Celebrating 195 years of the Black Press |
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November is
National Hip Hop History
Month
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Celebrate
American Indian Heritage Month!
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CELEBRATION!
Black Press: Continuing a Legacy
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10 year Anniversary
Garland Journal/Texas Metro News
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68,000 see
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY VICTORIOUS IN BAYOU CLASSIC over GRAMBLING!
34-17
Southern University to face Jackson State for SWAC Championship
December 3 @ 3p.m.
Check out Black Star Network for coverage
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Darryl and Sonja Batts
25 years
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Michael and Dawn Maxwell
17 years
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Cheryl and Adolphus Glaspie
32 years
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Women of Distinction Award
United Nations Global Women Foundation
Dr. Tajuana Michelle Ross
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NAACP Mourns the Passing of Cecilia Marshall, Former NAACP Legal Secretary |
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Cecilia "Cissy" Marshall, widow of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, has died. She was 94.
Remembered as an historian and civil rights activist, Cecilia Suyat Marshall, a Filipino born in Hawaii, came to the United States in 1948. She was a former NAACP legal secretary.
In a statement released by the NAACP, it read: During her time with the Association, she worked on a variety of cases including the Groveland Four case and the landmark Brown v. Board of Education. It was at the Association that she met and ultimately married Justice Marshall in 1955 and during their wedding ceremony was given away by NAACP leader Roy Wilkins.
In a 2013 interview, Marshall was asked about her impression of race growing up in Hawaii. "I really didn't have any idea at all, because I went to school with different nationalities, Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, and I think there was only one Negro family in the whole section where I was," she said. She described her move to New York as the moment she learned about "the racial problem."
"I remember segregation very well. You couldn't go to different places. You couldn't sit in any place. I just wish Thurgood were here… to see his work and the work of his lawyers."
We remember Marshall as a staunch advocate for civil rights, who was committed to safeguarding the reputation and legacy of her late husband.
Rest in Power.
Photo courtesy of NAACP
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LISTEN TO WHAT I AM TRYING TO TELL YOU!
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A picture is worth a THOUSAND Words!
Business owners want customers to know they are legit! Is your fish CATFISH or SWAI?
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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green
courtesy – NNPA
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Alpha Phi Alpha announces partnership with
Black Tech-Based Cancer Charity
Collaboration Hopes to Raise Awareness and
Critical Funds to Eradicate Cancer
BALTIMORE, MD – The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation have partnered to raise awareness and critical funds for human trials for a new treatment to eradicate cancer for the 9 million people who die each year.
During Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.’s 95th General Convention in 2019, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to partner with the Ora Lee Smith Cancer Foundation, a Black tech-based cancer charity. Recently, Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III, General President, executed and signed an MOU solidifying the new partnership.
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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, a year ago, 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. We're still going strong today and we also received recognition from the National Newspaper Publishers Association for our efforts!
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Buy Black Business Spotlight
Spry Beauty Supply House
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The Spry Beauty Supply House, since day one, has worked tirelessly in order to expand their product offerings and make their customers’ experience even better. Being proud of how far they’ve come yet they remain committed to performing even better. As part of the overall body positivity movement, there’s been a growing demand for beauty products geared towards African American consumers. This is especially true with Black hair care products since they need to serve their unique beauty needs. Spry the best choice for your online purchase and physical shopping in Dallas Ft Worth. They have two Locations 211 Ervay St. Suite 200B Dallas, TX 75201 (832)408-0981 and 411 N. Akard #150B Mayflower Tower, Dallas, Texas 75201 (832)408-0981 or you can visit the website: https://www.sprybeauty.org/
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OUR SUPERB WOMAN OF THE DAY
Hon. Kathlyn Gilliam
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Honorable Kathlyn Gilliam was the first African American female elected member of DISD Board of Trustees. Served 23 years and was elected President.Even before her tenure as a DISD trustee, she was a political activist, serving as the president of the then-segregated Dallas City Council PTA school board in the 1960s and as the secretary of the Texas Congress of Colored PTAs in the 1970s. She also was one of the many plaintiffs in a leading federal case to desegregate Dallas public schools and a founding member of the Political Congress of African-American Women. A founder of the Clean South Dallas/Fair Park, Inc., a school is named in her honor. |
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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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QUIT PLAYIN
A Thankful Thanksgiving
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By Vincent Hall
Whether you realize it or not, there is much to be thankful for. Even if all you can do is read this meandering message, you should be grateful that you are not among the 14% or one in seven Americans who are termed functionally illiterate. I call them mis-educated. This errant essay may come as you contemplate when and if you will find gainful employment.
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Gangsta whitewalls with TV
antennas in the back.
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Student parent at graduation |
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Dallas College Launches Young Scholars Program Through Dallas Foundation Grant
Dallas College Launches Young Scholars Program
Through Dallas Foundation Grant
DALLAS – Starting in the Spring 2023 semester, Dallas College will launch a drop-in child care option for students attending its El Centro campus thanks to a $100,000 grant to Dallas College Foundation from The Dallas Foundation. The Dallas College Young Scholars Program will lessen the expense of child care as a barrier to parents attending college and meeting their educational goals. Seed funding from Dallas College Foundation’s new Dallas Foundation Community Impact Grant will help launch the program in January 2023.
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A man stands on a median in Dallas soliciting money from a driver in October 2022.
(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
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Legal experts: Dallas’ median ban could bring lawsuits; ACLU already ‘exploring options’
At least two federal appeals courts since 2015 have ruled similar restrictions of people on medians were unconstitutional.
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By Everton Bailey Jr.
A new Dallas law banning people from road medians or risk a fine up to $500 opens the city up to a lawsuit that could cost taxpayers, legal experts say. The restriction bans pedestrians from standing or walking on roadway medians less than 6 feet wide, in the middle of streets without medians and in clear zones like bike lanes and road shoulders. It exempts permitted workers, as well as pedestrians directly crossing the street, giving or receiving emergency aid, or on the median while following police instructions.
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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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National
Bavarian Cream Pie
Day
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Robin Givens, Jimi Hendrix, Jaleel White, James Avery, Twista, Kiara Nowlin, Tiffany Fox, Shaunie O’Neal, Niece Sanders, Barbara Webb, Lynn Crosby, Ethelyn Burton, Stephanie Rich, Marlon Bivens, Rhondalin Relerford Bonner, Colteal Sherman, Cecil Patterson, Redd Henry, Andrea Wiley, Joseph Adetula, Debra Dennis, Doxie A. McCoy, Jerolie ‘Gigi’ Strong, and Carron Jones |
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Congratulations
CLASS OF 2022!
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Katelynn Garrett
Silsbee ISD
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Brunch on the West End. The hottest DJ in Dallas, drink specials, new brunch items, Sunday Funday 11 am at 3 Eleven Kitchen and Cocktails, 311 North Market Street #100 Dallas. https://bit.ly/3UD9CjY
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On November 27, 1957
Dorothy Height, YMCA official, elected president of the National Council of
Negro Women.
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Alfred Street Baptist Church Designates $1 Million to Jackson State University for
Support during Water Crisis
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BHL
AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICE
By AAV Staff
(Black PR Wire) Alfred Street Baptist Church’s (ASBC) Mission Division will donate up to $1 million to Jackson State University (JSU) to help defray costs related to the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, which began in late August 2022. When the city of Jackson water treatment facility experienced low water pressure and issued a boil water notice, the lack of water pressure on campus prompted the University to delay its student move-in date.
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In 1965, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were wrongfully convicted of killing Malcolm X in and spent over 20 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted. |
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New York to Pay $25 Million to Two Men Falsely Convicted of Killing Malcolm X
NNPA Newswire/BlackPressUSA
By Lauren Victoria Burke
In 1965, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were wrongfully convicted of killing Malcolm X and spent over 20 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted. Even though the February 21, 1965 murder of Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan was one of the most reported on assassinations of the 1960s, the trial of his assailants was botched because of racism, expediency and political considerations.
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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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