The African American Museum, Dallas bring to life that community that was lost to concrete.
, at the African American Museum, Dallas try to bring to life that community that was lost to concrete. Both exhibitions are on view at the Fair Park museum through May 30., chronicling the development and demise of North Central Avenue, in the area known as Central Track or Stringtown, which connects Deep Ellum to what was known as Freedman Town after the Civil War. It is now known as Uptown.
“The lifeblood of Deep Ellum was in part this neighborhood, this community that grew up along Central Track, Central Avenue, North Central Avenue,” Govenar said. “It’s basically about how wealthier people in Dallas, because of Juneteenth and the fact that their maids were not able to work for them, had to pull together to provide for themselves. So, this is about what are people to do in maid-less Dallas while African Americans are celebrating Juneteenth,” Govenar said.Articles from newspapers reflect racist perspectives and show what life was like in Deep Ellum for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s.
“They were taken early in the morning and that has a monumental and quietness and that distinguishes his landscapes from those that are traditional photographs,” Collins said. “These landscapes represent the beauty of East Texas and the lives of African Americans.”
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