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...bluesman and insisted his "American music"--which incorporated jazz, country, R&B and Cajun--defied categorization; two weeks after evacuating his home in Slidell, La., which was razed by Hurricane Katrina; in Orange, Texas. Nicknamed for his deep voice, he got his break in the late 1940s at Houston's Bronze Peacock club when T-Bone Walker fell ill and Brown jumped onstage and began riffing. ("I made $600 in 15 minutes," he boasted.) A collaborator with artists from Eric Clapton to Roy Clark, the frequent Grammy nominee won the award for his 1982 album, Alright Again...
...keep track of, the billions of dollars required to rebuild. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will end up reimbursing the Coast Guard for fuel used to power helicopters in rescue missions, the city of New Orleans for the overtime of its police and fire departments, and Houston for the costs of housing evacuees in the Astrodome...
...would be difficult for me to think of another Law School graduate—living or deceased—that has had such an impact on equality or justice in this country,” said HLS Dean Elena Kagan, who is also the Houston professor...
...remarks to the audience, University President Lawrence H. Summers acknowledged discrimination at the University and said that if Houston were still living, he would call the struggle for equality “far from finished...
...Houston “would remind us of what every African-American member of this community knows all too well: that prejudice remains in who is asked for their I.D. and who is not asked for their I.D. when they enter buildings on this campus,” he said...