America's Lost Black Towns Vol. 1 — Texas: Built From Freedom (Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition)

After slavery ended, Black families in Texas built towns of their own — and this book tells how three of them were built, and how each one was un-built. In Houston, the people of Freedmen's Town bought bricks and paved their own streets, and four men pooled their money to buy a park. In Independence Heights, families voted to make their neighborhood a real city with its own mayor — the first Black-run city in Texas. In Austin, a man named Charles Clark bought land for $100 so freed families could live together, until the city's own plan tried to push them out. Every chapter ends with The Receipt — one true line to remember — and a note telling you exactly where the story came from.

Inside the Interactive Edition: the complete book — all 3 chapters, full text · Recorded narration by Marcus (the Digital Black Voice narration voice) — 10.0 minutes, every chapter read aloud · Four layers per town: Then/Now, the Document, Map/Deeds, and Oral History with its carriers named · A chronological timeline that jumps to the chapter behind each date · A 10-question educator quiz drawn strictly from the text · Every chapter closes with its Receipts — the documents, counts, and oral traditions the story stands on · For educators: a TEKS correlation sheet for this volume is available with the Lost Black Towns educator materials — audited against the finished text and the adopted Texas standards, claiming only what the sheet claims. These materials make classrooms eligible, not district-adopted.