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Revisiting Ongoing Efforts To Address Human Trafficking In Greater Houston

Abner Fletcher

Posted on May 31, 2018 · We learn about a program that rehabilitates victims of sex trafficking and other efforts to fight the problem.

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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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The Nation Must Awake: Our Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

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Posted on June 4, 2021 · "Economic envy" was the motivation behind the 1921 attack that killed dozens of black men and women and destroyed the wealthy, 35 square block neighborhood, known as "Black Wall Street", according to witness descendant.

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Posted on May 14, 2021 · The author, and daughter of entertainment legend, Eartha Kitt, explores her relationship through the decades with the icon, changing from child to her mother's manager in 'Eartha & Kitt'

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