For many years, Texas Southern University has been in the forefront of providing positive academic energy to students from all walks of life. In doing so, students who graduated from the University have excelled in their chosen professions. The blueprint for excellence TSU provides resides in the accomplishments of Michael […]
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Carter G. Woodson was a multi-faceted educator/historian and is best-known as the author of the book “The Miseducation of the Negro” published in 1933. He was born in 1875 in Buckingham County, Virginia; however, what is seldom mentioned is his being the originator “Black History Month.” Being the first-generation son of a former […]
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Sheldon T. Nunn – For more than twenty years, The City of Houston has celebrated the life and legacy of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King with two yearly MLK parades. The City’s as well as America’s first parade was organized in 1978 by Ovide Ducantell and the Black Heritage […]
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Sheldon T. Nunn – Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, whose stage name is Chucho Valdés, was born October 9, 1941 in Quivican, Cuba. As a pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career has spanned more than 50 years is a former member of the Orquesta Cubana Musica Modema. In 1973 he formed the […]
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(Sheldon T. Nunn) – For many years, patrons of Da Camera’s Chamber Music and Jazz concert series have been electrified by a wide-array of jazz artists this one-of-a-kind performing arts organization has brought to Houston. In most instances the response from jazz lovers who appreciate artistic impressionism at its best has been overwhelmingly […]
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