Civil Rights Leaders in TX

Civil Rights organization benefiting Latin American citizens

• LULAC

• LOLA

• NAACP

• NCAA

Texan who helped found the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

• Martin Luther king

• James Farmer

• James Brown

• Malcolm X

founded the American GI Forum to help Hispanic Veterans. Worked for Hispanic Rights.

• Nomar Garciaparra

• Hidalgo Gonzales

• Jose Montoya

• Hector Garcia

led the Houston NAACP, the largest in the South

• Martin Luther Kings

• Lolo Jones

• Lulu Belle Madison White

• Malcolm X

first woman to graduate from St. Mary’s Law School. First African American female lawyer in Texas.

• Hattie Briscoe

• Lulu White

• Hattie Bailey

• Hallie Berry

won court case to be admitted to UT Law School. Led to Brown v. Board of Education court case.

• Olivia Brown

• Herman Munster

• Heman Sweatt

• Matthew Smith

first African American female from Texas elected to the Texas House and to the US Congress.

• Oveta Cup

• Lulu Belle White

• Barbara Gordon

• Barbara Jordan

White students surrounded a school to prevent 3 African American students from entering.

• Mansfield ISD

• Midlothian ISD

• Midland ISD

• Morrow ISD