Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
Sen. Ted Cruz has likened vouchers to “the civil rights issue of our time." But critics note they were used in the 1950s to fight integrated schools.
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Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
In 1955, then-Texas Gov. Allan Shivers commissioned a study on school segregation, which ultimately called for a voucher system to help address the “problem” of “forced integration.” ...
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L. Clifford Davis, Who Fought to Desegregate Texas Schools, Dies at 100
As a civil rights lawyer who faced resistance and threats, he challenged school districts that tried to defy the Supreme Court’s 1954 ban on school segregation. By Clay Risen L. Clifford Davis ...
Backroom Baz: Dan Andrews’ social media guru’s return puts Libs on edge
They say big wheels keep on turning, and on Spring St they don’t get much bigger than former Channel 7 reporter turned ...
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History of the Death Penalty
In fact, during the anti-Communist period with all its fears and hysteria, Texas Governor Allan Shivers seriously suggested that capital punishment be the penalty for membership in the Communist ...
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Backroom Baz: Dan Andrews’ social media guru’s return puts Libs on edge
Baz is assured that like a ghost of elections past Donohoe is already sending shivers down the spines of ... imagine what Pesutto and Premier Jacinta Allan found time to laugh about when they ...
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Texas Liberal: Senator Ralph Yarborough
Following the war, Yarborough resumed his legal practice and contemplated another race for Attorney General in 1952 when he received a considerable shock from Governor Allan Shivers. Yarborough was ...