. >> the c-span cities tour concludes its look at amarillo, texas, with author claudia stewart on the history of african-americans in am april -- amarillo. >> for me, it was important to impart the rich history and the legacy of the african-american families here in amarillo. how they grew through the years, how they struggled during the civil rights era and how they worked together. and so that close-knit family situation, structure and people knowing people, neighbors doing for one another, you know, really taking a village to raise the children, that was very, very important. the first black man in amarillo was a person by the name of jerry callaway. jerry callaway was brought here by his employer. the only african-american establishing himself with a white family here in am april low. the second person -- amarillo. the second person that came was matthew bones hooks, and matthew won't hooks was -- bones hooks was a cowboy. he had broken broncos for various ranchers, and he worked with charles goodnight, one of the founding fathers of this area. since there were no blacks here exce