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Riley Andrew Ransom Sr. (1886-1951)
Dr. Riley Andrew Ransom Sr., the founder of the first hospital for African Americans in Fort Worth, Texas, was born...
November 12th, 2012
Mansfield (Texas) School Desegregation Incident (1955-1965)
The desegregation of public schools in Mansfield, Texas was one of the most contentious in the state and eventually garnered...
February 20th, 2013
Hazel Harvey Peace (1903-2008)
Fort Worth educator Hazel Bernice Harvey Peace was born on August 4, 1903, in Waco, Texas, to Allen H. and...
September 14th, 2013
Steve Harvey (1957- )
Steve Harvey is a media conglomerate personified in a man whose career began doing stand-up comedy in the mid-1980s. His...
November 14th, 2013
Calvin Littlejohn (1909-1993)
Calvin Littlejohn was an African American photographer in Fort Worth, Texas, who documented the Black community for more than forty...
November 21st, 2013
Reby Cary (1920-2018)
Reby Cary, educator, community activist, politician, entrepreneur and World War II veteran, was born on September 9, 1920, in Fort...
September 15th, 2019