The Tale Of Jacob Blake - Ben Crump, George Floyd & NAACP

There is so much more to this tale.

Ben Crump is not only the attorney for Jacob Blake, he is also the attorney in the George Floyd death.

Ben Crump, attorney for George Floyd's family, to represent Jacob Blake's family

I patiently await the appearance of Wendell "Swindle" Anthony.

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Jacob Blake’s father says son’s paralyzed from waist down after police shooting in Kenosha
Doctors don’t yet know whether the injury is permanent. ‘I want to put my hand on my son’s cheek and kiss him on his forehead, and then I’ll be OK,’ the father says.

Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake.
In this September 2019 selfie photo taken in Evanston, Ill., Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake. He is recovering from being shot multiple times by Kenosha police on Aug. 23. 

When Jacob Blake’s father talked with his son Sunday morning, the younger Blake was gearing up for a day of celebrating his son’s eighth birthday.

That evening, the father got word that his son had been shot eight times by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Eighteen minutes later, he saw the now-viral video, he said.

“What justified all those shots?” his father said. “What justified doing that in front of my grandsons? What are we doing?”

Some witnesses say Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who attended middle and high school in Evanston, was simply trying to break up a fight Sunday evening. The cellphone video of the incident shows Blake walking around and opening up his car door before appearing to be shot in the back by police.

Eight holes
His father said there are now “eight holes” in his son’s body, and he’s paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors don’t yet know if the injury is permanent.

The elder Blake made the drive from Charlotte, North Carolina, to be with his son in the hospital Tuesday.

“I want to put my hand on my son’s cheek and kiss him on his forehead, and then I’ll be OK,” his father said. “I’ll kiss him with my mask. The first thing I want to do is touch my son.”

He called the incident “attempted murder” and said “those two officers shot eight shots inside my baby’s back.”

“At first, it catches you off guard and you become over-the-top emotional,” his father said. “Then you get to the point where you go from emotional to mad. Your child is not in danger of dying, but they took him to the edge.”

Jacob Blake’s fiancee and six children are “getting showered with love,” his uncle Justin Blake said, and the family hopes to get both the children and his fiancee into therapy concerning the shooting.

He’s been living in Kenosha for about three years, his father said, and is the father of six children between ages 3 and 13. Family is “definitely” important to the younger Blake, who has seven brothers and five sisters, according to his father.

“If you were in need of something and my son had it, he would not hesitate to give it to you,” his father said. “He’s a very giving individual.”

The elder Jacob Blake keeps a book on his nightstand that his son made and dedicated to him in third grade. “He’s very sincere,” his father said.

Family’s Evanston, civil rights ties
Musician L. Stanley Davis has been friends with the Blake family since 1971. The Rev. Jacob Blake Sr., the grandfather of the Jacob Blake whom police shot in Kenosha, was the “father that I never really had,” said Davis, 68, of Woodlawn.

The minister was an activist for affordable housing in Evanston and pastored the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1967 to 1976, said the Rev. Deborah Scott, who currently leads the church.

In 1968, the Rev. Blake helped to organize a march in support of fair housing after Martin Luther King Jr’s death, according to the Evanston History Center. Four years later, he led his church in building the Ebenezer Primm Towers, which provide affordable housing for seniors. In 2003, Jacob Blake Manor, which also provides low-income housing for seniors, was named after the minister.

The Rev. Jacob Blake at a press conference. The young Jacob Blake’s grandfather pastored Ebenezer AME Church from 1967 to 1976 and fought for fair housing in Evanston. 

Much of what Evanston’s Black community benefits from today can be traced back to the Rev. Jacob Blake, Davis said. The pastor employed Black students at Northwestern University in the church and offered up space to house the Northwestern Community Ensemble, a gospel choir Davis founded in 1971, Davis said. Seeing a lack of Black teachers at Evanston Township High School, the Rev. Jacob Blake urged the district to diversify its teaching staff.

“Forget the glass ceiling — he knocked the door down,” said Davis, 68, of Woodlawn, of the Rev. Jacob Blake. “He turned a couple tables over in Evanston.”

Justin Blake also attended ETHS and now lives in the Park Manor neighborhood. He founded Black Underground Recycling in neighboring Englewood to provide income to the Black community and run a community center.

Justin Blake said his nephew would visit and help serve food to thousands of Chicagoans on the South and West sides.

“Him being a Blake, you don’t have an option to say, ‘No, I don’t feel good today,’” his uncle said. “You go out and build the community. You have no choice but to do something positive in your community.”

Protests erupted Sunday after the shooting of the 29-year-old Blake, with cars set on fire and windows smashed out. Monday night, peaceful protesters marched through the city streets, denouncing police abuse, but the incidents again turned violent after dark. Kenosha residents were waking up Tuesday to desolate streets with burned out buildings.

Children in back of SUV
Blake’s partner, Laquisha Booker, told NBC’s Milwaukee affiliate, WTMJ-TV, that the couple’s three children were in the back seat of the SUV when police shot him. “That man just literally grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him. With the kids in the back screaming. Screaming,” Booker said.

“They start to wrestle,” said another witness at the scene, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “The officer is punching on him. Two officers come to assist. They get him down on the curb behind his vehicle. Somehow he manages to get up. They said he has a knife. All of the officers pull out their guns. ... (One of the officers) tells him, ‘Get out of the car!’ and he starts shooting.”

The witness said he never saw a knife.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Monday that he has seen no information to suggest Blake had a knife or other weapon, but that the case is still being investigated.

The police officers who shot Jacob Blake were “the flint as well as the gasoline” sparking the violence in Kenosha, his father said.

“Those police officers that shot my son like a dog in the street are responsible for everything that has happened in the city of Kenosha,” his father said. “My son is not responsible for it. My son didn’t have a weapon. He didn’t have a gun.”

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Only Certain Black Lives Matter: The Detroit Shootings of Hakim Littleton, Kelvin Wheeler, NAN, NAACP & Kappa Alpha Psi

First, this happened...

Once upon a time, a bunch of individuals in their early to late twenties, who came roaring into Detroit through the child welfare NGOs and christian youth groups, holed up in a bunch of Detroit Land Bank Authority blighted properties, and set up shop for the #coloredrevolution.

Then, this happened...

Then, this happened...

Then, this happened...



Then, this happened...

Then, this happened....

Tensions rise over Detroit police killing of man they say fired first at officers

Then, this happened...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=745775032862054

Then, this hppened....

Randy Wimbley with Sam Riddle, who ran out the house
to greet the protesters in his NAN muscle shirt.

Then, this happened....

Detroit police chief's prompt body cam screening defuses post-shooting fallout

Detroit Will Breathe returns to protest near site of police shooting

Then, this happened...

‘Detroit Will Breathe’ reacts to body cam footage of Hakim Littleton’s death

Then, this happened...

8 arrests made during Friday protests after Detroit police fatally shoot man

Then, this happened....

What we know about the Detroit police shooting of Hakim Littleton, protests

Then, this happened...

Brother of Hakim Littleton speaks out, wants meeting with Detroit city officials

Then, this happened....

But, then, this happened...

 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvin-wheeler-5540bba9

I did not find any other media outlet, except for Buzzfeed, nor did I find any Detroit Black Lives Matter protest groups raise one eyebrow with a shooting which happened down the street, but I did come across this.

http://www.tarencewheelerfoundation.com/

And, I found this, too.

http://www.mlui.org/mlui/news-views/articles-from-1995-to-2012.html?archive_id=486#.XwuqwChKg2w

Just as pianists must play their instrument’s black and white keys to make great music, so must America draw on her black and white citizens to make a great country. That is why the partnership between the Detroit Branch NAACP and the Michigan Land Use Institute is music to the ears of those who believe in reaching across racial, cultural, and geographic boundaries. And that is why our shared vision must resonate throughout Michigan, from its great southern cities to its splendid northern forests.

Hester Wheeler

Our hopeful partnership aims to replace the unfortunate dearth of urban voices addressing land use issues with a new song that unifies city and countryside in ways that, even very recently, few would have thought possible. Without it, there will be little progress in urban revitalization or land preservation.

Living for the City is a vital first step. Focusing on Detroit, we are addressing three issues crucial to its long-delayed renaissance: Public transit, affordable housing, and race relations.  

Public transit’s goals: Accessible, reliable, convenient, and affordable.

Detroit once operated the nation’s largest municipally owned transit system. Fifty years ago, that system annually carried 492 million riders; the Woodward Avenue trolleys rarely required more than a five-minute wait. Today, Detroit’s transit system is an embarrassment and a trial for those who use it. Yet one-third of Detroit residents have no car; for them, getting to work can be a nightmare. They are constantly at risk of losing their jobs because the buses often make them late for work. Dependable public transportation is a basic necessity that Detroit simply must regain.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=NAACP



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The Tale Of Black Lives Matter: Maureen Taylor, Jenna Urbauer, NAACP, Temple Beth El, Turkia Mullin, Human Abedine & Detroit Land Bank Authority Propaganda Coverup Ops

The Black Lives Matter movement is currently being infiltrated by the real voices of all people.

Maureen Taylor has been calling out stealin' for as long as there have been victims of stealin' - "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth).

This is about to get real because what has been taught in the schools and Hollywood about civil rights history and this thing called race is nothing but a noble lie.

On 11th night Detroit protest march goes to Algiers motel incident site from 1967 rebellion

The protest goes to the site of the 1967 rebellion, where one can only hope that young, out of town, protesters, will finally have an awakening to learn, what they have learned, is all a farce.

Speaking of farces...



The money from Jenna Urbauer, owner of Mandell Display Designs, is going to her favorite fake ass charity, the NAACP, because it looks like she had the privilege of acquiring one of those historic, stolen legacies, of a Detroit Land Bank Authority property, during the Great Gerrymandering of Detroit.

How quaint.

I wonder if any of the money is going to Temple Beth El?

We could ask Nancy Edmunds, but I do not believe she would be amenable to an interview, right about now.

Too bad Ann Marie LeFlamme is no longer with WXYZ, because she could have interviewed Jenna, too!

If Jenna and the Wendal "Swindle" Anthony wanted to do something about those who hail of the darker persuasion getting justice, I guess they could rally for a bit of that posthumous due process, but, hey, what do I know?

I know that we could ask Jeannie Rhee, but something tells me Mueller already has.

But, instead, I decided to find out who this Padriac Mullin was, considering the fact that his name was all on Jenna's Mandell Display Designs property address filed with LARA, now removed, as the property taxpayer of Wayne County, where, I just so happen to have found not one, but two, parcel numbers.

01 02003507. 18925 FAIRFIELD DETROIT MULLIN, PADRAIC
01 27190160. 18925 FAIRFIELD DETROIT MULLIN, PADRAIC
https://pta.waynecounty.com/Home/SearchResult

Mullin?

Is Padraic the brother of Turkia Mullin, who was kicking it hard with Bob Ficano while she was running the EB-5 program I could get absolutely no information about?

Hillary really wanted control of the airports, you know.

Did Turkia and Padriac go to high school with Huma Abedine, whose brother seems to be involve with those property tax scams and other stuff I found in the Dearborns, Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck?

But, hey, what do I know?

The only thing I know is Maureen Taylor is an original source and the world should listen to her, as the Black Lives Matter Movement is about to be uncloaked, for the truth to finally be revealed.

#maytheheavensfall

Maureen Taylor: Champion of the poor, disenfranchised

 Maureen has been bleachbitted from the annals of cyber annals of history, but I preserved her legacy.

Maureen Taylor has spent her life advocating and fighting for the rights of the poor. Her passion put her in the national spotlight when she took on WDIV-TV reporter Hank Winchester during an MSNBC interview about the Detroit water shutoff crisis. Many saw her actions as heroic.

“It was true Maureen,” said local activist and community organizer Mike Shane of Moratorium Now! a grass-roots organization working to prevent mortgage foreclosures and utility shutoffs. “(The news segment and Taylor’s comments) gave the issue more prominence, which it needed.”

Shane said the interview illustrated Taylor’s determination and willingness to “go to the mat for poor and working people. She’s a good advocate for people.”

As state chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, Taylor works nonstop from her office on the fourth floor of downtown Detroit’s Central United Methodist Church to help struggling individuals and families negotiate with Metro Detroit agencies. Many of those she helps are people who are working mainly in low-paying jobs that don’t cover most of their basic bills.

The state chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and a 2015 Michiganian of the Year, Maureen Taylor talks about what inspired her to become a "change agent."

For 30 years, Taylor has been a voice for the voiceless. She began her career on the front lines of protest marches and rallies to protect welfare benefits for residents during Gov. John Engler’s administration. Most recently she led efforts to prevent the state from tossing 41,000 people off the state’s welfare rolls, and last year she conducted protests over the water shutoffs in Detroit.

Taylor, who attributes many of the city’s problems to a sluggish economy that is starting to rebound, said she always wanted to be a “change agent.”

“I need to be able to make a change,” said Taylor. “I have to do something.”

Her passion for the poor began at a young age. Reared in an economically comfortable home in Detroit, a 12-year-old Taylor was struck by the abject poverty she saw during a cross-country trip with her family to Disneyland in California. Young children, most of whom were under the age of 10, were selling turquoise on the side of the road or picking vegetables.

“This question about social justice meant something to me. I thought ‘there’s something wrong,’ ” Taylor said. “I knew it and I saw it.”

A trained social worker with a master’s degree in social work, Taylor also studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

“At the Union Theological Seminary, the coursework was around the fundamental components of why poverty exists. It stressed the relationship between welfare assistance and employment as a bridge between the two contradictory yet dependent polls,” she said. “I learned the history of poverty, the theory of ‘surplus value’ as a component of the existing system, and what role it played in the structure of the American economy. I am a poverty scholar.”

Taylor has been praised for working with corporations, such as DTE, to implement programs to assist the area’s poor. As a result, DTE now provides a representative at Taylor’s office to help individuals and families come up with more affordable utility payments to avoid shutoffs.

Rodney Cole, DTE’s manager of regional relations for Wayne County, said Taylor has been instrumental in helping the utility company assist customers in need.

“She has the history and context with this city,” Cole said. “I have appreciated her ability and willingness to partner (with DTE ).”

Taylor says she doesn’t let those who show up at the Michigan Welfare Rights office leave without some solution to their problems.

“I try to find ways (to help),” Taylor said. “Clients don’t leave here or my desk until there is a plan to alleviate whatever is wrong.”

Oralandar Brand-Williams

Maureen Taylor

Occupation: State chair, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Marygrove College; master’s degree, Wayne State University

Family: One son

Why honored: She is the first recipient of the Angelo B. Henderson Community Commitment Award for being a frontline advocate for economically challenged individuals and families.

I still say BLM was co-opted from Bureau of Land Management.

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Tales Of The New Crown: Michigan & Its Foreign Christian NGO #coloredrevolution Political Campaign Sleeper Cells Activated

You do know that more than likely both sides have the same benefactor, but, hey, what do I know?

First, this happened....

Michigan militia puts armed protest in the spotlight

Parental Rights over the posterity of their children's trust funds christian sleeper cell
activated - Level One

Then, this happened....

Michigan church leaders sue to stop Whitmer's stay-home order

Trafficking Tiny Humans christian sleeper cells - Level 2

Three Michigan church leaders, including the state House speaker’s father, filed suit Wednesday against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay home order in federal court, arguing it violated their First Amendment rights to free exercise and to assemble.

Stanley “Rusty” Chatfield III, pastor for Northern Michigan Baptist Bible Church in Burt Lake, filed suit in Grand Rapids federal court the same day his son, House Speaker Lee Chatfield, filed suit in state court to challenge the governor’s emergency powers.

Joining Rusty Chatfield in the suit are Southfield-based Word of Faith Christian Center Church Bishop Keith Butler, Sturgis-based Whole Life Church Pastor Chuck Vizthum, and Tim Schmig, executive director at Michigan Association of Christian Schools. Butler is a former Detroit City Council member who unsuccessfully sought the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in 2006.

The churches are being represented by the conservative Great Lakes Justice Center.

Chatfield, R-Levering, said in a Thursday statement that he doesn't know "too much about it."

"My dad mentioned a few days ago that he was working with a group of pastors, and the next I heard about it was from the media yesterday," Chatfield said. "I told him I wish him luck."

Whitmer’s office said the Democratic governor does not comment on pending litigation.

Various lawsuits have been filed against Whitmer's executive orders in recent weeks, but no injunctions, preliminary or otherwise, have been granted that would stop the order.

Early in the emergency, Whitmer exempted churches from penalties related to bans on assemblies but that exemption doesn’t extend to individuals attending services, the lawsuit said.

The exemption “merely adorns the Constitution with a fig leaf and does not protect individuals or change the clear language of the order prohibiting any religious services,” the lawsuit said.

In addition to violations of their First Amendment rights, the churches also argue the governor’s executive orders are unconstitutionally vague, lack due process and ignore the role of the Legislature.

Both the 1945 Emergency Powers Act and 1976 Emergency Management Act violate the Separation of Powers clause in the state constitution, the lawsuit argued.

“Allowing one person to wield absolute power is not a republican form of government, it is tyranny,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit asks a judge to rule as unconstitutional the governor’s executive orders, the Emergency Powers Act and the Emergency Management Act. The lawsuit also asks the judge to ban law enforcement from enforcing the executive orders unless they receive legislative approval.

The Word of Faith Christian Center in Southfield can hold up to 4,000 people, according to the lawsuit, which would allow the church to hold multiple services while observing social distancing. The church also plans to deep-clean between services, increase ventilation and require attendees to wear masks and gloves.

Whole Life Church and Northern Michigan Baptist Bible Church also plan to put in place similar precautions, according to the lawsuit.

The executive orders “are not generally applicable because they grant local authorities unbridled discretion, enforced via an individualized subjective assessment, to prohibit plaintiff’s religious exercise while permitting other individuals or entities to engage in non-religious practices,” the lawsuit said.

Part of the lawsuit’s arguments parallel those from the GOP-led Legislature, which has argued the governor does not have the authority to extend her state of emergency past April 30 without legislative approval.

Whitmer has argued she has that authority under a 1945 law allows the governor to declare a state of emergency and have emergency powers without the 28-day time limit.

Then, this happened...

Boston Edison Detroit Land Bank Authority Territory
Level Three

Protesters to Detroit Archdiocese: Reopen churches for Mass

Detroit NAACP outraged at state police photo with armed demonstrator at Capitol

Then, this happened...

Activate the #coloredrevolution Brown v. Board of Education Psyoptic - Level Four

Churches pause federal lawsuit against Whitmer after most recent order

Then, this happened....

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says Capitol Commission has authority to ban guns in the Capitol

#maytheheavensfall

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Cocktails & Popcorn: LDS Teams Up With NAACP In Detroit For The #Coloredrevolution

With all the heraldry of the 1960s, the Church of the Latter Day Saints teams up with the NAACP to roll out the next #coloredrevolution.

I guess you can say racial harmony can always be achieved through foreign funded psyoptics when you are looking at the possibilities of war crimes.

Opinion: Collaboration jangles discord into harmony

"The NAACP is my new Ride or Die.  Are you ready, Swindle?
Go tell Mittens we launch the
Detroit #coloredrevolution in 3...2....",
said Russel Nelson, LDS

On May 10, 1963, the first organizers of Detroit’s historic “March to Freedom” gathered to begin planning an event that Martin Luther King would dub one of the “largest and greatest demonstration(s) for freedom ever held in the United States.”

And yet without the influence of Detroit’s NAACP leaders, the event might have restricted participation. No doubt the early organizers had their reasons for seeking a more exclusive march. But the local NAACP leadership didn’t budge. They understood the value of an integrated community voice — if the march wasn’t open to all supporters, they wouldn’t back it.

Eventually, the whole community was invited to the historic gathering along Woodward. Most Americans are familiar with the “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in Washington, D.C. that year, but it was here in Detroit, inside Cobo Hall, where King foreshadowed those immortal words.

Thousands of civil rights supporters will once again descend on Detroit’s Cobo Hall — now Cobo Center — for the 110th NAACP Annual Convention this week.

With its history of facilitating wide participation, as demonstrated during Detroit’s “March to Freedom,” the NAACP has invited for the first time the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell M. Nelson, to speak alongside notable civil rights supporters and organizers. In recent years the NAACP and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have found significant common cause. And the partnership has become something of a parable in what coaction can accomplish in an era too often marked by division. The relationship started small when local leaders from both groups initiated a modest, but symbolically important, project to restore the historic NAACP field office in Mississippi once occupied by civil rights martyr Medgar Evers.

Eleven days prior to the Detroit march, Evers was shot by a member of the Ku Klux Klan while returning home to his family. During King’s speech at Cobo Hall he paid tribute to Evers, stating that “nothing can be more redemptive” than dying in the cause of freedom.

From this initial partnership, the NAACP and the church have cooperated to pilot free, in-person, multi-week workshops on personal finance. The preliminary results are promising. "I now have tools and resources to better manage my money (and save for family goals)," one participant reported. Another stated candidly: "I feel like I can stop living off of the payday loan people. I thought I would never get out of that trap." Meanwhile, the NAACP has also begun partnering with Brigham Young University’s law school, which is sponsored by the Church, on a community initiative that leverages the school’s large alumni lawyer network to assist people — pro bono — with minor legal issues before the courts.

During Martin Luther King’s 1963 speech in Detroit, he spoke about love as “redemptive goodwill for all men,” and he emphasized Christ’s teachings on the subject.

“History,” King observed, “is cluttered with the wreckage of communities that failed to follow this command.”

By having the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speak in the same city and space where King once marched, the NAACP is demonstrating once again that it stands on the side of collaboration and cooperation. And, at a time when we have too many social divisions and partitions, this emerging partnership between the NAACP and the Church echoes, in some small way, King’s call in Cobo Hall to transform “the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.”

Karen Boykin-Towns is the vice chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Board of Directors. Sharon Eubank is the First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I give this group project a B+ for creativity.  The picture of Russel was Dr. Evilishly awesome.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: NAACP Partners With Kamala Harris, Corey Booker & Elizabeth Warren To Rally A Legal Defense Strategy In Detroit

When Swendell Anthony rallied the battle cry, "Vote for your life. Your freedom depends on it", he was not joking.

I think that is why Kamala pushed that anti-lynching bill.

Here is a bit of background on the NAACP that I believe encourages Corey Booker and Elizabeth Warren to champion Swendell's battle cry.

No one will #sayhisname.

#perkinscoiesucks

64th Annual NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner

(FOX 2) - The tables set, dressed to impress in the packed ballroom at Cobo Center for the 64th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner.

 The focus was on policy and politics with the 2020 Presidential Race as the backdrop.

 Head of the NAACP Detroit Branch, Reverend Doctor Wendell Anthony led the more than four hour program.Governor Gretchen Whitmer at Sunday's event is promising a strong partnership with the NAACP now and during her time in office.

Of course all eyes were on keynote speaker U-S Senator Kamala Harris who’s gunning for the white house race in a crowded democratic field of candidates.

 Touting her platform no question this was a campaign stop Harris.

 Over the years the Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner showcased African American politicians but they don't endorse candidates because they are a nonpartisan organization.

 But there were many mentions of how important this next election is for the African American community.

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Much Love To Damon Keith - An Original Old School Civil Rights Legal Dog

I used to have pictures of his Soul Food Luncheon in the federal courthouse every year, but I think I lost them along my journeys.

If one of my #Superfans just so happens to stumble across my lost data, would you, please, be so kind to post it up so the world can find them.

I always made sure to take everyone a plate.

To my giggly, little high schooler...

I always keep my vows.

Much love.

On a mission...

Leaders pay respects to late Judge Damon Keith

Federal Judge Damon Keith of Detroit died Sunday morning at 96. Dignitaries from around Michigan weighed in to offer their respects. Some of the statements run full-length, others have been excerpted.

Federal Judge Damon Keith of Detroit
died Sunday morning. He was 96.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: “Judge Damon Keith was a civil rights icon. In his decades of public service, he stood up for what was right, even if it meant facing attacks and threats from others. Because of his strength, his determination, and his commitment to ending racism in our country, Michigan is grateful and better for it. We should honor Judge Keith’s legacy by working together to build a Michigan where everybody, no matter who they are or where they come from, can get ahead.”

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan: "Detroit lost a dear friend this morning with the passing of Judge Damon Keith, and America lost a national treasure.

"Judge Keith left as indelible a mark on this nation and our city as any jurist in history. During his more than 50 years on the federal bench, he handed down rulings that have safeguarded some of our most important and cherished civil liberties, stopping illegal government wiretaps and secret deportation hearings, as well as ending the racial segregation of Pontiac schools. Here in Detroit, he opened the doors for countless young law clerks, many of who have gone on to become judges themselves.

Damon Keith & John Conyers acting like  two high school
 best buddies with the Emancipation Proclamation
"Much love coming, in honor of Detroit legacies"

"I have so many fond memories of Judge Keith. I was humbled and honored the two times he administered the oath of office when I was sworn in as Mayor. I will always treasure the Thanksgiving Day I spent with him in 2016, driving him in the parade as he served as Grand Marshal.

"America is a better place because it had Judge Keith to help safeguard our civil liberties. Our city is a better place because he spent every day of his life as a committed and involved Detroiter. We will miss him dearly."

Former Gov. James Blanchard: “He was such a kind man. Such a positive force in Michigan and the country. He’s a Michigan legend and an American legend. He was always trying to encourage civic engagement. He was always involved.”

Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson: "It’s a sad day. Judge Damon Jerome Keith passed away earlier today, and we are all mourning the loss of this outstanding civil rights pioneer, federal judge and great friend of Wayne State. I had the honor of being sworn in as the 12th president of Wayne State University by Judge Keith, but it meant even more to me to have met the man. At my swearing in ceremony Judge Keith said, “For Wayne State to be great, it has to be good.” I have used those apt words as my guiding light in the leadership of Wayne State.

Avern Cohn & Damon Keith
"Official Old School Civil Rights Legal Dogs"
WOOF!

"A quick litany of his accomplishments wouldn’t adequately tell the story of this great man, who served 10 U.S. presidents and led from the bench efforts to racially desegregate schools, at a time when there was overwhelming opposition to such a move. His bravery and compassion marked every decision he made in his position as a federal judge, and we are all grateful for the momentous change he affected in the national social conscience.

"Judge Keith received his master of laws from Wayne State in 1956 and remained committed to his alma mater throughout the rest of his life. We opened the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights on our campus in 2011 to promote the educational, economic and political power of underrepresented communities in urban settings. Judge Keith was deeply committed to civil rights for all people, and the Center upholds his values in everything it does.

"Greatness is not randomly conferred on people. It comes from a place in the heart and the soul that defies easy explanation. Damon J. Keith was a great man. The Wayne State community mourns his passing and pledges to honor his legacy through our work in the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, and by striving to prepare the next generation of leaders to carry his work forward."

Detroit Branch NAACP President Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony: "The civil rights community has lost a giant among those who have consistently fought to hold fast to the rein of justice and equity for all people. This is particularly true in the cause of Black Freedom and social justice.  Judge Damon Keith for a half century has led in this cause. An icon in the civil rights community, he has rendered uncompromising decisions from punishing illegal government wiretapping, and the racial motivation of building a wall of segregation around the City of Pontiac.

"He would certainly be a thorn in the judicial side of this current administration and its treacherous policies of family separation and deportation. He was an early opponent in the judicial process to expose secret deportations and government abuse of its authority. Judge Keith will long be remembered for his work off the bench with the NAACP. He was an early organizer and supporter of the largest sit-down Dinner in the nation, the Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner of the Detroit Branch.

"He was a great supporter an advocate for the City of Detroit and for African American political empowerment. Judge Keith represents an era of bold, an courageous, judicial principles.  These principles helped guide precedents for those  too cautious to be just and sometimes too afraid to stand alone!"

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel: "I only hope that we, as a nation, work feverishly to ensure that Judge Keith’s legacy and body of work does not die with him. If our federal courts do not protect us from tyranny and the undermining of basic rights and liberties, who will?"

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell: “We have lost a protector of the people and I just lost another good friend. Judge Keith was an example of the best of Michigan. John and Damon worked closely together for many years in fighting for equality for all. We are losing many giants who stood against enormous odds, lived in historical times and opened doors wider for all of us. Their spirit, courage and wisdom needs to live on.”

Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood of the Eastern District of Michigan: “It is a great loss to our nation and the Constitution to lose a legal giant like Judge Keith. He dedicated his legal life to protecting the rights guaranteed under our Constitution and decided some of the pressing issues of our time.

“He was a dedicated husband to his late wife and a loving father and grandfather. During an outstanding and demanding legal career, he found time to mentor law clerks and judges. Those of us who knew him appreciate the time he gave us.”

Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans: "Democracy stands on the shoulders of leaders like Judge Damon Keith. Few have played such an important role in protecting civil liberties and forcing our country to live up to its foundational ideals of equality and justice for all. As we mourn, we also celebrate the life of an icon who left this world far better than he found it. He did so much for so many, it’s hard to adequately put into words."

"On a personal level, Judge Damon Keith was more than a mentor, he was a motivator who challenged us to be the best version of ourselves. He was always there when called upon to help prepare the next generation of civil rights leaders and public servants. We looked to him for guidance and wisdom and always walked away inspired to reach higher. When I was first elected to public office, Judge Keith swore me in, which I consider the honor of a lifetime."

Judge Eric L. Clay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: “Judge Keith was one of the most influential Federal jurists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The grandson of slaves, his rulings in over 52 years on the bench had a profound impact on American life. His decisions ranged from prohibiting the Nixon Administration from warrantless wiretapping in national security cases, to the integration of the Detroit Police Department and the Pontiac Public Schools. President Lyndon Johnson
appointed him to the US District Court in 1967, where he later served as the Court’s first African American Chief Judge. In 1977 he was elevated to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the nation’s second-highest Court, by President Jimmy Carter. He was a family man possessed of uncommon humility, a leading patron of the arts, a mentor who opened doors to scores of aspiring lawyers and judges, and a proud son of Detroit."

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters: “Detroit, our state and country have lost an extraordinary jurist and legal trailblazer. Judge Damon Keith devoted his life to public service and ensuring equal protection under the law. He will be best remembered for his decisions from the federal bench to protect civil rights and individual liberties."

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee: “I am saddened to learn of the passing of Judge Keith. Damon Keith was a remarkable man and respected judge. As one of the nation’s longest serving judges, Judge Keith played a role in court decisions that helped to expand civil rights and protect civil liberties for all Americans. Because of Judge Keith’s work on the federal bench, our state and the country have been changed for the better.

Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP: "We mourn civil rights icon Judge Damon Keith. Guardian of justice since 1967. Landmark rulings in school desegregation, fair housing & voting rights. Still judging at age 96 His commitment will never be matched. Nation forever in his debt."

Richard A. Bierschbach, dean of Wayne State University Law School: "We’ve lost one of the greatest civil rights champions of our time. For more than 50 years, Judge Damon J. Keith has been an unwavering voice for those who have been unjustly silenced. As dean of Wayne State University Law School, proud home to the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, I know that his legacy will live on in the eyes and hearts of our Damon J. Keith Scholars and every student who learns the law in the center that bears his name.

"Judge Keith was the first member of his family to earn a college degree and went on to earn his master of laws from Wayne Law in 1956. For some of our students, he is the reason they came to law school, and specifically to our law school. Because of Judge Keith, those students are out in the world changing it for the better.

"Words feel inadequate to describe the life of a man who changed the fabric of a nation and how much he meant to the Wayne Law community — he was an extraordinary person and a compass for courage and justice, but that does not even begin to capture the full measure of his character or the impact he had and will continue to have on all of us.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow: "Judge Damon Keith was a crusader for justice. His life’s work made a lasting impact on civil rights and civil liberties in America. There will never be another Damon Keith."

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson: "Our country has lost a legal titan who spent more than half a century as a crusader for civil rights. His decisions from the bench prevented the federal government from infringing on individual liberties and helped to battle systemic racism in corporations, municipalities and schools. I first came to Michigan to clerk for Judge Keith, who became my mentor. I was proud to serve as dean at the law school that houses the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. His quote, 'Democracies die behind closed doors,' is emblazoned above the center’s entrance at Wayne State University Law School and should serve as a reminder to all of us as we aspire to the legacy he has left our nation."

Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield: “Heaven has gained another giant. This wonderful man was an inspiration and a friend to me. Your Honor, thank you for giving so much of your life to serve and uplift others.”

Barb McQuade, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan: “I am grateful to have known Judge Damon Keith, a crusader for justice who served the public as a model of dignity. In his honor, let’s renew our commitment to respect for others, even when we disagree.”

U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider: "Judge Keith’s impact on our legal system will not be forgotten. He dedicated his life to public service, beginning with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was an incredibly civil and courteous man, and everyone will miss his constant smiles in the courthouse hallways."

Longtime Detroit politico Sam Riddle: "You were always on the legal battlefield to make #America live up to her promises, R.I.P."

Detroit Regional Chamber CEO Sandy K. Baruah: “The terms ‘legend’ and ‘trailblazer’ are sometimes overused, but not when applied to Judge Damon Keith. Judge Keith’s story, that began as the grandchild of slaves, to achieving the pinnacle of American jurisprudence, inspired scores of Americans and his legacy will continue to inspire.”

Judge Greg Mathis:  "Judge Keith was one of the most effective Jurists of our time His work and belief in guaranteeing equal protection under the  law brought forth a country  that is better off now because of the work he's done in the past."

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NAACP National Voter Fund - Just My Notes

Just my notes.

MISSION STATEMENT: 

The NAACP National Voter funds Mission is to advance election reform by enchancing civic engagement of African American in low income communities through voters education registration get out the vote efforts issue advocacy and election protection.

There were never any annual reports filed with Michigan LARA and it has been dissolved in Michigan.

The name of the FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATION:   NAACP NATIONAL VOTER FUND

Summary for:  NAACP NATIONAL VOTER FUND

Entity type:   FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATION Identification Number: 801069698 Old ID Number: 902205

   

Date of Qualification in Michigan:   02/01/2001

Incorporated under the laws of: the state of District Of Columbia

Purpose:

Date of Revoked: 10/01/2003

Term: Perpetual

   

Most Recent Annual Report:

Most Recent Annual Report with Officers & Directors:

           

The name and address of the Resident Agent: Resident Agent Name: BROOKE MCCAULEY Street Address: 3940 FENKELL ST Apt/Suite/Other: City: DETROIT State: MI Zip Code: 48238

Julian Bond  & MLK

This is the link to the website, but it is only a splash page.  http://naacpnvf.org/

This is the link to the website from the Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20070705223240/http://www.naacpnvf.org/

Julian Bond was the Chairman of the NAACP, but not the NAACP National Voter Fund.

GREGORY T. MOORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Gregory Moore, Director

As Executive Director, Mr. Moore is responsible for the overall coordination of national programs designed to promote voter rights, election reform and issues that are critical to the NAACP and its branches, while also increasing voter education and participation among African Americans and communities of color throughout the US.

Mr. Moore has a long history of political empowerment and advocacy, serving in a number of leadership positions throughout his 28 years of issue advocacy. Most recently, Mr. Moore served five years as the Chief of Staff to the Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, US Representative John Conyers (D-14, MI). 

He served as Deputy Political Director for the Democratic National Committee, where he was instrumental in developing the Voter Registration and outreach programs while also overseeing Base Vote Constituency programs and activities nationally. 

While at the DNC, he also served as the Liaison to the Training division and targeted Coordinated Campaigns, strategic planning and implementation of the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign.

Mr. Moore has also served as the Executive Director of the Citizenship Education Fund, the civic educational arm of the National Rainbow Coalition. Private sector involvement includes the founding of GTM Consulting Services, a political consulting firm, where he served as its President and CEO, and TriCom Associates Advertising Firm, where he served as Senior Vice President for Government Relations. Mr. Moore received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the College of Communications, Ohio University.

HEATHER BOOTH

Heather Booth

Consultant

Democracy Partners

Heather Booth is one of the country’s leading progressive issue campaigns strategists. She has been an organizer starting in the civil rights and women's movement. 

She was the founding Director of the Midwest Academy, training social change leaders and organizers. 

She has been in many political campaigns and was Training Director of the DNC. 

In 2000, she was the Director of the NAACP National Voter Fund, which helped increase African American turnout by nearly 2 million votes. 

She has been consultant to many social change groups including MoveOn.org and National Council of La Raza. 

She was the lead consultant founding of the Campaign for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. 

She was director of the AFL-CIO Health Care Campaign. 

She was the founding director of Americans for Financial Reform, fighting to regulate the financial industry. 

She is now strategic advisor to the Alliance for Citizenship, the Voter Participation Center and NOW.

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