Posts Tagged ‘Texas’
Texas officials: Schools should teach that slavery was ‘side issue’ to Civil War
Five million public school students in Texas will begin using new social studies textbooks this fall based on state academic standards that barely address racial segregation.
Read MoreTexas teacher’s Facebook rant about McKinney pool party gets her ‘relieved of her duties’: report
Karen Fitzgibbons lost her job after a Facebook post that said blacks are “causing the problems” and advocated racial segregation.
Read MoreTexas county unwittingly votes in favour of reparations for African Americans
Some Dallas county commissioners were surprised to realized they voted for reparations after failing to read a full bill,
Read MoreBlack Men Arrested for Escorting White Teen
A young dancer’s dream to train under an expert turned to nightmare when her escort, a family friend, was arrested and she taken to CPS.
Read MoreHolder Wants Texas to Clear Voting Changes With the U.S.
The attorney general hopes to combat voter disenfranchisement by making it harder for Texas to change voting laws.
Read MoreEmpty chair ‘lynchings’: Anti-Obama protests gone too far?
Some Americans who oppose Barack Obama have resorted to racist imagery that evokes violence in their protests.
Read MoreTexas judge warns of possible ‘civil war’ if President Obama is re-elected
Conservatives judge Tom Head from Texas opined about a possibly civil war in response to President Obama’s potential re-election on local TV.
Read MoreLittle Known Black History Fact: Riverside General Hospital
Segregation resulted in historically Black hospitals, like Houston’s Riverside General Hospital, which is still operational.
Read MoreJuneteenth National Freedom Day
Every year, Black Americans recognize the day when soldiers arrived in Galveston to force slaveholders to follow the president’s orders.
Read MoreA 1998 Lynching in Texas
James Byrd, Jr. was walking home from a family celebration when three men offered him and a ride before brutalizing and murdering him.
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