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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%.
Historical marker in Austin, Texas, commemorating African American involvement in the Texas Revolution Barbara Jordan, a prominent member of the African American community in Austin. The history of African Americans in Austin dates back to 1839, when the first African American, Mahala Murchison, arrived. [1]
Sam A. Lindsay (1977): [43] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1998) Jason K. Pulliam: [44] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (2019)
In 1878 Allen unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor; he was the first African American in Texas to run as a candidate for a statewide office. [4] After leaving the legislature, he continued to be active in the Republican Party. He attended state and national conventions as a delegate until 1896 (for more than two and a half decades). [3]
First African-American Professor of Poetry, first African-American woman Professor and first Distinguished Visiting Poetry Professor of the Iowa Writers' Workshop: Tracie Morris [351] First African-American elected official to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda : John Lewis [ 345 ] (See also: 1998, 2005)
When Garrido died in 1550, other Africans, free and enslaved, had already made their mark on this new world. In 1521, a few months after Ponce de Leon died from thigh meat poisoning, Lucas ...
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex has 1.2 million African-Americans, the 2nd-largest metro population of African-Americans in Texas. [1] As of 2023, the Dallas metro area is only behind the Atlanta metro area for the highest net migration of Black residents. [2] In 2007, Black Enterprise magazine ranked Dallas as a "Top 10 city for African ...
Estevanico (c. 1500 –1539), also known as Mustafa Azemmouri and Esteban de Dorantes and Estevanico the Moor, was the first person of African descent to explore North America. He was one of the last four survivors of the Narváez expedition , along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , Andrés Dorantes de Carranza , and Alonso del Castillo ...