/tags/black-austin-matters Black Austin Matters en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:52:28 GMT /life-arts/2025-01-28/east-austin-black-history-texas Harrison Eppright has become an expert on the history of East Austin. Now, he wants locals to become tourists in their own city. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:52:28 GMT /life-arts/2025-01-28/east-austin-black-history-texas Elizabeth McQueen /life-arts/2024-11-19/ut-football-champ-creates-a-welcoming-space-for-black-tech-workers-in-austin Marcus Myers was the linebacker for the 2005 Longhorn championship team and now works in diversity, equity and inclusion at a tech company. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:09:22 GMT /life-arts/2024-11-19/ut-football-champ-creates-a-welcoming-space-for-black-tech-workers-in-austin Sara Kinney /life-arts/2024-10-14/this-austin-activist-wants-to-be-a-rosetta-stone-in-connecting-her-community-to-local-politics Dewi Smith spoke to the Black Austin Matters podcast about why engaging Austinites in the political process is important. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:39:50 GMT /life-arts/2024-10-14/this-austin-activist-wants-to-be-a-rosetta-stone-in-connecting-her-community-to-local-politics Elizabeth McQueen /austin/2022-01-04/black-austin-matters-podcast-aims-to-push-back-against-the-erasure-of-the-black-community-in-austin What matters to Black Austinites? That's the question asked in a new podcast called Black Austin Matters. Hosts Lisa B. Thompson and Rich Reddick created the series as a way to have a sustained conversation about race and Blackness in Austin. Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:58:58 GMT /austin/2022-01-04/black-austin-matters-podcast-aims-to-push-back-against-the-erasure-of-the-black-community-in-austin Jennifer Stayton