Beto O'Rourke

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Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

Born in Marshall, TX in 1884, Nixon attended Wiley College and then received his M.D. in 1906 from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. He began practicing in Cameron before 500 members of the community stormed the jail and lynched an African American man named Alex Johnson. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 22, 2019 Hibernated

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Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke

On this day 75 years ago, Dr. Lawrence Nixon walked into El Paso's Fire Station No. 5—two decades after first being turned away from the very same polling place—and cast his vote, ending the all-white primary and changing the history of voting rights. I want to share his story: https://t.co/rhWeRUFwBD — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 22, 2019 Hibernated

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Concerned by Johnson’s public murder and the number of lynchings occurring across central and east Texas, and perhaps fearing for his own life, Nixon moved west to El Paso, where he became involved with civil rights work and established a successful medical practice. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 22, 2019 Hibernated