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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... 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... Read more »
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Making History Come Alive: WBAP-TV Archives Project
Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional 4001 Library Ln, Fort Worth, TX, United StatesDallas-Fort Worth residents are familiar with KXAS, or Channel 5, but they may not realize that it signed on the air in 1948 as WBAP-TV, the first television news station in Texas. In fact, it pioneered many broadcast techniques in Texas and the Southwest, including the local newscast, professional weather reporting, all-color news film, and... Read more »