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It opened in 1913 in Houston's Fourth Ward and was one of the first public libraries for African-Americans west of the Mississippi River. It was also one of twelve segregated public libraries originally funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie between 1908 and 1924.]]> 2022-03-03 19:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076510904 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076533397
Texas adopted a poll tax in 1902. It required that otherwise eligible voters pay between $1.50 and $1.75 to register to vote – a lot of money at the time, and a big barrier to the working classes and poor.]]> 2022-03-03 19:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076533397 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076539479 The violence began when six white men encountered a group of black teenagers
 the teenagers escaped, but one was murdered by the mob. Soon after, mobs of up to 50 men were formed throughout Anderson County which raided black neighborhoods and attempted to kill any black person they encountered]]> 2022-03-03 19:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076539479 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076547640
The Hellfighters originated as the 15th New York (Colored) Infantry Regiment, a National Guard unit. Members of the African American community in New York City's Harlem district had long advocated for the creation of a homegrown military unit, but white politicians blocked several attempts at establishing such a body.Jan 12, 2022]]> 2022-03-03 19:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076547640 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076551553

In 1908, a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, eruptions of anti-black violence – particularly lynching – were horrifically commonplace, but the Springfield riot was the final tipping point that led to the creation of the NAACP. ... Some 60 people, seven of whom were African American (including W. E. B.]]> 2022-03-03 19:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076551553 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076560495
Jesse Washington was a seventeen-year-old African-American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of racially motivated lynching.]]> 2022-03-03 19:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076560495 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076564192 Around noon August 23, 1917, Lee Sparks and Rufus Daniels, two HPD officers, disrupted a gathering on a street corner in Houston's predominantly-black San Felipe district by firing warning shots. Sparks, pursuing those who fled the gunshots, burst into the home of a local woman named Sara Travers.]]> 2022-03-03 19:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076564192 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076566484

The court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state to delegate its authority over elections to parties in order to allow discrimination to be practiced. This ruling affected all other states where the party used the white primary rule.]]> 2022-03-03 19:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076566484 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076571964
She held the distinction of being the first black woman to vote in Dallas County in 1944, and in the 1950s and 1960s led protests aimed at integrating public universities and the State Fair of Texas. She led the NAACP youth council in picketing restaurants, theaters, public transportation, and other venues in Dallas.]]> 2022-03-03 19:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076571964 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076576456
 the landmark case, Sweatt v. Painter, The United States Supreme Court ruled that separate law school facilities could not provide a legal education equal to that available at The University of Texas Law School, one of the nation's ranking law schools.]]> 2022-03-03 19:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076576456 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076580192
D. Joe Williams (1936-2013) was the first African American to integrate collegiate sports in Texas. In recognition of his athletic excellence, Williams was inducted into three different Texas sports Halls of Fame.]]> 2022-03-03 19:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076580192 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076587463 Fed up with the fair's backhanded treatment of black Texans, an NAACP Youth Council adviser for Dallas named Juanita Craft planned a protest against the event in 1955 in which she encouraged young black Dallasites to boycott “Negro Appreciation Day,” which this group had taken to calling “Negro Appeasement Day."]]> 2022-03-03 20:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076587463 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076590692
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Encouraged by their defiance, on August 30 and 31, 1956, an angry mob of nearly 400 whites surrounded Mansfield High School to prevent the enrollment of three African American students. Angry white residents hanged the three black students in effigy and outside reporters and observers were attacked.]]> 2022-03-03 20:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076590692 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076592351 2022-03-03 20:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076592351 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076594930 2022-03-03 20:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076594930 108094153 https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076598478
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) was established in 1971 to put forth policy and legislation that ensured equal rights, opportunity, and access to Black Americans and other marginalized communities. It is a non-partisan body made up of African American members of Congress.]]> 2022-03-03 20:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/108094153/suos954nzwd6qcj3/wish/2076598478