/tags/african-american-museum-at-fair-park African American Museum at Fair Park en-US Copyright Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-07-09/african-american-museum-dallas-freedom-schools The annual classes are inspired by the historic 1960s schools from the Civil Rights Movement. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-07-09/african-american-museum-dallas-freedom-schools Elizabeth Myong | Arts Access /arts-culture/2025-06-30/african-american-museum-dallas-new-president Ross will take over the role from Dr. Harry Robinson Jr., who held the position for more than 50 years. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:05:41 GMT /arts-culture/2025-06-30/african-american-museum-dallas-new-president Elizabeth Myong | Arts Access /news/2025-06-10/dallas-history-order-ending-slavery-texas-juneteenth 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. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:15:00 GMT /news/2025-06-10/dallas-history-order-ending-slavery-texas-juneteenth Olla Mokhtar /arts-culture/2025-01-29/african-american-museum-of-dallas-announces-new-interim-director Margie Johnson Reese brings 45 years of experience as an arts administrator and advocate including time in Dallas. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-01-29/african-american-museum-of-dallas-announces-new-interim-director Elizabeth Myong | Arts Access /arts-culture/2025-01-16/celebrate-black-history-month-in-north-texas-with-events-like-the-african-american-read-in From cook-offs to film, check out these happenings around North Texas honoring Black History Month. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:30:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-01-16/celebrate-black-history-month-in-north-texas-with-events-like-the-african-american-read-in Alyson Rodriguez | The Dallas Morning News /arts-culture/2024-11-15/new-documentary-north-dallas-freedman-town-katie-johnson-warren 'Herstory: Life in North Dallas Freedman Town' explores the life of Katie Johnson Warren in the segregated community of a Dallas freedman town. Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:31:28 GMT /arts-culture/2024-11-15/new-documentary-north-dallas-freedman-town-katie-johnson-warren Zara Amaechi /news/2024-06-19/north-texans-walk-with-activist-opal-lee-to-celebrate-juneteenth 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. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 18:13:09 GMT /news/2024-06-19/north-texans-walk-with-activist-opal-lee-to-celebrate-juneteenth Caroline Love /2024-06-13/half-a-century-of-heritage-the-dallas-african-american-museum-celebrates-50th-anniversary Here's how the museum will honor five decades of art, history and community impact in Dallas Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:55:30 GMT /2024-06-13/half-a-century-of-heritage-the-dallas-african-american-museum-celebrates-50th-anniversary Alyson Rodriguez | The Dallas Morning News /arts-culture/2024-06-10/kera-senior-reporter-jerome-weeks-exits-the-north-texas-arts-scene-with-a-last-interview After three decades reporting and reviewing North Texas culture, ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's Jerome Weeks is retiring. So he sat down to talk about it. Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:05:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-06-10/kera-senior-reporter-jerome-weeks-exits-the-north-texas-arts-scene-with-a-last-interview Jerome Weeks, Justin Martin /arts-culture/2023-11-15/african-american-museum-walks-through-the-history-of-deep-ellum-with-new-exhibit 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. Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:49:47 GMT /arts-culture/2023-11-15/african-american-museum-walks-through-the-history-of-deep-ellum-with-new-exhibit Zara Amaechi