/tags/berl-handcox Berl Handcox en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:29:51 GMT /austin/2020-06-23/former-council-member-berl-handcox-who-broke-the-color-barrier-dies-at-88 Berl Handcox, Austin’s first elected African American City Council member since Reconstruction, has died at the age of 88. Handcox was elected as part of� Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:29:51 GMT /austin/2020-06-23/former-council-member-berl-handcox-who-broke-the-color-barrier-dies-at-88 Jo Clifton