/tags/lynching lynching en-US Copyright Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:06:35 GMT /news/2024-03-26/a-new-memorial-in-downtown-dallas-honors-victims-of-racial-violence Shadow Lines in Martyrs Park sits at the site where three Black men were lynched more than 150 years ago. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:06:35 GMT /news/2024-03-26/a-new-memorial-in-downtown-dallas-honors-victims-of-racial-violence Zara Amaechi /news/2023-11-06/no-longer-are-we-denying-dallas-honors-lynching-victim-with-marker-along-the-trinity-river The City of Dallas, Remembering Black Dallas and the Dallas County Justice Initiative unveiled a plaque commemorating William Allen Taylor. Mon, 06 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT /news/2023-11-06/no-longer-are-we-denying-dallas-honors-lynching-victim-with-marker-along-the-trinity-river 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/2023-01-26/an-epic-requiem-for-the-black-victims-of-lynchings-and-police-shootings-comes-to-fort-worth A classic work for a full symphony and chorus, "An African American Requiem" was acclaimed last year at the Kennedy Center. Now the composer-conductor will lead its 'red state' premiere. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-01-26/an-epic-requiem-for-the-black-victims-of-lynchings-and-police-shootings-comes-to-fort-worth Jerome Weeks /arts-culture/2022-10-26/dallas-needs-more-awareness-about-its-ghosts-and-creepy-legends-says-this-artist There are sites where violent history intrudes unbidden. But Dallas has a history of bulldozing its history. So Brad Ford Smith is researching and drawing places where something awful once happened. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:18:57 GMT /arts-culture/2022-10-26/dallas-needs-more-awareness-about-its-ghosts-and-creepy-legends-says-this-artist Jerome Weeks /texas-news/2017-08-18/3-key-moments-in-dallas-confederate-history A statue of Robert E. Lee was at the center of the white supremacist rally last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Cities across the U.S., including… Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:35:51 GMT /texas-news/2017-08-18/3-key-moments-in-dallas-confederate-history Krystina Martinez, Rick Holter /texas-news/2015-04-10/inside-a-sickening-moment-in-dallas-history-a-public-hanging-of-a-black-man Note: This interview contains some graphic descriptions that may be uncomfortable. In 1908, a ceremonial arch lit up downtown Dallas at the corner of Main… Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:48:58 GMT /texas-news/2015-04-10/inside-a-sickening-moment-in-dallas-history-a-public-hanging-of-a-black-man Krystina Martinez, Rick Holter