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THIS WEEK’S REVIEW: “The Best Way to Keep a Man is to Let Him Go (among other things)”
Eleanor Jones-Haynes of Pasadena, California, says “A Wealth of Information. This book is simply AWESOME!!! The relationship advice and experience offered from the author, Joyce Fields, is incredible. I especially enjoyed her “no-nonsense” and sometimes humorous approach to real-life relationship issues. And who better to get such a “wealth of information” from other than a woman who has experienced it and lived it for 42 years! I would encourage any woman, single or married, to read this book. . .you certainly won’t be disappointed. Thank you Joyce for sharing some of your life and experiences with all of us & thanks for those recipes!!!
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THE VISION: Telling Kids That They Can Make the World a Better Place
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9781257365388
LINE OF SERENITY
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MOTHER’S DOZEN: An Easy Recipe for Raising GREAT Kids!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9781257197934
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TODAY’S QUOTE
ENJOY THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN. ~ Joyce Fields
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TODAY’S BLOG
As promised, I will be posting African-American accomplishments beyond the month of February (Black History Month). No matter what your ethnicity, it’s exciting to learn new and positive things about Black History, because so much of it has gone unheralded!
Hiram Revels (1822-1901)
America’s first African-American U.S. Senator (Republican)
On February 25, 1870, visitors in the Senate galleries burst into applause as Mississippi senator-elect Hiram Revels of Mississippi entered the chamber to take his oath of office. Those present knew that they were witnessing an event of great historical significance. Revels was about to become the first African-American to serve in the Senate.
Born to free black parents in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Revels became an educator and minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. During the Civil War, he helped form regiments of African-American soldiers and established schools for freed slaves. After the war, Revels moved to Mississippi, where he won election to the state senate. In recognition of his hard work and leadership skills, his legislative colleagues elected him to one of Mississippi’s vacant U.S. Senate seats as that state prepared to rejoin the Union.
Revels’ credentials arrived in the Senate on February 23, 1870, and were immediately blocked by a few members who had no desire to see a black man serve in Congress. Masking their racist views, they argued that Revels had not been a U.S. citizen for the nine years required of all senators. In their distorted interpretation, black Americans had only become citizens with the passage of the 1866 Civil Rights Act, just four years earlier. Revels’ supporters dismissed that statement, pointing out that he had been a voter many years earlier in Ohio and was, therefore, certainly a citizen.
Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner brought the debate to an end with a stirring speech. ”The time has passed for argument. Nothing more need be said. For a long time it has been clear that colored persons must be senators.” Then, by an overwhelming margin, the Senate voted 48 to 8 to seat Revels.
Three weeks later, the Senate galleries again filled to capacity as Hiram Revels rose to make his first formal speech. Seeing himself as a representative of African-American interests throughout the nation, he spoke—unsuccessfully as it turned out—against a provision included in legislation readmitting Georgia to the Union. He correctly predicted that the provision would be used to prohibit blacks from holding office in that state.
When Hiram Revels’ brief term ended on March 3, 1871, he returned to Mississippi, where he later became president of Alcorn College.
Source: The Internet
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~ Joyce Fields
