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.
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The Buffalo Soldiers Museum: One Man’s Passion Creates a Legacy for African American Soldiers
To view the entire article about the Buffalo Soldiers Museum by Joe Skeen, which appeared in Houston History Volume 7, Number 2, download the pdf version.
Volume 8, Number 1
Confronting Jim Crow Vol. 8, No. 1 (Fall 2010) Download PDF Letter from Editor 2 Guardians Against Change: The Ku Klux Klan in Houston and Harris County, 1920-1925 by Casey Greene 6 Illinois Jacquet: Integrating Houston Jazz Audiences . . . Lands Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie in Jail by Aimee L’Heureux 9 […]
Two Paths to Greatness: Elvin Hayes and Hakeem Olajuwon Come to Houston
To read the full text of this article by Katherine Lopez that appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
In Search of Freedom: Black Migration to Houston, 1914-1945
To read the full text of this article by Bernadette Pruitt that appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
Free Men Come to Houston: Blacks During Reconstruction
To read the full text of this article by Scott Stabler that appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
The Trailblazers Who Guide Me
To read the full text of this article by Patricia Smith Parker that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
Thelma Scott Bryant: Memories of a Century in Houston’s Third Ward
To read the full text of this article by Teresa Tomkins-Walsh that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.