{"product_id":"author-talk-the-houston-negro-hospital-with-carlton-houston-june-15-6pm","title":"AUTHOR TALK: The Houston Negro Hospital with Carlton Houston - June 15 @ 6PM","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCelebrate the release of \u003cem\u003eThe Houston Negro Hospital\u003c\/em\u003e with Carlton Houston!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEVENT DEETS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen: Monday, June 15 @ 6PM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere: Kindred Stories (2310 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRSVP ONLY to reserve your seat or RSVP WITH BOOK to get your copy of\u003cem\u003e The Houston Negro Hospital \u003c\/em\u003eand to support our store programming. If you already have a copy of the book that you bought from Kindred Stories, please use RSVP BUT I BOUGHT FROM KINDRED STORIES. If you bought your book from another retailer, you are required to register using RSVP BUT I BOUGHT THE BOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePlease note that copies of \u003cem\u003eThe Houston Negro Hospital\u003c\/em\u003e not purchased at Kindred Stories will not be allowed in the event unless you register using RSVP BUT I BOUGHT THE BOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the height of racial and political tensions in early twentieth-century Houston, two unlikely figures became allies. Dr. William M. Drake, a pioneering surgeon and Black community leader, and Joseph Cullinan, a white oil magnate and founder of the company that became Texaco, united in a desperate effort to save a hospital that symbolized hope. The Houston Negro Hospital was born from America’s Black hospital movement. Dedicated on Juneteenth 1926, it embodied a bold experiment to bring dignity and health care access to a community that was systematically denied both in the Jim Crow South.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournalist and storyteller Carlton Houston\u003c\/strong\u003e—whose ancestors played a role in this remarkable heritage—reveals the untold, human drama behind the institution that would become Riverside General. Discover the vision, conflict, and resilience that shaped a century of health care through the struggle of those determined to save lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eCarlton Houston is an Emmy Award–winning journalist and storyteller whose work is distinguished by its clarity, restraint, and cinematic precision. A former television reporter and anchor, he is known for transforming complex histories into narratives that reveal both human vulnerability and structural truth. Shaped in part by a family legacy tied to Houston’s historic medical community, Houston's writing is marked by a commitment to illuminating stories that have long existed in the margins of American history. Houston Negro Hospital, the Untold Legacy of Riverside General is his debut work of long-form narrative nonfiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE MODERATOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Michelle Watts is a native Houstonian and humanities educator who is committed to using humanist literature to bring diverse groups of people together to find common ground. Over the years, Dr. Watts has taught a full range of students – from Kindergarten to graduate school- and delights in her students’ achievements and efforts to effect substantive change in the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMount Holyoke College which was fertile ground for her interests and activism and while there, she began her lifelong journey with the theory and practice of Black feminism. After graduating from Mount Holyoke College, Michelle returned to Houston to study American Literature and Culture at Rice University, where she earned both a Master’s and Doctorate. She went on to teach at Miami University in Oxford, OH and the University of Cincinnati. While at Miami, she was recognized as an Honored Professor for her ‘remarkable commitment to students.’ She has extensive experience in the public sector where she has worked to advance educational equity and social justice causes in youth-serving organizations. She is currently at work on a research project on African American children’s and young adult literature, and is the New Member Coordinator for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Houston Chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kindred Stories","offers":[{"title":"RSVP ONLY","offer_id":48496806428927,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"RSVP (BUT I BOUGHT THE BOOK FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE)","offer_id":48498375721215,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"RSVP BUT I BOUGHT THE BOOK FROM KINDRED STORIES","offer_id":48504316100863,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"RSVP WITH BOOK","offer_id":48496806461695,"sku":"9781467171625-EVENT","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/3577\/0820\/files\/C_Houston_Updated.png?v=1778787718","url":"https:\/\/kindredstorieshtx.com\/products\/author-talk-the-houston-negro-hospital-with-carlton-houston-june-15-6pm","provider":"Kindred Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}