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Handout
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Forever Free: 19th Century African American Legislators: 1880s Repression

For Students 9th - 10th
This several page article recounts the black legislators in the Texas Congress and their attempts to address many issues affecting the African Americans in the state. Read about the Ku Klux Klan, convict leases, and segregation on railroads