The power brokers: Black leaders and landowners hold the bargaining chips in future MLK Corridor development

By: Christina Hughes Babb

Outlets: Dallas Free Press

Published: September 19, 2025

Words: 2,795

Last Updated: 10 months, 2 weeks ago


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Most DART Rail riders avoid the Green Line’s Martin Luther King Jr. Station.

State Fair of Texas commuters detrain at Fair Park Station, from which pavement and dramatic uplighting make a walk to the iconic midway or Music Hall feel safe.

That’s not the case three quarters of a mile down the tracks, …

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