The weather was warm, the sky was bright and we were eager to savor our Saturday. Neighbors were mowing their lawns, sailing on the lake or scrambling to get their hands on turkey legs and funnel cakes during that final Saturday of the State Fair. And I was putting put on my ‘Mama’… Continue reading The Minimizing, Maligning & Miseducation of Black Girls
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DFW’s Dock Book Shop: 7 Seasons Of Success
Too much risk, not enough profit—-those were what the naysayers told Donna and Donya Craddock when they were looking for investors to open a new African-American bookstore back in 2008. “[Dallas’] Black Images and [Ft. Worth’s] Black Bookworm closed for a reason,” one said. “There’s not any real money to be made in selling books.”… Continue reading DFW’s Dock Book Shop: 7 Seasons Of Success