In October 1965, 12-year-old Patricia Perez and her brother landed at Love Field, sent from New York City to live with their aunt and uncle in South Dallas. The transition was rough for the kids, but ...

DALLAS — The Juanita Craft Civil Rights House and Museum in South Dallas is preparing to reopen to the public. Museum organizers and partners spent the past few years working on renovations and a new ...

Many household names from the civil rights movement stopped by the home of Juanita Craft, including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and former President Lyndon Johnson. Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer ...

For more than 30 years, Juanita J. Craft was a trailblazing leader and passionate advocate for the Black community in Dallas. Until her death in 1985, she was a vocal fighter for civil rights and led ...

It’s been almost 38 years since civil rights leader Juanita Craft died and left her home to the city of Dallas as a remembrance of the struggle for equality and dignity of Black people in our city.

DALLAS — There is a new community tribute tonight for a Dallas civil rights icon, Juanita Jewel Craft. Craft was the first black woman to vote in a public election in Dallas County and later served ...

Juanita Craft was born in Round Rock as the granddaughter of former slaves and the daughter of schoolteachers. When her mother died of tuberculosis in 1918 after being denied care at a Whites-only ...