Black plaque № 27153

Fort Worth, TX, United States

Douglass and McGar Parks. From the late 1800's, through the 1920's, during a time of Jim Crow segregation, Douglass and McGar parks served as recreational grounds for African Americans in Fort Worth. In 1895 Thomas Mason, an African-American entrepreneur, with J.D. Johnson and A. Sumlin, purchased l

and in the Trinity River Bottoms. The property soon became known as Douglass Park (about 300 yards south), named for abolitionist Frederick Douglass. That same year, the Park hosted a Juneteenth Celeb

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