Heart House Dallas is a non-profit organization in Park Lane, Dallas that serves children who are either low-income, refugees, or immigrants. Heart House offers a safe space for allowing children to learn, talk about experiences with children…
In summer 2023, Dallas County switched their county criminal database to the new Odyssey system. This has been a difficult transition and has led to a lower quality of life for Dallas County inmates. Wait times have been prolonged and inaccurate…
Human trafficking is a human rights violation that occurs all around the world. Trafficking comes in different forms, such as sex and labor exploitation. Texas is a hub for this abuse, ranking second in the United States in the number of…
Transgender Hate Crime at Dallas Car Wash
By Natasha Richtermeyer
On April 24, 2021, Tiffany Thomas was found dead outside of a car wash on American Way in the Red Bird area of Dallas, Texas.[1] Thomas was killed by a gunshot wound, though the person…
On July 8, 1860, a fire broke out destroying much of the downtown section of Dallas. The New York Times described the fire as “one of the most terrible conflagrations it has of late been our fortune to record.” The fire began in W. W. Peak &…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On August 4th, 1965, Bert Moore, a then-SMU Student Senate Vice President sent a letter to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. asking him to visit the campus and give a speech on the Civil Rights Movement. According to…
The Bluitt Sanitarium was located on 504 Commerce Street in Dallas in the Dallas Central Business District.[1] It was constructed in 1904 which became the first medical clinic in Dallas which was available for African Americans. Dr.Benjamin…
On April 8, 2022, the national spotlight was brought to the human rights issue of human trafficking in Dallas after a North Richland Hills 15-year-old girl was abducted from the American Airlines Center. The 15-year-old girl's father told police of…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a grassroots organization founded in 1994 with a mission to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America.[1] Since 9/11 and the subsequent exponential growth in hate crimes…
Kathlyn Joy Gilliam was born October 16, 1930 in Campbell, Texas. As a young girl in the early 1940s, her family moved to Dallas. Kathlyn graduated from Lincoln High School in 1948, and inspired by her own mother’s civic engagement, became…
