Mica Stands Up - and Pays the Price (open access)

Mica Stands Up - and Pays the Price

Newspaper article about Mica England who filed a lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department after they refused to hire her because she was a lesbian and admitted to having broken Texas Penal Code §21.06, which made sexual acts between same sex couples a misdemeanor.
Date: May 4, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
England vs. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas (open access)

England vs. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas

Personal recollections of Mica England about her experience filing a lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department after they refused to hire her because she was a lesbian and admitted to having broken Texas Penal Code §21.06, which made sexual acts between same sex couples a misdemeanor. The text and images were captured from a webpage. Images of England, members of The Dallas Way board of directors, Dallas Police Chief Lupe Valdez, and Dallas Police Major Barbara Hobbs are embedded in the text.
Date: May 10, 2015
Creator: England, Mica & Williams, Paul J.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Challenge To Dallas Police Hiring Policies to Be Filed (open access)

Challenge To Dallas Police Hiring Policies to Be Filed

A press release concerning Mica England's lawsuit in response to the Dallas Police Department's "anti-gay hiring policies." A cover sheet memoranda is addressed to England and her lawyers, Evan Wolfson and Patrick Wiseman, confirming the details of the press conference.
Date: May 1, 1990
Creator: Waybourn, William
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library