Stop Six, Fort Worth
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Stop Six is a neighborhood in south-east Fort Worth, Texas (USA).
Stop Six, a mostly African-American neighborhood,[1] was once home to the sixth stop on the Northern Texas Traction Co. interurban line that ran between Fort Worth and Dallas. The neighborhood is a historic African-American neighborhood and is known for its state championship high school basketball team, Dunbar High.[citation needed]
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[edit] Education
Stop Six is within the Fort Worth ISD.
- Maude I. Logan Elementary School
- Dunbar 6th Grade Center
- Dunbar Middle School
- Dunbar High School [1]
[edit] Notable residents
- Elmo Henderson (boxer)[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Lyons, Julie. "Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky." Dallas Observer. February 20, 2008. 2.
- ^ "The shot not heard round the world: the way Elmo Henderson tells it, his entire life can be boiled down to a single moment in 1972, when he stepped into the ring in San Antonio and knocked out the greatest fighter on the planet. But honestly, that's just where his story begins." Texas Monthly. December 1, 2004. Retrieved on April 5, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Fort Worth Government Stop Six Website
- Stop Six Heritage Center at Dunbar 6th[dead link]
- Old school focus of Stop Six effort." Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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