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Great video embedded in the article as well.

Fair Park, the 'epicenter' of racial politics in Dallas 🎡

https://www.keranews.org/arts-culture/2024-12-16/fair-park-the-epicenter-of-racial-politics-in-dallas

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Fair Park, the 'epicenter' of racial politics in 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.

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The Hall of Negro Life was officially dedicated in 1936 to celebrate Juneteenth. This exhibition hall acknowledged and honored the history & accomplishments of African-Americans in the United States with a large collection of art by Black artists, including murals that celebrated Black Culture. Even with this success, the Hall of Negro Life was deconstructed one year after its opening.

https://dallasculture.org/1936hallofnegrolife/

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The 1936 Hall of Negro Life

ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY.In the Spring of 2020, the Office of Arts and Culture (OAC) received a $50,000 grant from the National Park Service (NPS) to research and interpret the historic legacy of the 1936 Hall of Negro Life.  Together through this grant, OAC and Southroad Pictures are

City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture