{"id":34462,"date":"2016-09-16T11:31:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulofamerica.com\/?page_id=34462"},"modified":"2023-09-01T09:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:36:47","slug":"houston-civil-rights-movement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/houston\/houston-civil-rights-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Civil Rights Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Houston Civil Rights Movement<\/h2>\n
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While much of the south was in turmoil during the Civil Rights Movement, of the late 1950s and 1960s, Houston Civil Rights Movement was a more peaceful, low profile end to Jim Crow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What is little known outside of civil rights veterans is that Houston’s lunch counter sit-in was just a few weeks later than the famous Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter sit-in staged in February 1960. More recognition is due to attorney Eldrewey Stearns at 2206 Dowling Street and other leaders connected with Texas Southern University, who organized and exerted peaceful, effective pressure on the white Houston power structure. <\/p>\n

To the credit of all concerned, an end to Jim Crow segregation of all downtown facilities was quickly implemented days before the world tuned into Houston for its grand opening of the Astrodome, the world\u2019s first indoor stadium capable of hosting baseball, football, and rodeos.<\/p>\n