Our Mission

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The Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that honors the legacy of Mrs. Kathlyn Joy Gilliam who was one of Dallas’ greatest, most courageous civil rights leaders and a champion for quality education for boys and girls. The Museum realizes Mrs. Gilliam’s vision of:

• providing a safe and inspiring environment where community members can help build a solid educational foundation for children and youth; and
• developing community and business leaders for generations to come.

The Museum displays Mrs. Gilliam's awards, books, writings and photos, and also serves the community as a learning center, which provides:​

• a Youth Debate Team that serves to teach and instill an appreciation for the written and spoken word, as well as the well-researched and reasoned debate; and 
• a Meeting Space and a Reading Resource Room that provides students and community members with a space to meet and will expand to provide guided reading programs, computer literacy initiatives and summer reading camps.

The Museum is a space for teaching and learning- inspiring and training a new generation to practice Mrs. Gilliam’s strategies for creating more learning opportunities for our youth; empowering the South Dallas community to renew its greatness and pursue new avenues for community development.