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TIPHC Newsletter, May 3-9, 2020

The Rediscovered African American Last Supper Sculpture Will Stay in DC Studio Acting Conservatory has decided to keep the mammoth frieze, which it found by accident when renovating its new home. (Washington.com) Last fall, a demolition crew working on the new home of Studio Acting Conservatory in Columbia Heights made a startling discovery behind [...]

TIPHC Newsletter, Apr. 26-May 2, 2020

Al Edwards, former state rep behind bill that created Juneteenth, dies at 83 Photo: Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, left, talks to (then) Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, during a session Thursday, May 15, 2003, at the Capitol in Austin. (AP Photo/Kelly West) (Houston Chronicle) Al Edwards, the former Houston legislator who introduced the bill that [...]

2023-03-15T12:33:54-05:00April 29, 2020|2020 Spring, African American Texas History, Featured|

It’s OK now

Hopefully, this COVID-19 pandemic will end soon, and life can get back to normal. At the very least, as a society, I hope we’ll learn how to live with it. But one day, our intelligentsias will analyze every governmental action since February and March of 2020, especially those of the President. Recent policies have [...]

2020-04-29T13:51:42-05:00April 29, 2020|Goodwin|

TIPHC Newsletter, Apr. 19-25, 2020

How the Harlem Renaissance Sparked a New African American Identity Photo: Singer and dancer Josephine Baker (1906-1975), a fixture of Harlem Renaissance nightclubs, on a tiger rug around 1925. (Hulton Archive/Getty images) (history.howstuffworks.com) From poetry and prose to music, painting, sculpture and more, the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance produced an unprecedented [...]

2023-04-26T11:00:55-05:00April 22, 2020|2020 Spring, African American Texas History, Featured|

TIPHC Newsletter, Apr. 12-18, 2020

Hoskins broke barriers in Texas League Right-hander continued integration of Minor League Baseball Photo: Dave Hoskins led the Texas League with 22 wins and ranked fifth with a 2.12 ERA for the Dallas Eagles in 1952. (Texas League) (MILB.com) April 15, 1947 might be baseball's moment to cherish, but the historical significance of that [...]

2023-04-27T10:48:39-05:00April 15, 2020|2020 Spring, African American Texas History, Featured|

WWJD

Several years ago, these letters, “WWJD?” seemed to be everywhere. We all know they represent “What Would Jesus Do?” I think these letters and the question were meant to challenge society to consider the moral implications of their everyday decisions. Now in this new COVID-19 reality, WWJD may have new meaning. Since my father [...]

2020-04-15T18:37:06-05:00April 15, 2020|Goodwin|

TIPHC Newsletter, Apr. 5-11, 2020

The Heroines of America’s Black Press Image: A collage of the art commissioned for this article; from top left, by Johnalynn Holland, Andrea Pippins, Erin Robinson, Elise R. Peterson, Adriana Bellet, and Xia Gordon (The New York Review of Books) How many black women journalists from the nineteenth century can you name? For many, [...]

2023-04-27T13:27:11-05:00April 8, 2020|2020 Spring, African American Texas History, Featured|

TIPHC Newsletter, Mar. 29-Apr. 4, 2020

Willis, Texas native The Black Businessman  Who Built an Empire Despite Jim Crow Oppression Using white colleagues as front men, Bernard Garrett bought real estate, made millions and uplifted fellow blacks in pursuit of the American dream. (History.com) During the 1950s and ‘60s, the civil rights movement dominated the political landscape. But for Bernard [...]

2023-04-26T15:09:38-05:00April 1, 2020|2020 Spring, African American Texas History, Featured|

TIPHC Newsletter, Mar. 22-28, 2020

How the Black Power Movement Influenced the Civil Rights Movement With a focus on racial pride and self-determination, leaders of the Black Power movement argued that civil rights activism did not go far enough. Image: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images (History.com) By 1966, the civil rights movement had been gaining momentum for more than a decade, [...]

2023-04-27T13:32:20-05:00March 25, 2020|2020 Spring, African American Texas History, Featured|

For every beginning there’s an end

To live is to die. Every beginning has an end. That’s not a very pleasant way to begin, but as Believers we are on a journey that ends with the grave. As a child I watched my mother deal with her mother as she entered the last chapters of her life. I didn’t fully [...]

2020-03-24T14:05:31-05:00March 24, 2020|Goodwin|

Contents

-- The Troubling History of Big Tobacco’s Cozy Ties With Black Leaders

-- African-American books of Interest, 2015-2016

-- Black Artists and the March Into the Museum

-- As it nears its 50th year, Kwanzaa strives for relevance

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "No Color Is My Kind, The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 20-26

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted

Contents

-- A brief history of Islam in America

-- New book chronicles African-American characters in "The Little Rascals"

-- Study: Black athletes and “The height of hypocrisy in higher education”

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 27-Jan. 2

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted