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Margie Annette Hawkins Duty (August 28, 1922 – April 23, 2001) [1] was an African American law enforcement officer. She was the first black woman to serve on the police force in Houston . Biography
Edward Alfred Thomas (September 23, 1919 – August 10, 2015) was one of the first African Americans to work as a police officer for the Houston Police Department. [1] [2]He was born on September 23, 1919, in Keatchi, Louisiana, to Edward and Dora Thomas, a landowner and teacher, respectively.
African American Library at the Gregory School, located in the Fourth Ward in Houston. The African American population in Houston, Texas, has been a significant part of the city's community since its establishment. [1] The Greater Houston area has the largest population of African Americans in Texas and west of the Mississippi River.
The American Cowboy Museum is located on the Taylor-Stevenson Ranch. Established in 1988 by Mollie Taylor Stevenson Jr., the museum is focused on the art, history, and culture of the contributions of African Americans, Hispanic, Native Americans, and women to the development of the American West. [9]
The Legacy Museum chronicles our country’s history of the treatment of Black people, from slavery to Jim Crow, lynching and mass incarceration. ... I have watched police officers work with ...
In 1939, the department proudly presented its first police academy class. The Houston Police Officers Association (HPOA) was created in 1945. This organization later became the Houston Police Officers Union. [2] The first African American woman police officer on the force, Margie Duty, joined the HPD in 1953, starting in the Juvenile Division. [3]
Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.
This list of African American Historic Places in Texas is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]