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MY TRUTH
By Cheryl Smith Publisher
Protect our Teachers Protect our Children This year if you go to the classroom where Eva Coleman has been teaching for the past 11 years, at Frisco ISD’s Career and Technical Education Center
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the more than 50,000 who attended to the tune of millions. This year’s contest features PV head coach Eric Dooley, who is in his second year. The two coaches will be in Dallas on Monday, September 23, 2019 for the annual press tour and news conference in the Dallas City Hall Flag Room at 11a.m. View the inside schedule for other key events, on page 9.
It’s football season and once again two powerhouses, Grambling State and Prairie View A&M Universities will meet in the Cotton Bowl. Last year, Prairie View was victorious 22-16 in a game that snapped Grambling’s 26-game Southwestern Athletic Conference winning streak. It was also the first loss in five
games against PV for Grambling coach Broderick Fobbs. But equally important, the City of Dallas and surrounding municipalities benefitted from
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Dallas Alumnae Chapter, has introduced its executive leadership team for the 2019-2021 biennium: President Dr. Andrea L. Hilburn, Vice President Karla McGary, Recording Secretary Chiquita Scales, Assistant Recording Secretary Rickenya Sisk, Corresponding Secretary Yonde’ Kyles, Financial Secretary Carol Crawley, and Treasurer Jocelyn Mays.
The chapter has founders, Frederica a proud legacy to Chase Dodd, returned uphold. The Dallas to Dallas after her Alumnae Chapter graduation from was chartered in Howard University 1924 and has the and established this distinction of being chapter, along with the first Black Greek four other ladies, letter organization and served as its first Dr. Andrea Hilburn to be chartered in president. Dallas County, TX! Dallas Alumnae Chapter members are proud to Chapter presently has over 400 share that one of the 22 national See DELTAS, page 14
Coach Eric Dooley
Coach Brandon Fobbs
Deltas name leadership team
Eva Coleman (l) with students covering charity event for Nancy Lieberman
(CTE), no trace of the person who built an award-winning program exists. Officials said some changes would be made to the program, attendance needed to increase and Ms. Coleman was reassigned to another Frisco ISD High School while the program was revamped. In the meantime, with a schedule that includes days without Ms. Coleman teaching at all, Steven Doherty welcomes students into the classroom as the Sports Broadcast Advisor/ Teacher. Mr. Doherty’s credentials are no match for Ms. Coleman’s. Check them out! Which brings me to my truth. Our students and teachers deserve the best. Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she always knew she wanted to be a teacher. I know the feeling she talked about because I used to play “school” also as See MY TRUTH, page 4
Lee leads women golfers Clark whom she worked with, she decided to try it. “She told me it was more than a game and I should get involved. After talking with her and I got that adrenalin when you hit that ball and you know that you can do it, I thought of it in a different aspect. I thought there’s something to it, maybe it is more than just a game. So I started to take it up.” And she never looked back. Fast forward over three decades
By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor
Once upon a time, Gladys Lee had absolutely no interest in golf. “I was just like everybody else. I thought it was silly to chase a white ball, try to hit it, try to go find it, then put it in a hole,” she said. “People of prominence play golf; you’ve got your presidents, your pastors, all these types of people that play golf. After talking with the wife of legendary entertainer, the late Dick
Coach Gladys Lee
See GOLFERS, page 3
VOL.8 NO. 2 September 18, 2019
WORDZ OF WILSON BY CHELLE LUPER WILSON
“I remember I used to see you guys —I don’t want to cry—I remember I used to see you guys training in the same place as us. And for me, the fact that both of us made it and we’re both still working as hard as we can, I think it’s incredible…I think Coco, you’re amazing.” Naomi Osaka
This year’s US Open overfloweth with “aha” moments. My favorite was Naomi Osaka’s post-match conversation to Cori “Coco” Gauff’s parents. That moment when she looked to them and said, “And for me, the fact that both of us made it…” Osaka couldn’t say more, considering the venue, but we knew what she was saying without saying it. She knew that the odds for them to both be competing at the highest level of professional tennis at the same time, were not at all in their favor. What a wonderful time to be alive. We were not only blessed to witness the greatness of Coco and Naomi but Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Taylor Townsend, Sachia Vickery, Francoise Abanda (CAN), and, of course, the Serena Williams also graced the courts of the US Open with their presence. #blackgirlmagic was in full effect, but it wasn’t by happenstance. What we witnessed was the result of foundational work begun by an organization well over a century ago, one that unfortunately, many have not even heard of—the American Tennis Association (ATA). It may be hard to imagine, but African Americans have been competing in tennis tournaments since 1898—y’all, that’s just 35 years post Emancipation Proclamation. Several HBCUs, including Tuskegee and Howard, offered tennis to students from the early 1890s. Now I’m sure it didn’t take long for us to dominate the sport, so around that same time the USLTA did what they do and issued a policy statement formally barring African American tennis players from its competitions. But you know how we do, when one door closes, we build a window. So, in 1916, more than a dozen black tennis clubs met and organized the American Tennis Association (ATA). See WORDZ, page 5