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01:1250 YEAR CELEBRATION - COUNTY RESOLUTION - BLACK HISTORY MAKERS COMMENTS
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Verna Melton, on September 3rd, accepted Commissioner Elber Garcia's Resolution. " I am pleased, honored, and humbly accept this resolution, which all Dallas County Commissioners have approved." She reminded them not only her son, as reported by the Dallas Morning News reporter Mark Seibel; over 5,000 Black Boys had been misplaced in a program to receive federal dollars.
Also, she recalled the time in 1980 when Congressman Jim Maddox contacted us to arrange a meeting with Mr. Sam Cornelius, the chairman of the USDA. He selected us to distribute surplus cheese and butter. Mr. Lipscomb reached out to our friend Pete Schiekels, the CEO of Shepps Dairy at that time, for assistance with storage. Mr. Schiekels helped us to utilize the Affords Refrigeration warehouse on Industrial at Cadiz. We distributed cheese and butter at the Judy Lott Center, the Parking Lot at Fair Park, and Fort Worth -Wesley Chapel AME Church, paving the way for establishing the first North Texas Food Bank. With our documentation, we assisted our friends MT "Buddy" Minyard, Jack Evans, and many other grocery owners in implementing the first North Texas Food Bank.
My husband and I were contacted to help a family staying in a Shamrock service station restroom on the corner of Hatchett and Scyene in South Dallas. We brought them to our center, where they remained at the Judy Lott Center for ten days until the Board Members pitched in to pay for an apartment and assisted them with furniture. With the help of our board members Carolyn Taylor (wife of Mayor Starke Taylor) and Annette Strauss (Mayor Pro Tem), we could document that only the YMCA and the Salvation Army assisted homeless men, not women or children. With our documentation, we assisted Mayor Taylor with raising funds for the Austin Street Shelter and Annette Strauss with the second shelter to help mothers with children.
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September 11: 23 Years Later
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23 years ago today, we experienced the worst terror attack ever carried out on American soil We all remember where we were when the news broke and we remember the panic, fear, and anxiety the day brought. Tonight I want to take time to remember those who were lost, those who were heroes, and the lessons we've learned along the way. September 11 - 23 years later.
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As Carl Sagan said, "You have to know the past to understand the present." History has shaped our nation's character, and our collective strength is measured in how we came together during our most challenging moments: the Civil War, World War I, Prohibition, World War II, the Dust Bowl, McCarthyism, the Cold War, the Challenger disaster, Operation Desert Storm, 9/11 and countless struggles before and since. But history also contains triumphs, from ending slavery to the moon landing to the fall of the Berlin Wall to Mars rover Curiosity. Join in discussion on these and more with historians, collectors, authors, professors and conspiracy theorists alike. Our hosts also show much support for our troops and military families. In fact, technology has played a big part in bringing soldiers closer to home, as they text, email and Skype from the front, and our “talk to the troops†episodes are always inspiring.
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