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28. Mai 2004 · Remembering Ralph Yarborough. KERA. Published May 28, 2004 at 9:21 AM CDT. By Tom Dodge, KERA 90.1 commentator. Dallas, TX – If a liberal is someone dedicated to human rights, racial equality ...
28. Jan. 1996 · Ralph W. Yarborough, a populist senator and the only one from the South who voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, died early Saturday. He was 92. He died at his Austin home, said DeAnna Dicuffa, an assistant in Yarborough's law office. Despite his age, Yarborough had continued to practice civil law, focusing primarily on the oil and gas business, she said.
Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of his party. He was the only Southern senator to vote for all civil rights bills from 1957 to 1970, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.[1] Yarborough was ...
Interview with Senator Ralph W. Yarborough conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on his days in Congress and his views regarding civil rights and the Johnson administration. He also discusses his reaction to Bloody Sunday in Selma and his speech against Alabama Governor George Wallace afterward. Subject.
21. Sept. 2007 · Ralph Yarborough’s Ghost. Fifty years after his election to the senate, many overlook his legacy, but the 'Patron Saint of Texas Liberals' still has something to teach a new generation.
26. März 2012 · Friday, November 22, 1963, began for Lyndon Johnson in Fort Worth, with the headline he saw on the front page of the Dallas Morning News: “ YARBOROUGH SNUBS LBJ .”. Johnson, accompanying ...
Ralph Webster Yarborough (* 8. Juni 1903 in Chandler, Henderson County, Texas; † 27. Januar 1996 in Austin, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Ralph Yarborough. In den Jahren 1919 bis 1920 besuchte er die Militär-Akademie West Point. Im Jahr 1922 ging er nach Deutschland und war Assistent an der amerikanischen Handelskammer in ...
