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Independence Heights

Independence Heights

Independence Heights

Priscilla T Graham

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2016
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9781329874534
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Houston Independence Heights is an 8.5 x 8.5-48 page full color paperback pictorial history book of Houston’s Independence Heights, Texas. The city was incorporated on January 25, 1915 and became the first Incorporated African American City in Texas.

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