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Lost, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings
Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional 4001 Library Ln, Fort Worth, TX, United StatesFor 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... Read more »
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I. M. Terrell: How a Handful of Graduates from One Black High School Changed Music History
Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional 4001 Library Ln, Fort Worth, TX, United StatesIn 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... Read more »
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The Lady Was a Doctor: Fort Worth Medical School, 1894-1918
Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional 4001 Library Ln, Fort Worth, TX, United StatesIn honor of Women’s History Month, we welcome local historian Ruth Hosey Karbach to discuss the trailblazing women who studied and practiced medicine Fort Worth in late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Opened in 1894, the Fort Worth Medical School, once a part of Texas Christian University, admitted women from its inception. Over its twenty-four... Read more »