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555 Grace the YMCA Black Genii is collection of stories about the men and women who established the Colored YMCA and help build Houston. Their contributions and lives are acknowledged and celebrated so we will always remember...

In 1905, L.H. Spivey, T.M. Fairchild, E.O. Smith, and several Negro leaders meet with William A. Hunton the National Colored Secretary to discuss establishing a Houston YMCA for Negros. These Houston leaders continued to meet on Sundays for many years, however, their initial quest to establish a Y failed until the National War Work Council established the Colored Soldiers and Sailors Branch of Houston Young Men's Christian Associations of the ...

In 1931, William C. Craver became the Executive Secretary of the Colored YMCA. He was highly effective in implementing changes in structure and operations of the developing YMCA as it joined as a branch of Houston YMCA. Craver was also instrumental in the Y's growth in programs and services by expanding the work of the Colored Branch YMCA of Houston. The Colored Branch YMCA of Houston moved to the Pilgrim Building located at 1217 Bagby Street ...

As the 103rd anniversary of Houston's Mutiny and Riot of 1917 approaches, this book, Camp Logan, provides a unique presentation of the events that occurred on August 23, 1917. The Houston Mutiny and Riot of 1917, marks one of Houston's darkest hours in race relations. On August 23, 1917, Acting First Sergeant Vida Henry led 156 armed soldiers toward Houston's jail on Capital and Bagby Streets by way of Brunner Avenue continuing along San Felip...

Acres Homes was established in 1910. Working class families, laborers, farmers, water front workers, carpenters, domestics, military, and factory workers filled with hope and self-pride began migrating and purchasing property platted for African Americans approximately 10 miles northwest of downtown Houston from developer Alfred A. Wright. The settlement acquired its name Acreage Home from the fact that land was sold by the acre rather than by...

Vietnam Larry Graham is Larry Graham's scrapbook that he made and kept during his military training and tour in Vietnam in 1969. These never before seen photos have been stored behind his parents' bookshelf since his death. Some of the photos were water damaged, however, the soldiers' names are listed as he had them in his scrapbook. This book is from the actual soldiers perceptive according to the things and people that were important in his ...

Houston Freedmen's Town is a pictorial history of buildings and structures in Fourth Ward's Historical Freedmen's Town District.

Texas 100 Year Old African American Churches is a 8.5 X 8.5-60 page full color pictorial history of Texas African American Churches that are over 100 years old. The book includes churches in the following Texas cities Galveston, Dickinson, Texas City, Brookshire, Freedmen's Town, Houston Heights, Fifth Ward, Independence Heights, Bordersville, Barrett Station, Needville, Piney Point, Kohrville, Independence Grove, Hempstead, Pledger, and Bellv...

150 Years, Standing Strong is a collection of church histories, places, and people that illustrate their origin and connection with Historic Freedmen's Town in Houston's Fourth Ward.

Historic Fifth Ward 8.5 x 8.5-78 page full color paperback pictorial history of Houston's Fifth Ward.

Highland Tank Our Settlement is a 8.5 X 8.5 full color paperback pictorial history of the remaining structures in the original 1867 Settlement in Texas City, Texas 150 years after the Civil War and slavery. Each structure, place, or building is listed by its original name.

8.5 x 8.5-58 page full color paperback pictorial history of some of the remaining structures in historical Texas settlements founded by African Americans after the Civil War including Lily White, Riceville, Piney Point, Kohrville, Barrett Station, Bordersville, and Independence Grove.

Highland Tank Our Settlement is a 6 X 9 black and white hardback pictorial history of the remaining structures in the original 1867 Settlement in Texas City, Texas 150 years after the Civil War and slavery. Each structure, place, or building is listed by its original name. Publisher:

Houston Independence Heights is an 8.5 x 8.5-48 page full color paperback pictorial history book of Houston's Independence Heights, Texas. The city was incorporated on January 25, 1915 and became the first Incorporated African American City in Texas.