Look For The Black Buzz News Service 2010 Stand Up For Justice Awards On January10, 2011

BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
Charlottesville, Virginia
December 31, 2010
BBNS

CHARLOTTESVILLE. The BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE will be presenting their 2010 Stand Up For Justice Awards on January 10th 2011 for individuals and organizations who stood up for justice in 2010.
 Our Stand Up For Justice Awards are in honor of Malcolm X who said
" If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."

Happy New Year

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The Terps' Friedgen Goes Out With A Big Bang As Maryland Romps Over East Carolina In The Military Bowl 51-20

BLACK BUZZ SPORTS NEWS SERVICE
College Park, Maryland
December 30, 2010
(BBSNS)

COLLEGE PARK. The Maryland Terps socked it to East Carolina in the Military Bowl winning 51-20 for a perfect retirement present to coach Ralph Friedgen (ACC Coach) of the year. Coach Friedgen is the person responsible for restoring pride in the Terrapin football program that had hit rock bottom. Coach Friedgen was the principal architect of the second biggest regular season turnaround in the country. Friedgen's Terps won nine games this season and lost four. Coach Friedgen had a 75-50 record that included a 5-2 bowl record.

The way the new Athletic Director Anderson handled Mr. Friedgen's exit was classless and unprofessional. Coach Friedgen was an assistant at UMD for 32 years and an alumnus. The Terp faithful weren't attending home games in great numbers thus the University contends they were loosing money.

Nevertheless the way Anderson handled the head coach James Franklin in waiting was also mishandeled. The powers to be at UMD didn't want to elevate Mr. Franklin because he was too close to coach Friedgen. Coach Franklin was made to look like a dupe and that's why he left College Park for greener pastures with the Vanderbilt University Commodores. Something just doesn't smell right at UMD.

Congratulations to Coach Friedgen/Staff and the Terp Football Team! Coach Friedgen has always been a class act.

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THE REAL PITTSBURGH HISTORY: Hill City's Jim Robinson Prevents A White Mob Led By A Catholic Priest On The South Side From Burning Out A Black Family That Moved Into The Arlington Heights Public Housing Projects

BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
The James S. Robinson Jr. Project
Robinson and Saunders Archives
Pittsburgh, PA
December 28, 2010
BBNS

PITTSBURGH...On July 23, 1947 James S. Robinson Jr., Executive Director of Hill City Youth Municipality received a call from City of Pittsburgh, Mayor David L. Lawrence who said " Jim we have a white priest leading a mob from the South Side threatening to burn out the colored families who just moved into the Arlington Heights Public Housing Projects, and you do what you have to to get the priest and mob under control." Mayor Lawrence further stated to Mr. Robinson that he couldn't trust too many white cops to stop that mob from harming those colored people who just moved into the Arlington Heights Projects.

According to my dad he informed Mayor Lawrence that he was taking his Hill City Crew along with several Colored Policemen to get the South Side priest and mob under control. My dad stated that when he arrived on the scene at said Housing complex that the priest in question was being very vociferouss in his objections to colored families who had moved into said projects.Further my dad informed me that priest was getting the crowd worked up into a frenzy.
My dad said his men put up barricades that prevented the mob from going into the building complex to attack the newly arrived colored residents. Each one of my dad's crew had Thompson Sub-Machine guns and other weapons and those men were as follows:

1. Willis Brooks
2. John A. Cundieff
3. Pronty Ford
4. Oliver Mason
5. Parker Thompson
6. James H. Williams
7. Big Blue (Sam Wilson)
*8. James S. Robinson Jr.

"My dad looked the priest in the eye and said if you or any of the other folks in your delegation take another step your blood will flow in the street and my dad told the priest to go home."  My dad clarified the point that the colored people had a right to live in those Projects that were founded through public tax dollars by the United States of America while the bigoted priest mumbled some racial epithet under his breath. " When the white mob saw those Black men standing there with Thompson Sub machine guns ready to use they dispersed in an expeditious fashion."


Who is really teaching the true history of Pittsburgh, PA? Note there is no mention of this incident in The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Chronology in reference to Blacks in Pittsburgh.Who is controlling the flow of vitally important historical information, and who is telling the history of Pittsburgh with true objectivity and thorough impeccable scholarship?

According to my dad Mayor Lawrence told him that the priest in question had been defrocked from the Catholic church.There was no media present and not even the Pittsburgh Courier. The white media very rarely covered happenings and events in the Black community back in the 1940's. The white press avoided Black news events as though the Black community was plagued by a curse.
I haven't contacted the Pittsburgh Diocese but I'll bet you ten too one that they don't any record of the priest getting defrocked.


              This post is part of the James S. Robinson Jr. Project

*Author's Note: Mayor Lawrence had asked my dad to take a office in the City-County Building with no job responsibilities. I attended Herron Hill Jr. High School with Big Blue's son Ellis Wilson. As head football coach of the Kay Boys I coached against Big Blue's other son Sidney Wilson who coached for the "House of Culture" which was also located in the Hill District. I'll never forget in one game between the Kay Boys Club and the House of Culture my prize pupil (Sammy Bam Clancy) who I started off playing defensive end caught the late Warner Macklin who was a fast nifty running back for the House of Culture for a seven yard lost on a double reverse.
*Note Warnie and Sammy will later team up to win a state basketball title for the Fifth Avenue Archers, and many people consider that Fifth Avenue team to be one of the greatest teams in the history of Pennsylvania Scholastic history.

Please read and review September 30, 2010 article titled "Hill City's Jim Robinson Throws Out Two Gangsters From Family Confectionery in the Hill District Section Of Pittsburgh PA" at the following address:
http://blackbuzz.blogspot.com/

Please read June 30, 2010 article titled "Teacher, Pioneer on Civil Rights Scene" at  http://blackbuzz.blogspot.com/

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Ronald B. Saunders Plays The Part Of Simeon In a Play Titled the Twelve Voices of Christmas

BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
Ronald B. Saunders Project
Saunders Family Archives
Pittsburgh PA
December 26, 2010

PITTSBURGH.. On December 19, 2002 at the Christian Tabernacle Kodesh Church of Immanuel, located at 2601 Centre Avenue in the Hill District section of Pittsburgh PA, Ronald B. Saunders played the part of Simeon in a play titled the Twelve Voices of Christmas, by Woodrow Kroll.

Mrs E. Lucille Lockhart, Director
Rev. Kenneth O. Barbour, Ph.D., Pastor, Supervising Elder

THE TWELVE VOICES OF CHRISTMAS
ORDER OF SERVICE

PRELUDE...............INSTRUMENTAL

PROCESSIONAL.......... Page 52 "Joy To The World"

INVOCATION............Rev. Richard A. Payne

THE PRESENTATION

GABRIEL................Rev. Kenneth O. Barbour
Voice of Disclosure
Luke 1 :11-22, 26-38; Matthew 1: 20-25

ZACHARIAS............Mr. Floyd Rollins
Voice of Disbelief
Luke 1: 25, 57-80

ELIZABETH.............Ms. Celestine Wilkerson
Voice of Blessing
Luke 1: 5-25, 57-80

JOHN.........................Rev. Charles Craig
Voice of Preparation
Luke 1: 13-17

MARY.......................Ms. Jennifer Barbour
Voice of Wonder
Luke 1 :26-38

JOSEPH...................Mr. Wayne McNeil
Voice of Reason
Matthew 1 : 16-25

ANGELS..................Mr. Ernest Fields
Voice of Peace
Luke 2 : 8-14

SHEPHERDS..............Mr. Walter Butler
Voices of Declaration
Luke 2 : 8 -17

ANNA.......................Rev. Jo-Ann Rumph-Smith
Voice of Thanksgiving
Luke 2 : 25-35

SIMEON...................Mr Ronald B. Saunders
Voice of Peace
Luke 2 : 25-35

HEROD..................Mr. Keith Wayne Barnett
Voice of Deception
Matthew 2: 1-12

WISE MEN.............Mr. Tony Watts
Voices of Adoration
Matthew 2 : 1-12

* The standing room audience clapped for five minutes and many of those in attendance stated that they thought Ronald B. Saunders was a professional actor. The feedback from the audience was positive and uplifting.

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DECEMBER 23, 1950: A THUG ATTACKS JAMES S. ROBINSON JR. WHO WAS CARRYING A CHRISTMAS TREE TO HIS CAR ON ELMORE STREET IN THE HILL DISTRICT

BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
Robinson & Saunders Archives
The James S. Robinson Jr. Project
Pittsburgh PA
December 26, 2010
BBNS

PITTSBURGH.. Blogger Black Buzz was sitting in his living room on 524 Francis Street in the Hill District section of Pittsburgh when I overheard my aunt Esther tell her sister Ruth, and father that Bea ( my mother) had called her and said that "Jimmy had been attacked by a man with a knife while carrying a Christmas tree."
My parents weren't home at the time because they were busy closing up our Grocery/ Chicken store located on Wylie avenue in the Hill District, and they were also engaged in doing some last minute shopping for said Christmas.
At approximately 8:35 p.m. my parents arrived home with the Christmas tree in question. Further my dad informed all the members of the family "that some foolish thug tried to steal his Christmas tree by attacking with a knife, and that he would probably never again attack anyone else with a knife anywhere. I heard my dad state "that he worked over the thug pretty good and dragged him to the front of the Crawford Grill." " And apparently someone had called Big Blue (Sam Wilson) and Mason who arrived on the scene and they kicked the thug repeatedly until the Paddy Wagon arrived." My dad also stated the Paddy Wagon probably took the thug to either Pasavant Hospital or Mercy hospital."
I still have the knife that was used in the attack on my dad, and I also have a War World II dagger that was given too my dad by a Black GI who had taken if off of a dead German that he had killed while driving for the famous Red Ball Express in the backwoods of Germany.
That wicked and stupid Negro thug was not about to steal part of our Christmas from the baddest Black man in the City of Pittsburgh in 1950.
My dad had mercy on the thug, but that thug would never be able to use a knife on another innocent citizen again.

This post is part of the James S. Robinson Jr. Project

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

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WHY DOESN'T THE UCONN LADY HUSKIES BASKETBALL TEAM PLAY PAT SUMMITT'S LADY VOLUNTEERS?

BLACK BUZZ SPORTS NEWS SERVICE
Fryeburg Maine
December 22, 2010
(BBSNS)

FRYEBURG-- Why can't the UCONN Huskie women play Pat Summitt's Lady Vols? Who is the culprit in the instant case?
Is Pat Summitt still perturbed about the fact that Maya Moore changed her mind about coming to Tennessee and decided to go too the University of Connecticut?
What role did the great Candice Parker have on Maya's decision not to matriculate to the University of Tennessee?
Is Geno Auriemma hands completely clean in the recruitment of Maya Moore?
I have a lot of respect for Pat Summitt, but something isn't kosher as too why these two powerhouses choose not to play in the regular season.
Maybe the folks on ESPN's SPORT CENTER need to quit tap dancing around the question and asked Pat and Geno why they can't get together during the regular season and play a game .
It would be a financial bonanza for both teams.

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HOW ABOUT THOSE UCONN HUSKIE WOMEN: MAYA MOORE LEADS THE WAY AS THE HUSKIES WALLOP FLORIDA ST FOR Their 89th straight win

BLACK BUZZ SPORTS NEWS SERVICE
Hartford, Connecticut
December 21, 2010
(BBSNS)

HARTFORD, CONN.--- The UCONN Huskie women wallop the Seminoles of Florida State 93-62 for their 89 straight win.
The No. I ranked Huskies women's basketball team topped the 88-game winning streak set by the legendary great John Wooden's UCLA men's team from 1971-74. The Huskie women showed a lot of tenacity and true grit and their work ethic on the court was overwhelming.
Mr. Wooden's UCLA team's 88 straight games will stand by itself and the Lady Huskies 89 straight games is also an exceptional extraordinary accomplishment, which is in the same category of the UCLA's 88 straight game streak.

What can I say about Maya Moore who played like Pete Rose on the baseball diamond. Maya and her teammates were so well prepared to play the game against the upstart Lady Seminoles. And their love for the game and intensity showed in every thing they did on the court, which is a tribute to coach Geno Auriemma and his excellent assistants and staff.
Maya is so fluid, and graceful when moving without the ball and she reminds me of a young Michael Jordan.

Maya Moore had a double-double with a career-high 41 points and 10 rebounds and the highly talented freshmen from New York Bria Harley added 21 points for the Huskies, who have not lost since April 6, 2008, in the NCAA tournament semifinals.
I don't care whether Maya Moore is part of another Lady Huskie National Championship team or not she is the best and greatest basketball player in UCONN history. Maya is a better re bounder and post-up player than Diana Taurasi, and she can do all the other things that Taurasi does well on the court. Both Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi were great leaders on and off the court, and that's what makes them true champions.

I enjoy watching women's basketball on the collegiate level because its so pure and they play fundamentally sounder basketball than the men.

* Records were made to be broken. And some day Joe DiMaggio's 56 consecutive game hitting streak will also be broken.

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The Leader of The Tribe: Bob Feller The Greatest Right Handed Pitcher Of All Time Is Dead at the Age of 92

BLACK BUZZ SPORTS NEWS SERVICE
Special Report
Cleveland Ohio
December 21, 2010
(BBSNS)

CLEVELAND (BBSNS) Bob " Rapid Robert" Feller the greatest right handed pitcher in baseball history is dead at the age of 92 after suffering with acute leukemia. Not only was Feller a great pitcher but he was true American hero who was the first Major League baseball player to enlist in the U.S. Armed forces after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. On December 8, 1941 Mr. Feller enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and he served as a gun captain on the USS Alabama, earning several battle commendations and medals.
Can you imagine any of the professional prima donnas of today going into the armed forces for 4 years? The Navy wanted to use him as a GI sportsman and pitch in exhibition games for the troops but the "Fireballer" Feller chose to be assigned to a real Navy ship that went to war.
Mr. Feller won 266 games in 18 seasons all with the Cleveland Indians, and he took four years off to fight for the war cause.Feller led the American League in victories six times and strikeouts seven times, and he had six 20-win seasons. In 1946 Mr. Feller had 36 complete games, exactly half as many as the National League in 2010, which is the latest "Year of the Pitcher.
Feller had 2,581 career strikeouts, 12 one hitters, 3 no hitters. And Mr. Feller is the only pitcher in Major League history to pitch a Opening day no hitter, and he accomplished that feat on Opening Day in April 1940.
Ted Williams, who many baseball experts consider the greatest hitter in Major League history stated that Feller was the toughest pitcher he ever faced.

The Cleveland Indians signed Feller for $1 in 1936. And he made his first mound appearance with the Indians in 1937 and as a 17 year old, he struck out 15 St. Louis Browns. A few weeks later Feller by the fireball er struck out 17 tying Dizzy Dean's modern record for strikeouts in a game. When the season ended Feller went back to finish high school.
kickFeller had an excellent curve ball and he threw aspirin tablets on every pitch. Feller also had that high leg , which was copied by the Giants great Hall of famer Juan Marchial.
The American League also had the best hitters in the 1930's and 1940's. They had the great "Bimbino" Babe Ruth, the "Iron man Lou Gehrig, the great Joe DiMaggio, and the great Ted Williams.
The National League only started to catch-up to the American League in stardom and hitting prowess when they started signing the great talented players from the Negro Leagues such as Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Sam Jethroe, Willie Mays, Monte Irvin, Hank Thompson, Orlando Cepeda, Hank Aaron, Wes Covington, Billy Bruton, Ernie Banks, Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson, and the great Roberto Clemente. The three National League teams that dominated the 1950's the Braves, Dodgers and Giants also had the cream of the crop in Black ball players. And the National League had a strict quota system on the number of Black ball players that were permitted to make said clubs. The National basically dominated the All Star games between 1950 to 1987 winning 33 out of 42 with one tie because the National League had great Afro-Americans, and Afro-Puerto Ricans on their rosters. The All star game was made for "Sey Hey Kid" Willie Mays who I consider as the greatest baseball player in history, and the great Roberto Clemente. If the Giants had stayed in New York City Willie Mays may have hit 790 home runs. Candlestick Park in San Francisco robbed Willie Mays of least 100 home runs.

Feller was the leader of the "Famous Tribe" which also featured two other Hall of fame rs Early Wynn and Bob Lemon along with the great Mike Garcia.
Rapid Robert threw the second fastest pitch ever officially recorded, at 107.6 mph,in a game at Griffith Stadium, but the machinery was no where near as accurate as it was when Nolan Ryan threw 100.7 mph.
Also note to the best of my knowledge Satchel Page was never recorded when he was fastest on a modern machine.
Note I have excluded the great Negro Pitchers from this discussion. I do recognize that some of the Negro League pitchers may have been just as good as "Rapid Robert."
Feller was also instrumental in easing Larry Doby's integration to the Cleveland Indians. And Doby's transition to the Major Leagues wasn't as racially hostile as the great Jackie Robinson, but the racial climate was horrible in each Major League City in both the National and the American League.
Mr. Feller also advocated playing against the Negro League stars and he couldn't understand why the Negro ball players were excluded from playing in the Major Leagues.
Bob Feller was just an innocent Iowa farm boy whose parents did an outstanding job of raising him to be a great human being.
*When you think of sports in Cleveland the first name that comes to mind is Bob Feller in baseball and the great Otto Graham in football.

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