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The Negro in Texas, 1874–1900 (1971) Richter, William L. Overreached on All Sides: The Freedmen's Bureau Administrators in Texas, 1865–1868 (1991). Shabazz, Amilcar. Advancing Democracy: African Americans and the Struggle for Access and Equity in Higher Education in Texas (University of North Carolina Press, 2004);
Slave owners saw literacy as a threat to the institution of slavery. As a North Carolina statute stated, "Teaching slaves to read and write, tends to excite dissatisfaction in their minds, and to produce insurrection and rebellion." [123] When slavery was finally abolished in 1865, public educational systems were expanding across the country.
Although sometimes counted among Jim Crow laws of the South, statutes such as anti-miscegenation laws were also passed by other states. Anti-miscegenation laws were not repealed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , but were declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court (the Warren Court ) in a unanimous ruling Loving v.
Most cities and towns use the weak mayor-council (mayor-aldermen), strong-mayor council, city commission, or council–manager forms of government. Local law enforcement is divided between county sheriff's offices and municipal police departments. In every county except Davidson, the sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer. [414]
Fort Bragg, North Carolina: United States Army Futures Command (AFC) [83] GEN James E. Rainey: Austin, Texas: United States Army Materiel Command (AMC) [84] LTG Christopher O. Mohan (acting) Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) [85] GEN Gary M. Brito: Fort Eustis, Virginia: Army Service Component ...
El Paso, in Far West Texas, received 22.4 in (57 cm) of snow during a 24-hour period December 13–14, 1987. [14] For central and southern sections, snowfall is considerably more unusual. In February 1895, a large area of southeastern Texas received over 12 inches (30 cm) of snow, with peak amounts near 30 inches (76 cm) at Port Arthur . [ 15 ]
A graph of lynchings in the US by victim race and year [1] The body of George Meadows, lynched near the Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, on January 15, 1889 Bodies of three African-American men lynched in Habersham County, Georgia, on May 17, 1892 Six African-American men lynched in Lee County, Georgia, on January 20, 1916 (retouched photo due to material deterioration) Lynching of ...
A special election to fill his seat in the Texas House of Representatives was held on August 31, 2021. [14] No candidate received 50% of the vote, so the top-two winners, Brian Harrison and former state Rep. John Wray , advanced to a runoff held on September 28.