The civil rights movement in this city was led by Eldrewey Stearns and the Progressive Youth Association.
The civil rights movement in this city was led by Eldrewey Stearns and the Progressive Youth Association. Civil rights activists in this city threatened to interrupt a parade for Mercury 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper, and negotiated with the "boy mayor" Roy Hofheinz, who needed allies to build a baseball stadium here. In 1917, this city was the site of a race riot led by black soldiers from the Camp Logan training ground. One politician from this city was the keynote speaker at the 1976 and 1992 Democratic National Conventions. Current members of Congress from this city include Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee, and it is governed by mayor Annise Parker.  It was home to the first African-American woman from a southern city to be elected to the House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan.  This city is named for a man succeeded by Mirabeau Lamar in his highest office, FTP, identify this home of the Johnson Space Center, named after the victor at the Battle of San Jacinto and first president of Texas. 
The civil rights movement in this city was led by Eldrewey Stearns and the Progressive Youth Association.
Houston, Texas