Category: African-American

Dallas Morning News – Shawn Williams:Black pastors speak truth to power

Dallas Morning News – Shawn Williams:Black pastors speak truth to power

Here is the article I wrote that appears in Wednesday’s Dallas Morning News. Some of this is familiar from Part 1, but there is about 30-40% new material. Sick. Disgusted. Appalled. Those were some of the feelings that washed over me as I have listened to the mainstream media launch...

The Media Lynching of Jeremiah Wright (Part 2 of 3): Crazy Talk

The Media Lynching of Jeremiah Wright (Part 2 of 3): Crazy Talk

Do I think HIV was an experiment created to destroy black folks? I don’t. Do I see how one might think such a thing? I do. How can one fathom the U.S. Government conspiring against a race people, it’s own citizens no doubt? I believe these words can at least...

Jim Schutze’s Dallas Observer article uses e-mail to paint distorted picture of Southern Dallas politics

Jim Schutze’s Dallas Observer article uses e-mail to paint distorted picture of Southern Dallas politics

Before the bodies of Lynn and Rufus Shaw were even cold, Dallas Observer muckraker (I’m sure it’s on his business card) Jim Schutze posted an article at Unfair Park regarding a series of e-mails sent by Mrs. Shaw. According to the article, Schutze attempted to contact Lynn regarding his findings,...

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS TO INTRODUCE BUDGET SUBSTITUTE THAT IS FISCALLY AND MORALLY RESPONSIBLE

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS TO INTRODUCE BUDGET SUBSTITUTE THAT IS FISCALLY AND MORALLY RESPONSIBLE

CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS TO INTRODUCE BUDGET SUBSTITUTE THAT IS FISCALLY AND MORALLY RESPONSIBLE Washington, DC – (March 12, 2008) Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairwoman Carolyn Kilpatrick, and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-3) will offer an alternative to the Democratic budget on behalf...

Geraldine Ferraro removes herself from Clinton campaign, blames Obama staff

Geraldine Ferraro removes herself from Clinton campaign, blames Obama staff

“I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign.” Those are the words Geraldine Ferraro wrote to Hillary Clinton informing her that she was planning to step down from...

More on New York Governor David Paterson

More on New York Governor David Paterson

Here’s a little more information on New York Governor David Paterson. I had received a request to provide more information on Gov. Paterson’s blindness and whether he was born with the condition. This is how the New York Times describes the circumstances: He also grew up legally blind, after an...

David Paterson of New York poised to become state’s first black governor

David Paterson of New York poised to become state’s first black governor

Word out of New York is that a transition plan is in the works between New York Governor Elliot Sptizer’s office and that of Lieutenant Governor David Paterson. The New York media is having a frenzy around the governor’s involvement in a prostitution ring. That means Paterson is next in...

Rufus Shaw and Lynn Flint Shaw found dead Monday evening

Rufus Shaw and Lynn Flint Shaw found dead Monday evening

What can you say but…..man. As I went through my morning routine checking news sites I saw a disturbing headline at DallasNews.com: Two found fatally shot at former DART chairwoman’s home. The News reports that Rufus Shaw died of a self inflicted gun shot wound. The story by Dave Levinthal...

AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO WORKERS EXPOSED TO NOOSE, SWASTIKAS”N—– HIT LISTS”AND MORE  AT DALLAS-FT WORTH AIRPORT FACILITY TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS

AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO WORKERS EXPOSED TO NOOSE, SWASTIKAS”N—– HIT LISTS”AND MORE AT DALLAS-FT WORTH AIRPORT FACILITY TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS

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Dallas South Ranks #93 in latest Villager Black Blog Ranking

Dallas South Ranks #93 in latest Villager Black Blog Ranking

I don’t know where he finds the time, but Villager has graced us with another edition of the Black Blog Rankings. This month’s rankings included 900 entries, including the latest addition, Gunfighter: A Modern Warrior’s Life (BBR #334). Dallas South came in ranked #93.  Here is a listing of the...