Washington, D.C. – (April 1, 2008) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson made the following statement this afternoon during the House floor debate on H.Res. 1061, a resolution observing the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and encouraging the people of the United States to pause and...
CNN’s Eyewitness to Murder is a nice historical addition, not only to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, but to his legacy as well. CNN anchor and special reporter Soledad O’Brien helps paint a vivid picture of the last years of Dr. King’s life, even treading into areas that we don’t...
Here’s a post written by Mathis at our sports site. Don’t forget about Dallas South Sports, we’re always looking for contributors if anyone one would like to blog about sports. Thanks Mathis for this excellent perspective. I have lived in South Oak Cliff for the last two and a half...
Dallas South is excited to share with you an interview I conducted with CNN Anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien. We talked about tonight’s special airing at 8 p.m. Central on CNN titled The King Assassination:Witness to Murder. You can click on the sound tab below to hear the entire...
Forty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech. The speech was delivered at the Bishop Charles Mason Temple Church of God in Memphis, Tennessee. It would turn out to be his last, as Dr. King was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel the...
Most of us realize, as his grave site would attest, that Dr. Martin Luther King died 40 years ago at the hands of an assassin’s bullet. Yet a review of historical accounts may lead one to believe that Dr. King died in 1963. Rare do we see much about the...
I wanted to get some opinions of what the Dallas South Family thinks about King LeBron James on the latest cover of Vogue magazine with model Gisele Bundchen. The assertion is that James is striking a King Kongesque pose and Gisele is Vogue’s version of Fay Wray. It’s more than...
I haven’t done it as much recently, but Dallas South Rewind was once a weekly feature where I highlighted 5 articles on the weekend that I wasn’t able to share during the week. Today, I’m using all five postings from one source – a first for Dallas South. I’ve been...
Electronic Village has released the latest Black Blog Rankings for April 2008. Dallas South comes in ranked at #105 of the 1046 blogs tracked this month. That’s up from 850 blogs last month. Below are the Top 10 Black Blogs ranked by Villager as well as honorable mentions. Currently, Villager...
Faith Formula Human Services Corporation will host its Third Annual Faith Summit on Poverty on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, 2008. The Faith Summit on Poverty was implemented as a direct result of the Gulf Coast (Katrina) Relief efforts which resulted in elevated focus on the poverty conditions...
