By Terry Allen I told you many times over, Lucille “Big Mama’s Allen would be trending over everybody else if she were alive today. Lucille “Big Mama” Allen’s lessons are […]
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Black Residents in Corpus Christi File a Civil Rights Complaint to Stop Texas’ First Desalination Plant
By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News Originally Appeared in the Texas Tribune Since 2007, Hillcrest residents have sued to challenge plans for a sewage treatment plant in their neighborhood, and […]
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Park South YMCA Swim Team Enjoys a Year-Round Swim
YMCA’s swim team is offering young Black kids a chance to develop as a team, and valuable lessons in a field they are typically disadvantaged in.
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King Shakur on Volunteering While Black and His Arts Intiative in South Dallas
By Catrina Satterwhite As a society, we give a lot of attention to musicians, artists, and other public figures. And while those are amazing accomplishments and they deserve that recognition, […]
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New $130 Million Mixed-Use Development In Kaufman To Feature Sportsplex, Hotel, Apartments & Restaurants
October 7, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ken Carter (214) 744-1431 office […]
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Exall Park Ball field to be Named in Honor of East Dallas Community Advocate
WHAT: Exall Park Ball Field will be named Wayne Smith Ball Field at Exall Park Friends of Exall Park join City of Dallas officials to name the park’s ball field […]
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Forest Theatre Muralist Armando Aguirre
Artist Bio Armando’s art career was inspired by a cousin in Mexico that made skulls and clay sculpture. Family members encouraged him to become a tattoo artist, but his parents […]
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Proposed Street Name Change – Romine Ave. to Vestana Wollos Ave.
The City of Dallas has proposed a street rename change for a beloved matriarch and staple in the South Dallas community, Ms. Vestana Wollos. In 1912, Ms. Vestana Wollos was […]
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All Black Everything: American Airlines Celebrates Bessie Coleman with All-Black Flight Crew
Since the start of the pandemic, it seems companies have insisted on staking their flag in “diversity.” The term has become a buzzword and an insistence on attempting to prove […]
