Jack of Harts

Many in Post-War Texas tried to march back the many reforms necessity had pushed on them, especially for women and minorities. The fighting men (largely White Men) had come home, and it was time for them to take over again and restore balance. But women and minorities had prospered under the War Economy, and they were not ready to go back to their good little corners and disappear again. They protested, and when their protests were broken up, the average American saw it on their new television sets via the fledgling networks that dominated the time period. Americans were horrified and demanded change, and an alliance of Republicans and Northern Democrats finally succeeded in pushing through a new round of Civil Rights legislation and federal action that outlawed Jim Crow, Segregation and all of its bastard children, and introduced nationwide rights and protections aimed at women as well. They also built the federal civil protection infrastructure to make certain that these laws would be enforced. This destroyed the Democrats’ ability to crush any opposition by simple fiat and Texans began openly converting to the Republican Party again.