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Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon Civil Rights Activist

Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon Civil Rights Activist

OTD Dr Lawrence A. Nixon (Feb 9, 1883 - Mar 6, 1966). MD in El Paso, TX, who fought state election laws barring Blacks from voting in Democratic Party primaries in Texas. He couldn’t  join the El Paso Medical Society because of his Blackness.

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