Local 72-147 American Federation of Musicians
Local 72-147 has a proud history of representing musicians since the chartering of Local 72 in Fort Worth in 1898 and Local 147 in Dallas in 1901. But before 1965, black musicians fighting the discrimination of segregation formed AFM locals on their own. This is the story of these musicians during their years of organizing with AFM Local 392 in Fort Worth and Local 168 in Dallas.
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“She’s known and taught the greats from as long ago as the 1940s. She’s stood in Herculean strength for the respect of musicians before most of our local was even born.” -Breggett Rideau
Long time Union activist and Executive Board member Marjorie Crenshaw, known respectfully by all of her many friends and associates as Mrs. Crenshaw, turns 90 years of age on May 31. To say that Mrs. Crenshaw has been around the block a few times would be an understatement of the highest order. Mrs. Crenshaw has been an active member of the Fort Worth community all of her life and an active member of the Musicians Union for many years, having first joined Fort Worth Local 72, well before its merger with Dallas Local 147. She was already on the Local 72 Executive Board and remained so since the merger to this day.
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