Celebrating 195 years
 of the Black Press
Shaking
My Head!
CELEBRATION!
Black Press: Continuing a Legacy
10 yr Anniversary
Garland Journal/Texas Metro News
Dr. Suzanne Slonim
Happy Anniversary!
Michael and Lavonne King 3 Years
The Joneses
20 Years
Hughey and Erma
65 Years
Ashley Price and India Stewart
1 Year
The Dallas-Fort Worth Association
of Black Journalists

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TEACHERS WANTED!

Teachers are needed to write a 400-600 word piece on how you feel COVID impacted you, teaching and learning in grades K-12, There is a small love offering and the document and photo must be turned in by October 1, 2022, to editor@texasmetronews.com
NNPA Leadership Awards at CBCF
At the 2022 NNPA National Leadership Awards the Black Press of America honored The Honorable Keith Ellison - Minnesota Attorney General; Dr. Aida Hablezion - Chief Medical Officer and Head of Worldwide Medical & Safety, Pfizer; Dr. Glenda B Glover - Tennessee State University President; Terry Travis - Managing Partner, EVNoire; Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President, Repairers of the Breach; and James L. Winston, Esq., President and CEO, National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters Inc., Saluting Transformational Leaders and Ensuring Black Voter Turnout.
Held during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, DC., the Leadership Awards began in 2014 and salutes the "best of the best in their respective fields of endeavor."
BUY BLACK! When Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, of Friendship-West Baptist Church, announced 100 Days of Buying Black in acknowledging the 100th Commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, a year ago, we joined the movement. December 31, 2021 marked 100 days of featuring Black Businesses, and we decided that the struggle continues and we must also. So enjoy reading about more Black-owned businesses and please support. We're still going strong today and we also received recognition from the National Newspaper Publishers Association for our efforts!
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OUR SUPERB WOMAN OF THE DAY

Hon. Brenda Hull Thompson

Judge Brenda Hull Thompson is conscientious, well-prepared and knowledgeable about the law.
Brenda Hull Thompson is the judge of The Probate Court of Dallas County, Texas. Previously her civil practice focused on estate administration, guardianship administration and family law. The judge attended the University of Maryland, College Park where she received a BS Degree; Boston University graduating with a Master of Arts and Georgetown University, where she received her Juris Doctorate. A former adjunct professor at Texas Wesleyan School of Law teaching mediation and arbitration courses. She was a senior Staff attorney in the Office of the General Counsel for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. The judge is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, J.L. Turner Legal Society, Legal Services of North Texas and Dallas Women Lawyer’s Association, to name a few. SHe's also kind and loving!
Our Superb Women! 2021 was the "Year of the Woman," especially the Black Woman! For 10 months we dedicated this space to uplifting Black women and spreading a message that we need to show love and empower people with love instead of destroying them with hate and disrespect. We celebrate Black Women and call them SUPERB! AND WE ARE KEEPING THE CELEBRATION GOING IN 2022!
Cheryl Smith, Publisher
AN OPEN LETTER
Black Women Speak
By Debra Peek-Haynes

The title of this letter is inspired by a poem, “A Black Woman Speaks,” written by the late poet, activist, and actress, Beah Richards. We are the descendants of women who breastfed the slave master’s babies, then the babies they nursed became their abusive masters. We are the descendants of women who kept their families together, even when our men were systematically taken away. This country was built on our backs. As the mother of mothers that have endured violence, sexism, racism and still, we have always been in the struggle for equality.
THE LAST WORD
The Global Evils of Predatory Capitalism
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

The world is mourning the demise of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, the long-serving monarch who died on September 8, and my mama always told me not to speak ill of the dead. I am sorry that her family endured her loss, as many of our families have. My dear mom died at the same age, and my siblings and I are still managing our grief. So I extend compassion to her family.
People visit a memorial outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
(Elias Valverde II / Staff Photographer)
Families of 3 Uvalde shooting survivors sue school district, police, gunmakers, others

The lawsuit appears to be the first filed over the deadliest
school shooting in Texas history.

The families of three students who survived the May massacre at a Uvalde elementary school filed a federal lawsuit alleging a combination of negligence, intentional choices and a “culture of noncompliance with safety protocols” led to the shooting.
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.






BLACK HISTORY MOMENT!

On October 1, 1963

James Meredith attends first
classes at University of Mississippi.
Dallas African American Museum’s “Best In Show” Opens

Compiled over 45 years, the exhibition features 24 works from a national biennial juried competition whose goal is to promote Black artists and help build the Museum’s permanent collection; 2022 artist submissions are being accepted now through Oct. 31
Jeremy Biggers
Turn the Other Cheek
Oil on cradled wood panel
Leamon Green
Halo Woman
Mixed media
Reginald Gammon
Our Family
Acrylic on canvas
Carroll Harris Simms Collection
African American Museum, Dallas

The African American Museum, Dallas presents “Best in Show – Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition,” featuring a selection of award-winning works from 1976-2021. Free and open to the public, the exhibition is on view now through Dec. 1, 2022, at the African American Museum, located in historic Fair Park at 3536 Grand Ave., Dallas, Texas, 75210.This year’s “Best in Show” exhibition consists of 24 works by artists including Sedrick Huckaby (Texas), Charles Humes, Jr. (Fla.), Jeremy Biggers (Texas), Billy Colbert (Va.), Asia Youngs-Bailey (Texas) and Reginald Gammon (N.M.). Reflecting Black American conditions and traditions, the exhibition features themes addressing politics, family values, identity and religion. The paintings, drawings and mixed media are part of the permanent collections at the African American Museum, Dallas.
YOU SO
FUNNY!
Words To
Live By
National
Day of
 Hair
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Journee Smollett-Bell, Greg Davis, Jr., Howard Hewett, Shenseea, Donny Hathaway, Tobi F. Cox, Maria Reeve, Kebra Record, Marsha Coleman Johnson, Jennifer Lenhart, and Charmaine Traylor
Congratulations
CLASS OF 2022!
Nyrobi Derson
Morehouse University
SPOTLIGHT
10-1-22 21st Sister to Sister Fitness Festival, 5K Walked and Run at the Alan E. Sims Cedar Hill Recreation Center, 310 E. Parkerville Road, Cedar Hill. Featuring KRNB Radio’s Lynne Haze and WFAA-TV’s Tashara Parker.
National Black MBA Association Announces Michael E. Hamilton As New Board Chair
Black Headline News
Digital Daily
By Site Editor

The National Black MBA Association® (NBMBAA®) will formally announce Michael E. Hamilton as the new board chair on October 1 during its 44th Annual Conference and Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Hamilton currently serves on the Board of Directors for The University of Northern Iowa College of Business.
“Homeownership strengthens our communities and can help individuals and families to build wealth over time,” said AJ Barkley, head of neighborhood and community lending for Bank of America.
Bank of America Offers Zero Down-Payment Mortgages to Black, Latino Borrowers
NNPA Newswire/BlackPressUSA
By Stacy M. Brown 

Bank of America announced a new zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgage solution for first-time homebuyers, which will be available in designated markets, including certain African American and Hispanic neighborhoods in Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Miami.
The Path

As we walk through life's journey, we leave footprints. Some just show where we are going. Others redirect us when we get lost. Still others remain to guide those we leave behind. I see your footprints.
Will you/they see mine?
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