African American Museum at Fair Park

From Dallas to Fort Worth, arts organizations across North Texas are hosting exhibitions, performances and family-friendly programs to celebrate Black History Month.

A $250,000 grant from Communities Foundation of Texas will help the African American Museum begin preserving fragile archives documenting Black history in Dallas and across Texas.

The African American Museum Dallas is opening “Sunday Call to Church”, an exhibition featuring 22 works by self-taught painter Clementine Hunter. Her colorful scenes of church life, fieldwork and community offer a look at Black life on a plantation.

Get to know the new leaders at The Nasher, Modern, DMA and African American Museum of Dallas

The Nasher, Modern, DMA and African American Museum of Dallas have new directors

For 35 years, Faye Thomas has worked Gate 5 at the State Fair of Texas scanning tickets, greeting patrons and earning a special place in the heart of Texas.

The African American Museum in Dallas will use $3 million from the Texas Historical Commission and Google to protect its 50-year-old collection and share it online.

The 36th annual Texas Black Invitational Rodeo bring crowds to Fair Park for a night of bull riding, barrel racing and Black cowboy culture

The African American Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art and Irving Arts Center are some of the places North Texans can visit for free.

The annual classes are inspired by the historic 1960s schools from the Civil Rights Movement.

Ross will take over the role from Dr. Harry Robinson Jr., who held the position for more than 50 years.

The handbill that informed enslaved people in Texas of their freedom was given out June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.