/tags/jim-crow Jim Crow en-US Copyright Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:39:19 GMT /arts-culture/2024-03-08/a-special-gift-dallas-playwright-njoki-mcelroy-remembered-for-her-commitment-to-racial-awareness The Booker T. Washington alumna was the first African American to receive her Ph.D from the Department of Performance studies at Northwestern University. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:39:19 GMT /arts-culture/2024-03-08/a-special-gift-dallas-playwright-njoki-mcelroy-remembered-for-her-commitment-to-racial-awareness Zara Amaechi /news/2023-07-27/allen-brooks-lynching-historical-marker-dallas-county The Dallas County Justice Initiative has dedicated a second historical marker to Allen Brooks, the 65-year-old Black man lynched by a mob before his trial in 1910 for the alleged assault of a young girl. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 19:52:08 GMT /news/2023-07-27/allen-brooks-lynching-historical-marker-dallas-county Toluwani Osibamowo /arts-culture/2023-05-15/broadway-tour-to-kill-a-mockingbird-broadway-dallas More than 60 years after the classic novel came out, Atticus Finch remains one of the most beloved characters in literature. But a new stage adaptation on tour in Dallas makes changes some people may take issue with. Mon, 15 May 2023 20:28:58 GMT /arts-culture/2023-05-15/broadway-tour-to-kill-a-mockingbird-broadway-dallas Jerome Weeks