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This list of African American Historic Places in Texas is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]
White metropolis: race, ethnicity, and religion in Dallas, 1841–2001 (University of Texas Press, 2010). Selcer, Richard F. A History of Fort Worth in Black & White: 165 Years of African-American Life (University of North Texas Press, 2015). online; Wilson, William H. Hamilton Park: A Planned Black Community in Dallas (JHU Press, 1998) online.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "African-American cemeteries in Texas" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Freedman's Cemetery, or Freemen's Cemetery, was established in 1861 as a burial ground for the early African American population in Dallas, Texas. [1] [2] It was an active burial site from 1869 until 1907, supported by the historic Black settlement of Freeman's town founded by formerly enslaved people (the town was located roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) from Deep Ellum, Dallas).
Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528–1995 (1996) online; Barr, Alwyn. Black cowboys of Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2000) online. Barr, Alwyn. "Black Urban Churches on the Southern Frontier, 1865-1900." Journal of Negro History 82.4 (1997): 368-383. [Barr, Alwyn. "Black Urban Churches on the Southern Frontier ...
The Humble Negro Cemetery is located in Harris County, Texas, just north of the City of Humble. It is located about 200 yards north of the FM 1960 by-pass which runs along the north side of Humble and east of the railroad tracks and U.S. Highway 59 .
List of African-American historic places in Texas; Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison; Antioch Colony, Texas; Arnold Bakery; Lynching of Irving and Herman Arthur; Ashworth Act; Attack on John Shillady; History of African Americans in Austin
The memorial was sculpted by Ed Dwight and erected by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation in 2016. It describes African American history from the 1500s to present, and includes depictions of Hendrick Arnold and Barbara Jordan, as well as Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), when African Americans were emancipated. [1]