Mayor Johnson Proclaims ‘South Oak Cliff Day’ To Coincide With Saturday’s Downtown Parade

Dallas – Mayor Eric Johnson has proclaimed Saturday, January 22, 2022, as South Oak Cliff Day in the city.

Mayor Johnson issued the proclamation to coincide with Saturday morning’s downtown parade honoring the South Oak Cliff High School Golden Bears after the football team’s state championship last month. Mayor Johnson will serve as a grand marshal of the parade.

Saturday’s parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. and run East to West along Main Street between the Pearl Expressway and South Griffin Street. The parade will proceed down South Griffin, Young, and Marilla streets before concluding at City Hall Plaza, where Mayor Johnson and others will address the team and attendees.

The public and media are invited and encouraged to attend to cheer on the state champions.

The mayor previously told the players he would issue the proclamation during an event this month at City Hall Plaza.

Here is the text of the mayor’s proclamation:

WHEREAS, The City of Dallas is honored to recognize the historic achievement of
South Oak Cliff High School’s football team’s victory in the 5A-II state championship on December 18, 2021; It was the Dallas Independent School District’s first football state title since 1958; and

WHEREAS, South Oak Cliff High School Golden Bears played the championship game at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington; Competing in front of a packed house of nearly 46,000 spectators, and donning their signature all-white jerseys, the team triumphed over Liberty Hill for a 23-14 win; and

WHEREAS, It is fitting and appropriate to recognize South Oak Cliff High School
in honor of this momentous occasion; Furthermore, it must be stated that the football players — practice after practice and game after game — persevered and overcame significant adversity both in and out of school to ultimately achieve this victory; They have done the hard work to become not only better athletes, but to become even stronger young men, strengthening their character, faith, and self-confidence in the process, and inspiring the people of Dallas to certainly do the same; and

WHEREAS, South Oak Cliff families, teachers, staff, alumni, and coaches were integral to the victory by offering constant guidance and support to the football players and to all of the young people in their community; and

WHEREAS, South Oak Cliff, located in the 75216 ZIP code, has overcome historic inequities and banded together to make their community safer, stronger, and more vibrant; The people of this neighborhood represent the best of Dallas.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ERIC JOHNSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, do
hereby proclaim Saturday, January 22, 2022, as SOUTH OAK CLIFF DAY