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    • Portraits of Patriotism returns to spotlight Black military service

      Anderson Center for the Arts is bringing back its film series spotlighting Black military service, pairing screenings with artifacts from the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum to confront decades of historical erasure. “Portraits of Patriotism: Part 2” returns Wednesday, June 24, at The Gregory School/African American History Research Center, a fitting backdrop as the building that once housed the city’s first public school for Black children in Freedmen’s Town. 

    • Former HISD teacher challenges termination with federal lawsuit, appeal

      Former Houston ISD educator Michelle Williams has filed a state appeal and federal civil rights lawsuit against HSID, challenging her termination after the district’s Board of Managers voted to override an independent hearing examiner’s recommendation that she be reinstated. Williams spent 26 years in Houston classrooms, teaching third-graders. She has also been a vocal critic of the state takeover of HISD and the state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles and Board of Managers.

    • Alicia Dugar Stephenson key to Houston Black yoga explosion

      For the past few years, the participation of Black people in yoga nationwide has been steadily rising.  Data from the National Health Interview Survey indicates that the percentage of Black adults practicing yoga grew from roughly 9% to upwards of 15% leading into the mid-2020s. According to local yoga instructors, that same dynamic is happening in Houston.

    • Why great assistant coaches never become head coaches

      Many assistant coaches spend years helping build successful programs, developing athletes, and mastering their craft. Yet when head coaching opportunities arise, some of the most talented assistants never make the transition. That reality was the focus of a presentation by Fort Bend ISD Executive Director of Athletics Derick Roberson at the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators (TABSE) Masterclass Aspiring Head Coaches Summit, where aspiring leaders gathered to learn what it truly takes to move from supporting a vision to creating one.

    • Houston, we have the Blues: Resilience of a musical movement

      https://youtu.be/4wn-5XSDOi8 Long before Houston became synonymous with Beyoncé, rap, hip hop, R&B and Gospel, the city was one of the most important blues capitals in America. Venues and dance halls in the Third Ward, Fifth Ward, Frenchtown and Sunnyside once anchored Black cultural life. Houston nurtured generations of musicians whose influence stretched far beyond Texas.

        Last night’s part 1 of the ‘Black Headline News One-Year Anniversary Update’ explains new direction

        • August 25, 2023
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        Black Headline News is expanding to FAST channels this fall By Black Headline News https://vimeo.com/857769024 Last night, Black Headline News (BHN) founder, Julia Dudley Najieb, reviewed the big updates happening this year concerning the BHN channel and network on its one-year anniversary. BHN launched last year on August 24, 2022, with a focus on highlighting

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