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Vol. 63 No. 23 |
Thursday, June 8, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
SECURING THE PLACE OF THE
NEGRO LEAGUES IN BASEBALL HISTORY
PORTER ELEMENTARY’S STAR STUDENTS SEE PAGE 7
ALL WHITE EVENT CELEBRATES EXCELLENCE SEE PAGE 8
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. THE AFRO AMERICAN NEWS
BLACK CAUCUS BILLS
The families of Negro League baseball players are calling for a national day of recognition and attention for the Negro Leagues, the Black ballplayers who were excluded because of race from Major League Baseball teams. The descendants have come together to form the Negro Leagues Family Alliance (NLFA), established in February.
PROTECTING BLACK CHILDREN, UNION WORKERS ADVANCE By Antonio Ray Harvey CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA Pro-public service legislation introduced by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor’s (D-Inglewood), Assembly Bill (AB) 1, moved closer to becoming law when it was passed by the Assembly with a 66-3 vote late last month. It is now under consideration in the Senate. If passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Newsom, the bill will permit California
East Team, 1948 Negro league East–West All-Star Game, Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois. Back row: Lester Lockett, Monte Irvin, Rufus Lewis, Henry Miller, Luke Easter, Robert Griffith, Pat Scantlebury, Wilmer Fields, Bill Cash, Vic Harris and manager Jose Fernandez. Front row: Buck Leonard, Bob Harvey, Marvin Barker, Frank Austin, Pee Wee Buts, Minnie Minoso, Luis Marquez, Louis Louden, Bob Romby, Junior Gilliam. PHOTO: Courtesy of Blackpressusa.com
NLFA is calling on Major League Baseball (MLB) to establish May 2 as annual “Negro League Day” in all 30 Major League Baseball parks across the nation, marking the day the first Negro League game was played. The con-
Covid-19 cases in southeast PHOTO: Pexels
legislative staff to unionize and collectively bargain for wages, benefits and working conditions, regardless of their political affiliation. “Legislative staff aren’t looking for special treatment. They are looking for the same dignity and respect afforded to all represented workers,” said McKinnor in a statement after her colleagues voted to advance the legislation. See CAUCUS page 2
Kristen Welker Making History as first black ‘MEET THE PRESS’ MODERATOR
SOURCE: County of San Diego [Data through 5/27/2023, Updated 6/1/2023]
See WELKER page 2
See BASEBALL page 2
14,794
22,350
20,991
25,275
18,574
12,587
92102
92105
92113
92114
92115
92139
By Tracy DeFore COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Nearly 400,000 postcards are on their way to registered voters in the Fourth Supervisorial District listing their voting options for the Aug. 15 special primary election. The person elected will fill District 4’s vacant seat for the remainder of the current term ending in January 2027. Only those who live in the district can vote in the election. See POSTCARDS page 2
IMAGE: Courtesy of County of San Diego
DR. CORNEL WEST
DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT AP
NBC’s long-standing political panel show, “Meet the Press,” will experience a history-making change as Chuck Todd, the current moderator, announces his departure after nearly a decade. Stepping into his shoes will be Kristen Welker, the first Black host of the renowned program.
PHOTO: NNPA
The family members that makeup NLFA represent ten Negro League players: Dennis Biddle, Bill Foster, Rube Foster, Josh Gibson, Pete Hill, Buck Leonard, Fran Matthews, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, Norman Thomas “Turkey” Stearnes and Ron “Schoolboy” Teasley, who is 96 years old. Teasley was drafted by Major League Baseball’s Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 after playing for the New York Cubans of the Negro League. His daughter, Lydia Teasley, is a member of NLFA.
POSTCARDS GO OUT TO REGISTERED VOTERS FOR DISTRICT 4 SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA NEWSWIRE SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
During his announcement, Todd, 51, stated that he wanted to put his family first and avoid letting work consume him, citing examples of friends and family who regretted not doing the
test that spring day pitted the Indianapolis ABCs and the Chicago Giants against each other.
Scholar and progressive activist Cornel West announced Monday he is running for president next year as a third-party candidate, saying he wants to empower people who have been “pushed to the margins.” See CORNEL page 12
Cornel West in 2016. PHOTO: DW Nance 5/ Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0
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