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The history of African Americans in Austin dates back to 1839, when the first African American, Mahala Murchison, arrived. [1] By the 1860s, several communities were established by freedmen that later became incorporated into the city proper. [ 2 ]
Richard Pena: [59] [60] First Hispanic American male (and first minority in general) to serve as the President of the Austin Bar Association, Texas (1990) Joseph C. Parker Jr.: [ 59 ] [ 72 ] First African-American male to serve as the President of the Austin Bar Association, Texas (1996)
Its original members were Austin-area freedmen, and it remains a predominantly African-American congregation. On March 4, 1865, the Reverend Joseph Welch, presiding elder of the Texas District of the Mississippi Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, presided over the meeting at which Wesley was founded.
African Americans left Texas by the tens of thousands during the Great Migration in the first half of the 20th century, seeking work and political opportunities elsewhere. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African Americans were 11.8% of the state's population which mirrors the national average of 12.1%.
Wheatville, founded in 1867 by James Wheat, was a predominantly African-American community in Texas. Notable resident Jacob Fontaine established the first black newspaper, the Austin Gold Dollar. The 1928 Austin city plan led to the community's decline, as resources and facilities were relocated, forcing residents to move.
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, [1] and politician.A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, [2] the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, [3] [4] and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House ...
General Lloyd Austin, the first African American to serve as a United States Secretary of Defense, was also featured. [22] [23] [11] Brown was made an honorary Tuskegee Airman, receiving the symbolic red jacket in a ceremony on 14 August 2021. [24]
First African American male to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court: John Rock (1861) in 1865 [42] [43] First African American male to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Samuel R. Lowery (1874) in 1880 [42] First African American male from any western state to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: William Henry Twine in 1898 [44]