Civil Rights in TX

James Farmer and CORE

• President of the U.S. who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• First Mexican American from Texas elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

• Ruled that Mexican Americans were protected under the constitution

• Founder of Congress of Racial Equality that helped combat discrimination.

Brown v. Board of Education

• Ruled that Mexican Americans were protected under the constitution

• Piece of legislation that banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and national origin.

• Ruling that issued that schools were not separate but equal and therefore desegregated schools

• Hispanic organization created to combat social inequality and maintain Hispanic culture

LULAC

• Hispanic organization created to combat social inequality and maintain Hispanic culture

• First Mexican American from Texas elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

• Ruled that Mexican Americans were protected under the constitution

Barbara Jordan

• First African American woman elected to the State and U.S. Senate

• President of the U.S. who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Founder of Congress of Racial Equality that helped combat discrimination.

• An organization that fights discrimination against people of color

Lyndon B. Johnson

• First woman colonel in the U.S. Army who was inducted in the Women’s Hall of Fame

• President of the U.S. who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• NAACP leader who fought for Civil Rights and desegregation

• First African American woman elected to the State and U.S. Senate

Hector P. Garcia

• Formed the American G.I. Forum of Texas in Corpus Christi to fight discrimination against Mexican Americans

• President of the U.S. who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Founder of Congress of Racial Equality that helped combat discrimination.

• First woman colonel in the U.S. Army who was inducted in the Women’s Hall of Fame

Henry B. Gonzales

• President of the U.S. who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• First Mexican American from Texas elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

• An organization that fights discrimination against people of color

Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Piece of legislation that banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and national origin.

• Ruling that issued that schools were not separate but equal and therefore desegregated schools

• Ruled that Mexican Americans were protected under the constitution

Hernandez v State of TX

• An organization that fights discrimination against people of color

• Piece of legislation that banned discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and national origin.

• Ruled that Mexican Americans were protected under the constitution

• Ruling that issued that schools were not separate but equal and therefore desegregated schools

NAACP

• An organization that fights discrimination against people of color

• President of the U.S. who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Formed the American G.I. Forum of Texas in Corpus Christi to fight discrimination against Mexican Americans

• NAACP leader who fought for Civil Rights and desegregation