2015 Texas Topics
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Sam Houston: Leader of Texas
Stephen F Austin: the Legacy of the
Father of Texas
Barbara Jordan: Progressive
Leadership and a Lasting Legacy
Mirabeau Lamar: the Legacy of the
Father of Texas Education
Sissy Farenthold: a Legacy of Human
Rights Work
Lorenzo de Zavala: Leadership in
Early Texas History
Buddy Holly: A Legacy of Rock and
Roll
LBJ: Leadership in the Face of
Tragedy
Ann Richards: A Legacy of Political
Leadership
Juan Cortina: Legacy of an Outlaw
Juan Seguin: A Complicated Legacy
Mickey Leland: A Legacy of Fighting
Against Hunger and For Public
Health
Charles Goodnight: A Legacy of
Ranching Greatness
Margaret Borland: Leadership on
the Texas Frontier
Annie Webb Blanton: A Leader in
Texas Education
Lady Bird Johnson: A Legacy of
Flowers and Hope
Ma Ferguson: The Legacy of
Fergusonism.
Henry Cohen: Leader of the
Galveston Movement
Jack St. Clair Kilby and the Legacy of
the Integrated Circuit
John Wiley Price: An Uncertain
Legacy
Gus Mutcher: A Tainted Legacy
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John William Wright Patman: Leader
of the U.S. House Committee on
Banking and Currency
James Stephen Hogg: Legacy of a
19th Century Renaissance Man
Big Hair, Big Bank Accounts and Big
Capitalism: the Legacy of Dallas on
Cold War Romania
Ima Hogg: The Legacy of Texas
Philanthropist
Big Tex: The Legacy of a Texas State
Fair Icon
The Texas Flag: The Legacy of the
Lone Star
The WASPS of Avenger Field:
Leadership in Wartime, Legacy of
Service
James Earl Rudder: A Legacy of
Inspiration and Achievement
George H. W. Bush and the
Americans With Disabilities Act: A
Legacy of Equality
Ross S. Sterling: An Oilman’s Legacy
LULAC and Hernandez v. Texas:
Breaking Down Inequality
“The Most Impressive Man In
Congress”: Sam Rayburn’s
Leadership and Legacy
Dr. Hector P. Garcia and the GI
Forum: A Legacy of Equality for
Veterans
The Farmers Alliance and the Legacy
of the Populists
The Legacy of the Texas and
Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Association
Homer Garrison’s Leadership in the
Texas Department of Public Safety
2015 Texas Topics
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Protecting the Frontier: The
Complex Legacy of the Texas
Rangers
Maury Maverick: The Legacy of
“Gobbeldygook”
Oliver Loving and the Legacy of the
Cattle Drive
Wiley College: The Leadership of
Melvin Tolson and the Legacy of the
Debate Team
Lulu Belle White and the Legacy of
Sweatt v. Painter
Frank Irwin’s Leadership and
Complex Legacy at the University of
Texas
Eugene Barker: A Legacy of
Leadership and Scholarship
Walter Prescott Webb and the
Legacy of the American West
Spindletop and the Legacy of Oil in
Texas
Howard Hughes and the Legacy of
Innovation, Technology and Science
The Leadership of Middleton Tate
Johnson in Early Texas History
Conrad Hilton’s Hotel Legacy in
Texas
The Legacy of the Six Flags Over
Texas
Father Antonio Margil de Jesus and
the Legacy of the San Jose y San
Miguel de Aguayo Mission
The Legacy of LaSalle in Texas and
the United States
The Leadership and Legacy of
German Texans
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels: A
Legacy of German Immigration in
Texas
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The Legacy of an Outlaw: John
Wesley Hardin’s Notorious Life
Bringing Anglo-American Settlers to
Texas: The Legacy of Felipe Enrique
Neri, Baron de Bastrop
Ranald S. Mackenzie: The Leadership
and Legacy of a Brigadier General in
Post-Civil War Texas
Benjamin Franklin Terry and the
Legacy of Terry’s Texas Rangers
Buffalo Soldiers: The Legacy of
African American Soldiers in Texas
Quanah Parker and the Legacy of
the Native American Church
Movement
Sul Ross: A Legacy of Service to
Texas
“The Fourth Branch of Government:
The Leadership and Legacy of Jesse
Jones
Amon Carter: Prolific Booster of the
City of Fort Worth
Electra Waggoner Biggs: The Legacy
of an Artist
The Feminist Legacy of Elizabet Nay
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the
Legacy of the Interstate Highway
System
Bob Bullock’s Political Leadership in
Texas
Michael DeBakey: The Legacy of an
International Medical Statesman
Denton Cooley and the Legacy of the
Artificial Heart
The Johnson Space Center and the
Legacy of Scientific Research
Establishing a “Leadership in Space”:
The Leadership and Legacy of Albert
Richard Thomas
2015 Texas Topics
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A Legacy of “[Taking] Care of the
Home Folks”: Charlie Wilson’s
Leadership and Legacy in Texas
The Conflicted Politics of James
Webb Throckmorton
William S. Peters and the Legacy of
Peters Colony
Bonnie and Clyde and the Enduring
Legacy of the “Public Enemy” Era
Sam Bass and the Legacy of a Texas
Outlaw
The Bass Brothers and the Legacy of
Urban Revitalization in Fort Worth
Promoting Excellence in Music: Van
Cliburn’s Legacy
Ross Perot’s Reform Party and the
Legacy of Third Party Candidates in
America
Speak & Spell: The Legacy of Texas
Instruments and Handheld Devices
Michael Dell and the Legacy of
Direct Computer Sales
The Moody Family and the Legacy of
the Moody Foundation
Lloyd Bentsen’s Political Legacy of
Debt Reduction and the Clinton
Economic Plan
Coronado’s Legacy and the Search
for the Seven Cities of Gold
Cabeza de Vaca’s Legacy and The
Relation of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de
Vaca
The Legacy of the Comanche Indians
in Texas
The Artistic Legacy of Horton Foote
“Victory or Death”: The Leadership
and Legacy of William B. Travis
Elmer Kelton’s Writing Legacy
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Lonesome Dove: The Legacy of Larry
McMurtry
Georga O’Keefe and the Palo Duro
Canyon
Black Like Me: The Legacy of John
Howard Griffin
The Legacy of King Cotton in Texas
The Legacy of Imperial Sugar and
Sugar Land, Texas
10, 2, and 4: It’s Dr Pepper Time!
The Legacy of Dr Pepper in Texas
Doomsday Defense: Tom Landry’s
Leadership and Legacy
Nolan Ryan and the Legacy of “The
Ryan Express”
“Loosen Your Girdle and Let the Ball
Have It”: The Legacy of Babe
Didrikson Zaharias
Backwards in High Heels: The Legacy
of Ginger Rogers
Southwest Airlines, Deregulation
and the Legacy of the Wright
Amendment
Anson Jones’s Legacy as The
Architect of Texas