April 30, 2023
Vol. 28, Issue 15
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION
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African-American News&Issues
“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”
David Hughes
Pathways into ESports
By: Crystal LaShan
An esport enthusiast, tech scholar, and an innovative leader. David C. Hughes leads the charge to empower Black youth to claim their place in esports. In 2022, he was named a leader in the Metaverse by U.S. Black Engineer Magazine. In 2019, while at Hampton University, David secured a $400,000 technology grant to start the first esports initiative at an HBCU (Historically Black colleges and universities). In addition to his work in education and sports, David is the founder and CEO of the Give Black App, the world’s first social impact financial technology (FinTech) app for Black philanthropic efforts for Black organizations. Hughes has poistioned himself as a Master of the esports field as he has obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Leadership from Prairie View A&M University, a Bachelor First, many of our ancestors have duplicity of Arts from Morehouse College in Kinesiology, in the almost extinction of Native Americans, sport studies, and health education. He also simply because Native Americans were willing obtained a graduate school of education preto fight for their human rights to be free and doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. would not be a slave. The 1619 Project was Preceding his work in higher education, David about the vile, greediness, and evilness of has had numerous years of experience in the settlers who did not want to work to clear the sports industry working for the Houston Texans, land to build the infrastructure of the nation, the University of Texas, and interning at ESPN, and we all know the historical facts. The the University of Miami, 790 the Zone, and Founders wrote an almost perfect Georgia State University during spiritual Godly documents. America on his undergraduate studies. Esports on pg. 5 pg. 3
Is The Soul of America Corrupted?
By: Bobby Mills, PhD
The rationale for spiritually asking this question is based upon Native American annihilation, the 1619 Project, the spiritual tenets of the Preamble, U. S. Constitution, and the profound spiritual words inscribed upon Lady Liberty (The Statute of Liberty). America, before attempting to answer this question we must spiritually understand these scriptural words of inspiration: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Romans 8: 28).