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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 […]

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

18.1 Resilient Houston: Documenting Hurricane Harvey Letter from the Editor

By Debbie Harwell on November 18, 2020 in Communities, Hurricanes, Politics, University of Houston

Debbie Z. Harwell, Editor Letter from the Editor: In the aftermath of local storms, many Houstonians claim the frequency of flooding has increased, raising the question: how accurate are those statements? The city’s first flood occurred in April 1837, just eight months after Houston was founded at the confluence of Buffalo and White Oak Bayous. […]

17.1 African American Studies Panel slider

50 Years at UH

By Debbie Harwell on October 30, 2020 in Education, Race & Ethnicity, University of Houston

On March 4, 2020, Drs. Leslie Alexander and Amilcar Shibazz participated in a panel moderated by Dean DoVeanna Fulton and sponsored by the UH Center for Public History Lecture Series to discuss the importance of African American Studies in the past and its continued critical role today. Click hear to read about the program’s history.

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 […]

Afro-Americans for Black Liberation

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

By Robinson Block A group of racially diverse students marched to President Hoffman’s office on March 7, 1969. The banner rads “Fight Racism – Support the Black Demands.” Photo Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. The University of Houston (UH) is celebrated today as one of the most diverse research institutions in the […]

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 […]

Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management Celebrates 50 Years

By Houston History Magazine on November 23, 2019 in Archives, Business and Industry, Education, University of Houston

By: Mark Young It happened fifty years ago in October 1969 at a formal banquet at the Shamrock Hilton in Houston, Texas. Conrad Hilton, the world-famous hotelier donated $1.5 million to the University of Houston to establish the first hotel and restaurant management program in Texas. In honor of this magnificent gift, the university named its […]

The IUPLR and History of Houston’s Latino Art Now! Conference

By Houston History Magazine on March 21, 2019 in Arts & Culture, Education, Museums, Race & Ethnicity, University of Houston

The Latino Art Now! Conference is the signature event of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR), a research consortium of twenty-six university-based institutes and centers dedicated to addressing the issues impacting Latinos. The University of Houston’s Center for Mexican American Studies is now the new headquarters of the IUPLR and Pamela Anne Quiroz serves […]

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