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9 unusual facts about south Dallas


Arbella Ewing

Ewing, the fourth of 12 children, grew up in Streetman, Texas, and married Frank Ewing in 1915, after which she moved to South Dallas.

Arthello Beck

The decision met with controversy on both sides, as proponents felt that a gallery within the building was not a sufficiently prominent honor, while others argued that the center's current name brings honor to a section of town that is often maligned and that a majority of the petition's signers lived outside the South Dallas area.

Big Tuck

He grew up in Queen City, in South Dallas, where he attended Lincoln High School, and studied music at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Bonton, Dallas

Bonton is a historically African American neighborhood in South Dallas, Texas.

Demographics of Dallas

The southern and southeastern areas of the city, especially Pleasant Grove and South Dallas, are predominately black.

Duncanville Independent School District

This can be due to the Hispanics moving in from areas such as Oak Cliff and South Dallas, and African Americans moving to areas such as Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and to a lesser extent, Midlothian.

John Henry Brown

Brown Street, in Dallas's Oak Lawn neighborhood, was named for him, as was a public school: in 1912, the Dallas Independent School District opened John Henry Brown School, an elementary school, in South Dallas.

Life School

Dr. Tom Wilson founded the system in 1998 to serve pupils in South Dallas.

Stephen Broden

Broden advocates in the Fair Park and South Dallas areas for economic opportunity, improved access to education, and against abortion.


Government of Dallas

The Jack Evans Police Headquarters building is located in the Cedars, a south Dallas neighborhood adjacent to downtown.


see also

Community court

Downtown Austin Community Court (opened in October 1999); South Dallas/Fair Park Community Court (opened in October 2004); West Dallas Community Court (opened November 2008); San Antonio Community Court (opened in May 2006); Seattle Community Court (opened in March 2005).

Sidney A. Fitzwater

Fitzwater's nomination sparked controversy in part because of allegations raised at his confirmation hearing about alleged voter intimidation in African-American neighborhoods in south Dallas, Texas during the unsuccessful 1982 re-election campaign of Texas Gov. Bill Clements.