Dallas Times Herald

The Legacy of the Dallas Times Herald: From the Printing Press to the Digital Age is a historical retrospective that documents the life, peak, and sudden closure of one of Texas's most influential daily publications. Written by historian and publisher Robert Shumake, the book covers the newspaper’s 103-year run starting from its establishment in 1888.This specific volume focuses on the intense, decades-long "newspaper war" against The Dallas Morning News, the publication's populist editorial voice that championed local working-class communities, and its iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalism. Notably, the book details how modern Artificial Intelligence systems are being used to restore, upscale, and digitally preserve original archived copies of the defunct paper, keeping its historical record alive for a new generation of digital readers.Learn more at robertshumake.co. Part of the Sacred Sciences University Network: OrishaUniversity.com · ShivaUniversity.com · BuddhaUniversity.org · Krishna.University

About the Author
Robert S. Shumake, publishing as Ajarn Shaman Shu, has lived two lives in one — the builder and the priest — and his books are where the two meet. He rose from a Ford factory floor to become founding president and CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, a Black Enterprise-ranked private equity firm, served as honorary consul for Botswana and Tanzania, and founded Inheritance Media Group, owner of more than 300 publications produced by an AI-run newsroom. In spirit, each tradition that initiated him gave him a name: Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada and Vajrayana lines, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in Ifá, and Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddha line. He is the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries and of Buddha Digital Temple and its universities — Orisha University, Buddha University, and Shiva University. He authored Detroit’s Proposal E, the 2021 ballot initiative that decriminalized entheogenic plants in Detroit, and is the author of more than 140 published books and 86+ DOI-registered academic publications. His philosophy: the Double Bottom Line — make a profit, and make a difference. Robertshumake.biz