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[Draft of Texas Senate Bill 1, elimination of discrimination of public utilities against Hispanic Americans] (open access)

[Draft of Texas Senate Bill 1, elimination of discrimination of public utilities against Hispanic Americans]

A draft of Texas Senate Bill (S. B. 1) written by Spears, to be enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, providing for the elimination of discrimination by public utilities against persons of Mexican or Latin-American origin,and prescribing penalties for such acts.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th U.S. Congress, Second Session, Senate Bill 2048 (open access)

78th U.S. Congress, Second Session, Senate Bill 2048

Bill introduced to the United States Senate and House of Representatives to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Congress (78th, 2nd session : 1944)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Concurrent Resolution Number One Hundred (open access)

Senate Concurrent Resolution Number One Hundred

Photocopy of a Texas Senate Resolution that recognizes the contributions of Jose Francisco Ruiz and designates that his birthday on September 1, 1969 be observed throughout the state of Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bernal, Joe J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation by Roy Hofheinz, Mayor of the City of Houston, of League of United Latin American Citizens Week] (open access)

[Proclamation by Roy Hofheinz, Mayor of the City of Houston, of League of United Latin American Citizens Week]

Proclamation by Roy Hofheinz, Mayor of the City of Houston, of League of United Latin American Citizens Week. Proclamation declares February 14 to 20th as LULAC week. The Mayor urges Houston citizens to recognize and support these dates to honor "Twenty Five Years of Community Service" of LULAC members. This proclamation was written in celebration of LULAC's twenty-fifth anniversary.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Hofheinz, Roy, 1912-1982
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation by Allan Shivers, Governor of the State of Texas, of League of United Latin American Citizens Week] (open access)

[Proclamation by Allan Shivers, Governor of the State of Texas, of League of United Latin American Citizens Week]

Proclamation by Allan Shivers, Governor of the State of Texas, of League of United Latin American Citizens Week. Proclamation declares February 14 to 20th as LULAC week. The Governor of the State of Texas urges Texas citizens to recognize and support these dates to honor "Twenty Five Years of Community Service" of LULAC members.
Date: February 14, 1954
Creator: Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985
System: The Portal to Texas History