Houston – ANDREA ROBERTS

Dead Assets: Endangered Cemeteries, Sacred Spaces of African America

Jun 20, 2014Andrea RobertsUncategorizedadvocacy, african american, ancestors, black, Black women, cemetery, church, family, fringe, history, Houston, justice, land, legislative, planning, reparations, rural, slave, Texas

By Andrea Roberts* I spoke yesterday with Jeremy Nelloms, descendant of Nancy Bradshaw. Nancy Bradshaw was a former slave who attained an impressive 300 acres of land after emancipation located in today’s northeast Houston, Texas. The land is located a few blocks off I-10 East. Her family still owns the land, and the historic African…

Andrea’s Throw Back Thursday: My Family & Houston’s Long Forgotten All-Black Rodeo Arena

I grew up going to rodeos. Yes, this little black girl went to rodeos. They were all-Black and held in Richmond and Rosenberg. Sometimes they had a little chittlin’ circuit show associated with them, but mostly, it was just lots of Black cowboys and cowgirls doing their thing. Apparently, the lowest and highest caliber of…