Photograph of Polar Plunge supporters wearing blue T-shirts that say "North Arlington Pole-ice." Chaplain Harold Elliott is standing on the far left in a blue suit and wearing shades. During the winter months, Polar Plunge supporters dove into frozen water as a fund raising benefit for Special Olympics. This group dove into the pool at the Hilton Hotel in Arlington, Texas.

Photograph of Panel A of the Historic Wall at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center, chronicling the African American Marketplace that was there in 1865 to 1940. The text underneath the mural reads "Fort Worth's first African American business man was John Pratt blacksmith. 1865-1876." The public artwork and mural made of tile.

Photograph of Panel D of the Historic Wall at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It chronicles the African American Jim's Hotel. This is a twentieth-century piece created during the 1930s-1940s. This two-dimensional tiled mural is framed with red bricks and is on display for the public.

Photograph of a mural made of tile at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It chronicles the African American Marketplace that was there in 1865 to 1940. The text under the mural says "Hunt Hawes Grocery Warehouse & Bill McDonald's Fraternal Bank and Trust -- Part of the 20th Century. 1900-1910."

Photograph of a public artwork at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It is a square of red bricks with the words "The Dance Floor of Politics" written in a white square in the middle. A person's leg can be seen standing on the lower right corner of the red square.

Photograph of Panel E of the Historic Wall at Fort Worth's Intermodal Transportation Center. It chronicles the African American Jim's Hotel. This is a twentieth-century piece created during the 1930s-1940s. This two-dimensional tiled mural is framed with red bricks and is on display for the public.

Kathleen Leos shares her views on bilingual education with a gathering of educators at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

This girl participates in a pilot program in Fort Worth which aims to educated parents with pre-school age children to use home-based methods to provide knowledge and skills children will need in school.

Carlos Francisco de Anda, a specialist with the Early Education Program of Fort Worth, speaks to a group of parents during one of the education classes. The goal of the program is to create a home-based methodology so that pre-school age children will have better knowledge and tools before they enter school.

Photograph of a student filling out a questionnaire at a meeting to discuss whether students should wear school uniforms in Fort Worth Texas. He is wearing a blue and black striped shirt, and there is a green purse in the background.

Carlos Linares is shown during a recognition ceremony by the organization Big Brothers, Big Sisters that was held at a school in Mansfield for having been a mentor to a student for five years. Among the achievements of Linares was successfully guiding his charge through the process of applying for a college scholarship.

Photograph of a woman writing down the points raised during a meeting to discuss whether students should wear uniforms in the Fort Worth Independent School District.

Photograph of a speaker and her assistant reviewing the notes that have been taken during a school meeting in Fort Worth, Texas. The topic of discussion was whether students should wear school uniforms.

Photograph of a man speaking to parents and students at a school meeting to discuss the wearing of school uniforms in Fort Worth, Texas.

Parent and children listen to a presentation during a school meeting to determine if school uniforms will be used in Fort Worth, Texas.

Student lets the Fort Worth Independent School District know his views on school uniforms by filling out a questionnaire.

A student fills out a questionnaire concerning school uniforms in the Fort Worth Independent School District.

Fotografía de miembros del equipo de rifle aéreo del Cuerpo de Entrenamiento de Oficiales de la Reserva Junior en la Escuela Secundaria Paschal de Fort Worth durante una práctica. En la fotografía se ve a cuatro chicos, con el pelo cortado y con gafas de seguridad. Cada uno de ellos apunta con rifles de aire, de color rojo y azul y bronceado, a la derecha de la fotografía. Participan en un programa de educación premilitar que les permite viajar a Georgia para competir en un torneo nacional para ver si son los mejores del país.

Photograph of a cashier at a store receiving cash payment from an unidentified man and woman. There is a visible isle in the photo withe the text "FRESH TORTILLAS".

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A group of children perform a dance behind a Cesar Chavez Day banner.

A photo of part of the administrative team of the Cesar Chavez elementary school of Fort Worth, from left to right: Alicia Menchaca, Christine Gardiner, Lina Aguillon, Lourdes Martinez, Mary Jane Cantu, Teresa Brown, Nora Barron, and Betty Delarosa. The women all wear jeans and pose close together in front of the mural.

Future activists and community leaders might be in this youth group of the League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC). They pose with a banner for the creation of a national holiday for Cesar Chavez.

From right to left: Lidia Martinex, Anabel Tavera, and Ivonne Tavera volunteered in the carnival that was organized by Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Fort Worth to commemorate the birth of the union organizer that the school is named after.