The Austin History Podcast

Season two of The Austin History Podcast is still in the works. 

In the meantime, here's a bonus episode! 

In 1959, a 21-year-old Black man named Samuel Holmes was arrested for beating and raping a white woman in her apartment. 

The case hasn't been talked about since.

In January of 2019, chaos erupted on Cesar Chavez. 

In this episode, we take a closer look at how this happened and why it made no sense at all. 

In 2018, I accidentally became the world's leading historian on one of Austin's most important leaders in education. 

This is the story of Hightower Theodore Kealing.

Last week, Austin's local NPR station pushed a story: Schools In Travis County Are Not Just Segregated. They're The Most Segregated In The State.

This week, we're taking a look at Austin's History with desegregation -- and why we may need to reconsider it entirely.

You can find Bruce Blackwell's YouTube channel here.

Last year, The City of Austin made a revolutionary decision. 

Then we changed our minds.

Every once in a while, I encounter a story that's so fascinating, I can never really stop thinking about it. 

Thomas Henderson's story is one of those.

In the first episode, we took a look at the 1928 Master Plan -- the single most important event in Austin's history. 

In this episode, we take a look at a moment that was equally as pivotal. 

Only it didn't happen in 1928. It happened in 2018. 

And we've completely forgotten about it. 

In 1928, the City of Austin adopted the Master Plan -- an urban planning document that served as the blueprint for the City's development.

In order to understand why Austin looks the way it does today, you have to understand the Master Plan. 

Nobody understands the Master Plan.