Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep Sylvester Turner has died ... “We had tremendous influence on each other as we were young elected officials,” Whitmire said. “He and I both loved Houston ...

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner died March 5, four months after being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and ...

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, who spent nearly three decades as a state lawmaker and eight years as Houston mayor, has died.

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News of former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's death traveled quickly Wednesday as many fellow legislators and public figures posted to social media about Turner’s legacy in Houston.

Then-Houston mayor Sylvester Turner describes his bout ... Turner began his path to law and politics at Klein High School, once an all-white school until Black students — including Turner ...

Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor, state legislator and institution ... to law and politics at Klein High School, once an all-white school until Black students — including Turner ...

Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor who ... law at the white-shoe firm Fulbright & Jaworski (now Norton Rose Fulbright), Mr. Turner built a private practice with other young African American ...

But while he made good on his promise to help Black families in the city, the Morehouse College graduate faced harsh criticism from white ... urged Young to throw his name in the mayor election ...