Oreo
Director of Student Ministries for Galveston Urban Ministries I moved to Texas in 8th grade as an african american kid in a mostly white...
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Civil Rights in Black and Brown Oral History Project
Not one, but two civil rights movements flourished in mid-twentieth century Texas, and they did so in intimate conversation with one...
Embracing Diversity in Galveston
A few weeks ago, hanging out at Hey Mikey’s ice cream parlor down on Postoffice, crowd-watching while occasionally making sure to dam the...
Racial Equity in Education
With March being Women’s History Month, it seems only fitting to preface our work towards racial equity in education by looking back on...
INSIDE LOOK: What it means to be African American in Galveston
Gregory Wilson is a long time Galvestonian who’s working at the heart of what he sees as one of the biggest issues facing his community:...
Invest in Community
Galveston was touted as the Ellis Island of the South, but can it be characterized as such today? Some BOIs say Hurricane Ike was the...
Why can't we be friends
RACE, a four letter word that has so much power and depth. In this new decade, 2020, who would have thought that the color of one’s skin,...
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