Saturday, July 4, 2026

Happy Birthday America!

Image shared courtesy of Janie McCloud-Ozark, Alabama

"OF THEE WE SING"

THANK YOU NBC FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE OPENING CEREMONY!

STEVIE WONDER A PROPHETIC ARTIST SHARES A SPIRITUAL

PROPHECY SPOKEN IN 2004

WAIT FOR IT....

SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES KEEP AMERICA GREAT

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln

November 19, 1863

Remembering the Solemn Sacrifices of The "Honored Dead" Who Gave Their Last Full Measure of Devotion

The Impact of War Goes Beyond the Actual Time of War... Jackie Wright shares how the Vietnam War Impacted The Wright Family that was two weeks away from Sp5 Wyley Wright's return waiting in the Jim Crow South (Phenix City, Al near Fort Benning, Ga) to be whisked away to Fort Hamilton in New York. The father of four and husband of eleven years had completed over 300 successful missions in one year for the cause of freedom, his last being an Honor Guard for Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara on Monday, March 9, 1964, never returning stateside to serve at Fort Hamilton.

Link to Ebook:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../dead-men.../1128917077

God Bless & Have Mercy on America!

COMMUNITY

Since its launch in 2018, AMPLIFY!, the African American Coordinating Center (AACC), has worked to educate, empower, and mobilize communities through collaborations across California to fight commercial tobacco. See Report and Downloadable Resources:

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Photo: Executive Director Carol McGruder with Actor, Producer, Humanitarian Robert Townsend at the San Francisco Black Film Festival, one of many groups supported via AMPLIFY over the years!

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Happy Juneteenth, Obama Presidential Center Opening, Durban International Film Fest News, San Francisco City Wide Event & Parade, ~ Uber Sues New York & Tyra Bank Sues Netflix & More

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San Francisco Police Storm Oakland Black Panther Apartments--KGO TV Called Out for Bias & Errors--MLK Freedom Center Barbara Lee Lecture Series Saturday Evening

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MEDIA MATTERS-Springsteen & McCartney Ode to Stephen Colbert; Trump "Stupid on Stilts," The Pulled Pamela Price KCBS Radio Interview & More

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OPEN LETTER TO CLERGY-GOD LOVES JUSTICE ISAIAH 61:8-MEDIA LIES IN ALAMEDA DA RACE ABOUT PAMELA PRICE MUST STOP NOW!

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EXCLUSIVE-The Martin Luther King Jr. Center Announces Pastor Tony Lowden of Plains, GA-Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Champion Speaks at Barbara Lee Lecture Series Amid Civil Rights Challenges-May 20, 2026

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Black Panther Elaine Brown Blasts BWOPA Endorsement in Alameda County DA Race & W.E. Warns About Media; President Jimmy Carter's Pastor Hosted by MLK Jr. Center; Money Matters & More

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WHO KNEW? PAMELA PRICE---THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE--WHEN IT CAME TO CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL-- PRICE CALLED FOR SWALWELL'S RESIGNATION

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Pamela Price Defies Recall Lies

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EXCLUSIVE: SF FILMMAKER & JOURNALIST KEVIN EPPS ASKS YOUR PRESENCE AND/OR PRAYERS AT THIS MORNING'S SENTENCING APRIL 8, 2026 9:00 A.M. PDT

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SF Native Son, Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes III, Wins Jasmine Crockett's Old Seat As Crockett Loses Senate Bid, DA Candidate Pamela Price Speaks Out, Remembering Reverend Jesse Jackson, Dwayne Wiggins

https://conta.cc/409G4zn

Other CommUNITY News

BTE Salutes UGA Alums VJ Roberts & Oz Roberts Promoting Faith Film, "Yesterday, Today & Forever"

The film based on the biblical scripture Hebrews 13:8, "Yesterday, Today and Forever" by Domingo Guyton, directed by Ty Manns, will be screened as part of the Columbus, Georgia Juneteenth Celebration, 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2026

https://www.prlog.org/13148712-bte-salutes-uga-alums-vj-roberts-oz-roberts-promoting-faith-film-yesterday-today-forever.html