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Remembering George Curry and Richard “Dick” Gregory
MY TRUTH by Cheryl Smith
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Live and let live
If it’s not bothering you, the people you love, or the world, leave people alone. Too often we judge people by our own standards while we are totally clueless about other’s issues. I’ve often told the story of a man who people were offended by because he didn’t act like he knew/remembered them. “He was looking right at me and didn’t speak!” Of course, me being me would ask, “why didn’t you speak to him?” Now that’s another story because there are so many reasons why he didn’t speak. He could be sick, distraught, have lost his glasses, or his mind could be in many other places. It was only later that information was shared that the man was indeed almost totally blind. Then I had a friend who had an early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Many didn’t know and still today, many don’t understand the disease. She looked gorgeous and in great health and she always had a smile on her face. Could you please forgive her when you walk up to her and ask “you remember me” and she doesn’t? According to Dr. Jonathan Graff-Radford, of the Mayo Clinic, “Of all the people who have Alzheimer’s disease, about 5 percent develop symptoms before age 65.” My friend was in her mid 40s and died in her 50s. Heck, there are some people who think “do you remember me” is a rude question even if you aren’t suffering from memory loss. I hear people ask that question frequently and when they walk away, you might hear, “Why do people do that?” The updated version is to follow your question with, “I’m your Facebook Friend!” See MY TRUTH, page 5
Volume 6, No 33
TEXAS METRO NEWS August 15, 2018
Texas
Metro News BLACK GIRL TITAS Presents Camille A. Brown & Dancers
TITAS Presents’ 2018/2019 Season is easily the coolest ticket in town. Diverse, surprising and culturally relevant, this season excites and inspires the soul. The fantastic Camille A. Brown & Dancers open the season in August with her award winning Black Girl: Linguistic Play, a powerful evening-length work that explores culture and the role “play” has in culture. The development of self-defined identity as a black female in urban American culture. In a society where black women are often only portrayed in terms of strength, resiliency, or trauma, Black Girl questions these characterizations by exploring a spectrum of black womanhood in a racially and politically charged world. A peeled back, memory-filled exploration of “playing” and its role in shaping who we are and what is culture, Brown celebrates the journey Black girls experience as they grow up playing rhythmic games. With original music compositions and live music, Black Girl is steeped in rhythms of African American dance including social dancing, double dutch, steppin’, tap, Juba, ring shout, and gesture to evoke childhood memories of self-discovery. From play to protest, the performers come into their identities, from childhood innocence to girlhood awareness to maturity—all the while shaped by their environments, the bonds of sisterhood, and society at large. Founded in 2006, Camille A. Brown
Eli Davis
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Celebration of Life Wake Friday, August 17, 2018 @ 7 p.m. Eli’s Homegoing Celebration Service Saturday, August 18, 2018 @ 11 a.m. Greater New Zion BC 2210 Pine Street Dallas, TX 75215
OUR HISTORY
Caraway resigns council seat FROM STAFF REPORTS
Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine R. Caraway
way’s Tony Award Winning Once on This Island, and NBC’S Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert featuring singer John Legend. She is an inventive Black female choreographer that creates emotionally raw, soulful, thought-pro-
Any thoughts of Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway re-assuming the role of Dallas Mayor again quickly dissipated with a guilty plea and resignation last week. News reports, social media posts and talk radio focused on Mr. Caraway’s announcement last Thursday morning. In a plea agreement, Mr. Caraway pled guilty to federal criminal conspiracy charges. The Dallas native admitted receiving more than $450,000 for his support of a deal involving Dallas County Schools (DCS and in a letter to the City Secretary, BilieRae Johnson, he wrote: Please let this letter serve as my official resignation from the Dallas City Council, effective immediately. Over the past several weeks, through a lot of prayer and soul searching, I have decided that I must take responsibility for my actions. I have dedicated much of my life to serving others, but have never claimed to be without sin. I am truly sorry that I must end my career as an elected
See BLACK GIRL, page 2
See CARAWAY, page 6
Camille A. Brown photo by whitney browne
& Dancers is a dance company that is cultivated in storytelling. Camille A. Brown has received acclaim as choreographer of several Dallas Theater Center productions often workshopped for NYC’s Public Theater (Fortress of Solitude, Stagger Lee, and Bella) and most recently for Broad-
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