作者:Christina Maru 4 年以前
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VIP of Civil Rights Movement
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