Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2656: An American in Paris
Posted on · Episode: 2656 An American in Paris: Eugene Bullard, Black hero in the jazz age. Today, an American in Paris.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2601: America in 1900
Posted on · Episode: 2601 What did we see when we looked at the new century in 1900? Not what you might expect. Today, America in 1900.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2265: The Books of Timbuktu
Posted on · Episode: 2265 Timbuktu: The romance and reality of a Renaissance intellectual center. Today, we finally reach Timbuktu.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2257: Pumping Blood
Posted on · Episode: 2257 Pumping our blood, when our hearts fail us. Today, we pump blood.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2230: James Herman Banning
Posted on · Episode: 2230 James Banning, pioneering Black pilot. Today, James Herman Banning.
Business
In Gentrifying 5th Ward, One Developer Makes A Pitch To Former Residents
Posted on · Real estate investor Chris Senegal’s townhomes target young professionals who care about the community.
News
White Skin, Black Emojis?
Posted on · This week on Ask Code Switch: Is it OK for a white teenager to use emojis that don't match her skin color? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
News
The Meaning Of Meghan: ‘Black’ And ‘Royal’ No Longer An Oxymoron In Britain
Posted on · Whether or not she cares, princess-to-be Meghan Markle has become a symbol of biracial people's coming-of-age, and maybe of the country's collective adulthood on race
Full Show
Racial Opportunity Divide, Political Roundtable, and Houston Dynamo: Houston Matters for Monday, August 25, 2014
Posted on · For the last two weeks, the nation has watched events transpire in Ferguson, Missouri. Nightly protests, occasional looting, and a general mistrust of the police by members of the community, have all been spurred by the shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a Ferguson police officer. But as we've learned in the two weeks […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
Texans Sign Up for Healthcare, A New Craft Beer Fest & Rhino Hunting: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · More than 118,000 Texans signed up for health insurance through the online marketplaces by the end of 2013; a new craft beer festival is coming to Houston; and in a closed door Dallas auction last weekend a man won a permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino in Namibia: It’s The Good, The Bad […]
Houston Matters
Dream of MLK Statue in Houston Close to Becoming Reality After Three Decades
Posted on · More than 30 years ago, Houston's Black Heritage Society, after being approached by Martin Luther King, Sr., wanted to find a way to memorialize Martin Luther King, Jr. in the city. While they wanted a statue, they ended up settling for a live oak tree on MLK Boulevard. That set in motion a series of […]