Beyond the Accommodation: A Real and Raw Conversation with Jim Schutze and Rev. Peter Johnson About Dallas’ Civil Rights History

St. Paul United Methodist Church, First United Methodist Dallas, and community partners present a real and raw conversation moderated by Cheryl Smith, publisher and executive editor of I Messenger Media News Group. The conversation will focus on Dallas’ civil rights history and will feature The Accommodation author, Jim Schutze, and Rev. Peter Johnson, a prominent civil rights leader whose history of activism in Dallas spans over four decades.

This event is the first time Jim Schutze and Rev. Peter Johnson will appear together on a public stage. This conversation will be a frank, real, raw, and honest presentation about Dallas' civil rights history. It will examine how race, class, politics and power shaped Dallas' past, present and the implications for the future. Attendees will see Dallas' history through the lens of the prolific writer, author, and historian Jim Schutze, and the Civil Rights Activist/Legend Rev. Peter Johnson. Rev. Peter Johnson's direct confrontation with the city's racist institutions and policies changed the history of Dallas politically, economically and socially. Come prepared for a 'no-holds barred' conversation about the REAL events and REAL people that still impact Dallas to this day.

Event partners include: St. Paul United Methodist Church Social Justice Ministry, First United Methodist Church Dallas, The North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, The Thanks-Giving Foundation, Chocolate Secrets, First United Bank and Trust, Peter Johnson Institute for Non-Violence, and the University of North Texas - Dallas

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