Jim Robinson's parents enjoy a pleasant outing on our Slippery Rock Property.

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Pictured above are Mr. &  Mrs. James S. Robinson, Sr., grandparents of Blogger Black Buzz, with the Collie dog, Rocket, and the International tractor, on the family property in Slippery Rock Township



James S. Robinson, Jr's. Ceramic Birds Are in the Homer S. Brown Memorial Room at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia

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This is the bird that appears in Judge Homer S. Brown's Memorial Room
Virginia Union University in Richomnd, Virginia
James S. Robinson, Jr. was an accomplished ceramist and teacher of the art.  Blogger Black Buzz's family continues to display during the holidays the magnificent ceramic Christmas Tree made by his dad, Mr. Robinson.

      Blogger Black Buzz's Mother and Father leaving from their apartment to go to their Church, Christian Tabernacle Church located on Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh, PA.
  

Judge Alito's record

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               The below letter appeared in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on December 15, 2005 and is part of Ronald B. Saunders Papers.

                        Judge Alito's record
                     
  I am responding to the articles "Alito Crafted Plan in 85'to Weaken Roe" ( Dec.1 ) and "Alito Seeks to Ease Worry" ( Dec 3 ) and the Dec. 5 Intellectual Capital column, "Alito on Roe: It's Not' Personal."
    Judicial candidates and sitting judges don't reside in glass houses.
Judges are not immune from being political animals. And Mr. Alito like his contemporary John Roberts Jr. contrary to their public utterances will say anything that is their best interest relative to adhering to the principle of stare decisis for long-standing precedents.
   It is my belief that Mr. Alito will bring his own peculiar brand of bias, prejudice and other far right-wing ideological views to the Supreme Court, which is evidenced by Mr. Alito's dissents. The majority of his dissents are to the right of others members of the panel and totally out of the mainstream of sound, moderate, judicial interpretations of the law.
 In the United States' anemic political climate, the corrupt arch right-wing reactionary conservatives have taken over the West Wing of the White House, and the American people can ill afford to have our Supreme Court taken over by activist judicial extremists.
                                                                 Ronald B. Saunders
                                                                          Chairman
                                                        The National Black Political Caucus
                                                                        Pgh. PA


Note:  Indeed Alito and Roberts have proven to be judicial activist extremists which is evidenced by all of their rulings on the United States Supreme Court.

The Congressional Black Caucus Claims They Are Starting a Jobs Initiative

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The Congressional Black Caucus announced today that they are tired of waiting for a new job creation plan by the Congress and they will develop their own plan.
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) should have had a bona-fide job creation plan to introduce to Congress on the day that the infamous George W. Bush and cohorts left the White House. So what did the Congressional Black Caucus do in the way of job creation from the day that President Bush left office?
I believe they just sat on their lazy behinds in the comfort of the House and did nothing while many of their constituents continue to live in a on-going depression with sky-high unemployment and while an obscene wealth gap between African-Americans and Whites has quadrupled since 1985.
The CBC has been AWOL during the present deep, deep recession.
'Whatever happened to holding your elected officials accountable?"
Whatever happened to holding their feet to the fire?
The Congressional Black Caucus used to have people in their ranks like Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm and Ron Dellums who would fight for the interests of the American Negro.  Apparently John Conyers, Jr. is either too old or he has been co-opted by power and tenure. John Conyers used to be a fighter, but what happened to all that fire and brimstone?
Where was the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congress and President Obama when American Companies took 1.4 million good paying American jobs overseas in 2010?
Congress has a disapproval rating hovering around 84% and that figure could he higher for members of the CBC. We should not give the Congressional Black Caucus a free pass because they are African American.
Let the truth be told that the CBC has done a miserably poor job of representing the interests of African Americans in the worst economic crisis in the USA since the Great Depression in the 1930's.
We have a tremendous crisis of mediocre, inept leadership in all the political systems in the United States of America from the White House down to the local school boards. We have grown accustomed to accepting lower standards in all our institutions in this experiment in democratic governance. 
Is the CBC merely a microcosm of the people they allegedly represent?
The constituents of the Congressional Black Caucus must hold the CBC accountable by writing, sit-ins, protesting their action, demonstrating against their House Servant behavior, e-mailing, calling, and visiting in their local and House offices. Your silence is just another form of oppression.

James S. Robinson's, Jr.Extraordinary and Gifted Family

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Mr. & Mrs. James S. Robinson, Sr., Parents of James S. Robinson, Jr.

 



Pictured left to right, Annie Robinson Sloan, daughter along with James. S. Robinson, Sr. and Elizabeth Groves Robinson

 The following are the obituaries of Mr. & Mrs. James S. Robinson, Sr.

Elizabeth Groves Robinson, daughter of the late George and Annie Groves, was born March 8, 1882 in Rappahannocke County Virginia. She was one of fifteen children: nine boys and six girls. She accepted the Lord and was baptized at an early age.
In her teens she went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to work and it was there she met and married James S. Robinson.
In 1954, James and Elizabeth moved to Philadelphia, PA.  She moved her Church membership from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Pittsburgh to White Rock Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
Then in 1976, they moved back to Pittsburgh. She devoted her entire life to her family and to helping others.
On September 9,1983, at 8: 20 P.M. in Allegheny General Hospital, God called his wonderful servant to come home. She will be greatly missed not only by her family, but by all those helped by " Big Mama" as she was affectionately called.

James Samuel Robinson Sr., son of William and Ella Robinson, was born July 15, 1883 in Richmond, Virginia.
James passed into eternal life on March 29, 1986 in the Sky Vue Nursing Home, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In his youth, James moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
There he met and married the late Elizabeth Grove Robinson. From this union were born eight children. In 1904, he and his wife and family moved to Pittsburgh, PA where they resided for many years. In 1954 James and Elizabeth moved to Philadelphia, PA and remained there until 1974, when they returned to Pittsburgh, PA.
He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Hill District while living in Pittsburgh, and the White Rock Baptist Church while in Philadelphia.
James was a quiet man, loving and devoted to his family and many friends. He shared the gifts of life God gave him with others in a way that will long be remembered.
Survivor's include four sons, James S. Jr., G. Arnold, Pittsburgh, PA, John R., Philadelphia, and William H., Willingboro, New Jersey; three daughters, Mrs. Viola E. Fant, Pittsburgh, PA., Mrs. Julia G. Robinson, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Lorraine J. Fields, Harrisburg, PA; 36 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren, 12 great-great grandchildren and host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.

* Note: Mr. and Mrs Robinson Sr. are the grandparents of Blogger Black Buzz.
All the family members and friends called Mr. Robinson "Pop" and Mrs. Robinson "Big Mama."
There is more to the rest of the story so stayed tuned.
* Also in the photo with "Big Mama" and "Pop" is their daughter Mrs. Annie Robinson Sloan who passed in 1986. The photo is a reprint from Kaufmann's ARCADIA PORTRAIT STUDIO.

The Robinson clan is living throughout Western PA, the state of Pennyslvania, country and world. The Robinson and Groves families are employed in various occupations in all fields of endeavors in the U.S. and abroad.

James S. Robinson Jr., Was The Second Person of color in the United States of America to receive the highly coveted American Legion School Award in 1925, at the Watt Street School

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 James Robinson Junior's first police whistle with the Pittsburgh PA, Department of Public Safety, Police Detective Division                                                                                                                            



American Legion School Award



American Legion School Award



Superintendent, Department of Public Safety, City of Pittsburgh, Friendly Service Bureau

* James S. Robinson Jr. earned the American Legion Honor School Award for outstanding exemplary service to his school and community while attending the Watt Street school in the Hill District section of Pittsburgh PA in 1925.
Mr. Robinson was the second person of color in the United States to receive the coveted award. My dad also made straight A's in all subjects from the first grade to the eight grade and he made a double which means he skipped a whole grade level.
The highly distinguished Homer S. Brown Sr. and attorney Oliver Johnson attended the American Legion Honor School award ceremony at the Watt Street School along with my grand parents Mr. and Mrs. James S. Robinson Sr.  My dad's name James S. Robinson is on the American Legion Award on the side with the two soldiers along with the date 1925, which is difficult to read.

* Note two of my swim team members at the Centre Avenue YMCA and Herron Hill Jr. High School Morris Fountain Jr. and Nate Clark also received  the American Legion Honor School Award at Herron Hill High School for the school year 1955-1956. Nate Clark was the first African American in the United States to place or score in the NCAA Championship in Swimming coming in fifth place in the 200 meter Butterfly in 1962, while swimming for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State was the premier collegiate team in swimming at the time that Nate placed fifth in the 200 meter butterfly.

Television Station WIIC, In Pittsburgh PA Donates a TV ANTENNA To Dunbar Community Center located in Butler PA during the time that James S. Robinson Jr. was the executive director of the Center



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Note the following from the above picture:
Pictured are Caley E. Augustine, public relations and promotion director of Television Station WIIC, James C. Robinson, executive director of Dunbar Community Center and John Barnett, a four-year-old member of the Center.
Also note that my dad's middle initial is S not C.
Subsequently, the Intermediate League and Kelly Chevrolet-Cadillac did in fact donate television sets to the Dunbar Community Center.

Black Buzz is presently working on the following articles as part of the James S. Robinson Jr. Project:
1. Jim Robinson Prevents a truck hijacking on the New Jersey Turnpike in  1954.
2. James S. Robinson, Jr. demands that businesses in Butler, PA hire and       promote Negroes.
3. Jim Robinson assists the Jack and Jill Organization in Pittsburgh, PA in the fight against polio in 1954.
4. James S. Robinson, Jr. captures two escapees from the Butler County Jail who were found on our property in Slippery Rock Twp/Cherry Twp.
5. James S. Robinson, Jr. puts eight bigoted men from Tennessee in Butler Memorial Hospital with severe body injuries who had stormed into the Dunbar Community Center to teach the " Nigger" a lesson.
6. James S. Robinson, Jr. works on the construction of the Howard Johnson Restaurants on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
7. The Allegheny County Warden asks James S. Robinson Jr. to assist with the escort of Stanley Hoss from the " Bull Pen" to the Court House.
8. While working for the FBI in 1943, a County Sheriff in West Virginia refuses to give a White prisoner to James S. Robinson, Jr.

* Indeed James S. Robinson, Jr. was an exceptional extraordinary American of many unique talents and whom I have been writing about since last year as part of the James S. Robinson Jr. Project.
In 1925, my dad was the second person of color in the United States of America to receive the highly coveted American Legion School Award while in attendance at the Watt Street School in the Hill District section of Pittsburgh, PA which is now Robert L. Vann.