Under J. Edgar Hoover, the agency’s inaugural director, African Americans were hounded, targeted, discriminated against and treated with contempt. In the minds of many Blacks, little has changed over the years and the FBI is still considered “the enemy” or at least, “not a friend.”
The Long Beach Ministers Alliance will host the Cookie Johnson, “Believing In Magic” book-signing event on Saturday, December 10, at 1 p.m., at the Michelle Obama Library, 5870 Atlantic Ave. in Long Beach. “Cookie is best known as the wife of Earvin “Magic” Johnson and mother to “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” star, E.J. Johnson. Now, she steps out of the shadows and becomes the light of hope for marriages, family, faith and fortitude,” said the Rev. Gregory Sanders, LBMA president. “The release of Cookie’s new book sheds astounding insight into a world that transcends sports and introduces family choices,
The Long Beach Ministers Alliance (LBMA) and the Los Angeles Civil Rights Association launched a Violence Interruption Project called “#awaken” in response to the shootings of four Black young men in Long Beach on April 18. Kicking-off the project on April 21, the organizations joined with the victims’ families, community members and city officials in a rally at Rosa Parks Park, located on 15th and Alamitos in Long Beach. The community surrounding 17th street and Alamitos Avenue is prepared to respond to the latest occurrence of violence in that area,” declared the Rev. Gregory Sanders, LBMA president and pastor of