Austin leaders move to honor first black city council member

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former City Council Member Berl Handcox was back in a familiar environment Thursday morning. Between 1971 and 1975, he sat on the Austin City Council. Now, it was time to honor the work done back then.
“I didn’t know what to expect,” Handcox said, who arrived with several family members and community leaders. ” I didn’t know who was doing what.”
Shortly after 11 a.m., Mayor Steve Adler read a proclamation to honor Handcox by renaming a wa