Crucial Texas history. American-Statesman ... Recently, you told me while we wandered around the “Juneteenth Rodeo” exhibit at the Neil-Cochran House that you have run across that same ...

Or perhaps you do know facts about your Black Texas history. Here's a quiz to test your skills. Do you know your Texas Black history? Here's a quiz: ...

The "grandmother" of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, was honored with a special award in Houston on Thursday. Lee received the Kay Bailey Hutchison Women of Texas History Award at a luncheon in the Galleria ...

Learn about the history and impact of black students, faculty, and staff on the Murray State University campus.

Since 2019, organizers have been working to create the center, a museum devoted to the history ... U.S. were freed in Texas. Thanks to advocates like Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, Juneteenth became ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The City of Beaumont will host its annual Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 14, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. in downtown Beaumont. This free, public event unites the community ...

Opal Lee, the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' visited Paul Quinn College to discuss Black history and the fight to make Juneteenth a national holiday.

During the 1970s, Austin author and photographer Sarah Bird documented Black cowboy culture in Texas with images that now appear in her book "Juneteenth Rodeo." Bird on this image: "Whoever won ...