A Texas Professor’s Guide to Learning Black History
Texas Professor Leonard N. Moore’s “Teaching Black History to White People” is a memoir, history lesson, and instructional manual.
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Behind the New Look of Houston’s Oldest Park, a Complex Racial History
The oldest public park in Houston has been transformed by a $33 million renovation. But will it be enough to save the Third Ward?
‘Don’t Be Afraid to Break Some Eggs,’ Austin Mayor Tells New Anti-Racist Task Force
Steve Adler said the task force will focus on institutional racism, rather than individual attitudes.
Backward Together: Evangelicals and Trump Want to Make America Christian Again
How the conservative Christian myth of a fallen America connects with Trump’s dystopian fearmongering.
Some Texas Schools are Still Fighting Decades-Old Desegregation Orders
Critics say the orders aren't necessarily irrelevant just because they’re old.
Lege Hearing Gets Tense Over Racial Profiling
Houston Democrat Garnet Coleman plans to file the Sandra Bland Act to promote statewide law enforcement reforms.
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The Big Picture: Painting White Supremacy
San Antonio painter Vincent Valdez unveils a monumental work on the persistence of white supremacy in America.
Rattling Cages
Dallas artist Sedrick Huckaby’s new work portrays the grief of incarceration for black men and their families.
The Texas Miracle #13: Would Jesus Say Black Lives Matter?
This week on the podcast: Our resident theologian unpacks the Beatitudes for the 'Blue Lives Matter' crowd, while Prairie View remembers Sandra Bland on the anniversary of her death.