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Representative Yvonne Davis Announces $500,000 2015-2016 Urban Scholarship Fund
Representative Yvonne Davis of District 111 State Representative Yvonne Davis (D-Dallas) announced that over $500,000 in scholarships are available for high school graduates from Dallas and twenty...
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“The Marching Storm, Ocean of Soul, and Sixteen High School Bands…”
Seven miles west of Katy lies the rural community of Brookshire, Texas. It is a mostly unincorporated area, sandwiched between Interstate 10 to the south and Highway 290, some 25 miles to the north....
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When There Are No More Words
Last week has left me numb and restless. I, along with the rest of the world, watched in horror, as men I did not know died violently in real time. I hurt for them. I empathized for their loved ones. I...
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Legal Wranglings Sideline Dallas Community Activist Fighting to Stop Police...
The Next Generation Action Network Photo The Next Generation Action Network founder sentenced to two years in prison DALLAS – After his uncle was killed by police in 2010 and having to cope with the...
View ArticleRepresentative Eric Johnson Files Bills to Delay the Felony Conviction of...
DALLAS – Representative Johnson has filed House Bill 1218 to help prostitutes break the cycle of incarceration and re-enter society by delaying a felony conviction for prostitution and encouraging...
View ArticleSMU APPOINTS ELENA D. HICKS DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION
DALLAS (SMU) – After an extensive national search, SMU announces the appointment of Elena D. Hicks as the new dean of undergraduate admission. Hicks, who brings over 20 years of post-secondary...
View Article100 Black Men of America, Inc. Celebrate the 100th Legislative Day
Texas chapters visit Capitol to celebrate accomplishments and plan for the future. Senator Borris L. Miles, Representative Jarvis Johnson and Texas Legislative Black Caucus Chair, Representative...
View ArticleNot Guilty!! John Wiley Price
John Wiley Price- “Our Man Downtown” Stays Downtown “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” – Malcolm X DALLAS-Dallas County Commissioner John...
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On second attempt, UNT-Dallas College of Law Earns Provisional Accreditation...
DALLAS – The announcement that the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law has earned provisional approval for accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA) is a fitting testament to...
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Reverend Michael Waters and Family at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson released the following statement after Reverend Michael Waters, founding pastor of Joy Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church from...
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The 2017 Dallas Round Up Though the Eyes of Africans
By: Arielle Johnson If you want to sum up the year for Black people here in Dallas, you will have to mix the joy with the pain. Senseless acts of violence still plague our communities, and the...
View ArticleJulia Scott-Reed Was Dallas’ Black Superheroine
By Arielle Johnson It is wonderful when you have an opportunity to chat with an oral historian who knew a lot of Dallas’ movers and shakers prior to and during the Civil Rights movement. On...
View ArticleRegistration is now open for the 2019 MLK Parade!
The March/Parade will be held on Monday, January 21, 2019, as one of several events scheduled to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy during the week of January 15-21, 2019.The...
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Come out and join us as we celebrate 92 years of black excellence at our Annual Awards Gala. Our keynote speaker is Marc Morial, the President and CEO of the National Urban League, the nation’s largest...
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