The Ocean of Soul marching band’s rich history
Kennedi Robinson, Texas Southern University
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TSU Ocean of Soul Marching Band
The mighty Ocean of Soul Marching Band, known for its captivating field show performances, precise drills, high knees, and harmonious sound, holds a special place in the heart of Texas Southern University as well as the Third Ward community.
The band is a showpiece for the university, while allowing for student musicians to come together to do what they do best: perform and entertain.
The idea of forming a band at Texas Southern University derived at Houston College for Negroes during the 1945 - 1946 school year. They started out with only 35 musicians and Conrad Johnson became the band director.
Texas Southern University has a rich and fabled history
Lydia Dillard, Texas Southern University
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Images from the campus of Texas Southern University.
Deep in the heart of Houston’s historic Third Ward lies an institution developed by promising Black collegians, whose goal was to blaze a sustainable path towards educational freedom for all.
Texas Southern University influences Houston’s Black community as the only Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the most diverse city in the nation and “Energy Capital of the World.” Not many are aware of the institution’s impact on the city’s Black community. It served as a gateway to developing a Black middle class in the Bayou City. As a former segregated junior college that opened its doors to Blacks seeking to better themselves and establish an economic foothold in the deep South, Texas Southern University courageously and unapologetically commenced its arduous journey to become one of the