HOUSTON- “The 16th Strike,” a documentary in progress, is directed and produced by T Alika Hickman with videographer Danny Russo. Hickman, was born in New York & raised in New Orleans, is the survivor of a stroke and two brain aneurysms. Additionally, she is a Hip Hop artist with Krip Hop Nation – artists with disabilities – as well as
By: Rebecca S. Jones African-American News & Issues Raised in a planned community developed in the 1940’s which was settled by African-Americans is Pastor Samuel Compton Sr.. Settegast was a self-sustained community during segregation, residents raised hogs and chickens and grew greens and potatoes. Young Samuel was nurtured and molded under two of Settegast most prominent and notorious leaders, the
African-American News & Issues presents: Damian E. LaCroix is a native Houstonian. After graduating from Westbury High School in 1992, Mr. LaCroix went on to receive his Finance degree from Texas A&M University in College Station. Before entering law school, Mr. LaCroix worked at Schlumberger as an accountant where he prepared accounting records, analyzed and interpreted financial records and advised
By: Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher American author, politician, educator and lawyer, James Weldon Johnson once revealed a simple yet prolific thought. “You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, there’s a world waiting for you and yours is the quest that’s just begun.” I could not agree with him more especially when I see the
Gov. Rick Perry threatened to call legislators back to Austin this summer if they don’t meet his demands for tax relief and money for water projects.“It should be no surprise that if folks want to go home at the end of this legislative session, send me $1.8 billion worth of tax relief. Send me a balanced budget that has no
By: State Rep.Borris L. Miles, District 146 Last week, I was shocked to read that Sunnyside, the neighborhood I grew up in, listed as the sixth most dangerous neighborhood in the country by Money Magazine. When you think of the most dangerous neighborhoods in this country, places like Chicago, South-Central Los Angeles, Southeast Washington D.C., or West Baltimore come to
By: Paula Harris, HISD Board of Education District IV Trustee & Rhonda Skillern-Jones, HISD Board of Education District II Trustee Last November, voters throughout Houston, and especially those in our historically African-American neighborhoods, rallied together on behalf of our children to overwhelmingly approve the most ambitious school rebuilding plan in Texas history. As elected members of the Houston Independent School
By Roy Douglas Malonson Publisher William Wells Brown, a prominent African-American novelist and historian once stated, “All I demand for the Black man is, that the White people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.” I couldn’t agree with him more. People just never cease to amaze me
By: Rebecca S. Jones African-American News & Issues HOUSTON – Named in 1865 and settled primarily by African-American freedmen is Houston’s 5th Ward segment of the city. Phyllis Wheatley, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Barbara Jordan, Mickey Leland, Bert L. Long Jr., George Foreman, Beneva Williams and James Prince are amidst only a snippet of the individuals whose gifts and talents the historically
HOUSTON- African-American News&Issues presents: Esther’s Cajun Cafe &Soul Food. As a little girl Esther never acknowledged obstacles in her life. Becoming an entrepreneur was her sole aspiration but cooking exceptional Cajun and Soul Food was embedded in her soul. Her mother, Gladiola Lewis whose expertise is Cajun