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Decherd's great-grandfather, George B. Dealey, began his journalism career toiling away in the mailroom of the Galveston Daily News in 1885. His hard work won him steady promotions and the attention of the paper's owner, Alfred H. Belo. When Belo wanted to start a telegraph edition in North Texas, he sent his trusted lieutenant G.B. Dealey to scout the area...
Avery works as a print-maker and physician at the University of Texas at Galveston. The son of a doctor and an artist, Avery sees himself as existing between the art and medical worlds. His prints, sculptures and installations deal with issues of health, healing and sexuality and very often borrows imagery from familiar paintings and etchings from Piranesi to folk...
Texas got the big news a little late. On June 19, 1865--nearly a month after the Civil War ended and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation--General Gordon Granger of the Union Army landed at Galveston, Texas, and read aloud General Order No. 3: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free...
Spontaneous celebrations broke out in Galveston and spread around the state--and thus the holiday of "Juneteenth" began. Traditionally, the date has been marked in Texas with parades, picnics, dances and other events; in 1979 state legislator Al Edwards led a successful push to make it an official state holiday. Juneteenth has also caught on elsewhere: celebrations are held in more than 30 states, and this year the holiday should have even more of a national presence. On April 10 the U.S. Senate approved a resolution sponsored by majority leader Trent Lott of Mississippi and minority leader Thomas Daschle...
...sync with the district. She has no lack of enthusiasm for her campaign, saying, "You can't put a price on grass-roots support." She has been endorsed by the Texas State Teachers Association and has the backing of the Coalition of Black Democrats and several Galveston city-council members...