Civic Responsibilities - Obligations that each person has to society or the duties of the citizen like voting, serve in jury duty, run for elected offices, and pay taxes., Conservatism - A political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, favoring obedience to political authority and organized religion., Dr. Hector P. Garcia - Mexican-American physician and World War II veteran, Civil Rights activist and founder of the G.I. Forum., Lyndon B. Johnson - 36th president of the United States who succeeded Kennedy and actively supported civil rights legislation and affirmative action., Barbara Jordan - First African-American woman elected to the Texas Senate (1967) and first southern African-American woman elected to the House of Representatives (1973), Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942. Initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride. - Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942. Initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride., Henry B. Gonzalez - Democratic politician and 1st Mexican American to be elected to the state Senate in 1957., Civil Rights Act of 1964 - A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment., Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Made the use of any test or device to deny the vote illegal and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had previously denied African Americans the right to vote., Lulu Belle Madison White - fought against Jim Crow Laws; President of Houston's NAACP; campaigned for the rights to vote, equal pay for equal work, and desegregation of public facilities for African Americans, Vietnam War - 1954-1975; A war between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States., Raymond L. Telles - He was elected as El Paso's First Mexican-American Mayor 1957 and served as Ambassador to Cuba under President John F kennedy, Oveta Culp Hobby - Director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II; she held the rank of colonel and later became the second woman cabinet member, serving as secretary of health, education, and welfare.,

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