Category: Literature

Essay Help for College-Bound Seniors!

Essay Help for College-Bound Seniors!

Saturday, Nov. 20, 1:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Writing help for $1 a minute! One of the most important but often the most intimidating steps in the college application process is writing the required essay. Students who have good grades and are otherwise well-qualified to be accepted into the...

Book Review: How To Deal With White People by David Goldberg

Book Review: How To Deal With White People by David Goldberg

By Lorrie Irby Jackson There are optimists who believe that, eventually, we will achieve a color-blind society: folks who are hoping for a post-racial America, a more meaningful dialogue about race and the righting of wrongs against people of color that have occurred again and again over the last few...

DSN Post of the Day: Why Black Men Love White Women author Rajen Persaud Q&A with DSN (Pt. 1)

DSN Post of the Day: Why Black Men Love White Women author Rajen Persaud Q&A with DSN (Pt. 1)

By Lorrie Irby Jackson – Dallas South News Contributor With our nation’s first African-American president now in the White House, as well as the never-ending drama of black and white issues in popular culture, I figured it was a good time to revisit one of the most honest and insightful...

State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting and J.L. Turner Luncheon scheduled for this week

State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting and J.L. Turner Luncheon scheduled for this week

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...

Tiffinni Young and Tiffany Cherry join “Shawn P. Williams Now” Thursday Night at 9PM

Tiffinni Young and Tiffany Cherry join “Shawn P. Williams Now” Thursday Night at 9PM

Join Kristin and I tonight at 9 PM on Shawn P. Williams Now on Blog Talk Radio.  Our guests will be Tiffinni Young who is running for Dallas City Council District 5 seat, and Tiffany Cherry, author of “For Anyone Who Will Listen” Also tune in for the big announcement...

New Release – ‘Say it Like Obama’ breaks down speaking style of Presidential nominee

New Release – ‘Say it Like Obama’ breaks down speaking style of Presidential nominee

Last week I had the opportunity to read Say It Like Obama, a book written by Shel Leanne that is now available for purchase.  Her book delves into Barack Obama’s oratorical style which has helped him capture his party’s nomination for President of the United States. Leanne’s book is for...

Bestselling Mystery Author Robert Greer’s Dallas Events

Bestselling Mystery Author Robert Greer’s Dallas Events

  IT’S AMERICA’S GREATEST MYSTERY Who Killed JFK? Was it Oswald? Or someone else? CJ Floyd thinks he knows…   BESTSELLING MYSTERY AUTHOR ROBERT GREER     returns to Dallas for two “don’t miss” author talks!     Sunday, April 20, 5-7PM   Author Talk, Reading, & Book Signing Brooklyn...

African-American Read-In scheduled for Eastfield College

African-American Read-In scheduled for Eastfield College

From the Pegasus News Wire. Eastfield College‘s African-American Read-in is scheduled for Wednesday, February 27, 11:28 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Building S, Room 100. This year’s theme is words and music; those who wish to participate should prepare a 2-3 minute piece that includes a famous quote or speech...

Dallas Public Library to host event featuring African-American Authors

Dallas Public Library to host event featuring African-American Authors

Local and regional African-American authors will discuss their work at a special free event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Dallas Public Library. The discussion is part of the library’s celebration of African-American Heritage Month and Love Your Library Month. Dr. Vivi Monroe Congress, author of...

Part Two of Dallas South interview with Barbara Trepagnier, author of Silent Racism

Part Two of Dallas South interview with Barbara Trepagnier, author of Silent Racism

Here's is the second and concluding part of my interview with Barbara Trepagnier on her book Silent Racism.  Dallas South:  How do White Americans like the ones you studied feel about the concept of institutional racism? Barbara Trepagnier: Most white people do not understand how racism works, which means they...