VIP's of Civil Rights

Leader of the Civivl Rights Movement.

First African American elected to the State Senate.

First Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

American attorney.

Served as White House Chief of Staff.

U.S. Secretary of State.

President of the Houston chapter of the NAACP

Later became executive secretary of the NAACP

Strong Civil Rights Acitvist.

36th President of the United States.

37th vice president of the United States.

Declared the Civil Rights act.

First secretary of the U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare.

First director of the Women's Army Corps.

Chairperson of the board of the Houston Post.

Democratic polotician.

Represented Texas's 20th congressional district

Immigrated during the Mexican Revolution.

Republican governer of Texas twice.

Served as Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Chairman of the Board of Governers at Southern Methodist University

Founder of the American G.I. Forum.

WWII veteran.

Served as alternate representitive of the United Nations.

Leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

Pushed non violent protests to dismantle segregation.

Served alongside Martin Luther King Jr.

First Mexican-American mayor of a major American city.

First Hispanic to serve as a U.S. Ambassador.

Worked at the United States Department of Justice for eight years.

Assosiate Justice at Texas Supreme Court.

One hundred third judge of the Judicial District.

Associate justice on the Third Court of Appeals.