Hatton W. Sumners Court room at the Red Museum, Dallas glorifies white supremacist.

I had an earlier posting about the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation and how Dallas has erased the fact that Hatton W. Sumners was a blistering racist and made him some type of hero.

This is the link to the earlier posting. The back story on how the Texas State Historical Association and the Hatton W. Sumners foundation have erased Sumners role in defeating federal anti-lynching legislation is stated there.

https://dallaslandscape.blogspot.com/2019/02/asking-texas-tribune-to-give-back.html

While I doing research I stumbled across the Hatton W. Sumner Court Room at the Red Museum in downtown Dallas.

The building is under rennovation.

The court room is on the 4th floor and I was told it was for marriage ceremonies by judges and for mock trials for students.

There is not explanation who Hatton W. Sumners was. The best I can tell it was designated the Hatton W. Sumners court room in 2005.

The Hatton W. Sumners Foundation was a donor to the Red Museum.

The Red Museum is the old county building.

This is the plaque at the entrance to the court room.

People are getting married in that court room and having the name of a rabid racist added to their life's story attached to their marriage and that the story of lynching in the 20th century is being attached to the story of their marriage.

Students are being given the idea that Hatton W. Sumners is some type of hero.

These are some pictures of the court room. It is very impressive showing that Hatton W. Sumners is being really honored by having the court room named after him.

From back of the court room. 

From the Front. 

What you don't see in these pictures is that the court room has two side rooms which are impressive also. In the front view photo the door to the left is the entry. In the view from the back the entry is on the right.

I am going to finish getting Hatton W. Sumners' speeches finished transcribed from the Congressional Record and I will do a blog posting on them and will also put a link to all the Hatton W. Sumners related postings in this blog.