Martin Luther King Jr.

Ask a Mexican: Discrimination, Lard and Beans, Straight From the Heart of Texas

A Billboard Over MLK Boulevard Claims the Civil Rights Leader Was a Republican

Say you're a Republican activist hoping to woo black voters, but you're faced with the inconvenient truth that the opposing party elected the country's first African American president. What do you do? You put the one African American figure who more iconic than Barack Obama on a billboard above his ... More >>

Birds Can Sing. It Takes Brains to Talk.

You Don't Have to Climb a Mountain to Dream

Live, From Atop Schutze's Head, a Battle Between Races at Local Convenience Store

​Well, I think my hat-cam is going to change my life. Now I can take you along on my daily adventures. You don't especially want to go? Come on. Try it. Be a sport. What I do every day may not be high drama, but it beats working. I go to a lot of stuff that doesn't "make" as a story -- that i ... More >>

You Can Legislate Morality. Ask Anyone Who's Tried to Avoid Picking Up After Their Dog.

​I have been thinking a lot lately about dog shit. It seems to be the answer to one of my more persistent inner puzzles. Dog shit is a surprisingly deep topic. Dallas enacted a so-called pooper-scooper law in 1997, a moment in local history I remember well, because I got tagged by a city code insp ... More >>

For Sale: From the Mid-1950s, Posters for New Openings at the Forest Theater in South Dallas

​On this slow, gray Black Friday, allow me to spend some of the day suggesting gifts you need not stand in line (or put on pants or risk a pepper-spraying) to purchase. Over the last few days and weeks I've stockpiled a few auction items for the wish list; all, of course, are local lost-and-found ... More >>

Praying to JC for JWP: Attending the South Dallas Rally for John Wiley Price

Photo by Brantley Hargrove​At Kirkwood Temple C.M.E. Church last night, 120 or so congregants petitioned an Ecclesiastical Court on behalf of a decidedly earthly cause: that of embattledDallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, the target of a sweeping FBI probe. Matrons fanned themselves ... More >>

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I Have A ... List. Of the Best Black Athletes in the History of Ever

​While a lot of you are off work today, take time to remember and refresh the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The rest of us? Let's commemorate MLK Day with an impossible task: Selecting the world's all-time greatest black athletes. First step, choosing the criteria. Sheer athleticism? ... More >>

On This MLK Day of Service, Street Art Intended to Spark Talk About Homelessness

​Just got the heads-up: At this very moment, volunteers with the bcWORKSHOP are out and about installing cut-outs like those you see below across the city, from North Dallas to downtown to White Rock and points in between. They're intended to raise awareness about how to end homelessness. ​The c ... More >>

Fit For A King

Liveblogging This Morning's Trinity River Corridor Project Committee Meeting

From the PowerPoint proposing a new Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Gateway connecting Fair Park to the Trinity​The very top of the very morning to you, Friends. Here I am at City Hall once again (still haven't regained my Foursquare mayorship, very upset about it) to bring you live updates from ... More >>

My City Of Ruins

When MLK Visited SMU

Courtesy SMUMartin Luther King Jr. addressing a standing-room-only crowd at McFarlin Auditorium in the spring of '66​Yesterday, of course, was the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service; hence, Emmitt Smith and family's visit to Congo Street, where they joined Brent Brown and bcWORKSHOP. But SMU ha ... More >>

King For A Day

Mary Kay Did Discover the Earth Was Pink

​Friend of Unfair Park The Big Guy just shot us an e-mail with the subject header "Mary Kay > Christopher Columbus." Also contained within his missive: a link to this Associated Press story about the brewing battle over State Board of Education's new social studies curriculum standards, for whi ... More >>

With Clock About to Start Ticking on Federal Homeless Dough, Dallas City Council Spreads $5.3 Million Among 14 Nonprofits

Hal SamplesLearn more about The Bridge, the city's homeless assistance center, in this week's Observer.The city council this morning approved three-year contracts totaling $5.3 million with 14 area nonprofit groups -- including The Salvation Army and Central Dallas Ministries -- to provide assistan ... More >>

Billion Dollar Babies: Build America Bonds to Build Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Light Rail and Maybe the Convention Center Hotel

Dallas Area Rapid Transit The Martin Luther King Jr. station, part of the Green Line expansionNo doubt you've heard of the Build America Bond -- "the financial crisis equivalent of war bonds," says this BusinessWeek explainer from last month, if you haven't. Dallas Area Rapid Transit has cert ... More >>

Acting for the Movement

Stage and screen legends speak at TBAAL

Consider Yourself Entertained

Cedric hits the stage at Nokia

From Birmingham to D.C.: King's Chief of Staff to Talk Past and Present in Dallas Tonight

Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, the first full-time executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King's chief of staff, is in Dallas tonight to speak at the Belo Mansion as part of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture's Fourth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. S ... More >>

Scenes From This Morning's MLK Day Parade

Marching bands, splashy floats, horses, vintage cars and patriotic mascots filled Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for this morning's parade outside Fair Park. Parade-watchers lined the streets, crowding the barricades and watching from atop houses and parked cars. With shouts of "Yes We Can" soundi ... More >>

Here We Go Again, Stirring Up the Cesar Chavez Street Thing

Let's keep that debate going another year, shall we?

One Step Closer

Erykah Badu's Out of the Black Forest, But the Theater's Owners Swear a Rebirth by Summer

When I spoke to Erykah Badu in February 2008, shortly before the release of New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), she strongly suggested all was not well with the Black Forest Theater, from which Badu had hoped to save the soul of her native South Dallas. "Financially, it's a burden," she said. "It ... More >>

Just Wait Till They Actually Build the Bush Library. Imagine the Fun Then.

Yesterday, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about how Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Library Foundation, is shaping the vision for the $300 million facility due to open on the SMU campus in, oh, 'bout five years give or take. Thus far, only two astute DallasNews.com readers have n ... More >>

Hash Over: The Holidays, Postponed And Celebrated

Just a few news items fitting for these recession-weary times...State & Allen Lounge decided to postpone their holiday wine gathering, planned for December 9, at the behest of patrons. The credit pangs associated with other seasonal demands--i.e., shopping--apparently put a damper on their party ... More >>

DISD's Most Famous Fifth-Grader Will Appear on Ellen Tomorrow

Rubberband Man Would Probably Advise You To Use A Rubber, Man

View from the Top

Local choirs unite for peace

Peace Out at the Meyerson

King for a Day, And Then Some

Color Theory

King Dreams

DISD students honor MLK

The Price is Righteous

A gospel singer honors a King

King of Kings

MLK III dons some very large shoes

You Can Call Him Al

All Hail the King

Hot Stuff

Highland Village is full of hot air

Feel the Heat

Two events highlight Latin culture

War and Peace

Guns in an MLK parade? What's wrong with this picture?

Recall 9-11

The Sixth Floor Museum reflects on American tragedies

Best Argument Against Free Speech Part 1

The "James Earl Ray Day" sign in Sanger

Best Daring Production at Fit

Cara Mia's Production of Latinologues

Buzz

No news..., Calling Justice Scalia

Events for the week

Events for the week

Ready For Battle

DISD hired Clarence Glover to defuse a racial crisis. But is he tough enough for the job?

Events for the week

It's a woman's world

Reflecting on the anniversary of woman suffrage in America