Local Hip Hop artists' PPT will perform live at Paul Quinn College on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show Friday, March 2. If you don't know Picnic, Pikahsso, and Tahiti, you need to get to know them in a hurry. Take a listen to some of their music on their MySpace Page. They...
I have updated the election page with a new candidate for mayor as well as four new city council candidates. There are also links to all mayoral candidate websites. I included the MySpace pages of those candidates who do not have a website, though some candidates have both. Click here for the...
With the news of the Cotton Bowl game moving to Jerry World in Arlington, critics have again placed the blame at the feet of Laura Miller and the City of Dallas. The mayor and the council are easy targets. I mean it has to be somebody's fault that the new...
Anyone who has followed this blog for a while knows that I have championed the UNT-Dallas campus from the jump (see Education/Salvation or UNT-Dallas opens). But there's already an institution of higher learning that calls Southern Dallas home. Lately there has been a lot written about the future of Paul Quinn College. Between the...
The 7th Annual Texas Karate Heatwave was held on Saturday at Duncanville High School. The 'A' Rated A.O.K. (Amateur Organization of Karate) tournament is produced by Kristi Shawky of Dale and Kristy's American Karate Academy. The competition attracted over 450 participants from all over Texas, as well as Louisiana and Arkansas. The open...
The serpent of slavery was wrapped around the legs of the table on which the Declaration of Independence was penned. – Dr. Eddie Glaude, Princeton University It was that kind of night at Friendship-West Baptist Church Thursday, when Tavis Smiley brought is Covenant in Action Tour to Dallas. ...
Don't forget about the Covenant In Action Tour happening tonight!!! Covenant In Action Tour Tavis Smiliey, Dr. Eddie Glaude, and Dr. Cornell West Thursday February 22, 7pm – 9pm Friendship-West Baptist Church Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, Senior Pastor 2020 Wheatland Road, Dallas Texas http://www.covenantwithblackamerica.com/
The North Texas Liberal posted a great clip from You Tube on their site a few days ago and they gave credit to Right of Texas for turning them on to this great local story (maybe we all can just get along). I actually watched this video when it aired on ABC World News...
MSN has an article today drudging up the annual debate on the relevance of Black History month. (see Americans Divided Over Black History Month). The article cites an MSN-Zogby poll of 10,000 Americans where surveyed about their feelings on the observance. The survey found that 43% of Americans felt that...
