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The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is partnering with reproductive rights and justice organizations and pro-abortion Texans to launch the Texas Abortion Advocacy Network (TAAN). [170] This network will mobilize supporters to respond to local threats to reproductive health and actively work to restore and expand abortion access in Texas.
Logo of Enron. The Enron scandal was an accounting scandal involving Enron Corporation, an American energy company based in Houston, Texas.When news of widespread fraud within the company became public in October 2001, the company filed for bankruptcy and its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen—then one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world—was effectively dissolved.
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes (April 3, 1927 – April 28, 2017) was a Texas criminal defense attorney.He became a star of the legal world after prevailing in a series of seemingly impossible murder trials in Texas in the 1970s and 1980s. [1]
On June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth — U.S. Army general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas, [26] which was the last state of the Confederacy with slavery. Juneteenth has been celebrated annually on June 19 ever since in various parts of the United States.
Robert Finley founded the American Colonization Society.. The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the repatriation of freeborn people of color and emancipated slaves to the continent of Africa.
Motiva Enterprises, LLC is an American company that operates as a wholly owned US subsidiary of Saudi Aramco. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, it had revenue of $37 Billion. [5] Motiva operates as a distributor of Shell and 76 branded gasolines within its operating territory. [3]
Two whole Christian communities have joined the Amish: The church at Smyrna, Maine, one of the five Christian Communities of Elmo Stoll after Stoll's death [115] [116] and the church at Manton, Michigan, which belonged to a community that was founded by Harry Wanner (1935–2012), a minister of Stauffer Old Order Mennonite background. [117]
"Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Waco". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin. "Waco". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX. " 'Must Have' Books on Waco History". Waco History Project. (bibliography) "HIS 3300 Methods in Public & Oral History: Waco, McLennan County, and Texas Histories". Research ...