HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
August 2022
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Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and for illegally leaving South Africa
60 years
Cherron and Drew Castillo
10 years
Rosilyn and Ron Houston
29 years
Friday, August 5, 2022
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Saturday, August 6, 2022
Townview’s Big “D” Band: Thankful for Recognition
Texas Metro News journalist,
Asia Nicole Alcorn and
the Big “D” Band
The African America Museum presents:
Fire! The Resurrection of Mr. Imagination
Phillip E. Collins, African American Museum Curator, explains what went through the mind of “Mr. Imagination,” also known as the late Gregory Warmack, during the design of this exhibit.
Celebration of a Life Well Lived
Bro. Warren G. Lee, Jr.
August 11, 1949 – July 18, 2022
Funeral
Friday, August 5, 2022 10 am
Antioch Baptist Church
7550 S. Hampton Road. Dallas, Texas 75232
In lieu of flowers, please consider giving a Tribute Gift to The Alzheimer’s Association in honor of Warren G. Lee, Jr. www.alz.org
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Wear your masks, Wash your hands, Be safe! Protect yourself and others!
AUGUST 2022 Friday August 12, 2022
HIV and Covid 19 Back to School Bash Creekside Villas Apts.
378 N Jim Miller RD Dallas TX 75217
2pm-5pm 214-398-1459


Saturday August 13, 2022 Brookmoore Apartments 3523 Fawn Valley Dr Dallas TX 75224 11am-2pm 469-279-6239


Celebrating 195 years of the Black Press
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The Trendsetter

Texas Metro News' student journalists produced publication
(inside Texas Metro News).
Dr. Shewanda Riley has
launched a podcast and
you'll get to hear from
her and other aunties!
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.
Buy Black Business Spotlight

2B Continued Fashions
2B Continued Fashion House is an online thrift clothing store providing a variety of styles including vintage retro and eclectic styles. They also offer services such as personal shopping/stylist, and closet revamping with other services coming soon. The company caters to the budget shopper who supports sustainability by recycling and reusing clothes that continues to hold their value. They never sell anything they don’t wish they could add to their personal collection. To deliver fashion to the everyday busy person by removing the stress of sorting through rack after rack to find it. Visit the website to shop and use their other services. https://www.2bcontinuedfh.com/ Follow them on FB, TikTok, and IG.
OUR SUPERB WOMAN OF THE DAY

Silk Littlejohn

Silk Littlejohn is an empowerment speaker and lifestyle coach.
Silk Littlejohn works at the Silk Littlejohn Experience (TSLE), a multi-media educational, lifestyle and entertainment brand. A North Texas White Cane Day Board Member, she studied cosmetology and is licensed by Texas Dept. of Licensing and Regulation - TDLR. According to Silk, “TSLE is committed to changing how the world’s views the blind community, with awareness, applied vision infused with inspiring moments, that will continue to motivate change inclusive to the blind and visually impaired.” She is beautiful, talented, smart and the sister can dress! She also has a testimony because she is a survivor, full of love and support for others.
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
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!
Hon. Helen Giddings
Women’s Leadership Summit Offers
 Strategies For Success
Highly accomplished women of color will share their strategies for success during a two-day Women’s Leadership Summit on August 5 – 6, 2022 at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel, 2222 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207. Deryl McKissack, President/CEO of McKissack and McKissack which manages a $15 billion portfolio in U.S. projects; the Honorable Sharon Weston Broome, first woman Mayor of Baton Rouge; and the Honorable Vanessa Gilmore, former U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Texas; are among the outstanding women who will participate in the event. 
QUIT PLAYIN
That Train is Coming For You!
By Vincent L. Hall

White folks are embroiled in their own Civil War right now, but it ain’t the first time. I remind you of Pastor Niemöller’s words because the “minorities” of this nation must learn to stick together. Not everyone is gay. Forty-three percent of us will never need an abortion. Nevertheless, democracy dictates that we form non-homogenous coalitions. Check out “Reconstruction for Dummies.” In it, you can connect the dots from Reconstruction to Jim Crow, to Donald Trump, to January 6, 2021, and lately, a slashing of “liberal civil rights” by the Supreme Court. Black folks always have to be wary because it always affects us worse when civil rights are stripped, severed, or sacrificed.
BLACK HISTORY MOMENT!
On August 5, 1892

Harriet Tubman receives pension from U.S. Congress for her work as a nurse and spy in the Civil War.
Passengers are directed away from the terminal at Dallas Love Field Airport on Monday, July 25, 2022. A ground stop was ordered for flights at Love Field airport after Dallas police shot a woman who fired several shots inside the terminal, police said.
(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Family of Love Field shooter says they have not been updated on her medical condition

Portia Odufuwa was stable Sunday afternoon, Dallas police said.

The family of the woman shot by a Dallas police officer after she opened fire inside Love Field airport said Sunday that neither police nor the hospital have updated them about her medical condition since the shooting almost a week ago. Portia Odufuwa, 37, was shot multiple times about 11 a.m. July 25 in her “lower extremities” after police allege she fired into the airport’s ceiling and at the officer. She was taken to a hospital, where she underwent surgery, police said.
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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SPOTLIGHT
8-5-22 The 26th Annual Dallas Mayor's Back to School Fair at Fair Park. This year's event will be returning to an in-person format at Fair Park's Automobile building and Centennial Hall. MBTSF serves students who live in Dallas and/or attend a Dallas ISD school (PreK-12). From 8 am to 2 pm. MBTSF
Bandits killed Réginald Laleau inside the Assemblée de Dieu à Meyer church in Port-au-Prince on Jul. 24, 2022, police said.
Dead officer, journalist’s child, fires among casualties of week’s violence in PaP
The Haitian Times 
By Onz Chery, MURDITH JOSEPH, and Juhakenson Blaise

PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least three people were shot, including one Haitian National Police officer fatally, and a church and prosecutor’s office were set on fire so far this week during a period of rising gang violence and social unrest, according to local reports.  Members of the 400 Mawozo gang, the police told Le Nouvelliste, shot police officer Réginald Laleau dead inside a local church, Assemblée de Dieu à Meyer, after a Sunday service. After shooting Laleau, the killers took away his body and cut off his hands, WhatsApp videos and pictures show.
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Having Our Say on Howard Terminal
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Oakland Post
By Greg Hodge

Voters in a democracy should always get the final say. A recent poll indicates that 76% of those asked believed that the voters should have been allowed to weigh in on whether public dollars should be spent on the Howard Terminal project that would create a new home for the Oakland A’s. Twelve thousand people signed a petition to encourage our City Council to put the question to the voters as to whether any public monies — local, state or federal — should be used to build the stadium, affordable housing or to finance infrastructure in an around the Howard Terminal site. The City Council rejected this reasonable request, and it makes us wonder, “Why?”
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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