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January 11, 2012 Last Aired September 1, 2012
Desegregation Suits in Beaumont, Texas

Robert Robertson gave a tour of the Texas District Courtroom where Judge Lamar Cecil heard two civil rights cases in 1955 and 1956. Six African American golfers filed suit for the right to u…
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January 12, 2012 Last Aired September 1, 2012
Beaumont Race Riots of 1943

Robert Robertson talked about the race riot that started on June 15, 1943, in Beaumont, Texas, as white shipyard workers confronted black workers after hearing that a local white woman had a…
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January 11, 2012 Last Aired February 5, 2012
Texas Congressman Jack Brooks

Robert Robertson talked about longtime Democratic Representative and Committee Chair Jack Brooks. Defeated for re-election in 1994, Representative Brooks' 40-year career included helping to …
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October 29, 2005 Last Aired February 10, 2009
Remembering the Dream: Civil Rights in the 1960s

Ms. Davis moderated a panel discussion on the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Authors who had written books about the civil rights movement discussed the administration of former Preside…
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