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Once upon a time in Texas

by David Richards · 2002

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David Richards remembers the wins and losses that brought significant gains in civil rights, voter rights, labor law and civil liberties to the people of Texas from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisTexasTexasMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 275 pages

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