<P> Among the most prominent was Norris Wright Cuney , the Republican Party chairman in late 19th century Texas . These gains led to substantial discomfort among many white voters , who generally supported the Democrats . During the 1888 Texas Republican Convention , Cuney coined the term lily - white movement to describe efforts by white conservatives to oust blacks from positions of party leadership and incite riots to divide the party . Increasingly organized efforts by this movement gradually eliminated black leaders from the party . The writer Michael Fauntroy contends that the effort was coordinated with Democrats as part of a larger movement toward disenfranchisement of blacks in the South at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century by increasing restrictions in voter registration rules . </P>
<P> Among the most prominent was Norris Wright Cuney , the Republican Party chairman in late 19th century Texas . These gains led to substantial discomfort among many white voters , who generally supported the Democrats . During the 1888 Texas Republican Convention , Cuney coined the term lily - white movement to describe efforts by white conservatives to oust blacks from positions of party leadership and incite riots to divide the party . Increasingly organized efforts by this movement gradually eliminated black leaders from the party . The writer Michael Fauntroy contends that the effort was coordinated with Democrats as part of a larger movement toward disenfranchisement of blacks in the South at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century by increasing restrictions in voter registration rules . </P>
who fought to gain civil rights for minorities in texas
who fought to gain civil rights for minorities in texas
Norris Wright Cuney
Norris Wright Cuney