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Black Women in Texas History (2008) Glasrud, Bruce A. et al eds. African Americans in Central Texas History From Slavery to Civil Rights (2019); scholarly essays online; Glasrud, Bruce A. and James Smallwood, ed. The African American Experience in Texas: An Anthology (2007) essays online; Glasrud, Bruce (March 2014).
This list of African American Historic Places in Texas is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]
It includes both current and historical newspapers. The history of such newspapers in Texas begins shortly after the Civil War, with the publication of The Free Man's Press in 1868. [1] Many African American newspapers are published in Texas today, including three in Houston alone. [2] These current newspapers are highlighted in green in the ...
Pages in category "African-American history of Texas" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The memorial was sculpted by Ed Dwight and erected by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation in 2016. It describes African American history from the 1500s to present, and includes depictions of Hendrick Arnold and Barbara Jordan, as well as Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), when African Americans were emancipated. [1]
Wealthier African-American parents often moved to different school districts to get perceived better educations for their children. [28] Around that same time period increasing numbers of wealthier African-American families were sending their children to private schools; in 2001 there were 5,400 black students in the region's private schools. [29]
In the early 1990s, the student body elected its first African American yell leader, Ronnie McDonald, Class of 1993. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 1999, McDonald became the youngest African American to become a county judge in the history of Texas. [ 4 ]
It commemorates fifty-two African American men who served in the Texas Constitutional Convention and the Texas Legislature during the Reconstruction era. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among those who attended the monument's unveiling in March 2010 were Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus , State Senator Rodney Ellis , and Wilhelmina Delco , who was the first ...