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Opinion: End the deadly hold of menthol cigarettes over African American community

Over my lifetime there have been several idioms, expressions, and adages that once spoken and repeated often conjure up certain circumstances and historical contexts.

For example, if I were to say “Keep the Faith, Baby” one would think of Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and his fight against discrimination in the supposedly free North. Or, how about an adage that addresses our lack of the pursuit of knowledge that suggests that “If you want to keep something secret from black folks, put it between the covers of a book.” And finally, how about Fannie Lou Hammer, who my father, Horace Sheffield, Jr., was asked by President Lyndon B. Johnson not to seat at the Democratic National Convention. Hammer is known for saying, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

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Rev. Horace Sheffield concerned over Chief Craig’s comments that “People get to argue…..

Op-Ed by Rev. Horace Sheffield III/Tell Us Detroit DETROIT (Tell Us Det) – “In the aftermath of the death of 7 year old Chennell Berry, Chief Craig was cited as saying something that I think he may want to rethink and restate. Chief Craig after saying that this incident was “senseless, tragic, and over what?” then said “People get to argue, but they don’t get to use this kind of response to resolve whatever their differences are. “People get to argue…..” Really. It seems to me that its these same arguments that lead to murder. So to

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“Get Your Knees Off Our Necks”

Over my lifetime there have been several idioms, expressions, and adages that once spoken and repeated often conjure up certain circumstances and historical contexts.

For example, if I were to say “Keep the Faith, Baby” one would think of Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and his fight against discrimination in the supposedly free North. Or, how about an adage that addresses our lack of the pursuit of knowledge that suggests that “If you want to keep something secret from black folks, put it between the covers of a book.” And finally, how about Fannie Lou Hammer, who my father, Horace Sheffield, Jr., was asked by President Lyndon B. Johnson not to seat at the Democratic National Convention. Hammer is known for saying, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

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