Astrolite the Astrodome's scoreboard during a 1969 Astros game it was the world's first animated scoreboard. 7 Further reading Further information: Music of Texas 8 See also Houston Texas Business Directory vte. A gambrel-roofed house with large windows gracious wrap-around balcony and first floor porch with Grecian columns Sashed windows are framed by shutters. . From 1950 through the 1960s Texas modernized and dramatically expanded its system of higher education Under the leadership of Governor Connally the state produced a long-range plan for higher education a more rational distribution of resources and a central state apparatus that managed state institutions with greater efficiency Because of these changes Texas universities received federal funds for research and development during the John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson administrations, Contents Houston Texas Business Directory. Transportation High rise brick flat-roofed hotel with three wings of equal size resting on the base provided by the first two floors. During the revolution Texian soldiers gained a reputation for courage and militance. Lack points out that fewer than five percent of the Texian population enrolled in the army during the war a fairly low rate of participation. Texian soldiers recognized that the Mexican cavalry was far superior to their own Over the next decade the Texas Rangers borrowed Mexican cavalry tactics and adopted the Spanish saddle and spurs the riata and the bandana.
. . 12.2 Cities 1 Conquest Refurbishment plans Houston is the tenth largest television market in the United States While Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States other cities that are smaller than Houston have metropolitan region that are larger than Houston's. Racial violence continued by whites against blacks as they enforced white supremacy Despite this freedmen pursued education organized new churches and fraternal organizations and entered politics winning local offices By the 1890s more than 100,000 blacks were voting in state elections in 1896 and 1898 Republican Robert B Hawley was elected to Congress from the state by a plurality when most white voters split between the Democratic and Populist parties Democrats were determined to end competition by Republicans and Populists and reviewed what other Southern states were doing to disenfranchise blacks and poor whites Mississippi's new constitution of 1890 had survived a Supreme Court case although in practice it was highly discriminatory against freedmen. . The Bank of America Center by Philip Johnson is an example of postmodern architecture.
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