Key Figures
This native Texan became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)?
This 1954 Supreme Court ruling required public schools (K-12) across the United States to integrate.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This group, founded in Corpus Christi in the 1920s, fought for Mexican American farm workers' rights and desegregation.
What is LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens)?
This term refers to President Johnson’s legislative plan to improve the lives of Americans through programs like Medicare and Head Start.
What is the Great Society?
This 1957 event led the U.S. to increase spending on science and math education and eventually establish NASA.
What was the launch of Sputnik?
This Houston native was the first African-American woman to serve in the Texas Senate and the first from the south to make it to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas' separate law schools for black and white students were unequal and illegal.
What is Sweatt v. Painter?
This organization, led by Lulu Belle Madison White in Houston, worked to educate Black citizens on voting rights and eliminate school segregation.
What is the NAACP?
This 1965 law helped minority groups by banning literacy tests and poll taxes that discouraged voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This term describes the planned communities built outside of cities that grew rapidly in Texas after World War II.
What are suburbs?
This doctor and WW2 veteran established the American G.I. Forum to help Mexican American veterans gain equal access to services.
Who is Dr. Hector P. Garcia?
This 1972 state amendment granted Texas women the same legal rights as men.
What is the Texas Equal Rights Amendment?
James L. Farmer, Jr. founded this organization, which organized the "Freedom Rides" to challenge segregation.
What is CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)?
This Great Society program provides health insurance specifically for senior citizens.
What is Medicare?
This Laredo native is a famous artist known for using vibrant colors to honor Native American culture and landscapes.
Who is Amado Peña, Jr.?
This El Paso native served as the first Mexican American mayor of a major Texas city (his hometown, El Paso) and later as a U.S. Ambassador.
Who is Raymond L. Telles?
This federal law was created to protect students from gender discrimination in schools receiving federal funding.
What is Title IX?
This national organization continues to fight for women’s equality and has various chapters throughout the United States.
What is NOW (National Organization for Women)?
This controversy over Gulf of Mexico oil revenue led many Texans to support a Republican president for the first time since Reconstruction.
What is the Tidelands Controversy?
This East Texan screenwriter won an Academy Award for the screenplay of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Horton Foote?
He was a Texan civil rights leader who founded CORE and advocated for nonviolent protests like sit-ins.
Who is James L. Farmer, Jr.?
This specific court case ended the practice of segregating Mexican American students in Texas public schools.
What is Hernandez v. Driscoll CISD?
This group was specifically formed to ensure Mexican American veterans received the same benefits as white veterans after WWII.
What is the American GI Forum?
This Republican was the first woman from Texas elected to the U.S. Senate.
Who is Kay Bailey Hutchison?
He was the first Mexican American to serve on the Texas Supreme Court.
Who is Raul A. Gonzalez, Jr.?