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The new documentary "Echoes from the Hill" tells the story of Arlington's historic Black neighborhood through former residents and archives. The first episode of the five-part series premieres during the city's Juneteenth celebration, and a new episode will roll out each year.
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A new book includes details of how powerful radio stations along the border helped former vaudeville actors reach larger audiences.
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A legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court ended the Texas redistricting scheme of massive mulit-member districts to dilute voting strength of Black and Latino communities.
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Three Texas writers said in their new book, "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth," the driving force was protecting slavery from Mexico’s abolitionist government. On a recent episode of Think, Krys Boyd talked with co-author Bryan Burrough about the Alamo’s latest battle: history versus lore.
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The project is essentially an advisory committee designed to promote the state’s history to Texas residents, largely through pamphlets given to people receiving driver’s licenses.
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HB 2497 would create a public history program using Texas’ founding in 1836 as the focal point for its story of a state of rugged individualists.
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The founder of the Texas Freedom Colonies Project wants to "put the authority of the story of Black people's lives back in the hands of Black folks" by working with descendants to chronicle the stories of African-American settlements established just after the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas.
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Growing up in Monahans in the 1960s, Arlinda Valencia said she was used to hearing about the valor of the Texas Rangers in school and on television.“I…
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Foods we consider familiar today were once considered novel at the time of their State Fair of Texas debuts — long before the era of Fried Coke, the Texas…
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A federal officer gunned down while transporting prisoners through eastern Kentucky was honored at a small ceremony Friday in Plano, more than a century…
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From Texas Standard: If you were making a list of things Texans say that set them apart from non-Texans, friendliness would rank pretty high. Signs of...
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When Mark Doty ran across a collection of 35mm slides that had been sitting in city of Dallas storage for decades, he had no idea if the scans would turn…