Part One of my interview with Verdie Triplett has been very well received by the Dallas South family. I hope you all did your part and emailed the YouTube link out to your email lists. Here’s a little more homework, read through the Treaty of 1866 between the United States...
By Earnest Gates Sound familiar? This is a line from Prince’s song, 1999. Why 1992? That is the year President Bill Clinton ran for President. If you notice, we are starting to see a lot of similarities between Senator Barack Obama and Governor Clinton of 1992. Clinton ran a very...
> I have to give all the credit to Chris Eubanks for realizing that this was a story that I would be interested in. Chris told me I should speak with Verdie Triplett, founder of the Choctaw Chickasaw Freedman of Oklahoma. I called Verdie the next day, and he’s been...
According to CNN.com, Barack Obama has decided to accept the Democratic Nomination for President at Denver’s Invesco Field at Mile High. Invesco Field is the 75,000-seat stadium that is home to the Denver Broncos. The rest of the convention will be held at the 20,000-seat Pepsi Center which houses the...
Go back with me to the beginning of the baseball season. Now what would you have guessed the Rangers record to be after 90 games with these names on the roster: Catching – Max Ramierez (Started season at Frisco) and Jarrod Saltalamacchia (OK City) Third Base – German Duran(OK City)...
By Earnest Gates Recently I wrote about how the Republican Party has used voter suppression methods to prevent Democratic supporters from voting. I will now tell you what you can do to make sure that doesn’t happen this time. First, you can make sure you are registered to vote and...
I liked the concept of Hancock from the moment I saw the first teaser. The concept of deadbeat superhero had not been truly treated on screen since Superman 3. And I don’t remember Superman drinking his liquor straight out of the bottle. The older I get, the less I expect...
Many of you may remember Dallas South and a few other Spear members were featured in a Philadelphia Tribune article titled Blogger Nation. With that in mind, it give me great pleasure to announce that the Tribune has been recognized for their fine work. Congrats to Heather Faison who wrote...
Thanks -as always- to Farai Chideya, Devin Robins, and all the folks at NPR’s News and Notes for allowing me to participate on today’s bloggers roundtable. I was on with Shay Riley of Booker Rising, and Arlene Fenton of Black Women Vote. We discussed the “fairness doctrine”, Ralph Nader, and...
Dallas South has again moved up in the black blog rankings, coming in at #66. This months rankings compiled by Electronic Village tracked 1,274 sites. Last month Dallas South ranked #66 of 1,237. Congrats to Pam Spaulding, fellow DNC credentialed blogger who moved into the top spot this month....
