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Even so, blacks had little power and remained segregated until the President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] convinced Congress to pass the [[Civil Rights Act]] of 1965 in memory of [[John F. Kennedy]], who was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. By 1978 the Texas House of Representatives included 14 African Americans and 17 Mexican Americans. In 1980 almost 1,000 Mexican Americans held public office in local government along with 200 blacks. Despite sending prominent liberals to the U.S. Senate after World War II, such as Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough, Texas voters retained their conservative tendencies even during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and native son Johnson.  

Even so, blacks had little power and remained segregated until the President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] convinced Congress to pass the [[Civil Rights Act]] of 1965 in memory of [[John F. Kennedy]], who was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. By 1978 the Texas House of Representatives included 14 African Americans and 17 Mexican Americans. In 1980 almost 1,000 Mexican Americans held public office in local government along with 200 blacks. Despite sending prominent liberals to the U.S. Senate after World War II, such as Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough, Texas voters retained their conservative tendencies even during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and native son Johnson.  

===Postwar===

===Postwar===

After 1960, industrialization in Texas was more rapid than in the nation as a whole. Chemical concerns invested heavily in the state, and the electronics and aerospace industries developed tremendously, especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas. In 1964, NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center (now the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center) in Houston was named headquarters for all U.S. manned spacecraft flights. Construction of a ship channel linking Houston, the U.S. petrochemical center, to the Gulf of Mexico and the advent of the space age combined to make the city one of the fastest-growing in the nation. Houston also became a medical and research center of international fame. Dallas continued to lead in finance, marketing, and insurance activities, while such west Texas cities as Lubbock, Amarillo, and Wichita Falls showed marked economic growth.  In 1994, the state reached 18 million population and passed New York for second place, behind California; but it ranked first in cattle, with 14 million.<ref>See [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DB1538F93AA25756C0A962958260&sec=&spon= Sam Roberts, "A Rank That Rankles: New York Slips to No. 3; Now Texas Is 2d Most Populous State," ''New York Times'' May 19, 1994]</ref>

After 1960, industrialization in Texas was more rapid than in the nation as a whole. Chemical concerns invested heavily in the state, and the electronics and aerospace industries developed tremendously, especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas. In 1964, NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center (now the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center) in Houston was named headquarters for all U.S. manned spacecraft flights. Construction of a ship channel linking Houston, the U.S. petrochemical center, to the Gulf of Mexico and the advent of the space age combined to make the city one of the fastest-growing in the nation. Houston also became a medical and research center of international fame. Dallas continued to lead in finance, marketing, and insurance activities, while such west Texas cities as [[Lubbock]], [[Amarillo]], and [[Wichita Falls]] showed marked economic growth.  In 1994, the state reached 18 million population and passed New York for second place, behind California; but it ranked first in cattle, with 14 million.<ref>See [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DB1538F93AA25756C0A962958260&sec=&spon= Sam Roberts, "A Rank That Rankles: New York Slips to No. 3; Now Texas Is 2d Most Populous State," ''New York Times'' May 19, 1994]</ref>

====Late 20th Century economic transformation====

====Late 20th Century economic transformation====