This Pioneer, Fabulous Situation: the 1951 Arts Festival at Texas Southern University

by Corey Stout, Rice University’s Department of Art History. Visiting Research Fellow for African American History and Culture. I recently had the privilege of visiting the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library to examine the papers of John T. Biggers (1924-2001), an important muralist and educator at Texas Southern University in Houston. Read More …