"EXERCISE" AND HISTORY

YOU KNOW HOW GOD SENDS PEOPLE INTO YOUR LIFE AT THE RIGHT TIME. WELL, THIS YOUNG MAN HAS BEEN MY EXERCISE COACH. OR SHOULD I SAY THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN BUGGING ME ABOUT THAT E---- STUFF. MICKEY HAS BEING KEEPING UP WITH ME & MY EXERCISES.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME KNOW THAT I HATE, DETEST, DESPISE THE WORD EXERCISE. I'VE NEVER LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I WAS THE PHAT GIRL SO I ONLY PLAYED DODGE BALL. I ONLY PLAYED THAT SO I COULD LIGHT UP THOSE LITTLE SKINNY CHICKS WHO MADE FUN OF ME. AND I WAS REAL GOOD AT IT. THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL I LOST THE WEIGHT AND FROM THAT POINT ON ....
NOW THAT I'VE MATURED SOMEWHAT AND CAME INTO MY FULLNESS, I'M SUPPOSE TO EXERCISE. AWWWWWWWWWW DAMN

I'M TRYING BUT I JUST DON'T FEEL IT.
THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT DIE FROM DOING THIS STUFF...ATHLETES THAT WERE IN GREAT SHAPE , GREAT BODS ....


Florence Griffith Joyner celebrates her Olympic victory. Flo-Jo dies at 38.
Florence Griffith Joyner, triple gold medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, has died at the age of 38. The American sprinter apparently suffered a heart seizure at her home in Mission Viejo, California.

Griffith Joyner, known by her fans as Flo-Jo, captivated the world with her phenomenal speed and flamboyant style but her rapid improvement and her tremendous physique .Famous fingernails. Known for her self-designed running uniforms and six-inch painted fingernails, she also won a 1984 Olympic silver medal in the heptathlon and 1992 bronze medal in the long jump.
She was the wife of 1984 Olympic triple-jump gold medalist Al Joyner and the sister-in-law of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, the six-time Olympic medalist and world heptathlon record-holder.
Griffith Joyner set women's 100 and 200-metre world records in 1988.

Florence Griffith Joyner in action
Griffith Joyner first captured the headlines with an amazing series of runs in the US Olympic trials in 1988 and became the first woman to run the 100m in 10.49 seconds.

At Seoul she won the 100m in a wind-assisted 10.54, then set two world records at the 200m, running the semi-final in 21.56 and the final in 21.34.
White acknowledges the crowd when the Packers retired his number in 1999 -- then he unretired and played for Carolina in 2000.

Reggie White, a fearsome defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers who was one of the great players in NFL history, has died. White turned 43 on Dec. 19. White had a respiratory ailment for several years that affected his sleep.
A two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and ordained minister who was known as the "Minister of Defense," White played a total of 15 years with Philadelphia (1985-92), Green Bay (1993-98) and Carolina (2000). He retired after the 2000 season as the NFL's all-time leader in sacks with 198. The mark has since been passed by Bruce Smith.
A member of the NFL's 75th anniversary team, White was elected to the Pro Bowl a record 13 straight times 1986-98. He was the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year in 1987 and 1998.
"He was just a wonderful player, first of all, as a player," said Seattle coach Mike Holmgren, who coached White at Green Bay. "Then as a person, he was just the best. He was one of the leaders, along with Brett Favre, of our football team in Green Bay. I'm a better person for having been around Reggie White."
White earned Favre's respect on and off the field.
"He may have been best player I've ever seen and certainly was the best I've ever played with or against," the Green Bay quarterback said Sunday. "Off the field, he did so much for so many people. He really reached a lot of people. ... He was a great friend on and off the field. We'll all miss him."
After an All-American senior season at Tennessee, White began his pro career with the Memphis Showboats of the USFL in 1984. He joined the Philadelphia Eagles, who held his NFL rights, after the USFL folded in 1985. For eight years, he was as an integral piece in Philadelphia's "Gang Green Defense."
White played a key role in free agency -- he was one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to the current system.
White signed as a free agent with Green Bay in 1993 for $17 million over four years. The Packers made consecutive Super Bowl appearances, including a win over New England in 1997, when White set a Super Bowl record with three sacks.
Fame player and possibly the best defensive lineman ever to play the game."

SO WHY IT'S SO GREAT TO BE IN SHAPE AGAIN....

HISTORY: Irene Morgan

A young Irene Morgan

Eleven years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, a young woman named Irene Morgan rejected that same demand on an interstate bus headed to Maryland from Gloucester, Virginia. Recovering from a miscarriage and already sitting far in the back, she defied the driver's order to surrender her seat to a white couple. Like Parks, Morgan was arrested and jailed. But her action caught the attention of lawyers from the NAACP, led by Thurgood Marshall, and in two years her case reached the Supreme Court.
Though the lawyers fervently believed that Jim Crow - the curious pseudonym for racial segregation - was unjust, they recognized the practice was still the law of the land, upheld by the 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Instead of seeking a judgment on humanitarian grounds or the equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment, they made the seemingly arcane argument that segregation in interstate travel violated the Constitution's Interstate Commerce Clause.

On June 3, 1946, that strategy paid off. In Irene Morgan v. Virginia, the court ruled that segregation in interstate travel was indeed unconstitutional as "an undue burden on commerce." But though that the decision was now law, the southern states refused to enforce it, and Jim Crow continued as the way of life in the South. Yet there were those determined to do something about it.
In the spring of 1946, Irene Morgan, a black woman, boarded a bus in Virginia to go to Baltimore, Maryland. She was ordered to sit in the back of the bus, as Virginia state law required. She objected, saying that since the bus was an interstate bus, the Virginia law did not apply. Morgan was arrested and fined ten dollars. Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP took on the case. They argued that since an 1877 Supreme Court decision ruled that it was illegal for a state to forbid segregation, then it was likewise illegal for a state to require it. The United States Supreme Court agreed:

"As no state law can reach beyond its own border nor bar transportation of passengers across its boundaries, diverse seating requirements for the races in interstate journeys result. As there is no federal act dealing with the separation of races in interstate transportation, we must decide the validity of this Virginia statute on the challenge that it interferes with commerce, as a matter of balance between the exercise of the local police power and the need for national uniformity in the regulations for interstate travel. It seems clear to us that seating arrangements for the different races in interstate motor travel require a single, uniform rule to promote and protect national travel. Consequently, we hold the Virginia statute in controversy invalid."

The court did not rule that segregated transportation within the state was unconstitutional. The ruling, while another defeat for segregation in law, did not have an immediate impact. Buses still segregated its passengers until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s put an end to the practice once and for all.

MALCOLM X

Back during slavery, when Black people like me talked to the slaves, they didn't kill 'em, they sent some old house Negro along behind him to undo what he said. You have to read the history of slavery to understand this. There were two kinds of Negroes. There was that old house Negro and the field Negro. And the house Negro always looked out for his master. When the field Negroes got too much out of line, he held them back in check. He put 'em back on the plantation. The house Negro could afford to do that because he lived better than the field Negro. He ate better, he dressed better, and he lived in a better house. He lived right up next to his master - in the attic or the basement. He ate the same food his master ate and wore his same clothes. And he could talk just like his master - good diction. And he loved his master more than his master loved himself. That's why he didn't want his master hurt. If the master got sick, he'd say, "What's the matter, boss, we sick?" [Laughter] When the master's house caught afire, he'd try and put the fire out. He didn't want his master's house burned. He never wanted his master's property threatened. And he was more defensive of it than the master was. That was the house Negro. But then you had some field Negroes, who lived in huts, had nothing to lose. They wore the worst kind of clothes. They ate the worst food. And they caught hell. They felt the sting of the lash. They hated their master. Oh yes, they did. If the master got sick, they'd pray that the master died. If the master's house caught afire, they'd pray for a strong wind to come along. This was the difference between the two. And today you still have house Negroes and field Negroes. I'm a field Negro."

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IT'S ONE OF THE DAYS WHERE I NEEDED AN EXTRA PUSH. NOTHING REALLY WRONG. I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HITTING THE FLOOR THIS MORNING. SOMEDAYS I JUST WANT LAY THERE NICE IN COZY IN MY BED. AND JUST CHILL...
IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEVER HAVE TIME TO RELAX, CHILL , SLOW DOWN ANYMORE. I ALWAYS HAVE TO RUN SOMEWHERE, PLAY TAXI OR GET TO A MEETING.
WE ALL NEED ENCOURAGEMENT THAT EXTRA LIKE PUSH TO SAY COME ON YOU CAN DO IT. I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL... THANX AGAIN MR BELL.

YES WE CAN

HISTORY

THANX, MR. BELL

WHERE ARE OUR KINGS AND QUEENS ??????

OUR HISTORY: M L K

1. King was born Michael King Jr., Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Ga. Five years later, King's father changed both their names to Martin Luther, after the Reformation leader.

2. King skipped the ninth and 12th grades and entered Morehouse College at age 15.

3. When King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, he was the youngest man ever to receive the honor. At 35, King was also only the second American and the third black man to receive the award. Ralph Bunche was the first (1950), and Albert Luthuli (1960) was the second.

4. King had originally planned to become a doctor. Instead, he majored in sociology, graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A., then entered Crozer Theological Seminary. Both King's father and maternal grandfather were ministers. King was ordained a Baptist minister in 1948.

5. King went by the nickname M.L.

6. King was successful in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed in Congress. These rights were pivotal in reversing discrimination perpetrated through Jim Crow laws and grandfather clauses. The Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination in public places, called for the integration of public schools and public facilities and made discrimination in employment practices illegal. The Voting Rights Act outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes that had prevented African Americans from having a voice in the voting process.

7. King authored six books. The titles include 'Stride Toward Freedom,' a story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott; 'The Measure of a Man' and 'Strength to Love,' selected sermons; 'Why We Can't Wait,' the story of the Birmingham campaign; 'Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?' and reflections on the nuclear arms race and other contemporary world issues.

8. King and his wife Coretta Scott had four children. From oldest to youngest, they are: Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott and Bernice Albertine.

9. King was assassinated April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray was convicted of the killing and sentenced to 99 years in jail. Ray, an escaped convict, pleaded guilty to the crime in March 1969. He died in 1998.

10. Coretta Scott King passed away Jan. 30, 2006. Mrs. King championed her husband's causes and was an important and influential leader in her own right. Her body lay in the rotunda of the Georgia Capitol, becoming the first woman and the first African American to receive that honor. George W. Bush and three former Presidents attended her funeral, praising her lifetime of dedication to the civil rights movement.

In His Own Words

''I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.''
From a Speech delivered at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963

HAS THE TIMES REALLY CHANGED?????

CAN YOU HONESTLY TELL ME THAT YOU DON'T LOOK AT ANOTHERS COLOR AND NOT PASS JUDGEMENT? OR SAY SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE???

WHAT SEE U WHEN U LOOK AT ME ....

LESSON FOR TODAY

FROM THE LIBRARY OF MR. BELL

SISTA FRIENDS

I HAVE A HABIT OF SAYING EXACTLY WHAT'S ON MY MIND. I CAN BE KINDA MEAN WHEN I THINK YOU'RE WRONG. I WILL CALL YOU ON YOUR "BS". I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I SEE SOMEONE USING OR ABUSING A FRIEND OF MINE. I WILL SPEAK UP FOR THEM. I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR STUPIDITY AND IGNORANCE.
"JUICE" LET ME KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT I REALLY THINK. "IT'S NOT WHAT U SAY BUT HOW U SAY IT". I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR STUPIDITY AND IGNORANCE. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT "PATIENCE" THING.
ALL I CAN SAY IS GOD IS STILL MOLDING ME, HE'S NOT FINISH WITH ME YET.
I RECIEVED THIS ONE FROM "JUICE" MY FRIEND,SISTA, & MOMMA #2. THIS WAS REALLY COOL. OK THERE IS STILL SOME SISTA THAT CAN SHOW EACH OTHER LOVE.

A BLACK WOMAN'S SMILE

THIS IS A SPOKEN WORD BY TY GRAY

WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING BLACK????

CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY AND CONFRONTING OUR CHALLENGES...
THAT WAS OUR TOPIC AT CHURCH http://unionbaptistchurch.com/ THIS MORNING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEBUARY BEING "BLACK HISTORY MONTH" WE GOING TO DISCUSSION BLACK HISTORY.

THE QUESTION IS "WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING BLACK"?
SINCE WE'RE MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE GEN. 1:27 THERE CAN'T BE ANYTHING WRONG WITH BEING BLACK.

I PERSONALLY LOVE BEING A BLACK WOMAN...
PHYSICALLY...
I DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TIME & MONEY TRYING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE SKIN TONE. MY FAMILY SKIN TONES RANGES FROM COFFEE WITH EXTRA CREAM TO BLACK COFFE. I DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MONEY FOR NICE FULL SENSUAL LIPS AND EXTRA ROUND DERRIERE.

SO WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING BLACK? HMMMMMMMMMMM

WE DON'T HELP EACH OTHER. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME OVER FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY SHARE ROOMS UNTIL THEY CAN GET ON THEIR FEET. THEY SEND MONEY TO THEIR FAMILIES. WE
CAN'T GET ALONE WITH EACH OTHER. BLACK WOMEN DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER. TWEETY SAID A GIRL DIDN'T LIKE HER BECAUSE SHE THINKS SHE'S CUTE.
I TAUGHT TWEETY TO HOLD HER HEAD UP. MY DAD TAUGHT ME "THAT NOBODY IS BETTER THAN ME AND I'M NO BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. I MIGHT BE BETTER AT CROSSING MY T'S AND
SOMEBODY ELSE IS BETTER AT DOTING THEIR I'S. EVERYONE HAS A GIFT. YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN WHICH ONE IS YOURS. MY BABY GIRL HAS A "MONIQUE
ATTITUDE". SO YES SHE DOES THINK THAT SHE GOT IT GOING ON. MY POINT IS
THAT IT STARTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IN WHICH WE AS BLACK WOMEN CAN'T GET ALONG. THAT'S ONE OF MY MAJOR ISSUES I HAVE WITH US AS A PEOPLE. WE DO NOT GIVE EACH OTHER
OUR PROPS. DOES IT HURT TO LOVE EACH OTHER WITHOUT WANTING SOMETHING?

WHAT WRONG WITH BEING BLACK?????