Austin’s Forgotten Civil Rights Forerunner
How Dr. Hightower Theodore Kealing Reshaped East Austin’s Education Words by Sean Saldana Photo from University of North Texas Libraries Hightower Theodore Kealing was an educator, an author, and one of Austin’s most influential Black leaders in the late 19th century. Born in 1859, his birth predates the abolition of slavery, making Dr. Kealing among...