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Join me and the Oak Cliff Cultural Center (OC3) at the Texas Theatre for a screening of At the Pan-African Connection (2025) on Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 4:30 PM (doors at 4:00 PM). This presentation of the film is open to the public. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/at-the-pan...

On this day in 1863, Harriet Tubman's forces freed more than 700 slaves in a raid of South Carolina plantations .

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$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

“At the Pan-African Connection” premieres on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Angelika Film Center & Café in Dallas. Doors will open at 5 p.m., with the screening scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available for reservation through this Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.com/e/at-the-pan...

I met Asota in 2021 while I was Executive Director of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation, and through Dallas TRHT’s Community Innovation Lab, he was awarded $10,000 in funding to work on this film.

Dallas' Pan-African Connection: A Legacy of Community - Dallas Weekly The story behind Anthony Asota's film, "At the Pan-African Connection," a documentary about his journey from Dallas's North Dallas projects.

I recently wrote about a new documentary, “At The Pan-African Connection,” and its filmmaker, Anthony Asota. I sat down with Asota and interviewed him about his life and the film. Check it out: dallasweekly.com/2025/05/anth...

“They’re trying to kidnap someone” On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.

"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

Parking is free for the event and attendees will have access to DHHRM’s special exhibition, A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America.

Join me and KERA, May 1st at 6 p.m., at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a free screening of Recovering the Stories: Exploring the History and Resilience of Dallas Communities, followed by a legendary community member discussion! Register here: members.kera.org/190/197

An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1

Just read this about Dallas, TX in a 58 yr old book that applies today:

“Benevolence is a thin disguise for the elimination of the democratic process…Those who arrogate unto themselves control of Dallas fail to understand the implications of their deeds in a democratic society”

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

📍Selma.

Proud of Congressman Al Green!!!

At Oscars, 'No Other Land' co-directors call for national rights for Palestinians The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

😂 holler at me next time

Gonna be warmer tomorrow too

Thank you 🙏🏿

This is amazing, necessary work

Thank you for sharing, and always, for your brilliance and love of us.