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  2. Chinese American family meets descendants of the Black couple ...

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    The history of the house dates to the late 19th century, when Gus Thompson traveled from Kentucky to California to work at the Hotel Del Coronado.He built the house and the next-door barn on C ...

  3. Gustavo C. Garcia - Wikipedia

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    Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia (July 27, 1915 – June 3, 1964) was an American civil rights attorney. Garcia worked with fellow attorney Carlos Cadena in the landmark case Hernández v. Texas (1954), arguing before the US Supreme Court for the end of a practice of systematic exclusion of Hispanics from jury service in Jackson County, Texas.

  4. Gustavo L. Garcia - Wikipedia

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    Gustavo L. "Gus" García (January 23, 1934 – December 17, 2018) was an American politician who served as the second Hispanic mayor of Austin, Texas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life

  5. A Black couple defied racism by renting to a Chinese ... - AOL

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    Gus Thompson was born into slavery in Kentucky in 1859, two years before the Civil War broke out. He moved to Coronado in his 20s seeking work and a new life after hearing that industrialist ...

  6. Black couple rented to a Chinese American family when ... - AOL

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    In 1939, Gus and Emma Thompson gave the Dong family a place to stay, a promise to sell them the land and a chance to build a better life. Gus Thompson in 1947. (Courtesy Kevin Ashley)

  7. List of people from Texas - Wikipedia

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    Bennett Ratliff (born 1961), member of Texas House of Representative from Dallas County (2013–2015) Bill Ratliff (born 1936), state senator and lieutenant governor from Mount Pleasant; Sam Rayburn (1882–1961), U.S. congressman and Speaker of the House of Representatives; Richard P. Raymond (born 1960), South Texas state representative

  8. Eulogy, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Eulogy is an unincorporated community in Bosque County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 45 in 2000. Geography

  9. Parents of rare identical quads share their first photoshoot

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    ('We've) had people reach out with things like 'my daughter was born at 1 lb, 5 oz. She’s 5 feet, 11 inches, and playing D1 volleyball now.' Or “I had quadruplets in 1983.