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2024

Two cousins uncover family ties while reviving Dallas' Tenth Street District, KERA, August 15, 2024
Researchers create GIS mapping of the Tenth Street Historic District in Oak Cliff, ABC 8 WFAA, July 2, 2024
‘We give them a voice’: Victims of racial violence in Dallas memorialized at Martyrs Park, Dallas Morning News, June 22, 2024
The City of Dallas holds ceremony to document first enslaved person in Dallas County, CBS 11, June 22, 2024
Dallas Recognizes the History of Martyrs Park, Hidden in Plain Sight, D Magazine, June 21, 2024
SMU student documents history of Freedmen's Town, Fox 4 KDFW, June 17, 2024
If Tenth Street Could Talk, SMU News, June 14, 2024
Remembering Black Dallas revives forgotten history with new bus tours, KERA, May 3, 2024
'This was the torture grounds': City of Dallas Commemorates Victims of Racial Violence, WFAA, April 2, 2024
'Shadow Lines' sculpture dedicated to remember the past at Martyrs Park, North Dallas Gazette, March 31, 2024
'Remembering Black Dallas' is back on the trail with a new tour series, North Dallas Gazette, March 31, 2024
Shadow Lines sculpture: City of Dallas holds ceremony dedicated to commemorating victims of racial violence, WFAA, March 26, 2024
A new memorial in downtown Dallas honors victims of racial violence, Dallas Morning News, March 26, 2024
A new memorial in downtown Dallas honors victims of racial violence, KERA, March 26, 2024
Six Years After Dallas Approved Monument to Racial Violence, It's Finally Happened, Texas Metro News, March 22, 2024
Dallas finally will dedicate monument to racial violence victims, Dallas Morning News, March 19, 2024
District 11 Hosts Black History of North Dallas Celebration, People Newspapers, February 20, 2024
Dallas Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz announces Black History Month exhibit honoring George E. Keaton Jr., Opal Lee as special guest, Preston Hollow Advocate, February 16, 2024
'Long time coning': 172-year old cemetery could soon get historical marker, Dallas Morning News, February 6, 2024

2023

Catching up with Community Collections Grant Recipients: If Tenth Street Could Talk with Tameshia Rudd-Ridge and Jourdan Brunson, Library of Congress Blogs, December 15, 2023
'No longer are we denying': Dallas Honors Lynching Victim with Marker along the Trinity River, KERA News, November 6, 2023
Dallas Adds Historical Marker to Remember Another Lynching Victim, WFAA, November 5, 2023
Plaque Unveiled to Memorialize Lynching Site on Dallas's Trinity River, NBC DFW, November 4, 2023
Martyr's Park memorial will commemorate victims of racist lynching in Dallas, Dallas Morning News, October 29, 2023
New Dallas Monument for 1884 Lynching Planned, NBC DFW, August 24, 2023
Site of Dallas' 1910 lynching recognized by state 113 years later, Dallas Morning News, July 27, 2023
A Dallas mob lynched a Black man 113 years ago. A new plaque marks where the tragedy started, KERA News, July 27, 2023
'Negligent and irresponsible': Calls grow to investigate Allen shooting as a hate crime, KERA News, May 16, 2023
Dallas Asian American Historical Society hosts vigil honoring victims of Allen outlet mall shooting, CBS News Texas, May 15, 2023
Tenth Street Residents and Preservationists Work to Prevent Its Disappearance, Dallas Magazine, April 21, 2023
Dallas to honor lynching victim as it confronts past racial violence at the Trinity River, Dallas Morning News, March 21, 2023
2023 Community Collections Grant Recipient: Remembering Black Dallas, Library of Congress Blogs, March 1, 2023
City Council Proclamation in Memoriam of Dr. George Elvin Keaton, Jr., City Council Meeting, February 22, 2023
AHT Faculty Reflects on Recent Passing of Fellow Dallas Historian and Social Justice Warrior, UTD School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology News, January 26, 2023

2022

QUIT PLAYIN': It's Black History By George!, Texas Metro News, December 15, 2022
To honor Dallas' George Keaton, finish his work on Martyrs Park, Trinity lynching marker, Dallas Morning News, December 13, 2022
Remembering George Keaton Jr., Who Made Sure the History of Black Dallas Wasn't Forgotten, D Magazine, December 9, 2022
Dallas' racist past must be remembered: George Keaton Jr. gently but fiercely insisted on it, Dallas Morning News, December 9, 2022
He Ensured Dallas Doesn't Forget: George Keaton Jr. gently but fiercely insisted that this city's racist past be remembered, Dallas Morning News, December 9, 2022
Dallas historian, community activist George Keaton Jr. dies at 66, Dallas Morning News, December 7, 2022
Nasher Sculpture Center Announces Major Expansion of Nasher Public with Vicki Meek's Urban Historical Reclamation and Recognition, Nasher Sculpture Center, December 5, 2022
Reinventing Dealey Plaza: A new proposal to transform Dealey Plaza, the Triple Underpass and Martyrs Park into a space for memory, reflection and celebration, Dallas Morning News, October 20, 2022
Advocates are fighting to save this historic North Dallas cemetery, KERA News, October 8, 2022
Historic Black cemetery, lost in sea of Far North Dallas apartments, needs City Hall help, Dallas Morning News, September 30, 2022
Born into slavery, Dallas pioneer and his land holdings were lost to history - until now, Dallas Morning News, September 2, 2022
Where is Tenth Street? Inside the historic freedman's town's neighborhood-led plan, Oak Cliff Advocate, March 3, 2022
AARP Texas Bullhorn with Dr George Keaton, AARP Texas Bullhorn, February 22, 2022
REWIND: 1973 theater showing only Black films stunned Oak Cliff, WFAA, February 16, 2022
Community Education Organization Works To Ensure Dallas Never Forgets Its Black History, CBS News Texas, February 9, 2022
Living Above Freedom: Northlake Shopping Center was once a freedmen’s town, Lake Highlands Advocate, January 31, 2022

2021

Allen Brooks, Victim of a 1910 Lynching, Is Remembered in Dallas, New York Times, November 20, 2021
Allen Brooks marker dedication ceremony, Facebook Live, November 20, 2021
‘Huge Step For Dallas’: Allen Brooks’ 1910 Lynching To Finally Be Memorialized With Downtown Marker, Texas Metro News, November 18, 2022
111 years later, a memorial marker is up for a man lynched in downtown Dallas, WFAA, November 20, 2021
Dallas Community Memorializes Allen Brooks with Historical Marker, Equal Justice Initiative, November 20, 2021
Marker to Be Placed at Site of Allen Brooks' Lynching in Downtown Dallas: 1910 Lynching of Allen Brooks has been mostly ignored, NBC DFW, November 19, 2021
Downtown Dallas marker to be unveiled Saturday at Allen Brooks' lynching site, Dallas Morning News, November 16, 2021
What Juneteenth Means to Dallas: A Q & A with Dr. Deborah Hopes of Remembering Black Dallas, D Magazine, June 14, 2021
Who Do We Have ? with Dr. George Keaton, Jr., Dallas PD, April 19, 2021
Remembering Black Dallas: Local Effort Looks To Highlight, Preserve City's Black History, CBS Texas, February 10, 2021
Why Dallas doesn’t have a memorial to victims of racial violence three years after City Council called for one, Dallas Morning News, February 5, 2021
Knights of Elm Street, Jasmine Doltie, Denton Black Film Festival, January 22, 2021

2020

Questions Linger Over 1853 Hanging Of Dallas Slave Jane Elkins Convicted Of Axe Murder, CBS News Texas, November 23, 2020
The First Black Dentist in Texas: Dr. M.C. Cooper was born a slave in Dallas. Now, 91 years after his death, the state is set to recognize his achievements, D Magazine, October 7, 2020
I was just thinking...with Norma Adams Wade and George Keaton, Texas Metro News, September 16, 2020
Crucial Conversations: Race and Racism in Our Community - The Past, Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum, August 21, 2020
Remembering the Victims of Racial Violence (July 24, 1860) | July 23, 2020
Community Conversations: How to Remember Racial Violence Victims, NBC DFW, July 17, 2020
James Byrd Jr. and the Modern-Day Lynching, D Magazine, June 7, 2020
As Protests Continue, Scholars Weigh In on How We Reached This Point In America, NBC DFW, June 3, 2020
The Walking Tours Tracing Dallas’s Forgotten Black History, Texas Monthly, February 26, 2020
Dallas To Memorialize Lynching Victims With New Public Artwork, KERA Art & Seek, January 16, 2020

2019

#10 Dr. Keaton - Freeways, Riley Holloway, August 22, 2019
Frederick Douglass speech raises question: Should African-Americans celebrate the Fourth of July?, Dallas Morning News, July 2, 2019
Dr. George Keaton: Remembering Black Dallas, Dallas Doing Good, April 19, 2019
Dr. George Keaton, Ed Gray Commish Radio Show, January 12, 2019

2018

The Anderson Bonner Endowment Namesake will be Honored with a Dallas Tour, Prairie View A & M University News, September 7, 2018
Tour will honor formerly enslaved man who became a 'brilliant' Dallas real estate businessman, Dallas Morning News, September 4, 2018
Ep 91: Dallas Series: The "History of Dallas" Edition, WeTalkDifferent, July 10, 2018
Freedman's Towns of Dallas/Fort Worth, The Dallas Examiner, June 25, 2018

2017

It's time to unearth the layers of black history hidden beneath North Dallas concrete, Dallas Morning News, November 17, 2017
If Dallas hates erasing history so much, why doesn't anyone know about park honoring three slaves who were hanged?, Dallas Morning News, October 6, 2017
From slavery to lynchings to fancy china, the Turner family history is Dallas' history, Dallas Morning News, September 27, 2017
Neighborhoods We Called Home, The Dallas Examiner, September 18, 2017

2016

The Trailblazing Life of J.L. Turner Sr., One of Texas' First Black Attorneys, Dallas Observer, March 22, 2016 (*also see JL Turner Sr. Papers (SMU Library Digital Collection))
Remembering Black Dallas, North Dallas Gazette, February 18, 2016