TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BLACK PERSONNEL IN HIGHER EDUCATION

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The historical perspective of TABPHE's Mission, Purpose, and Goals is part of a process to affirm the direction of the association then, now and in the future.

The Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education (TABPHE) is a statewide, voluntary, educational association that represents all levels of higher education and serves as a voice for Black faculty, staff, students and administrators in order to ensure a better educational system for all.

1973 - Birth of Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education (TABPHE)

On April 7-9, 1973, several representatives of state and private institutions of higher education, within and outside the State of Texas, met at the Ramada Inn Central in Dallas, Texas, to discuss concerns pertinent to the well-being of African Americans at higher education institutions in the state of Texas.

It was determined that because all in attendance served in various specialized positions within these institutions with a commitment to equal opportunity and affirmative action efforts in higher education, that we formally organize an association to promote, maintain and assure the development and growth of African Americans in the educational process.

Founders

Served the Commerce community as the first African American city council member and the first African American mayor.
First African American administrator in 1972, Director of Minority Affair at East Texas State University (ETSU) now A&M-Commerce.
Instrumental in bringing Eta Phi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi to the ETSU
Served as principal and coach in Wichita Falls, Texas high schools. Taught at Paris Junior College, Colbert, Oklahoma and Atoka, Oklahoma.
Founding member of Norris Community Club (NCC), an organization establish to provide a direct line of communication between Commerce's African American citizens and city and university officials.
Graduate of Langston University.

First woman and first African-American to serve as chancellor of Tarrant County College.
She was named to the Texas Women Hall of Fame in 2010.
She received a bachelor's degree from Prairie View A&M University and an MBA from Bowling Green State University.
In 1968, she became a founding member of the faculty of the Northeast Campus of Tarrant County Junior College, later Tarrant County College (TCC). She was named interim chancellor of TCC in 2009 and became chancellor the following year.
First woman named to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board and the first African American to serve as the board's chair.
Received an honorary doctorate degree in education from Paul Quinn College in Dallas

He was the first black school board member in Forth Worth.
Served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985.
He earned a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Prairie View A&M University.
He was one of the first African Americans to graduate from the Coast Guard's radioman school in Atlantic City,
He became the first black instructor at Tarrant County Junior College.
In 1969, he became the first black professor at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).
In 1974, he became the first black school board member elected to the Fort Worth ISD school board.
He served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, and founded the Frederick Douglass Republicans of Tarrant County in 1985.

1970's

TABPHE SEAL

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Year

State President

1973-1979

Ivory Moore

East Texas State University

1979-1981

Mary McFall, Southern Methodist University

1980's

Year	State President
1981-1983	Erma C. Johnson, *Tarrant* *County Jr.*
1983-1985	Roland Hayes, Austin Community College
	Dr. Corinthian Fields, Moutainview College
1987-1989	Dr. Elizabeth Branch, Tarrant County Jr. College
1989-1991	Dr. Marie Cromwell, Houston Community College

1990's

2000's