Cheryl's World
When it was announced that The Dallas Morning News’ Executive Editor Katrice Hardy was taking another position, there were mixed emotions from people I...
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Cheryl's World
By Cheryl Smith Fifteen years ago, at the age of 59, Teddy Pendergrass died on January 13. While I recall his many songs, his...
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By Cheryl Smith You may not have heard about the demise of yet another newspaper. This is the message I sent to Focus Daily...
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By Cheryl Smith As we close out 2024, I can’t help but reflect on the year with mixed emotions and look forward to 2025...
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As we celebrate the 196th anniversary of the Black Press, I am taking this opportunity to share most of my remarks from the 2022...
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I met Thomas Dortch, Jr. in 1987. As president of the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Florida A&M University National Alumni Association, my focus...
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By Cheryl Smith Brittney Griner has been home for a little over two months and she remains in my thoughts and prayers. I don’t...
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By Cheryl Smith Everyone is not fortunate enough to know or experience the love of a father or father figure. Sure, we’ve heard the...
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I have attended a lot of funerals during my lifetime and I have always been grateful that growing up, unlike these days, I didn’t...
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By Cheryl Smith Well, it’s about that time again. We are about to share who our Person of the Year is. Some might argue...
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By Cheryl Smith As I sat in my room this past Sunday morning, I received the news of the passing of Anita Pointer, of...
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Dear Readers: Three years have been some challenging ones. I Messenger Media was seriously impacted by COVID-19. We rely primarily on small businesses and...
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By Cheryl Smith A little over a week to go in this year and we can call 2022 Black History. What a year! Some...
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By Cheryl Smith Surely we know we are still living through a pandemic. There are challenges, obstacles and roadblocks that will cause us to...
