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Dwight Eisenhower to Allan Shivers 1953-05-18
A letter from President Eisenhower to Allan Shivers discussing each others golf game. The letter indicates a close relationship between the two and…
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Papers of Governor Allan Shivers
Collection of letters, memorandums, telegrams, and official statements from Governor Allan Shivers on positions of states' rights, presidential at…
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Mansfield Crisis, 1956
On August 17, 1956, a mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case...
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HistoryPin Collection
This map shows chronologically the date in which schools in Texas desegregated from 1954-1957.
Jackson v. Rawdon - Filed by L. Clifford Davis - September 26, 1955.
Complaints and requests filed by Davis on September 26, 1955 on behalf of African American students of high school age in Mansfield, Texas against…
Jackson v. Rawdon - Plaintiff Motion for Preliminary Injunction
On October 7, 1955, L. Clifford Davis filed a request for preliminary injunction to enjoin and restrain the defendants, including O.C. Rawdon, School…