Unit 11 Civil Rights leaders, Reform Movements and Conservatism In Texas after WWII.

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Unit 11 Civil Rights leaders, Reform Movements and Conservatism In Texas after WWII

Hector Garcia Founded American G.I. Forum This leads to expanded rights for Hispanic Americans

Oveta Culp Hobby Journalist, Business Leader, Public Servant Formed and led (WAC) - Women’s Army Corp Appointed as First Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare The Second woman to hold a cabinet post Honored with a postal stamp

James Farmer Jr. Formed CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) Worked to bring end to segregation with nonviolent action Freedom Rides

Barbara Jordan From Houston, TX First African American elected to Texas State Senate since 1883 First African American woman from a southern state elected to U.S. Congress Member of Congressional Watergate hearings Key note speaker at DNC 1976

James A. Baker III Chief of Staff in Ronald Reagan’s first administration and final year of President George H.W. Bush Secretary of State for George H.W. Bush 1989 - 1992 Secretary of the Treasury 1985-1988

Raymond Telles Elected El Paso’s first Mexican-American mayor in 1957 Served as Ambassador to Costa Rica under JFK Served as Chairman of the U.S.-Mexican Border Commission in 1967 Served as Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the United States in 1971

Raul A. Gonzalez Jr. First Hispanic appointed to Statewide position - (Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court) District Judge of the 3rd Judicial District Associate Justice of the 13th Court of Appeals