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Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks (NRL). Others have Texas historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.
Houston in Black – Houston's African American Population. Beeth, Howard and Cary D. Wintz (editors). Black Dixie: Afro-Texan History and Culture in Houston (Volume 41 of Centennial Series of the Association of Series). Texas A&M University Press, June 1, 2000. ISBN 0890969760, 9780890969762. Kellar, William Henry.
Olivewood Cemetery, in Houston, Texas, lies near a bend in White Oak Bayou, along the rail line to Chaney Junction, where the First and Sixth wards meet just northwest of downtown. The 6-acre (24,000 m 2 ) cemetery is an historic resting place for many freed slaves and some of Houston's earliest black residents.
Texas has a rich history of black historical figures that have made their mark in the Lone Star State. ... Houston TX . After the Texas emancipation of June 19, 1865, many migrated to Houston with ...
In January 2017, Houston City Council voted unanimously to legally designate Emancipation Avenue. [23] In 2017, $33.6 million worth of renovations and new developments were completed to modernize the park. [24] Also, Juneteenth and other black-centric celebrations were brought back to the park. [25] In 2019 it became a UNESCO Slave Route ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Between 1990 and 2000 the Hispanic population of Third Ward increased by between 5 and 10 percent as Hispanics in the Houston area moved into majority black neighborhoods. [16] In the same period the black population of the area declined by 1,272 as majority African-American neighborhoods in Houston had declines in their black populations. [11]
The Fourth Ward lost prominence due to its inability to expand geographically, as other developments hemmed in the area. [1] Mike Snyder of the Houston Chronicle said that local historians traced the earliest signs of decline to 1940, and that it was influenced by many factors, including the opening of Interstate 45 and the construction of Allen Parkway Village, [3] a public housing complex of ...