For a decade beginning in 1992, the Bishop Five Plus One’s yearly revival drew spirited choirs and what radio host Willis Johnson called “soul-saving” sermons to Dallas. The idea was to bring together six excellent ministers, five of whom graduated from historically black Bishop College, for a spiritual fundraiser. The...
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From Paris Texas NAACP President Dr. Joann Ondrovik NAACP Paris, Texas – Unit 6213 October 28th, 2008 Brandon McClelland Position Statement On October 28th, 2008, members of the Paris, Texas NAACP – Unit 6213 met to discuss the murder of Brandon McClelland and our zero tolerance response to any hate...
What if all after school sports were banned until the 4th grade? What would our boys do? When my son was four years old, I decided I would let him join a basketball team. He had already played a year of soccer, also known as “kids in pack follow ball,”...
In Monday morning’s Dallas Morning News, Richard Abshire follows up on the death of Brandon McClelland in Paris, Texas. Two suspects are in custody for running over Brandon and dragging him after a night of drinking. Richard worked on this story for weeks, and though there’s not a lot of...
Do you remember in Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing when a number of the characters went off on racial tangents. Pino, one of Sal’s sons who worked in the pizzeria was charged with slurring blacks. Ice Cube played this clip on his Death Certificate CD right before the single...
I’m a couple of weeks late on this one but I got this statement in the comments section of the Sean Hannity post. I checked it out and it’s legit. “As for Governor Sarah Palin’s involvement in the African American community, the Governor’s office hasn’t participated in any of our...
As I was driving in to the State Fair Classic on Saturday, I was already thinking about this post. I was fully prepared to suggest that Al Wash (who promotes the contest) move the game to a two o’clock start. There were two things that I was going to use...
Here’s Howard Witt’s take on the death of Brandon McClelland death in Paris. The of sweeping details under the rug are headed towards a needed end. I’ll have more on Monday. When the mutilated and partially dismembered body of Brandon McClelland, a 24-year-old black man, turned up lying in...
