Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford Yes indeed! Professional sports revolutionized our local economies. Some of our basketball and football stars would evolve into corporate and political leaders. Role models by the hundreds including successful entrepreneurs. All of this went to our middle class but what was still missing was the improvement done to […]
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EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
The Jim Crow Segment of Professional Sports, Part I
Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford Professional sports around the world can be proud of the social improvement that has evolved. Soccer in Europe has advanced immensely. A few years ago I was in a waiting room at a French government office. One of the French employees was watching a professional soccer game and […]
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Race is an Open Wound in America
by Harry C. Alford There seems to always be a reminder for us. A Black male being pulled over by a white policemen is in a treacherous position. I have taught my sons to pull to the curb, cut off the engine and place your hands on the wheel. DO NOT MOVE! When the policeman […]
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Beyond the Rhetoric: New Stadiums – Where Public Funds turn into Private Profit
by Harry C. Alford Oh, how I remember those beautiful Sundays when my father would take me to the Los Angeles Rams football games. We would drop my mom and baby brother off at my Aunt Lula’s home and we would journey down Hoover Ave. to the fabulous Los Angeles Coliseum. Home of the Rams […]
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The “Shining Star” Has Left Us
A Tribute to Maurice White by Harry C. Alford On February 3 my oldest daughter sent me a text saying: “Daddy, Maurice White died this morning.” I conveyed the sad news to my wife and realized that Maurice was like family to most of us. His songs and live performances brought joy to our nation […]
Beyond the Rhetoric: Have Hip-Hop and Wall Street Destroyed Soul Music?
By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Black people have always had a strong affinity for music. Soon after our forefathers were let off the slave ships and sold to plantations we started singing. Much of that was developed in the “Mother Land.” During a visit to Kenya, I went to a music event. […]
Beyond the Rhetoric
A Major Blow to Women and Minority-Owned Businesses by Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist (The following are excerpts from testimony I gave before the Civil Rights Commission explaining the discriminatory practices via an Executive Order placed by President Barack Obama). A Project Labor Agreement is between an owner of a specific construction project and applicable […]
Chemical Industry Advocating More Regulations
By Harry C. Alford, NNPA Columnist May 15, 2015 One of the few shining stars of our nation’s economy, the $812-billion chemistry business, is working with Congress to pass a law that would actually give the federal government more authority to regulate chemicals. You heard right. An industry that has spent the […]