Subject:

Herman Short

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Houston 101: An Earlier Time When Shots Rang Out At TSU

     On May 17, 1967 racial tension and misinformation led to a riot on the Texas Southern University campus.At the time, Houston, like the rest of the country, was struggling with race relations. Herman Short was chief of police under Mayor Louie Welch; Short was especially disliked by Houston's b ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 22, 2001

    Feasted Upon

    A health food store and restaurant falls victim to the movement it helped create

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    The Good, the Bad, the Imprisoned

    Houston's best politicos were not always the ones elected -- or the ones who stayed in office

  • News

    December 15, 1994

    Sixties Survivor

    Gene Locke rises from the streets to City Hall without disavowing his past

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