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VIP's of Civil Rights
VIP's of Civil Rights
Raul A. Gonzales Jr.
Associate justice on the Third Court of Appeals.
One hundred third judge of the Judicial District.
Assosiate Justice at Texas Supreme Court.
Raymond L. Telles
Worked at the United States Department of Justice for eight years.
First Hispanic to serve as a U.S. Ambassador.
First Mexican-American mayor of a major American city.
James Farmer
Served alongside Martin Luther King Jr.
Pushed non violent protests to dismantle segregation.
Leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Hector Garcia
Served as alternate representitive of the United Nations.
WWII veteran.
Founder of the American G.I. Forum.
Bill Clemets
Chairman of the Board of Governers at Southern Methodist University
Served as Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Republican governer of Texas twice.
Henry B. Gonzales
Immigrated during the Mexican Revolution.
Represented Texas's 20th congressional district
Democratic polotician.
Oveta Culp Hobby
Chairperson of the board of the Houston Post.
First director of the Women's Army Corps.
First secretary of the U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Declared the Civil Rights act.
37th vice president of the United States.
36th President of the United States.
Lulu Belle Madison White
Strong Civil Rights Acitvist.
Later became executive secretary of the NAACP
President of the Houston chapter of the NAACP
James A. Baker
U.S. Secretary of State.
Served as White House Chief of Staff.
American attorney.
Barbara Jordan
First Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
First African American elected to the State Senate.
Leader of the Civivl Rights Movement.