Houston Black Heritage Festival

06/18/2026

Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳 🎊 👏

This is incredible! Mother Clara Henderson had to leave her high school classes in 1936 to work full-time in the fields to help her parents buy food during the Great Depression. The local school board partnered with her great-grandchildren to surprise her with an official honorary diploma and a formal cap-and-gown ceremony in her living room yesterday afternoon. She wore her gown all day long, saying she never gave up hope of seeing this day. Let’s flood the comments with love and blessings for Mother Clara!

06/18/2026

Beautiful 😍 🤩 👌 😊

06/18/2026

📚 Summer Break Announcement 📚

Their classes will be on summer break and will resume in September 2026

We sincerely thank you for your continued support, participation, and commitment throughout the year. We look forward to reconnecting with everyone in the fall for another season of learning, growth, and dance.

Have a safe, enjoyable, and blessed summer!

See you in September! ☀️🍎

06/18/2026

Amazing Love it!!!!

From 3100 Cleburne to the pages of Vogue.

In a historic milestone for Texas Southern University, the Ocean of Soul Marching Band is featured in a multi-page editorial spread in the Summer 2026 issue of Vogue Magazine. The feature highlights the artistry, innovation, and cultural impact of the Ocean of Soul Marching Band, Motion of the Ocean Majorette Dancers, Platinum Girls Baton Twirlers, and Ocean Waves Flag Line, with students receiving individual credit for their contributions throughout the publication.

Published during Black Music Month and the print version hitting the stands on Juneteenth, the feature celebrates the enduring influence of Black musical traditions and the transformative role HBCUs continue to play in shaping culture around the world.

The collaboration also represents an unprecedented moment in both higher education and media. Texas Southern University is the first university ever to receive a dedicated multi-page editorial feature of this scale in Vogue, marking a first-of-its-kind partnership that places an institution's students, culture, and artistic excellence at the center of one of the world's most influential publications.

As Texas Southern University continues its Road to 100 toward its Centennial in 2027, this landmark recognition further affirms what generations of Tigers have always known: the Ocean of Soul is more than a marching band. It is a cultural force whose impact extends far beyond the field.

Read the full story @ https://www.vogue.com/article/texas-homecoming-summer-2026 to explore the full feature.

06/17/2026

Houston World Sickle Cell Day Juneteenth Jubilee Health Fair & Blood Drive

Acres Homes Multi-Service CenterHouston, TX
Saturday, June 20 • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Overview
Celebrate freedom & health at the Sickle Cell Juneteenth Jubilee! Education, resources, & community power all in one joyful day! ❤️

Welcome to the Houston World Sickle Cell Day Juneteenth Jubilee Health Fair & Blood Drive! Join us at the Acres Homes Multi-Service Center for a day filled with health education, screenings, and a chance to donate blood to those in need. Come together with the community to raise awareness about sickle cell disease and celebrate Juneteenth. Let's make a difference and have fun while doing it! See you there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/houston-world-sickle-cell-day-juneteenth-jubilee-health-fair-blood-drive-tickets-1988573301275?aff=oddtdtcreator

Mobile Drive Schedule register for the blood drive

https://www.commitforlife.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/418797

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06/16/2026

🖤❤️💚 Celebrating Black Excellence

Juneteenth is a time to celebrate how far we've come and recognize the contributions Black Americans have made in business, education, science, arts, faith, and community leadership.

Let us continue building generational wealth, supporting Black-owned businesses, and investing in the next generation of leaders.

✨ Freedom.
✨ Opportunity.
✨ Legacy.

06/16/2026

Houston World Sickle Cell Day Juneteenth Jubilee Health Fair & Blood Drive

Acres Homes Multi-Service CenterHouston, TX
Saturday, June 20 • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Overview
Celebrate freedom & health at the Sickle Cell Juneteenth Jubilee! Education, resources, & community power all in one joyful day! ❤️

Welcome to the Houston World Sickle Cell Day Juneteenth Jubilee Health Fair & Blood Drive! Join us at the Acres Homes Multi-Service Center for a day filled with health education, screenings, and a chance to donate blood to those in need. Come together with the community to raise awareness about sickle cell disease and celebrate Juneteenth. Let's make a difference and have fun while doing it! See you there!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/houston-world-sickle-cell-day-juneteenth-jubilee-health-fair-blood-drive-tickets-1988573301275?aff=oddtdtcreator

Mobile Drive Schedule register for the blood drive

https://www.commitforlife.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/418797

06/15/2026

🖤❤️💚 Juneteenth and the Power of Education

Juneteenth is an opportunity to learn, teach, and share our history.

Knowledge empowers us to understand our past, appreciate our present, and prepare for our future.

Let's encourage our children and grandchildren to learn about the leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and everyday heroes who helped shape our nation.

📚 Learn the history.
📚 Share the history.
📚 Preserve the history.

06/14/2026

We shall not bow down to racism. We shall not bow down to injustice. Just can’t tolerate exploitation. What you gonna do? I’M GON’ STAND
During this , we are getting charged up with our 2018 performance of “I’m Gon’ Stand,” for today’s . It was a part of the opening ceremonies for the Equal Justice Initiative Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. Nearly a decade later, we are still standing against racism, injustice, and exploitation. And we definitely don’t intend to do otherwise!
Listen to a recording of Sweet Honey in the Rock’s song “I’m Gon’ Stand” from our 1988 album Breaths… on our Spotify channel, at:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5neGK4XHcmYn4zIMS8jsUY...
Or on Apple Music at:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/breaths/1363354692
Equal Justice Initiative