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The KKK in Houston and Harris County, 1920-1925
On the evening of November 27, 1920, some two hundred mysterious figures threaded their way behind a torch bearer through the downtown streets of Houston. A hush fell over thousands of onlookers as the hooded figures silently “passed like specters from another world.” The second Ku Klux Klan had arrived.
Letter from the Editor: Confronting Jim Crow
As a white boy with working class parents, racism was in the air I breathed in my youth. Jim Crow touched every part of my life. Racial attitudes handed down by poor whites in the South for generations remained pervasive and unrelenting in my world in the 1950s and early 1960s. The underlying reality was […]
Houston’s Helping Hand: Remembering Katrina
Our late Oral History Director, Ernesto Valdes, conceived the idea of a fifth anniversary commemorative issue of Houston’s response to Hurricane Katrina. This issue features oral history interviews with many Houstonians who helped with the relief effort. Click here to view the pdf of Volume 7, Number 3.
Letter from the Editor with Comments by Mayor Bill White Vol 7, No
To read the Letter from the Editor, featuring comments by Mayor Bill White about the Hurricane Katrina relief effort in Houston, download the pdf version.
UH: Contributions to the Katrina Effort
To read the full article about the University of Houston’s contributions to the Katrina relief effort by Aimee L’Heureux, download the pdf version.
NOW SHOWING: “One Singular Sensation…” Tracing Houston’s Theatre History from its Earliest Days to the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
To view the entire article about Houston’s Theatre History, which appeared in Houston History Volume 7, Number 2, by Ernesto Valdes, download the pdf version.
Giving as a Hobby: A Family Legacy
To view the entire article about the Hobby family’s philanthropy by Patricia Pando and Robert Pando, which appeared in Houston History Volume 7, Number 2, download the pdf version.
Miller Outdoor Theatre: A Uniquely Houston Experience for 87 Years
To view the entire article about the Miller Outdoor Theatre by Debbie Z. Harwell, which appeared in Houston History Volume 7, Number 2, download the pdf version.
“It’s art, it’s ballet, it’s dance, and it’s for everyone.”–Lauren Anderson of the Houston Ballet
To view the entire article about the first African American principal ballerina for the Houston Ballet by Aimee L’Heureux, which appeared in Houston History Volume 7, Number 2, download the pdf version.
Women Stretching the Limits by Stretching Their Minds: 100 Years of the Chautauqua Study Club
To view the entire article about the women’s Chautauqua Study Club by Betty Trapp Chapman, which appeared in Houston History Volume 7, Number 2, download the pdf version.