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The Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum is a museum in Fort Worth, Texas that focuses on the history of African Americans in Tarrant County and throughout Texas. [1] It is named for Lenora Rolla who initially raised money to purchase the building and start the museum in 1979. [ 2 ]
The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum was founded February 1, 2001, by Jim and Gloria Austin of Fort Worth, Texas. Their objective was to recognize the individual contributions of many groups from the Western Frontier. Included in these groups are people of Hispanic, Native American, European, Asian, and African descent.
Butler Place Historic District is a 42-acre area east of the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas. From about 1940-2020, it was a public housing development with 412 units. The site is now to be dedicated to a new purpose, perhaps a museum focused on African Americans in Fort Worth's history. [2] [3]
The South Dallas Cultural Center places a heavy emphasis on supporting and displaying blacks in the performing, literary, and visual arts. In Fort Worth, The Lenora Roll Heritage Center Museum and National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum houses history highlighting African-American culture primarily in the North Texas region. [35]
The museum’s Confederate and Union military artifacts, valued at $3 million when the $1.5 million building opened in 2004, are now worth $20 million-$25 million and “may be the biggest private ...
He fought Native Americans at the Battle of Village Creek near Fort Worth
An example of an African American museum: The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum. Woodson was the founder of Black History Month, and a noted educator. This is a list of museums in the United States whose primary focus is on African American culture and history. Such museums are commonly known as African American museums ...
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