Preservation Leadership Forum – Burial Database Project of Enslaved African Americans
http://fifthstreettexas.blogspot.com/2013/03/preservation-leadership-forum-burial.html
Highlights from Jane Jacobs Walk in “Hidden” East Austin
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” ― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities As mentioned on a previous post, April 13 was the 2nd annual Jane Jacob’s Hidden East Austin Walk. The walk is really an informal ad…
Jane’s Walk and Talk 2013 – Hidden East Austin
Jane’s Walk and Talk 2013 Hidden East Austin Join a walking conversation and celebration of East Austin’s African American and Latino history. Learn about hidden gems and pockets of history. Saturday, April 13 – 9:30 a.m. – noon! Highlights: Learn about the African American presence at the French Legation View Toni Tipton-Martin’s exhibit on…
Why Place & Race Matter – PolicyLink
http://fifthstreettexas.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-place-race-matter-policylink.html
Next Local Planning Task Force Meeting Announced
5th Street Project Task Force Meeting http://fifthstreettexas.blogspot.com/2013/02/next-local-planning-task-force-meeting.html
Invisible Spaces Learning Community – Fifth Street Project: Unincorporated Communities, Race, and Social Justice
https://fifthstreettexas.blogspot.com/2013/02/unincorporated-communities-race-and.html
Recollection as Resistance: Challenging Cultural Eugenics & Marginalization in Invisible Places | Andrea Roberts – Academia.edu
Recollection as Resistance: Challenging Cultural Eugenics & Marginalization in Invisible Places – Conference Paper at Abriendo Becha
Farmers Improvement Society Membership Records
Baylor University, Texas Collection
Verterans of FIS Cemetery, Stafford, Texas
Until 1969, most African American veterans were still buried outside official veteren’s cemeteries.