Program Description
Event Details
Diversity in Dallas: Turning Points
Registration: 8:00 A.M.
Conference: 9:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Registration is $35 and includes morning refreshments. Arrive at 8:00 A.M. for breakfast and to browse the vendor area for sales and learn more about local history organizations and special collections including the Dallas History & Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library.
The Dallas Public Library is a proud co-sponsor of this event.
Conference Presentations:
• The South Dallas Good Samaritan Hospital: Documenting Multicultural Links at Inconceivable Moments
by Vanessa Baker
• Un vaso de agua: Water Accessibility in Early Mexican-American Neighborhoods
by Priscilla Escobedo
• J. L. Long: Bringing Dallas Schools into the 20th Century
by Teresa Gibson
• Not Organizing for the Fun of It: Suffrage, War and Dallas Women in 1918
by Melissa Prycer
Special Feature
Panel Discussion on the Historic Lawsuit in 1991 that Resulted in Today’s 14-1 Dallas City Council, chaired by City Archivist John Slate and featuring several participants in the case.