Primaries are over...Well, not really as some head into a runoff. And just think -- Texas will never be a Georgia, voting at 4.5%! |
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Fort Worth provides surprise at polls
By Valerie Fields Hill
News Editor
Texas Metro News
Deborah Peoples, a businesswoman and former head of the Democratic Party, appeared headed toward a major victory over Arlington resident Marvin Sutton in the Democratic race for Tarrant County judge.
People’s won nearly 83 percent of the early and absentee vote, while Sutton, a former Arlington city councilman, won just 17 percent, according to unofficial election results.
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BUY BLACK!
When Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, of Friendship-West Baptist Church, announced 100 Days of Buying Black in acknowledging the 100th Commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we joined the movement. December 31, 2021 marked 100 days of featuring Black Businesses. and we decided that the struggle continues and we must also. So enjoy reading about more Black-owned businesses and please support.
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OUR SUPERB WOMAN OF THE DAY
Superb Woman
Vonciel Jones Hill
The honorable Vonciel Jones Hill has a voice that makes you sit up and pay attention! A strong mediator, she has also served as a municipal judge.
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Former Dallas City Councilwoman Vonciel Jones Hill has plenty of receipts. Not only is this Alpha Kappa Alpha woman heavily degreed, with enough degrees to share; she is eloquent, conscientious, compassionate and no-nonsense. She has a Doctor of Humane Letters Paul Quinn College; Master of Divinity Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, with Honors; Juris Doctorate University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Master of Arts Rice University, History; Master of Library Science Atlanta University; and Bachelor of Arts University of Texas at Austin, History and English! In addition to serving on the Dallas City Council, she was elected to the AME Church Judicial Council and the St Luke “Community” United Methodist Church – Annual Community Service Award is named “THE VONCIEL JONES HILL COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD.” She belongs to numerous organizations, inciting being a member of the NAACP since 1958!
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Our Superb Women!
2021 was the "Year of the Woman," especially the Black Woman! For 10 months we dedicated this space to uplifting Black women and spreading a message that we need to show love and empower people with love instead of destroying them with hate and disrespect. We celebrate Black Women and call them SUPERB! AND WE ARE KEEPING THE CELEBRATION GOING IN 2022!
Cheryl Smith, Publisher
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Join us as we call attention to the many Black girls (and boys) who have gone missing. The headlines are not as bold and glaring but they will be here. Stay tuned! |
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CONVERSATIONS WITH MILES
BLACK NO MORE
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By Miles Jaye
Black no more, is a pledge to devest myself of anything that in word, tone, or image, detracts from the entirety and totality of my human experience. If by use of nomenclature, my so-called Blackness renders me one iota less human or denies me one single attribute, benefit, or protection of that afforded a whole human being, including the solemnity of soul, divinity of spirit and brilliance of the human mind, then I divest myself from that name and the use of that naming system.
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WAKE UP AND STAY WOKE
That Black Woman
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By Dr. E. Faye Williams
In February 2020, few gave full thought or consideration to the pledge that then Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made to make a Black woman his first Supreme Court nominee. Of course, any comment made by candidate Biden was subject to political pushback by members of the Trump mob, but I’m not sure that enough people thought he would win and have that pledge to keep — making that statement a huge issue.
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DALLAS -- As of 12:00 pm March 01, 2022 Dallas County Health and Human Services is reporting 646 additional positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dallas County, 575 confirmed cases and 71 probable cases. There is a cumulative total of 468,617 confirmed cases (PCR test). There is a cumulative total of 98,812 probable cases (antigen test). A total of 5,989 Dallas County residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 illness. Today’s press release includes the numbers of new cases from Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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DART bus driver Conell Wingo, right, talks with service users at DART Southwest Medical District/Parkland bus station in Dallas on Friday, February 25, 2022. The bus Wingo drives broke down due to the low temperatures in the metroplex after a winter storm passes over the area few days ago.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer) |
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DART’s limited service during North Texas’ freeze left riders asking why |
Agency said that the light rail system was not built with ice in mind. |
DART buses and trains will resume regular service on Saturday, the transit agency said Friday, after cold weather and icy conditions this week led to multiple bus breakdowns and service shutdowns that left riders confused. On Wednesday, DART shut down its rail system and limited bus services ahead of the temperature drop and possibility of ice in the Dallas-area. Riders had to take shuttles from each rail station or catch buses that ran on a limited Sunday schedule.
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This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
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Maxwell live, w/ special guest Anthony Hamilton @ The Texas Trust CU Theater in Grand Prairie! 7:30 pm March 2, 2022.
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Dr. Justin Lonon
Dallas College Chancellor
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Dr. Justin Lonon Takes the Reins of Dallas College as 8th Chancellor
DALLAS – Passionate advocate for equity in U.S. higher education and a champion of community college as a pathway to upward mobility, Dr. Justin H. Lonon today assumed the office of Dallas College Chancellor, becoming the eighth chancellor of what is one of the largest community colleges in the country.
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National
Ash Wednesday
Day
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Saffiyy "Dean" Britton, Method Man, Nathalie Emmanuel, Reggie Bush, Malcolm Butler, Vincent Wiggins, JJ Jones, Steven Cain, Aayan Ali, Stephanie Morris, Audra D.S Burch, Tonya Chambers-Bernard, Cecil Sharp, Mona Hudson, DeAnn Dunkins Lax and Mr. Joseph Smith! |
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DeSoto ISD Girls’ Basketball Headed to State Championship Tournament
Reigning state champion DeSoto ISD girls’ basketball team seeking repeat
(DESOTO, TX) — The DeSoto High School girls’ basketball team is headed to San Antonio in search of another state title. This is their third appearance in the contest within the past four years. The Lady Eagles earned the opportunity to compete in the UIL 6A state championship tournament with a 60-47 regional win over Duncanville on Feb. 26.
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Congratulations!
Class of 2021
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Morgan Weaver
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge
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On March 2, 1867
Howard University is established in Washington, D.C.
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The Montana Accord meeting at Hotel Montana, Port-au-Prince, December, 2021. Photo by HaitiWatch |
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Group of Haitian artists, writers throw support behind Montana agreement |
The Haitian Times
PORT-AU-PRINCE — In an open letter, a group of about 50 Haitian artists and writers said they are backing the Montana Accord, the collection of Haitian civil society groups that selected interim leaders for a transitional Haitian government last month. “Enough hunger, enough blood, enough death, enough rape, enough kidnapping, enough tears, enough darkness for the children of the earth,” the group said in the Feb. 18 letter published in the publication Rezo Nòdwès.
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The film also features interviews with International President and CEO of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®️ Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, Miss Universe Ireland Fionnghuala O’Reilly, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Fierst, and many more. |
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Gravitas Ventures Acquires Documentary, “Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.” |
By BlackPressUSA Staff
(CHICAGO) ― Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights for “Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,” an intimate documentary film introducing the storied history of Alpha Kappa Alpha, America’s first sorority for Black college women. Narrated by Phylicia Rashad and written and directed by Deborah Riley Draper, Twenty Pearls tells the story of a powerful sisterhood created in 1908 that has influenced significant watershed moments in history, including World War II, NASA, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Women’s Rights, HBCUs, and Public Health.
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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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