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...
King Hedley II By: August Wilson Directed By Laterras R. Whitfield Review By: Carla Lacy I was fortunate enough to be asked by my good friend Shawn Williams of Dallas South to visit a play this past Saturday. He asked me to write a review for submission on Dallas South....
By Nazim Ansari Peace and Blessings friends and family, 4/15/09 – Banjul, The Gambia Today was a day of fun, fun, fun. We had lessons in drumming, dancing, Wolof language, and we visited the fishing market, and shopping market. Our tour guide, Molong, took us to an area to learn...
BY NAZIM ANSARI April 13 – Riding to Banjul, Gambia This morning we left Banjul and rode a long way to The Gambia, which is a neighboring country to Senegal. We will be here for a few days before we depart back to Senegal. The trip was a good experience...
Today, my former roommate Nazim Ansari tells of his visit to Goree Island, the last place that many Africans were housed before being shipped off into slavery. Nazim’s words and pictures are moving as he walks us through the process that was used to transform humans into chattel. BY NAZIM...
Continuation of my former college roommate Nazim Ansari’s 10 day trip to Africa. By Nazim Ansari April 11; Dakar, Senegal It was all worth it. The “rudeness” I faced in Casablanca, flight delays, hurdles that I personally had to overcome to make this trip were all worth today’s experience. To...
My former college roommate and line brother is doing something that many of us hope to do one day: he’s touring Africa. Nazim went on the trip to accompany his nephew who is traveling with his school. He volunteered to share his experiences with the Dallas South Family, and for...
April conference themed “Women’s Unique Perspectives on Waging Peace” Washington, D.C. – (March 27, 2009) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson will host her annual “A World of Women for World Peace” conference on April 18, 2009. This year’s conference is themed “Women’s Unique Perspectives on Waging Peace.” The panelists include: ·...
I have to say that I was moved by my son and his effort in the Frederick Douglass Academy Oratorical Competition. Isaiah took 1st place in the 1st grade division. He recited a portion of Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address, and now they’re calling him “Little Obama” at school. When we...
Historian John Hope Franklin passed away on Wednesday in North Carolina at the age of 94. Franklin was born in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, in 1915. He spent his career studying the subject of race and its effect on individuals and society. Franklin earned a bachelor’s degree from Fisk University in 1935,...
