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Pruitt is a founding member of the Houston artist collective, Otabenga Jones & Associates, alongside Dawolu Jabari Anderson, Jamal Cyrus, and Kenya Evans. [9] Initially created in 2002, they worked in a studio underneath the Eldorado Ballroom and the name comes from Ota Benga , an African pygmy who in 1906 was put on display at the Bronx Zoo ...
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]
Historic Oaks of Allen Parkway Village, formerly Allen Parkway Village (APV) and San Felipe Courts Apartments, is a public housing complex in the northern Fourth Ward, Houston, Texas, [1] operated by the Houston Housing Authority (HHA). Allen Parkway Village occupies 37 acres (15 ha) of land.
Charles Livingstone Allen (June 24, 1913 – August 30, 2005) [1] was an American ordained United Methodist minister most notable for his work as a Pastor. Born in Newborn, Georgia, he ministered around the state, including 1948 to 1960 at Grace United Methodist in Atlanta. During his tenure at Grace, it became the largest congregation in Georgia.
In 2006, Houston Endowment, Inc., a philanthropic foundation dedicated to improving life for the people of the greater Houston area, approved a $600,000 grant to be used by the Buffalo Bayou Partnership toward restoring and converting the 1930s Sunset Coffee Building into usable space and further improving Allen's Landing Park.
The ramp from eastbound Allen Parkway to southbound I-45 was known by long-time Houston residents as one of the most difficult in the Houston area, with a blind merge into the far left lane. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] However, this ramp was relocated to enter I-45 south from the right as of January 2017.
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 500 Clay St in Downtown Houston, Texas. It was historically a part of the Fourth Ward. [2] As of 2012 it was the only remaining piece of the original Fourth Ward east of Interstate 45. [3] Former slaves organized Houston's first African-American Baptist congregation in January 1866.
Anna Seward Pruitt (1862–1948), American missionary to China; mother of Ida; Austin Pruitt (born 1989), American baseball player; Charles Pruitt (1930–1985), American politician