Jonnice Slaughter, principal of ChatterBox Publicity LLC, released her list of 2008 Social Media Socialites. Also check out a guest post Jonnice provided to Black paPR Report titled 2009 Business New Year Strategy: PR Examination. Jonnice Slaughter’s 2008 Social Media Socialites 1. Angela Benton and Markus Robinson / Black Web...
Now that my video situation is resolved after a year and a half, I’m able to fully participate in Old School Fridays once again. The theme today is “Music from the year that you graduated high school.” For me that’s the 9 deuce. I have two for you. What kind...
In a recent article by The Dallas Observer, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson had a number of strong opinions regarding the Dallas Inland Port in Southern Dallas. I’ve been tracking this project for a couple of years now and thought this might With the inland port encompassing so much of Rep....
I have to give a hat tip to ‘the seedplanter’, a frequent commenter from the Dallas South Family who turned me on to this video. I do some nature shows -mostly Discovery’s Planet Earth- but I usually steer clear from Circle of Life type programming. But this video, The Battle...
Vanessa Woodard Byers selected Dallas South as the first blog featured in On the Black Hand Side’s revamped Black Blogger spotlight. In 20 Questions with Shawn P. Williams, Vanessa asked a few things that most of you guys already know. But go check out the interview and see if you...
With the circus surrounding the nomination of Roland Burris, it’s easy to forget that the U.S. Senate actually has work to do. Here is a schedule with dates of when the senate is set to hear from Barack Obama cabinet nominees. Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman –...
Dallas Police Department Senior Cpl. Norman Smith, 43, was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday evening at an East Oak Cliff apartment. Smith is the first Dallas officer shot and killed on duty since Mark Nix in 2007. 26 year-old Charles Patrick Payne has been arrested and charged...
For a while I’ve been saying that Dallas deserves better leadership. It looks like voters will have another candidate 0along with Casey Thomas- that can help to make that happen. On Friday January 9, LeVar “L.D.” Thomas will host a press conference where he answers the question of whether or...
On Thursday, citizens of Paris will gather at the Love Civic for a racial dialogue meeting facilitated by the U.S.Department of Justice’s Community Relations Services Office. Carmelita Pope-Freeman and David Penland will be coming in from Dallas to facilitate the meeting. I haven’t decided if I’m going to live blog...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2009 PRESS CONTACT Lori Ross (909)597-8600 Commemorative MLK Flag presentation scheduled for Friendship-West Designer urges display of flag on King Holiday and Inauguration Day Dallas, Texas – On Sunday January 11, Maria Ross will present the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative flag to Dr....
