This Fort Worth motel served Black guests during Jim Crow. Its future is now in question
Fort Worth Police Department was called to better diversify its staff. How has it done?
It’s a ghost town today, but here’s why Butler Place is viewed as a gem for Fort Worth
Community gathers to bless former Fort Worth Ku Klux Klan building for this new mission
Objection to how a mural shows Black people led to this plan to educate, interpret
As Fort Worth grows, residents in these neighborhoods are at risk of being priced out
Fraternity’s plan sees rundown school as spark for historically Black area of Fort Worth
Fort Worth’s maternal, infant mortality rates are alarming. Will this plan save lives?
Forgotten cowboys: The cost of rent is forcing a major decision on this Fort Worth museum
Fort Worth art space reopens with exhibit focusing on the childhood experience
Blackface and rebel flags flourished during his tenure. Should UT Arlington move his bust?
Is environmental racism in Fort Worth? These neighbors say yes, and are fighting back
Fort Worth residents protest industrial development near their neighborhoods
Fort Worth wanted more contracts with minority-, women-owned businesses. How has it done?
Black taxpayers more likely to get IRS audit, study says. Fort Worth group wants action
How Brown Girls Do Ballet went from a photo project to an international support system
Most Texas teachers are white. Most students aren’t. Here’s why that’s a problem
For 120 years, this church has been a faithful presence on the north side of Fort Worth
Here’s how ‘hitting people’ and this Fort Worth boxing program changes kids’ lives
This memorial will recognize the only documented lynching of a Black person in Fort Worth
This Fort Worth lawyer blazed Texas legal trails. Now a children’s book shares his legacy
Here’s why the National Juneteenth Museum belongs in Historic Southside, planners say
Fort Worth’s last motel that served Black guests during Jim Crow will be demolished
Nazi flyers in Fort Worth neighborhood stir outrage: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’
A woman finds her father’s Holocaust story in the Fort Worth History Center’s exhibit
This plaza has been the launchpad for Black entrepreneurs in Fort Worth for decades
Fort Worth is on track to finish a park. Mosier Valley residents have waited 10 years
2 Tarrant school districts accused of blocking election of Black, Hispanic board members
‘It’s amazing’: Opal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, is getting a new home for only $10
Can this $148.8M study provide answers to the racial disparity of Alzheimer’s disease?
Here’s a new gallery for Black and brown artists in Fort Worth, minus commercialization
Chávez, Huerta fought for farm worker rights. Here’s how Fort Worth will celebrate them.
‘It’s a monstrosity.’ Will this eyesore in a Fort Worth neighborhood finally come down?
Texas had more white supremacist incidents last year than most of the US. Why?
‘Robbed of their childhood’ by trauma, these kids get help instead of juvenile detention
‘You can’t say that to a woman in 2024’: Tarrant judge’s words called racist, misogynistic
Racial equity focus puts juvenile program in Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare’s crosshairs
They live 6,300 miles from their island home. This week, a bit of home came to them in DFW
‘Left behind’ by the city, these Fort Worth neighborhoods now have reason to hope
They had to check ‘white,’ ‘Black’ or ‘other.’ Now they have a new Census category
Objections raised to removal of diversity subcontract for Fort Worth trash collection
As Fort Worth redevelops its oldest public housing complex, residents look back fondly
These men want to improve their community and Fort Worth. Here’s how they’re doing it
Who are the Heroines of Jericho? And why is their Fort Worth headquarters endangered?
After years of preservation efforts, Butler Place gets a historic city designation.
‘A thriving community.’ This west Fort Worth neighborhood named best in the country
85 years ago, a racist mob targeted Opal Lee’s home. Her new home is a symbol of community
‘We were here before Fort Worth’: A struggle to preserve historic Black settlements
‘The foundation of this community’: A historical dedication at Lake Como Cemetery
As development booms nearby, how does Fort Worth’s Historic Northside retain its identity?
See how the shell of an old bus tells the story of the civil rights movement in Fort Worth
Tarrant County cuts ties with juvenile offender program over concerns about ‘hot topics’
More than a thrift store: Owners focus on community, sustainability, Indigenous people
Alarms raised over canceled support network for kids in Tarrant juvenile justice system
‘Defending us for these freedoms’: Tuskegee Airmen honored in Fort Worth for their courage
New high school in Fort Worth welcomes adults from all walks of life. Here’s what it offers
Tarrant meeting ends as judges walk before public comments on juvenile offender program
New Texas rules on changes to IDs, birth certificates put people in danger, critics say
Southside had $370,500 to renovate its community center. Now, the money is going elsewhere
Gov. Abbott pushes for adult high school education during visit to Fort Worth
Removal of historic designation was supposed to help development in Stop Six. Has it?
Canceled. Tarrant County College said this Hispanic Heritage Month event might violate law
‘I want to answer for that crime.’ Descendants of slave and her owner reconcile in Keller
$25 million has been pumped into Fort Worth businesses, many underserved. Here’s how
This trailblazing coach is bringing golf and its life lessons to Fort Worth’s south side
Born out of the love for music, this Mansfield orchestra has become a melting pot
A Tarrant County clinic has provided relief for low-income residents for decades
A Fort Worth woman’s aunt helped create Black Barbie. Now, she’s telling the story for Netflix
10 years ago, she experienced homelessness. Now she owns a home. Here’s how it happened.
‘Home of the Dreams.’ Families experiencing homelessness in Fort Worth have a new option
New doula program uses advocacy to target racial gap in maternal mortality in Fort Worth
Residents get their first look at what will come to the Evans and Rosedale urban village
Canceled by Tarrant County, this advocacy program remakes itself to still help at-risk kids
MHMR will take over support services for juvenile offenders in Tarrant County
Supporters of an at-risk youth program fired by Tarrant County say the move makes no sense
This dilapidated former school building in Fort Worth is one step closer to new life
Black culture and Black storytellers are the focus of this North Texas film festival
JPS launches new tool to help mothers, infants in Tarrant County. More hospitals to follow
Parents, students tell board that splitting Keller ISD would gut resources for many
Fort Worth officials propose moving Southside Community Center to Hazel Harvey Peace Center
A closed meeting causes frustration as parents protest outside Keller ISD building
‘It is going to be a beacon of light.’ City approves National Juneteenth Museum’s new site
‘Job is ours to continue that march.’ Civil rights icon Judge Clifford Davis’ legacy lives on
This Sundance Square exhibit allows Black artists to show off their ‘Sunday’s Best’
‘We stand proudly on their shoulders’: Sorority pays tribute in the fight for equality
Fort Worth leaders decry hate as report finds ‘unprecedented’ levels of antisemitism
Endangered building, part of Fort Worth’s Black history, gets historic designation
‘We need space for joy.’ Fort Worth festival celebrates the influence of Black musicians
Trump administration targets UNT in a federal civil rights investigation. Here’s why.
Asthma discriminates against Black people in Fort Worth. The reasons how are complicated
A new veterans home opened in South Fort Worth to honor the Tuskegee Airmen
A path from hopelessness to empowerment for single women, moms facing hardship
Medal of Honor recipient moves into the Tuskegee Airmen Texas State Veterans Home
The ‘gold standard’ therapy program to keep troubled kids out of jail is now in Tarrant Co.
Vandalism at NAACP and Black church in Fort Worth not racially motivated, police say
‘Your legacy will live on.’ Fort Worth affordable housing property named for Opal Lee
Can $4 million help restore this Fort Worth neighborhood as a clean, kind, safe place?
Act of kindness boosts a blind Arlington student’s confidence in navigating life
Can’t afford to buy a house in Fort Worth? This plan might put a home within reach
‘It’s a dream come true.’ Fort Worth family didn’t give up on home ownership
A new space to help transform the lives of struggling single moms in Fort Worth
Plagued by crime, can this Fort Worth clinic stay on East Lancaster Street?
Some are raising alarms about the potential effects in Texas of Medicaid cuts
How drones, self-driving robots could help with food insecurity in Arlington
"One traffic ticket can trigger years of fines, arrests and debt for some Texans"
"High school market gets $15K grant to help curb hunger in Fort Worth food desert"
"Taking mental health services on the road to help the underserved in Fort Worth"
"Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ recovering after hospitalization in Ohio"
"At 150, this historic Fort Worth church is falling apart. Can it be saved?"
"Fort Worth residents stand against FedEx parking permit request. Will it matter?"
"Dallas Mavericks clean up basketball court for incarcerated Fort Worth youth"
"City Council may cut Fort Worth DEI programs amid threats to federal funding"
"Fort Worth City Council approves FedEx parking permit opposed by residents"
"One of Fort Worth’s oldest Black communities continues to wait for promised park"
Southeast Fort Worth community drives ‘miracle’ Masonic orphanage redevelopment
"This is how a Fort Worth camp helps prepare kids for a trade and for life"
"This Fort Worth riding club keeps legacy, culture of Black cowboys alive"
"Fort Worth City Council ends DEI programs to protect $277M in federal grants"
"Rezoning of land in south Fort Worth opens door for more affordable housing"
"Fort Worth’s oldest African American Baptist church will sell, seek out new home"
"This Fort Worth soul food restaurant is now a national culinary landmark"
"Inside look: Former Fort Worth KKK hall is transforming into center for healing"
"Fort Worth approves $1.5M for memorial honoring only Black man lynched in city"
"Fort Worth killed DEI programs. What becomes of efforts to address disparities?"
"Adults who want to get their high school diploma have new option in Fort Worth"
"Is a concrete plant OK in this area of Fort Worth? Here’s what people are saying"
"City Council denies permit request for concrete batch plant in south Fort Worth"
"She was a trailblazing high school principal. Here’s how Fort Worth honors her"
"These North Texas residents are headed to New York to rally for change in Iran"
"If you find home prices still out of reach in Fort Worth, here’s a new option"
"She inspired generations of Fort Worth students. Now a street sign honors her"
"50 years of dance: Ballet Folklorico Azteca is sacred part of Fort Worth culture"
"Tarrant County approves contract to use youth detention centers in Collin County"
"DFW filmmaker seeks to go beyond Hollywood’s limited portrayal of Latinos"
"‘Keep Austin out of our schools.’ Opponents of state takeover of FWISD speak out"
"Adult high school balances learning with challenges of life. Now it has more space"
"Keith Lee visited this Fort Worth restaurant ahead of Small Business Saturday"
"Redistricting battle in Texas could hinge on this Supreme Court decision"
"TCU leads new collaboration with hospitals to help save pregnant women’s lives"
"Overjoyed: What $250,000 means for kids in this Fort Worth neighborhood"
"‘Terrified’: How a North Texas teen discovered he suffered from a silent killer"
"Fort Worth police launch new unit to improve transparency and accountability"
"Why has Tarrant sent more youth to juvenile prisons? It depends on who you ask"
The Fork Yard, a new community hub on Hemphill St., hits a snag with the city
"This Fort Worth freedmen community wants to preserve its past, control its future"
"Majority of Latinos disapprove of Trump’s policies, Pew Research poll finds"
The New Mitchell Boulevard neighborhood was chosen in October by the Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Department to be the focus in 2026 of the city’s Neighborhood Improvement Program.
The Fort Worth African American Museum and Cultural Center is closer to becoming a reality, as a building has been purchased for the organization to preserve the history, culture and stories of African Americans in the Fort Worth area.
Tarrant County Commissioners are questioning the effectiveness of My Health My Resources in its handling of juvenile services contracts due to the high number of youth sent to state correctional facilities.
The Soul of Fort Worth: Black History Tours will provide two walking tours, one exploring the Historic Southside and another around Sundance Square. The tours will feature the pioneers, buildings, and legacies that have shaped the city’s soul, according to Mason Thompson, founder and CEO of Soul of Fort Worth.
The Beta Tau Lambda chapter and its nonprofit Livingston Community Development Foundation bought the dilapidated R. Vickery School on East Vickery Boulevard to bolster the area held a community meeting to gather input on applying for a grant to clean up the property.
A local lawyer who is running for a district judge seat was removed from a list of court-appointed attorneys by the Tarrant County Juvenile Board. Some say it was driven by politics.
4DaBrothers received a grant from the Crime Control and Prevention District’s Emerging Partners Program to operate crime-prevention programming that benefits Fort Worth residents. The nonprofit organization provides mentoring, financial literacy and mental health and wellness activities for young men ages 16 to 24. Leaders of the group hope to use the grant to further their mission of helping young men who need someone to lean on.
The 400h Gallery, at 400 Houston St. in downtown Fort Worth, will host “Cowboy Noire: Artwork of the Original Cowboy,” a gallery that challenges the erasure of Black people in cowboy culture and reclaims that history.
Lake Como, one of Fort Worth’s oldest Black communities, may become the first neighborhood in the city with a “conservation district” to help preserve its historic character from encroaching development.
A Tarrant commissioner continues to question whether youth offenders in the county’s juvenile system are falling through the cracks with rehabilitation and support services.
Three-time Pro Bowler Tyler Smith of the Dallas Cowboys returned to his alma mater Friday to speak about the importance off mental health and using your support system to pursue your goals.
Jackson, a civil rights activist, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, died Tuesday at 84. His death changed the focus of a Thursday meeting at Tatum’s church, New Mount Rose Baptist Church, in the Morningside neighborhood, where a dozen people attended.
Superintendent Karen Molinar spoke Tuesday at the Fort Worth ISD school board meeting about the district’s plan to reduce the disproportionate number of African American students involved in disciplinary actions.
One of the oldest Black communities in Fort Worth, Mosier Valley, which has waited over a decade for a park to be built at the site of its segregated schoolhouse, will see it come to fruition.
My Health My Resources of Tarrant County has worked to rehabilitate far fewer children in the county’s juvenile justice system than the nonprofit it replaced nearly two years ago, raising questions about use of taxpayer money and a lack of attention to public safety.
The Mansfield Historical Society is working to create a landmark to honor and reflect on the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Mansfield Crisis, when whites prevented Black students from enrolling at Mansfield High School after a federal court ordered it to desegregate.
The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which recently received $250,000 from the Fund for Good grant from the North Texas Community Foundation. It will use the grant for the Historic Northside District Main Street pilot program, which plans to establish an independent commercial district while alleviating residents’ concerns about displacement, housing affordability and preservation.
Judge Maryellen Hicks has spent over 50 years as a lawyer and judge in Texas. Over 40 years ago, she and other Black women lawyers founded the Black Women Lawyers Association. The group will now rename itself the Maryellen Hicks Black Women Lawyers Association in her honor.
The National Urban League announced the launch of its 93rd affiliate in North Texas, the Dallas-Fort Worth Urban League, at a news conference Monday morning at Fort Worth City Club. The organization will provide economic empowerment, educational opportunities, and the guarantee of civil rights for the underserved in counties in and around DFW.
This weekend marks the opening of the Amon Carter Museum of Art exhibit “Black Photojournalism,” which showcases Black photojournalists and their work documenting Black American life over four decades.
Newly uncovered allegations that Cesar Chavez, the farming labor leader, sexually assaulted minors decades ago are prompting cancellations of annual celebrations of his March 31 birthday, which is a federal holiday.
Cesar Chavez’s name will be removed from a major thoroughfare on the north side as sexual allegations have caused cities across the country to distance themselves from the civil rights icon.
Texas’ first Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day was recognized on Thursday at the State Veterans Home named in honor of the first African-American military aviators.
The Fort Worth city council has rescinded part of a resolution that honorarily named a north Fort Worth thoroughfare after now disgraced civil rights icon Cesar Chavez. But some city council members questioned the process that led to the honorary street sign toppers being removed before the council vote.
A new Texas Historical Marker at Fort Worth’s Veterans Memorial Park honors the first Native American code talkers to serve in the U.S. military.
Cesar Chavez’s allegations of sexual abuse have led individuals and communities across the United States and Texas to distance themselves from the civil rights icon, but what he means to many and how to reckon with his legacy afterward is still on the minds of those whom he inspired.
A once-vibrant Hispanic community in west Fort Worth, dismantled by freeway construction, is now on view in an exhibition, called “El TP: Memories of the Past,” in the Northside.
Construction on a long-promised park in Mosier Valley that recognizes a freedmen settlement has come to a halt, as residents say the city encroached on land outside its ownership, extending years of setbacks on the project.
Fort Worth ISD has taken steps to distance itself from the civil rights and labor activist Cesar Chavez, following state and nationwide efforts to remove the holiday named after him and remove his name from buildings.
The Tarrant County Juvenile Board corrected a motion that mistakenly removed a local lawyer from a list of eligible court-appointed attorneys, which sparked a heated discussion between the lawyer and County Judge Tim O’Hare.
The State Board of Education has approved a draft proposal to overhaul the state’s social studies standards. Critics say the new standards will minimize diverse perspectives in how U.S. history is taught.
A group is working to bring a cultural museum to Fort Worth to celebrate its vibrant Latino communities, but first, they asked for a feasibility study to learn how the museum can become a reality.
A local civil rights organization has welcomed the new state-appointed Board of Managers and superintendent for the Fort Worth Independent School District and issued a call for a focus on educational equity.
Texas Democrats say the Supreme Court’s ruling this week regarding Louisiana’s congressional map strips protections of minority voters from discrimination. Republicans say the decision was correct and that the government should be color-blind in how it treats all citizens.
A new report points to Tarrant County as an “extreme outlier” in its pursuit of death sentences in Texas, saying the county has a history of unfairly targeting racial and ethnic minorities in death penalty cases while also frequently overcharging defendants with possible death-sentence crimes to leverage plea bargains.
Faith leaders and community activists expressed their concerns on Thursday afternoon following a report that said Tarrant County unfairly targets racial and ethnic minorities in death penalty cases while also frequently threatening the death sentence to leverage plea bargains.
Fort Worth ISD voted unanimously, nine to zero, to rename a school in order to distance itself from Cesar Chavez, the civil rights and labor activist, amid nationwide efforts to remove the holiday named after him and his name from buildings.
A mix of educators, interfaith leaders and community activists gathered Thursday to protest the reassignment of a newly appointed Fort Worth Independent School district principal who is Muslim.
Aric Dunmore will be one of 75 graduates walking on Saturday, May 30, as part of the inaugural class of the New Heights Adult High School
More affordable housing options are in the pipeline for Fort Worth’s Stop Six neighborhood.
The Community Developers Roundtable supports developers in creating affordable housing, access to capital, and revitalizing underserved neighborhoods in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
Efforts are underway to help document the cultural identity of the Historic Northside District of Fort Worth amid fears of displacement from development.
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, the oldest African American Baptist church in Fort Worth, has closed its building and is seeking a new home while temporarily holding services at a YMCA.
Trinity Habitat for Humanity is working to develop over 100 homes a year across multiple neighborhoods in the Fort Worth area to help drive homeownership and better communities.
Denton destroyed a Black neighborhood 105 years ago. Echoes reverberate today
Community leaders gathered on Tuesday afternoon to provide an update on a lawsuit and continued calls for reinstatement on behalf of a Fort Worth principal who was reassigned after backlash over old social media posts about the Black Lives Matter movement and Sharia law.
The St. John's Cemetery Association was formed in June 2025 and wants to gain permanent access to the cemetery via adjacent land, preserve the cemetery and facilitate research on the St. John’s community. It also wants to identify additional descendants of those buried in the cemetery and of the St. John’s community. The county has tried to act as a facilitator and to help clean up the cemetery, but the association says it has been more of a hindrance than a solution.
Mosier Valley residents voiced their concerns during a community meeting on a long-awaited park that was paused in April because of concerns about boundaries, but construction has since resumed.
A family is looking for answers after they claim their family member is the 80th person to have died in the custody of the Tarrant County Jail since Sheriff Bill Waybourn was elected in 2017.
Parents of a nonprofit that manages two public charter schools in the Fort Worth area are demanding the resignation of the board chair because they say her offensive social media posts are exposing their children to discrimination.
A new federal law is expected to make housing easier to access and more affordable for renters and homebuyers, as prices and population growth continue to rise in Fort Worth.
A Texas law that went into effect July 1 was supposed to give food truck owners a break by eliminating city permits in favor of one that allows them to operate anywhere in the state.
Black voters voiced their priorities and concerns about Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico at a town hall Monday night as part of his campaign tour to build a strong coalition ahead of the November election.
Organizers of project north of downtown Fort Worth have unveiled new images of their concept design as they continue to make progress to transform a former KKK building into a healing center.
The federal Road to Housing Act is expected to make housing easier to access and more affordable for renters and homebuyers as housing affordability has become a challenge across the country. Some say the law's vision is admirable, but it will fall short of making significant changes in affordability.
An initiative to help small business owners secure city contracts has yielded positive results, as Fort Worth city council members continue to seek wider, more diverse participation.
A residential community named after a prominent African-American judge will provide affordable housing opportunities and economic investment in downtown Mansfield.
The oldest African American Baptist church in the city is close to being purchased and repurposed into a performance art center.