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Lawe, Thedore M. "Racial Politics in Dallas in the Twentieth Century," East Texas Historical Journal (2008) 46#2 pp 27–41; online; Mokuria, Vicki, and Diana White. "Cinder and Soul: The Biography of a Historically Significant African-American School in Dallas, Texas." Journal of Social Studies Education Research 12.1 (2021): 76–94. online
The civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent action to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The era has had a lasting impact on American society – in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism.
The raids have triggered outrage and accusations of voter suppression in a state with a long history of discrimination against its citizens of Mexican descent, which gave rise to LULAC in 1929.
African-American self-determination refers to efforts to secure self-determination for African-Americans and related peoples in North America. It often intersects with the historic Back-to-Africa movement and general Black separatism, but also manifests in present and historic demands for self-determination on North American soil, ranging from autonomy to independence.
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Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas, [2] that advocates for voting rights, racial justice, economic justice, and criminal justice reform. [3] It was formed in 1990 by attorney James C. Harrington.
Texas is considering a bill that would be similar to Georgia’s new voting laws, though Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick said “nothing has changed” for mail-in ballots, Election Day or early voting.
In African-American history, the post–civil rights era is defined as the time period in the United States since Congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, major federal legislation that ended legal segregation, gained federal oversight and enforcement of voter registration and electoral practices in states or areas ...