Stop Six, Fort Worth, Texas

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 an historic African-American neighborhood and is known for its state championship high school basketball team, Dunbar High, in 1993, 2003, and 2006.[2]

Education

Stop Six is within the Fort Worth ISD.

Government and infrastructure

The JPS Health Center Stop Six - Walter B. Barbour of the JPS Health Network (Tarrant County Hospital District) is in Stop Six.[3] It includes behavioral and dental services.[4][5]

Notable residents

  • Elmo Henderson (boxer)[6]
  • Jarrett Jackson (Political Operative)[7]
  • Robert Hughes (Coach) Boy's High School Basketball's all-time winningest coach. Hughes led the "Flyin' Wildcats" of Dunbar High School to 30 district titles, 13 state finals appearances, and 3 state championships ('93,'03,'06) during his 32 years ('73-'05) at the school. Hughes was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. He retired with a record of 1,333-262.
  • Mike Byars (Filmmaker) Once a budding basketball star for Dunbar High School, Byars found worldwide recognition with his debut film "5700 Ramey Ave" A story about legendary basketball coach Robert Hughes who coached him (Byars) at Dunbar. The film's title is the school's address.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lyons, Julie. "Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky." Dallas Observer. February 20, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Boys Basketball State Archives School Search." University Interscholastic League. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "JPS Health Center Stop Six - Walter B. Barbour." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "JPS Behavioral Centers." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ "JPS Dental Centers." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "" Texas Monthly.
  • Fort Worth Government Stop Six Website
  • Stop Six Heritage Center at Dunbar 6th
  • Old school focus of Stop Six effort." Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  • "Stop Six: A Brief History of a Fort Worth Community." Texas Christian University Magazine. Spring 2016.
  • Baker, Sandra (2017-11-13). "$300,000 homes in Stop Six: Here's what's driving the turnaround in east Fort Worth". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.


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