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When it was announced that The Dallas Morning News’ Executive Editor Katrice Hardy was taking another position, there were mixed emotions from people I...
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When it was announced that The Dallas Morning News’ Executive Editor Katrice Hardy was taking another position, there were mixed emotions from people I...
By Cheryl Smith Fifteen years ago, at the age of 59, Teddy Pendergrass died on January 13. While I recall his many songs, his...
By Cheryl Smith You may not have heard about the demise of yet another newspaper. This is the message I sent to Focus Daily...
By Cheryl Smith As we close out 2024, I can’t help but reflect on the year with mixed emotions and look forward to 2025...
As we celebrate the 196th anniversary of the Black Press, I am taking this opportunity to share most of my remarks from the 2022...
Another Black History Month, come and gone. But, as the Rev. Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. said, during a recent visit to St. Luke ”Community”...
By Cheryl Smith Brittney Griner has been home for a little over two months and she remains in my thoughts and prayers. I don’t...
By Cheryl Smith Everyone is not fortunate enough to know or experience the love of a father or father figure. Sure, we’ve heard the...
By Cheryl Smith Oftentimes when I see or read of people who say they can’t watch certain movies about the peculiar institution of slavery I have usually responded,...
I have attended a lot of funerals during my lifetime and I have always been grateful that growing up, unlike these days, I didn’t...
I have attended a lot of funerals during my lifetime and I have always been grateful that growing up, unlike these days, I didn’t...
By Cheryl Smith As I sat in my room this past Sunday morning, I received the news of the passing of Anita Pointer, of...
By Cheryl Smith A little over a week to go in this year and we can call 2022 Black History. What a year! Some...