Born to Serve: A History of Texas Southern University Volume 14

by Merline Pitre

Book Overview

Texas Southern University is often said to have been "conceived in sin." Located in Houston, the school was established in 1947 as an "emergency" state-supported university for African Americans, to prevent the integration of the University of Texas. Born to Serve is the first book to tell the full history of TSU, from its founding, through the many varied and defining challenges it faced, to its emergence as a first-rate university that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806168900
• ISBN13: 9780806168906
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"