Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events

A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more

"...exhibits, which present artifacts from prominent local families, the Jim Crow-era L.C. Anderson High School, and Black scientists and..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Opinion: City Council Must Call for a Cease-Fire

Raising our voice in Austin is the minimum moral action we can take

"...news broke that a U.S. state had brought back Jim Crow, would it make sense for City Council to..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Column by Garrigan Stafford

Opinion: No Home Sweet HOME for Austin’s Black and Latino Communities

A member of the Planning Commission argues that Austin’s proposed new land use plan would result in another major forced relocation of Austin’s Latino community and its dwindling Black community

"...systemic racism of past land use policies, such as Jim Crow zoning, redlining of Black and Brown communities, and..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Alberta Phillips

Historic Black Church Won Federal Funds for Restoration. Why Is It Sitting Empty?

$150K to make the building usable hangs in the balance

"...and served integrated Sunday luncheons in the midst of Jim Crow Texas for $1.50 a plate...."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Post by Oscar Rodriguez

SXSW Film Review: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

The life and impact of the jazz drumming pioneer

"...artist, a Black man who made his bones in Jim Crow America, tick...."

March 13, 2023 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kirk Watson and Celia Israel Lead Pack for the Next Mayor of Crisis City

Duo leads in funds, reputations, and housing plans

"...this started being compared to red-lining, ward politics, and Jim Crow. Right now, much of Austin's housing is being..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Book Festival Announces Omar Epps for 2022 Lineup

First author list includes Angie Cruz, Sandra Brown, more

"...Afrofuturist fantasy with Clarence A. Haynes (The Legacy of Jim Crow), and the festival will be a first look..."

July 13, 2022 Arts Post by Kaushiki Roy

SXSW Film Review: Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

Celebrating 50 years of Big Easy music and culture

"...had first been consulted in the early Sixties, when Jim Crow made an integrated event impossible. After a decade..."

March 17, 2022 Screens Post by Michael King

Five Things to Enjoy During Black History Month

Art, theatre, music, ballet, and more

"...through the Great Depression and in the time of Jim Crow. With music composed by, of course, the great..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jay Trachtenberg’s Top Books of 2021

In a lost year, retrospectives and reprints with new context were comfort reads

"...Algerian population by French officials is akin to the Jim Crow attitudes Black Americans receive at home. The French..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Austin at Large: Be of Good Cheer, Be Not Afraid

When venomous fear becomes a weapon, we ourselves can become the antidote

"...them racist for, you know, trying to bring back Jim Crow. Their poor fee-fees!..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Dems Storm the Capitol (Peacefully!) To Demand Voting Rights

O'Rourke, House quorum-breakers rally thousands

"...Beto O’Rourke led crowds from across the state to the Texas Capitol on..."

June 21, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Opinion: We Must Not Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

Parties should be competing to win more votes, not working to keep voting down

"...Frankly, this bill is a throwback to the Jim Crow era when Texas had a number of laws..."

June 18, 2021 Column by Tom Lopach

Opinion: Conspiracy Theorists Are Central to the New Voter Suppression. I Got to Know One of Them Too Well.

Op-ed: Austin City Council Member Greg Casar traces a fringe candidate's vendetta against him to Trump's Big Lie

"...Jim Crow 2.0 voting restrictions target working-class people and voters..."

May 21, 2021 Column by Greg Casar

Voting Debate Turns House Into a History Class

Dems slow SB 7's roll with more than 100 amendments

"...language, some borrowed from the Texas Constitution, rooted in Jim Crow voter suppression. "Are you aware that references to..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Review: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey

UT could learn a lot from these "crazy stories about racism"

"...bit of sentimental doggerel composed at the height of Jim Crow Texas. The initial institutional response was sympathetic –..."

April 13, 2021 Arts Post by Michael King

Public Notice: Doing In Deed Restrictions?

Plus: More Hancock! And fewer teachers?

"...Common throughout the Jim Crow South, some of Austin's deed restrictions were added..."

March 12, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...were exacerbated throughout the 20th century by the apartheid-directed Jim Crow policies of white governments throughout the American South...."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: The Way We Got Here

On the journey to today’s Austin, Ron Davis helped make the road by walking

"...Austin developed deep resilience and authority, and as the Jim Crow barriers slowly dropped away, its leaders came to..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

In her second book, the author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines and breaks down the unacknowledged social structure baked into our country

"...India, the U.S. (with special attention to slavery and Jim Crow), and Nazi Germany – and the unified ways..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

For His Dance (Re)current Unrest, Charles O. Anderson Keeps Moving

Through the pandemic and other obstacles, the choreographer and UT teacher continues to adapt

"...embodiment of these histories of neglect, whitewashing, white power, Jim Crow, racial profiling, discrimination, and brutality – as well..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ways of Remembering: A Racial Geography Tour of UT-Austin’s Campus

Dr. Edmund T. Gordon's virtual tour illuminates the university's complicated history

"...tour, the virtual version discusses the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, desegregation, and more recent activism that has led..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Sara Hutchinson

Shameful and Racist

"...came to exist in Texas in 1931, in the Jim Crow era. Far from honoring the soldiers that fought..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Postmarks

A Month-by-Month Guide to Election 2020 Madness

From local policy to the national election, we just want you to vote, OK?

"...tax, as you hopefully learned about in school under "Jim Crow.")..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights

The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas

"...of Radical Reconstruction. In the decades leading up to Jim Crow, Clarksville became a burgeoning center of African American..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Qmmunity: 50 Years Queer History

Everything you need to know to make the best of Pride Weekend

"...peek at season 2 to find out who gets crowned the queen of camp. Fingers crossed for Kitty! Mondays,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

CM Harper-Madison Continues the Dialogue

"...various occasions that our existing land development rules have Jim Crow-era origins and directly contribute to Austin’s standing as..."

May 15, 2019 Postmarks

Public Notice: Ends at Odds

Good deeds, bad deeds, restricted deeds

"...various occasions that our existing land development rules have Jim Crow-era origins and directly contribute to Austin’s standing as..."

May 10, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Tomar Williams Hones Four Decades of Soul

Breakout of his family band, the performer seizes on his pop, soul, R&B, and hip-hop successes and failures in Tomar & the FCs

"...person where they stand, while still connecting to the crowd as a whole...."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...and Viggo Mortensen on a road trip across the Jim Crow South), and Wildlife, the directorial debut of Paul..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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