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AUSTIN, TX — In light of recent events in Charlottesville, Va. where a woman protesting a Confederacy statue was run over by a car driven by a white nationalist, the Southern Poverty Law Center has...
Jun 21, 2024 · The hate map, which depicts the groups' approximate locations, is the result of a year of monitoring by analysts and researchers and is typically published annually. It represents activity by hate groups during the previous year.
A sundown town is not just a place where something racist happened. It is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was “all white” on purpose. “All white” is in quotes because some towns allowed one black family to remain when they drove out the rest.
Dec 11, 2020 · In 1991, Texas passed a law to remove the word "Negro" from its place names. But today, over two dozen geographic places in the state — think creeks, valleys and other small features — still have the word in their names. That's because the federal government blocked the name changes.
Dec 11, 2020 · Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.
Waco itself, and the greater McLennan County area, served as a hotbed of Klan activity at various times over the last century. The KKK was founded in Tennessee in 1866, but by 1868, Texas had multiple Klan chapters all loosely organized under the statewide leadership of Roger Q. Mills.
Waco city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category.
