Texas Originals
Series produced by KUHF
"Texas Originals" is a radio series profiling individuals whose life and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
"Texas Originals" is a radio series profiling individuals whose life and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture. "Texas Originals" is produced by Humanities Texas and KUHF - Houston Public Radio
104 Pieces
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The first Anglo-American to author a book about Texas.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
A pioneering journalist and author who focused on Texas politics and those who practiced it.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
An award winning playwright and screenwriter.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
One of the first African-Americans elected to the Texas Legislature.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
A Franciscan Priest who brought Spanish settlers to Texas in the 1600s.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
An educator and folklorist who became the first Mexican-American president of the Texas Folklore Society.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
He fought discrimination faced by Mexican-Americans during the battle of Texas Independence.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
Despite great opposition, she spent her life fighting for Texas women’s right to vote.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
A legendary rancher and cattleman.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
A legendary medical doctor and social reformer
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
He documented the cruelty of slaveholding in the 1850s
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
An adventurer who explored Texas and its earliest inhabitants.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
He helped Galveston recover from the 1900 Hurricane.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
Considered to be the “greatest western writer of all time” by the Western Writers of America.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
A pioneer in the cosmetics industry.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
A 19th century publisher who wrote scathing columns.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
A gifted architect who championed historic preservation.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
The first women in Texas to hold statewide elected office.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
He was known as “the Father of Texas Education.”
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3
She revolutionized American theater.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 3