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Documents the July 6, 2024 unveiling of five augmented reality monuments in Dallas’s Tenth Street Historic District, part of the Nasher Public: Urban Historical Reclamation and Recognition project led by artist Vicki Meek. These virtual monuments honor and preserve the legacy of Tenth Street Freedman’s Town, created through a year-long collaboration with local artists and community members. Collec

Speeches at the July 6, 2024 unveiling of five augmented reality monuments in Dallas’s Tenth Street Historic District, part of the Nasher Public: Urban Historical Reclamation and Recognition project led by artist Vicki Meek. These virtual monuments honor and preserve the legacy of Tenth Street Freedman’s Town, created through a year-long collaboration with local artists and community members. Coll

Captures the "Sustaining & Preserving Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District" event, a community-centered gathering dedicated to celebrating and preserving the legacy of Dallas’s Tenth Street Historic District. Inspired by the tradition of a quilting bee, the event encouraged participants to collaboratively weave together the district’s rich history while envisioning a vibrant future as a

These items document a series of house fires on Boswell Street within the Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District, recorded on January 27, 2023. The incident underscores ongoing concerns about property vulnerability and safety in Dallas’s historic Black neighborhoods, as well as the preservation challenges facing the Tenth Street community.

Provides a snapshot of the Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District and The Bottom in Dallas, Texas, as they appeared in August 2023. Through videos, this documentation captures the remaining structures, streetscapes, and landmarks, showcasing the resilience of these historic neighborhoods amid challenges like development pressures, city-led demolitions under the 3000-square-foot rule, disin

Peggy Cox, Ruthie Biddle, and Patricia Cox, lifelong residents of the Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District in Dallas, Texas, recount their family’s migration from Rosebud in the 1940s and their experiences growing up in a close-knit Black community. They describe the impact of Interstate 35’s construction, which divided the neighborhood, as well as the effects of gentrification and urban

Robert Swann details his discovery and preservation efforts in Dallas’s Tenth Street Historic District, which began with his purchase of a home at 1121 East 10th Street in 2008. His seven-year journey to clear the property title led him to deeper research, uncovering that his neighbor’s house at 1119 East 10th Street was the site of a 1937 Federal Writers' Project interview with Mose Hursey, linki

Shaun Montgomery, a Tenth Street Historic District descendant and resident, recounts growing up in Dallas’s Oak Cliff Freedmen’s Town area, recalling community experiences like attending N.W. Harllee Elementary School and Greater El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. Reflecting on the legacy of local landmarks such as Simpson's Grocery, Black & Clark Funeral Home, and Sims Cleaners, she discusses t

From December 2022 to February 2023, the Tenth Street Historic Freedmen's Town District experienced eight home fires, which went unreported in local news. In response, the Tenth Street Residential Association and RAYO Planning organized the S.O.S: Save Our Structures Press Conference, which brought attention to the fires on March 7, 2023. Tameshia Rudd-Ridge, Tenth Street descendant and co-founder

In his "House Divided" speech, Abraham Lincoln accused Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Senator Stephen Douglas of a conspiracy to perpetuate slavery in the United States. According to Lincoln, this conspiracy took form in the 1857 Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, which excluded African Americans from U.S. citizenship. Kluge Fellow Rachel Sh

Bayard Rustin, chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

PBS NewsHour video segment (June 2022) in which community organizers discuss how Juneteenth should be commemorated — balancing celebration with education and historical reflection on its meaning as a federal holiday.

Official video of the January 21, 2013 public inauguration ceremony.

The six-year-old who desegregated a New Orleans school in 1960.

The December 4, 1969 police-FBI raid on the Chicago Panther leader.

Birmingham schoolchildren marching against segregation, May 1963.

Rosa Parks' lifelong activism beyond the 1955 bus boycott.

The earliest surviving feature directed by a Black American — free to stream.