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January 2019
Lost, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings
For Bronson Dorsey, Lost, Texas represents the forgotten architectural “reminders of the state’s history, its economic booms and busts, and the hopes and dreams of the people who settled this land.” Join us as he tells the story behind his quest to locate and document structures that fit his description before they disappear forever. Through his skillful photographs, he will illustrate the important factors in the development of six nineteenth-century Texas towns and what led to their decline. After the…
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I. M. Terrell: How a Handful of Graduates from One Black High School Changed Music History
In commemoration of Black History Month, don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the outstanding musical legacy of Fort Worth’s I. M. Terrell High School. Now an academy for STEM and Visual Performing Arts education, I. M Terrell opened in 1882 as the city's first black school during the era of formal racial segregation. Under the leadership of director G. A. Baxter, the music program trained many students who would become influential jazz and rhythm & blues performers of the twentieth…
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