Strategizing For Black Votes, Clinton Says She’s
Not Intimidated, Will Stand On Civil Rights Record

“I do not see myself as being disadvantaged. I have a very long record of working with and producing results for African-Americans, for poor people, for hard-working people, for kids. And I’ll put that record up against anyone. And if you want to know what kind of changes any of us will make, look at what we’ve already done. That’s the best predictor of what we will do in the future,” says Clinton in a telephone interview with the NNPA News Service the day after she lost Iowa’s Democratic Primary to Obama and former Sen. John Edwards.

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Yes, Michigan Democrats
May Vote On Tuesday, January 15th, And You Should

The Grand Rapids Times
1-11-2008
By Gertrude G. Croom

“I want the facts, and nothing but the simple facts”. This is the statement I have been hearing from those citizens asking about the 2008 presidential nomination and election. Michigan voters who consider themselves Democrats are even more confused than the country as a whole.  Here is the simple fact.

If you are a Senator Hillary Clinton supporter, you may vote for her, her name does appear on Michigan’s Democratic party ballot.

There are some lesser known Democrats who are also listed, like Dennis Kucinich, and the same applies. But, for those of you looking for Barack Obama’s name , it is not there. However, your vote for “NON COMMITtAL” would allow the delegates from Michigan to the national Democratic convention in August to perhaps support him. This could be crucial because if Senator Clinton , nor anyone does not get the required number, 2,025 delegate votes out of a total 4,049 as they go from state to state, then the delegates attending the conv ention would have the opportunity to select the candidate from the floor.This is where those noncommittal votes could make the difference in a tight floor vote.

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True Light to Install New Pastor

January 20, 2008, will be a monumental day for the members of True Light Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, when installation services for their new pastor, Reverend Javon Troy Davis, will be held at 3:30.

Born and raised in New Jersey, and one of three siblings, he attended Passaic High School. Javon then enrolled in college at Lincoln University, pursuing a degree in Biological/Premed studies.  While attending Lincoln University, Pastor Davis was formally licensed as a minister of the gospel. He was also elected as Student Government Association President, served as a member of Lincoln University’s Board of Trustees, voted Mr. Lincoln University, founded the Men of Purpose campus ministry, and served as one of the University’s Student Ministers.
 

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Great Debaters Bears Strong Message

Having seen one of the best movies I have ever seen, namely, ‘’The Great Debaters’’, and having read a piece in the Wall Street Journal by Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom, titled, ‘’Separation Anxiety’’, I thought of the ironies of so-called HBCU’s and the issues they face today.

I thought about the students these schools have graduated and the professionals they have produced.

I thought about the 13th 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution and how they were expressly written for Black people but have, over the years, evolved into laws that some believe, and others profess, to have been written for “minorities.”

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Larry 'Doc' Blue Dies

Larry “Doc” Blue’s older sister remembers him as a dreamer.

“He was blessed to be able to see many of his dreams come true,” said his older sister.

One of his dreams was to own a business. He was a businessman. For a number of years, “Doc Blue” operated a bus transportation service for chartered trips and for regular runs to casinos.

He desired to tell the truth as a journalist. He did more recently as a regular contributor to The Grand Rapids Times, and some years ago, as an editor and writer for an in-house publication.

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Will America Choose Black Skin Over Black Wingtips?

A black man is currently running for president and leading in some polls in Iowa just as the caucus is underway? Yeah, right. Next you’ll be telling me that Oprah Winfrey is endorsing him.

In all honesty, Hillary Clinton is supposed to be a done deal by now; and almost a year after she formed that exploratory committee January 20, 2007, it seems that she may be done for.

Confiscating Senator Barack Obama’s grade school essays and having former NBA star and current mega-business mogul Magic Johnson won’t be enough to tip the scales for her in what could be the most pivotal part of the campaign season.

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