Thursday's editorial section of the Dallas Morning News contained a Viewpoints column by the paper's Deputy Editorial Page Editor Sharon Grigsby. Sharon is leading the Editorial Department's "Closing Dallas' north-south gap" project. As mentioned in her column, we had lunch one afternoon (at Brooklyn) to discuss Southern Dallas. Sharon listened...
More news on tasers, this time out of Wichita, Kansas. Kevin Myles, President of the Wichita Branch NAACP, reports the following from the Wichita NAACP Blog. On November 20th, a man by the name of Donnell Williams, 39, was at home alone . Mr. Williams is hearing impaired, has a...
Washington, DC – (Wednesday, December 5, 2007) – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson commends today’s unanimous passage of H.Res. 826, a bill that expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the hanging of nooses is a horrible act when used for the purpose of intimidation. It continues that under...
December 5, 2007 (Dallas, Texas) – The Underground Hip Hop Academy, a 501(c) nonprofit organization based in Dallas, is hosting a youth outreach event called Break Out 2007. Created by Founder & Director Shanna Poteet, this charity event takes place Saturday December 15th, 2007 from 12pm to 5pm CST at...
The following is a press release from the AfroSpear. The AfroSpear community now includes over 90 blogs, each demonstrably furthering the goals and objectives of the AfroSpear in ways both common and unique. The AfroSpear has developed into a think tank with Diaspora-wide influence. It focuses on the discussing...
I'm going to post this Howard Witt story from the Chicago Tribune in its entirety. It was posted to the Tribune's website minutes ago. By Howard Witt Tribune Senior Correspondent Chicago Tribune The district attorney in the racially-charged Jena 6 case in Louisiana agreed to a plea bargain Monday...
In September, Electronic Village began compiling a monthly list of Top 10 Black Blogs. According to the Village, Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) is the driving force behind the Top 10 Black Bloggers list. We no longer have to complain when others...
Buzzology Surveys announces its 2007 "Buy Black For Christmas" Series, highlighting great gift giving ideas for the holidays while encouraging African Americans to support our own while they shop. From the reasonably priced, extravagant, hip, creative, eclectic and delectable, you’ll find a bit of inspiration for everyone on your...
