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Countdown to Mother’s Day My Days Remembered:

by Dr. J. Ester Davis (esterdavis2000@gmail.com) Doretta Lawrence. Died at 86 Years of Age. She was the Mother of 9. My Favorite Story: Doretta Lawrence and her family lived quietly and happily on Exline Street in South Dallas. She was widely known...

The Whitewashing of Education – and How to Stop it

In a country growing more diverse by the day, we have the power to stop book bans and other attempts to erase Black history.No matter how much the right derides the word, the Black community needs to stay woke. In recent years, we’ve witnessed a dist...

What Happens When Your Friend, Sister, or Daughter Goes Missing?

MISSINGPERSONS: LaTonya Moore poses with her daughter’s urn, Shantieya Smith, inside her home 150 miles away from Chicago. May 11th, 2023. Smith was reported missing and later found murdered near her home in North Lawndale in 2019. Her cases was amon...

Hermene Hartman, N’DIGO Studio Present New PBS TV Series Airing Nationwide

Hermene Hartman’s 12-part series debuts today on WTTW and on PBS stations nationwide with “Jesse Jackson Matters.” Interviews with Hermene Hartman are insightful and engaging.& & She is a distinguished media pioneer having founded NDIGO, an...

First executive Black chef for Dallas ISD

By Lena Foster Chef Trina Nelson knew she was passionate about cooking when she made her first meal at the age of eight. One morning, she wanted to switch it up from the normal cereal and milk her mom left out for her and brother, so not only did...

White-Sounding Names Get More Job Callbacks Than Black Ones: Study

Photo: Getty Images Applicants with white-sounding names are more likely to get called back for a job than individuals with Black ones, according to a new study per NPR. In a study published this month called “A Discrimination Report Card,...

Pastor Killed In Unprovoked Stabbing By Man He Allowed To Live At Church

Photo: Getty Images A Miami pastor was stabbed to death in his church by a man he allowed to live on the property, according to police. On Saturday (April 6), 41-year-old Antwane Lenoir, a pastor at Westview Baptist Church, was found with multiple...

How ‘Medical Gaslighting’ Ignores Black Women With Long COVID

A Facebook group of Black women dealing with long COVID describe different symptoms but the same story: clinicians telling them it’s all in their heads. By Jennifer Porter Gore Originally appeared in Word in Black In March 2020, Margot Gage...

PHOTOS: Clouds break just in time for many in Texas to view eclipse

In some parts of the state, the skies cleared enough for people to see the total solar eclipse. BY ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ AND POOJA SALHOTRA A composite image showing different stages of the total solar eclipse photographed at Cooper Lake State Park on A...