Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas - Couverture souple

George Keaton (editor) & Judith Garrett Segura (editor)

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 157441917X ISBN 13 : 9781574419177

Editeur : University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2023

Synopsis

Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas enlarges upon two publications by the late Dr. Mamie McKnight's organization, Black Dallas Remembered--First African American Families of Dallas (1987) and African American Families and Settlements of Dallas (1990). Our Stories is the history of Black citizens of Dallas going about their lives in freedom, as described by the late Eva Partee McMillan: "The ex-slaves purchased land, built homes, raised their children, erected their educational and religious facilities, educated their children, and profited from their labor."

Our Stories brings together memoirs from many of Dallas's earliest Black families, as handed down over the generations to their twentieth-century descendants. The period covered begins in the 1850s and goes through the 1930s. Included are detailed descriptions of more than thirty early Dallas communities formed by free African Americans, along with the histories of fifty-seven early Black families, and brief biographies of many of the early leaders of these Black communities.

The stories reveal hardships endured and struggles overcome, but the storytellers focus on the triumphs over adversity and the successes achieved against the odds. The histories include the founding of churches, schools, newspapers, hospitals, grocery stores, businesses, and other institutions established to nourish and enrich the lives of the earliest Black families in Dallas.

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À propos de l'auteur

GEORGE KEATON JR. retired from Dallas Independent School District after thirty-one years as a teacher and counselor. In 2015 he founded and continues to lead Remembering Black Dallas, dedicated to preserving and sharing the experiences of the African American families of Dallas County. JUDITH GARRETT SEGURA is the author of BELO: From Newspapers to New Media, a history of DallasNews Corporation, Texas's oldest business institution, which dates from 1842.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 157441917X
• ISBN 13: 9781574419177
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible