Paul Quinn College is not dead, but the grim reaper is walking out the door and headed in that direction. While most of us were following the developments in the death of Michael Jackson, a local story has gotten somewhat lost in the mix. Paul Quinn lost its accreditation from...
Here’s a message that I received from the Dallas Business Journal regarding yesterday’s post on their 40 under Forty Awards. Dear Shawn, We couldn’t agree with you more about the need to highlight talent in our community that’s often overlooked by the general media, and we’re glad that Dallas South...
I find it odd that the Dallas Business Journal has compiled a list for their 40 under Forty Award that has zero African-American Males and zero African-American Females. I wasn’t able to get my hands on a physical copy of the journal which dropped yesterday (sold out), but I did...
After I wrote this article I thought, wouldn’t a Johnny Taylor themed restaurant look good in Deep Ellum (or South Dallas)? Some of ya’ll entrepreneur types should be able to take that one and run. Anyway, here’s the article I wrote for the Dallas Morning News almost in its entirety....
“Rethinking Federal Sentencing Policy: 25th Anniversary of the Sentencing Reform Act” will feature Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and many others Washington, DC – (June 23, 2009) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Congressman Danny Davis will co-host a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) symposium, “Rethinking Federal...
Starting on Wednesday, Dallas lawyers will have a week of activities that feature a Supreme Court Justice (scheduled to appear), a Circuit Court Appeals Judge, and two award winning journalists Judge Carl Stewart – 5th Circuit Court of Appeals On Wednesday June 24, The J.L. Turner Legal Association -the African-American...
I was shocked to hear that Dallas Morning News City Hall reporter Dave Levinthal will be leaving the paper. When so many good journalists are being forced out of the paper business, its just as bad to see one leave on his on volition. “Today is my final day in...
On Monday, Gloria Campus hosted the Dallas City Council Inauguration Ceremony at the Meyerson Symphony Center in downtown Dallas. The council and mayor Tom Leppert welcomed two new members and said goodbye to two former colleagues who were leaving due to term limits. It had been a while since I...
Everyone keeps asking me, “How was the Blogging While Brown Conference” and I either answer “great” or “excellent. I then think that this may sound vain in some way because I was responsible for helping to put the program together. In actuality, I didn’t feel much different from last year...
I’m going to start releasing more lists because as Chris Arnold says: “People love lists” (I know I do). They will all be based on the number seven (I wonder why?). In this Twitter crazed society -not that there’s anything wrong with that- I thought I would outline people that...
