Join us this Sunday, July 16th, at 10:00am for "The Civil Rights Movement in Dallas"
with Rev. Peter Johnson and Rev. Don Robinson

Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff
3839 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75233

Peter Johnson was only 23 when he came to Dallas, but he was already a civil rights veteran. (Jerome Weeks, MetroNews) His early career included work with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the movement to establish Freedom Schools, and the Southern Leadership Conference, where his colleagues and supervisors included Andrew Young and John L. Lewis. In the mid 1960s, he was heavily involved in voter education and registration in the South, and in the anti-war movement.

Rev. Johnson arrived in Dallas in 1969 to organize the showing of a movie on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  He was immediately faced with the knowledge that out of 800 cities in which the movie was to premier around the world, Dallas would be the only city to say ‘no’. Rev. Johnson’s decision to remain in Dallas laid the foundation for a series of highly successful and historic events that occurred in the city over the next 40 years. These ranged from addressing food insecurity to bias inherent in the Dallas City Council to establishing the most successful gun buy-back program in the country.

Rev. Johnson’s complete biography is far too long for this space — please join us to hear from him in person from our pulpit on July 16th.

He will be joined by Rev. Don Robinson, Executive Director of the Peter Johnson Institute for Non-Violence. You can learn more about their work on their website: https://www.pjinv.org/

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