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South Dallas Cultural Center

3400 S. Fitzhugh St.
Dallas, TX 75210

214-426-1683

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Temporary offices are located in the Juanita Craft Civil Rights House 2618 Warren Avenue Dallas, Texas 75215.

Everyday Use
Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 4 a.m. by Lauren Smart

Some people might try to convince you that there is art in the everyday. You might scoff and return to your spreadsheets. It's the same premise interdisciplinary artist Lauren Cross functions under, but she knows what she's looking ...
The Fire This Time
Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 4 a.m. by Jennifer Davis- Lamm

As a metaphor for struggle, for searing tension, for societal discomfort and even for a revival, fire is a concept that frequently imbues imagery related to civil rights and race relations in the United States. The Burnin’ is ...
The Dark Heart of Dixie
Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 3 a.m. by Jennifer Davis- Lamm

A classic and searing Nina Simone song from 1964 summed up the civil rights struggles in the Deep South pretty succinctly: “Alabama's got me so upset, Tennessee's made me lose my rest, and everybody knows about Mississippi, go...
A Man of Many Words
Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 3 a.m. by Jennifer Davis- Lamm

Much has been made of the fact that author Mitchell S. Jackson, a black man, grew up in what has to be one of the whitest cities in this country—Portland, Oregon. And Jackson himself has admitted that it’s not the most l...