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MY TRUTH By Cheryl Smith Pu li her

Pull out your Little Black Dress

Tara Robinson

My heart has been going through some things, especially in the past six months. Sure over the years there have been the heartaches, the joyful moments, the pain of losses and the feeling when everything seems to fall into place.

This little heart of mine has definitely been tested and as I reflect on the special people who are and were part of my life, I can’t help but think about those who have passed on. When I do I can’t speak. All I can do is release a heavy sigh.

Then, something like COVID -19 hits and really turns my world upside down; making me long even more for those I’ve lost.

The social distancing, the changes in lifestyle, the many losses; heavy sigh. I wondered if my heart could stand anything else.

Which brings me to my truth.

Admittedly, I am late, but I am all in for the Black Heart Association (BHA).

Sylvia’s, the famed soul food restaurant in Harlem, was once the largest employer in the neighborhood, with more than 100 people on its payroll.

But the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that the eatery had to switch to a takeout business model, which forced the 58-year-old restaurant to contract

I WAS JUST

THINKING

By Norma

Adams-Wade

Memories,

Light the corners of my mind.

Misty, water-colored

Memories,

Of the way we were.

VOL.8 NO. 46 August 26, 2020 Civil Rights Icon Amelia Boynton Robinson Died 8-26-15 Emmett Louis Till Murdered 8-28-55 March on Washington 8-28-63

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BACK-TO-SCHOOL Virtual Town Hall to focus on COVID-19

From Staff Reports

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The 97.9 The Beat and Majic 94.5 will hit the “RESET” button with a Back-to-School Virtual Town Hall, Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 6p.m. via 97.9 The Beat’s FaceBook Live page.

“As we continue to fight through the challenges that this pandemic has created, our stations realize how important it is to continue our town hall series to educate our DFW community,” said Tami Honesty, Vice President/General Manager of Urban One Dallas. “Education is a top priority for all of our families and we

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Black Entrepreneurs reveal impact of COVID-19

By J. CUNNINGHAM Special to the Texas Metro News

want to bring you a meaningful conversation.” its workforce to about 30 employees, according to Tren’ness Woods-Black, the granddaughter of Sylvia’s founder, Sylvia Woods and the restaurant’s vice president of communications and strategic partnerships.

Mrs.Woods-Black said her family’s story illustrates just how crucial small, Black-owned businesses are in the communities they serve. However, their story also showed how Black business

Julia Jordan was a walking tower of memories. Few likely would disagree that they were better off for pausing to listen to her storehouse of recollections.

The retired educator and historian for her Dallas Black community, church, and family had an innate gift of memory that few individuals can claim. es have been adversely impacted by the pandemic and the trickle down effects into the neighborhood.

“It just speaks to the importance of small businesses and Black business,” Woods-Black said. “We’re the ones who offer the first jobs, we’re the ones that offer the last job.”

Woods-Black was among the panelists at a virtual town hall

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SouthFair CDC breaks ground on South Blvd.

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--Lyrics to song The Way We Were

Memories have value worth passing on

info at www.southfaircdc.org.

As a reporter, I was bless

ed to talk with her many times and – like anyone who chatted with her for just a short period – always was struck with what seemed to be her almost photographic recall.

Jordan was a trailblazer in her own right in the Dallas School District; and her husband, Dr. Frank Jordan, was a former Tus

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