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Panel Talks About School Desegregation
The Tampa Bay History Center Florida Conversa- tions Lecture Series will present “1971-2001: 50 Years of School Desegregation in Hillsborough County” Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. All pro- grams are free, will be virtual (Zoom Webinar, Facebook and YouTube) and also will be held in person at 801 Water Street in the TBHC’s TECO Hall.
Register at www.tam- pabayhistorycenter.org/ events.
Panelists will be Askia Muhammad Aquil (for- merly Otha Favors – Gibbs High School), Dr. Carolyn Collins (Blake High School), Jeff Amos (Hills- borough High School) and Dr. Barbara Shircliffe. She is the University of South Florida (USF) profes-
CAROLYN HEPBURN COLLINS ...Howard W. Blake High School
sor who wrote the book, The Best of That World in 2006, which chronicles the turbu- lent period of public school desegregation in Hillsbor- ough County. Curator of Black History at the TBHC Fred Hearns (Middleton High School) will be the panel moderator.
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JEFF AMOS ...Hillsborough High School
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Republican In Name Only
f Abraham Lincoln came back today, he would not recognize the Republican party and would become a Democrat. Indeed, the parties have switched roles
since 1862 to the extent that now Democrats support eq- uity, inclusion, fairness, voting rights, civil rights, human rights, women’s rights... a 180° turn from the Democratic party of the 1800s and early 20th century.
At the end of the Civil War, America instituted a pe- riod of Reconstruction and Jim Crow fueled by the Southern Democratic party. During that time, Democ- rats fought against the end of slavery, choosing to sup- port the expansion of slavery, were against equal rights for Blacks and Native Americans, stood against the right of women to vote, fought against the right of Black peo- ple to vote, were against segregation, were against school integration, and controlled the U. S. government from 1852 until 1860.
On the other hand, the Republican platform sup- ported the end of slavery, the election of Blacks to elected offices, the right of Blacks to vote; they sup- ported liberal wages to working men, they opposed any change in our naturalization laws or any state legislation by which the rights of citizens were accorded to immi- grants from foreign countries and they viewed the slave trade, “as a crime against humanity and a burning shame to our country and age.”
Today’s Republican Party remains silent about the “BIG LIE” that Donald Trump was cheated out of the presidency when he didn’t even win the popular vote by 3 million voters. They refuse to accept the final count of ballots which show that at least five states switched their electoral votes when 83 million more people voted for Joe Biden.
Lincoln would surely speak out about the eight peo- ple who participated in the January 6th insurrection and occupation of the U. S. Capitol, and who won elected po- sitions in three state legislatures and five who won elected offices in local governments. To think that peo- ple who supported the overthrow of the U. S. govern- ment, would be elected to any office is scary.
Lincoln would surely call out those Republicans who do not want the January 6th insurrection investigated. He would expect justice for the deaths and injuries law enforcement officers experienced. Who could belong to a political group that supported a President accused of
sexual harassment, who bullied people with disabilities, gender groups, religious and ethnic groups, and who would not disavow the support of hate groups?
A party that quietly accepts death threats to its colleagues who voted to fund the U. S. government, as is their JOB, and who implement laws to make voting difficult for ethnic groups certainly is not worthy of our votes.
There is no doubt that the Republican party will be known as the party that tried to kill American democracy. Oh, say can you see that our flag may not wave much longer and remember that we warned you.
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