Selected newspaper articles related to Mickey Leland
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| 'Inherently racist': Texas' redistricting map cuts Houston's Black Democrat representation in half | Houston Chronicle | Kelly, S. | 09/22/2025 |
| With Sylvester Turner and Sheila Jackson Lee gone, who are Houston's next generation of leaders? | Houston Chronicle | Sewing, J. | 03/16/2025 |
| John Whitmire thinks his ‘tough but smart’ approach is just what Houston needs to thrive | Houston Chronicle | McGuinness, D. | 10/22/2023 |
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Feeding the hungry was life's work for 'citizen of the world' Mickey Leland
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Houston Chronicle | Zelinski, A. | 09/13/2016 |
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Anti-hunger champion to inspire more action
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Houston Chronicle | Ellis, R. | 08/07/2014 |
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Leland legacy still inspires
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Houston Chronicle | Editorial | 08/04/2014 |
| Honor civil rights heroes by voting | San Antonio Express News | Davis, W. | 08/04/2014 |
| Key tenets of Mandela's vision still are unfilled | Houston Chronicle | Ellis, R. | 12/13/2013 |
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20 years after death, let's remember Leland's legacy
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Houston Chronicle | Ellis, R. | 08/07/2009 |
| TSU has to change with the time | Houston Chronicle | Johnson, J. | 04/30/2008 |
| Perry calls for changes at Texas Southern | Austin American Statesman | A.P. Wire | 04/14/2007 |
| Guv could put finance czar at TSU | Houston Chronicle | Casey, R. | 01/31/2007 |
| Learning the legislative way | Austin American Statesman | Koli, A. | 04/30/2001 |
| Anniversary of Leland's death a chance to recommit | Houston Chronicle | Ellis, R. | 08/10/1999 |
| Decade after death, Leland is remembered for altruism | Houston Chronicle | Davis, L. | 08/09/1999 |
| TSU instates president and celebrates 50th year | Houston Chronicle | Lum, L. | 03/08/1997 |
| Local black, Hispanic political unity still untapped | Houston Chronicle | Villafranca, A. | 06/30/1996 |
| Holiday a day to devote to hungry | Austin American Statesman | Ellis, R. | 11/23/1995 |
| Remember the poor on Thanksgiving | San Antonio Express News | Ellis, R. | 11/22/1995 |
| Big money deciding factor in 2 crucial races | Houston Post | Palomo, J. | 10/17/1994 |
| New secretary of state tells an inspiring story | Austin American Statesman | 04/06/1994 | |
| Washington played by his own rules | Austin American Statesman | McNeely, D. | 03/13/1994 |
| Lee's victory seen as change in black political structure | Houston Post | Williams, T. | 03/10/1994 |
| Washington's commitment unwavering | Houston Post | Horvit, M. | 03/09/1994 |
| Dueling Democrats scrap for 18th District seat | Houston Post | Jackler, R. | 02/21/1994 |
| Ben Reyes: still king of hill after 2 decades? | Houston Post | Root, J. | 07/22/1993 |
| Meet the gang that couldn't think straight | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Ivins, M. | 04/29/1993 |
| Sharp's scandal changed Texas | Houston Post | 04/06/1993 | |
| Ragsdale caught in the middle | Dallas News | Attlesey, S. | 08/02/1981 |
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Documents show Leland weathered 2 FBI investigations
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Houston Post | 07/192/91 | |
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The Leland legacy
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Houston Post | Cinelli, Mike | 08/217/90 |
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The Leland legacy
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Houston Post | Cinelli, Michael | 08/217/90 |
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Trust gives $1 million Leland gift
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Houston Chronicle | Sallee, Rad | 12/339/89 |
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TSU establishes center to carry on Leland work
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Houston Post | Kerr, Katherine | 12/339/89 |
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TSU to house Leland papers, official says
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Houston Post | Roebuck, Karen | 11/322/89 |
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Mauro creates TSU internships
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Houston Chronicle | Piller, Ruth | 11/314/89 |
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Leland colleagues planning memorials, endowed chair
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 09/252/89 |
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Political joust hovers over Leland's rites
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Houston Post | Garrett, Major | 08/237/89 |
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Leland's body returning home
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Houston Chronicle | Cobb, Kim | 08/234/89 |
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Leland remembered
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Austin American Statesman | Graves, Debbie | 08/231/89 |
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Austin service honors Leland
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Dallas Morning News | Kilday, Anne Marie | 08/231/89 |
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Conservatives, liberals gather to laud Leland
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Dallas Times Herald | Montgomery, Lori | 08/231/89 |
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Press salute Leland as hero
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Gonzalez, John | 08/231/89 |
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Lawmakers eulogize Leland as friend, peer, humanitarian
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Houston Chronicle | Toohey, Mark | 08/231/89 |
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Diversity marks crowd attending Leland service
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Houston Chronicle | Foxhall, Nene | 08/231/89 |
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'God gets one of the flowers'
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Houston Chronicle | Bernstein, Alan | 08/231/89 |
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Jews say thanks to friend Leland
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Houston Post | Harasim, Paul | 08/231/89 |
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New HISD school to honor Leland
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Houston Post | Jones, Relicia | 08/231/89 |
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Friends, colleagues gather in Houston, Austin for Leland
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Houston Post | Gravois, John | 08/231/89 |
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Leland services set for Saturday
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Houston Chronicle | Simmon, Jim | 08/228/89 |
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Mickey Leland: a bridge-builder who died helping others
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Austin American Statesman | McNeely, Dave | 08/227/89 |
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Texans mourn Leland
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Dallas Morning News | Merida, Kevin | 08/227/89 |
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Mickey Leland: an honorable man
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Austin American Statesman | 08/226/89 | |
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A mission fueled by compassion
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Austin American Statesman | Copelin, Laylan | 08/226/89 |
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Leland, 15 others killed in air crash
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Dallas Morning News | Reifenberg, Anne | 08/226/89 |
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Texas colleagues say poor have lost a leader
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Dallas Morning News | Kuempel, George | 08/226/89 |
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Mickey Leland's legacy
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Dallas Times Herald | 08/226/89 | |
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Grim find ends Leland search
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Dallas Times Herald | Sunde, Scott | 08/226/89 |
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Lawmake mourned with tributes and tears
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Potter, Karen | 08/226/89 |
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Mickey Leland's hope survives
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Houston Chronicle | Ely, Jane | 08/226/89 |
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Mickey Leland
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Houston Chronicle | 08/226/89 | |
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A rising star falls
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Houston Chronicle | Foxhall, Nene | 08/226/89 |
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Leland dead in plane crash
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Houston Chronicle | Cobb, Kim | 08/226/89 |
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He changed style, but not beliefs
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 08/226/89 |
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Leland's plane hit mountain, 'disintegrated'
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Houston Post | Kirtzman, Andrew | 08/226/89 |
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Mickey Leland
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Houston Post | 08/226/89 | |
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President leads nation in mourning
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Houston Post | Gravois, John | 08/226/89 |
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Texas officials mourn Leland, praise his accomplishments
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San Antonio Express News | Thomas, Loydean | 08/226/89 |
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U.S. aids hunt for Leland
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Dallas Morning News | Feeney, Susan | 08/222/89 |
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Mickey Leland: a man whose heart is in the right place
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Dallas Times Herald | Ivins, Molly | 08/222/89 |
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Bad weather delays search for Leland
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Dallas Morning News | Feeney, Susan | 08/221/89 |
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Fears grow for Leland, 13 others on aircraft
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Dallas Times Herald | Dunham, Richard S. | 08/221/89 |
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Search for Leland, 13 others continues in Ethiopia
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Hutcheson, Ron | 08/221/89 |
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Leland search still fruitless
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Houston Chronicle | Wiessler, Judy | 08/221/89 |
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Rescue effort intensifies for Leland
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 08/221/89 |
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Leland's plane overdue
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Dallas Morning News | Nichols, Bruce | 08/220/89 |
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Texas lawmaker's plane missing
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Dallas Times Herald | Dunham, Richard S. | 08/220/89 |
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Concern for overdue Leland
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 08/220/89 |
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Leland backs convoy's efforts
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Houston Chronicle | Cullick, Robert | 06/167/88 |
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Leland will repay $50,000 loan from businessman, lawyer says
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Houston Post | 02/50/88 | |
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Leland honored by peers
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Houston Post | Gravois, John | 02/44/88 |
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Fellow liberals question Leland's ties to dictators
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 11/305/87 |
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Mickey Leland quit? Impossible, you say?
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Houston Chronicle | Hines, Cragg | 09/271/86 |
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Mickely Leland team player on Texas' D.C. delegation
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Plainview Daily Herald | Roberson, Peggy | 09/257/86 |
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Leland says decision to accept $2,000 for trip to mines is ethical
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Houston Chronicle | Hines, Cragg | 06/163/86 |
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Leland defends acceptance of fee
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 06/163/86 |
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Leland's financial disclosure form amended for committee
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Houston Chronicle | Wiessler, Judy | 05/143/86 |
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Leland is helping
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 04/112/86 | |
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Leland to lead oil state 'mission' to full House
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 03/64/86 |
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Runoffs prompt Leland to cancel South Africa trip
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Houston Chronicle | Pierobon, James R. | 11/312/85 |
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Irate Leland scrubs S. Africa trip
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 11/312/85 |
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S. Africa still undecided on Leland visa
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 11/311/85 |
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Leland will go to S. Africa on fact-finding trip
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Houston Chronicle | 10/284/85 | |
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Leland set to visit S. Africa
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Houston Post | Lewis, Kathy | 10/284/85 |
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Mickey Leland has hit his stride
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Houston Chronicle | Hines, Cragg | 10/279/85 |
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Leland seeks end to South Africa apartheid
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Houston Chronicle | Pierobon, James R. | 09/260/85 |
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Leland, Bush to confer on South Africa
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 08/213/85 |
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Race for county judge not in Leland's plans
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Dallas Morning News | Humphrey, Susan | 07/211/85 |
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Leland decides against race for Harris County judgeship
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Houston Chronicle | 07/211/85 | |
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Leland decides against running for county judge
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Houston Post | Mecklin, John | 07/211/85 |
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Leland's hint of county race draws mixed reactions here
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Houston Chronicle | 07/206/85 | |
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Leland eyes county post
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 07/205/85 |
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Leland, in fourth term, 'still acts from the gut'
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Houston Chronicle | Pierobon, James R. | 05/125/85 |
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Leland reimburses estate for Cuba trip
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Houston Chronicle | Pierobon, James R. | 04/120/85 |
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Leland repays Hermann estate
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Houston Post | Flood, Mary | 04/120/85 |
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Leland condemns apartheid
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El Paso Herald Post | Dunham, Richard S. | 12/347/84 |
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Leland urges sanctions against S. Africa rulers
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San Antonio Express News | Richter, Bob | 12/347/84 |
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Leland among protesters arrested at demonstration
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Hutcheson, Ron | 12/346/84 |
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Leland leads push to give massive aid to Africans
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 12/344/84 |
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Ethiopia touches Leland
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Houston Post | Kiely, Kathy | 11/335/84 |
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Former radical Leland works within system
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Dallas Morning News | Nichols, Bruce | 11/323/84 |
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Leland, delegation go to Ethiopia
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Houston Chronicle | Carreau, Mark | 11/307/84 |
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Leeland's relationship with teen earns him Big Brother award
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Houston Post | Lewis, Kathy | 09/267/84 |
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Leland says House OK'd visit to Cuba
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Houston Post | Ellison, David | 08/233/84 |
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Congressman signs up for Navy
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Austin American Statesman | Kantor, Seth | 03/82/84 |
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Leland withdraws call to impeach Reagan
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Dallas Morning News | Nelson, Mark | 11/316/83 |
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Texas lawmaker drops Reagan impeachment role
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Dallas Times Herald | Fly, Richard | 11/316/83 |
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Mickey Leland tailors street wisdom to 3 - piece politics
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Dallas Morning News | Choyke, William J. | 08/235/83 |
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Leland has changed his clothes but not his mind
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Montgomery, Dave | 06/170/83 |
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Two Texans released from Cuba
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Dallas Times Herald | 03/88/83 | |
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Leland goes to Cuba, wins release of Texans
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Houston Post | Elliott, Janet | 03/86/83 |
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Leleand's heroes become peers as group undertakes political agenda for blacks
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Houston Post | Craig, Jim | 03/79/83 |
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Leland says he'd accept favorite - son candidacy
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Houston Chronicle | Hines, Cragg | 03/74/83 |
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Rep. Leland predicts liberals will be elected
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Corpus Christi Caller Times | Abrams, Michael | 07/185/82 |
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Leland fights Houston - S. Africa air route request
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Houston Post | Craig, Jim | 06/180/82 |
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Black democrats choose Leland as best congressman
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Houston Post | 02/46/82 | |
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Leland calls for punishment of three 'disloyal' colleagues
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Houston Chronicle | 06/180/81 | |
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Leland asks party shun 2 Texans
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Dallas Times Herald | Clifford, Frank | 06/179/81 |
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Leland demands Demos punish defectors
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Montgomery, Dave | 06/178/81 |
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Leland plans punishment of colleagues
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Houston Post | Craig, Jim | 06/178/81 |
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Leland hits new right, labels Clements 'joke'
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Dallas Morning News | 04/118/81 | |
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Rep. Leland to chair new DNC commission
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Houston Post | 02/57/81 | |
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Houston representative has found himself
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Port Arthur News | 02/56/81 | |
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Leland happier in his own shoes
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Austin American Statesman | Choyke, William J. | 02/47/81 |
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Leland says he deserves credit for freeing of 30
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Houston Post | 11/327/80 | |
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Leland, area health care specialists visit Cuba
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Houston Post | 11/312/80 | |
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Leland elected head of House subcommittee
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Houston Post | 06/170/80 | |
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Leland action 'mistake,' Reyes says
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Houston Post | 04/93/80 | |
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Leland says group to fight cuts in social programs
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Houston Post | 03/73/80 | |
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When this Texas congressman traveled to Cuba he went in style on the cuff of a millionaire
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Washington Post | 10/301/79 | |
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Mickey Leland
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Houston Post | Craig, Jim | 07/189/79 |
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Congressman seeks not to be 'reed in the wind'
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Houston Post | Craig, Jim | 07/189/79 |
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Leland vows big fight for more social funding
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San Angelo Standard Times | 12/354/78 | |
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Leland plans to fight social program cuts
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Houston Chronicle | Nolan, Joe | 12/353/78 |
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Hectic pace fact of life for Leland
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Houston Post | Craig, Jim | 12/344/78 |
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Leland trying to assist visits to prisoners
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Houston Chronicle | 09/258/78 | |
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Leland a lot like his favorite folk
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Houston Post | Ely, Jane | 05/148/78 |
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Texas blacks gaining influence in politics
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El Paso Times | Moore, Bill | 01/16/78 |
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Leland to seek Jordan's seat
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Austin American Statesman | 12/349/77 | |
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House downs Leland bill banning Coors
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Houston Post | 04/91/77 | |
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Around the rotunda
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Houston Chronicle | 11/319/76 | |
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Moderation of Rep. Mickey Leland enhances his democratic potential
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Houston Post | Castro, Tony | 06/179/76 |
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Rep. Leland clears up corporate gift mixup
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Houston Post | Hancock, Darrell | 04/100/76 |
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Leland: doctors should prescribe drug, but not brand
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Daily Texan | Boyter, Barbara | 10/280/75 |
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Greater funding sought for TSU, Prairie View A & M
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Houston Post | 06/152/75 | |
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Faux Pas
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Houston Post | 06/152/75 | |
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Black activist working in conservative system
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Houston Chronicle | Yemma, Andrew | 05/131/75 |