Jerry G
@jerryleads.bsky.social
Executive Producer & Narrator of “Recovering the Stories,” Artist, Educator, Community Archivist, Founder, The IF Institute, Presidential Leadership Scholar, Founding ED, Dallas TRHT & Bachman Lake Together, ΩΨΦ
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In a historic move, Dallas County officials voted Wednesday to symbolically exonerate a man executed nearly 70 years ago for a crime he could not have committed.
Tommy Lee Walker was convicted in 1954 of the murder of Venice Lorraine Parker under a bridge near the Love Field airport.
Tommy Lee Walker was convicted in 1954 of the murder of Venice Lorraine Parker under a bridge near the Love Field airport.
Dallas County exonerates Tommy Lee Walker, an innocent man Texas executed in 1956
Following the hourslong special session, the Dallas County Commissioners Court downtown passed a resolution that stated evidence showed “egregious violations”...
www.dallasnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
In a historic move, Dallas County officials voted Wednesday to symbolically exonerate a man executed nearly 70 years ago for a crime he could not have committed.
Tommy Lee Walker was convicted in 1954 of the murder of Venice Lorraine Parker under a bridge near the Love Field airport.
Tommy Lee Walker was convicted in 1954 of the murder of Venice Lorraine Parker under a bridge near the Love Field airport.
Come hang out with me for SMU’s Dream Week, and learn about Rev. Dr. King, Jr.’s visits to DFW (and the work he left for us to complete)!
Date: Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Chamber
SMU (3140 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205)
Time: 12PM-1PM
Register below:
Date: Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Chamber
SMU (3140 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205)
Time: 12PM-1PM
Register below:
January 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Come hang out with me for SMU’s Dream Week, and learn about Rev. Dr. King, Jr.’s visits to DFW (and the work he left for us to complete)!
Date: Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Chamber
SMU (3140 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205)
Time: 12PM-1PM
Register below:
Date: Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Chamber
SMU (3140 Dyer St, Dallas, TX 75205)
Time: 12PM-1PM
Register below:
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Following my reporting that was published online yesterday, Dallas anti-eviction lawyer Mark Melton has resigned from the board of the homeless nonprofit Refuge for Renewal — a project of Republican megadonor Monty Bennett that was a key subject of my reporting
January 13, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Following my reporting that was published online yesterday, Dallas anti-eviction lawyer Mark Melton has resigned from the board of the homeless nonprofit Refuge for Renewal — a project of Republican megadonor Monty Bennett that was a key subject of my reporting
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The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
How policing has been my entire life.
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
How policing has been my entire life.
Always great to see your name, @prisonculture.bsky.social, in this museum. Wondering how you feel about your picture 😂
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Always great to see your name, @prisonculture.bsky.social, in this museum. Wondering how you feel about your picture 😂
Join me and KERA Sunday, Nov. 2, 2:45pm at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, where will be screening the Emmy-nominated series Recovering the Stories at the Lone Star Film Festival, followed by a post-screening Q&A.
Tickets and more information here: lsff25.eventive.org/schedule/68d...
Tickets and more information here: lsff25.eventive.org/schedule/68d...
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Join me and KERA Sunday, Nov. 2, 2:45pm at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, where will be screening the Emmy-nominated series Recovering the Stories at the Lone Star Film Festival, followed by a post-screening Q&A.
Tickets and more information here: lsff25.eventive.org/schedule/68d...
Tickets and more information here: lsff25.eventive.org/schedule/68d...
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Texans fighting back in Dallas. This is so great.
Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas painting steps rainbow after Gov. Abbott's order on crosswalks
The church in the Oak Lawn neighborhood says it's painting its steps in rainbow colors in response to Gov. Greg Abbott's order targeting rainbow crosswalks.
www.wfaa.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Texans fighting back in Dallas. This is so great.
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Feds revoke Dallas activist’s DACA status, detain him over social media posts: Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre was a fixture at Dallas-area pro-Palestine protests, filming with his camera. Now, he faces deportation over social media posts the govt claims glorify terrorism.
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Feds revoke Dallas activist’s DACA status, detain him over social media posts
Earlier this month, Yaa’kub Vijandre was detained by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents. Despite his clean record, the government said his legal...
www.dallasnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Feds revoke Dallas activist’s DACA status, detain him over social media posts: Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre was a fixture at Dallas-area pro-Palestine protests, filming with his camera. Now, he faces deportation over social media posts the govt claims glorify terrorism.
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Join me and the Oak Cliff Cultural Center (OC3) at the Texas Theatre for a screening of At the Pan-African Connection (2025) on Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 4:30 PM (doors at 4:00 PM). This presentation of the film is open to the public. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/at-the-pan...
August 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Join me and the Oak Cliff Cultural Center (OC3) at the Texas Theatre for a screening of At the Pan-African Connection (2025) on Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 4:30 PM (doors at 4:00 PM). This presentation of the film is open to the public. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/at-the-pan...
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On this day in 1863, Harriet Tubman's forces freed more than 700 slaves in a raid of South Carolina plantations .
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mississippitoday.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On this day in 1863, Harriet Tubman's forces freed more than 700 slaves in a raid of South Carolina plantations .
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mississippitoday.org/2025/06/02/o...
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More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
I recently wrote about a new documentary, “At The Pan-African Connection,” and its filmmaker, Anthony Asota. I sat down with Asota and interviewed him about his life and the film. Check it out: dallasweekly.com/2025/05/anth...
Dallas' Pan-African Connection: A Legacy of Community - Dallas Weekly
The story behind Anthony Asota's film, "At the Pan-African Connection," a documentary about his journey from Dallas's North Dallas projects.
dallasweekly.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I recently wrote about a new documentary, “At The Pan-African Connection,” and its filmmaker, Anthony Asota. I sat down with Asota and interviewed him about his life and the film. Check it out: dallasweekly.com/2025/05/anth...
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"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.