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

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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
Secretary of the Treasury

8. 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

9. 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