Junior Ezeonu and Michael Caldwell Inspiring Black Men to Watch in 2023-24

Join us to learn of our Black Legendary Leaders and Businessmen as we discuss;  Junior Ezeonu is a Grand Prairie City Council Member representing the entire city of Grand Prairie as an at-large member. Junior was elected to the city council in June of 2021 in a run-off election after defeating an incumbent who had served for 12 years. Mr. Ezeonu is the first African-American council member to represent the city of Grand Prairie since the early 1990s, and he is also the youngest elected council member in Grand Prairie history.

Councilman Ezeonu is of Nigerian descent and was born in Onitsha, Nigeria, and moved to the state of Texas at the age of 2 years old. He is a graduate of UT Arlington and has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Junior integrates the knowledge and understanding from his educational background to provide the City of Grand Prairie with high-level service to improve the quality of life for all residents of the city. During college, Junior served as a substitute teacher/tutor and educated students throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. He has worked in the Oak Cliff, Highland Hills and Pleasant Grove communities of Dallas as well as Fort Worth, Carrollton, and Mansfield. His passion to improve lives and inspire others led to him serving as a substitute teacher and he has carri

Mr. Michael Caldwell; Owner and Proprietor of Michael’s of las Colinas, Michael Caldwell wanted to bring an upscale dining and entertainment experience to Dallas and his restaurant has done just that!

Michael is originally from a small town in Louisiana, but been in Dallas for over 40 years.  He’s been in the night life business going back to the days of Studio 67 in Oak Cliff as the doorman, and then on to opening his own place called Grand Central Station and New York New York that was originally RJ’s By the Lake, so this business is in his blood.