I hope this can be of some use to Will Smith fans.
Bill Williams
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU
CAN!!!!
We are quickly approaching the 21st Century and I
was wondering if
anyone out there knew what the significance of the
year 2007 is to Black
America? Did you know that our right to vote will
expire in the year
2007? Seriously! The Voters Rights Act signed in
1965 by Lyndon B.
Johnson was just an ACT. It was not made a law.
In 1982 Ronald Reagan
amended the Voters Rights Act for only another 25
years. Which means
that in the year 2007 we could lose the right to
vote!
Blacks/African Americans are the only group of
people who require
PERMISSION under the United States Constitution to
vote?!
In the year 2007 Congress will once again convene
to decide whether or
not Blacks should retain the right to vote (crazy,
but True). In order
for this to be passed, 38 states will have to
approve an extension. In
my opinion and many others, this is ludicrous!
Not only should the
extension be approved, but the Act must be made a
law. Our right to
vote should no longer be up for discussion, review
and/or evaluation. We
must contact our Congress persons, Senators,
Alderpersons, etc., to put
a stop to this! As bona fide citizens of
the United States, we cannot "drop the ball" on
this one! We have come
too far to let government make us take such a huge
step backward.
So please, let us push forward to continue to
build the momentum towards
gaining equality. Please pass this onto others,
as I am sure that many
more individuals are not aware of this. I urge
all of you that are
able, to contact those in government that have
your vote on this issue.
To send Internet mail directly to the President of
the United States,
the address is:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/MailPreside
nt.html
The address for the Vice President is:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/MailvicePre
sident.html
Write your Congressman, Write your president,
write somebody! THIS IS
NOT A JOKE. It can actually happen. Let's work
together to continue to
strive towards equality for all Blacks/African
Americans.
Once again, we need to have our voices heard in
mass. By now, you must
all have heard of the brutal lynching of James
Byrd Jr. On June 7th in
the town of Jasper, Texas. Because of very
limited media coverage, you
may or may not be aware that similar crimes have
occurred recently in
places as close to us as Virginia, and that since
this lynching, two
"copy-cat" crimes have already taken place.
If you listen to the "Tom Joyner Morning Show" on
the radio every
morning (6:00 -10:00 am) on WHUR (96.3 FM) which
comes out of Howard
University, you may be aware of recent
commentaries by BetTalk host
Tavis Smiley. He has provided information about
the "Hate Crimes
Prevention Act of 1998" which is yet to come
before Congress, and about
how to contact the chairperson in charge of that
committee.
The contact name & number is Senator Orin Hatch
(W) 202-224-5225/5251
(FAX) 202-224-9102
(email) [email protected]
MAKE THIS CALL AND PASS THIS INFORMATION ON. It
is our constitutional
right and our moral obligation to make this call a
top priority and to
pass this information to at least 20 other people.
If we each do this
electronically, we would have reached at least 400
people within a
matter of a couple of minutes. Write the
information down and pass it
on to those without email access.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! It is important that
you contact the
congressional representatives for your state on
each of these issues.
You can find the e-mail addresses for the U.S.
Congress on the following
web site:
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1411/index.ht
ml
Jacqueline (HSD/Spec. Educ. Dept.#401/ERAC)
15675 Ambaum Blvd SW
Burien, WA 98166
206) 433-2557
Subject: Blacks Right to Vote
