George Wallace and other southern governors eventually and ultimately failed. The NAACP survived. Schools were desegrated. Black Americans received the right to vote.
Greg Abbott wants to threaten, marginalize and drive away a vulnerable minority, even if that means shredding the Constitution. The rest of us must ensure that he, too, like the Civil Rights-era governors who came before him, ultimately fails.
Mustafaa Carroll is a civil rights activist who serves as executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.