'This Land Is Sacred:' Fort Worth Acknowledges Racial History During Memorial Dedication

Arlington TX

13 December, 2021

6:20 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report December 13, 2021 Fred Rouse III, the grandson of Fred Rouse, who was kidnapped and lynched in 1921 in Fort Worth, spoke to residents recently at his grandfather's memorial dedication. Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice, the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and Performing Arts Fort Worth, Inc. hosted a Texas Heritage Trails historical marker unveiling Dec. 11 at the Maddox-Muse Center, 330 E. 4th St., which was once the Metropolis and County Hospital, where Rouse was kidnapped in 1921. The marker for Rouse will allow visitors of downtown Fort Worth to learn the long-buried history of the city. After the marker unveiling, visitors moved 1.5 miles north to the intersection of NE 12th Street and Samuels Avenue, where Rouse was shot and hanged from the "Death Tree," an infamous lynching tree in Fort Worth. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.