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Notes from 
Willie Brown
a biography by
James Richardson
GRANDMOTHERS COMMON HEAD OF AF AM FAMILY
In Mineola, black grandmothers commonly raised the children 


grandmother centered extended families were common for African
Americans throughout the south [permitted adults to work under
slavery or when free]


MOST BLACKS _WERE_ DOMESTIC OR FARM WORKERS
1940 Census says 2/3 of women in Wood county over 14 were domestic
workers. 2/3 of the men worked on farms or doing farm work.  A
typical domestic worker made $3 a week.


8TH GRADE WAS GRADUATION TIME FOR BLACKS IN TEXAS
Picture: Willie Brown in 8th grade graduation gown. For many
blacks, 8th grade was the end of the line for an early start
on domestic work or working on the farms.


LAW SCHOOL WAS CLOSED TO BLACKS, THEN SEGREGATED
p. 40 The University of Texas was closed to blacks by state law in
1940.  IN the 1940, 7,701 white lawyers vs 23 blacks in Texas. When
the school was sued, it set up a separate but "equal" law school in
the basement in 1947 until it was sued again


P. 79
1962 election platform
"I believe that every citizen should not be judged on his color or
the texture of his hair, not the manner in which he worships, not on
the basis of his place of birth." [Now a fervent advocate of
preferences for "protected" races]


p. 392 The Gay vote was estimated to be 20% of San francisco
electorate SF Chronicle June 19, 1991


p. 7 Between 1900-1916 100 blacks were lynched in Texas 24 in 1908,
3rd worst in US.