For the third straight legislative session, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has filed a bill to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday. Texas TexasLegislature racism slavery MLKDay
Descendants of Confederate VeteransJohnson was surrounded by leaders of the Texas Black Leadership Caucus, the House Democratic Caucus and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus at Wednesday's press conference.
Johnson pushed back against those who say the celebration of Confederate veterans is part of their heritage by saying he is also the descendant of a Confederate soldier — a white slaveowner who raped his Black slave. Johnson said his great-great-great-grandmother later ran away to Texas. Confederate Heroes Day often falls close to, or on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which celebrates the Black civil rights leader murdered
"If I filed a bill today to establish Confederate Heroes Day, would you vote for it? Would you give it a hearing?" he asked."This thing doesn't belong on our books. It creates divisions whether we want it to or not."
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