May 9, 2025

Local

Photo credit: TSU Judge Kenneth Michael Hoyt was born on March 2, 1948 in San Augustine County, Texas. His father, Earl, was a barber; his...

Sunrise March 23, 1957 and Sunset August 17, 2019 On March 23, 1957, Ella Louise Edwards Dorsey was blessed with her first born of six...

Alpha, January 8, 1926 and Omega, August 14, 2019 Gilbert Johnson was born in St. Augustine, Texas on January 8, 1926 to Crit Johnson and...

Photo credit: Great Day Houston (khou.com) Source: thehistorymakers.org Faye Beverly Bryant was born on March 15, 1937, in Houston, Texas. She was the 21st International...

Source and Photo courtesy of thehistorymakers.org Henry Hartford Brown was born on November 17, 1930 in Houston, Texas. Brown attended Xavier University in New Orleans,...

United States District Judge Vanessa Gilmore was born in October of 1956 in St. Albans, New York. In 1977, Gilmore received her B.A. degree in...

The first African American Mayor of Houston, Texas, Lee Patrick Brown was born on October 4, 1937, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. His parents, Andrew and Zelma...

Ms. Prather became the consultant to the Houston Public Library’s African American Library at the Gregory School in February 2009. Her duties included assisting with...

Civil rights and media activist Pluria W. Marshall, Sr. was born on October 19, 1937 in Houston, Texas. After graduating from high school, Marshall enlisted...

Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Jr. is a native Houston, Texas rancher, cowgirl and historian. She is the daughter of deceased Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Sr., a Fisk...

Search