Sam Houston the Texan Warrior Statesman of Notes
A centennial remembrance of Sam Houston born 1793 near Lexington Virginia. The piece traces his life from Cherokee trader to U S Army veteran and congressman to Texas independence leader and first Texas senator. It notes his marriages and eight children, his war against Santa Anna, and his evolving views on Texas annexation and Union companionship.
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Sam Houston
United States
Congress
Republic of Texas
Houston
Lexington
Virginia
Major Samuel Houston
Elizabeth Paxton Houston
Maryville
Tennessee
Sam
Andrew Jackson
Horseshoe Bend
Alabama
Jackson
U. S. Army
Eliza Allen
Texas
Verdigris
Fort Gibson
Tiana Rogers
Washington
Mexico
Independence
Gonzales
Alamo
Santa Anna
Brazons
New Orleans
Margaret Lea
U. S
Confederacy
Huntsville
Race Bars Persist In U S Churches
A 1960s church integration drive expands to local communities, with the Commission on Religion and Race forming in June to press for civil rights, fund construction with nondiscrimination rules, and create prison chaplains corps. Leaders like Rev Eugene Carson Blake and Bishop Daniel Corrigan join protests. Interfaith action rises after the Chicago conference.
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Commission On Religion and Race
America
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Blake
Daniel Corrigan
Episcopal Church
Baltimore
United Church of Christ
General ‘Synod
Denver
United Presbyterians
Disciples of Christ
Joseph Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
Vincent S. Waters
Raleigh
N.C
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
New Orleans
Miami
Pittsburgh
San Antonio
Little Rock
San Francisco
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