South Dallas

Recovering the Stories chronicles different neighborhoods and communities across Dallas, tracing the impacts on communities of color from the past to present. This video series is a closer look at how subjects like police brutality and gentrification have disproportionately affected those communities in Dallas.

The original Billy Earl Dade Elementary School, a historic Black Dallas Independent School District property in South Dallas, is being considered as the site for a proposed $50 million career institute, according to DISD Trustee Ed Turner.

As Election Day approaches, many Black women in South Dallas feel their concerns — affordable housing, health care and abortion rights — are being overlooked.

Deep Ellum has a new Narcan vending machine that could help save lives.

Builders of Hope's "right to stay" campaign is aimed at creating policy changes to prevent displacement as housing costs rise.Dallas nonprofit push efforts to address housing displacement

The deck parks, similar to Klyde Warren Park downtown, are meant to reconnect communities that were separated years ago by the construction of the freeway.

A three-mile stretch of the South Central Expressway is now the S.M. Wright Freeway in honor of the late pastor and civil rights leader. It's the first state highway in Texas named after an African American figure.

Meshia Rudd-Ridge and Jourdan Brunson created the website Kinkofa as a way to collect the stories of the historically Black neighborhood and preserve ancestral connections.

The 75-year-old theater’s restoration is progressing four months after groundbreaking despite unusual setbacks.

Programs from local organizations like Bridge Builders are providing vital food support and activities for children throughout the summer.

Students and interns toured MLK Jr. Boulevard to get interviews for their final projects focused on people and places in the area.

The Ukunika Bus and Walking Tours take passengers to sites around Dallas that were once hubs for the city’s Black community.