Juanita Craft was born Juanita Jewell Shanks on February 9th, 1902, in Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas. She was the only child to David and Eliza (Balfour) Shanks. David was a high school principal and Eliza was a teacher and seamstress.…
On December 25, 1915, Henry Johnson was on his way home from his job at a Dallas post office annex when he was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest. The shooter was Special Officer John C. Cason. At the time of his death, Johnson was…
Picture this: Dallas, early 1980s. A woman flees her abusive home. With nowhere to go and few resources available to her, she lives in her Suburban and feeds her children through frequent visits to the Stew Pot, a soup kitchen downtown. Father…
Alley’s House opened in 1997 with the goal of making a positive generational, economic, and social impact for teen mothers. Alley’s House is a nonprofit organization that offers multiple holistic resources to teen mothers looking to transform…
At about 1:00 pm on May 6th, 1980, two armed black women entered Fine Furs by Rubin on Northwest Highway in north Dallas. They demanded that the store’s proprietors, Rubin and Ala Danziger, hand over their stock of furs. One of the women shot Mr.…
Have you ever wondered where you could get help if you were an immigrant who suffered a human rights abuse? Or how you would go about getting legal help for such a situation? These are very real questions for many of the immigrants who have fled to…
In October of 2018, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Dallas announced that it would soon launch its Academic Coaching Program to narrow the gap in academic services for high school age refugee youths.[1] An organization founded to provide…
Arrested and accused of attempted rape of his employer’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Allen Brooks was hidden in area jails by Sheriff Arthur L. Ledbetter to protect Brooks from vigilante violence. On the morning of his arraignment a large…
Jordan Edwards, 15-year-old Mesquite High School freshman and Honor Roll student, attended a house party in Balch Springs, a Dallas suburb, with his two brothers, both 17, and two friends. It was Saturday, 29 April 2017. A police officer…
Nonie Mahoney was a Dallas-area activist and leader within the woman suffrage movement during the early part of the 20th century. She was instrumental in securing support for a Texas primary woman suffrage bill signed into law by Governor William P.…
