Texas Southern University was created in a decisive period of racial turmoil in national affairs, a period which eventually resulted in dramatic and far reaching changes in legal and societal accommodations of the ambitions and aspirations of minority people. Higher education was an arena of conflict in the forefront of civil rights struggles, and…

This resource paper on urban geography is part of a series designed to supplement undergraduate geography courses. It sets forth some of the principles of urban geography with special reference to form development and land uses within cities. Chapter one examines the legal, administrative, population, dentistry, and functional definitions of a…