Stories from the Third Ward: Women of Houston’s Student Civil Rights Movement

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In this special episode, Brandy Black - a UH graduate student in anthropology - tells the story of the Texas Southern University women who organized and participated in Houston’s Student Civil Rights Movement. Although many of these women remain unknown, Black highlights three preserved in the archives: Holly Adrienne Hogrobrooks, Deanna Lot Burrell, and Halcyon Sadberry Watkins.
This episode was researched, recorded, and produced by Brandy Black for the Center for Public History at the University of Houston.
Special thanks to Jon Schwartz for use of clips from his film This is Our Home, It is Not for Sale (1987). For the full film, please contact the filmmaker at dashhamm@aol or see the UH Libraries Digital Archives at https://exhibits.lib.uh.edu/s/tioh/page/welcome and https://av.lib.uh.edu/media_objects/j3860694x .
To learn more:
Anderson. Michael. 2017. “Eldreway Stearns and Houston’s Student Rights Movement”. Houston History Magazine. Vol 14.2.

Behnken, Brian D. 2005. "Count on Me: Reverend M. L. Price of Texas, a Case Study in Civil Rights Leadership”. Journal of American Ethnic History. Vol. 25.1: 61-84.

Berman, David. 1998. Untold Stories: The Strange Demise of Jim Crow in Houston.

Black History Month: Dr. Halcyon Sadberry Watkins Recalls Houston’s First Sit-in. 20 January 2016. https://fabsculture.com/dr-halcyon-sadberry-watkins-recalls-houstons-first-sit-in/.

Cole, T. R. 1997. No Color Is My Kind: The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston. Austin, TX. University of Texas Press.
"Houston Civil Rights Movement Pioneer and TSU Alumna Holly Hogrobrooks Passes." Texas Southern University. News Media.
"Houston Woman Remembers Bloody Sunday." 7 March 2015. KHOU.com.
Mendoza, Moises. 2010. “Houston Honors TSU Pioneers for Sit-in that Made Strides”. Houston Chronicle. Chron.com.
"Struggles and Success: Sections from the Handbook of African American Texans." 2015. Texas State Historical Commission.
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The Center for Public History at the University of Houston. https://uh.edu/class/cph