Houston Tamil Studies Chair Inc., a Texas nonprofit with the primary purpose of setting up a Tamil Studies Chair at the University of Houston, Nov. 11 made the first payment
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Story By Sara Tubbs; Photos by Benjamin Corda As University of Houston historian José Angel Hernández reflects on his childhood in San Antonio, the son of “modest, humble” Mexican immigrants, he shared a story about the time his parents bought the family a used World Book Encyclopedia set.
“My parents aren’t formally educated, but they always knew the importance of education. They didn’t buy us electronics, so the encyclopedia became our PlayStation or Atari,” he fondly recalled. “My brother and I would spend hours on the floor rummaging through the pages, mostly the science ones like biology and zoology. This was our version of Google in the 1970s.”