Paul B. Ragsdale Papers 1972-1987

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Paul B. Ragsdale Papers 1972-1987

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Papers of Paul B. Ragsdale consist of classified files assembled when he was Texas state representative from Dallas (1973-1986).

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Ragsdale, Paul B.

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Born in 1945, Paul B. Ragsdale was one of the first African American legislators in Texas since Reconstruction. Growing up the son of a barber in a rural area near Jacksonville, Texas, Ragsdale went on to earn a sociology degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He was elected to represent Dallas as a democrat in the 1972 state elections. A champion of African American and Hispanic rights, Ragsdale fought racial bias in the workplace and played an active role in state politics. In 1973 he ...

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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives

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Texas State Representative Fred M. Bosse was born on July 18, 1947. He received his BS from Texas A&M University and his JD in 1972 from the University of Houston, Bates College of Law. Bosse was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1990 and served through 2002 as a Democrat from Houston, representing District 128, Harris County (part). While in the House, he served on the following committees: Science and Technology (1991-1992); Natural Resources (1991-1994); Transportation (Vic...