Bringing back a post from last year discussing Juneteenth. Don’t forget your red soda water. I remember growing up in good old Paris, Texas and one day realizing that there was an extra holiday on the calendar. I recall having a good understanding of Christmas, Thanksgiving, July 4th and Halloween,...
BY JASON JOHNSON Hi everyone. I would like you all to meet one of my JMJ Fitness Superstar clients, Kristin! You may know her from the blog Because I Said So, or as a contributor to Dallas South. She just completed an awesome personal fitness goal. I asked her 10...
The U.S. jobs report out this morning shows that the national unemployment rate jumped from 8.9% in April to 9.4% in May. For African-Americans the news is even worse, with a 14.9% jobless rate for Black Americans. Please take a moment to comb through the numbers plainly laid out by...
By Shanaci Cook Mocha Moms of North Dallas Chapter President The Boys Booked On Barbershop (BBOB) is one of our chapter’s biggest annual outreach events. To help promote and improve literacy in the African-American community, the Mocha Moms of North Dallas implants reading nooks in local barbershops/beauty shops for the...
Tavis Smiley doesn’t know it, but he’s been a mentor to me since I read his book Doing What’s Right back in 2000. Much of what I do today is based on seeds that were planted in his book who’s subtitle is “How to fight for what you believe-and make...
In this month’s D Magazine, there’s an article written by yours truly where I talk about the plight of Southwest Center/Red Bird Mall. You can read Saving Old Red Bird Mall at the D Magazine site (MAKE SURE TO GO PICK UP A FEW COPIES). Thanks to Tim Rogers at...
I just finished up an interview with Dr. Cornell West, which I’m working to have up on the site by this afternoon. We were talking about his role in the movie Stand, which will air this Sunday May 24th on TV One (9 PM Eastern, 8 PM Central). I will...
Ron Adams (b. 1934) Blackburn, 2002 FORT WORTH, Texas—The works of more than 50 African-American artists from the late 1800s to the present will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum from June 6 through August 23, 2009, in the special exhibition The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of...
Two Months ago we brought you the Chicago Tribune story of police seizing cash and valuables from detained motorists in Teneha, Texas. At that time we learned of a lawsuit asserting Tenaha officials “have developed an illegal ’stop and seize’ practice of targeting, stopping, detaining, searching and often seizing property...
There’s so much great information coming out of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s office that it’s sometimes hard to keep up. I thought’s I’d recap some of the info that came out last week just in case you missed it. CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON VOTES TO CLOSE GAPS IN HATE CRIMES...
