Dr. James “Jim” Conyers, longtime director of the University of Houston African American Studies Program, died Monday at age 59. Described by UH colleagues as a prolific scholar, author and researcher extraordinaire, Conyers is credited with transforming UH's African American STudies Program, and making it a force in Houston's Black community. “I am deeply saddened […]

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