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Health care inequity persists despite a century of hard work by black doctors One in five black people avoids medical care because of racial concerns over health care providers. One-third of African-Americans surveyed for a...

We'll see you at 1:00 PM TODAY at RBD Headquarters for our May General Meeting!! This is our last general meeting before the summer break. Stay tuned for summer events and opportunities to volunteer!

Purchase your tickets on Eventbrite now!! tinyurl.com/RBDTheHalfAintNeverBeenTold

Remembering Black Dallas, Inc. presents, The Half Ain't Never Been Told, set to debut on Friday, June 17th, 2022 at the Latino Cultural Center!! Written by Dr. George Keaton, Jr. and directed by Selmore Haines III, the play brings to life little known stories from Dallas African American history and celebrates Juneteenth, only recently recognized as a national holiday. We hope you'll join us in tears, laughter, reflection, and joy as we celebrate Juneteenth 2022.

THE HALF AIN'T NEVER BEEN TOLD- IN-PERSON LIVE ON-STAGE PLAY

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THE HALF AIN'T NEVER BEEN TOLD- IN-PERSON LIVE ON-STAGE PLAY This production is a rare and unprecedented look into the past of Dallas African Americans' true stories of Dallas' people and its past.

THE HALF AIN'T NEVER BEEN TOLD- IN-PERSON LIVE ON-STAGE PLAY

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THE HALF AIN'T NEVER BEEN TOLD- IN-PERSON LIVE ON-STAGE PLAY This production is a rare and unprecedented look into the past of Dallas African Americans' true stories of Dallas' people and its past.

Do you know Julia Scott-Reed?

See the play “The Half Ain’t Never Been Told”, June 17-19th at the
Oak Farms Dairy Performance Hall.

Get tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-half-aint-never-been-told-in-person-live-on-stage-play-tickets-341084692497

Julia Scott Reed (July 17, 1917 – October 19, 2004) was a journalist, editor and radio broadcaster. She became the first African American columnist at the Dallas Morning News in 1967.[1]

Born in Dallas Texas, Boykin attended Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas, where he was the valedictorian, graduating in 1938. See his story come alive in our Juneteenth weekend play: The Half Ain’t Never Been Told” Follow our FB page for details

TSHA | Beck, Arthello, Jr.

AWESOME MAN, ARTIST, FATHER, & FRIEND

TSHA | Beck, Arthello, Jr. Arthello Beck, Jr., Dallas African-American artist, son of Arthello Beck, Sr., and Millie (Taylor) Beck, was born in Dallas on July 17, 1941. He was the first African American to own and operate an art gallery in Dallas.By the age of seven, Arthello knew that he wanted to become an artist. His fathe...

Arthello Beck Jr.'s light shines on with help of artist, curator Jennifer Monet Cowley

https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2022/04/jennifer-monet-cowley-arthello-beck-jr-twin-falls/?utm_source=Oak+Cliff+Advocate+Readers&utm_campaign=4ad9c3df5b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_15_07_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9474bb3e34-4ad9c3df5b-107044388

Arthello Beck Jr.'s light shines on with help of artist, curator Jennifer Monet Cowley Portrait by Yuvie Styles Classroom posters and textbooks didn’t depict Black people when Arthello Beck Jr. was growing up in Dallas. His children’s schoolbooks didn’t show Black kids either. That’s why the self-taught artist from Oak Cliff began painting Black families in ordinary situations...

Rbdallas is ready for business in our new office, same building. Office opens at 10:30 A.M. Monday Morning. Drop in for a visit.

What a way to kick off Teacher Appreciation Week! You may catch a familiar face during the Ellen DeGeneres Show today at 3 p.m. on NBC. Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Principal LaKisha Thomas is scheduled to be featured on the show.

From the Dallas Free Press:
If you or a family member attended any of Dallas’ early Black schools, we want to hear from you and make your voices part of this project. Contact us at [email protected].

"The B.F. Darrell School has no marker commemorating the nearly 80 years it served a community first forsaken and later plundered by its city."

The former land of the historic B.F. Darrell School, Dallas' oldest Black school, was purchased in 2015 by Kroger. The purchase is part of Kroger's tax-funded retail-residential project which will include affordable housing. No acknowledgement has been made regarding the site's significant history.

🔗 Read more about the history of B.F. Darrell here: https://dallasfreepress.com/project/dallas-forgot/dallas-original-black-high-school-erased-from-history-will-become-a-taxpayer-subsidized-kroger-project/
📝 Story by Amber Sims
📸 Photo of Amber Sims by Nitashia Johnson - Artist

The Dallas Forgot project aims to explore, chronicle and reclaim the history of Dallas’ Black schools. The project is reported through a partnership between Dallas Free Press and The Imagining Freedom Institute, with support from Press On's Southern Media Movement Fund.

🔗 Access the full ongoing Dallas Forgot project here: https://dallasfreepress.com/dallas-forgot/

If you or a family member attended any of Dallas’ early Black schools, we want to hear from you and make your voices part of this project. Contact us at [email protected].

Organizations & Sites Mentioned:
South Dallas Cultural Center Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Dallas, PA Kimpton Pittman Hotel For Oak Cliff African American Museum of Dallas Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Dallas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The Dallas Weekly

The PAC Doc | Asota Seven

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The PAC Doc | Asota Seven Akwete and her husband, Bandele, started the Pan-African Connection thirty two years ago as a vehicle to organize and educate African American People about the dignity, struggles, and forward movement of African People worldwide. For generations, the City of Dallas and the State of Texas have been a...

REMEMBERING BLACK DALLAS hiring ACTORS in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex | LinkedIn

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REMEMBERING BLACK DALLAS hiring ACTORS in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex | LinkedIn Posted 12:27:06 AM. Actors are needed for the upcoming Juneteenth play "The Half Ain't Never Been Told" by Remembering…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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A new exhibition at the African American Museum of Dallas tells the story of Gaspar Yanga, an Afro-Mexican slave, who established one of first free Black settlements in the Americas. https://buff.ly/3xbAvD9

SAVE THE DATES: A UNIQUE MUST-SEE PLAY OF LOCAL DALLAS BLACK HISTORY!

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150 years ago, history was made. 150 years ago, a dream started. 150 years ago, our founders made the decision to put . On this 150th-anniversary Founder's Day, we are extremely grateful for those who came before us and for those who continue to hold the spirit.

150 years from now, our legacy will shine just as bright for the next generation of Nation Builders.

Learn about the Underground Railroad from Texas to Mexico this Friday and Saturday, April 8th and 9th at the African American Museum of Dallas.

Remembering Black Dallas Members & Friends, a Call to Action!!

Let's show some support for the Tenth Street Residential Association at the upcoming property zoning meeting for the Tenth Street Historic District. The public kick-off meeting will be held on Thursday, April 14th from 6-7:30PM at the Eloise Lundy Recreation Center, 1229 Reverend CBT Smith Street. The meeting will include discussion on the Authorized Hearing process and how you can get involved (more details below).

For more information about the TSRA's fight for their neighborhood and their neighborhood-led plan, check out this article:
https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2022/03/where-is-tenth-street/?fbclid=IwAR1r6wdGQsGU4W5Z6OsQt9JdJekPJKhAhS8ZYR1DQxj98j7gWKRyoU8Suz4

10TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT AUTHORIZED HEARING KICK-OFF

AUDIENCIA INICIAL AUTORIZADA DEL DISTRITO HISTÓRICO DE 10TH STREET

ELOISE LUNDY RECREATION CENTER
1229 REVEREND CBT SMITH ST.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14 | 14 DE ABRIL DE 2022
6 TO 7:30 P.M. | DE 6 A 7:30 P.M.

On September 5, 2019 the City Plan Commission authorized a public hearing to determine property zoning in the area with consideration to be given to appropriate zoning for the area including use, development standards, and other appropriate regulations.

District 4 Council Member Carolyn King Arnold invites you to a community meeting to discuss zoning for the Tenth Street District, generally bounded by Eighth Street, a D.P. & L. Company right-of-way, Clarendon Drive, Fleming Avenue, and I-35 (South R.L. Thornton Freeway) which includes Planned Development District No.388 with Historic Overlay No.10, Elizabeth Chapel, and Historic Overlay No. 60. Join us to learn about the Authorized Hearing process and how you can get involved. Your voice and input is needed in determining future zoning for the area.

La Concejal del Distrito 4, Carolyn King Arnold, lo invita a una reunión comunitaria para analizar la zonificación del Distrito de Tenth Street. El distrito está delimitado en general por Eighth Street, un derecho de paso de D.P. & L. Company, Clarendon Drive, Fleming Avenue y la I-35 (South RL Thornton Freeway) que incluye el Distrito de Desarrollo Planificado No. 388 con Superposición Histórica No. 10, Elizabeth Chapel y Superposición Histórica No. 60. Acompáñenos para conocer el proceso de Audiencia Autorizada y cómo puede participar. Su opinión y aporte son necesarios para determinar la futura zonificación del área.

The Golden Coast Tour to Savannah and Charleston S.C.
Seats available

Deposit due soon.
July 1-5, 2022
Save the date!

Join us for our Annual African-American Heritage Tour to Charleston and Savannah.

https://rememberingblackdallas.org/tours

I am working on a tour to Denton’s Quaker town and the Northern suburbs of Dallas in the Fall. In doing research at the courthouse on the square I was invited to go up into the bell tower and see awesome views of the city of Denton.

Celebrating Black History

Mable Chandler (1915 - 1997) was an active participant in civic, educational, political, and philanthropic activities in the Dallas community for many years. Her career in education began as a teacher, but she later moved into counseling at Dallas high schools, where she worked for over 30 years. For 15 of those years, Chandler also taught evening classes at Bishop College. Chandler’s career in education touched many lives, but she also contributed to her community through volunteering with senior citizens, for the annual March of Dimes Drive, NAACP, and YMCA. She also took on leadership roles such as acting as Sunday School Superintendent at the Greater New Zion Baptist Church for forty years, and serving as Secretary for Interested Women during the Civil Rights Movement, and served on the board of the Museum of African-American Life and Culture. Her work counseling youth and serving her community have earned Chandler many accolades and recognitions.

Happy Sunday, Everyone!

Special thanks to the volunteer readers that participated in the reading of this year's Juneteenth production, “The Half Ain't Never Been Told”, written by Dr. George Keaton Jr. and directed by Selmore Haines, III.

We’d also like to thank our in-person listening audience that provided
feedback so that we can make adjustments before its debut June 17-19.

**Stay tuned for information on auditions**

Our Members make history!
Congratulations to Emma Rodgers of Black Images Bookstore. The library at Thornton Elementary was renamed “Emma Rodgers Library at Otto M. Fridia Elementary School”

THE 1936 HALL OF NEGRO LIFE: A Documentary

We are celebrating the 1936 Hall of Negro Life, a momentous prelude to Civil Rights History, through a documentary film with Southroad Pictures. This documentary serves to honor and share the story of The Hall of Negro Life, which was in itself, a groundbreaking exhibition hall that existed on the grounds of Fair Park for only one year.

Tune in for premiere Friday, March 25th at 7pm on KERA .

Don't forget to sign up as a reader for our practice reading of our upcoming Juneteenth play, The Half Ain't Never Been Told! Check out the flyer below for information and the QR code. You can also use this Eventbrite link to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/294998357027

Happy Sunday, Everyone! We need your help!

We're recruiting several volunteers for an informal reading of this year's Juneteenth production, The Half Ain't Never Been Told, so that we can make adjustments before its debut June 17-19.
**Stay tuned for information on auditions**

To sign up as a reader, scan the QR Code below or follow this Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-for-the-play-the-half-aint-never-been-told-march-27th-330-pm-registration-294998357027

Contact [email protected] with any questions.

Northlake Shopping Center was once a freedmen's town

https://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2022/01/31/living-above-freedom-little-egypt/

Northlake Shopping Center was once a freedmen's town Photography courtesy of DALLAS CITY HALL | Map courtesy of DALLAS MORNING NEWS orthlake Shopping Center and homes to the west, east and north of the strip center sit along the streets of Shoreview and Ferndale; that’s where the core of Little Egypt existed

Happy Sunday, Everyone! We need your help!

We're recruiting several volunteers for an informal reading of this year's Juneteenth production, The Half Ain't Never Been Told, so that we can make adjustments before its debut June 17-19.
**Stay tuned for information on auditions**

To sign up as a reader, scan the QR Code below or follow this Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-for-the-play-the-half-aint-never-been-told-march-27th-330-pm-registration-294998357027

Contact [email protected] with any questions.