Hot Ghet….excuse me, We Got to Do Better was one of the worst shows I've ever seen on television. There were only two advertisers on my DVR version, the movie Who's Your Caddy, and Jenny Craig (shame on you Valerie). What was the point? What was up with the rednecks? ...
Eddie Levert greeted fans and signed copies of his book I Got Your Back on Tuesday night at the African-American Museum in Dallas. The event was a joint effort between Real Men Cook of Dallas and Black Images Books. I Got Your Back is Eddie and Gerald Levert's final collaboration,...
View From the Bench – Jena Louisiana Revisited There has been a lot on the net and the blog world regarding the case of six African-American youth in Jena, Louisiana known as The Jena Six. I've written about it here as well, but I thought it would be good to...
Dallas based 3i Construction, along with MYCON General Contractors, Inc., of McKinney, have been selected for the construction of the first two spec warehouse/distribution buildings in the Dallas Logistics Hub. The Hub is a 6,000 acre logistics park located in Southern Dallas County. 3i Construction, LLC, a Dallas based minority...
What About Our Daughters reports that BET has changed the name of their upcoming show from Hot Ghetto Mess to We Got To Do Better. Not only have they dropped the name, but they also dropped the logo. Take a look at WAOD's update here. See BET's new decription of...
On the Paul Quinn College website , Interim President Michael J. Sorrell has posted a letter to students making them aware of a number changes at the school (see Mr. Sorrell's letter to the students here). Item number one will probably draw the most attention: 1. Dress Code: It is...
A look at some of the other news going on in the blogosphere and beyond. Rufus Shaw of DallasBlog.com chronicles infighting between Black City Council officials and a DART Board Member . Pegasus News was sold to Seattle based Fisher Communications. Mike Davis of Dallas Progress received a BIG D...
Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards was in Dallas as the Keynote Speaker for the Young Democrats of America convention, and he didn't disappoint the faithful. Edwards got right down to business, claiming early on in his speech, "We have to end this war in Iraq," which obviously was well received...
I sat in on a couple of the training sessions that the Young Democrats were running today. The first one I sat in on was Getting Votes From Facebook, which was run by Gary Moody who is Executive Director of the Young Democrats of Arkansas . For those who are...
After the service project was complete, the group was addressed by General Wesley Clark. The standing room only crowd greeted Clark with a rousing ovation. In his speech Gen. Clark said that the country is engaged in five wars; three of them hot and two of them cold. The three...
