African American Museum at Fair Park

Margie Johnson Reese brings 45 years of experience as an arts administrator and advocate including time in Dallas.

From cook-offs to film, check out these happenings around North Texas honoring Black History Month.

Herstory: Life in North Dallas Freedman Town explores the life of Katie Johnson Warren in the segregated community of a Dallas freedman town. The film premieres this weekend at the Dallas African American Museum.

Forth Worth activist and grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee led North Texans in a 2.5-mile walk to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas after the Civil War.

Here's how the museum will honor five decades of art, history and community impact in Dallas

After three decades reporting and reviewing North Texas culture, KERA's Jerome Weeks is retiring. So he sat down to talk about it.

The African American Museum of Dallas has two new Alan Govenar photo exhibitions on display that go back in time to share a part of Deep Ellum's history.

Historically, onscreen cowboys have mostly been white. But the family-run Cowboys of Color Rodeo is showing people the real Old West looked much different.

"If You Look Hard Enough, You Can See Our Future" at the African American Museum in Fair Park features 60 artworks from Southern Africa. It's one small part of a 25,000-item art collection from the late owner of Nando's chicken chain.

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and the African American Museum of Dallas have teamed to co-host community discussions on race, civil rights, policing and social justice.

The Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair is back after a two-year break due to COVID.

A new show at the African American Museum tells the story of Gaspar Yanga, who established one of the first free Black settlements in the Americas.