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The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture (University of California Press, 1997). Glasrud, Bruce A. and Merline Pitre. Black Women in Texas History (2008) Glasrud, Bruce A. et al eds. African Americans in Central Texas History From Slavery to Civil Rights (2019); scholarly essays online
Africa has a population of over 1.4 billion people spread throughout 54 countries. [1] The large size and extreme diversity of the continent leads to enormous diversity among the marriage ceremonies and traditions that take place. Marriage ceremonies throughout Africa vary greatly depending on the faith of the individuals.
Morris Overstreet (1975): [33] First African American male elected as a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1991) Fortunato "Pete" Benavides: [34] First Latino American male to serve as Judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; Charles Spain: [35] First openly LGBT male to serve as an appellate court judge in Texas (2018)
Ordained ministers provided records of marriages that they had performed and solemnized other marriages. [14] The Bureau recorded marriages and preserved marital records of former enslaved men and women in registers, certificates, marriage licenses, and other records. States and other organizations also formalized long-term relationships. [14]
Records show that some Native American women bought African men as slaves. Unknown to European sellers, the women freed and married the men into their tribe. Some African men chose Native American women as their partners because their children would be free, as the child's status followed that of the mother.
This list of African American Historic Places in Texas is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]
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