Reflections of Dallas Past: Growing up separate but ‘equal’

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – It is my pleasure to recall memories of living and growing up in Dallas, a city that has also experienced needed growth and change over the years. I have lived in areas north, south and east of downtown Dallas and been inspired by many people, events and occurrences throughout my lifetime in this great city. I was privileged to be born at the Pinkston Clinic, a hospital established in the 1927 by Dr. L. G. Pinkston and built in the State Thomas area. This hospital was so needed, because other hospitals did not accept Black people as patients, because of segregation. Segregation is the act of separating people because of their race and was the law in the United States at the time. Related Stories My parents lived in the State Thomas neighborhood in the 1940s. This is the community founded after the Civil War period by a group of newly freed slaves. They developed and created an area where the freed slaves lived in harmony and encouraged each other. We lived in the newly built Roseland Homes, public housing built for Black Americans in the 1940s. This housing development was so needed for...