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June 5, 2012
Black, Korean Leaders Come Together to Give a Scholarship to the Girl who Never Missed a Day of School
At exactly noon on Monday, 16-year-old Bria Bradshaw and her mother Charmaine walked into Tommy Pak's Kwik Stop in South Dallas, then stopped short. There was a horde of men and women in the convenience store, black and Korean, and most were in suits. There were video cameras set up toward the back, ... More >>
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April 20, 2012
In South Dallas, Blacks and Koreans Are at it Again, and a Girl's Scholarship is in the Crossfire
We all remember the Kwik Stop protests, right? When some black civic leaders led some of their constituents in a picket against a South Dallas Korean storeowner named Tommy Pak, increasing racial tensions in the neighborhood until media braved the Trinity to report on the story and found that, actua ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
In the South Dallas Kwik Stop Story, Telling the Truth Does Not Make a Reporter an Uncle Tom
Dear Friends Among Dallas Black Activists: Some of you have contacted me to ask me who this Uncle Tom son of a bitch Greg Howard is working for the Observer. One of you --- a guy with a long history of responsible activism -- called me from the picket line at the Shamrock Kwik-Stop on MLK Boulevar ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
How a Battle Over a Korean-Owned Kwik Stop Divided, Then United, South Dallas
Led by a little-known minister, protesters rallied to run a Korean store owner out of business. Then they learned a little more about that minister.
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March 23, 2012
Sandra Crenshaw Wants You To Throw Out Your Wig And Mace The Living Shit Out Of Korean Storeowners
So, ex-Dallas City council member Sandra Crenshaw is throwing her wig in the trash on Sunday. She wants you there. Better yet, if you're a black woman with a Korean-made wig, she wants you to join her. (The video you see above is not about wigs, exactly. It's just something we had lying around in t ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Southern Dallas Kwik Stop Protesters Change Gears, Shift Goals To Establish Black Banks
The protests outside Tommy Pak's Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop in South Dallas have dwindled, but the battle pitting black activists against the Korean store owner continues online at the Don't Stop Don't Shop Facebook page. There are still promises to continue the fight to shut down Pak's store, the ... More >>
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March 1, 2012
Black, Korean Leaders Agree to End Kwik Stop Protests. But Nation of Islam Isn't Through.
As promised, Korean and black leaders met today in Oak Cliff to announce the end of the Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop protests on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Rev. Ronald Wright addressed the media first, standing next to Korean Society of Dallas vice president Ted Kim. The two were flanked by bla ... More >>

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Black, Korean Leaders Come Together to Give a Scholarship to the Girl who Never Missed a Day of School

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In South Dallas, Blacks and Koreans Are at it Again, and a Girl's Scholarship is in the Crossfire

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In the South Dallas Kwik Stop Story, Telling the Truth Does Not Make a Reporter an Uncle Tom

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How a Battle Over a Korean-Owned Kwik Stop Divided, Then United, South Dallas

Blogs

Sandra Crenshaw Wants You To Throw Out Your Wig And Mace The Living Shit Out Of Korean Storeowners

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Southern Dallas Kwik Stop Protesters Change Gears, Shift Goals To Establish Black Banks

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Black, Korean Leaders Agree to End Kwik Stop Protests. But Nation of Islam Isn't Through.

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