Last March, Howard Witt wrote an article in the Chicago Tribune about the sentencing of a 14 year-old girl in my hometown of Paris, Texas. In the 6-plus months that have followed, the landscape of the internet, the civil rights movement, and the media has greatly changed. Some, including yours...
Here's a look at some of the stories you may have missed from the past week. 1. The Cotton Bowl receives high marks from fans according to the Dallas Morning News. 2. More nooses, this time in the Pittsburgh area as told by Electronic Village. 3. The Chicago Sun-Times on...
Dallas South Blog is featured on Wednesday's BlogJam at Politico.com. I have to thank Ryan Grim for conducting the interview which he received exactly as I was trying to get it across. Please take a moment to read the interview by clicking here . Feel free to leave a...
The blogosphere has afforded me to come across a number of like minded individuals spread across the net, some of whom I can now call my friends. One such person is Adrianne George who publishes the blog Black Women in Europe. Adrienne describes BWIE as having been "created by an...
Here's my look back at last week and some of the stories the I wasn't able to bring to Dallas South. 1. The Chicago Tribune's Howard Witt continued his excellent Jena coverage with a story on the release of Mychal Bell . 2. The demolition of the American Inn in...
I've been a little out of touch for the last few days, but I've turned on CNN 3 times and 3 times the stories have dealt with African-Americans. One story was about a father's anger at the police's response to a fatal car crash involving his son. CNN quotes the...
Today I participated in an extensive discussion on NPR's Talk of the Nation regarding why the national media "missed" the Jena 6 story. Also on the program was Steven Holmes, national editor for The Washington Post and Keith Woods, dean of faculty at the Poytner Institute Click here to listen...
I have had a chance to collect my thoughts since last Thursday's historic rally in Jena, Louisiana, and I wanted to share with you some of my thoughts about the events of the day. 1. Black is Beautiful The suggestions that everyone wear black made the visual impact of last...
Realize that if you are reading this message, you are part of blog power. If you are reading this post, you are part of a new movement to seek out more about what's really going on in this country. We cannot solely rely on traditional media sources to get the...
Here's an interview that appeared in Saturday's Dallas Morning News. You can find the link by clicking here , but I'm posting it in its entirety. ONLINE MOVEMENT Dallas blogger helped spread word about Jena Like many public events these days, this week's Jena rally came together largely through...
