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Texas Rangers pose in front of effigy at Mansfield High School
On August 31, 1956 segregationists gathered at the Mansfield High School to prevent African American students from registering for the upcoming school…
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Oral Histories
This collection includes oral history interviews with current and former residents of Mansfield who have varying experiences with integration.…
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Road to Civil Rights Act of 1964
After the incidents in the mid 1950s, Congress passed civil rights legislation in 1957, 1960, and 1964. The Civil Rights...
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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…