Corrected by reconstruction. This was the constitution that was written in 1875, and interestingly, texas still operates under this constitution today, even though it has had hundreds of amendments to make changes to it. We can flip to the signature page of the document, which contains all of the original signatures from 1876. As you can imagine, these are many of the most prominent men of their day. While this document addressed some issues of inequality, of course, these problems did not go away with equality, and franchise men, most notably even though men of african dissent could theoretically vote, women were not allowed to vote until well into the 20th century. This is a memorial to the Texas Legislature in 1884 by the undersigned committee of colored men. I guess that is kind of a predecessor of the black caucus. They are asking for redress on several issues that pertain to people of african dissent descen living in texas at the time. Tthis small leaflet entitled handicapped was
Bob dole and george mitchell. Let us know about the programs you are watching. Call us, email us, or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. All weekend American History tv is featuring austin texas the loans star States Capital and fourthlargest city. Hosted by our Time Warner Cable partners, cspans city tours staff recently visited sites showcasing austins history. Learn more about austin all weekend here on American History tv. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is a state agency that was founded by the state with a very simple but powerful mission, and that is to make sure that texans have the information that they need to live informed, productive, and fulfilled lives, and we also provide and house the archives of the state of texas, which is the historical record of the state of texas going back to the republic of texas state and even earlier than that. What you will see today is a collection of some of the most iconic
Enfranchisement, most notably of which was even though men of african dissent could theoretically vote women were not allowed to vote until well into the 20th century. This is a memorial to the Texas Legislature in 1884 by the under signed committee of colored men. I guess that is kind of a predecessor of the black caucus. And theyre asking for regress on several issues that pertain to people of african dissent living in texas at the time. This small news print leaflet or hand bill or broad side entitled handicapped was published by Texas Equal Suffrage Association in about 1919 in advance of the vote, upcoming election by texas male voters about whether women would be given the vote. Of course, as we know the 19th amendment was ratified giving all women in the United States the right to vote. You can see this document and many more that we have previewed by and several of these items documents and arty facts will be featured in our upcoming exhibit, texans struggle for freedom and wil