Juneteenth at Old City Park

Juneteenth at Old City Park

The Meaning of Juneteenth
Emancipation in Texas

NEXT MONDAY, June 12th, 2023
Soul Food Dinner at 5:30pm
Program starts at 6:00pm
Mr. Donald Payton and Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney

Mr. Donald Payton is a lifelong Dallasite whose ancestors were brought to Texas with the Miller family and built Millermore, the plantation house which stands today at Old City Park. Mr. Payton will be discussing the early Black history of Dallas, using his own family’s experience to illustrate that history, from the arrival of the first enslaved Black settlers in the 1840s, through the Civil War to Emancipation in 1865; the tumultuous decade of Reconstruction; and the birth of Jim Crow in 1877.

Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney is Professor Emeritus of History at UT-Arlington—where he served as History Department Chair, and Director of the Center for African American Studies (CAAS)—and Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas African American Museum. Dr. Dulaney will be explaining the national context for emancipation in his presentation ‘The Road To Juneteenth,’ tracking emancipation from the Lincoln White House to Galveston, and across Texas to Dallas.

Location
Old City Park
1600 S Harwood
Dallas, Texas