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What a Difference a Day Makes...
He promised change. OK. But how we respond to change makes all the difference. A healthy response to 'change' involves progressing from: emotion (feel)
Disregard for the moment the disruptive change that our current economy will bring this new year. Instead, consider the potential for change in racial attitudes with the advent of our nation's first black President. It is time to examine one's own private attitudes about race - toward ours and in relation to others. Clinging to attitudes mired in white guilt or black alientation/victimhood is both energy-sapping and counter-productive. Obama's success has proven it. In the eyes of our Lord, we are all equal and unique... members of one race human. Booker T. had it right. There is no color line... Now is the time.. "to cultivate a spirit that will make us forget there's a line anyway." We are not naive. Cultural and racial clashes wont disappear. But let our differences be solely of opinion. Yes, we can... affirm an indivisible America, striving as one to achieve a more perfect union with justice and liberty for all.
Happy New Year, In this Newsletter:
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| The Values of Booker T Washington . . . . . click to view video |
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| In His Own Words... by Booker T. Washington |
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Upon Founding the National Negro Business League
- BTW's Opening Address, Boston Massachusetts, August 23, 1900
...One object of this organization of business men and women... is to bring together annually those of our race who are engaged in various branches of business, from the humblest to the highest, for the purpose of ... receiving encouragement, inspiration and information from each other. The other object is to originate plans by which local business organizations will be formed in all parts of our country...
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| President Court at the Lincoln Institute |
BTW Society President Ronald Court spoke at a recent Lincoln Institute Breakfast Forum at the University Club in Washington DC, hosted by Lincoln Institue Founder & President, Mr. Jay Parker (r). Lincoln Review write-up & Photos... |
| NEW! "Up From History" . . . The Life of Booker T. Washington |
Finally, an honest full-length biography of Booker T. - the first in a generation. Up from History recreates the life and times in which Washington worked: how he struggled against white bigots who hated his economic ambitions for blacks and against black intellectuals who resented his huge influence... Read More... To arrange a radio interview or a book-tour appearance in your city with Dr. Norrell, simply email The Society or Dr. Norrell directly. |
| Did You Know... |
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The Booker T. Washington Society's staff is all-volunteer and does not accept government funding. That means your dollars go directly to programs that help show young people how to be a "CEO" and take charge of their Character, Education & Opportunity.  |
| A Glaring Omission Commentary by Ronald Court |
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On Christmas Day, George Will wrote of a Small Successful Government Program that purports to tell America's story through some forty American works of art - primarily paintings and sculptures. Mr. Will failed to note a glaring omission of this otherwise commendable governmental effort...
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