Dallas awarded $50,000 to preserve civil rights history
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May 28, 2020
The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture received a $50,000 grant from the National Park Service (NPS) to research and interpret the historic legacy of the Hall of Negro Life from the 1936 Texas Centennial Celebration.
The Working Group on Confederate Monuments recommended that untold histories surrounding African American history and civil rights at Fair Park be better interpreted to the Dallas community.
“This $50,000 federal grant is a significant win for the City of Dallas, for Fair Park, and for the preservation of history,” said Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson.
This funding from our country’s National Park Service will certainly jump start efforts to educate our community about the Hall of Negro Life, and it is a direct recommendation of the Task Force that examined how we tell our history.
Better interpretation of important stories like this one – about the legacy of the 1936 Hall of Negro Life – will help tell a fuller history of Dallas, and specifically Fair Park.”
