
Ida Mae Ellison was born on February 22, 1922 in Gonzalez, Texas. She attended Prairie View A&M University when it was just a college and...
By: TSU Texas Southern University establishes endowment, names street in honor of community, spiritual and civil rights icon (Houston) February 25, 2022 – As part...
By: Stacy Brown On Friday, February 25, President Joe Biden made Judge Jackson his choice to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement in...
By: Stacy Brown Two years to the date of then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, administration...
By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. Dr. Ruth Cummings grew up during the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. She was born on February 29, 1952, the...
By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. Eric Fagan has been a Fort Bend Country resident for 30 years. He was elected as the Sheriff of Fort Bend...
Faye Beverly Bryant was born on March 15, 1937, in Houston, Texas. She was the 21st International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Inc....
Texas Representative Senfronia Thompson has been a true champion fighting for social, economic and criminal justice reform throughout her career, which has earned her the...
Deloyd T. Parker Jr. has been the co-founder and executive director of S.H.A.P.E. since 1969. Growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, his parents instilled in...
By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D. They first met on November 20, 1965, at The Palladium Ballroom. This connection began after a Texas Southern University and Prairie...