CELEBRATION!
Black Press:
Continuing a Legacy
10 yr Anniversary
Garland Journal/Texas Metro News
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Hon. Bobbie Edmonds, Esq. |
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Happy Anniversary!
September 2022
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Steve and Connie Craven married 2 years |
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Danny and Roxy
Heart-Edwards
married
2 years
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Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan and Mother Khadijah married 69 years |
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Kenny and Ashley Phillips married 5 years |
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Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
2022 Inductees
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Fund started to
assist Dorothy Jones
in rebuilding
Black Jack Pizza
Efforts are underway to rebuild Black Jack Pizza. The location on Martin Luther King Blvd. in Dallas, TX was shut down after a stolen car chase ended with the car crashing through the front entrance to the popular pizzeria. An employee and customer were injured and the teen car thieves were apprehended. You can help Black Jack Pizza, Dorothy Jones and Terry Jones, by contributing to the Go Fund Me account at https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-jack-emergency-and-recovery-fun?qid=c2507659501e09606b5d3ab85aa755bd
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Celebrating 195
years of the Black Press
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Check out
The Trendsetter
Texas Metro News' student journalists produced publication
(inside Texas Metro News).
* Are you in high school and interested in joining a winning team of young journalists?
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The Woman King
By Valerie Fields Hill
News Editor
Texas Metro News
Dozens of moviegoers will walk the red carpet in Fort Worth Thursday prior to a showing of Viola Davis’s The Woman King movie.
The red-carpet is one of several activities surrounding opening night for The Woman King, the highly anticipated blockbuster film shot on location in Africa and featuring award-winning actress Davis as Nanisca, the leader of an elite army of women warriors.
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SpaSho And AMPTV To Launch Black Skin Care and Health Series, ‘Très Beau’ Starting Sept. 21 |
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By SpaSho Media
Is beauty only skin deep?
Maybe not, according to these stats from the McKinsey Quarterly; Black Americans spent $6.6 billion on beauty last year which is 11.1 percent of the total US beauty market. The report also noted that most Blacks had a frustrating experience with products and services not geared toward them; however, the inequity in Black-owned based businesses with products specifically for Black skin is a real problem when it comes to getting these products into the mainstream beauty market.
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Proposition 8 for voters - STAY TUNED! |
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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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Buy Black Business Spotlight
Excellence Rising Academic And
Athletic Development
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Excellence Rising Academic and Athletic Development – is a program, brand, and community building initiative that provides a variety of resources, skill classes, and workout sessions. Excellence Rising strives to assist progress for all backgrounds and ages to excel in all aspects of life. Coach Anita Williams developed Excellence Rising as a skills coaching and tutoring program, established a poetry youth club, and expanded her program through various communities. Check out all of the services that Excellence Rising Academic and Athletic Development on the website: https://excellence-rising.com/ Contact: 972-246-8435 or email them at Excel@Erising.org
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OUR SUPERB WOMAN OF THE DAY
Julie Dudley Najieb
Julia Dudley Najieb is an author, journalist, playwright and television producer and director.
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Julia Dudley Najieb is the CEO of Info Media Distribution, creating original video content and online news copy to be distributed through several offline and online news media, video, and audio podcast platforms. She’s also executive producer and publisher of The ONME Network. A talk show host, Julia has managed and produced original, regional, TV news programming for Bounce TV, local NBC & CBS affiliate TV channels, and nationwide business channel, BizTV. Julia attended Hampton and CSU. A wife and a mother, she received a BA degree in journalism, with minors in French and marketing. Julia is an integral component of the Black News Link. SHe is also the brains, beauty and BOSSyness of Black Headline News. Check Julia out at www.amptvnow.net
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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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Money Talk :
Social Security
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By Rodney A. Brooks
Deciding when to take Social Security is a huge issue, and a very complicated one. A wrong decision can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over your lifetime. That decision can be critically important for African Americans. You need a plan for retirement that includes at least some savings other than Social Security. First, a couple of facts.
- Three quarters of minority beneficiaries rely on Social Security for at least half of their retirement income. That’s true for only half of whites.
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MY TRUTH:
A Reality Check
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By Cheryl Smith
Recently during a speech, I praised the Black Press: “As the Black Press celebrates 195 years, I thank the National Newspaper Publishers Association for continuing to be that VOICE, even when those we are speaking for sometimes don’t realize that all ice is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Some thought that was a powerful statement because in essence, I was saying that no one else’s ice is colder.
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Michael drinks from “White Only” Fountain |
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On September 15, 1964
Rev. K.L. Buford and Dr. Stanley Smith were elected to Tuskegee City Council and became first Black elected officials in Alabama
in twentieth century.
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Dallas ISD installed a tall Wi-Fi antenna at Lincoln High School to broadcast an internet signal to homes in the nearby neighborhoods in Dallas, Friday, May 27, 2022.
(Brandon Wade / Special Contributor)
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Internet connectivity is essential for Dallas students, and free access is possible
13% of DISD students don’t have high-speed internet at their homes
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By Leslie Ward
Today, learning is in the hands of students, taking place outside of the classroom nearly as much as inside the classroom. With seemingly endless online resources to tackle everything from spelling tests to algebra, Texas students are more involved in their education than ever before. With these digital tools, the only thing students need is an internet connection, and they can transform any place into a classroom.
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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
Tackle Kids Cancer
Day
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Eric Garner, Barry Shabaka Henley, Nipsey Russell, Dennis Schroder, Josh Richardson, KayGee, Melissa Dent, Frankie Derrick, Valencia Dunn, Shaylon V Benjamin Scott, Sharon G. Bailey, Monica Hayden, LeRoy Brewster Jr.,
L B Flanagan Jr., Gary Neal, James Jackson, Ollie Jeffers, Derrick Jones, Shonteel D. Cummings, Ronald E. Childs, Earnestine Cole, Carl Henderson, Gerald Davis, and Yolanda Carroll
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Congratulations
CLASS OF 2022!
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Shireesha Gorgilli
Southern University A&M College
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9-15-22 Movie Screening - Woman King by Dallas Girl Gang, from 7:30 to 10:30 pm at LOOK Cinema, 10110 Technology Blvd. East Dallas.
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Gang members patrol the street holding guns six months after a massacre in the La Saline slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 31, 2019. ( Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In Haiti, “gangs” reside where caring for community and corruption collide
From the Chimè to 400 Mawozo, neighborhood gangs often provide basics and protection, complicating efforts to abate violence
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The Haitian Times
By Onz Chery
CAP-HAITIEN — After Jameson Davilma's mother died from an illness when he was 13, the boy often counted on neighbors near his Cité Soleil home to survive. Sometimes, usually late at night, a neighbor might send him on en errand to buy food. Only then would Davilma have a bite from what the neighbor shared.
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California’s New 988 Suicide and
Mental Health Crisis Line
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By Breanna Reeves | Black Voice News
On July 16, California debuted the new suicide and crisis hotline number: 988. The short, three-digit federal number is now active across the nation and is an alternative to calling 911 for people experiencing mental health crises. Recently, 988 has drawn criticism across social media because of the possibility dialing the number could elicit a police response. According to a spokesperson from the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline number, fewer than 2% of Lifeline calls involve emergency services.
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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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