Texas History

Richardson Residents Are Rallying To Save the Como Motel

Richardson Residents Are Rallying To Save the Como Motel

A Historic Civil Rights Home Reopens its Doors in Fair Park

A Historic Civil Rights Home Reopens its Doors in Fair Park

Signs of Life: One Year After the Tragedy, Uvalde Clings to the Past

By Kelly Dearmore
May 17, 2023

In May of 2022 Robb Elementary was the site of one of the nation's deadliest mass shootings. The reminders are everywhere residents look.
A Cockrell Hill Park Tells a Crucial Part of the Vaughan Brothers' Story

By Christian McPhate
May 8, 2023

Stevie Ray Vaughan wasn’t much older than the South Park gang when he first appeared on stage with his older brother Jimmie at the Cockrell Hill Jubilee. The 1965 celebration took place at the Hill Theater in Cockrell Hill, a small community surrounded by Oak Cliff and just down the road...
10 Texas Music Museums Worth the Stop on Your Next Road Trip

By Ava Thompson
Apr 10, 2023

The Lone Star State actually produced plenty of stars in the world of music, and there are museums all over the state dedicated to educating visitors on Texas' greatest artists.
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Jan. 6 Prisoners: 'They Know Nothing About Bad Conditions'

By Simone Carter
Mar 27, 2023

U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett of Dallas appeared on Morning Joe to discuss her upcoming tour of the building where the Jan. 6 prisoners are held.
Residents Worry About the Future of Dallas' Tenth Street Historic District

By Jacob Vaughn
Mar 13, 2023

Residents in Dallas' Tenth Street Historic District want the city to do more to protect their neighborhood.
A New Dallas Doc Fills in the Blanks on the Spectacular Story of Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan

By Ava Thompson
Mar 3, 2023

Oak Cliff guitar gods Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan are the subjects of a new Dallas-made documentary examining their lives and careers.
Students Fight To Change 2 Building Names at UT Arlington

By Simone Carter
Feb 28, 2023

The controversy comes after activists led the school to change the title of a building named after eugenicist E. E. Davis.
History Professor Seeks 'Truth and Reconciliation' from the State and the Texas Rangers

By Tyler Hicks
Feb 24, 2023

A history professor whose ancestors were murdered by the Texas Rangers more than a century ago wants the governor to appoint a committee to investigate the brutal history of the Texas Rangers and recognize their victims.
As the Texas Rangers Celebrate Their 200th Anniversary, Descendants of the Lawmen's Victims Seek a Reckoning

By Tyler Hicks
Feb 15, 2023

Shortly after entering a tiny closet-turned-viewing room, Trinidad Gonzales saw something he still struggles to describe 20 years later. The doctoral candidate had a couple hours of microfilm to review, and toward the end his eyes ached so much that he almost missed it. Almost. He scrolled past the paragraph,...
Houses Catch Fire in Tenth Street, Dallas' Historic Freedman's Town

By Jacob Vaughn
Feb 7, 2023

Over the last couple of months, several houses have caught fire in Dallas' Tenth Street Historic District. The causes are still undetermined. The Tenth Street neighborhood is considered one of the last remaining intact Freedman's Towns in the country, complete with its own cemetery where residents who were once slaves are buried.
Historian Clarence Glover Keeps Alive the Memory of Black Cotton Farmers and Laborers Who Built the City

By Jacob Vaughn
Feb 2, 2023

Clarence Glover is a civil rights activist from Dallas who is proud of his family's history in the cotton trade. He feels as though many other Black Americans aren't as proud of this past, even though, he says, the cotton trade helped build Dallas into the business power it has grown into.
State Rep. Hopes to Abolish Confederate Heroes Day as an Official State Holiday

By Kelly Dearmore
Jan 19, 2023

State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, a Houston Democrat, announced on Wednesday morning a new bill, House Bill 51, that aims to abolish Confederate Heroes Day as an official Texas state holiday. The occasion, established in 1973, falls annually on Jan. 19, which is also Robert E. Lee’s birthday, a state holiday...
Thousands of JFK Assassination Documents Still Withheld After Latest Release

By Jacob Vaughn
Dec 29, 2022

More than 13,000 previously classified documents regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released into the National Archive this month. But, thousands remain withheld from disclosure.
Activists Want College Park Renamed After Late Organizer and Onetime Black Panther Fahim J. Minkah

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 30, 2022

College Park may be renamed to Fahim J. Minkah Community Park if these activists get their way.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Denies Petition Urging Mountain Lion Conservation

By Jacob Vaughn
Aug 11, 2022

A group of Texans is advocating for the conservation of mountain lions in the state. The denial of their petition may be a step in the right direction.
10 Times Texans Claimed To See Evidence of Alien Landings

By Liam Gaughan
Jul 29, 2022

Although this summer has been jam-packed with movie sequels such as Top Gun: Maverick, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Fight Over White Rock Lake Museum's New Home Continues

By Jacob Vaughn
Jul 1, 2022

The White Rock Lake Museum has been at the Bath House Cultural Center since 2004. Finding a new home for it has been a controversial undertaking.
In the Late 1980s, the Gay Urban Truth Squad Took Dallas to Task Over the AIDS Crisis

By Simone Carter
Jun 21, 2022

The staccato thud of hammers broke the predawn stillness one morning in 1988. Activists dotted the vacant lot. They carried some 700 hand-painted white crosses bearing the names of Dallas County residents who’d succumbed to AIDS. Members of the Gay Urban Truth Squad (GUTS), a Dallas activist group, drove the...
White Rock Lake Museum May Have a New Home One Day. Maybe Soon.

By Jacob Vaughn
Jun 9, 2022

The White Rock Lake Museum has been at the Bath House Cultural Center since 2004. That could change one day soon.
Uvalde Elementary Massacre Is Among the Deadliest Mass Shootings in Texas History

By Simone Carter
May 25, 2022

Tuesday's massacre at an Uvalde elementary school is one of Texas' deadliest mass shootings.

More Texas History