Things To Read
Dallas & Texas History
- White Metropolis – Race, Ethnicity and Religion in Dallas by Phillips, Michael
- The Accomodation – The Politics of Race in American City (Dallas) by Schutze, Jim
- Justice for All: The Untold History of Dallas by Williams, Roy and Kevin Shay
- Hamilton Park: A planned Black community in Dallas by Wilson, William
- Desegregating Schools in Dallas: Four Decades in the Federal Courts by Linden, Glenn
- Lives and Times of Black Dallas Women by Winegarten, Ruthe and Marc Sanders.
- Daughters of Dallas: A History of Greater Dallas Through the Voices and Deeds of Its Women by Castleberry, Virginia
- The Dallas Myth: the Making and Unmaking of an American City by Graff, Harvey
- Dallas Reconsidered: Essays in Local History by Hazel, Michael V
- Dallas: A History of Big D by Hazel, Michael V Crusade for Conformity: The Ku Klux Klan in Texas, 1920-1930 by Alexander, Charles
- Four Decades Later, Death Of 12-Year-Old Santos Rodriguez Still Reverberates KERA news article
- The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture by Foley, Neil
- Big D: Triumphs and Troubles of an American Supercity in the 20th Century by Payne, Darwin
- Quest for Justice: Louis A. Bedford Jr. and the Struggle for Equal Rights in Texas by Payne, Darwin
- Dallas’s Little Mexico by Villasana, Sol
- Quest for Justice: Louis A. Bedford Jr. and the Struggle for Equal Rights in Texas by Payne, Darwin
- Black Dixie: Afro-Texas History and Culture in Houston by Beeth, Howard, and Wintz, Carl (Eds.)
- The African American Experience in Texas: an Anthology by Glasrud, Bruce
- Freedom is not Enough: The War on Poverty and the Civil Rights Movement in Texas by Clayson, William
- Black Victory: The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas by Hine, Darlene
- The Freedmen’s Bureau and Black Texans by Crouch, Barry
- Interactive: Texas’ Hispanic Population Swells by Murphy, Ryan
Justice & Political Landscape
- Race and Class in Texas Politics by Davidson, Chandler
- For the City As A Whole: Planning, Politics and Public Interest in Dallas, 1900-1965 by Fairbanks, Robert
- Governance by Decree: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act in Dallas by Morgan, Ruth P.
Racism & Discrimination in America
- The Struggle in Black and Brown: African American and Mexican American Relations Duringthe Civil Rights Era by Behnken, Brian (Ed.)
- Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas by Behnken, Brian (Ed.)
- They Called Them Greasers: Anglo Attitudes Toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821-1900 by de Leon, Arnoldo
- The Health Outcomes of a Racist Society – Institutional racism kills people, literally, but change is possible. by Lyubansky, Mikhail, Ph.D.
- No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Orozco, Cynthia
- Fire in the Heart – How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice by Warren, Mark R.
- The Sleepy Lagoon Murder Case: Race Discrimination and Mexican-American Rights by Weitz, Mark
- How Racism Created America’s Chinatowns by Braden Goyette
Research & Sources
- Sources at the Dallas Public Library – Texas Dallas Collection on the 7th Floor:
- John and Ethlyn Chisum Collection
- Juanita Craft Collection
- Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce Collection
- The Dallas Express newspaper on microfilm (1920-1970)
- Dallas Black History clipping folders
- Sources at the Dallas Historical Society:
- John Leslie Patton Papers
- Minnie A. Flanagan Papers
- Oral History Interviews:
- George Allen, Dallas Mayors Oral History Project, 1983.
- Joe Atkins, University of North Texas Oral History Collection, February 2, 2004.
- Interview with Juanita Craft, Black Women Oral History Project, January 20, 1977.
- Antonio Maceo Smith, Texas-Dallas Collection, January 2, 1978.
- “Documenting the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas County, Texas” An Oral History Project Co-Sponsored by the African-American Education Archives and History Program, the Dallas African American Museum, the University of Texas at Arlington, and Humanities Texas (2011). (34 interviews)
Presentations
- Click here to view the reading list of Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III Senior Pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, TX
- Race for Results, a Scorecard on Children’s Progress A report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Social Action