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On this day in 1955
Jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie and others were arrested in Houston, Texas, after performing before an integrated audience. The police’s vice squad claimed they did it because there was gambling in a backstage dressing room. Saxophonist Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet played that night. “I wanted Houston to see...
Galleria-area building evacuated due to suspicious package at Saudi Consul General
HOUSTON — A suspicious package forced the evacuation of a building in the Galleria area on Monday night. According to police, an officer heard a vibrating sound when they opened a package that was sent to the Saudi Consulate General, which has a suite on the 15th floor of the building along Westheimer at Chimney Rock.
Houstonian reflects on personal story during Civil Rights movement as she bids 'Big Boy' goodbye
On Monday, folks gathered at the Houston Amtrak station on Washington Avenue to say "bye" to the impressive "Big Boy" train as it continued on its Heartland of America tour.For one Houstonian, though, being at this particular train station brought back many memories of a brave ride she took during the Civil Rights movement.Gertrudejane Holliday Stone, at 89 years young, says she remembers the ride clearly."I was coming home for the holidays from Tennessee to Texas," Stone explained.It was 1955, at the height of the Civil Rights movement, and she says she was asked multiple times to get out of...
Hundreds gather in Houston to mark 1-year anniversary of Hamas' surprise attack on Israel
Hundreds of people came together Monday night to commemorate a year since the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel.Houston's community vigil, organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston and held at Congregation Beth Yeshurun, marked the sad occasion worldwide."Oct. 7 was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, and we swore never again, and we mean never again," Mark Toubin, ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Southwest Regional Director, told ABC13.RELATED: What Americans think about Israel's war in Gaza, a year after the Oct. 7 attacksTwelve hundred people in Israel were killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and around 100 hostages are still...
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