A plot of land in West Dallas, once the childhood home of Clyde Barrow, is being prepped to be converted into a car wash, with plans to have a replica of an old Bonnie and Clyde car and a plaque telling people that this is where the home used to be.
Author Archives: Brenda Hernandez
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How historic J.J. Rhoads elementary school became South Dallas’ resource center for DISD families
The Resource Center South, opened in January 2024, provides resources such as food, mental health, recreational activities, and job training for families in the South Dallas community, with an emphasis on supporting families with children in DISD schools.
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TREC’s First Mill City Revitalization Project Gives Zan Wesley Holmes Outreach Center Its Own Building
The former St. Luke Community United Methodist Church building is under renovation. Volunteers have removed the debris that accumulated over time as the building sat vacant, and work should finish by March 2025, so the Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Community Outreach Center can move in. Photo by Brenda Hernandez In a sense, the Zan Wesley […]
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Driving Unlicensed? Here’s a Free Fix
The South Dallas Driving Academy welcomes its newest students in November at the Dallas College Workforce Center. Photo by Brenda Hernandez South Dallas native Norvel Dumas, 27, had been driving without a license for about a decade. He’d racked up hundreds of dollars in tickets and fines. But all of that is in his rearview […]
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Civil Rights icon Juanita Craft honored with long-awaited headstone
A group of Dallas residents took a Freedom Ride to Austin to unveil a headstone for Civil Rights activist Juanita Craft, who had been without a marker for many years.