The city controller is elected independently of the mayor and council the controller's duties are to certify available funds prior to committing such funds and processing disbursements the city's fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 Chris Brown is the city controller serving his first term as of January 2016. Map of ethnic distribution in Houston 2010 U.S Census Each dot is 25 people: White Black Asian Hispanic or Other (yellow) Worldwide-acclaimed pianist Van Cliburn a native of nearby Shreveport Louisiana was raised in Kilgore Kilgore College houses the Van Cliburn Auditorium on its home campus! The primary network-affiliated television stations are KPRC-TV (NBC) KHOU (CBS) KTRK-TV (ABC) KRIV (Fox) KIAH (The CW) and KTXH (MyNetworkTV) KTRK-TV KRIV and KTXH operate as owned-and-operated stations of their networks.
; . In 2004 Houston unveiled the first Mahatma Gandhi statue in the state of Texas at Hermann Park Houston's Indian American Community were cheerful after 10 years in 2010 when the Hillcroft and Harwin area were renamed Mahatma Gandhi District in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as that area is the center of Indian commerce. 1910 78,800 76.6% When Urrea began marching south in mid-May many families from San Patricio who had supported the Mexican army went with him When Texian troops arrived in early June they found only 20 families remaining the area around San Patricio and Refugio suffered a "noticeable depopulation" in the Republic of Texas years. Although the treaty had specified that Urrea and Filisola would return any slaves their armies had sheltered Urrea refused to comply Many former slaves followed the army to Mexico where they could be free by late May the Mexican troops had crossed the Nueces. Filisola fully expected that the defeat was temporary and that a second campaign would be launched to retake Texas. Extent The University of Texas at Dallas When the Supreme Court ruled in 1923 that white primaries established by political parties were unconstitutional in 1927 the Texas state legislature passed a bill that authorized political parties to establish their internal practices the Democratic Party reinstated the white primary That law survived until 1944 before another Supreme Court case ruled that it was unconstitutional After 1944 the NAACP and other organizations worked to register black voters and participation increased But the major disenfranchisement continued until passage in the mid-1960s of civil rights legislation including the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to provide for federal oversight in areas in which historically minorities did not vote in expected numbers based on population. . . .
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