HOUSTON – Standing in front of the Martin Luther King building at Texas Southern University is an iconic sculpture called African Queen Mother. Many view it as a large fountain or a landmark for ...

Along with art department founder John Biggers, who arrived in 1949, Simms “built that department from the ground up,” said Alvia Wardlaw, director and curator of TSU's University Museum.

The University Museum at Texas Southern University concludes Black History Month on April 6 with The Path Crosses The Stream: The John Biggers Collection of African Art. The exhibit is a ...