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Black History Is Worth Saving In Houston
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“Judge Larry Weiman Saves Black History in Houston.” 80th Civil District Court in Harris County
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Judge Larry Weiman (Pictured) and Judge Alexandra SmootsHogan listened to the compelling historical evidence in the case and entered several orders protecting these wonderful historic streets, including an injuction to prevent alteration, removal or damage to the streets. Judge Weiman is Judge of the 80th District Court in Harris County.
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very year we set aside a month to pretend to honor black history in this Country, while the rest of the year we manage to erase evidence of that history from communities. What is a month of memories if the evidence creating those memories is allowed to vanish under the pretext of progress. Black communities, churches and schools are destroyed everyday with appalling frequency in a climate of silence and without any outcry. Children increasingly grow up not having anything tangible to see, feel or experience regarding their ancestral past. Developers and politicians turn deaf ears to the cries of preservationists who seek to salvage the meager vestiges of black history that remain. It is disappointing to hear conversations regarding improvements to neighborhoods that have the unspoken assumption that the artifacts of black history can be easily destroyed without accountability or opposition. Pitiful indeed is a people who will not preserve or protect their history! In Houston, a group of courageous citizens recently did the unthinkable. They
Doris Ellis - Freedmen’s Town Preservation Coalition DORIS ELLIS (pictured center) is the president of the Freedmen’s Town Preservation Coalition. The Mission of the Freedmen’s Town Preservation Coalition To inform, educate, and inspire the community to embrace and preserve the proud heritage of Houston's Historic Brick Streets Andrews/Wilson in Historic Freedmen's Town Fourth Ward.
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