Once Upon a Time in Texas : : A Liberal in the Lone Star State / / David Richards.
Once upon a time in Texas.there were liberal activists of various stripes who sought to make the state more tolerant and more tolerable. David Richards was one of them. In this fast-paced, often humorous memoir, he remembers the players, the strategy sessions, the legal and political battles, and th...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Focus on American History Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Texas, Our Texas
- 2. Coming of Age in Waco and Austin —1950s Style
- 3. Off to Dallas to Practice Law
- 4. The 1960 Election: The New Frontier Beckons
- 5. Returning to Dallas Hat in Hand
- 6. Representing Labor Unions in Dallas, Texas
- 7. Dallas, 1966: The Federal Courts and the Winds of Chan
- 8. The Radical Left Shows Up in Texas
- 9. A Gleeful Return to Austin
- 10. Changing the Face of the Texas House of Representatives
- 11. Life and Times with U.S. District Judge Jack Roberts
- 12. The Texas Department of Public Safety Gets Caught Snooping on "Radicals"
- 13. Frank Erwin and UT Take On the Rag
- 14. Law and the Counterculture
- 15. Austin Politics—Come the Revolution
- 16. Student Voting Comes of Age
- 17. Redistricting East Texas in the 1970s
- 18. Mad Dog Memories
- 19. Of Time on the River
- 20. A Decade or So of Voting Rights Wars in Texas
- 21. "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
- 22. The 1982 Elections: Triumph of the Yarborough Democrats
- 23. The 1990s and the Last Guffaw
- 24. The Trail Doubles Back
- Index