Had Presiding Judge of Texas 103rd District Court.
He also served as Justice of the Texas 13th Court of Appeals.
Served in the Justice of the Texas Supreme Court after 14 years of service on that court.
worked at the United States Department of Justice for eight years.
The First Hispanic to be as a U.S Ambassador.
Was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city, El Paso, Texas.
Farmer worked the Freedom Riders as it consisted of both women and men, black and white who traveled on bus routes through Southern states.
The Founder of C.O.R.E (Congress of Racial Equality)
Civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
He was the first Mexican-American member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and was awarded the Medal of Freedom.
Wanted to end segregation against the veterans.
Founder of the American G.I. Forum.
Founder of one of the world’s largest oil drilling companies.
Clements served as deputy U.S. secretary of defense in the Nixon and Ford administrations.
Twice governor of Texas as a Republican.
Had been the first Mexican American elected from Texas to the U. S. House.
He was the first Mexican American to run for governor.
Was the first Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate.
Help the men and women during the war and voting era.
First director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC)
First secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
He assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Wrote the Voting act of 1965.
Adopted the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
She fought against the Jim Crow Laws "Separate but equal".
The Supreme Court’s decision in his favor ended the concept of “separate but equal" by her claim.
Became first female executive secretary.
Civil rights activist in Texas.
He was influential in overseeing American foreign policy during the tumultuous and touchy times following communism’s downfall in Eastern Europe and the break-up of the former Soviet Union.
U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan.
Was a Civil Rights Activist.
First Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Became the first African American person since 1883 to serve in the Texas Senate.
