When I flipped to the GuideLive section of Wednesday's Dallas Morning News, I noticed a familiar grouping of colors and shapes. It was the work of my childhood friend Trenton Doyle Hancock. That particular piece is seen above, and called Good Vegan Progression #2. It is part of exhibit "Fast...
I thought I would compile some of the comments that I have received recently from people who live in Paris, Texas. From Paris Girl: I am from Paris, Texas. I still live here to this day and I graduated from Paris High School and was a part of PISD for...
On Tuesday, comedian and radio host Rickey Smiley led a protest at the courthouse in Paris, Texas for racial justice and equality. Mr. Smiley is host of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show here in Dallas. Here are some links whrere you can find coverage of the events from Dallas TV...
The Chicago Tribune and Howard Witt were really the catalyst for the nationwide interest in the story of Shaquanda Cotton. Check out the front page Chicago Tribune story here detailing how the sentences of 4,700 delinquent youths now being held in Texas' juvenile prisons might have been arbitrarily and unfairly...
God is good. I went to church Monday night, like I do every Monday night looking forward to fellowship with the brothers in our men's meeting. When I walked through the doors and shook off my umbrella from the rain that had set in, I saw two men that I...
More information is coming out which is one of the good thing of the attention that this story has gotten. Here is Judge Superville’s side from the Paris News. Hopefully the healing process is about to begin. Superville: Look at all the facts By Mary Madewell The Paris News Published...
I have had a chance to speak to a number of residents in Paris, Texas regarding the fallout from the sentencing of a 14 year-old student invovled in shoving a hall monitor at school. The story has taken on a life of its own on the internet, television, and here...
Broken Schools Last summer my cousin Tina alerted me to some protests that were going on in Paris. To her knowledge, the Black Panthers and Texas NAACP were participating in the demonstrations along with community leaders that would target the Paris Independent School District (PISD). Everything that I knew about...
I'm going to come address the situation in Paris from three different angles: Broken Homes Broken Schools Broken Justice Disclaimer: I do not know Shaquanda Cotton nor her mother Creola Cotton. I am a graduate of Paris High School and I have two nephews and a godson currently enrolled at...
Many of you know that I was born and raised in Paris, Texas. For months, I have been following a truly disturbing situation that has been unfolding in my hometown. The news of this story made it's way to the Chicago Tribune last week (click link to get the Tribune's...
