George Cook of the website Let's Talk Honestly did a special report in which he interviewed myself and other bloggers. The interviews revolved around Black Bloggers' reaction towards Michael Baisden and comments he made by towards the organization Color of Change . Click here to listen to the interviews. Other...
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and continues to have a great weekend. It's hard not to have a great turkey day when the Cowboys roll the way that they did. I'd like to thank each and every person who has made Dallas South a part of their internet...
The following post is a paid review. I remember moving to Dallas ten years ago and searching the area for a place to live. I called all these apartment locators who would fax me sheets with complexes I didn't know how to get to. It was the only way to...
Channel 8 (Belo) is running some type of expose on the SOC Basketball program tonight. I had heard this was coming and you can check for follow up info here sometime this week. Belo (Dallas Morning News) ran a story of a disgruntle NAACP official who wanted to oust president...
In today's Dallas Morning News, an opinion piece that I wrote appears in the Viewpoints section (If they build it, make sure you come). I don't really like the title or the tagline as that was only part of what I was trying to convey. Thanks to Sharon Grigsby who...
Obsolescence – the state of being which occurs when a person, object, or service is no longer wanted even though it may still be in good working order. I was president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the NAACP from 1994-1996 and I count Dallas President Casey Thomas as...
For the last seven years, Friendship-West Baptist Church has held an event on Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving offering assistance to the homeless, who they (we) refer to as VIP's. The event kicks of each Wednesday night with a church service a couple of hours after dusk followed by a meal...
Somebody else from the Chicago Tribune is picking up on the web movement. This time it's columnist Clarence Page. Page focuses on a Chicago resident who staged a counter protest to Friday's hate crime rally. See Focus on hate crime is far too narrow . Some of the highlights from...
Today in a conversation regarding Friday's march, a friend of mine extolled Rev. Al Sharpton's ability to organize. I believe Friday will show us the true extent of this widely held opinion and offer a glimpse where Black activism stands as a result of the Jena 6 activities. Rev. Sharpton's...
It seems the La Salle Parish has conceded a major point in the case of one of the Jena 6 defendants. Judge J.P. Mauffray has decided to open the juvenile trial of Mychal Bell to the public. A lawsuit filed by the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, CNN and others seeks...
