Dallas, Texas

CTL-E-4557 · Locality · city · 19th century-present

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Texas city; birthplace of inventor Otis Boykin (August 29, 1920); he graduated as valedictorian from its Booker T. Washington High School in 1938.

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Also known as: Dallas

Notes

RELP105 supporting entity: geography anchor for CTL-E-1082 (from). Identity-checked against canonical entities.json 2026-10-06: no collision.

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Otis Boykin — from → this record

Sources

National Inventors Hall of Fame, Otis Boykin inductee profile. https://www.invent.org/inductees/otis-boykin

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