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THE PORT LAVACA WAVE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018
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“The Struggle Is Still Real” is the theme
of the Black History Month Celebration
set for Saturday, Feb. 17, at Mt. Sinai
Baptist Church, 419 W. Center St.
The event begins at 2 p.m. and will fea-
ture speaker Leslie Barnes, a perfor-
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Former Port Lavaca resident Leslie Barnes will
be the featured speaker during the Black History
Month Celebration Saturday, Feb. 17, at Mt.
Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. He will address
the topic, “What Does It Mean To Be Black In
America?”(Courtesy photo)
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The Washington Street Boys of Edna will perform
during the Black History Celebration Saturday, Feb.
17, at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church.
Martin Luther King, Jr., addressing the
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"I’m starting with the man in the mirror/
I’m asking him to change his ways."
Michael Jackson
BY DD Turner
Staff Writer
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968, in
Memphis, Tenn.
"Things have gotten a lot better since Dr. King’s death, but
we are fighting some of the same issues, for instance, rac-
ism, and President Trump calling Haiti and countries in Africa
S-Holes " said Leslie Bames, former Port Lavaca resident
and retired high school administrator who will be speaking
at the Black History Month celebration Feb 17 at Mt. Sinai
Missionary Baptist Church, 419 W Center St. in Port Lavaca.
"What Does It Mean To Be Black In America" will be the topic
of Mr. Barnes’ speech during the celebration.
The fight is now against James Crow Esquire. He is subtle.
He dresses in a suit and tie and use code words, such as, "We
reserve the right to serve who we want" or "Make America
Great Again", which replaces "For Whites Only".
"My speech will address some of these issues that not only
affect Black America, but America as a whole. How can you
tell someone else that they need to clean their house (country),
while your house is in disarray. America needs to look in the
mirror and quit playing the blame game," said Bames. Bames
also plans to touch the systemic nature of racism. ... Some
people called President Obama everything but a child of God.
Some stated Mrs. Obama looked like a "gorilla."
"As a race, Black folks have been "culturally conditioned"
that "whites are superior" and "Blacks are inferior". With that
being said, African Americans are undervalued, underestimat-
ed and marginalized"
On Dr. King, Bames wants people to understand that Dr.
King was not just for Blacks, but "humanity as a whole. He did
not see black, white, gay or straight but saw that this should
be an inclusive America. He was preaching equality for all
walks of life."
President Obama did what he thought was best for
America. On the night of his inauguration, Senator Mitch
McConnell and other republican senators were making plans
“Our needs are identical uui+h labor’s needs:
decent wages, fair working conditions, livable
housing, old-age security, health and welfare
measures, conditions in which families can grow,
have education for their children, and respect in the
community. That is why Megroes support labor’s
demands and fight laws which curb labor. That is
why the labor-hater and labor-baiter is virtually
always a twin-headed creature spewing anti-Megro
epithets from one mouth and anti-labor propaganda
from the other mouth.
“The labor movement did not diminish the strength
of the nation but enlarged if. By raising the living
standards of millions, labor miraculously created a
market for industry and lifted the whole nation to
undreamed of levels of production. Those who today
attack labor forget these simple truths, but history
remembers them.”
Celebrating (BbacbjH'istory
Black History Month Celebration set for Saturday, Feb. 17; Leslie Barnes featured speaker
Past, Present & Future
Civil rights and union leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, and Sam Weinblatt,
take part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. This is the 50th anniversary of the death of King, who was in Memphis, Tenn., to
support African American garbage workers who were on strike to protest unsafe conditions, abusive supervisors and low wages. (Public Domain photo)
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to make President Obama a one term president, Bames noted.
"In spite of that hatred, he persevered without saying a mum-
bling word. He let it roll off his back. That’s the nature of the
beast."
And he noted, Dr. King would have been happy to see
Barack Obama elected as the first African American elected
president of the United States, noting the Rev. Jesse Jackson
feared up when Obama was elected. Jackson was with
Dr. King on the day he assassinated on the balcony of the
Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn.
Bames received his Bachelor of General Studies degree
in African Studies from the University of Kansas, where he
attended on a football scholarship, and a Masters in Physical
Education and Educational Administration from Texas
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French, Tania. The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 14, 2018, newspaper, February 14, 2018; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1301705/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.