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Gus (voiced by Ed Gilbert) — Kissyfur's widowed father, who owns a Paddlecab company, taxiing animals from one side of the swamp to the other. He can be a bit goofy at times, but is a very good father. He's the only one of all the swamp parents who can take on both alligators, Floyd and Jolene, and run them off.
[6] [7] Floyd's body was on public view on June 8 in his hometown of Houston. Former Vice President and the 2020 presumptive and eventual Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, met with the Floyd family privately and gave a video message at the funeral. [8] [9] [10] Floyd is buried next to his mother at Houston Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Pearland, Texas.
The piece's date of origin is unverifiable. It is situated on a Union Pacific bridge which crosses above Interstate 45 as it enters the city of Houston. [2] It has been vandalized and repainted several times. [3] [4] In 2018, it was changed to "Be Mattress Mac." [5] In 2019, it was altered to say "Be Sus."
Sunnyside, the oldest African-American community in southern Houston, was first platted in 1912. [5] When the community opened in the 1910s, H. H. Holmes, the founder, gave the land the name Sunny Side. [6] By the 1940s area residents established a water district and a volunteer fire department. The City of Houston annexed Sunnyside in 1956. [5]
The following monuments and memorials were removed during the George Floyd protests, mainly due to their connections to racism.The majority are in the United States and mostly commemorate the Confederate States of America (CSA), but some monuments were also removed in other countries, for example the statues of slave traders in the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, June 2, thousands of people gathered for a march and rally in downtown Houston. [48] Family members of George Floyd joined the march, which one source estimated at 60,000 people. [49] On June 8, thousands of mourners gathered for a viewing of George Floyd's body at The Fountain of Praise Church.
During this period 76 people were executed by electrocution at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Three electrocutions took place on September 5, 1951; though no intervening law to prohibit multiple executions on a single day was passed, since this date Texas has not executed more than two people in a single day.
Vassar Miller (July 19, 1924 – October 31, 1998) was an American writer and poet. She served as Poet Laureate of Texas (1988-1989). She served as Poet Laureate of Texas (1988-1989). Biography