For more than 30 years, Juanita J. Craft was a trailblazing leader and passionate advocate for the Black community in Dallas. Until her death in 1985, she was a vocal fighter for civil rights and led the charge to desegregate the Texas State Fair. She d...
series and discussed her house, which over the years hosted an array of notable civil rights figures including Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr. and former President Lyndon Johnson. The article outlined just how proactive and productive Craft was in mobilizing a segment of the population that was still developing a voice, one that was constantly being stifled.
“She was a high-ranking figure in the local NAACP, joining in 1935 and remaining an active member until her death 50 years later. She helped establish 182 NAACP chapters across the state," the article read.
With the restoration out of the way, Candace Thompson, director of the Friends of Juanita Craft Civil Rights House and Museum, takes a cue from Craft by forging ahead with a tremendous amount of hope. “We look forward to sustaining this house with viable programming inspiring new community leaders for positive change and ultimately establishing the house as a stop on the Civil Rights Trail,” Thompson said in the release. “We exist to make Ms.
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