... during the 1970s. Focusing on Groomes-McLendon’s work, this chapter also showcases how pro- and anti-ERA women’s organizations saw the participation in the 1977 Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas, as a crucial stepping stone for their respective goals. In addition, the chapter highlights the critical...

...This chapter focuses on keynote speaker Barbara Jordan, politician and Houston native. The central theme is her role in the struggle for civil rights and women's rights. Through an examination of delivered speeches leading up to the keynote address at the conference, we see Jordan's views...

...NASA’s decision to locate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston in the fall of 1961 had a tremendous impact upon the Clear Lake area and its surrounding communities. Over the course of a decade, thousands of employees working on the lunar program moved to the region reshaping the area. Nearly all...

... environments. This chapter examines Houston’s contribution to inflatable cultural production from the late 1960s to the early ‘70s through the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. First, the chapter elaborates the unique institutional structure of CAMH as informed by the networked logic of the Apollo space...

... Azari Spain Houston Ballet English National Ballet Royal Ballet Ramona de Sáa Josefina Méndez Miguel Cabrera revolution Alicia Alonso Bolshoi Paris Opera On the advice of a neighbor, Carlos Acosta’s father, a truck driver, sent his son to ballet school to introduce discipline...

...It’s Our Movement Now recovers a different history of the National Women’s Conference in 1977. A history that grapples with the incredible diversity of the women in Houston. A history that makes visible the leadership and presence of Black women who made the meeting possible...