Slavery and Voting

One of our course's 6 causes of "noir culture" is the legacies of slavery.  Here's one example--Black voting rights--from deep in the heart of Texas. My first teaching job was in Texas (at Rice University in Houston), and I try to keep tabs on the place.  In my experience, Texans were the most hospitable and partying bunch of Americans I've ever lived with.  The politics? another story.