A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...the white kids attending Metz. A mile away, the African-American kids were housed in the Rosewood project. All that..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Black History Month and Austin's Dirty Laundry

KLRU launches online series featuring ATX civil rights leaders

"...Storytellers include Wilhelmina Delco on being Austin’s first African-American elected to public office, Joan Khabele on how she..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

Naked City

"...open letter to commissioners signed by more than 70 African-American and Latino community leaders and residents. Read it at..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...Leadership Academy and a high school focusing on global studies and foreign languages. While trustees praised the overall idea..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

Testing, Testing, 1 2 3 ...

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics … and then there's the TAKS test

"...to sneeze at, and neither were the gains for African-American and Hispanic students: 25 and 24 points, respectively...."

June 4, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...being Austin, it took us several years, two disparity studies, three outside consultants, more than one lawsuit, many draft..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"...Murray colored by the fact that she is an African-American with modest economic means and no political clout?..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...their site 2-4pm) Digital Resources Art Galleries at Black Studies www.galleriesatut.org, www.galleriesatut.org/christian-green-gallery, www.galleriesatut.org/idea-lab Asian American Resource Center – City..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Texas Maternal Mortality Rate Soars

Local health department examining deaths: Is the Lege to blame?

"...Two recently released back-to-back studies showing unusual jumps in maternal deaths in Texas are..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Rock & Roll Summer Reading

"...with an arduous undertaking. The California-born professor of American studies at the University of London sets out In Search..."

May 30, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

"...to a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies, the country's overall immigrant population rose to an all-time..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...500 students are low income, 70% are Latino or African-American, and 33% are learning English as a second language...."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Forgione's BEST-Laid Plan for Closing Webb

"...learn "research-based strategies" in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and the best practices to support English-language learners...."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...AC: Can you imagine an African-American writing a book about Hardin?..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Honoring the Activist Who Sparked the Integration of Barton Springs Pool

The city celebrated Joan Means Khabele life and legacy last Saturday

"...Uni­ver­sity of Chicago, earned a master's degree in African studies from UCLA, and taught at universities in Zambia, Botswana,..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Opinion: We Have Faith. Now We Need Clean Air.

Addressing methane emissions through robust pollution standards is critical to our future

"...pollution has a disproportionate impact on people of color. Studies have shown that African Americans are 75% more likely..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Column by Bee Moorhead

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...result of 30 years' worth of civic lobbying, feasibility studies, task forces, and two bond elections, the Emma S...."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Come Together

Latino poets building a community at CantoMundo

"...civil rights movement. Patterned after Cave Canem and Kundiman (African-American and Asian-American poetry collectives, respectively), CantoMundo is culturally rooted..."

July 1, 2011 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Beyond the Revolution: A History of American Thought From Paine to Pragmatism

This is Cinerama scholarship, as sweeping and expansive as the nation itself

"...early American thought. The venerable University of Texas American studies and history professor argues that as the young republic..."

April 3, 2009 Books Review by Robert Faires

How Not to Gentrify: HRC Asks for Eastside Moratorium

Alvarez advises caution, further study

"...offices and retailers. An April article in USA Today ("Studies: Gentrification a Boost for Everyone") says the lofts have..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...perhaps the discourse would have resembled when the first African-American moved into Travis Heights, if any ever have. Though..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...not to Randall Robinson, who is, I believe, an African-American political activist who was instrumental in bringing about American..."

July 4, 2003 Column

War by the (Text)book

The State Board of Education's first public hearing on social studies textbooks confirmed that, underneath the thin cloak of bureaucratic civility, an ideological battle is raging over whose story the textbooks should tell.

"...State Board of Education's first public hearing on social studies textbooks, held July 17, drew more than 60 citizens..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Further Reflections

"...progress in her own life. "Drylongso" is an old African-American term that means "ordinary" or "just the same old..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Between the Lines

"...scholarly appraisal of Nora Zeale Hurston's groundbreaking work on African-American spiritualism, and W. Kenneth Holditch's musings on Ignatius Reilly's..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Books Review

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the basic charge was to throw out old social studies textbooks for Grades 1-6 and adopt new, updated books,..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

Naked City

"...for students in most subjects – although writing and social-studies passing scores remain the same as last year. That..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a member of the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and has..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Media Clips

The Latino USA radio program is building a national name for itself out of its KUT headquarters in Austin.

"...conjunction with the University of Texas' Center for Mexican-American Studies (CMAS), the show was developed in 1993 by Maria..."

Sept. 17, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...recent discoveries on the cloud deck of Venus and studies of the weird interstellar object `Oumuamua, find out how..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

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