Native Americans established the first known communities, orders, and traditions in the land that would later be known as Texas.
Subsequent eras include the activities of Europeans and people of African descent that settled on these lands.
Early on, Texas residents faced many of the same types of challenges common to frontier living.
However, as political climates changed, the Black Texas experience would dramatically differ from that of others.
Throughout history, Black Texans made countless contributions to the state of Texas, championing its causes, developing its wealth, and enhancing its culture while, at times, asserting their rights and value as people in the most horrendous circumstances.