History
These librarians won’t let America’s fever hit Fahrenheit 451
| March 20, 2025
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A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle.
Black History Month explained: Its origins, celebrations and myths
| February 4, 2025
Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month, a celebration of Black history, culture, and education.
Why are the Dallas Cowboys NFL’s most valuable team even with a 30-year Super Bowl drought?
| January 29, 2025
The world sure looked a lot different the last time the Dallas Cowboys hosted the Lombardi Trophy in 1995. How are they still such a popular franchise?
6 significant Texas sites connected to the Underground Railroad
| January 27, 2025
While many enslaved people headed north to Canada, an alternate path sought freedom via a different route, traveling through Texas and into Mexico.
The 12 oldest buildings in Dallas-Fort Worth
| January 6, 2025
The Dallas-Fort Worth area has nearly 200 years worth of history—and architecture—to draw from. Which early buildings are still intact today?