Three Texas Freedom Colonies Illuminate Life After Emancipation
July 25, 2023 | By Michael Hurd
July 25, 2023 | By Michael Hurd
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January 17, 2022 | By Kahron Spearman
Of the times Martin Luther King Jr. visited Texas, there are three occasions that stand out: 1959 in Fort Worth, 1962 in Austin, and 1967 in Houston, six months before his assassination.
February 19, 2021 | By Alex Temblador
“At the core, the work I do with Black Austin Tours is to honor my ancestors and give them the humanity they were often denied when they walked this earth,” Wallace says. “More importantly, I want people to know that they were here. That we are here. We weren’t just enslaved people.”
September 30, 2019 | By
Fort Worth photographer Calvin Littlejohn (1909-93) captured this Friday night scene, complete with traditional homecoming mums, at I.M. Terrell High School. The school opened in 1882 as Fort Worth’s first black school under segregation and operates today as the I.M. Terrell Academy.
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Here are a few highlighted events that celebrate Black History Month.