Texas lawmakers on Monday unveiled a portrait of state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, a Houston Democrat who is the longest-serving ...

The recognition of Texas’s history goes well beyond that: Cities across the state bear the names of the state’s founders, as do colleges such as Sam Houston State University and Stephen F.

then later governor of Texas,” McKinney continued. “Sam Houston was the only person ever, in US history, to be governor of two different states. He was like George Washington – just revered ...

Texas Southern University became the site of an intense shootout in 1967, where students faced off against police during a ...

the first domed sports stadium (with air conditioning), opened in Houston, in 1965. In addition to the likes of Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, Doak Walker, and Earl Campbell, Texas football is ...

(The Dallas Morning News archives) But the 1960s drag-related headlines in Texas were dominated by the case of Leslie Elaine Perez, a female impersonator who was convicted of murdering a Houston ...