The following is a press release from Afrosphere Bloggers Association. Dallas South Blog is a member of the ABA (New York): Black Bloggers have united to battle mainstream music and entertainment fat-cats who profit off the stereotypical, sexist, and racist exploitation of African American people. Their main targets are Black...
Dallas South looks back at top stories that from the past week. 1. Electronic Village has started a monthly list of the Top 10 Black Bloggers. 2. Dallas Progress details Dallas City Council Committees assigned by Mayor Tom Leppert. Angela Hunt is noticably absent from the list of chairs and...
According to CNN.com, a Louisiana judge has overturned the conviction of Mychal Bell. Bell was convicted of second degree battery for his participation in a fight at school. The 3rd District Court of Appeals in Lake Charles, Louisiana threw out the conviction, saying the charges should have been brought in juvenile...
The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and Stanford Group Company have announced the inaugural recipients of the Stanford Financial Excellence in the Arts Award. A total of $45,000 in unrestricted grants to Dallas-area arts groups were awarded on September 5, 2007 at a reception held at the Latino...
Washington, DC – (Thursday, September 13, 2007) – Congresswoman EddieBernice Johnson issued the following statement today in recognition ofNational Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week. A long-time supporter of our nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Congresswoman Johnson introduced H. Res. 135, a Resolution to recognize HBCU week, in conjunction...
Ever wonder why there is such a disparity between the number of African-Americans in prison vs. the number of Anglos? Here's something to consider. Folks like the Big Creek Six involved in the torture of Megan Williams are able to walk the streets while others do prison time for lesser...
According to cnn.com , six West Virginia residents have been charged with kidnapping, torturing and sexually assaulting a Charleston woman for at least a week. 20-year-old Megan Williams had stab wounds on her left leg and bruises around her eyes. A WSAZ news report says that the 4'11" Williams was...
There will be no posts today in remembrance of the 2,998 people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 in attacks on New York and Washington as well as United Flight 93.
On September 20, thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Jena, Louisiana in support of Mychal Bell. Bell is one of the Jena 6, who will be sentenced at 9 a.m. that morning for his participation in an altercation at Jena High School. Friendship-West Baptist Church will take bus...
Stories from the week that was….. 1. Dallas South Sports details an impressive 47-14 win by DeSoto over Garland. 2. Eddie Griffin was cut short at a performance for Black Enterprise Magazine when he laced his act with the so-called "N-word." 3. plezWorld alerts us to NPR's bloggers roundtable. 4....
