Scott Sosebee

This column is a Texas history column, certainly, but it is also an American history one. So, for this entry, especially since as I write this it is Memorial Day

The concept of white superiority, as practiced first in the Antebellum Old South and later during Reconstruction, Redemption and the Jim Crow eras, had no greater ally than ignorance.

During the last week of May, I attended the second annual meeting of the Alliance for Texas History in Fort Worth, an outstanding gathering of

Texas' history of relations and treatment of Indian peoples is, at best, checkered. When Spanish, Mexican and European American migrants moved to

Texas, and much of its identity, is synonymous with the cowboy, and he in turn is indelibly allied with the state's ranching industry, as no state is more closely affiliated with cattle than Texas.

Houston has a number of nicknames, all that reflect the nature and identity of the city. It is variously known as the “Bayou City,” “Space City,” “H-Town” and more recently,

Many of you grew up hearing the dramatic story of William B. Travis and his famous “line in the sand” at the Alamo. Almost all renderings have Travis assembling the

I cannot think of a single edifice in the state that is more iconic than the Alamo in San Antonio.

Today’s generation finds it hard to fathom how revolutionary radio was when it began in the early 1900s.

My wife and I took the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to take in a baseball game in Arlington and enjoy some of the fine summertime activities the Dallas-Fort Worth area allows.