A lifetime friend of my mind stands out, Bernard Jones; his mother raised him and his sister. Bernie graduated from college and one of the many accomplishments was that he founded the first Black foundation in America, Poise Foundation. Bernie’s lifetime accomplishments have been duplicated by millions of Americans, who came from one-parent families and some from no parent families. Often they were raised by aunts, uncles, grandparents and neighbors, who were more than neighborly.
I recall one evening I was visiting a friend of mine [Bob] and the phone rang, it was a student calling from Tuskegee University to state he had exhausted all of his money and was forced to drop out of college. Bob asked him how much money did he need and reluctantly the student answered. Bob said give him a half hour and he would call him back. During the next twenty minutes Bob made three phone calls and raised enough money that enabled the young man to finish college.
My two best men, Tom and Orland came from single parent homes, but both were outstanding sons, husbands, fathers and all around outstanding citizens, who were truly a credit to the race. If you multiply the positive incidents that I have written about, it will become apparent that the positive deserves more coverage than the negative.
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(Louis “Hop” Kendrick is a weekly contributor to the Forum page.)
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