history

There’s been a slow but steady movement across the U.S. to unseal records for adoptees, but bipartisan efforts have repeatedly stalled in Texas – and one state senator has consistently stood in the way.

“Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas” is a “book of cultural enlightenment” says co-editor Judith Garrett Segura.

Citizens came together to ensure that a rail line between Fort Worth and Dallas was completed in 1876 ahead of a deadline set by the Legislature.

The quarter honors the life and contributions of South Texas journalist and activist, Jovita Idár. Idár is one of five women highlighted as part of the 2023 American Women Quarters program.

Arlington writer and former newspaper publisher O.K. Carter published a new edition of "Caddos, Cotton and Cowboys: Essays on Arlington," sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society.

More than 70 years later, I work with the newspaper that wrote about her as an international student.

The city of Cockrell Hill is hosting the grand opening celebration of Stevie Ray Vaughan Park this Saturday, April 22 at noon.

The Bishop Arts Theatre Center has commissioned nine, new one-acts that take on America's history of racism and its many legacies — including a sci-fi future.

Fort Worth City Council will not rename White Settlement Road – at least not any time soon.

It's called "intergenerational trauma," a family's inheritance of cultural dislocation and lost children. A Dallas Native American artist was one of those children, and she has a plan for finding others.

The Texas Tribune reviewed the 15-page document, which will be handed out to new drivers, and asked historians to comment on how accurately and thoroughly it chronicles the state’s history.

A young Austinite dives into her family history to learn more about the Partition of India.