Letters to the Editor: Get ready for 2025, 2026 and………

Dear Editor:

     Black folks in and around Pittsburgh, in McKees Rocks, Braddock, the Hill District, Highland Park, East Hills, and so on, should convene meetings, large and small, after the November 5 national elections and before 2025, to critique the impact of the 2024 US elections on the community; and also to “mobilize, educate, and organize” the Black community for political struggles in 2025, in 2026 and beyond.  The grave pollical storms now sweeping across the United States will intensify regardless of who wins the White House, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump 

    Black folks in the local area, in fact all across the United States, made a monumental mistake when we did not come together to critically evaluate the impact of the Obama administration on the Black community.

     Next year, some very important elections are on the calendar. The Pittsburgh mayoral election is one example. Then, in 2026, US congressional and state elections will be held. Keep in mind that an unprecedented number of local Black elected officials are in office.  

     A whole lot of Black people argue that such meetings are worthless, “Black folks meet all the time,” they argue, “and nothing comes from the meetings.”  They point to some local and national examples to prove their point.  

     Many of the people who make this argument simply don’t know or understand the dynamics of these meetings. And, of course, some Black folks use this argument as an excuse not to support the everyday struggles of the community.

     The Negro Convention Movement of the mid-1800s, the countless meetings, large and small, of the epic Civil Rights and Black Power movements are national examples.

      In early 1972, several weeks before the Gary Convention, approximately 1,000 Black folks met at old 5th Avenue High School to address issues before the Black community.  

      A very strong argument can be made that the major failure of these vitally important African American meetings has been the failure of the Black community not to critique and heed their positive and negative lessons. 

     Now is the time for Black folks in Homewood, Brighton heights, Penn Hills, McKeesport, Wilkinsburg, in and around Pittsburgh to begin–some of course have already started– preparing for our post-November 5 struggles.

Thank you.

Fred Logan

Homewood 

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