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The Pam Francis Portraits

By Houston History Magazine on April 24, 2021 in Arts & Culture, Business and Industry, Houstonians, Music, Restaurant, University of Houston, Women

By Christine Starkman Pam Francis was born in Houston, Texas, in 1954 and passed away in 2020. She received her BFA in graphic design and photography from the College of Fine Arts at The Universityof Texas at Austin. Pam Francis Photographs will be the first retrospective exhibition organized at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston on the work of Pam Francis (1954 – 2020). On display September 29 to October 6, 2021, the exhibition will feature iconic artworks depicting her technical mastery of luminous lighting and […]

It Is There I Feel the Spirit: Houston’s Third Ward

By Houston History Magazine on April 24, 2021 in Arts & Culture, Business and Industry, Communities, Houstonians, Music, Parks, Race & Ethnicity

By Marie-Theresa Hernández and Naomi Mitchell Carrier The objects you find in Third Ward show you everything you’re willing to see. You look at this car, and what do you see? I see time. The time before the transition. A car that is the 1960s equivalent of a Mercedes today. The Civil Rights Movement is […]

Table of Contents, 18.2, LGBTQ+ HOU: Bayou City Proud

By Debbie Harwell on January 24, 2021 in Archives, Arts & Culture, Communities, Education, Health and Medicine, HPL – Houston Review Journal, Museums, Politics, Race & Ethnicity, University of Houston, Women

A Look At Fourth Ward Houston Texas

By Houston History Magazine on April 8, 2020 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Houstonians, Preservation, Race & Ethnicity

Houston’s Fourth Ward as seen through the lens of Roxanne Quezada Chartouni’s camera in 1987.

Houston’s Oldest House Gets a New Life

By Houston History Magazine on April 8, 2020 in Archives, Arts & Culture, Education, Houstonians, Parks, Preservation, Race & Ethnicity

Those familiar with Houston history may be able to tell you that the oldest house in the city still standing on its original property is the 1847 Kellum-Noble House in Sam Houston Park. Although owned by the City, The Heritage Society (THS), a non-profit organization, has maintained the home for the past sixty-five years. Recently, […]

Houston Suffrage Centennial Book Club

By Houston History Magazine on April 8, 2020 in Arts & Culture, Education, Houstonians, Politics, Race & Ethnicity, University of Houston, Women

The Houston Suffrage Centennial Book Club celebrates women’s quest for the vote and examines the political challenges they continue to address.

Milestones

By Debbie Harwell on November 23, 2019 in Archives, Arts & Culture, Education, Health and Medicine, Houstonians, Letter from the Editor, Race & Ethnicity, Science, University of Houston

Debbie Z. Harwell, Editor We all have milestone moments that mark our personal history – perhaps a wedding, the birth of a child, a career achievement, or, sadly, the loss of a loved one. We also recall historic events that impact our culture. Thinking back to the 1960s, I remember my dad taking me to […]

UH African American Studies Program

By Houston History Magazine on November 23, 2019 in Arts & Culture, Education, Houstonians, Race & Ethnicity, University of Houston

By James L. Conyers, Jr. African American Studies (AAS) at the University of Houston is an academic unit in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. In both theory and praxis, AAS is inclusive of the African experience from a global Pan Africanist perspective. Yet, interpretive analysis is the anchor, which dispenses the use […]

Gravestones Tell Stories: San Isidro Cemetery

By Houston History Magazine on November 23, 2019 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Preservation, Race & Ethnicity, Religion

By Marie-Theresa Hernandez Photo by Myra de la Garza, Tree as Protector Long before Sugar Land was an affluent suburb of Houston, it was known as the home of Imperial Sugar. The company produced and imported sugar cane and processed it in a red brick, six-story building that still stands alongside U.S. Highway 90. Imperial Sugar initially […]

Gandhi’s Legacy

By Manuel Martinez Alvarenga on November 23, 2019 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Houstonians, Parks, Politics, Race & Ethnicity

By Manuel Martinez Alvarenga Mahatma Gandhi Statue at Hermann Park. Courtesy of Author. If you find yourself in the heart of Houston, chances are you have driven by Hermann Park, a green and interactive park with a large recreation area for picnics, casual strolls, and sightseeing nestled within an arm’s reach of the Texas Medical […]

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