{"id":4456,"date":"2020-08-12T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasmetronews.com\/?p=4456"},"modified":"2020-08-12T20:07:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T01:07:50","slug":"naacp-authors-roundtable-deals-with-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasmetronews.com\/4456\/naacp-authors-roundtable-deals-with-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Authors Roundtable Deals with Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Marva J. Sneed<br>Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Authors Roundtable was presented by Ed Gordon Media and the NAACP with Gordon was the moderator and the authors were: Tiffany Cross (<em>Say it Louder!<\/em>), comedian D.L. Hughley (<em>Surrender White People<\/em>), Loni Love (<em>I Tried to Change So You Don&#8217;t Have To<\/em>), Bakari Sellers (<em>My Vanishing Country<\/em>), and President &amp; CEO of the NAACP Derrick Johnson. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Johnson spoke on voting. As he discussed the upcoming election, he talked about moving from power at the voting booth to policy change.&nbsp; \u201cVoting is so important if we don&#8217;t vote we can&#8217;t complain. To make a change you must vote. Without it, we get the same thing.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love spoke about the protests and said they give&nbsp;everyone hope. \u201cThe protests and the Blackout Tuesday made corporations make changes in the way they do business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sellers said, \u201cWe need to take care of our own before we go out to others.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tiffany Cross said, &#8220;We cannot operate in a place of fear.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWho should tell our stories,\u201d D.L. Hughley asked, &#8220;We don&#8217;t need other people to tell our stories, we just need to be clear about telling them.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In closing, Johnson left a strong message, &#8220;We settle our differences at the ballot box. 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