Image courtesy HALN.comCheck out a book that walks and talks during Saturday's Living Library. Presented by the Houston Public Library and the Center for the Healing of Racism, the Living Library is made up of more than a dozen members of the community who will have a give-and-take conversation with readers on a variety of topics. Each person is a book with a title that reflects his or her personal story. Cherry Steinwender, co-executive director of the Center for the Healing of Racism who is Af
Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the United States, first began in Galveston, and as such, the area around Houston is home to some of the biggest and most lavish Juneteenth celebrations in the world.
The June 19 holiday, also sometimes called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, marks the day in 1865 when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, signed in September 1862. The proclamation was set to go into effect on January 1 o
