Mansfield students enter high school under the shadow of an effigy.

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Title

Mansfield students enter high school under the shadow of an effigy.

Subject

An effigy hangs above the entrance to Mansfield High School as students file in the building on August 30, 1956.

Description

An effigy hangs above the entrance to Mansfield High School as students file in the building on August 30, 1956. The effigy was hung as a protest to integration efforts in Mansfield. The effigy remained for several days.

Source

Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas

Publisher

[no text]

Date

1956-08-30

Files

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Citation

“Mansfield students enter high school under the shadow of an effigy.,” The Crisis at Mansfield, accessed April 20, 2024, https://mansfieldcrisis.omeka.net/items/show/160.