News 88.7 in partnership with Humanities Texas launches Texas Originals — a new weekly radio segment profiling individuals whose lives and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.SoundCloud
Posted on · Heroic figure during the battle for Texas Independence. She helped protect the state documents that were housed in the newly formed capitol city of Austin from thieves trying to return them to the city of Houston.
Posted on · This African-American artist and educator is best known for his murals in Houston. Maya Angelou described Biggers work as historic that "...leads us through his expressions into the discovery of ourselves at our most intimate level."
Posted on · Author and artist who is best known for the sweeping murals inspired by West Texas landscapes. His style was described as "the wonderful, ever changing light on the structure of the world."
Posted on · The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the South, the first woman to deliver a keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, and the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.