# Event Details - **Event Name**: Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time: Our History Won’t Be Erased - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: A Juneteenth town hall honoring Black history through powerful story time, civil rights reflection, and community remembrance at TSU.About this EventJuneteenth Historic Black Story Time“Our History Won’t Be Erased”?️ RSVP now. Limited tickets available.RSVP now: Blackstorytime.eventbrite.comHistory hits different when the person telling it did not just study it.They lived it.They survived it. ?This year, the Office of State Representative Jolanda “Jo” Jones, Texas House District 147, invites the community to the Annual Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time at Texas Southern University. This is a free, open to the public Juneteenth gathering of truth, memory, civil rights history, Black storytelling, and community witness. ?This event will take place inside the Texas Southern University Library Learning Center, in the Special Collections Auditorium on the second floor, next to the library. The Library Learning Center sits in front of the TSU law school, making this a deeply meaningful place to gather, remember, and pass history forward. Guests will be surrounded by a space that feels historic, modern, and powerful, with special collections and preserved artifacts that remind us that history is not dead. It is sitting right in front of us. ?️Juneteenth is not just a date on the calendar. It is the reminder that freedom was delayed, denied, fought for, announced, defended, and remembered. Our theme says exactly what this moment requires:“Our History Won’t Be Erased.” ❤️??The evening will begin at 5:30 PM, with remarks from Texas Southern University President Vice Admiral James W. Crawford III beginning at approximately 5:45 PM.This program will have two powerful sections.The first section is about surviving Bloody Sunday and the bridge.Guests will hear from Dr. Alexander Brown, a Bloody Sunday survivor and visionary civil rights leader, back by popular demand. He will not simply help us remember Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge. He was there. He lived that history. He survived that violence. He carries the kind of truth that cannot be watered down, cleaned up, or pushed aside for comfort. When Dr. Brown speaks, civil rights history walks out of the textbook and into the room.The second section is about surviving forced integration.Guests will hear personally and up close from members of the Galena Park High School Class of 1974, colleagues who lived through forced integration into white schools and saw what that meant for Black students, Black families, Black schools, and Black communities. They will share “A Hard Conversation About Harsh Integration,” including being bussed to Galena Park High School and the closing of Fidelity Manor High School. These are not distant stories from somewhere else. This happened in our own front yard. ✊?These stories matter because too many people are still trying to erase, soften, skip over, or rewrite the truth they never had to survive.This is a serious gathering. A community gathering. A history gathering. A truth telling space.Come ready to listen. Come ready to learn. Come ready to honor the history that made us. Then pass the story on. ??❤️??Event DetailsWho:Hosted by the Office of State Representative Jolanda “Jo” Jones, Texas House District 147What:Annual Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time, a town hall of memory, truth, civil rights history, forced integration, and Black storytellingWhen:Thursday, June 18, 2026Time:5:30 PM to 8:30 PMWhere:Texas Southern University Library Learning CenterSpecial Collections Auditorium, Second FloorNext to the library and in front of the TSU law schoolParking:Free parking will be available in the TSU East Parking Garage for this event.TSU East Parking Garage:Located near Cleburne Street and Sampson StreetMain Parking Address:3702 Tierwester StreetHouston, Texas 77004Free street parking may also be available near the venue. Please read all posted parking signs carefully. Do not park anywhere marked no parking, restricted, reserved, or otherwise prohibited.RSVP:Blackstorytime.eventbrite.comGeneral Point of Contact:Ivan SanchezDistrict Director, State Representative Jolanda Jones832 713 4577Program AgendaOpening RemarksOffice of State Representative Jolanda JonesMistress of CeremonyThe Honorable State Representative Jolanda “Jo” JonesTexas House District 147Words From Texas Southern UniversityVice Admiral James W. Crawford III14th President of Texas Southern UniversityStory Time Session OneBloody Sunday, The Story of SelmaDr. Alexander BrownVisionary Civil Rights LeaderBloody Sunday SurvivorStory Time Session TwoA Hard Conversation About Harsh IntegrationGalena Park High School Class of 1974Awards and RecognitionsThe Honorable State Representative Jolanda “Jo” JonesTexas House District 147Closing RemarksOffice of State Representative Jolanda JonesThank you for joining us as we celebrate our history, protect our stories, and remember the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans in Texas.Happy Juneteenth across District 147 and all of Texas. ❤️??? - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/houston/juneteenth-historic-black-story-time-our-history-wont-be-erased/100001990660395831 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 3 hours - Location: Texas Southern University Library - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Houston - **state**: TX - **country**: United States - **location**: Texas Southern University Library - **lat**: 29.7209994 - **long**: -95.3575328 - **full address**: Texas Southern University Library, 3900 Cobb Street, Houston, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time: Our History Won’t Be Erased - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/8dfc0142181e33b7a773ee0e8c1c30cecd5f2fa1d9aaebd361bc57d30d748242-rimg-w1200-h900-dc181811-gmir.jpg?v=1780232351 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time: Our History Won t Be Erased being held? - **A:** Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time: Our History Won t Be Erased takes place on Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Texas Southern University Library, 3900 Cobb Street, Houston, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time: Our History Won t Be Erased? - **A:** Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time: Our History Won t Be Erased is organized by Texas State Representative Jolanda "Jo" Jones. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Juneteenth Historic Black Story Time: Our History Won’t Be Erased", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/8dfc0142181e33b7a773ee0e8c1c30cecd5f2fa1d9aaebd361bc57d30d748242-rimg-w1200-h900-dc181811-gmir.jpg?v=1780232351", "startDate": "2026-06-18", "endDate": "2026-06-18", "url": "https://allevents.in/houston/juneteenth-historic-black-story-time-our-history-wont-be-erased/100001990660395831", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Texas Southern University Library", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "3900 Cobb Street", "postalCode": "77004", "addressLocality": "Houston", "addressRegion": "TX", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "29.7209994", "longitude": "-95.3575328" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A Juneteenth town hall honoring Black history through powerful story time, civil rights reflection, and community remembrance at TSU.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-06", "availabilityEnds": "2026-06-18", "validFrom": "2026-09-06", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/houston/juneteenth-historic-black-story-time-our-history-wont-be-erased/100001990660395831" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-06", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/houston/juneteenth-historic-black-story-time-our-history-wont-be-erased/100001990660395831", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission RSVP is required for entrance." } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Texas State Representative Jolanda Jo Jones", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/texas-state-representative-jolanda-jo-jones/27868063" } ] } ] ```