VIP of Civil Rights Movement

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VIP of Civil Rights Movement

Lyndon B. Johnson

Signed the civil rights act and voting act

37th US president and was from Texas

Raymond L. Telles

was also Chairman of Border Commission and Chairman of Equal Employment Opportunity

Elected El Paso's first Mexican American mayor

Barbara Jordan

Was the first black person from the south to get elected and go to congress

Served on U.S. congress and on Texas State Senate

Hector Garcia

He fought for education, medical care, poll taxes, and segregation equality

Founded American GI Forum which fought for Hispanic rights

Bill Clements

served as deputy secretary of defence

Elected Texas's first republican governor since reconstruction

Raul A. Gonzalez Jr.

He went from an attorney to a judge and then a justice

first Hispanic justice on Texas Supreme Court

James A. Baker

served as cheif of staff for both Bush and Reagan

secretary of state from 1989-1992

James Farmer Jr.

worked on ending segregation without all the violence

formed committee of racial equality (CORE)

Lulu Belle Madison White

left teaching to devote time to NAACP

apart of National Association for the Advancement of Color

Oveta Culp Hobby

Directed and led Women's Army Corps

first secretary of U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare