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In June 2020, "The Texas Civil Rights Project sent a letter to Homeland Security, the Pentagon and the Justice Department demanding they halt wall work in March." [13] In July 2020, over 500 children were held in a Hampton Inn in McAllen, Texas, in dark rooms with no access to the outside world. TCRP received calls from parents regarding their ...
Civil Rights activist in Dallas, Texas Antonio Maceo Smith (April 16, 1903 – December 19, 1977) was a civil rights leader in Dallas, Texas , whose years of activism with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other civil rights and community groups led Texans to dub him "Mr. Civil Rights" and "Mr ...
The tour also highlights the Wooster buildings that play into the city's civil rights history. They include: Wooster United Methodist Church, where the Wayne County Anti-Slavery Society was formed ...
Article I (the Texas Bill of Rights), Section 13 of the Texas Constitution, adopted February 15, 1876 – Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted. All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person or reputation shall have remedy by ...
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott introduced his fellow governor from Tennessee this week at a border press conference, his words made reference to a bedrock piece of Lone State lore.
James C. Harrington is a Texas civil rights lawyer and founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project. Dedicated to social justice, he fought for workers' rights alongside Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Harrington had a reputation for taking on powerful adversaries, including the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas State Bar. He worked on a ...
The cross-country tour was organized by reproductive rights advocacy group Free & Just as part of a $500,000 campaign for federal abortion protections.
Occupy Austin was a collaboration that began on October 6, 2011 at City Hall in Austin, Texas as an occupation and peaceful protest.It is affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City, and also with the "Occupy" protests in the United States and around the world.