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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.
White Settlement is also the winter home of several groups of Irish Travellers. [26] The majority of White Settlement residents identify as Protestant Christians; however, there is also a Mormon church as well as a Buddhist temple within the city limits. [27] The Texas Civil War Museum is located in White Settlement.
White residents drove out Joplin's black residents following the lynching of a black transient for the murder of a white policeman. [15] July 9, 1903 Sour Lake, Texas: A mob of 500 white men opened fire on blacks and chased them out of Sour Lake after a brakeman was shot dead by a black man. [16] October 1905 and January 1909 Harrison, Arkansas
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White City is situated near Cedar Lake. It was settled in 1939, after voters passed the sale of alcohol. A post office operated from 1940 or 1941, to the 1950s. Oilfields supported the town during the 1930s. From the 1940s, the town declined, being abandoned by the 1950s. [2] [3]
The park was renamed to White City Park from 1907–1908. [69] Dreamland Park Ruscombmanor Township: 1950s (c.) Eldora Park: Carroll Township: 1904–1940s Fantasyland Gettysburg: 1959–1980 Forest Park: Chalfont: 1885–1968 Fun Town Millcreek: 1978–1989 The park's name was changed to Wild Waters Water Park in the 1980s. [70] Hanson's ...
VENICE (Reuters) - "The Order", a movie about a violent, white supremacist movement in 1980s America is worryingly relevant today and shows the need to be on constant guard against bigotry, the ...
The growing population of Dallas and a drought increased the demand for water, and on September 1, 1952, the beaches of White Rock saw their last swimmers in order to maintain a sanitary water supply. [3] By 1992 White Rock Lake Park was a center of recreational activity for central Dallas, providing picnic areas and bicycle and jogging paths.