
The Agitator
He wasn’t diplomatic and he wasn’t subtle, but Curtis Graves forged a political path for black Texans—and altered history forever.
He wasn’t diplomatic and he wasn’t subtle, but Curtis Graves forged a political path for black Texans—and altered history forever.
The legacy of the Voting Rights Act.
At 94 years old, debate icon Thomas Freeman has taught everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Barbara Jordan.
A look back at the career of one of Texas's most remarkable politicians.
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
From Donald Chambers founding the Bandidos in Houston to Gordon Granger reading General Orders No. 3 in Galveston
Now playing: Houston’s Fifth Ward.
Here’s a World Wide Web page to die for. The Texas State Cemetery in Austin goes online (www.cemetery.statetx.us) late this month, thanks to the General Services Commission. You can scan a list of the more than two thousand luminaries buried there, from father of Texas Stephen F.
Barbara Jordan saw herself not as a black politician but as a politician who happened to be black—and that was one of the things that made her great.
At the National Women’s Conference, the feminists changed their sandals for pumps and embraced mainstream America.
Is Barbara Jordan really worth all the fuss?
From poor black girl to presidential possibility, in ten not-so-easy lessons.
Can Texas Democrats find happiness? In New York, maybe—
Rating the Texas Congressmen from number one to, sigh, number twenty-two.