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Buffalo Soldiers is a visual presentation of Buffalo Soldiers throughout American history including photos of Confederate and Union Soldiers. The book also offers a glimpse of the Buffalo Soldiers' 150th Anniversary held in Houston, Texas on July 30, 2016.

Historic Freedmen's Town, Fourth Ward is a living laboratory of African American History and Life. The Historic 5 square mile District was founded after the Civil War on June 19, 1865. The Freedmen migrated to Houston from the small farms and plantations south and southwest of Houston along the Brazos River by way of San Felipe Road. Many Freedmen settled on the uninhabitable swampy banks of the Buffalo Bayou on land that belonged to Garrett S...

Over 50 countries fought on the battlegrounds of Asia, Europe, North Africa, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea in one of the world's most deadly and costliest wars in world history, World War II. The United States entered the war in 1941 after Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Research estimates that during World War II over 2.5 million Negro men registered for the draft, and large number...

Highland Tank Our Settlement is a black and white book about the 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.

The 21st Century Freedom Colonies Exhibit featuring Acres Homes is a visual editorial documentary designed to create awareness, inform, educate, and stimulate learning through positive imaging and storytelling using photography and cinematography. Although Acres Homes was established in 1910, very few people are aware of the community's contributions to society and that it is a freedom colony. The exhibit comprises a series of images and a ...

Freedmen's Town Immediately west of downtown Houston lies the city's oldest Indigenous African American community affectionally known as Historic Freedmen's Town located in Fourth Ward. Wards were established in 1841. Although the ward system was officially discontinued in 1906, Houstonians continued to identify the city's various communities by those political subdivisions. Freedmen's Town was established immediately after the Civil War on...

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 Police Department by way of Brunner Avenue continuing along San Felipe Street. The book Camp Logan takes an in depth look at the cause and events that occurred in Houston, Texas on August 23, 1917. It contains a review of Sergeant Henry's death, identification ...

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 Police Department by way of Brunner Avenue continuing along San Felipe Street. The book Camp Logan takes an in depth look at the cause and events that occurred in Houston, Texas on August 23, 1917. It contains a review of Sergeant Henry's death, identification ...

Houston Acreage Home is an 8.5 X 8.5-44 page full color paperback pictorial history book of Houston's Historic Acreage Home, Texas.

100 Year Old African American Churches II is an 8.5 X 8.5 full color 60 page paperback pictorial history book of Texas 100 Year Old African American Churches in Third Ward, Six Ward, Acres Homes, Green Pond, Greens Point, Kendleton, Boiling, Prairie View, Sugarland, Arcola, Angleton, Brazoria, Harrisburg, Washington Avenue Coalition/Memorial Park, Bryan, Riceville, and Houston.

Oak Hill Kendleton is a 8.5 X 8.5 pictorial history book of Texas African American Settlements in Fort Bend County 150 years after slavery. This book includes a brief history and pictures of Kendleton and Powell Point.

Buffalo Soldiers is a visual presentation of Buffalo Soldiers throughout American history including photos of Confederate and Union Soldiers. The book also offers a glimpse of the Buffalo Soldiers' 150th Anniversary held in Houston, Texas on July 30, 2016.

Houston League of Business and Professional Women, Inc. 52nd Founders' Day salute to the organization's Legacy and community leaders.

Healing My Soul is a collection of photos and quotes created on my journey to heal my soul, my spirit, from brokenness through visual stimulation of God's Beauty. A time of reflexion, forgiveness, and restoring my relationship with our savior. But God! And realizing I am blessed beyond measure amd my life has a devine purpose. We do not always understand the reason or the plan God has for our lives but with time it all makes sense.

McNair and Hufsmith is a 44-page full color pictorial history book of African American Settlements that were once located in Baytown and Tomball, Texas. Today only small traces of the once self-sustaining African American Settlements exist.

Texas Historical Markers documenting key African American buildings, businesses, cemeteries, churches, communities, schools, social organizations throughout Harris County.

Houston League of Business and Professional Women, Inc. 52nd Founders' Day salute to the organization's Legacy and community leaders.

Freedmen's Town Preservation Coalition collection of actions and activivies in the fight to "Save Century Old Brick Streets" in Historic Fouth Ward Freedmen's Town, Houston, Texas.

Freedmen's Town Preservation Coalition preserving the cultural resources in Freedmen's Town as an International destination for heritage, cultural, research, education, and tourism.

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