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A view of the Elks Arch (bottom center) next to Dallas' first skyscraper, Praetorian Building in 1910. Elks Arch would be moved to Fair Park the following year. Allen Brooks, a Dallas Black man was lynched from the arch.
In a span of a year, many have witnessed an insurrection by pro-Trump extremists who demostrated racist acts rioting the U.S. Capitol, protests against police brutality and racism that ended in tear gas, rubber bullets and violence, and a global pandemic that’s disproportionately killing Black and brown people at high rates.
In a time where the world is confronting a racial reckoning, the National Day of Racial Healing brings in a new meaning to how Black and brown people can find peace and heal from racism.