I’d like to thank all of the family, friends, readers, heck even foils who donated to the cause of Dallas South and our trip to Denver coming up in about 10 days. Today, we were able to make a big push, collecting $490 to meet our $1,500 goal. Now I...
On Tuesday August 12, 2008, Dallas South will convene a live blog to discuss the upcoming Democratic National Convention. This will be a brainstorming session that is open to all. Dallas South is one of 125 blogs that have been granted credentials for this historic event. The live blog’s primary...
On Wednesday July 30th, I will appear on Kevin Ross’ Blog Talk Radio Show at 9:30 p.m. CST. The topic of Wednesday’s show is Are Bloggers Really Media? Make sure to join Kevin, myself, and Jonnice Slaughter who heads Chatter Box Publicity. Chatter Box just announced that they will be...
The Bloggine While Black conference is under way. Be sure to follow me on Twitter(shawnpwilliiams). Also check out TheoTalks.net for Theo’s perspective. James of Key Influencer running the conference call Bloggers Conference Call with M.C. Lyte Angela Conyers-Benton of Blackweb 2.0 running the chat Gina McCauley and Founders of Black...
Make sure to check out the Points section of Sunday’s Dallas Morning News. I have a column that is scheduled to appear dealing with…well I’ll let you find out this weekend. If you like it or if you don’t, make sure to write (or email) the Morning News to let...
Part One of my interview with Verdie Triplett has been very well received by the Dallas South family. I hope you all did your part and emailed the YouTube link out to your email lists. Here’s a little more homework, read through the Treaty of 1866 between the United States...
Thanks -as always- to Farai Chideya, Devin Robins, and all the folks at NPR’s News and Notes for allowing me to participate on today’s bloggers roundtable. I was on with Shay Riley of Booker Rising, and Arlene Fenton of Black Women Vote. We discussed the “fairness doctrine”, Ralph Nader, and...
Dallas South has again moved up in the black blog rankings, coming in at #66. This months rankings compiled by Electronic Village tracked 1,274 sites. Last month Dallas South ranked #66 of 1,237. Congrats to Pam Spaulding, fellow DNC credentialed blogger who moved into the top spot this month....
By Friday Afternoon, I had resigned myself to the fact that my two week attempt to secure a visit to the Barack Obama campaign headquarters would not happen. I would take my family down to Michgan Avenue for some Garrett’s popcorn and call it a vacation; The trip had been...
When Father Michael Pfleger called in to the Roland S. Martin show at 7 a.m. on Friday morning, at least I knew he was awake. I gave dialed him up and asked if I could drop by and visit with him after I left WVON. Thanks to GPS (I call...
