Browsing Department of History by Subject "Civil rights"
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¿MI TIERRA, TAMBIÉN? MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS IN FORT WORTH, 1940-1990s
(2016-09-15)This thesis focuses on the city of Fort Worth during the second half of the twentieth-century and provides an analysis for how the struggles of the Mexican American population were shaped by the long history of discrimination ... -
We Will Not Strike: The Black Revolt in the Chicago Teachers Union
(2015-12-09)In the 1960s, black teachers in Chicago were systematically discriminated against by the school system’s Board of Education. The Board used a subjective oral exam to deny the vast majority of African-American educators ...