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The SWU was founded in 1988 in Hondo, Texas in the effort to combat environmental racism through community focused activism. The founding members of the union have worked closely with residents, local schools, working class citizens and local politicians to address the disproportionate environmental effects from the nearby air force base as well as other pollutant contributors in the area ...
Texas has one of the highest prison populations in the United States with a population of approximately 150,000 people. [10] TCRP created the Criminal Injustice Reform program to fight against the injustices in Texas's criminal legal system and put an end to mass incarcerations and mass entanglements within the criminal system.
Pages in category "History of racism in Texas" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Residents also expressed frustration with Mercy Culture's rhetoric in this fight. Ahead of Tuesday's meeting, the church threatened to sue council members if their proposal wasn't approved.
In 1964, the U.S. poverty rate (income-based) included 19 percent of Americans. Rising political forces demanded change. Under a new White House Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), the concept of the federally-funded, local Community Action Program (CAP)—delivered by a local Community Action Agency (CAA), in a nationwide Community Action Network—would become the primary vehicle for a new ...
The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture (University of California Press, 1997). Glasrud, Bruce A. and Merline Pitre. Black Women in Texas History (2008) Glasrud, Bruce A. et al eds. African Americans in Central Texas History From Slavery to Civil Rights (2019); scholarly essays online
It’s today. And because racism is at the root of all of this and racism still lives right now, people definitely can’t say, just get over that because it impacts the lives of African-Americans ...
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.