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The month of June is Black Music Month, National Outdoors Month and the 150th Anniversary of Juneteenth and East Oak Cliff  former and current residents can celebrate it all at the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department Centennial Celebration of the Oak Cliff Negro Park, now Eloise Lundy Recreation Center.

Located  just south of the Trinity River levees, in what is affectionately called the Bottom  of 10th Street Bottoms,  the park , purchased in 1915, will serve as host to a  Bottoms Family Reunion, share birthday celebrations with Golden Gate Baptist Church  located adjacent to the park and now 85 years old, serve hot dogs and play baseball, offer free Zumba lessons, and hold a dominoes tournament against the backdrop of music and entertainment.

The historical Shiloh Baptist Church , now Living Waters Family Church also adjacent to the Park , will host the Bottoms 15, a Thousand Years of Living Legends. The oral history project of the celebration is sponsored by the Neighborhood Improvement Association, Inc.  NIA founder Sandra Crenshaw is a former Dallas Park Board members, local historian and political activist.

“ We have invited the Townview Magnet Schools students to interview the elders of the community and  video tape the round table discussion to promote inter generational engagement.”   Lauren Woods with the Dallas Historical Parks will present a preview of  historical interpretative signage that will be erected at the park later this year.