The mainstream media continues to acknowledge the emergence of African American bloggers while black leadership and black media continues to ignore them. The latest example is an article in the Washington Post titled Critics of Old Guard Take Black Activism Online. Here are some of the highlights from the story...
According to the Clinton camp a win is a win right? Well Obama won Guam by 7 votes, a virtual tie (50.1%-49.9%). Each candidate picked up 2 delegates.
Statement by Carla Ranger (Dallas ISD District 6 Trustee) Conflict of Interest of Board President Jack Lowe Presented Thursday, April 24, 2008 at Dallas ISD Board Meeting Sometimes we must speak inconvenient truth simply because it is the right thing to do. I believe this is such a time. There...
This month Dallas South has made a move up the black blog rankings, coming in at #86. This months rankings compiled by Electronic Village tracked 1,173 sites. Last month Dallas South ranked #105 of 1,046. May Black Blog Rankings Below are the Top 10 Black Blogs ranked by...
More on the Bush Library. The General Conference of the United Methodist Church did receive a petition asking it to block SMU’s decision to lease land for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Center. Its decision was only to refer it to the South Central Jurisdictional Conference. In no...
Last night, Friendship-West Baptist church wrapped up a month long celebration of Senior Pastor, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway presented a proclamation from Mayor Tom Leppert and the entire City Council. The city has designated May 1, 2008 as “Dr. Frederick D. Haynes Day.” Dr....
The governing body of the United Methodist Church has come out against the George Bush Library being constructed on the campus of Southern Methodist University. This rejection passed on Wednesday morning, at the 2008 Quadrennial General Conference of the United Methodist Church that is still meeting in Fort Worth. Here...
In an effort to provide readers with all of the angles, I will be adding a few new voices to Dallas South. I’d like to announce the addition of Earnest Gates, and Wilton Hollins to the Dallas South family. I am currently working on one more writer that I hope...
On Friday, Dr. Jeremiah Wright gave an insightful interview with Bill Moyers that I thought helped to better explain the basis for some of the “controversial” comments that he made which had been taken out of context. Sunday night, CNN gave Dr. Wright a forum to express himself uncut and...
Earlier this month I got in a dust up with readers over a Vogue magazine cover featuring LeBron James. People tried to get me to believe that Vogue had no clue that the cover would bring thoughts of King Kong and Fay Wray. I guess those same people will try...
