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  2. History of African Americans in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Alonzo, Armando C. Tejano Legacy: Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734–1900 (1998) Barr, Alwyn. Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528–1995 (1996) online; Barr, Alwyn. Black cowboys of Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2000) online. Barr, Alwyn. "Black Urban Churches on the Southern Frontier, 1865-1900."

  3. Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/-⁠ HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") [12] [13] is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, [7] and is classified as a megacity; [14] it is one of the 100 largest ...

  4. List of freedmen's towns - Wikipedia

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    Barrett Station; Bear Creek, Texas (Dallas County) Douglass Community; Clarksville Historic District (Austin,TX) Deep Ellum, Dallas; Ellis Alley, San Antonio; Elm Thicket, Dallas

  5. History of Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    History of Johannesburg. Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly, becoming a municipality in 1898.

  6. Houchen Settlement House - Wikipedia

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    The Houchen Settlement House was founded in 1912 in El Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Texas. The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social ...

  7. Settlement and community houses in the United States

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    Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.

  8. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    History of Texas. Indigenous people lived in what is now Texas more than 10,000 years ago, as evidenced by the discovery of the remains of prehistoric Leanderthal Lady. In 1519, the arrival of the first Spanish conquistadors in the region of North America now known as Texas found the region occupied by numerous Native American tribes.

  9. City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality - Wikipedia

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    Municipal code. JHB. The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseGoli) is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in order to expedite services for the city.