The Houston Sun Foundation was founded in 2014 and shortly thereafter, the Houston Sun Parade and Symposium was organized. “As we celebrate our 10th anniversary of the Foundation’s Parade and Symposium, we are establishing the African American History Circle of Honor,” said Dorris Ellis Robinson, publisher of the Houston Sun.
They will be installed on Saturday, February 15, 2025 on the campus of Texas Southern University in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs before the Symposium. The theme for the 2025 African American History Month is African Americans and the Law.
Among those being installed are Rev. Samuel H. Smith, Captain Paul Matthews, Dr. Natalie Caroll, MD, and Claude Cummings.