ABC13 VAULT: Melanie Lawson speaks with 2 students from the Weingarten’s Supermarket sit for 62th anniversary!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A group of students who attended Texas Southern University did the unimaginable, walking and sitting at an all-white, segregated grocery lunch desk. Now, 62 years later, the two of them sat down with ABC13’s Melanie Lawson to remember the move. Loretta Williams and Dorothea Henry Miller have known each other for most of their lives, but formed a bond during the civil rights movement. See also: ABC13 VAULT: 60 years ago today, students protested to end apartheid Williams, a freshman at TSU at the time, and…

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Texas politics: New UH/TSU survey reveals close statewide races!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – a New survey released Texas Southern University’s Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs Wednesday morning from the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs and Barbara Jordan’s Executive Masters in Public Administration program revealed tight races on top of the Texas 2022 ballot, with Republican incumbents leading the top three among potential voters. . The video featured in the media player above is from a pre-recorded episode of this week in Texas, an in-depth political talk hosted by Tom Abrahams. Governor Greg Abbott leads Beto…

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2022 Final Four: TSU, HBU, UH and Rice University to offer collegiate basketball tournament course in the fall!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Houston will be the official host city for the 2023 NCAA men’s final tournament in over seven months. During that time, schools placing their tickets to the stadiums here in Space City will make history. And the lucky students from the universities here in Houston will be a part of that. “We have strategic priorities in men’s basketball, and one of those priorities is to advance education,” Joan Scott, managing director of the NCAA men’s basketball, told ABC13. “That falls right in it.” We have seen…

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