While growing up in a segregated neighborhood of Houston, Texas, Willie C. Jordan Jr. was taught at a young age to do well in school and avoid trouble. “My siblings and I didn’t have the option to fail,” says Jordan, who was raised in a large 12-sibling family. “Our parents… read more
An Architect’s Advocacy: John Chase
The verbal portrait painted by Amy Maverick Crossette introduces this particular story best: [1] In a sea of white faces, John Saunders Chase waited patiently amid the stares and glares of the swarm of humanity surrounding him. Cameras flashed as reporters hurled questions at him and jotted down his responses… read more