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Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands : Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and Black Activism /
In 1907, physician Lawrence A. Nixon fled the racial violence of central Texas to settle in the border town of El Paso. There he became a community and civil rights leader. His victories in two Supreme Court decisions paved the way for dismantling all-white political primaries across the South. Will...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Lawrence A. Nixon chronology
- Introduction : tale of a doctor, history of a land
- Marshall, Texas, 1883-1909
- The lure of El Paso, 1910-1919
- Bullets and ropes: wading in bloody waters, 1919-1924
- Nixon, the NAACP, and the courts, 1924-1934
- Optimism and rejection, 1925-1962
- Coda.