TX HR769

Curtis King of Dallas received the 2025 Outstanding Texan Award for House District 111 from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus

King founded The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977, a nonprofit headquartered at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center that draws more than 250,000 visitors annually celebrating African, Caribbean, and African American culture

The academy's youth programs have produced notable alumni including Erykah Badu, Roy Hargrove, and Regina Taylor, and has showcased performers like Jennifer Holliday, Ruby Dee, and Dave Chappelle

King won four Lone Star Region Emmy Awards for "The Black Music & Civil Rights Movement Concert" and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts

Resolution adopted by the Texas House on April 17, 2025, by a vote of 133-7