The civil rights movement featured several influential figures who contributed significantly to various aspects of social and political progress. James A. Baker served prominently under President Ronald Reagan as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury, highlighting his role in governmental affairs.
White was named as the president of the Houston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Lulu Belle Madison White was a teacher and civil rights activist in Texas during the 1940s and 1950s
James A Baker
He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney and statesman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B Johnson
He served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 and assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson, (LBJ) was the 36th president of the USA. in office from 1963 to 1969
Barbara Jordan
She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
She was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer, educator and politician.
Oveta Culp Hobby
A chairperson of the board of the Houston Post.
First director of the Women's Army Corps
Oveta Culp Hobby was the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
James Farmer
pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation
James Leonard Farmer Jr. was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement
Raul A. Gonzalez JR.
Gonzalez' judicial career began in 1978, when Gov. Dolph Briscoe appointed him judge of the 103rd Judicial District.
he first Hispanic appointed or elected to statewide office in Texas
Raymond L Telles
Raymond L. Telles
Telles worked at the USDJ (United States Department of Justice) for eight years.
He was the first Hispanic appointed as a U.S. ambassador.
Raymond L. Telles was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city, El Paso in Texas
Hector Garcia
He was a World War II veteran, Civil rights actovist, and the founder of the American G.I. Forum.
Héctor Pérez García was a Mexican American physician and surgeon.
Bill Clements
He was the Governor of Texas for two non-consecutive terms.
Bill Clements was an American businessman and a Republican party politician.
