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Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas
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In early 2013 same-sex marriage was legal in only ten states and the District of Columbia. That year the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor appeared to open the door to marriage equality. In Texas, Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes, together for sixteen years and deeply in love, wondered why no one had stepped across the threshold to challenge their state’s 2005 constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. They agreed to join a lawsuit being put together by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLD. Two years later—after tense battles in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, after sitting through oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges—they won the right to marry deep in the heart of Texas. But the road they traveled was never easy. Accidental Activists is the deeply moving story of two men who struggled to achieve the dignity of which Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke in a series of Supreme Court decisions that recognized the “personhood,” the essential humanity of gays and lesbians. Author David Collins tells Mark and Vic’s story in the context of legal and …
Date:
August 2017
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Collins, David
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The UNT Digital Library
The Johnson-sims Feud: Romeo and Juliet, West Texas Style
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In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up Gladys and Ed on a ranch, and the young couple had two daughters. But Gladys was headstrong and willful, and Ed drank too much, and both sought affection outside their marriage. A nasty divorce ensued, and Gladys moved with her girls to her father’s luxurious ranch house, where she soon fell in love with famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. When Ed tried to take his daughters for a prearranged Christmas visit in 1916, Gladys and her brother Sid shot him dead on the Snyder square teeming with shoppers. One of the best lawyers in West Texas, Judge Cullen Higgins (son of the old feudist Pink Higgins) managed to win acquittal for both Gladys and Sid. In the tradition of Texas feudists since the 1840s, the Sims family sought revenge. Sims’ son-in-law, Gee McMeans, led an attack in Sweetwater and shot Billy Johnson’s bodyguard, Frank Hamer, twice, while Gladys—by now Mrs. Hamer—fired at another assassin. Hamer shot back, killed McMeans, and was no-billed on the spot by a grand …
Date:
August 15, 2010
Creator:
O'Neal, Bill
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The UNT Digital Library
Winchester Warriors: Texas Rangers of Company D, 1874-1901
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The Texas Rangers were institutionally birthed in 1874 with the formation of the Frontier Battalion. They were tasked with interdicting Indian incursions into the frontier settlements and dealing with the lawlessness running rampant throughout Texas. In an effort to put a human face on the Rangers, Bob Alexander tells the story of one of the six companies of the Frontier Battalion, Company D. Readers follow the Rangers of Company D as—over time—it transforms from a unit of adventurous boys into a reasonably well-oiled law enforcement machine staffed by career-oriented lawmen. Beginning with their start as Indian fighters against the Comanches and Kiowas, Alexander explores the history of Company D as they rounded up numerous Texas outlaws and cattle thieves, engaged in border skirmishes along the Rio Grande, and participated in notable episodes such as the fence cutter wars. Winchester Warriors is an evenhanded and impartial assessment of Company D and its colorful cadre of Texas Rangers. Their laudable deeds are explored in detail, but by the same token their shameful misadventures are not whitewashed. These Texas Rangers were simply people, good and bad—and sometimes indifferent. This new study, extensively researched in both primary and secondary sources, will appeal to scholars …
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August 15, 2009
Creator:
Alexander, Bob
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The UNT Digital Library
Eleven Days in Hell: the 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas
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From one o’clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten o’clock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texas’s Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former boss of the largest drug-running operation in south Texas, was serving life for assault with intent to commit murder on a police officer. Using his connections to smuggle guns and ammunition into the prison, and employing the aid of two other inmates, he took eleven prison workers and four inmates hostage in the prison library. Demanding bulletproof helmets and vests, he planned to use the hostages as shields for his escape. Negotiations began immediately with prison warden H. H. Husbands and W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director of the Texas Department of Corrections. The Texas Rangers, the Department of Public Safety, and the FBI arrived to assist as the media descended on Huntsville. When one of the hostages suggested a moving structure of chalkboards padded with law books to absorb bullets, Carrasco agreed to the plan. The captors entered their escape pod with four hostages and secured eight others to …
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August 15, 2004
Creator:
Harper, William T.
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The UNT Digital Library
Through Animals' Eyes, Again: Stories of Wildlife Rescue
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From the author of Through Animals’ Eyes come more true stories from the rare perspective of someone who not only cares for the animals she treats, but also has never wanted nor tried to tame or change them. Lynn Cuny founded Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (WRR) in 1977 in her backyard in San Antonio. It has since grown to 187 acres and now rescues more than 7,000 animals annually and maintains an emergency hotline 365 days a year. Native animals are released back into the wild, and those non-native or severely injured animals that cannot be released become permanent Sanctuary residents. Through her stories, Lynn hopes to dispel the belief that animals do not reason, have emotions, or show compassion for each other. Lynn’s stories cover the humorous and the tragic, the surprising and the inevitable. The animals she describes range from the orphaned baby Rhesus monkey who found a new mother in an old monkey rescued from a lab, to the brave red-tailed hawk who was illegally shot, but healed to soar again. The stories will touch your heart and help you see “through animals’ eyes.” “These true accounts, as amazing as some of them are with their unlikely …
Date:
August 15, 2006
Creator:
Cuny, Lynn Marie
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The UNT Digital Library
COBRA Report for Brooks City Base
Public Document - DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - COBRA report compiled regarding costs for operation vs. closure of Brooks City Base.
Date:
August 15, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
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The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Trip Report - Texas Army National Guard - June 28, 2005
Base Visit Trip Report - Texas Army National Guard - June 28, 2005
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August 11, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
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The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Trip Report (2nd Visit) - Sheppard Air Force Base - TX - August 1, 2005 -
Base Visit Trip Report (2nd Visit) - Sheppard Air Force Base - TX - August 1, 2005 -
Date:
August 11, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
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The UNT Digital Library
Commissioner's Base Visit Book, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas
Base Visit Book - Commissioner's Base Visit Book, NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. Commissioner James T. Hill, BRAC, 07 July 2005.
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August 5, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
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The UNT Digital Library
Base visit report for Ellington Field, Air Force, 07 July 2005
Base Visit Report - Trip report for Ellington Field Air Guard Station in Texas, July 07, 2005.
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August 6, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
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The UNT Digital Library
Texas School Recycling Guide
This manual is designed to help develop recycling programs in schools.
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Making every ounce count: How to give the best when mom is away
This document provides tips and information about "combining breastfeeding with bottle-feeding." (p. 1).
Date:
August 2001
Creator:
Texas. Department of State Health Services.
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The Portal to Texas History
Investigating and Reporting Releases from Petroleum Storage Tanks
This document pertains to the requirements for investigating and reporting releases from underground and aboveground storage tanks.
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $606 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments
This document provides information on the distribution of $606 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date:
August 10, 2011
Creator:
Combs, Susan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guidelines for Dealers Operating Unmanned Compressed Natural Gas Refueling Stations
This publication provides information to dealers who sell compressed natural gas (CNG)into the fuel supply tank of motor vehicles at unmanned retail locations.
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Restoring Native Grasslands
This document provides information about restoring Texas grassland, range management, and watershed management.
Date:
August 2004
Creator:
Hays, K. Brian
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The Portal to Texas History
State and Federal Law Governing Redistricting in Texas
"This publication is intended to assist the Texas Legislature in carrying out its redistricting responsibilities and to provide information about Texas legislative redistricting to the public and other interested persons." (p. 2).
Date:
August 2011
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
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The Portal to Texas History
Texas Workforce Investment Council Briefing Materials: September 7, 2012
Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Workforce Investment Council held September 7, 2012 at the Teacher Retirement System Building in Austin, Texas. The materials include agendas, minutes, committee reports, and related supplementary information.
Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Texas Workforce Investment Council
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Family Land Heritage Registry, [Volume 13], 1994-1995
Book commemorating Family Land Heritage Day with descriptions of the honorees from 1994 to 1995 -- including important dates, people, and biographical information -- along with an index and other related information.
Date:
August 1997
Creator:
Texas. Department of Agriculture.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas A&M University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019
Report submitted by Texas A&M University to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date:
August 2016
Creator:
Texas A & M University
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Story Log: August 11 to December 31, 1972]
Logbook from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, documenting the names, locations, and run-times of video-taped news segments that aired each day from August through December in 1972.
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1972-08/1972-12
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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The UNT Digital Library
[WASP Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook]
Scrapbook of various WASP newspaper clippings and pamphlets belonging to former Women Airforce Service Pilot instructor, Rigdon Edwards Jr.
Date:
August 2000
Creator:
Spears, Sandra Edwards
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Prosecuting Attorney Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019
Report submitted by the Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date:
August 5, 2016
Creator:
Texas. State Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Texas College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019
Report submitted by South Texas College to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date:
August 5, 2016
Creator:
South Texas College
System:
The Portal to Texas History