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Taylor-Stevenson Ranch is an historic 640-acre working ranch located near Reliant Stadium on Almeda Rd. in Houston, TX. [1] The ranch was officially designated in the Congressional Record as a "Texas Century Ranch" which recognizes ownership by the same family for over a century. [2]
Bordersville is a predominantly African American community on Farm to Market Road 1960 in northeast Harris County, Texas, United States.The community, located less than one half-mile from George Bush Intercontinental Airport, has about 80% of its territory in the City of Houston and the rest in an unincorporated area.
This list of African American Historic Places in Texas is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
Parthenia died in 1967,and David passed away in 1981.He was the first African American educator in Alief as he created the one room schoolhouse aforementioned.David E. Outley has a school named in his honor in Alief located at 12355 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77082.
By the late 1920s around two-thirds of all African-American tenants and almost three-fourths of the croppers worked on cotton farms. [ 20 ] 3 out of every 4 black farm operators earned at least 40% of their income from cotton farming during this period. [ 20 ]
In 2018, African-Americans had the second highest net growth in population in Texas compared to 2010. Harris County accounted for the largest percentage of that growth. [17] Harris County's largest city Houston is now known as a center of African-American political power, education, economic prosperity, and culture, often called the next black ...
Houston gained approximately 233,000 African-Americans between 2000 and 2010. [23] Having the largest black population west of the Mississippi River, Houston is known as a center of African-American political power, education, economic prosperity, and culture, often referred to as a black mecca. [2]
The ward became the center of Houston's African-American community. Third Ward is nicknamed "The Tre". [1] [2] Robert D. Bullard, a sociologist teaching at Texas Southern University, stated that Third Ward is "the city's most diverse black neighborhood and a microcosm of the larger black Houston community." [3]