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Opal Lee spent years fighting for the recognition of June 19 as a national holiday.
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The Ukunika Bus and Walking Tours take passengers to sites around Dallas that were once hubs for the city’s Black community.
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After sitting vacant for 15 years, the venue will be transformed into a community and education hub, complete with mixed-income housing.
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The grandmother of Juneteenth raised the first wall of her new home on the site where a racist mob burned down her family’s house in 1939.
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David E. Harris became the first Black pilot to fly for a commercial airline when American Airlines hired him in 1964. Announcing Capt. Harris' death, American's CEO called him a "trailblazer."
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In Black America remembers the life of Watkins — who died in December 2023 — with an encore of his interview with John L. Hanson Jr. that originally aired in 2009.
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Two decades ago, Wardell Whitley modeled for artist Paula Louise Blincoe. She used him as a reference point for a mural depicting Fort Worth’s Black history.
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Dallas City Council members repealed an ordinance that lead to the demolition of dozens of homes in minority and low-income historic neighborhoods.
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Sandy Joyce, 75, has seen the Terrell Heights neighborhood in the Historic Southside get overlooked by people outside the community.
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Jennifer Giddings Brooks remembers the numerous Christmas mornings she spent at the home at 1201 E. Terrell Ave. in the Historic Southside.