Tag: Tyina Steptoe

  • Beyoncé, Creoles, and Modern Blackness University of California Press Blog 2016-02-29 Tyina Steptoe, Assistant Professor of History University of Arizona Tyina Steptoe is the author of Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City (2015). Beyoncé is a black woman. This isn’t exactly earth-shattering news; after all, the 34-year-old, Houston-born entertainer has one…

  • When Louisiana Creoles Arrived in Texas, Were They Black or White? Zócalo Public Square 2015-12-15 Tyina Steptoe, Assistant Professor of History University of Arizona Tyina Steptoe’s book, Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City, was published by the University of California Press in 2015. Mixed-Race Migrants Came to Houston for Jobs and…

  • Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City University of California Press November 2015 320 pages Hardback ISBN: 9780520282575 Paperback ISBN: 9780520282582 Tyina Steptoe, Assistant Professor of History University of Arizona Beginning after World War I and continuing throughout the twentieth century, Houston was transformed from a black-and-white frontier town into one of…