HOUSTON GUIDE
WELCOME TO HOUSTON, TEXAS
The Space and Energy Center is now the largest cultural center in the Southwest.
As a result, Houston has morphed into a place to see above and underground.
Soulful cultural begins with The Ensemble Theatre, National Buffalo Soldiers Museum
and Texas Southern University featuring the John Biggers Art Center,
Barbara Jordan & Mickey Leland Archives, Shape Community Center ... More
RESTAURANTS and NIGHTCLUBS
For its size, Houston has a nice range and depth of Soul Food, Creole, Barbeque
restaurants plus a choice selection of nightclubs to dance, socialize, listen to
Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop and Soul Music. We suggest ... More
TEXAS BARBEQUE and SOUL FOOD
Texas Barbeque is known for its pit-cooked beef preparations,
gargantuan portions that can be ordered by the pound and
tangy mesquite-flavored barbeque sauce that ... More
SHOPS and GALLERIES
Though the shopping scene changes frequently, you cna always count on finding
an good Afrocentric Bookstore, specialty clothing boutiques, unique collectible
gift shops and a fine art gallery ... More
SPAS
In a nice surprise, Houston has expanded its number of Black spas to
include The Root of You, Waterfalls ... More
GENERAL ATTRACTIONS
A wealthy 5 million person metro area, Houston has amassed a concentration
of general attractions in Downtown and the Galleria-Post Oak Area,
some of our favorites are Bayou Place, Old Market Square District ... More
FAMILY ATTRACTIONS
NASA Space Center, Children's Museum of Houston, Houston Zoo,
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Six Flags Splashtown,
Kemah Boardwalk and Moody Gardens are the headliners ... More
HISTORIC SITES
Freedmenstown is Houston's is the oldest Black district and the
Jack Yates House is featured in a downtown historic park,
but the birthplace of Juneteenth ... More
ART and HISTORY MUSEUMS
With so many oil millionaires in these parts, one should not be surprised to
see so many well-endowed museums like Museum of Fine Arts,
Contemporary Arts Museum The Menil Collection, Rothko Chapel ... More
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - HOUSTON
While the South was in turmoil during the 1950’s and early 1960’s,
Houston headed for a more peaceful, low-profile end to the Jim Crow Era
just a few weeks after the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in ... More
BLACK GENESIS
After the Civil War, Juneteenth reportedly started in Galveston on 19 June 1865.
African Americans from other southern cities migrated to
Houston and Galveston to find work ... More
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