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African Americans left Texas by the tens of thousands during the Great Migration in the first half of the 20th century, seeking work and political opportunities elsewhere. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African Americans were 11.8% of the state's population which mirrors the national average of 12.1%. The long-term effects of slavery can be seen ...
Many flags used by municipalities, counties, and other entities in Texas use the same basic scheme as the Texas flag. Texas's flag is similar to the flag of Chile, first used in 1817. However, the Chilean flag has a blue canton with a white star rather than the entire left side being blue, with the red bottom stripe beginning below the canton.
The table below shows the percentage of free blacks as a percentage of the total black population in various U.S. regions and U.S. states between 1790 and 1860 (the blank areas on the chart below mean that there is no data for those specific regions or states in those specific years). [citation needed]
The list below displays each majority-Black county (or county-equivalent) in the fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It includes the county's total population, the number of Black people in the county, and the percentage of people in the county who are Black as of the 2020 Census. The table is initially sorted by the ...
Houston Black: Bird: Northern mockingbird: 1927 [1] [4] Song "Texas, Our Texas" [1] 1929 Mammal (small) ... A pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag was established ...
The Lone Star State added almost 92,000 new Asian residents and 91,000 new Black residents, with metro Dallas accounting for almost half of the state's gain of Asian residents and 40% of its ...
African Americans are a racial minority in Texas. Their proportion of the population has declined since the early 20th century after many left the state in the Great Migration. Blacks of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin made up 11.5 percent of the population in 2015; blacks of non-Hispanic origin formed 11.3 percent of the populace.
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee served the 18th Congressional District of Texas in Houston and as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. She was 74 and had served in Congress for nearly 30 years ...