Freedmen's Town as Houston's Wakanda

The Houston Chronicle recently published a piece on the significance of Freedmen's Town as a beacon of Black cultural and economic ingenuity. Check it out: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Houston-s-Freedmen-s-Town-affirms-the-culture-12725812.php

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Mollie Taylor Stevenson

It's Women's History Month and rodeo season here in Houston, so it's a great time to commemorate Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Sr. and her daughter, Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Jr. Both ladies were the first living Black Americans to be inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2001.

Read more about the legacy of the Stevenson family and their historic Houston ranch here: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/native-texan/article/Historic-ranch-lies-in-Houston-s-shadow-4638390.php


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