I don't know what those white people in this country feel,

but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children on some idealism which you assure me

in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome back to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource, and challenge

white people about black history.

I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host Katina and

Garan. And we're also joined once again by Adam Griffin, who is a pastor at Eastside Community

Church in East Dallas and has an educational background studying the historical context of racial

division in Dallas. Today's topic is Hamilton Park. So we continue our drive in Dallas and Adam takes us

around Hamilton Park, one of Dallas's planned black communities. You share some history about the

neighborhood and we dive into its origin story. While we were driving, we saw a sign that said

93rd birthday. So we had to stop and ask some questions, and you'll hear from

some current residents and the enlightening conversation we had with them. So it'll jump around

a little bit, but we just hope you enjoy the discussion. Okay, so this, you'll look on the left.

You see the dart station, which they don't like to put in nice neighborhoods.

But here on the right is Hamilton Park, and this is the one entry into Hamilton Park.

These houses were brand new in the 50s, and people took a ton of pride in this neighborhood, because this was considered like their space.

This was, there's still a lot of original owners.

We have some members at our church who live here, who've lived here since the mid-50s.

Black members?

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