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! . . Many free blacks were able to become businessmen and leaders Through the young Republican Party blacks rapidly gained political power Indeed blacks comprised 90% of the Texas Republican Party during the 1880s. Norris Wright Cuney an African American from Galveston rose to the chairmanship of the Texas Republican Party and even the national committeeman, Airline 29 CenterPoint Energy 279 Sam Houston former president of the Republic of Texas former governor of Texas retired in Huntsville Walker County. Barbara Jordan was elected to the US House of Representatives by Houston residents on November 8 1966, Houston has a franchise in nearly every major professional sports league including: Houston Dynamo (MLS) Houston Astros (MLB) Houston Rockets (NBA) Houston Comets (Now Defunct)(WNBA) Houston Aeros (Now Defunct) (AHL) Houston Texans (NFL) and Houston Dash (National Women's Soccer League).

8 Notes Universities in Texas host three presidential libraries: George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum at the University of Texas at Austin and the George W Bush Presidential Library at Southern Methodist University! 4.4.2 County services 3.3 2000 Census In early 1917 the War Department ordered two military installations to be built in Harris County: Camp Logan and Ellington Field the Army deployed a battalion of the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment to guard the construction site at Camp Logan Racial tension in the city rose as the black soldiers received hostile treatment in the racially segregated city Tensions flared into a full-blown riot in August 1917; the Camp Logan Riot resulted in the deaths of 15 whites (including 4 policemen) and 4 black soldiers and scores of additional injuries. . Lyndon B Johnson Texan and 36th president of the United States, Korean and Urdu (tied) 0.24% the Mississippian culture also known as Mound Builders which extended along the Mississippi River Valley east of Texas; and. Emergency Services The phrase is often used to describe the area appearing in a newspaper column in the Palestine Herald-Press and in tourist guide by Mike Dougan, The Interstate 10/U.S Route 90 and Interstate 45 stack interchange northwest of Downtown Houston. . On their return to Goliad Westover's group encountered Governor Viesca After being freed by sympathetic soldiers Viesca had immediately traveled to Texas to recreate the state government Dimmitt welcomed Viesca but refused to recognize his authority as governor This caused an uproar in the garrison as many supported the governor Dimmitt declared martial law and soon alienated most of the local residents. Over the next few months the area between Goliad and Refugio descended into civil war Goliad native Carlos de la Garza led a guerrilla warfare campaign against the Texian troops. According to historian Paul Lack the Texian "antiguerilla tactics did too little to crush out opposition but quite enough to sway the uncommitted toward the centralists.", Houston Texas Business Directory Some of the academic and research health institutions at the center include MD Anderson Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine UT Health Science Center Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Children's Hospital and University of Houston College of Pharmacy! The Theater District is a 17-block area in the center of Downtown Houston that is home to the Bayou Place entertainment complex restaurants movies plazas and parks Bayou Place is a large multilevel building containing full-service restaurants bars live music billiards and Sundance Cinema the Bayou Music Center stages live concerts stage plays and stand-up comedy Space Center Houston is the official visitors' center of NASA's Lyndon B Johnson Space Center the Space Center has many interactive exhibits including moon rocks a shuttle simulator and presentations about the history of NASA's manned space flight program Other tourist attractions include the Galleria (Texas' largest shopping mall located in the Uptown District) Old Market Square the Downtown Aquarium and Sam Houston Race Park.