Austin, Texas, capital of the largest state in the Union at the time. A flourishing city in the Post-Civil War Era that was still bitter about the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865. Texas had seceded from Mexico in an effort to continue the practice of slavery, yet they were forced to discontinue it twenty years later. Even though they were no longer allowed to own African-Americans, the Anglo-Americans in Texas and many other states did everything within their power to oppress what they deemed as the inferior race. They instituted poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause to keep them from voting. The police and other government officials turned a blind eye to the Klu Klux Klan, lynchings, and other crimes that involved African-American
