79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
88th Legislature, R.S., SCR 13, Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. SB 667, Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary . SB 667SCR 13
88th Legislature, R.S., SCR 13, Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. SB 667, Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act.
Resolutions - Legislative Policy . SB 667SCR 13
Biographical sketch, p. 115.
A History of Upshur County, Texas 1966.
Harrison County "continued to support a Republican delegation to the state legislature" in 1873: Webster Flanagan to the State Senate, Shack Roberts ("black leader from Harrison County") and Ed Brown ("Negro from Rusk County, as a representative of the two county district") to the House, p. 310.
A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
Shack Roberts, Republican state representative, pp. 308, 310, 313-314,325; "redemption" election of 1878, pp. 354, 364.
A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
Mentioned, p. 67.
Black Texans: a History of African Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 1996.
Mentioned in
Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
Biographical sketch, Meshack Roberts, pp. 65-68, 72.
Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: A History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement 1935.