Arlington is a city in Tarrant County,Texas,United States. It is 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 the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Denton County. With a population of 139,869 as of 2020,it is the 20th-most populous city in Texas,the 177th-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 the U.S. state of Texas,located in Dallas,Tarrant,and Ellis counties. 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,located in Denton County with portions extending into Dallas County. As one of the Mid-Cities within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex,the 2020 census reported a population of 111,822.
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.
Annette Louise Greenfield Strauss was an American philanthropist and politician who served as the 54th mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas,Texas is named in honor of her. She was the second female mayor and the second Jewish mayor of Dallas. She was also the first woman elected to the post in her own right;Harrison served as a caretaker for the last months of Wes Wise's term after Wise resigned to run for Congress.
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.
Jeannie Deakyne is an Arlington,Texas,champion for education and access,community builder,and combat veteran. As of 2020 she serves as the vice president of operations for the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation in Arlington,Texas. She is an active member in the National and Texas Societies of the Daughters of the American Revolution,Alumni of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority,and Arlington Council of PTAs leader.
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.
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.
Ada Belle Dement was an American educator and clubwoman. In 1941,she became president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC).
The Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas,commonly referred to as the Yellow Rose of Texas,is an honorary commission conferred by the Governor of Texas to Texas women for exceptional community service.
Hazel Bernice Harvey Peace was an African-American educator,activist,and humanitarian in Fort Worth,Texas. The namesake of an elementary school,municipal building,and library youth center in Fort Worth,Peace overcame racial segregation to provide opportunities for African Americans,youth,and women in Fort Worth,Dallas,and throughout the state of Texas.
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.
Willie Lee Dorothy Campbell Glass was an African-American academic,consultant,and educator. She was the youngest graduate and first black woman to receive a master’s degree in home economics at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,now known as Iowa State University. The city of Tyler,Texas,named a day in her honor.
