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Photograph of Barbara Jordan delivering a speech in Galveston. Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to serve in the Texas State Senate, first African American U.S. Representative from Texas, and first African American to deliver a...
Photograph of Eleanor Tinsley holding a framed newspaper article clipping. Eleanor Tinsley was president of the board of the Houston Independent School District from 1969 to 1973, and member of the city council from 1979 to 1995. She was involved...
Photograph of Florence "Bu" Pleasant and Jimmy Ford after induction into the Texas Jazz Archives. Florence was a renowned African American jazz pianist and singer born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1933. Jimmy Ford, also a renowned jazz musician,...