Texas African American History Memorial

Dedication Ceremony

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South Lawn, Texas CapitolSaturday, November 19, 2016, 10:00 A.M.

Dedication Program

WelcomeBill Jones, Esq.

Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, Chair

InvocationThe Honorable Rev. Dr. Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr.

Texas House of Representatives 1968 – 1973

Posting of ColorsBuffalo Soldiers

Pledge of AllegianceBoy Scouts of America

The Star Spangled BannerHuston-Tillotson University

Lift Every Voice and SingHuston-Tillotson University

Introduction of Special GuestsThe Honorable Helen Giddings, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Legislative Black Caucus Chair

Texas African American History Memorial Foundation Board Member

Reading of Congratulatory Letter from President George W. BushThe Honorable Helen Giddings

Introduction of Sponsors and the ArtistThe Honorable Rodney Ellis, Texas Senator

Texas African American History Memorial Foundation Board Member

RemarksThe Honorable Greg Abbott, Governor, State of Texas

Reflections on Black Texas HistoryThe Honorable Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, Texas House of Representatives 1989 – 2016

Texas African American History Memorial Foundation Board Member

Special TributeDemetrius G. McDaniel, Esq.

Texas African American History Memorial Foundation Board Member

Unveiling of the MemorialTexas African American History Memorial Foundation & Texas Legislative Black Caucus

Closing RemarksBill Jones, Esq.

RecessionalInnervisions Gospel Choir, University of Texas at Austin

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TEXAS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MEMORIAL COMMITTEE

Bill Jones, Esq.Chair, Texas African American History Memorial Foundation

The Honorable Sylvester Turner Mayor of Houston

The Honorable Helen GiddingsTexas House of Representatives (Dallas), Texas Legislative Black Caucus Chair

The Honorable Ruth Jones McClendonTexas House of Representatives (San Antonio)

The Honorable Rodney EllisTexas Senate (Houston)

Demetrius G. McDaniel, Esq.Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Texas Legislative Black Caucus

WE GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO:

The Honorable Greg AbbottGovernor, State of Texas

The Honorable Dan PatrickLieutenant Governor, State of Texas

The Honorable Joe StrausTexas House of Representatives Speaker of the House

The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009

and Governor of the State of Texas January 17, 1995 – December 21, 2000The Honorable Rick Perry

Governor of the State of Texas December 21, 2000 – January 20, 2015The Honorable Glenn Hegar

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Texas Senate The Honorable Rodney EllisThe Honorable Royce West

Texas House of Representatives The Honorable Alma Allen

The Honorable Garnet ColemanThe Honorable Nicole CollierThe Honorable Yvonne DavisThe Honorable Joe Deshotel

The Honorable Dawnna DukesThe Honorable Harold Dutton, Jr.

The Honorable Eric JohnsonThe Honorable Jarvis D. Johnson

The Honorable Borris MilesThe Honorable Ron Reynolds

The Honorable Toni RoseThe Honorable Laura Thompson

The Honorable Senfronia ThompsonThe Honorable Scott TurnerThe Honorable James White

The Honorable Al Edwards, 1979 – 2007The Honorable Ruth Jones McClendon, 1996 – 2016

State Preservation BoardThe Honorable Kelly Hancock, Texas Senate

The Honorable Charlie Geren, Texas House of RepresentativesRod Welsh, Executive Director

Iris Moore, Citizen Board Member

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Memorial Honorees

The Late Barbara JordanUnited States House of Representatives, Texas Senate

The Late George Thomas “Mickey” LelandUnited States House of Representatives, Texas House of Representatives

Bessie Coleman

Estevanico

Scott Joplin

Jack Johnson

Doris “Dorie” Miller

Bill Pickett

Hendrick Arnold

Samuel McCulloch, Jr.

Memorial Donors

Lead UnderwriterState of Texas

Foundation BenefactorGulf States Toyota

Leadership CircleAnonymous Donor

HEBHouston Endowment

The Meadows Foundation

Cornerstone SocietyBass Foundation

President George W. and Laura BushChevron

EJES, Inc.John NauParsons

Legacy SocietyAT&T

CAMAC Foundation CenterPoint Energy

Greenberg Traurig FoundationHoblitzelle FoundationSteve and Joella Mach

The Robert & Janice McNair FoundationJames D. Pitcock, Jr.

Foundation PartnersNijad and Zeina Fares

Perry HomesPhillips 66

Foundation FriendsAECOM

C.M. GarverRaymond James Financial

Texans for Rick Perry

In-Kind DonationsEdwin Jones Company, Inc.

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DEDICATION SPONSORS

AIRBNBWalmart

Dallas Police AssociationHouston Police Officer’s Union

Hunt ConsolidatedMatthews Southwest

Texas Municipal Police AssociationThe Honorable Michael Williams

Dallas Area Habitat for HumanityHouston Habitat for Humanity

Mary Kay, Inc.University of North Texas at Dallas

Bobby LyleMicrosoft

The Texas African American History Memorial Foundation wishes to thank all who contributed to this memorial honoring

Texas African American History. We are grateful for every gift of time and resources that went into making this historic project a reality.

Allyn Media Christensen Building Group, LLC

Kevin O. Cokely, PhDEllen Cokinos Consulting

Edwin Dorn, PhD W. Marvin Dulaney, PhDJoe Holt and Chase Bank

Murry MatthewsSteve MetzenthinAlberta Phillips

Gregg ReyesSharmai Rucker

John SneedStrong Strategies, LLC

Texas Legislative Black Caucus StaffsUniversity of North Texas at Dallas

University of Texas at Austin

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Born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, Ed Dwight joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953, where he served as a fighter pilot. His childhood dream was to become an artist, but he was encouraged by his father to become an engineer. He received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Arizona State University in 1957. With little formal art training, his first serious artistic endeavor began with a commission to create a sculpture of Colorado’s first Black Lt. Governor, George Brown, in 1974. From this first artistic endeavor, he was commissioned by the Colorado Centennial Commission to create a series of bronzes entitled “Black Frontier in the American West.” The Series of 50 bronzes depicting African Americans’ opening of the West earned widespread critical acclaim.

His powerful works include “Jazz: An American Art Form” which depicts the evolution of jazz music from its roots in Africa to the contemporary superstars, including performers such as Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman. Locally, in the State of Texas, Dwight has created the Memorial to Congressman Mickey Leland at Houston’s Intercontinental Airport and a Memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. installed at Hermann Park in Houston, Texas.

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The Artist, Ed Dwight