Talk:Richard Coke

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Corrections to Richard Coke page
I am working with descendants of Richard Coke, former governor of Texas. Earlier this week, I made several edits to his Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coke) that corrected slanderous statements and incorrect opinions and brought them in line with historical records. These corrections have not been updated in Wikipedia. For example, the statement is made that his becoming governor returned white supremacist rule to Texas. Even the Texas Historical Commission publication on African Americans in Texas states that this marked the end the Reconstruction in Texas. (https://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/African-Americans-in-Texas-2021.pdf page 11). Additionally, I removed the comment about the decline in African American voters. Governor Coke's term as governor ended in 1876. The statistics quoted are for the time period starting 1890, well after Richard Coke ceased being governor. Other edits were made to correct information to relevant historical records, which were noted in the edits. Please advise the status of these corrections. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CarlaKDallas (talk • contribs) 15:11, 28 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm fuzzy on the details, but this source would indicate that Reconstructionism was not the "end of all racism" in Texas. Under Coke's reign, Democrats and KKK joined political forces. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 09:06, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 09:06, 29 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello, I am the one who reverted your changes to this article. One reason that I did so is because it contained a citation to Wikipedia itself, which is against the policy WP:NOTSOURCE. However, the main reason I did so is in fact because it deleted the statements about white supremacist rule. That Coke represents white supremacist government comes from sources Bill Minutaglio and Sinclair Moreland, writing more than 100 years apart. Further, ending Reconstruction in Texas is merely another way of saying that he restored white rule. See, for example, the Texas Historical Commission publication that you linked to: "The Reconstruction Era (1865–1874) following the Civil War was particularly challenging for African Americans in Texas. An all-white constitutional convention in 1866 denied suffrage even for literate African Americans, and the state legislature refused to ratify the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided equal protection under the law for all citizens. The state legislature and several cities limited the civil rights and economic options of newly freed men and women by adopting restrictions known as the Black Codes that included the prohibition of office-holding, jury service and racial intermarriage."Jno.skinner (talk) 04:32, 30 October 2021 (UTC)