This April is the 10th annual celebration of Dallas Arts Month and we wanted to feature a couple highlights from our favorites in the Black arts scene of DFW. According […]
Category: Black History
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Todo Sababa & Dallas Weekly partner and begin generational and cultural bridge between African American and Jewish communities
America’s white nationalist roots have plagued Black and Jewish communities throughout our history in this country. Both communities have deep-seated memories of injustice that we carry with us, that are important to our collective histories.
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Re-Fueling Jet Magazine Where Everyone Can Be ‘Beauty of the Week’
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA Like Ebony, founded six years earlier, Jet chronicled Black life in America and provided a lens into the African American community that […]
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The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. was honored on the SMU campus
In 1966, Dr. King spoke at McFarlin Auditorium, where a plaque was unveiled Tuesday.R. Gerald Turner, SMU president, said his speech was a balance between hope and reality. The SMU […]
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Remember When the U.S. Sterilized Black People? Here’s Why it Matters Today
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black America’s past of racist, sexist, and ableist scientific policy has morphed into bias in today’s medical system. The American Society of […]
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The POWER Couple: Lamar & Ronnie Tyler chat with Patrick & Jess Washington on marriage, business and the success of it all.
DW’s CEO and Publisher, Patrick & Jess Washington had an opportunity to chat with Lamar & Ronnie Tyler of Traffic Sales and Profit. The power couple sat with the Washingtons to talk about their journey, their philosophies on success and what drives them to create better opportunities for Black entrepreneurs across the nation.
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This Black History Month, Let’s Amplify Being ‘WOKE’
By Ronald Walker Originally appeared in Word in Black This year, Ron Walker is spreading the message that we need to be “working on knowledge equally” as it relates to […]
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Forest Forward celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Forest Forward held a day of activities for the South Dallas community during Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade. Activities began with an interactive, paint-by-number Forest Forward mural designed […]
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Ford Sponsored Mini-Series HBCU GO Road to Homecoming
Sponsored by Ford Motor Company HBCU Go Road to Homecoming, the new production sponsored by Ford, follows a group of HBCU students and alumni as they prepare for the return of […]
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Our Commitment to Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Sponsored by Ford Motor Company Ford is proud to support HBCUs as they progress forward towards more success. The first Historically Black College and University opened in 1837, today there […]