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“Do not take Jews, Negroes, Dagos, Mexicans or a member of any minority race on a jury, no matter how rich or how well educated.... [T]hey will not do on juries.”
 
 
1963 Dallas County District Attorney’s training manual
 

In February, 2003 the US Supreme Court ordered a new hearing for Thomas Miller-el based on evidence that the prosecution had deliberately used their strikes against black people during his 1986 trial.  This evidence included the above entry from the Dallas County training manual.
Miller-El v. Cockrell, 123 S. Ct. 1029 (2003)