Arlington is a city in the U.S. state of Texas,located in Tarrant County. It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area,and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a population of 394,266 in 2020,making it the second-largest city in the county,after Fort Worth,and the third-largest city in the metropolitan area,after Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington is the 50th-most populous city in the United States,the seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas,and the largest city in the state that is not a county seat.
Denton is a city in and the county seat of Denton County,Texas,United States. With a population of 139,869 as of 2020,it is the 27th-most populous city in Texas,the 197th-most populous city in the United States,and the 12th-most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census,the city had a total population of 119,469. Richardson is an inner suburb of the city of Dallas.
Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas,Tarrant,and Ellis counties of Texas,United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It had a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census,making it the fifteenth most populous city in the state. Remaining the 15th-most populous city in Texas,the 2020 census reported a population of 196,100.
Lewisville is a city in the U.S. state of Texas,predominantly within Denton County with a small part lying within Dallas County. As a suburban community within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex,the 2020 census tabulated a population of 111,822.
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex,officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget,is a metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas encompassing 11 counties. Its core cities are Dallas and Fort Worth. It is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas. Residents of the area also refer to it as DFW,or the Metroplex. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area's population was 7,637,387 according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 census,making it the most populous metropolitan area in both Texas and the Southern United States,the fourth-largest in the U.S.,and the tenth-largest in the Americas. In 2016,the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex had the highest annual population growth in the United States.
Juanita Craft was an American activist and politician. Craft was an activist in the civil rights movement and also served as a member of the Dallas City Council in Texas.
Ruthe Lewin Winegarten was an American author,activist,and historian.
Lakewood is a neighborhood in East Dallas,Texas (USA). It is adjacent to White Rock Lake and Northeast of Downtown Dallas. Lakewood is bound by Mockingbird Lane to the north,Abrams Road to the west,Gaston Avenue to the south,and White Rock Lake to the east.
Prairie View A&M University is a public historically black land-grant university in Prairie View,Texas. Founded in 1876,it is one of Texas's two land-grant universities and the second oldest public institution of higher learning in the state. It offers baccalaureate degrees in 50 academic majors,37 master's degrees and four doctoral degree programs through eight colleges and the School of Architecture. PVAMU is the largest HBCU in the state of Texas and the third largest HBCU in the United States. PVAMU is a member of the Texas A&M University System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
The Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex or Grand Prairie AFRC is a former United States Navy Naval Air Station located on Mountain Creek Lake in southwest Dallas. The installation was established as an Army aviation center,and eventually became home to aviation assets from all the military services.
South Grand Prairie High School (SGPHS) is a public high school in the city of Grand Prairie,Texas,United States. It is part of the 36-campus Grand Prairie Independent School District.
Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. Per the 2020 United States census,the population was 49,148. Cedar Hill is a suburb of the city of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area,which includes the nearby cities of DeSoto,Duncanville,and Lancaster.
Guadalupe Huerta was a Hispanic activist and lobbyist. She worked as an Arizona lobbyist for the elderly in Washington during the Clinton administration. She is also responsible for providing government housing for seniors and people with disabilities. She received numerous community service awards,including the Jefferson Award for Public Service,and the Hon Kachina Award.
Anita Nanez Martinez is the first Mexican-American member of the City Council of Dallas,Texas. Elected in 1969,she served the City Council for four years and continues to promote Hispanic pride and knowledge in youth throughout the United States,most notably through the Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico.
Laura Gibbs Maczka Jordan was the Mayor of Richardson,Texas from 2013 to 2015. She had previously become the first woman elected to the post of Mayor Pro Tem in the city's 57-year history as a home rule city. Maczka was initially elected to the Richardson City Council,Place 4 in May 2011 as a Republican,defeating Democrat Karl Voigtsberger by 74.97% to 25.03%. She is believed to be only the 6th woman elected to the city council in the last 40 years.
Ada Belle Dement was an American educator and clubwoman. In 1941,she became president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC).
Emerson Emory was an American internist and psychiatrist from Dallas,Texas. Aspiring to be a doctor from an early age,he attended Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College before serving in the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army during World War II. After studying at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Meharry Medical College in Nashville,Tennessee,Emory conducted his residency at St. Paul's Hospital,which was the first major hospital in Dallas to grant staff privileges to African American doctors.
Ursula Joyce Yerwood was the first female African American physician in Fairfield County,Connecticut,and founder of the Yerwood Center,the first community center for African Americans in Stamford,Connecticut.
Frederica Chase Dodd was an American educator,social worker,and clubwoman,one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta.
