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