Fifth Ward, Houston

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:neighborhood
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:Denver_Harbor
gptkb:Downtown_Houston
gptkb:Kashmere_Gardens
gptkb:Second_Ward,_Houston
gptkbp:areaCode 281
346
713
832
gptkbp:established 1866
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:City_of_Houston
gptkbp:historicalChallenge flooding
disinvestment
urban blight
gptkbp:historicalEvent center of civil rights activism
site of 1917 Camp Logan Mutiny aftermath
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:railway_line
manufacturing
shipping
gptkbp:historicalPopulation predominantly African American
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fifth Ward, Houston
gptkbp:knownFor African American community
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Houston
gptkb:Texas
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableCulturalReference Fifth Ward Boyz (rap group)
featured in film 'Fifth Ward' (1997)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Fifth_Ward_Block_Party
gptkb:Fifth_Ward_Jam_(public_art_installation)
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Mount_Vernon_United_Methodist_Church
gptkb:McReynolds_Middle_School
gptkb:Atherton_Elementary_School
gptkb:Bruce_Elementary_School
gptkb:Greater_True_Light_Baptist_Church
gptkb:Wheatley_High_School
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:DeLuxe_Theater
gptkb:Finnigan_Park
gptkb:St._Elizabeth_Hospital
gptkb:Gregg_Street_Park
gptkb:Swiney_Park
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:Fifth_Ward_Community_Redevelopment_Corporation
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Phyllis_Wheatley
gptkb:Barbara_Jordan
gptkb:George_Foreman
gptkbp:represents gptkb:Houston_City_Council_District_B
gptkbp:schoolDistrict gptkb:Houston_Independent_School_District
gptkbp:zipCode 77029
77020
77026
77028
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African-American_communities
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6