Wednesday, April 24, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Texana Room, 
DeGolyer Library, SMU:  

"'The Fight is On!': One Woman's Battle to End Segregation in Dallas, Texas, 1945-1955"

By Yvonne Davis Frear, Texas A & M University

Juanita Craft

During the civil rights movement, many African American women helped put an end to segregation in the United States.  In Dallas, Juanita Craft forced the public to see how the inhumanity of segregation.  A grassroots civil rights activist, Craft was a leader in the Youth Council of the NAACP's Dallas Chapter.  Ms. Frear will discuss Craft's public career and her influence in desegregating Dallas's public accommodations.