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Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley’s Legacy Lives On Through New “CommuniVersity” Initiative in Fort Worth’s Historic 76104 Community.

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Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley’s Legacy Lives On Through New “CommuniVersity” Initiative in Fort Worth’s Historic 76104 Community. Link:  https://youtu.be/_TgzbNfeAYw?si=vMElIDGhlFtQwtwW By Staff Reports FORT WORTH — In a neighborhood often defined by statistics, one church is working to redefine the future through education, opportunity, health, and hope. The effort bears the name of a woman who spent her life opening doors for others. More than a decade after her passing, the legacy of former Tarrant County College Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley continues to shape lives across North Texas through a new initiative designed to bring educational opportunity and community transformation directly into the heart of Fort Worth. The Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley CommuniVersity Center , a faith-based initiative of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church , seeks to connect residents of Fort Worth’s historic 76104 community to educational, health, workforce, legal, and economic resource...
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Digging for Dignity: New Law and Juneteenth Project Unite to Protect Historic Black Cemetery on June 20, 2026 at 9am.

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Digging for Dignity: New Law and Juneteenth Project Unite to Protect Historic Black Cemetery on June 20, 2026 at 9am.  By Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. HALTOM CITY — Sometimes history waits patiently for someone to come looking for it. For nearly 140 years, the sacred grounds of Historic Fretwell Cemetery–New Trinity Cemetery at the People’s Memorial Burial Park have quietly preserved one of the most important African-American stories in North Texas. Beneath its soil rest more than 7,700 Black pioneers. Formerly enslaved men and women. Teachers. Pastors. Business owners. Homemakers. Military veterans. Community builders. Freedom dreamers. And more than 500 Black veterans who answered their nation’s call, often long before their nation fully recognized their worth. Many of their names have never appeared in textbooks. Many of their stories have never been fully told. Many of their graves have never been digitally documented. That is why June 20, 2026, may become one of the most signific...
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