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Houston Is Building Its Next Chapter.

From Third Ward to Acres Homes, meet the people and places moving Black Houston forward.

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About This Edition

Houston.
Where Black Houston Builds What Comes Next.

Covering Houston and its historic Black neighborhoods—the people, businesses, artists, and institutions shaping the city’s future.

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Third Ward
Fifth Ward
Sunnyside
Acres Homes
South Park

Top Stories

BLAC Detroit

Khary Frazier Is Building a Library of Detroit

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Business

Black Business Is Growing. The Map Tells a Bigger Story.

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Art + Culture

Detroit Makes Movies. Why Is It Still So Hard to See One Here?

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What's Happening

Sep 20–Sep 21
Natural Hair Fest Houston | Community, Culture & Creativity
Houston
Sep 25 · 7:00 PM
Love, Me with Tiffany D. Cross
Houston
Oct 2 · 8:00 PM
HOUSTON’S ONLY LIVE MUSIC R&B ROOFTOP NIGHT (8PM)
Houston
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Business Spotlight

BLAC America

We Black. We Golf. And We Built Our Own Community.

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By The Numbers

H-TOWN
A Global Center of Black Culture
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