News 88.7 in partnership with Humanities Texas launches Texas Originals — a new weekly radio segment profiling individuals whose lives and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
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Congressman George Thomas "Mickey" Leland
George Thomas “Mickey” Leland November 27, 1944–August 7, 1989 When the Texas House of Representatives met in January 1973, three of the new members were the first African Americans elected to the House since Reconstruction. One of these, twenty-eight-year-old Mickey Leland, entered the Capitol wearing an Afro and a vibrant dashiki. The New York Times described him as “a jolt to the conservative Texas body.” Image courtesy of the Office of the Clerk, U.S.... Read More