CIVIL RIGHTS IN TEXAS

Lyndon B. Johnson

• First African-American elected to the Texas Senate

• Signed the Voting rights Act of 1965, 36th president of United states

• Founded the American G.I Forum and addressed segregation concerns of Mexican-American veterans

• President of the NAACP in Houston

James farmer

• President of the Austin women suffrage association

• Director of Women's Auxiliary Army Corps

• Founded Core, which helped with Freedom Rides

• First Mexican-American elected to Texas Senate in 1956

Henry B. Gonzalez

• First Mexican-American elected to Texas Senate in 1956 and fought against segregation in San antonio

• President of the NAACP

• Founded Core, which helped with freedom Rides

• First african-American elected to Texas Senate

Hector P. Garcia

• Founded Core which helped with Freedom Rides

• First Mexican-American elected to Texas State Senate

• President of NAACP

• Founded the American G.I Forum and addressed segregation concerns of Mexican-Americans

Barbara Jordan

• First Mexican-American elected to Texas Senate

• First African-American elected to Texas Senate

• Founded Core which helped with the Freedom Rides

• President of the Austi Women Suffrage

Oveta Culp Hobby

• First Mexican-American elected to Texas Senate in 1956

• First African-American elected to Texas Senate

• Director of Women's auxiliary Army Corps, wanted women to fill non-combat roles The first secretary of the U.S Dept of Health & Education

• President of the Austin Women Suffrage association

LULAC

• Founded CORE

• League of Asian Americans

• First Mexican-American elected to Texas Senate

• League of United Latin American citizens, focused on education, employment, and civil rights for hispanics

Jane Mccallum

• Signed the voting rights act of 1965

• First Mexican-American elected to Texas Senate in 1956

• President of the NAACP

• President of the Austin Women Suffrage Association

Lulu Belle Madison

• Founded Core

• President of the NAACP in Houston

• Signed the Voting rights Act of 1965

• First African-American elected to Texas Senate

Segregation

• The refusal to comply with certain laws as a peaceful form of political protest

• A particular tendency, trend, inclination, or opinion that is preconceived

• The enforced separation of different racial-ethnic groups in a country, community or establishment

• First hand account eye witness