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Norris Wright Cuney, or simply Wright Cuney, (May 12, 1846 – March 3, 1898) was an American politician, businessman, union leader, and advocate for the rights of African-Americans in Texas. Following the American Civil War, he became active in Galveston politics, serving as an alderman and a national Republican delegate. He was appointed as United States Collector of Customs in 1889 in Galveston. Cuney had the highest-ranking appointed position of any African American in the late 19th-century South. He was a member of the Union League and helped attract black voters to the Republican Party; in the 1890s, more than 100,000 blacks were voting in Texas.

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  • نورس رايت كوني (ar)
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  • نورس رايت كوني (بالإنجليزية: Norris Wright Cuney)‏، أو ببساطة: رايت كوني )12 مايو 1846-3 مارس 1898) كان سياسيًا أمريكيًا ورجل أعمال وقائدًا نقابيًا وناشطًا من أصل أفريقي في تكساس. أصبح نورس بعد الحرب الأهلية الأمريكية ناشطًا سياسيًا في غالفستون، إذ شغل منصب المندوب الجمهوري الأمريكي. عُين عام 1889 في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية بمنصب محصل الجمارك في غالفستون. حصل كوني على أعلى منصب ممكن لأي أمريكي من أصل أفريقي في أواخر القرن التاسع عشر. كان عضوًا في اتحاد العمال وساعد في جذب الناخبين السود للحزب الجمهوري. كان أكثر من 100000 من السود في تسعينيات القرن التاسع عشر من المصوتين في تكساس. (ar)
  • Norris Wright Cuney, or simply Wright Cuney, (May 12, 1846 – March 3, 1898) was an American politician, businessman, union leader, and advocate for the rights of African-Americans in Texas. Following the American Civil War, he became active in Galveston politics, serving as an alderman and a national Republican delegate. He was appointed as United States Collector of Customs in 1889 in Galveston. Cuney had the highest-ranking appointed position of any African American in the late 19th-century South. He was a member of the Union League and helped attract black voters to the Republican Party; in the 1890s, more than 100,000 blacks were voting in Texas. (en)
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  • Norris Wright Cuney (en)
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  • San Antonio, Texas, U.S. (en)
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  • Hempstead, Texas, U.S. (en)
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