During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all enslaved persons in the Confederate States to be free. It became effective January 1, 1863, but Texas slaves were not emancipated until June 19, 1865, when Union Major General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 at Union Army Headquarters in Galveston. The order freed all
ADL Texas is proud to stand with 62 other Texas and civil rights organizations, including partners in the Texas Election Reform Coalition (TERC), in pointing to the voter suppression efforts embedded in pending legislation HB 6 and SB 7. Some of the elements of voter suppression contained in each bill may be found below. These legislative efforts are based upon
59 percent feel Jews are less safe in the U.S. than a decade ag0 March 31, 2021 … Over half of Jewish Americans have either experienced or directly witnessed some form of antisemitic incident in the last five years, according to a new poll released by ADL (Anti-Defamation League). The 2021 poll found that 63 percent of respondents have either
March 25, 2021, Houston, Texas- ADL’s Coalition for Mutual Respect, a diverse group of nearly 40 Caucasian, Black, Hispanic and Asian American community and spiritual leaders representing, among others, the Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu faiths, was founded in 1995 to speak with a unified voice and provide leadership in the fight against prejudice, bias, and hate. It also shares
No one should be scapegoated because of who they are or where they come from. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urges Texans to fight all forms of bias, including hate incidents, hate crimes, Xenophobia, and discrimination against the AAPI Community. The fatal attacks in Atlanta underscore the dangerous intersection of misogyny and extremism, and we are united with all our Asian
