Black Texans, Inc.

Faith at the Fifty at Farrington Field Proudly Presents:  Thursday Night Lights at Farrington Field. Honoring the Legacy of the Prairie View Interscholastic League (PVIL) — 1920–1970 FORT WORTH, TEXAS - On Thursday night, October 22, 2026, at 7:00 PM , the lights will shine once again at historic Farrington Field in Fort Worth, Texas, as Dunbar High School takes on Kennedale High School in a powerful evening honoring the enduring legacy of the Prairie View Interscholastic League. For fifty years, from 1920 to 1970, the PVIL served as the athletic and academic foundation for Black schools across Texas during segregation. While many communities celebrated the tradition of “Friday Night Lights,” Black student-athletes were often assigned to Thursday nights because public stadiums were reserved for white schools on Fridays and Saturdays. Yet despite inequality, limited resources, and systemic barriers, greatness rose from the field. PVIL athletes competed with courage, discipline, pri...

“Build a Garden Box. Feed An Entire Block.”  Matthew 13:8 On Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., the community will gather at New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth’s historic 76104 community for a powerful Day of Service focused on fighting food insecurity from the ground up. As part of the growing urban garden movement taking root in 76104, volunteers, churches, neighbors, families, youth, gardeners, and community partners are invited to help build garden boxes designed to bring fresh vegetables and healthy food directly into neighborhoods impacted by food deserts. According to local farmers supporting the initiative, a single well-maintained garden box can produce enough vegetables throughout the year to help feed an entire neighborhood block. What may appear to be a simple wooden box is actually becoming a symbol of hope, health, healing, sustainability, and community transformation. This is more than gardening. This is community restoration. This is neighbors...

  THE DIGITAL FRONT DOOR IN 76104 Unity Across the Trinity Cultivating Community with a Circle of Compassion.  Psalm 133 “There is something beautiful happening in the heart of 76104.” What is taking shape at New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church is more than a program, more than a partnership, and more than a gathering. It is the launch of something incredibly special in the sight of both God and man. A growing Circle of Compassion Coalition is bringing together churches, educators, healthcare advocates, nonprofit organizations, community leaders, and neighbors from across Fort Worth to cultivate hope, healing, opportunity, and transformation throughout the city. Unity Across the Trinity. As Psalm 133 reminds us: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” New Mount Rose is becoming more than a church building. It is becoming a place where faith meets action, compassion cultivates community, and hope opens doors to new possibilities. ...