Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The 1890s: Jim Crow Laws
In 1891, the Texas Legislature passed the Jim Crow law, which "required separate railroad coaches for African Americans." Learn why this was passed and given the name "Jim Crow."
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto: Photograph, Mirabeau B. Lamar
Here is a photo of Mirabeau Lamar, part of artist Henry McArdle's collection of research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto." Includes a link to an article on Lamar, from the "Handbook of Texas."
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Telegram to Eleanor Brackenridge, 1911
While studying the strategies of the early 20th-century suffragists, check out primary texts like this one. Here is a brief telegram through which Austin suffragist Erminia Thompson Folsom communicates with Eleanor Brackenridge, who...
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Anti Suffrage Postcard
Here is an example of a "humorous" postcard used by anti-suffragists, which promoted opposition to women's right to vote.