth, Set aGood Example, Cherish Your Wife, Take No False PrideIn Education, The Blessing of Children, Forgive and DoNot Seek Gratitude for it, Success is the Gift of Gods,Cherish Friends and Tenants, On Being and ObedientSon, Let A Son Head His Father and Instruct His Son,Treat Women With Compassion, and Pass Down the Wis-dom to the Generations just to mention a few.And since Kemet is viewed as being the Classical

Higher Order recipient (if not the “daughter”) of eras pre-vious, it is positioned by many African World historiansthat such instructional literature was present and practicedin pre-dynastic periods, handed down and further culti-vated in Kemet under Ptahhotep.Also new this year is “Little Known Facts in African

American History.” Before Rosa Parks refusal to give upher seat in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama there wasClaudette Calvin who 10 months earlier refused her seatto a White man on March 2, 1955. And even 101 yearsbefore Calvin, there was Elizabeth Jennings Graham whoalso refused to give up her seat on a privately owned NewYork City street car in 1854. Her case of discriminationwas decided in her favor in 1855. Founded in June of 1930, The Housewives League of

Detroit is imaged in an 8 X 10 photograph depictingAfrican American women pledging to support Blackbusinesses, Black professionals, buying Black-producedproducts and help train Detroit’s young people for careersin business. Organized by Fannie B. Beck, five yearslater by 1935, the league grew to over 12,000 membersand was divided into sixteen neighborhood units.A photograph of the original “Memorial Day” is also

included in this “Little Known Facts” segment. This his-torical notation is critical as “Memorial Day” was actu-ally started by formerly enslaved Blacks on May 1, 1865in Charleston, South Carolina to honor 257 dead UnionSoldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Con-federate prison camp.Accounts reveal that these former enslaved Africans

dug up the bodies and worked for a reported 2 weeks togive them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for theirfreedom. They then held a parade led by a multitude ofBlack children where they marched, sang and celebratedthe occasion.This segment also features James C. Napier who al-

though born enslaved became under his freedom a suc-cessful businessman. Napier was founder of America’sfirst all-Black owned and operated bank, “The One CentSavings Bank.”Again, it is the objective of this AGI installation to

demonstrate to the community and particularly to ourchildren the unbroken legacy of African World presence,invention, mastery and civilization, even under the mosthorrific and oppressed of circumstances known to man.The African was at the foundational humankind civi-

lizing growth and contributorial presence in all phases ofordered cultural activity – congenial communal living,

agriculture, the raising and taming of animals, food gath-ering, healing of the sick, spiritual systems, the raisingand training of the young and kinship patterns. And thatwas just around 250,000 B.C.E. as explained in Case 2We find activity in the region called Nubia around

8,000 B.C. where also, as noted, the world’s first calendarwould emerge out of an African creation at 4236 B.C.E.Around 3150 B.C.E. under King Narmer (Menes), would

be the first two Kemetic (Egyptian Dynasties). During this nearly 3000 years of Kemetic rule from

3150 to 332 B.C.E. we find the earliest Classical monu-mental world civilization witnessing the development ofpaper, script, refined spiritual systems, science, engineer-ing, medicine, architecture, art, music, advances in agri-culture, the taming of animals, maritime science,

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PERSPECTIVESPERSPECTIVES QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “When you control a man’sthinking, you do not have to worry about hisaction...He will find his ‘proper place’ and willstay in it. You do not need to send him to theback door. He will go without being told. Infact, if there is no back door, he will cut one...”

--Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month

UNIVERSALLY SPEAKINGUNIVERSALLY SPEAKINGby Rahim Islam

LestWeForget –Part 2

The Milwaukee Community Journal February 4, 2015 Page 3

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MCJ STAFF:Patricia O’Flynn -PattilloPublisher, CEORobert J. ThomasAssoc. PublisherTodd Thomas, Vice Pres.Mikel Holt, Assoc. PublisherThomas E. Mitchell, Jr., EditorTeretha Martin, Technical Consultant/Webmaster BillingDept./Publisher’s Admin. Assist.

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In America,white people and especially Blackpeople — can not let the American institution ofslavery and the crimes committed against Blackpeople ever be forgotten, for only in remembrancecan America fulfill its great promise to humanity. Let’s be real and tell the truth; yes, Black Americans are a sick people! However, Black people

are not inherently or genetically sick, Black Americans were made sick by an even sicker people,the ancestors of today’s white people (i.e. white slave masters and a silent white populace). Notonly was Hitler and the Nazi regime guilty of the Jewish Holocaust, but so were many Germanpeople because of their silence. For what white people did to Black people during a period of nearly 350 years makes the Jewish

Holocaust look like child’s play, and all of white America bears some level of responsibility. Today white America enjoys an extreme level of advantage and privilege procured by the en-

slavement and subhuman treatment of Black people WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION. Re-member, our Black ancestors were not guilty of any crime; they were not casualties of war; norwas there an exit from slavery, yet unspeakable acts were committed by so-called Christians whichwere condoned by the Christian church (I will discuss this religious hypocrisy in another article). Millions of our Black ancestors were forced and/or born into slavery with no way out (millions

of Black people died in slavery). The brutality, barbaric conditions, and “organized” torturing ofour ancestors represents some of the sickest and darkest imaginations of the mind. Stephen King, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz nor a thousand other horror writers could not have

written the horrific story of slavery that was imposed upon and endured by Black people duringthis period and for nearly 75 years thereafter. What was done to Black people by white people on a daily basis was extremely damaging,the

impact and effects of which exist even today day. Slavery in America was by far the worst and

most prolonged barbaric treatment of human beings in modern history. Did this happen withoutcasualties? It’s a preposterous and most ridiculous concept to even entertain. When a mass shooting takes place in one of our cities, America responds with a whole host of

psychological support and treatment for the survivors, while acknowledging that the damagecaused by this single event could/would have a traumatizing impact on the family and communityof the victims for years to come. Using this reasoning, how do you handle the psychological damage that impacted tens of mil-

lions of Black people over a period of 300 years. Black people have been severely damaged (lestwe forget).Slavery wasn’t bad enough for millions of Black people, but today in 2015, Blacks continue

to be traumatized by white supremacy and black inferiority at every level (i.e. media, historical,physical environment, religion, imprisonment, health, etc.) and unless diagnosed and treated, manyof the ills of Black people will continue or get worse. The diagnoses is the psychological effectsof slavery (legacy of slavery) and the treatment is comprehensive deprogramming of Black people.Not knowing what’s happening to them (our compassionate nature sometimes does’t allow us tocomprehend this type of threat), Black people who are being traumatized dailyoften resort to self-medicating. However, whites still abuse drugs at a higher rate than Blacks, although the Black community

is charged at a greater rate (10 times greater) for drug related offenses, according to the NationalSurvey on Drug Use.. These circumstances illustrate the trauma that Blacks are experiencing daily. Even the most

liberated Black man and woman has deep-seated fears and insecurities and carries a heavy doseof white supremacy and black inferiority. How else can you explain our “collective” paralysis? In spite of the individual accomplishments

by Black people, collectively, we are at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder and without pur-poseful and real conversations that define what the “core“ problems are, Blacks will become apermanent underclass in America.

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GUEST COMMENTARYGUEST COMMENTARYMPSboard president says“New Opportunities for Milwaukee” document a stepbackward for public educationMilwaukee Public Schools was not sent acopy of this plan, which was provided to the dis-trict by the news media. We've had a series of very positive discus-

sions with key Republicans over the past fewweeks about what a good accountability pro-posal looks like. In fact, yesterday's hearing on Senate Bill 1focused on sensible, proven strategies to im-prove outcomes for students. The legislative leaders we've met with alsohave a much better understanding of the signifi-cant steps MPS is engaged in now to improvestudent outcomes. This plan (New Opportunities for Milwaukee)

is a step backward in those efforts and discus-sions. What we have read about the plan indi-cates it has significant problems andunintended consequences and frankly includessome of the worst attributes of Assembly Bill 1. • It's important to remember that charterschools are not the simple answer to the chal-lenges facing urban education. Stanford University did the most comprehen-sive studies (2009, 2013) of charter schoolsand found that nationally only 14 percent ofcharter schools outperformed traditional publicschools.• An effort to create a turnaround district wouldhave a devastating fiscal impact on the educa-tion of students remaining in MPS -- and thecity of Milwaukee -- with the potential layoffs ofhundreds of staff. • To state - as the proposal does - that this willhave no impact on taxpayers ignores the factthese efforts have had huge costs in other com-munities where turnaround districts have beenattempted.• This proposal would also result in the loss oflocal control by the elected Milwaukee Board ofSchool Directors, local taxpayers and the De-partment of Public Instruction, which may cre-ate a potential constitutional issue. While there may have been good intent, itharms the City of Milwaukee and takes awayresources at the time the city and MPS stu-dents need them most.

On the Religion Page of the Janu-ary 14 edition of your MilwaukeeCommunity Journal, we publishedwhat we thought was a sincere pleafrom an area woman (through an-other person who actually wrote thearticle) soliciting the community’shelp with her wedding.The next week however, we re-

ceived an email from the woman wewere led to believe was asking forhelp (whose name we are notreprinting at the woman’s request). We learned, to our embarrass-

ment, she was not soliciting anyhelp as we reported. Below is her letter to us:“I would like The Milwaukee

Community Journal to please re-move from any online article,archives, the article released onJanuary 14, 2015, "The StrugglingBride.” My family and I have been humil-

iated and aren't seeking anythingtowards the wedding. Thank you foryour time and assistance.”The Milwaukee Community Jour-

nal sincerely apologizes for thebacklash the article has caused theyoung lady and her family. Appar-ently she has been receiving a lot ofnegative feed back from the article. As we told her, an individual

called our offices asking us to putsomething in the paper (that the in-dividual who called us submitted)asking for support for the wedding.

We were mistakenly under the as-sumption that the bride-to-be knewof the solicitation article. Obviouslywe were wrong. We should have done our due

diligence and called the young ladyin question to find out whether ornot her plea to the community wasreal or not. The MCJ editorial staffviolated one of the primary rules injournalism: “When in doubt,CHECK IT OUT!”We wish the young lady good

luck and has a beautiful weddingday and a long and “happily-ever-after” marriage. --Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr.Editor, Milwaukee CommunityJournal

EDITOR’S NOTEEDITOR’S NOTE“NO GOOD DEED...”Editorial staff reminded (the hard way)what happens when it doesn’t followone of the primary rules of journalism

By Dr. Michael Bonds is President of theMilwaukee Board of School Directors

“Sunshine, blue skies, please go away.My girl has found another, and goneaway…” The Temptations, “I Wish ItWould Rain” (Motown Records-1967)

Over the years, a number of movies documentedthe formative years of original Black rhythm andblues -- which evolved into rock ‘n’ roll. Suchfilms chronicled the music and true, or fictional-ized, life and times of individuals, vocal groupsand disc jockeys.Leading the way were “American Graffiti” and

“Let the Good Times Roll” (1973); “Sparkle”(1976); “American Hot Wax” (1978); “The FiveHeartbeats” (1991), “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”(1998); “Little Richard” (2000); “Ray” (2004);“Cadillac Records” (2008), and “Get On Up”(2014).Among the artists depicted were Chuck Berry,

Frankie Lymon, Richard Penniman, Etta James,Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, RayCharles, James Brown and DJs Wolfman Jack andAlan Freed. Two films were based on the Dells andSupremes.In keeping with Black History Month, now is a

good time to recall 1998’s sensational TV movie“The Temptations” -- Motown’s most reveredR&B vocal group. Always a big fan of the 1960s-80s hit-makers, I came to appreciate their body ofwork even more researching and interviewing formy authorized biography “Goodnight Sweetheart,Goodnight: The Story of the Spaniels” (AugustPress-1995).The film captures the ups, downs and strife be-

setting this remarkable group which, at its 1960s-’70s peak, featured David Ruffin, EddieKendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Den-nis Edwards and its surviving founder, OtisWilliams.Renowned for number-one hits such as “My

Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Papa Was a Rollin’Stone,” “I’m Losing You,” “Ain’t Too Proud to

Beg” -- and my personal fave “I Wish It WouldRain” -- the Temps helped put Motown on themap. Along the way, their vocal dexterity, stylishstage presence and precision dance moves set alasting standard.This movie has what most of us who lived, and

loved, the Temps’ magical brand of R&B, couldwant. Those only familiar with their more recentiterations -- such as the great Ali-Ollie Woodson’slead on “Lady Soul” (1986) -- will be blown away.Filmed on location, “The Temptations” evokes

the hairstyles, clothes, cars, culture and racial ten-sions of their memorable hey-day -- including thegroup performing in the segregated South, whereBlack and White audiences were kept apart by arope line.The story begins in Detroit in 1958, as teenagers

Otis Williams (Charles Malik Whitfield) and AlBryant (Chaz Lamar Shepherd) race on foot to seea live show by the Cadillacs, doing their raucous“Speedo.” Transfixed, the pair get their hairstraightened and, with two other high schoolers,sing on the street as Otis Williams and the Siberi-

ans.Needing a bass, Otis finds Melvin Franklin (D.B.

Woodside), whose “Mama Rose” (Jenifer Lewis)urges him to “do right by him.” Johnnie MaeMatthews (Vanessa Bell Calloway), becomes theirmanager and renames them Otis Williams and theDistants.After a falling out with Matthews over money,

Bryant and two others quit and are replaced byEddie Kendricks (Terron Brooks) and PaulWilliams (Christian Payton) who, as the Primes,sang with the Primettes -- later to become theSupremes. Bryant comes back and in 1960, as theElgins, the group is signed by Berry Gordy (ObbaBabatunde) for Motown. At his urging, they againchange names -- choosing the Temptations -- makea series of records that flop, and are called “the hit-less Temptations” at Motown.Things look up in 1963 as “The Way You Do the

Things You Do” reaches the top of the R&B charts,with Kendricks’ falsetto lead creating a sensation.After adding the gutteral lead voice of David Ruf-

Remember when…

The Temptations captured themusical hearts of Black AmericaBy Richard G. Carter

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he followed in the footsteps of such historians as JoelScomburg, John G. Jackson, ChancellorWilliams and thegreat Carter G. Woodson,” he adds.As in previous years, the overriding theme and objec-

tive of this current 110 item installation is to documentthe unbroken legacy of African World accomplishment,invention and civilizing masterful engagements from hu-mankind beginnings, into Nubia, Classical Kemetic(Egyptian) civilizations, Great African Kingdoms, theGolden Age of the Moors, exemplar mastery during theeras of plantation enslavement, Reconstruction, Jim Crowand onward into select present day accomplished titles.African Global Images (AGI) has as its mission to el-

evate, enhance, cultivate and advance African Americanhistory to the next level of world status research, schol-arship and instructional methodology.Inspired by Hidden Colors 1 and 2, the concept of

African World Historiography in this presentation effortis to literally extract African American History from itslimited definitions, imposed imagery, and culturalized in-feriorization inherent within the confined 396 years ofWesternized reference thought from 1619 to the 2015present and reconnect this unique North American expe-rience to the African global presence of prideful accom-plishment on the world stage of time and achievement.New this year are segments on Nubia, seven colored

portraits of our Kemetic ancestry to denote in no uncer-tain terms that the so-called ancient “Egyptians” wereBlack, a color cover of “The Book of Ptahhotep” by theesteemed warrior scholar ancestor, Dr. Asa Hilliard andDamali Williams (1987), a portrait of the Blacks in earlyChina from Runoko Rashidi’s June 20, 2014 article, “TheBlack Presence in Early China” in Atlanta Black Star asincluded with the Olmec Head discovered in Tres Za-potes, South America in 1939.Both the portraits of Blacks in early China and the

Olmec Head are included in this AGI installation to pic-torially demonstrate that Africans over millions of yearsnot only migrated and populated the planet, but thateverywhere that there was an African presence, civilizingactivity, moral growth and progress was at the foundinganchor of all world cultures.And in particular, AGI would like to thank world trav-

eler, scholar and esteemed global historian Rashidi forproviding this year’s installation with images reflectiveof Blacks in Kemet.The Nubian Incense Burner is mated in the Case 2 seg-

ment with the Zodiac symbol reflective of the world’sfirst time-measured calendar of 4236 B.C.E. to recordthat the ancient African had civilizations thousands ofyears prior to the beginning of the Egyptian/Kemetic dy-nastic period beginning in 3150 B.C.E. The Book of Ptahhotep is the oldest complete text ever

of instructional literature in the world dating back to2,350 B.C.E. The text can be read for embedded wisdomon upwards of 50 themes to include Advice to Leaders,Be Moderate in All Things, Honor the Advancement of

Others and Serve a Wise Man, Proper Etiquette as aGuest, Obey the Law, Follow the Path of Truth, Set aGood Example, Cherish Your Wife, Take No False PrideIn Education, The Blessing of Children, Forgive and DoNot Seek Gratitude for it, Success is the Gift of Gods,Cherish Friends and Tenants, On Being and ObedientSon, Let A Son Head His Father and Instruct His Son,Treat Women With Compassion, and Pass Down the Wis-dom to the Generations just to mention a few.And since Kemet is viewed as being the Classical

Higher Order recipient (if not the “daughter”) of eras pre-vious, it is positioned by many African World historiansthat such instructional literature was present and practicedin pre-dynastic periods, handed down and further culti-vated in Kemet under Ptahhotep.Also new this year is “Little Known Facts in African

American History.” Before Rosa Parks refusal to give upher seat in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama there wasClaudette Calvin who 10 months earlier refused her seatto a White man on March 2, 1955. And even 101 yearsbefore Calvin, there was Elizabeth Jennings Graham whoalso refused to give up her seat on a privately owned NewYork City street car in 1854. Her case of discriminationwas decided in her favor in 1855. Founded in June of 1930, The Housewives League of

Detroit is imaged in an 8 X 10 photograph depictingAfrican American women pledging to support Blackbusinesses, Black professionals, buying Black-producedproducts and help train Detroit’s young people for careersin business. Organized by Fannie B. Beck, five yearslater by 1935, the league grew to over 12,000 membersand was divided into sixteen neighborhood units.A photograph of the original “Memorial Day” is also

included in this “Little Known Facts” segment. This his-torical notation is critical as “Memorial Day” was actu-ally started by formerly enslaved Blacks on May 1, 1865in Charleston, South Carolina to honor 257 dead UnionSoldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Con-federate prison camp.Accounts reveal that these former enslaved Africans

dug up the bodies and worked for a reported 2 weeks togive them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for theirfreedom. They then held a parade led by a multitude ofBlack children where they marched, sang and celebratedthe occasion.This segment also features James C. Napier who al-

though born enslaved became under his freedom a suc-cessful businessman. Napier was founder of America’sfirst all-Black owned and operated bank, “The One CentSavings Bank.”Again, it is the objective of this AGI installation to

demonstrate to the community and particularly to ourchildren the unbroken legacy of African World presence,invention, mastery and civilization, even under the mosthorrific and oppressed of circumstances known to man.The African was at the foundational humankind civi-

lizing growth and contributorial presence in all phases ofordered cultural activity – congenial communal living,

agriculture, the raising and taming of animals, food gath-ering, healing of the sick, spiritual systems, the raisingand training of the young and kinship patterns. And thatwas just around 250,000 B.C.E. as explained in Case 2We find activity in the region called Nubia around

8,000 B.C. where also, as noted, the world’s first calendarwould emerge out of an African creation at 4236 B.C.E.Around 3150 B.C.E. under King Narmer (Menes), would

be the first two Kemetic (Egyptian Dynasties).During this nearly 3000 years of Kemetic rule from

3150 to 332 B.C.E. we find the earliest Classical monu-mental world civilization witnessing the development ofpaper, script, refined spiritual systems, science, engineer-ing, medicine, architecture, art, music, advances in agri-culture, the taming of animals, maritime science,

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RELIGIONRELIGIONIn the early 1970s, the Temptations sang a song called “Ball of Confusion.” One of the lines

was: ”People moving out, people moving in; why because of the color of their skin.” Over thepast 60 years, since the formal removal of segregation, even though Blacks are more segregatednow than ever before, we have watched Black people move into all white neighborhoods andwithin a few years, all of the white people move out. This phenomenon has been an economic boom for the real estate community, not only creating

new suburbs around many urban cities, but now we have the resurgence and influx of white peoplecoming back into the very cities and neighborhoods that they left nearly 60 years previous (gen-trification). As a child, I remember moving on to a block where I would later learn that our family was the

third Black family to live on this block (I remember having white friends that I played with). Thisonce all-white neighborhood became all Black in only three years (this represents a ton of movingin and moving out). This happened all over the country where Black people would move into white neighborhoods

and the only exception is where Blacks move in very high priced neighborhoods (at a certain eco-nomic level, race doesn’t matter). Many of these desired neighborhoods, over the next 20 – 30years, would not only become all Black, but would experience severe levels of decline, blight andmassive disinvestment. In spite of the removal of “legal” segregation, what really triggered thismassive relocation? I believe it to be white supremacy and black inferiority. Generally speaking (there is a ton of evidence to support this) there are many white people

who don’t want to live with Black people and the acceptance of physical integration was anillusion. The real integration was the integrating of the Black economy. For those white readers,I can tell you that many Black people that are 50 years and older romanticize about pre-integrationwhen Black people owned their own stores and there was a general sense that Black people hadmore control of their own destiny, especially when it came to doing for self. During segregation,many Black neighborhoods reflected real diversity. Blacks owned a good portion of its businesscommunity (i.e. Black owned hotels, insurance companies, banks, grocery stores, clothing stores,furniture stores, etc.). During this same period, segregated Black schools with Black teachers andadministrators produced a better product than today’s public schools. While I’m not advocating having laws, systems, and institutions that discriminate against Black

people (these fights were justified); I, however, like many other Black people, feel the same waythat many whites feel - I want to live with my own people. If most Blacks also feel this way, thenwe need to understand what happened and why we fled our own neighborhoods to live in placeswhere we weren’t even wanted. The legacy of slavery involves a heavy dose of white supremacy and black inferiority which

was embedded in Black people during the enslavement process (making a slave - this was theonly way that slavery would’ve worked for so long). One of the characteristics of this disease isthat you love others more than you love yourself and this accounts for why Black people wouldflee their own neighborhoods to go live in neighborhoods where it made clear that they were notwanted. Blacks were made to love white people and some, especially those who were more economi-

cally mobile, were severely bitten by white supremacy and black inferiority. Those that were mosteconomically mobile were our so-called educated (elite) and therefore have fallen for the illusionof integration more than most Blacks and because they were our leaders they made integrationthe mantra for the Black community. They, in many cases, define white neighborhoods as goodand Black neighborhoods as inferior. Sure our communities were/are not perfect, not by a long shot. I ask you how Black commu-

nities would ever improve if the most economically mobile move out leaving the communitypoorer and without economic and human resources. Today too many of our communities are ex-tremely poor and Blacks who have achieved some level of wealth now live in white communities.As Malcolm X once said about Black people who believe that those that oppressed our ancestorswould magically now come to love us “you’ve been bamboozled, you’ve been hoodwinked.” Iknow the educated Black person is saying “I’m educated and I have two doctorate degrees fromHarvard, Princeton, and/or Yale. I’m doing my own thing. I know what I like and what I don’tlike and no one controls my mind.” I ask you, what have these universities really taught you? Didthey restore the knowledge that was taken from you? Did they teach you of the horrors perpetuatedon your ancestors by them? Did they teach you about the tricks and lies of racism? Did they breakdown the structural

racism, discrimination, and bias and how to abolish it? NO! Your great American universitiestaught you how to assimilate (be like them) and to get out of the “ghetto;” (Black inferiority); howto run from your people; how to get ahead (of other Blacks) but never whites; how to uphold andemulate the systems that wreak havoc on the Black man on a daily basis, and how to love whitepeople and hate yourself. For the most part, these schools taught Blacks how not to use the power on loan to help your

own people especially to advance Black self-determination. If given a chance, we know that

Black people can compete and win (our problem is that it hasn’t been a fair playing field). Youcan compete because you come from greatness (something you know nothing about because youwere never taught). For the most part, you’re at these universities that help to perpetuate theillusion of the “American dream” for everyone and believe that we live in a post racial societyand you, unlike millions of your Black people who are just lazy and looking for a handout, youchoose to work hard and the benefit for working hard is that you get to be with White people (wewill let you in). If you’re honest, Mr. Black elite and tell the world what your real experiences areand how you are really treated, both in school and out, you are reminded daily that you are Blackand how vicious and stinging racism is or maybe you’re just too dumb to even notice it. The greatCarter G. Woodson stated that the Black man in America hasn’t been truly educated and/or em-powered; he has been mis-educated to love White people and to deplore his own Black people. Today, at 57, I must diligently and constantly be on guard against acting on my own “learned”

black inferiorities. This is why I’ve personally abolished the “N” word. The “N” word was createdduring our enslavement (I try not to use the word slavery or slaves) by the slave owners (I try notto use the word slave master). The word was used to demean and dehumanize our Blacks and itis associated with the “created” perception that Blacks were inferior, lazy, ugly, and subhuman.When I hear how people use the word as a term of endearment, it’s very clear to me that theyhave bought in entirely to Black inferiority. To combat a lifetime of learned inferiority, I need astrong and positive “Black” filter that I’m able to funnel my thoughts through. It is hard for manywhite people to understand how pervasive white supremacy and black inferiority is and it is com-municated throughout every known medium (you’ll just have to believe me). It’s extremely suf-focating, it’s everywhere and most importantly, it is thoroughly engrained within Black culture.THE BLACK FILTER CAN ONLY GROW THROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF SELF – SO IFYOURE NOT STUDYING FROM OUR GREAT BLACK LEADERS, TEACHERS, ANDRESISTORS, YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BUILD THE FILTER NEEDED TO IN-TERNALLY FIGHT THE MASSIVE PROPOGANDA OF BLACK INFERIORITY ANDWHITE SUPREMACY. What is your belief Black Man? Can we challenge the conditions facing Black people in Amer-

ica? If you answered “no” you’ve been poisoned by black inferiority and white supremacy andtrust me, it’s not your fault (you just have work to do – you must get on a path of deprogramming).If you answered “yes” but you can’t point to any tangible proof that you are doing anything aboutit (you’re not engaged in the struggle), you too have been poisoned by black inferiority and whitesupremacy. You have just as much work to do as those who believe that we can’t challenge theconditions facing Black people in America. In fact you might have more work to do because youacknowledge the poison but your response is still not to do anything about it. Many of you talkabout Black power but don’t have a Black conscious and therefore, you do nothing about it. Whatare you waiting for? For the truly conscious Black man knows that no one will do for the Blackman but the Black man. The question still remains who is oppressing the Black man today? From 1500 through nearly

1970, it was clearly the white slave owners; a white government; and a number of white controlledinstitutions. In addition to the structural and systems that discriminate against Black people,poverty and all of its derivatives is the oppressor of Black people. Access to capital and qualityeducation are key factors to combating poverty, but securing this for poor people is extremely dif-ficult and almost impossible given the structural nature of both (where you start matters). Capitalresources (wealth) and access to quality education are key factors that predestined the Black com-munity to becoming a permanent underclass trapped in poverty unless Blacks break this cycle.Black people are still discussing reform goals that Brown vs Board of Education has yet to resolve60 years later – lest we forget.In part one of this article “Lest we Forget,” I tried to zero in on what Malcom X

once said “the oppressor will never feel the pain of the oppressed.” Will the childrenof the oppressor ever feel the pain of the children of the oppressed? Also, today whoare the oppressors? The Black man in America is most definitely being oppressed,and while there is no chattel enslavement and its barbaric treatment of Black peoplenor no Jim Crow laws and the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan – we now have institu-tions that are oppressive to Black people. These institutions are color blind and exist to perpetuate themselves – they don’t

have the capacity to distinguish those that are unable to meet the threshold of criteriamandated by them which will allow them to participate. This is why in the ’60s duringthe civil rights era, in an effort to address the overwhelming disparities that these in-stitutions help to create; many affirmative actions were given to Black people (i.e.university enrollments, job applications, bank loans, housing purchases, etc.). It wasgenerally understood that slavery put Black people behind the proverbial eight balland made them unable to compete with white people. The guidelines were too highto achieve for many Black people and unless something like affirmative action wasenacted, these systems would continue to “structurally” lock out Black people. Lestwe forget. In my next article we will describe additional legacies of slavery, specifically the

role that the media has and continues to play in defining Black people. --Rahim Islam is a National Speaker and Writer, Convener of Philadel-

phia Community of Leaders, and President/CEO of Universal Companies,a community development and education management company headquar-tered in Philadelphia, PA. Follow Rahim Islam on FaceBook(Rahim Islam)& Twitter (@RahimIslamUC)

LestWeForget(continued from page 3)

Eleventh (11th) annual relationship conference Valentine’s Day weekend eventIn celebration of the past success of the “Without Distraction” relationship conference

its 11th Annual event; a combination of both relationship education and entertainmenthas become one of Milwaukee’s best social and romantic Valentine weekend of theyear. Milwaukee has found this event to be rewarding for both singles and Married Couples.

Dr. LaFayette Russell and Dr. Ingrid Durr Russell will be among the International speak-ers for this year event February 13th, 14th & 15th 2015. Venue- Crown Plaza Milwau-kee Airport: 6401 South 13th St. Milwaukee WI. 53221. Singles are the foundation of every marriage because a good marriage starts with your

singleness. Marriage brings you into a true opportunity to express your love, feelingsand what you are made of. Understanding the process and learning how to unmask your feelings is one of the

basic keys to success. Sometimes people adopt ways in their childhood developmentand influences that becomes the norm; consequently the norm to them could be a neg-ative pattern that could sabotage their relationships. Recognizing and Identify those patterns could be the very answer to probable cause.

Being realistic about yourself and having a realist view of others will help give you asolid building foundation to build on. Together we can discoverer what areas in your life that can use some more fuel and

Socializing with other singles or couples like yourself is good for everyone!The week end event includes: Friday 6:30pm Meet/Greet Social (refreshments provided) 7pm begins with both

Singles and Marriage Topics in two sessions. Building and keeping a healthy relation-ship with understanding is power tools we are giving to our communities for FREE!Yes, we are making the “Relationship teaching sessions” absolutely free. That meansno cost to get this wealth of information for life. Saturday at 11am combined Singles and Marriage session Question & Answer panel

discussion. The workshops is to empower and remove all frustrations. We will cover all areas of relationship from personal, business to finance. Each year

there are numerous testimonies of this life changing event.Don’t miss the Saturday evening 7:00pm-Valentine’s Special Eloquent Romantic

Dinner Including; Live Music, clean Live Comedy, and bliss of Love in the air set justright for the occasion. The cost is only $45 per person and couples $10 off. (Advanceonly). Sunday at 1pm join us the close of the weekend event. The entire family is welcome

to be apart of our special Worship service. The topic is “Kingdom Relationship.” Knowledge is powerful.” Plain and simple we could all use some guidance to main-

tain or build a long lasting good relationship based on Biblical truth. Free Registration and (no cost for the teaching sessions) . For additional information, tickets, sales, groups, vendors, hotel overnight reservation,

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UW System and expands vouchers for school choice.There would be a funding reduction of approximately$300 million over two years. This would represent a 13%cut to state public universities while giving more auton-omy to the University of Wisconsin (UW) Board of Re-gents.There would be changes at the Department of Natural

resources, which includes the elimination of a number ofscientists’ jobs and putting off land purchases for over 12years. Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin PublicRadio are targeted for defunding.Walker hit on several national themes and noted policy

ideas that could reappear should the governor make a bidfor the Republican presidential nomination, includingtightening the state’s financial belt, creating a governmentthat is limited in scope but still effective and boastingabout Wisconsin’s robust health coverage, something hesaid the state had done without Obamacare expansion.After listening to Walker’s budget address, Sen. Taylor

had mixed feelings about his proposals.“The speech felt more like a pep rally, and the only

areas that I could really get excited about were the nod tobroad band access, funding for victims of domestic vio-lence, and assisting veterans finding employment andstarting a business,” Taylor said in a statement followingthe speech.“The Governor’s smoke and mirrors approach to bal-

ancing the state budget will ultimately burn the very tax-payers he boasts of helping” said Taylor. The senator called the Walker administration’s proposal

for $300 million in higher education cuts “crippling,”adding the budget also fails to adequately restore fundingto K-12 education, while lifting the caps on vouchers,without a clear means of insuring accountability.“Democrats are looking for responsible budget meas-

ures that don’t just shift money from one source to an-other” Taylor offered. In fact, Democratic legislatorsfrom around the state have spent much of the past fewweeks discussing their Families First Agenda. The plan speaks to a pro-growth strategy, of job cre-

ation, an investment in Wisconsin workers, and an effortto protect the state’s students from cradle to college. Despite Walker’s talking points to the contrary, the sen-

ator noted that last year tens of thousands of residents hada gap in healthcare coverage, unemployment for seg-ments of Milwaukee’s central city remain some of thehighest in the nation, and the graduation rates for manystudents of color remain stagnant. “The Governor is greatat spin, but it is time for real talk regarding the projected$2.2 billion dollar budget deficit” said Taylor. Sen. Harris Dodd said instead of cutting educational

opportunities for our children, the governor’s budget pro-posal should be investing in solutions that will make thestate’s communities more successful.“We know that our community succeeds when we offer

quality education to our children and provide them withthe resources they need in the classroom to succeed inlife,” said Harris Dodd in a press statement. “I firmly be-lieve that an investment in our public schools is an in-vestment in the future of our state.“We also know that our young adults succeed when

they have access to great institutions like UW-Milwaukeeand the Milwaukee Area Technical College. These insti-tutions provide much-needed training for Milwaukee'sworkers and match them with jobs that fit their uniqueskills. They foster growth through continuing adult edu-cation programs and community seminars.Harris Dodd added that Wisconsin families are health-

ier and stronger when they can visit the doctor even ifthey are not ill and when they can enjoy the natural won-ders of the state free from pollution and harmful intru-sion.“Wisconsin families need a budget that is committed

to restoring economic opportunity for all. They need abudget that takes into account the growing costs of child-care and healthcare, and one that is not afraid to face theproblems of everyday Wisconsin families and providereal solutions. “I stand ready, with my Democratic colleagues, to fight

against Governor Walker's budget and instead fight forthe success of our Wisconsin families."Rep. Bowen called Walker’s budget proposals “more

of the same old short-sighted politics that has kept Wis-consin last in the Midwest in jobs.“Instead of working toward a long-term solution to the

growing deficit in Wisconsin’s transportation fund, he’sproposing to delay necessary repairs and keep borrowingmoney until it’s someone else’s problem.’Instead of making investments in the UW system that

will make higher education affordable for middle classfamilies, Bowen pointed to the governor’s intent to cut$300 million from higher education and pushing off re-sponsibility to a new state agency.“Instead of giving public schools the funding they need

to help our kids succeed, he’s (Walker) spending morepublic funding to unaccountable voucher schools.“The economic recovery that we’re seeing all over the

country has been passing Wisconsin by,” Bowen added.“We need real leadership and real solutions that will helpcreate good-paying jobs and rebuild our state, not morekicking the can down the road. Instead of talking aboutboldness in Iowa, Gov. Walker needs to start showingboldness in Wisconsin.”Sources for this story: Wisconsin State Journal,

Aliyah Frumin of MSNBC, USA Today, the offices ofSen. Taylor, Harris Dodd, and Rep. Bowen.

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Black state lawmakers criticalof Gov. Walker’s 2015 budget

“The Governor’s smokeand mirrors approach tobalancing the statebudget will ultimatelyburn the very taxpayershe boasts of helping”

--Sen. Lena Taylor

In the early 1970s, the Temptations sang a song called “Ball of Confusion.” One of the lineswas: ”People moving out, people moving in; why because of the color of their skin.” Over thepast 60 years, since the formal removal of segregation, even though Blacks are more segregatednow than ever before, we have watched Black people move into all white neighborhoods andwithin a few years, all of the white people move out. This phenomenon has been an economic boom for the real estate community, not only creating

new suburbs around many urban cities, but now we have the resurgence and influx of white peoplecoming back into the very cities and neighborhoods that they left nearly 60 years previous (gen-trification). As a child, I remember moving on to a block where I would later learn that our family was the

third Black family to live on this block (I remember having white friends that I played with). Thisonce all-white neighborhood became all Black in only three years (this represents a ton of movingin and moving out). This happened all over the country where Black people would move into white neighborhoods

and the only exception is where Blacks move in very high priced neighborhoods (at a certain eco-nomic level, race doesn’t matter). Many of these desired neighborhoods, over the next 20 – 30years, would not only become all Black, but would experience severe levels of decline, blight andmassive disinvestment. In spite of the removal of “legal” segregation, what really triggered thismassive relocation? I believe it to be white supremacy and black inferiority. Generally speaking (there is a ton of evidence to support this) there are many white people

who don’t want to live with Black people and the acceptance of physical integration was anillusion. The real integration was the integrating of the Black economy. For those white readers,I can tell you that many Black people that are 50 years and older romanticize about pre-integrationwhen Black people owned their own stores and there was a general sense that Black people hadmore control of their own destiny, especially when it came to doing for self. During segregation,many Black neighborhoods reflected real diversity. Blacks owned a good portion of its businesscommunity (i.e. Black owned hotels, insurance companies, banks, grocery stores, clothing stores,furniture stores, etc.). During this same period, segregated Black schools with Black teachers andadministrators produced a better product than today’s public schools. While I’m not advocating having laws, systems, and institutions that discriminate against Black

people (these fights were justified); I, however, like many other Black people, feel the same waythat many whites feel - I want to live with my own people. If most Blacks also feel this way, thenwe need to understand what happened and why we fled our own neighborhoods to live in placeswhere we weren’t even wanted. The legacy of slavery involves a heavy dose of white supremacy and black inferiority which

was embedded in Black people during the enslavement process (making a slave - this was theonly way that slavery would’ve worked for so long). One of the characteristics of this disease isthat you love others more than you love yourself and this accounts for why Black people wouldflee their own neighborhoods to go live in neighborhoods where it made clear that they were notwanted. Blacks were made to love white people and some, especially those who were more economi-

cally mobile, were severely bitten by white supremacy and black inferiority. Those that were mosteconomically mobile were our so-called educated (elite) and therefore have fallen for the illusionof integration more than most Blacks and because they were our leaders they made integrationthe mantra for the Black community. They, in many cases, define white neighborhoods as goodand Black neighborhoods as inferior. Sure our communities were/are not perfect, not by a long shot. I ask you how Black commu-

nities would ever improve if the most economically mobile move out leaving the communitypoorer and without economic and human resources. Today too many of our communities are ex-tremely poor and Blacks who have achieved some level of wealth now live in white communities.As Malcolm X once said about Black people who believe that those that oppressed our ancestorswould magically now come to love us “you’ve been bamboozled, you’ve been hoodwinked.” Iknow the educated Black person is saying “I’m educated and I have two doctorate degrees fromHarvard, Princeton, and/or Yale. I’m doing my own thing. I know what I like and what I don’tlike and no one controls my mind.” I ask you, what have these universities really taught you? Didthey restore the knowledge that was taken from you? Did they teach you of the horrors perpetuatedon your ancestors by them? Did they teach you about the tricks and lies of racism? Did they breakdown the structural

racism, discrimination, and bias and how to abolish it? NO! Your great American universitiestaught you how to assimilate (be like them) and to get out of the “ghetto;” (Black inferiority); howto run from your people; how to get ahead (of other Blacks) but never whites; how to uphold andemulate the systems that wreak havoc on the Black man on a daily basis, and how to love whitepeople and hate yourself. For the most part, these schools taught Blacks how not to use the power on loan to help your

own people especially to advance Black self-determination. If given a chance, we know that

Black people can compete and win (our problem is that it hasn’t been a fair playing field). Youcan compete because you come from greatness (something you know nothing about because youwere never taught). For the most part, you’re at these universities that help to perpetuate theillusion of the “American dream” for everyone and believe that we live in a post racial societyand you, unlike millions of your Black people who are just lazy and looking for a handout, youchoose to work hard and the benefit for working hard is that you get to be with White people (wewill let you in). If you’re honest, Mr. Black elite and tell the world what your real experiences areand how you are really treated, both in school and out, you are reminded daily that you are Blackand how vicious and stinging racism is or maybe you’re just too dumb to even notice it. The greatCarter G. Woodson stated that the Black man in America hasn’t been truly educated and/or em-powered; he has been mis-educated to love White people and to deplore his own Black people. Today, at 57, I must diligently and constantly be on guard against acting on my own “learned”

black inferiorities. This is why I’ve personally abolished the “N” word. The “N” word was createdduring our enslavement (I try not to use the word slavery or slaves) by the slave owners (I try notto use the word slave master). The word was used to demean and dehumanize our Blacks and itis associated with the “created” perception that Blacks were inferior, lazy, ugly, and subhuman.When I hear how people use the word as a term of endearment, it’s very clear to me that theyhave bought in entirely to Black inferiority. To combat a lifetime of learned inferiority, I need astrong and positive “Black” filter that I’m able to funnel my thoughts through. It is hard for manywhite people to understand how pervasive white supremacy and black inferiority is and it is com-municated throughout every known medium (you’ll just have to believe me). It’s extremely suf-focating, it’s everywhere and most importantly, it is thoroughly engrained within Black culture.THE BLACK FILTER CAN ONLY GROW THROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF SELF – SO IFYOURE NOT STUDYING FROM OUR GREAT BLACK LEADERS, TEACHERS, ANDRESISTORS, YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BUILD THE FILTER NEEDED TO IN-TERNALLY FIGHT THE MASSIVE PROPOGANDA OF BLACK INFERIORITY ANDWHITE SUPREMACY. What is your belief Black Man? Can we challenge the conditions facing Black people in Amer-

ica? If you answered “no” you’ve been poisoned by black inferiority and white supremacy andtrust me, it’s not your fault (you just have work to do – you must get on a path of deprogramming).If you answered “yes” but you can’t point to any tangible proof that you are doing anything aboutit (you’re not engaged in the struggle), you too have been poisoned by black inferiority and whitesupremacy. You have just as much work to do as those who believe that we can’t challenge theconditions facing Black people in America. In fact you might have more work to do because youacknowledge the poison but your response is still not to do anything about it. Many of you talkabout Black power but don’t have a Black conscious and therefore, you do nothing about it. Whatare you waiting for? For the truly conscious Black man knows that no one will do for the Blackman but the Black man. The question still remains who is oppressing the Black man today? From 1500 through nearly

1970, it was clearly the white slave owners; a white government; and a number of white controlledinstitutions. In addition to the structural and systems that discriminate against Black people,poverty and all of its derivatives is the oppressor of Black people. Access to capital and qualityeducation are key factors to combating poverty, but securing this for poor people is extremely dif-ficult and almost impossible given the structural nature of both (where you start matters). Capitalresources (wealth) and access to quality education are key factors that predestined the Black com-munity to becoming a permanent underclass trapped in poverty unless Blacks break this cycle.Black people are still discussing reform goals that Brown vs Board of Education has yet to resolve60 years later – lest we forget.In part one of this article “Lest we Forget,” I tried to zero in on what Malcom X

once said “the oppressor will never feel the pain of the oppressed.” Will the childrenof the oppressor ever feel the pain of the children of the oppressed? Also, today whoare the oppressors? The Black man in America is most definitely being oppressed,and while there is no chattel enslavement and its barbaric treatment of Black peoplenor no Jim Crow laws and the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan – we now have institu-tions that are oppressive to Black people. These institutions are color blind and exist to perpetuate themselves – they don’t

have the capacity to distinguish those that are unable to meet the threshold of criteriamandated by them which will allow them to participate. This is why in the ’60s duringthe civil rights era, in an effort to address the overwhelming disparities that these in-stitutions help to create; many affirmative actions were given to Black people (i.e.university enrollments, job applications, bank loans, housing purchases, etc.). It wasgenerally understood that slavery put Black people behind the proverbial eight balland made them unable to compete with white people. The guidelines were too highto achieve for many Black people and unless something like affirmative action wasenacted, these systems would continue to “structurally” lock out Black people. Lestwe forget. In my next article we will describe additional legacies of slavery, specifically the

role that the media has and continues to play in defining Black people. --Rahim Islam is a National Speaker and Writer, Convener of Philadel-

phia Community of Leaders, and President/CEO of Universal Companies,a community development and education management company headquar-tered in Philadelphia, PA. Follow Rahim Islam on FaceBook(Rahim Islam)& Twitter (@RahimIslamUC)

The Milwaukee Community Journal February 4, 2015 Page 6

Marketplace found that they quali-fied for financial assistance,” saidHeather Dummer Combs, MKENenrollment project manager. “So, with more insurance plans of-

fered in this enrollment period, con-sumers should shop for the plan thatfits their health needs and budget.”Seven Milwaukee Public Library

branches will also continue to offerspecial computer hours staffed bytrained individuals from CoveringKids & Families, Milwaukee HealthServices, Inc., and the MHD duringthe below times: Mondays-1-5 p.m., Feb. 2, Feb. 9,

Washington Park Library, 2121 N.Sherman Blvd.Wednesdays-12-3:30 p.m., Feb. 4,

Feb. 11, Capitol Library, 3969 N.74th St.Wednesdays-12-3:30 p.m., Feb. 4,

Feb. 11, Mill Road Library, 6431 N.76th St.Wednesdays 3:30-5 p.m. Feb. 4,

Feb. 11, Central Library, 814 W.Wisconsin Ave.Wednesdays 4:30-7:30 p.m. Feb.

4, Feb. 11, Forest Home Library,1432 W. Forest Home Ave.Wednesdays 5-8 p.m., Feb. 4, Feb.

11, Martin Luther King Library, 310W. Locust St.

Saturdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Feb. 7,Feb. 14, Center Street Library, 2727W. Fond du Lac Ave.Individuals with questions regard-

ing the Health Insurance Marketplaceare encouraged to visit www.health-care.gov or call (800) 318-2596. For local assistance, area residents

can dial 2-1-1 to be connected to anassister in their area.

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“If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand thatpushes him into the ghetto, he willnever become strong enough to get

out of the ghetto.”--Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History Month

BLACK MANHOOD TRAINING- If you’re working with Blackteenage boys or have Black teenagesons then you need to pick up the fol-lowing four booklets “Superstar on aLosing Team”, “The Jig Saw Puzzleof Black Unity”, “Looking at theWorld Thru the Eyes of Our Ances-tors” and Restoring Elder Black Mento a Position of Respect”. You canpurchase all four for only $10.00.Contact Tony Courtney at CoffeeMakes You Black 2803 N. TeutoniaAve. or call 374-2364. This willmake a great gift for Black HistoryMonth.CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF

THE SELMA HISTORIC MARCH -Is anyone planning to take a bus to

Selma Alabama for the 50th Anniver-sary of the March? This would be agreat experience for youth and adults.BROTHER TO BROTHER – Pro-

vides an opportunity for young menages 13-18 to explore issues relevantto their physical, mental and spiritualgrowth as young men. The UrbanUnderground has partnered withMuhibb Dyer and Kwabena Nixon in2015 to facilitate Brother to Brothersessions. Sessions feature food and engag-

ing activities that build knowledgeand skills in the areas of leadership,confidence, communication, cultureand character. There is no grade point or school

attendance requirements to join

Brother to Brother. If you have anyquestions please contact : DariusScott at 414-444-8726 ordarius@urban underground.org.THE BODY AND SOUL HEAL-

ING ARTS CENTER - is excited tobring you a locally made indoor mar-ket, the first weekend of every monthFebruary (Feb.7th and Feb. 8th) thruMay 2015, 10AM to 4PM on Satur-days and Noon-4PM on Sundays.You are invited to keep your moneyand support in the community byshopping at this market, located inthe Sherman Park neighborhood,bringing together her talent and cre-ativity of Milwaukee artists, food ar-tisans, crafters and more. The Bodyand Soul Healing Arts Center is lo-cated at 3617 N. 48th St. Milwaukee,WI.TREE OF LIFE QI GONG

CLASS – Learn how to cultivateyour life force to help you bringabout success in your life and im-prove your health. This science isover 4,000 years old. Sunday, Febru-ary 8th from 2PM – 3:30PM at 4712W. Fond du Lac Ave. Donation forclass is $5.00.

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KALEIDOSCOPEKALEIDOSCOPEthe MCJ l i fes ty le & en te r ta inment sec t ion

FROMTHEBLACKBy Tony Courtney

NINETY YEARS YOUNG!Mildred McCarty (seatedcenter) recently celebratedher 90th birthday with familyand friends. She receivedfour proclamations congratu-lating her for her longevityand contributions to thecommunity. McCarty is seenat left with her immediatefamily (starting front, left toright): Grandson Cornell Mc-Carty, Mildred, and herdaughter Valerie Hatcher;(back row, left to right):granddaughters Trina Blan-chard and Tonya McCarty.(Photo by Yvonne Kemp)

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astrology, astronomy, philosopy, cosmetics, board games, government, math-ematics, temple building, education, and the creators of the world’s first uni-versity – All African as noted in Cases 3 and 4.Case 4 continues with the African presence in China and in the Americas

followed by a mounted portrait of Mansa Musa ringing in an introduction tothe Mali Empire and the era of the Great African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali,and Songhay. Musa would be remembered in historical corridors as “TheRichest Man in the World” with an adjusted fortune in 1324 of $400 billiondollars. The bloodline of African genius and mastery continues in the kingdom of

Songhay in West Africa. Lasting over the 119 years from 1475 C.E. to 1594C.E., this proud African legacy of achievement, mastery, invention and geniuswas spirited at the University of Songhay in Timbuktu.Attracting students and scholars from all of West Africa and from foreign

countries, this university describes Williams consisted of a Faculty of Lawand departments of Medicine and Surgery, Grammar, Geography, Philosophyand Art. Songhay attracted and trained the likes of scholars, mathematicians, poets,

musicians, engineers, architects, writers, artist, astronomers, spiritualist anddeep well thinkers.Continuing in Case 4 is the Moors occupation of Europe, in the region then

known as Andalus/Spain, for the 781 years from 711 A.D. to January 2, 1492A.D. The Moors, who were Black and of African descent, brought this pop-ulation out of their Dark ages.The Moors shared with the European populace their architectural brilliance;

created for them cosmopolitan cities with lighted streets; instructed in thestudies of literature, the sciences, government. medicine, social etiquette, as-trology, astronomy, geometry, calculous, poetry, art, philosophy, history, lan-

guage, spiritual studies, geography and in their classical musical traditions.And yes, classical music is an African creation – not European.A “We Built It” board introduces the era of North American enslavement

noting achievements during this time of Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the firstAfrican American woman to earn a medical degree earing her a Doctress ofMedicine in 1864; Fannie Jackson Coppin who although was born in enslave-ment would become in freedom the first African American woman to headan institution of higher learning in 1865, The Institute for Colored Youth, nowCheyney University in Pennsylvania.Mathematician, linguist, and educator Charles Lewis Reason is profiled in

Case 5 joined by poet Phyllis Wheatley, concert singer Elizabeth TaylorGreenfield and anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyerMary Ann Shadd Cary. Reconstruction is briefed in Case 6 featuring Richard Greener, the first

African American to graduate from Harvard in 1870 and Henry Ossian Flip-per who graduated West Point in 1877.Case 7 will highlight for viewers a salute to historical Black inventors citing

Garret A. Morgan, Granville T. Woods, Lewis Latimer and George Washing-ton Carver. A series of charts and drawings are included in this feature onBlack inventor samplings.Despite the inferiorized and powerless image of Blacks as portrayed by

Western historiography, the African World centered perspective as revealedin this installation correctly identifies African Americans as highly resistant,highly resilient, masterfully adaptive, masterfully creative, masterfully skilledand masterfully equalizing.By “equalizing,” we are not talking about being “equal” to anybody else.

The term “equalization” herein is meant that in an African/Colored/Negrocontext during these 346 years from 1619 through 1964, the Black collectivesurfaced numerous examples that wherever we were in America during thispre-integrationist period, we were able to survive, adapt, duplicate, match,improve upon, compete, excel and master any and all progressive NorthAmerican humankind societal and professional engagements. The newly freed enslaved as of 1865 and well into the Reconstruction

and Jim Crow eras for example built houses, towns, communities, busi-

nesses, families, schools, universities, institutions and futures. Dr. Claude Anderson would remind us (and as echoed by our good Bro.

Dr. Booker Coleman in Hidden Colors 1), that even right after 1865’sEmancipation Proclamation and well into the 1900’s, Black people collec-tively were the fastest growing educated populace in America. As a group, we would have been the most skilled-competitive in a free

open market up to the point of the 1970’s into present day 2015 when weas a people began to decline and regress during the integration era.Cases 7 and 8 concludes with a segment entitled “Outstanding Victories

in 2014” sharing the wins of Willor Kipsand and Mary Keitan who wonfirst place titles in the New York City Marathon; Serena Williams who wasvoted 2014 WTA Player of the Year; Alia Atkinson in her fame to becomethe first Black woman to win a world title in swimming, and Justin Lynch,a California 16-year-old whose “Black Splash” beat Michael Phelps’ 12year Olympic record. Included throughout the eight installation cases are twenty-four select

sample renderings of “Young, Gifted & Black” headlines and accompany-ing profile pictures from the Milwaukee Courier Newspaper bi-weekly se-ries “Young, Gifted & Black.”“We are greatly appreciative of the rich investment of the time, attention,

and scholarship as presented by Global African Images in the exhibit,“Presence, Invention. Civilization In Black,” says Walter J. Lanier, Chair ofMATC’s President Diversity Council. He adds that, “we are especially pleased as Taki is working the cases in

the second floor corridor to hear members of the MATC faculty, staff andstudents as they walk by welcome him back for his third year, supportinghis efforts, and looking forward to the completed installation,” he adds.MATC power point classroom presentations are available on the AGI

project. A workshop on “Teaching African American History in the Class-room and in the Home will be scheduled at MATC during the third week inFebruary.Please contact Marvette Cox in the Department of Counseling and Advis-

ing, (414) 297-8027, for any further information on the display and relatedevents associated with Black History Month at MATC.

Milwaukee Business DivasHost Business Vendor FairBy Taki S. RatonThe Milwaukee Business Divas Face Book Club is

sponsoring their Business Vendor Fair on Saturday, Feb-ruary 14, 2015 at the Wisconsin African AmericanWomen’s Center (WAAWC), 3020 West Vliet Street,from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Targeted primarily for women entrepreneurs, the event

will highlight vendors featuring a variety of consumerproducts by women entrepreneurs who are paving theway to becoming successful business owners.

Vendors will include Tate’s Cakes, Mari Chih FineFashion Jewelry & Accessories, Embellished Accessories& Gifts, Passion Parties by Felecia D., Mary Kay Inde-pendent Beauty Consultants Linda Cooper & EbonyWhitson, Midwest Talent Productions, Jamberry Consult-

ant, Cheryl Landry, Catering by Roses Inc, Valu PiecesWomen’s Accessories, Left Handed Lady- Hand Bags,Distinctive Designs by Tomira, as well as many other in-cluding health & wellness, fashion boutiques, food ven-dors, sales & marketing professionals. The Milwaukee Diva’s Face Book club is not only

about the importance of owning your own business, butmost importantly about networking, growing and main-taining your business. We will be presenting future work-shops on various business topics and would like to inviteany business to “like” our FB page for more informationand updates at Milwaukee Business Diva's.Since it is Valentine’s Day expect to see lots of valen-

tine specials and gift giving items. The Milwaukee Business Divas FB Club was started

by Jackie Tate of Tate’s Cakes, a Baker who sells customcakes, pies and more through her FB marketing. Otherbusiness women saw what she was doing and began topost to her a description of their business, and she referredto them as a “Business Diva,” thus, Milwaukee BusinessDivas FB Club was born.Live entertainment will be shared featuring the Voices

of Love. Vendor set up will begin at 9 a.m.For more information or vendor opportunities contact,

Jackie Tate at 414-466-1170 or Linda Cooper 414-433-7708

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fin (Leon) in 1964 -- and song-writing by Smokey Robinson (Erik MichaelTristanis) and Norman Whitfield (Mel Jackson) -- the Temps achieve stardomwith “My Girl,” which hits number one on Billboard’s pop and R&B charts.They are backed on the records by Motown’s Funk Brothers studio musi-cians.Using dance steps taught by Cholly Atkins (Russell Clark), the Temps

perform their hits on tour, on TV and in the Copacabana in New York. Theywow audiences with the likes of “Get Ready,” “Beauty is Only Skin Deep,”“I Could Never Love Another,” “Since I Lost My Baby,” “I Can’t Get Nextto You” and “You’re My Everything.”Riveting work by each actor and actress channels the Temptations’ years

of trials, tribulations and egos. Included is Paul Williams’ alcoholism andsuicide; Ruffin’s bad work ethic, drug addiction, attempts to take over andbeing replaced by Dennis Edwards (Charles Ley) of the Contours; OtisWilliams’ divorce and accidental death of his son; family health problems,and Franklin’s shooting by a car-jacker and battle with arthritis.Old grudges vanish in 1989 when the Temps are inducted into the Rock

and Roll Hall of Fame. Sadness arrives when Ruffin overdoses in 1991,Kendricks dies of lung cancer in 1992 and Franklin of a heart attack in1995. The latter is eulogized at his funeral by the real Smokey Robinson, with anemotional rendition of his “Really Gonna Miss You” -- bringing tears to alarge group of music industry mourners and friends.In the film’s melancholy finale, the 1964-68 Temps -- led by Ruffin --

reprise “My Girl” on stage in an empty theater. And then a voice intones“Temptations Forever.”Milwaukee native Richard G. Carter is a freelance columnist

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giving to black charitable organizations.The Fashion Fair successfully toured the country for 50 years, employing

an all-black staff and models. Hessburg established a highly regarded fash-ion program that’s brought international fashion icons to Mount Mary andhas produced thousands of students with their own diverse fashion perspec-tive, including industry leaders Donna Ricco, Karen Davidson and ElizaAudley. This March, Mount Mary will celebrate the 50th anniversary of itsnoted fashion program.“Eunice and Sr. Aloyse were pioneers who worked to ensure that fashion

wasn’t exclusionary,” says School of Arts & Design Dean Barbara Arm-strong. “They both took bold actions that helped push the boundaries of di-versity, acceptance and female empowerment.”The connection between the two entities also includes four sold-out

Ebony Fashion Fairs that Mount Mary held on its campus from 1996 to1998 and again in 2001. In 2011 and 2013, Mount Mary Friends of Fashion purchased 34 Ebony

Fashion Fair designer garments to add to the University’s approximately10,000-piece Historic Costume Collection. Thirteen of those pieces are nowon display at the Milwaukee Art Museum to complement the garments inthe traveling Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair exhibition.

Mount Mary’s Ebony Fashion Fair Collection features distinct anduniquely different garments that showcase the talents and vision of notedAmerican, Australian, British, Dutch, French, Italian and Polish designers.A daywear ensemble in electric blue by Chinese American designer AnnaSui, reflects Art Nouveau and late 1960s/early ‘70’s influence. A beadedand ostrich-feathered evening gown by Tomasz Starzewski, one of Britain’sleading fashion designers who created pieces for Princess Diana and PrimeMinister Margaret Thatcher, is also showcased.Katherine Stephens, a Mount Mary fashion department instructor, in-

terned in London with Starzewski in 2006 and will share insights aboutStarzewski’s design philosophy and take guests on a “tour” of the innerconstruction of the gowns at one of the Inspiring Beauty events on April 18(more information below).

Mount Mary’s Ebony Fashion Fair Collection continues to inspire ascurrent fashion design students have created contemporary garments thatreflect the spirit, style and creativity of the Fair. The student garments will be spotlighted during a special Milwaukee Art

Museum “Express Walks” events on February 12 and March 26, and duringthe University’s 50th anniversary celebration of the fashion program onMarch 21. They will hit the runway during CREO, the University’s annual student

designer fashion and art show held in May.For more information on Mount Mary’s Ebony Fashion Fair garments,

the Historic Costume Collection and Inspiring Beauty events, please con-tact Barbara Armstrong, at (414) 258-4810, ext. 223,armstrob@mtmary.edu, or visit mtmary.edu. More information on InspiringBeauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair can be found at mam.org/inspiring-beauty/.

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