Wake Up and Vote: Civil Rights Hero Meet and Greet

Photography by Vicky Pink - On Thursday, August 6, 2015, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Children’s Museum of Houston for Honey Brown Hope Foundation’s Wake Up and Vote: Civil Rights Hero Meet and Greet. The event that was a partnership between Honey Brown Hope Foundation’s "Wake Up and Vote: Civil Rights Hero Meet and Greet" and the Children's Museum of Houston's "Summer of Epic Adventure – Forces Unite" hero-themed series had thousands of youth and families flock to the museum on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act to hear from Civil Rights Icon Mamie King-Chalmers who marched with Dr. King, no relation. The event also featured onsite voter registrars to register voters. Fox 26’s Damali Keith emceed the event with Zelda Dashiell and the Community of Faith Youth Choir providing entertainment. Some in attendance were Tammie Campbell, Shar-day Campbell, Doyle Burley, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson and Lane Lewis.