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- Identifier
- e_cle_002083
- Title
- Agenda for February 17, 1981, Meeting with Bay Shrimpers
- Description
- Agenda for February 17, 1981, Meeting with Bay Shrimpers. Agenda begins with asking any Klan members to leave.
- Page Count
- 1
- Creator
- Clark, Allen B.
- Subject Name
- Ku Klux Klan 1915-....
- Subject Topic
- Refugees, Shrimp industry, Vietnamese
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Refugees
- Identifier
- e_cle_002352
- Title
- Statement regarding the Vietnamese Shrimpers on the Texas coast, April 10, 1981
- Description
- Statement regarding the Vietnamese Shrimpers on the Texas coast. Governor Clements expressed his concern for the challenges the Vietnamese population faced, including threats from the Ku Klux Klan.
- Page Count
- 1
- Creator
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011
- Subject Name
- Ku Klux Klan 1915-....
- Subject Topic
- Race relations, Vietnamese
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Identifier
- e_cle_002074
- Title
- Memo from Lee Russell to Polly Sowell regarding a KKK March on June 12 in Seabrook-Kemah
- Description
- Memo from Lee Russell to Polly Sowell regarding a KKK March on June 12 in Seabrook-Kemah. According to the memo, the parade is to commemorate the death of Billy Joe Appley who was shot by a Vietnamese fisherman in 1979.
- Page Count
- 1
- Creator
- Russell, Lee
- Contributor
- Sowell, Polly, 1927-
- Subject Name
- Ku Klux Klan 1915-...., Aplin, Billy Joe
- Subject Topic
- Shrimp industry, Refugees, Vietnamese
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Identifier
- e_cle_002063
- Title
- Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to Betty Bonner, April 20, 1981
- Description
- Letter from William P. Clements, Jr. to Betty Bonner, April 20, 1981. Regarding the situation involving the Ku Klux Klan and Vietnamese shrimpers on the Texas Coast. Clements writes, "I abhor the involvement of the Ku Klux Klan and have expressed my position many times. I will not tolerate violence of any sort."
- Page Count
- 1
- Creator
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011
- Contributor
- Bonner, Betty
- Subject Name
- Ku Klux Klan 1915-....
- Subject Topic
- Refugees, Racism, Shrimp industry, Vietnamese
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Identifier
- e_cle_002797
- Title
- Correspondence between William P. Clements and Deborah Gavlik, April 14-29, 1981
- Description
- Correspondence between William P. Clements and Deborah Gavlik, April 14-29, 1981. Regarding concerns about Ku Klux Klan threats to Vietnamese fisherman on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
- Page Count
- 2
- Creator
- Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Gavlik, Deborah
- Subject Name
- Ku Klux Klan 1915-....
- Subject Topic
- Vietnamese, Refugees
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Refugees
- Identifier
- e_cle_002061
- Title
- Lawsuit regarding Vietnamese Fisherman's Association vs. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
- Description
- Lawsuit regarding Vietnamese Fisherman's Association vs. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, undated. The lawsuit was filed to prevent the KKK from intimidating Vietnamese refugees involved with the shrimp industry.
- Page Count
- 15
- Subject Name
- Ku Klux Klan 1915-....
- Subject Topic
- Refugees, Shrimp industry
- Time Period
- "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
- Themebook Term(s)
- Refugees