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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime At This Blog Post. Each broadcast can be replayed immediately following the show. ======================== Their backgrounds and circumstances couldn't have been more different. Bob survived the foster care system in New York. Willie grew up in a loving household headed by a single mother in Boston. Bob graduated from high school and entered the newspaper business as an office boy. Willie graduated from high school and joined the Boston Police Department as a police cadet. Both rose the ranks through hard work and through building relationships with others. Bob was white. Willie is black. Both define what success looks like in black and white. Bob Danzig rose to become the CEO of Hearst Publications. He just died yesterday. Willie/William Gross just became the first African American Police Commissioner in the history of Boston. Today we'll trace their origins and see why leadership still matters in the hustle and bustle of our society. ========================= Read More About Bob Danzig Here: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Bob-Danzig-who-rose-from-poverty-to-Hearst-13142361.php Read More About Commissioner William Gross Here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/05/william-gross-set-sworn-boston-first-black-police-commissioner-was-officer-making-friends-say/3UpVDi2P7XIiqQJkXwhrzK/story.html
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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime At This Blog Post. Each broadcast can be replayed immediately following the show. ======================== To think that the new movie, Detroit, represented a comprehensive look at a terrible event that took place in July of 1967 is only to give credence to part of a complex story. Yes, see the movie, but realize it’s only covering a segment of a citywide episode in Detroit’s long history. I was born black hospital in Detroit and largely raised in a middle-class neighborhood on the city’s west side. My story is what the movie didn’t capture as it opened the closet door of a major metropolitan city at the cross roads of civil rights, Vietnam, and unrest everywhere. Today’s show is a personal one for me. And an opportunity to add layers of truth onto a movie that opened old wounds dating back more than 50 years. ======================= The July 1967 Detroit Riots Source: Wikipedia and The Detroit Free Press The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot or the 1967 Detroit rebellion, was a violent public disorder that turned into a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan. It began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967. The precipitating event was a police raid of an unlicensed, after-hours bar then known as a blind pig, just north of the corner of 12th Street (today Rosa Parks Boulevard) and Virginia Park Avenue, on the city's Near West Side. Police confrontations with patrons and observers on the street evolved into one of the deadliest and most destructive riots in the history of the United States, lasting five days and surpassing the violence and property destruction of Detroit's 1943 race riot. To help end the disturbance, Governor George W. Romney ordered the Michigan Army National Guard into Detroit, and President Lyndon B. Johnson sent in both the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. The result was 43 dead, 1,189 injured, over 7,200 arrests, and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed. The scale of the riot was surpassed in the United States only by the 1863 New York City draft riots during the American Civil War, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The riot was prominently featured in the news media, with live television coverage, extensive newspaper reporting, and extensive stories in Time and Life magazines. The staff of the Detroit Free Press won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for general local reporting for its coverage. By Thursday, much of the city was calm for the first time in five days. Many Detroiters and suburbanites were exhausted, sad, scared, confused and angry. And they also were curious about what had happened. Such large crowds and cars jammed 12th Street and other battered neighborhoods Thursday that Romney felt forced to reinstate the 9 p.m.- 5:30 a.m. curfew to control traffic and allow cleanup crews access. The sights of soldiers, tanks, streets glittering with glass and smoking piles of rubble where busy businesses once stood were so much more harsh in person than on TV, and the images left many people feeling disoriented and ill. The stats startled the world: 43 dead (33 African Americans and 10 whites); 1,189 injured; 7,231 arrests, of which 14% were white; 2,509 stores looted or burned; and 3,034 calls for fire department service. Of all structure fires, perhaps as many as 27% took place in black-owned businesses, according to historian Sidney Fine. “The catastrophe which has struck Detroit is a disaster by any reasonable definition of that term,” Romney said. On Thursday, Cavanagh assembled at city hall 500 Detroiters, from Henry Ford II, UAW President Walter Reuther, department store chief J.L. Hudson Jr. to numerous community and neighborhood leaders. The mayor would appoint Hudson, then 35, to lead a city rebuilding committee, which would become New Detroit Inc. “We had to have something like this to wake us up to the fact that we have a revolution going on,” said Anthony Locricchio, an antipoverty activist. “We knew this would be bad, but we didn’t know it would be this bad.” =========================================================== Watch More About Detroit's Middle Class Neighborhoods From the 1960s And The Events That Led To The 1967 Detroit Riots Conrad Mallett, Jr. Former Chief Justice Michigan Supreme Court And My Cass Tech High School Classmate - Class of 1971 Click On The Image Of Judge Mallett To Hear The Interview Conservative Blogger Erick Erickson America is such a large country that it’s relatively easy for some populations to hide out with “their own kind.” Our media is so segmented that information can be brought to you by your favorite cable network, blogger or politically affiliated news organization with virtually no connection to the other side. You don’t have to understand the other side because you don’t have to spend anytime reaching out to them. Unless you’re willing and able to suspend your own judgment and walk a mile in “their shoes.”
Because I live a transparent life and practice diversity wherever I can, I subscribe to conservative bloggers and opinion makers. One of them is Erick Erickson, a moderate conservative who has written a remarkable commentary on understanding how everyday life activities impacts Blacks and Hispanics. He starts out by saying, “I am writing here about something I know nothing about and, given the demographics of this website, most of you know nothing about. I have witnessed it, but I have not experienced it.” The article details the acquittal of the police officer to shot and killed Philando Castile in an incident all caught on video. Read the article and share it with your friends and colleagues. The opening paragraph alone is worth a discussion with your staff over a brown bag lunch. How often do we judge “those people” without ever getting a sense of how they are treated is the essence of Erick’s commentary. Then, think about subscribing to a blog, newsletter, or media outlet that has opposing views to your world. Learning first hand how the other side thinks is the first step in diversity and cross-cultural understanding. 9/15/2016 What’s Training, Talent and Talking Got To Do With It? Diversity and Multiculturalism In Today’s SocietyRead Now
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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime At This Blog Post. Each broadcast can be replayed immediately following the show. ======================== What should have been topics long ago off the table are more important than ever. Front and center in our current presidential campaign are diversity and multicultural issues. In our corporate boardrooms: diversity and multicultural issues. In our classrooms and teacher lounges: diversity and multicultural issues. In our work cubicles, office spaces, field sites, labs, departmental divisions, police stations and executive suites: diversity and multiculturalism. They are the topics that thread us together for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. Diversity and multiculturalism are who we are and how we connect. We just need to find better opportunities to bridge the gap between enhancing our educational awareness of each other to yield better and more effective cooperative collaborations. We’ll explore these twin topics during today’s program in our conversation with educator and community advocate Nancy Thompson. She’ll talk about an upcoming Community/Police Forum that will cover everything from racial profiling to drugs in our street. Then I will walk you about three new events my company is producing to help drive the conversations forward: The November 3rd Multicultural Conference and our upcoming public trips to India and Cuba. Topics that should pique your interest. Topics that should expand your thoughts and actions in relevant and amazing new ways. ====================== CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE NOV 3rd MULTICULTURAL CONFERENCE CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR TRIPS TO INDIA AND CUBA Click Below To Listen To The Broadcast... Check Out Business Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with CaroleCopelandThomas on BlogTalkRadio Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Most of the cameras have gone home replaced by horrific stories of ISIS beheadings, ebola outbreaks and back to school activities filling the headlines. But there is still so much we do not know about the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown six times, his motives and his predispositions that caused him to react in such a violent manner. The cameras might be gone, but the US Federal Justice Department hasn’t. Yesterday they announced that they are launching a full scale investigation of the entire Ferguson Police Department that will probe into current and past police activities in this suburban St. Louis city of 21,000. Their findings will be followed by all of us who care about social justice and equal rights in America. The larger question remains, “Is There A Ferguson Near You?” Why, since the beginning of our country over 230 years ago are racial tension. violence and distrust such heavy clogs in the wheels of progress and cultural collaboration? And most importantly what is needed to push us past the angry and evil linchpins that keep popping up in Ferguson, Fresno and the Framinghams of our country? Joining us to discuss these weighty issues are Monalisa Smith, President, CEO and Founder of Mothers for Justice and Equality and Community Activist and Blogger, Candelaria Silva-Collins. ============================ For More Information About Michael Brown, The Incident Timeline and Ferguson Missouri, Read and Listen To My August 28th Broadcast. Click Here To Listen ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device Click Below To LIsten To Today's Show... More Business Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with CaroleCopelandThomas on BlogTalkRadio Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern. Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== The execution style killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old walking in the middle of the street in Ferguson, Missouri, has stirred the moral fibers of an American society reeked in ethnic tension, racial discrimination and police misconduct. On today’s show we’ll examine what happened in Ferguson and explore what’s wrong in America when Black men outnumber all other ethnic groups in violence and wrongful death in this country. ========================== Timeline of Michael Brown Killing In Ferguson, Missouri Saturday August 9th through Friday August 15th Source: USA Today Saturday Aug. 9, 2014 11:48 a.m. to noon – An officer responds to a call of a sick person. 11:51 a.m. – Another call comes in about a robbery at a convenience store. The dispatcher gives a description of the robber and says the suspect is walking toward the Quick Trip convenience store. 12:01 p.m. – The officer encounters Michael Brown and a friend as they walk down a street. Brown is shot to death as a result of the encounter. 12:04 p.m. – A second officer arrives on the scene followed by a supervisor one minute later. An ambulance responding to the earlier sick person call drives by and responds to assess Brown. Sunday Aug. 10 10 a.m. – Michael Brown, 18, was unarmed, St. Louis County Police Chief Joe Belmar says in a news conference. Belmar says Brown physically assaulted the officer, and during a struggle between the two, Brown reached for the officer's gun. One shot was fired in the car followed by other gunshots outside of the car. Brown's parents retain attorney Benjamin Crump, who represented the family of Trayvon Martin, as their counsel.A candlelight vigil to honor Brown later turns violent. More than a dozen businesses are vandalized and looted. More than 30 people are arrested and two police officers suffered injuries, police said. Monday Aug. 11 5 a.m. – The first day of school is canceled in Jennings, near Ferguson, for safety of students who could be walking. 7 a.m. – Ferguson police and city leaders say a number of death threats to the police force have been received in relation to the fatal shooting. 10 a.m. – Hundreds gather outside the Ferguson Police Department to demand justice for Brown's death. Police arrest at least seven people. 11 a.m. – The FBI announces the agency will do a parallel investigation into the shooting of Brown. 2 p.m. – St. Louis County Police Department announces it will release the name of the officer who is accused of shooting Brown by noon Tuesday. 4 p.m. – The parents and attorney of Brown hold a press conference where they ask for a stop to violence and demand justice for their son. 6 p.m. – Community members and leaders meet and pray at a meeting hosted by the NAACP. 8 p.m. – Several gather again on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, and police use tear gas to disperse crowds that did not protest peacefully. Tuesday Aug. 12 Early morning, police announce 15 arrests stemming from Ferguson events Monday evening. In addition, St. Louis County Police Chief says the name of the officer involved in the shooting will not be released due to threats on social media. 10 a.m. – Protesters gather at St. Louis County Police Department headquarters for a peaceful protest where a list of demands was given relating to the investigation of Brown's death. Noon – Rev. Al Sharpton arrives in St. Louis to speak to the family of Brown, and he made his way around the St. Louis area to demand justice in the fatal shooting. Sharpton and the family spoke on the Old Courthouse steps early Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon, a preliminary autopsy report for Brown is released by St. Louis County Medical Examiner's office. The FAA announces air restrictions over Ferguson to allow for law enforcement helicopters. 3 p.m. – Officials charge nine people in relation to looting in Ferguson Sunday night into Monday morning. 4 p.m. – President Obama releases a statement regarding the Brown incident. The Justice Department announces it will take on reviewing police tactics across the country. 7 p.m. – Gov. Jay Nixon, City of St. Louis Mayor and other area leaders come together to speak on the Brown case. At a separate public meeting, Rev. Al Sharpton and the Brown family urge a peaceful fight toward justice for Michael Brown. 10 p.m. – Tensions rise between protesters and police for the third consecutive night. KSDK-TV reporter Farrah Fazal speaks to Dorian Johnson, a man who's come forward as an eyewitness to Brown's shooting. Wednesday Aug. 13 After a third night of protests full of tension, the City of Ferguson asked protests and vigils for Michael Brown to be held during the daytime. 10 a.m. – A number of volunteers gather to help the city start to pick up the pieces after tense and violent episodes in prior days. KSDK learns Wednesday afternoon that Brown's remains had been turned over to the family. 3 p.m. – The Justice Department opens a federal civil rights investigation related to the Ferguson shooting. Ferguson police say at a news conference that the 911 tape from Saturday would be released soon. 4 p.m. – Brown had no criminal background, the St. Louis County Prosecutor's office discloses. 6 p.m. – Ferguson-Florissant School District postpones the first day of school until Aug. 18 due to safety concerns for its students. School was set to start Aug. 14. Police detain two reporters — one from the Huffington Post and another from the Washington Post — at a Ferguson McDonald's. 9 p.m. – Police begin to throw tear gas at protesters in Ferguson in order to disperse crowds. During the commotion, police also force media to move back out of the area and throw tear gas at an Al Jazeera America crew. 10 p.m. – Gov. Jay Nixon announces via Twitter that he's cancelling his visit to Missouri State Fair Thursday to visit Ferguson. City of St. Louis Alderman Antonio French is arrested for unlawful assembly. Thursday Aug. 14 6 a.m. – Police announce 16 people have been arrested and two officers injured during the fourth night of violence. 7 a.m. – City Alderman Antonio French is released from jail without formal charges and posting bond. 11 a.m. – Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon makes his first stop of many through north St. Louis County and Ferguson. 11:40 a.m. – Obama addressed the nation on Ferguson and urges for calm. The president called on local police to be "open and transparent" about their investigation of Brown's death. 3:30 p.m. – Gov. Jay Nixon announced Thursday that the Missouri Highway Patrol will take control of security in Ferguson and that the unit in the embattled town would be overseen by Capt. Ron Johnson, who was born and raised near the community. 6 p.m. – Across the country, silent vigils were held to remember and honor the memory of Michael Brown. Evening, night – Citizens marched peacefully alongside state troopers and no violent clashes were reported for the first time this week. Friday Aug. 15 8:45 a.m. – Darren Wilson is named as the officer who shot Brown on Aug. 9. Wilson has been on the force for six years and has no disciplinary action against him, police chief Thomas Jackson says. The announcement comes three days after police originally said they would name the officer, citing a fear for the officer's safety. The police chief also gave details about a strong-arm robbery at a local convenience store that took place moments before Wilson shot Brown. He did not connect Brown to the robbery during his news conference, but in police documents he released to reporters, Brown is named as a suspect. Jackson released dispatch records and video surveillance of the robbery as well. 11 a.m. – Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson says at a security briefing that he hopes peaceful protests continue in Ferguson. "Don't burn down our own house," he says. "That does not prove a point. That does not solve issues." Gov. Jay Nixon reassured people that the investigation's focus remains on finding out how and why Brown was killed. Noon – An attorney for Dorian Johnson, who is an eyewitness interviewed by law enforcement, says that Dorian Johnson and Brown took part in the convenience store robbery prior to the shooting. 12:30 p.m. – The family of Michael Brown releases a statement saying they are "beyond outraged" by how the information was released in a way to "assassinate the character of their son," tying him to the robbery. 3 p.m. – Chief Thomas Jackson says Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Brown, did not know Brown was a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that happened moments before the shooting. Wilson stopped Brown for walking in the middle of the street. Friday evening – Rev. Jesse Jackson links arms with protesters in Ferguson. He led the group in prayer and urged them to "turn pain into power" while fighting back non-violently. Friday night into Saturday morning – Police and nearly 200 protesters clash as rocks are thrown at officers and armored trucks returned to the streets. Tear gas is used to disperse rowdy crowds. For the remainder of this timeline go to: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/14/michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-timeline/14051827 ======================================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device 8/15/2011 An Insider's Perspective: The Riots In Britain Part One by Garth Dallas BSc, MSc, MBA, LLMRead NowPhotos provided by Garth Dallas
I have had a working relationship with Garth Dallas for nearly two years, thanks to technology and the marvels of Google and social networking. So when the riots broke out nearly three weeks ago in Britain, Garth, who lives and works in Liverpool, was there to give an accurate perspective on what was really going on in England. I lived through the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan and vividly remember how afraid my family was with the possibility of losing our house to fire. So I can only imagine the fear some residents are experiencing with this recent outbreak in England. Here is Part One of this important "insider's perspective" on what's really going on in Britain. -Carole ====== Only last month (July) I was heavily involved in commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Toxteth Riots of 1981 which represented a significant moment in Liverpool’s history: petrol bomb attacks, milk-floats driven at the police, the burning and looting of shops, the first use of CS gas on mainland Britain, the running down by a police vehicle of a disabled youth were just some of the incidents. I didn’t experience the 1981 riots because I was still living in Jamaica at that time and was graduating High School when the riots erupted in Liverpool. Indeed, I returned to Jamaica in July to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our graduation and came back to England on the very same day that the 2011 Tottenham riots started – August 6th 2011. Masked youth wandered the streets armed with Molotov cocktails, families flee as their homes erupt in flames, medics tend to the bloodied and bruised as armoured vehicles patrol the streets - a scene fit for a war zone. The world has been captivated by the scenes emerging from London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool during the 7 days of rioting that rocked Britain while the British public has searched for explanations for what set off this wave of anarchy. The spark in Tottenham was the killing of 29-year-old Mark Duggan on the evening of August 4th by police officers who stopped a minicab carrying him near Tottenham Hale Tube station to carry out a pre-planned arrest. Shots were fired, according to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, leading to Duggan’s death at the scene. But shocking as the violence has been, this isn’t the first time England has been paralysed by riots - history seems to be repeating itself with terrifying accuracy. St. Paul’s Riot In April of 1980, the Black and White Café, a famous drug den in Bristol, was raided by officers. High unemployment, poor living conditions and a general feeling of discrimination by the police force proved a deadly combination as over a hundred youth battled with officers, destroying police cars and fire trucks as well as local buildings. In total twenty-five people were hospitalised, including 19 officers, and 130 were arrested. While the numbers were relatively low compared to later riots, St. Paul’s would be seen as a turning point. 1981 Summer Riots The “Sus” law - short for suspected person - was a police method that allowed individuals to be stopped and searched without just cause, generating a harsh division between the police and minority communities in the late 1970s and early 1980s. April marked the introduction of a new tactic, called Operation Swamp, where police patrolled the streets in large groups, arresting thousands of suspected criminals in order to slash the crime rate. On the evening of April 10 in Brixton (London), as officers led a young black man suffering from stab wounds to a police car to take him to a hospital, he broke free, fearing he was actually being arrested. A crowd began to form around the scene, throwing bottles and bricks at the policemen. As the night went on, rumours spread like wildfire throughout Brixton that the injured man had actually been stabbed by the White officers. Operation Swamp searches ensued and when officers attempt to search a man suspected of carrying drugs, a full-fledged riot broke with Molotov cocktails being thrown for the first time on the mainland in British history. Hundreds of homes and buildings were looted and torched. 300 officers were injured, along with 60 civilians. Riots spread to areas of Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool in the later months. In Toxteth in Liverpool, for example, unrest was triggered in 1981 after police pursued a man they wrongly suspected had stolen a motorbike, and then arrested a nearby person for assault when he attempted to intervene. The unrest led to 450 police officers being injured and 70 buildings being demolished. Broadwater Farm On October 5, 1985, police raided the home of Cynthia Jarrett, a woman of African-Caribbean descent whose son had just been arrested. She lived on the Broadwater Farm estate, a dense housing unit in Tottenham, once known as one of the worst places to live in England. As police searched the woman’s house, she collapsed and died of a heart attack, prompting public outcry in the community. Cynthia Jarrett’s daughter reported that police officers pushed her mother to the ground. The following day, relatives led a peaceful protest to the police station in Tottenham, but the peace didn’t last long. Hundreds of people began to riot, angered not only by Cynthia Jarrett’s death, but also the police shooting of an innocent Jamaican woman at her home in South London a week earlier, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. A string of looting, violence against journalists and armed confrontations with police ended with the brutal death of police constable, Keith Blakelock, who was stabbed 42 times as rioters tried to decapitate him with machetes. For months after the incident, hundreds of people were arrested and interrogated. End of Part One. Your Comments Are Welcome. Stay Tuned For Part Two Tomorrow Garth Dallas is CEO of Global Diversity Partners, Editor of Diverse Magazine and Chair of African Caribbean Business Support Group. He has over 17 years corporate, agency and entrepreneurial experience in Global Diversity Management, Business Development, Marketing and International Business Relations with clients in the public and private sectors. He lives in Liverpool, England. 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