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• Vol. 10 • Nov. 3 - Nov. 9, 2022
MY TRUTH By Cheryl Smith PUBLISHER
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VOTE YES FOR PROP A Advocacy Campaign Rally Held
It’s that time of year again Wednesday morning, I was a guest on a show talking about voting and how we can get folks to the polls. Prior to the show, I was thinking about what the heck I was going to talk about. What could I say that would be considered as intelligent, thought-provoking, profound and actually having an impact on potential voters? I knew that host Stacy Brown, of Let it Be Known, the show representing the Black Press of America, would be addressing the key issues and races across the country. I just wondered what could possibly be said that would make folks rush to the polls like in the movie, Head of State, featuring comedians Chris Rock and the late, great Bernie Mac. In the scene, reporters announced that the polls were closed on the East Coast and there was a chance that a Black man could become president. Next thing you know the camera switches to scores of white people running from their homes to the polls. Oh if there is something we could say or do to get that response from our audiences! Which brings me to my truth. I am going to be on the phone every day for the next week. I am going to call people I know and ask them to get up and go vote. Every conversation that I have with anyone is going to include some dialogue about voting. This is the least I can do. See MY TRUTH, page 13
Speaking during the rally: Dupree Scovell, Transforming Dallas Steering Committee; Brian Luallen, CEO Fair Park First; Rev. Lelious A. Johnson, Senior Pastor, St. Paul Baptist Church; Maria Mendez, VP, CIGNA and Visit Dallas Board Member; Fred Conwright, Owner, Two Podners Restaurant; Councilmember Gay Donnell Willis; Dr. Jerry Christian, Senior Pastor, Kirkwood Temple; Venton Jones, CEO, Southern Black Policy and Advocacy Network; Matt Garcia, Dallas Regional Chamber; Rebecca Acuna, Member of Transforming Dallas Steering Committee; and Mark Walker Jr., Owner -Walker Auto Body & Frame Shop (speaking)
Community leaders and organizations and Dallas residents participated in a community advocacy campaign rally in support of VOTE YES FOR PROP A on Thursday at Two Podners Restaurant, 1441 Robert B. Cul-
lum Blvd., Dallas 75210. Speakers showed their support for a once-in-a-generation opportunity to revitalize and expand two of Dallas’ biggest attractions for travel and tourism, Fair Park and the Kay Bailey Hutchi-
Public urged to donate to new SMU Human Rights Scholarship honoring Thomas Muhammad
son Convention Center Dallas, when residents cast their ballots November 8th for the $1.5 billion initiative. The ballot measure known as Proposition A asks citizens to vote FOR a 2% increase in the Hotel
Occupancy Tax, which is paid by overnight visitors to Dallas hotels and motels. Known as the “tourist tax,” it will repay the bonds for the renovations. This means no increase in property or sales tax for Dallas residents will occur.
Coco Gauff In D/FW Metroplex for Women’s Tennis Association Finals By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor
I WAS JUST THINKING... By Norma Adams-Wade
Sometime before he joined the ancestors in August this year, the late Thomas Muhammad had said he expected his legacy to be a film he conceived and co-produced about the life of Malcolm X, his personal warrior also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. The 2017 film – Malcolm X: An Overwhelming influence on the Black Power Movement -- is, indeed, a permanent feather in his cap. But Muhammad’s friends and admirers have decided to take his legacy a step further. See MY TRUTH, page 2
Tennis sensation Coco Gauff is living the dream as a professional tennis player. Being an inspiration is her personal dream. “My personal dream, I mean, it's just to inspire people just to do anything, not tennis, per se, but just inspire them to know that every day, you have a chance to be a better version of yourself,” said Gauff. “Life is ups and downs. And I think for me, I want to remind people that, your progress and your journey to your goal is not going to be linear, you're going to go down for a bit.
Coco Gauff - 2022 WTA Guadalajara Open Akron - Day 5
“But as long as you're looking forward to going up, it will happen,” she said Gauff made the remarks Thursday to media shortly after arriving in Fort Worth
Photo: Jimmie48/WTA
for the 2022 WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Finals Tournament which begans play at Dickie’s Arena on Monday Oct. 31 and runs See COCO GAUFF, page 15