Daughters of Republic of Texas accept first black member

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Daughters of Republic of Texas accept first black member

By The Associated Press (6/02/03 - AUSTIN) — After more than a century of existence, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas has admitted its first black member.

Lareatha Clay, a Dallas businesswoman, was recently accepted by the lineage-based society, which operates the Alamo and several other historic sites in the state.

Clay, who is also a commissioner of the Texas Historical Commission, has asked that her mother also be accepted by the DRT.

According to the historical commission, Clay and another commissioner learned during a visit to the Alamo that the DRT had no black members who had gone through the process of proving a direct lineage to an individual who helped establish the Republic of Texas.

Clay met that requirement by tracing her ancestry back to Joseph Odom, a slave in what is now Newton County, on the Texas-Louisiana border.

[Abcdefg]

Those racists! ;^)

[Svenge]

Well, I guess if she proved her ancestry, there's no reason not to let her in...

[blau993]

Better late than never.

[JZoback]

Eligibility for Membership

Any woman having attained her sixteenth birthday is eligible for membership, provided she is personally acceptable to the Association and is a lineal descendant of a man or woman who rendered loyal service for Texas prior to the consummation of the Annexation Agreement of the Republic of Texas with the United States of America, February 19, 1846.

The applicant must furnish legal proof of her lineal descent from a man or woman who served in any of the following capacities;


• As a colonist with Austin's Old Three Hundred, or any colonies authorized under the Spanish or Mexican governments before the Texas Revolution, or those authorized by the Congress of the Republic of Texas.
  
  
• As an officer or private in the service of the Colonies or of the Republic of Texas.
  
  
• As a loyal citizen, male or female, regardless of age who established residence in Texas prior to February 19, 1846.
  
  
• As a recipient of a Land Grant authorized by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Texas. These grants include "Toby Script"; 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class Headrights; Preemption Grants; Landscripts; Colony Contracts; Bounty Certificates and Donation Certificates.
  

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[Burkeman1]

Interesting. If whites and blacks in the South keep getting along and actually find that they share a common culture and heritage then what will race baiter guilt ridden white liberals like Howell Raines do?

[Moonmad27]

I have been a DRT member and my hat's off to that new DRT member. It takes a lot of research to prove that you had an ancestor in Texas during those years - and it would be even more of a challenge to find the documentation of a slave ancestor. She deserves that membership after that hard work!