Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Black kids plaiting Maypole for May Day –An early clash of cultures? By Norma Adams-Wade When I think back, it comes across as maybe a clash of cultures. To this day, I don’t really get the... Texas Metro NewsMay 10, 2024
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Questions to ponder: How can it be? By Norma Adams-Wade We could call them mysteries of the universe. Then again, we could label them as debate topics for agnostics and believers.... Texas Metro NewsApril 11, 2024
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Must we return to ol’ wild west? By Norma Adams-Wade “Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear!” That familiar phrase from television screens in homes of the 1950s... Texas Metro NewsMarch 28, 2024
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Lady Liberty or barbed/razor wire? By Norma Adams-Wade What to do about immigrants Call it either a dilemma or deliberate travesty. The Statue of Liberty – “Lady Liberty” –... Texas Metro NewsFebruary 15, 2024
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Verna Thomas-Melton – last remaining of parents’ nine offspring writes book about survival and divine power By Norma Adams-Wade Verna Thomas-Melton received an award designating her as an “unsung Hero” seven years ago from Eta Phi Beta Sorority’s Epsilon Chapter.... Texas Metro NewsJanuary 25, 2024
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: PRICELESS!: John Wiley Price honored as trailblazer The story goes that the late legendary Dallas civil rights advocate Albert Lipscomb was in disbelief when he first met then rookie civil rights... Texas Metro NewsJanuary 11, 2024
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING… : Then and now: Will gap close…twain meet? Late visual artist Ernest H. Avery Jr.’s imagery stunned me…as I believe it did or will you. Texas Metro NewsDecember 21, 2023
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Cussin’: What the Sam Hill for? By Norma Adams-Wade “I’ll kick your !!@#*!!%+#!#!….” There. Feel better now? You sure told them off! The question is, why does one feel better... Texas Metro NewsOctober 27, 2023
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Survivor speaks virtually in Dallas to educate public about little-known heart condition that largely affects Black people By Norma Adams-Wade Randy Peters is on a mission to save Black people in America and the Caribbeans from a little-known, deadly heart failure... Texas Metro NewsOctober 19, 2023
Editorial I WAS JUST THINKING: Eyewitness to history By Norma Adams-Wade It’s hard to describe the feeling of watching a deserving person you know fulfill their potential and claim their success. I... Texas Metro NewsSeptember 28, 2023