Title Seeking inalienable rights : Texans and their quests for justice / edited by Debra A. Reid

Edition 1st ed Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 196 pages) : illustrations Series Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 112 Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 112 Contents Early organizing in the search for equality: African American conventions in late nineteenth-century Texas / Alwyn Barr -- Crucial decade for Texas labor: railway union struggles, 1886-1896 / George N. Green -- Racism and sexism in rural Texas: the contested nature of progressive reform, 1870s-1910s / Debra A. Reid -- Fighting on the home front: the rhetoric of woman suffrage in World War I / James Seymour -- Contrasts in neglect: progressive municipal reform in Dallas and San Antonio / Patricia E. Gower -- Religious moderates and race: the Texas Christian Life Commission and the call for racial reconciliation, 1954-1968 / David K. Chrisman -- Elusive unity: African Americans, Mexican Americans, and civil rights in Houston / Brian D. Behnken -- Chicanismo and the flexible Fourteenth Amendment: 1960s agitation and litigation by Mexican American youth in Texas / Steven Harmon Wilson Summary Seeking Inalienable Rights demonstrates that the history of Texans? quests to secure inalienable rights and expand government-protected civil rights has been one of stops and starts, successes and failures, progress and retrenchment.? ??Inside This Book:?"Early Organizing in the Search for Equality African American Conventions in Late Nineteenth-Century Texas"-Alwyn Barr, Texas Tech University ?"Crucial Decade for Texas Labor: Railway Union Struggles, 1886?1896"-George N. Green, University of Texas at Arlington??"Racism and Sexism in Rural Texas: The Contested Nature of Progressive Rural Reform, 1870s?1910s" -Debra A. Reid, Eastern Illinois University ??"Fighting on the Home Front: The Rhetoric of Woman Suffrage in World War I"-James Seymour, Lone Star College, Cy Fair ??"Contrasts in Neglect: Progressive Municipal Reform in Dallas and San Antonio"-Patricia E. Gower, University of the Incarnate Word??"Religious Moderates and Race: The Texas Christian Life Commission and the Call for Racial Reconciliation, 1954?1968"-David K. Chrisman, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor ??"Elusive Unity: African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Civil Rights in Houston"-Brian D. Behnken, Iowa State University ??"Chicanismo and the Flexible Fourteenth Amendment: 1960s Agitation and Litigation by Mexican American Youth in Texas"-Steven Harmon Wilson, Tulsa Community College??This insightful discussion will appeal to those interested in African American, Hispanic, labor, and gender history.? ? ??? Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Minorities -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Minorities -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Citizenship -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Citizenship -- Texas -- History -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Citizenship Civil rights Civil rights movements Minorities -- Civil rights Race relations SUBJECT Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject Texas Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Reid, Debra A., 1960- ISBN 9781603443630 1603443630

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