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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FIGHT LIKE 42: North Texas Civil Rights Collective Announces Economic Withdrawal on Jackie Robinson Day at Globe Life Field. Demonstration Set for April 12, 2026. “We will not return until the statue comes down.” Pastor Kyev Tatum ~  https://youtu.be/0VzvoIo0r5o Fort Worth, Texas — April 2026 — The North Texas Civil Rights Collective has announced the launch of an economic boycott of Jackie Robinson Day events at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, beginning in April 2026. The boycott will remain in effect until the Texas Rangers organization removes the Texas Ranger statue currently displayed at the publicly funded stadium—an image that many community members view as painful, harmful, and inconsistent with the values of inclusion and equality. “Jackie Robinson Day should be a sacred moment in American history—a celebration of courage, justice, and progress,” said Rev. Kyev P. Tatum, Sr., President of the Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas an...

  INNER CITY COFFEE EXCHANGE TAKES BOLD STEP FORWARD. Luke 9:62. Coffee Allo Collective Trains at Texas A&M — Bridging Global Coffee Expertise to Inner-City Opportunity COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — In a decisive step toward transforming communities from the inside out, the Inner City Coffee Exchange (ICCE) and its Coffee Allo Cooperative traveled to Texas A&M University for an immersive, hands-on training experience at the globally respected Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture Center for Coffee Research and Education. This was more than a visit. This was vision becoming visible. A team of emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and community builders entered one of the nation’s most advanced coffee research environments—not simply to learn the craft, but to unlock economic pathways capable of reshaping inner-city futures. From the Inner City to the Global Stage The Coffee Allo Cooperative was built on a bold and unapologetic mission: to create jobs, cultivate owners...

PLOW FORWARD! Planting Tomatoes with Purpose. Luke 9:62 “What is planted in love never dies.” In Memory of Travelle “Tre” Boyer — A Son of the Community New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. On Good Friday, we didn’t just remember the cross— we lived out its call. Today was more than a day of outdoor work— it was a declaration of faith in motion. Hands hit the soil. Seeds met the ground. Purpose was planted. We plowed. We planted. We prepared for a harvest we believe God will bring forth. We spent the day with our hands in the dirt and our faces in the sun— embracing the sacred rhythm of creation itself. What looked like simple labor was, in truth, ministry in motion. We worked the soil. We breathed in fresh air. We received what can only be called sun therapy from heaven above. We extend our deepest gratitude to Reverend Clyde Lawson of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church, whose faithful labor prepared the ground before we ever arrived. Because the soil was ...

  EVERY STONE HAS A SONG: The State of Texas Attack on the NAACP After Mansfield, 1956. By Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr., Publisher, Black, Texans, Inc., Link:  https://mansfieldcrisis.omeka.net/items/show/290 AUSTIN, TEXAS - What happened in Mansfield, Texas in 1956 did not end at the schoolhouse doors. It followed the NAACP into courtrooms, into offices, into the very files you have just uncovered ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa67cqHSa90&feature=youtu.be ). Because when the NAACP stood up for three Black children to walk into Mansfield High School… Texas stood up to shut the NAACP down. I. WHEN JUSTICE WALKED IN, POWER PUSHED BACK After the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Brown v. Board of Education II that desegregation must proceed “with all deliberate speed,” the NAACP moved with purpose. In Mansfield, that purpose had a name: Jackson v. Rawdon (1955) Led by courageous attorneys like Thurgood Marshall, L. Clifford Davis, and supported by organizers such as T.M. Moody ...

HIDDEN CROWNS OF COWTOWN Honoring the Legacy of Negro League Legends Connection to Fort Worth, Texas.   A Jackie Robinson Day Exhibition |  https://fwtx.com/culture/the-day-jackie-robinson-came-to-fort-worth/ On Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM, the New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church will host a powerful and historic exhibition honoring the legacy of Black baseball pioneers whose greatness helped shape both the game and the nation. This special presentation—Hidden Crowns of Cowtown—will be held at: New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church 2864 Mississippi Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76104 The Hidden Crowns of Cowtown:  https://fortworthreport.org/2024/02/05/fact-brief-did-jackie-robinson-play-at-fort-worths-historic-lagrave-field/ This exhibition lifts up five legendary figures whose impact reaches far beyond the baseball diamond: Rube Foster — The architect of the Negro Leagues and a visionary leader who helped build a national platform for Black excellence. L....