Norris Wright Cuney, was a politician, businessman, union leader, and activist in Texas. After the Civil War, he became active in Galveston politics, serving as an alderman and a national Republican delegate. Appointed as United States Collector of Customs in 1889 in Galveston, Cuney had the highest-ranking appointed position of any African American in the […]
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