/tags/black-history Black History en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:31:34 GMT /texasstandard/2024-06-19/juneteenth-black-mexicans-seminole-austin-texas-sisca-traditions-history Black Seminoles, much like the Juneteenth holiday, are only recently getting more attention despite having centuries� worth of history. Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:31:34 GMT /texasstandard/2024-06-19/juneteenth-black-mexicans-seminole-austin-texas-sisca-traditions-history Zahra Crim /austin/2024-02-22/austin-photographer-challenges-stereotypes-of-black-women-through-library-exhibit Leta Harrison's show, "Black Girls Don't Wear Red Lipstick," features empowered women in diverse spaces, clothing and colors. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-02-22/austin-photographer-challenges-stereotypes-of-black-women-through-library-exhibit Ren Leija /politics/2022-09-06/ut-austin-racial-justice-peniel-joseph-america-third-reconstruction Historian, author and professor Peniel Joseph says the United States is living through the third Reconstruction period in its history. He says each of those periods is characterized by racial progress followed by white backlash. Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:17:00 GMT /politics/2022-09-06/ut-austin-racial-justice-peniel-joseph-america-third-reconstruction Jennifer Stayton /transportation/2022-05-31/decades-after-texas-took-part-of-its-historic-farm-a-family-fights-again-to-save-its-land-from-a-highway-expansion Daniel Alexander was enslaved when he founded a farm before the Civil War. 175 years later, his family is fighting to keep it intact as Texas plans to expand U.S. Highway 183. Tue, 31 May 2022 12:56:35 GMT /transportation/2022-05-31/decades-after-texas-took-part-of-its-historic-farm-a-family-fights-again-to-save-its-land-from-a-highway-expansion Timia Cobb /austin/2022-02-25/one-of-austins-first-black-communities-has-largely-been-erased-this-building-tells-its-tale A 150-year-old building on West Campus is the last remnant of a freedom colony, a community of formerly enslaved people. The building has been closed as an apartment complex was built up around it. Some say the historic structure has never really gotten its due. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2022-02-25/one-of-austins-first-black-communities-has-largely-been-erased-this-building-tells-its-tale Marisa Charpentier /life-arts/2021-03-23/how-texas-drove-the-american-sports-revolution A new book explores how Black and female athletes in the Lone Star State pushed for desegregation and shaped national sports culture. Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:12:07 GMT /life-arts/2021-03-23/how-texas-drove-the-american-sports-revolution Alexandra Hart, Caroline Covington /life-arts/2021-01-25/texas-a-m-statue-will-honor-former-slave-senator-and-higher-education-champion-matthew-gaines After decades of false starts, the Matthew Gaines Initiative student group raised $350,000 for Gaines' statue. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:33:20 GMT /life-arts/2021-01-25/texas-a-m-statue-will-honor-former-slave-senator-and-higher-education-champion-matthew-gaines Michael Marks, Caroline Covington /life-arts/2020-10-20/the-postwar-black-history-movement-with-dr-e-james-west On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. E. James West, the Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in American� Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:26:47 GMT /life-arts/2020-10-20/the-postwar-black-history-movement-with-dr-e-james-west John L. Hanson Jr. /texas/2020-06-18/how-one-black-man-came-to-understand-juneteenth-over-six-decades From Texas Standard:The first Juneteenth was not the celebration that it is today. June 19, 1865 was the first day of a federal occupation of Texas, and� Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:08:05 GMT /texas/2020-06-18/how-one-black-man-came-to-understand-juneteenth-over-six-decades Michael Marks /life-arts/2020-02-21/new-history-of-the-united-states-focuses-on-triumph-and-great-great-tragedy-of-black-women Maria Stewart, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Belinda Sutton, Aurelia Shines. These people may not be familiar, but two historians hope they will soon become� Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:37:32 GMT /life-arts/2020-02-21/new-history-of-the-united-states-focuses-on-triumph-and-great-great-tragedy-of-black-women Jennifer Stayton