On Monday, author/scholar Henry Louis Gates launched a new website called The Root. The site will be an online magazine, featuring thought-provoking commentary from a variety of black perspectives—including a blogroll that links to African-American themed sites. Harvard Professor Henry "Skip" Gates is editor-in-chief of the site. Former New York...
For Immediate Release January 24, 2008 Contacts: * Lewis “Ski” Elliott: (972)228-5391 * Danielle Ayers: (972) 228-5226 * Shawn Williams: shawn@dallassouthblog.com Friendship-West to host Community Cinema Screening of documentary “Banished” On February 8, 2008, Friendship-West Baptist Church will host a free screening of the PBS documentary BANISHED @ 7:00 p.m. ...
The America Jouralism Review recently published an article by Raquel Christie that takes an extensive look at how the mainstream media covered the Jena 6 story. Raquel spent a lot of time pulling this story together and examines it from a number of different angles. There are a few AfroSpear...
The Maynard Institute has a comprehensive interview with Howard Witt, Southwest Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune. Anyone who has visited this site for any length of time is familiar with Mr. Witt's work on the ShaQuanda Cotton case and in the Jena 6 story. He was the first person...
Is Bill Clinton running for President or is Hillary? Today we see more evidence that it's the former. After a town hall meeting held by the former President he went on a tirade after being asked a question by CNN's Jessica Yellin. Clinton is accusing the media of doing what...
Thanks to the North Dallas Gazette for selecting me as one of their three People in the News this week. I was surprised when they told me I would be in the paper, but to see that I was featured with Elder Cathy Moffitt was extremely humbling. Click here to...
When I watched the trailers for The Great Debaters, I wondered why they cast such a young actor (Denzel Whitaker) to play James Farmer, Jr. Once I saw the movie, I learned that Farmer was only 14 years old when he entered Wiley College. He later founded CORE -the Congress...
The Dallas Morning News began Rod Dreher's column tagged with the following question: Do Christian conservatives tempted by (Obama) know what they're supporting? Mr. Dreher's column is exactly what one would expect from America's so-called conservatives. Please read Rod Dreher's article by clicking here so that you may get...
Steve Harvey is sporting a new look as part of his new "50 and Fly" campaign . I heard Bro. Steve on his show this week talking about some of the changes he has recently made in his life resulting in better health and a better...
According to Reuters , A federal judge on Thursday allowed Nevada Democrats to hold presidential voting in casino hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, potentially helping Sen. Barack Obama in the next round of the campaign on Saturday. "The Democrats can set up their own rules just as the Republicans...
