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The Fifth Ward is a historical political district ward of Houston, Texas (USA) east of downtown Houston. A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods...
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After the U.S. Civil War, newly freed slaves (freemen) began settling in the sparsely settled area. In 1866, it became the Fifth Ward and an alderman from the ward was elected to Houston's City Council. By the mid-1880s, it was virtually all black, home to working class people who made their livings in Houston's eastside ship channel and industrial areas or as domestics for wealthy Houstonians. Mount Vernon United Methodist Church, founded in 1865 by a former slave, is the oldest church in the ward. Five other churches are over a hundred years old. Over the years it had been home to the city's minority and immigrant population. Although it has been a mostly black area, Latinos and Italian Catholics also moved there. The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as the U.S., the Union, the North, or the Yankees; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as the Confederate States of America, the CSA, the Confederacy...
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Once a strong community with a thriving business district, it turned into a warzone with under-served low performing schools, rampant drug activity, widespread poverty, and a declining population as residents seeking better lives left. The Fifth Ward is said to be on the same level as South Los Angeles in terms of decay and violence. Fifth Ward is currently located in District B in the City of Houston; it was once known for the record number of derelict and abandoned buildings, most of which were recently demolished. The controversial Halliburton subsidiary KBR is headquartered in the Fifth Ward off Clinton Street. Houston independent rap label Rap-A-Lot Records is also headquartered in the Fifth Ward. South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the south and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. ...
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KBR (formerly Kellogg, Brown and Root) is an American engineering and construction company, a private military contractor and a subsidiary of Halliburton. ...
Rap-A-Lot Records is Houston, Texas based independent hiphop record label. ...
The community produced members of Congress Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland, musicians like Arnett Cobb, Milton Larkin, Illinois Jacquet, and The Geto Boys, and athletes like George Foreman. Barbara Jordan Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas. ...
George Thomas Leland (November 27, 1944 - August 7, 1989), better known as Mickey Leland, was a spokesman for the hungry and poor, and later became a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. ...
Arnett Cobb (10 August 1918–24 March 1989) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ...
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on Flying Home. He is better known simply as Illinois Jacquet. ...
The Geto Boys are a gangsta rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. ...
George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949 in Marshall, Texas) is a former boxer who was twice Heavyweight Champion of the world and is considered to be one of the greatest Heavyweight boxers of all time. ...
The district is also home to one of the best restaurants in Houston, Adrian's Burger Bar, famous for its juicy one pound cheeseburgers.
Education The community is served by several Houston Independent School District schools, including Atherton Elementary, Bruce Elementary, Dogan Elementary, N.Q. Henderson Elementary, E.O. Smith Education Center (1-8), and Phillis Wheatley High School (built in 1927). It is served by Fifth Ward Branch of Houston Public Library. The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. ...
Phillis Wheatley High School is a secondary school located at 4900 Market Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77020. ...
Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas. ...
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