Frisco Unity Day a Memorable Experience | |
By Eva Coleman
For nearly two decades, I led student journalists and broadcasters in Frisco. Although I'm no longer in the school district, this newsworthy and historic event pulled me back to the city. A little over a hundred gathered Saturday morning, in the Frisco City Council chambers for the inaugural Frisco Unity Day: The [...]
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Frisco City Councilmembers |
Peter Burns and Angelia Pelham | |
Eva Coleman with John Keating, Angelia Pelham and Maylor Jeff Cheney | Amruta Jayanthi, Content Winner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oration Contest | |
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Tracie Powell
Tracie Powell is a leader in philanthropic efforts to increase racial equity and diversity in the news media. She is Mercer University’s Center for Collaborative Journalism (CCJ) Media Changemaker recipient. The founder of The Pivot Fund, supporting independent BIPOC community news, she was a fall 2021 Shorenstein Center Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. Tracie is the immediate past board chair of LION Publishers and she was the founding fund manager of the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy. She is also the founder of AllDigitocracy.org and was a senior fellow with the Democracy Fund, a 2016 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Georgia. Tracie has had journalism positions at several publications, including the Dallas Examiner and she is a member of NABJ and ONA.
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Shaking My Head
INSANE Anti-Maskers Attack Innocent Bakery Owner Because She Asked Them to Leave
Crazy Karens
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A Picture is Worth 1000 Words | |
Listen to What I Am Telling You | That’s right they ain’t getting nothing Better figure it out | |
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Man listen! I'll be the one to tell you
that this journey I have been
placed on has been hard.
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Carole Cook, the comedic actress who rose to fame with the help and mentorship of Lucille Ball, died Jan. 11. She was three days shy of her 99th birthday. Born Mildred Frances Cook in Abilene, Tex. on Jan. 14, 1924, Cook changed her first name to Carole on the suggestion of Ball, after Carole Lombard. | | | |
On December 9, 1957, Joan Maxine Cheatom had a beautiful baby girl, Deborah Delaine Collins. Deborah was the oldest of her siblings, Wanda and Tony. At an early age, Deborah gave her life to Christ and was baptized at Greater New Zion Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. | | | |
The youngest blessing of 7, Velma Ruth Turner was born on April 1, 1939, in Hughes Springs, TX to Lurrie H. Turner Sr. and Cassie Mae Brannon. She attended Love Chapel Elementary School in Hughes Springs before moving to Dallas and graduating from Lincoln High School. | | | |
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The Path
As we walk through life's journey, we leave footprints. Some just show where we are going. Others redirect us when we get lost. Still, others remain to guide those we leave behind. I see your footprints.
Will you/they see mine?
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NEA Challenge America Grant Brings Celebrated Artists to Dallas College Galleries | |
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge America program is designed to promote equal access to the arts across all communities. Through its Challenge America grant, Dallas College is presenting exhibits by two nationally recognized artists of color who have regional ties. The admission-free exhibits opened Jan. | | | |
Baltimore Orioles Players As Rap Albums: A Study | |
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Sam Cooke, Johann Calhoun, Jackie Freeman,
Carla Lacy Blackwell, Timothy Boyd Sr., Karen Caldwell
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DJ Jazzy Jeff, Afeni Shakur, Silento, Ray Rice, Junichi Uehara Bomani Ajamu, Donna Garza, Deon Dallas Britton, Azley Cobb, Brandon Guidry, Charles Bland, Frances Jaye, and Lizette Olmos Godfrey
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Keith Solis of
105.7 KRNB
40 years in the
radio industry
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Lamin and Oumie Jammeh
11 years
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Kirk and Tammy Franklin
27 years
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LaTicia Maria and Kwame Kilpatrick
4 years
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Darrell Langley
Homeward Bound
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My Truth: Always a Blessing
By Cheryl Smith
Sometimes we see what others are going through. Sometimes we don’t. When Candace Wicks retired from Dallas Independent School District, I stopped by to
celebrate with her.
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