I'm Cheryl Smith, the publisher and Editor-in-Chief of @texasmetronews @garlandjournal. I love @NABJ @NNPA regional pres and member of @SPJ_Tweets.
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It’s been two months. Still praying that Nolan Wells’ family receives the answers they deserve.
#NolanWells
Ah shucks. I need to get on a plane! #southcarolinastate Pass the Peas is only going to take you so far!
@FAMU_1887 @THEMARCHING100
Famu Marching 100 Been Getting Clowned On YouTube All Week For The Music In The Stands / 5th Quarter Vs Albany State Redeem Yourself This Week SC State Band Director Basically Calling Us Out People Think We Soft In Stands It's Time To Let Our 🥜 Hang Fuck It 😬😬 @THEMARCHING100
Talk about gorgeous!
Took a quick trip to Durham, NC last night to celebrate my role model and mentor, Coach Rod Broadway on his induction into the @NCCUAthletics Hall of Fame! 🦅 🏈 #HBCU
Memories
I dreamt of my daddy this morning, which is rare. He was near, watching me, but not talking to me. He looked happy, content, young, and healthy. I awoke with a smile on my face, trying to hold on to every second of the dream…trying to understand what it meant. Then, I remembered. Today was that day. This was the morning. 32 years ago, my daddy went to sleep and didn’t wake up. It was the worst day of my life. I am now one year older than my daddy was when he died at 55. I am reminded of how young and full of life he was when he passed. I’ll try and remember the dream today, and hold on to the smile I had this morning. But for now, the tears just won’t stop. I just miss him so much. #majorlance
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Eight years ago today on Sept. 4, 2018, we launched #RolandMartinUnfiltered. Four years ago we launched the Black Star Network. It has been an unbelievable ride. More than 5 million social media followers; and we are soon going to hit 1 billion views on Youtube. And unlike many other digital startups, we have been profitable for 6 1/2 years! We now have eight shows on BSN and we are focused on GROWING! Big thanks to the 50,000 donors who have supported us on this journey! #BlackOwnedMediaMatters
I want to go to Miami this weekend to see this and the FAMUly!
During SC State's 87-0 romp of Savannah State, the Xi Psi Ques and D9 set out the first "Pass The Peas" by the Marching 101 of the 2026 football season. [📽: Aisha Haynes FB] #SCState #DaBruhz #Marching101
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Shout out to @EditorPublisher for featuring my crew in the September issue. 💪🏾📰 @theatlantavoice
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Number One a Artist should not ever be intimidated by any machinery. Our engagement should always be One at a time, machinery has made it a race for numbers. Its the reason when i teach Artists to NOT mimic photo actuality and challenge a camera other than a hand eye workout . Keep your mistakes it’s your signature. A..I is McDonalds we know billions will be sold. The masses will eat it and you sound crazier telling them to stop. Your ART is fine cuisine you have to engage with your customers/ audience one by one and they’ll come back and be considered your ‘clientele’ this perspective will possibly save your mind and make you ENJOY THE CRAFT
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Boosie says Penn State’s alleged fraternity cocaine operation, which led to 14 people being charged, would be “all over the news” if the same scandal happened at an HBCU. 👀
The honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson (RIHP) would be speaking out about this.
Doris Miller had no gunnery training. He was a mess attendant — that’s all the Navy let Black sailors be in 1941. When the bombs hit Pearl Harbor, he ran toward the guns anyway, dragged wounded men to safety, and fought back until he ran out of ammo.
He was the first Black American ever awarded the Navy Cross.
Donald Trump got four draft deferments and a “bone spurs” diagnosis nobody can find a doctor’s name attributed to. He has never worn the uniform, never taken fire, never done a single thing that required courage. Ever.
The Navy named a future carrier after Miller in 2020 — first ever named for an enlisted sailor, first for a Black American. Now they’re reportedly considering stripping his name off it to put Trump’s on instead.
A coward’s name, on a hero’s ship. That should make everyone sick.
