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Dallas County hosts “Big D Cotton: Without Us, America 250 Years” Exhibition honoring African American Cotton Pickers

Dallas County hosts “Big D Cotton: Without Us, America 250 Years” Exhibition honoring African American Cotton Pickers
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Free public exhibition runs October 26–30 at the Dallas County Records Building DALLAS, Texas — On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, in a resolution sponsored by Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, the Dallas County Commissioner’s Court proclaimed the fourth Monday in October as African American Cotton Pickers Day, also known as “Cotton Monday,” and presented the Read More

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