Posted in Politics on Sep 11th, 2009
During the 18 years following the conclusion of the Civil War, the state of Texas elected 3 African-Americans to the State Senate. There were also 32 African-Americans elected to the State House of Representatives during that time. 1883 was the year that the Texas State Senate saw its last African-American member leave office for quite [...]
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