Jackson v. Rawdon - Filed by L. Clifford Davis - September 26, 1955.
Subject
Jackson v Rawdon - filed by L. Clifford Davis on September 26, 1955.
Description
Complaints and requests filed by Davis on September 26, 1955 on behalf of African American students of high school age in Mansfield, Texas against O.C. Rawdon and the Mansfield School Board.
Jackson v. Rawdon - Plaintiff Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Subject
Motion for preliminary injunction filed by L. Clifford Davis on October 7, 1955.
Description
On October 7, 1955, L. Clifford Davis filed a request for preliminary injunction to enjoin and restrain the defendants, including O.C. Rawdon, School Board President, and R.L. Huffman. Mansfield School District Superintendent.
October 8, 1955 - Mansfield School Board Meeting Minutes
Subject
School Board minutes from a called meeting on October 8, 1955.
Description
School Board minutes from a called meeting on October 8, 1955, the day after headlines in the Star-Telegram announcing that three "negro" students had applied for admission to Mansfield High School.
Source
Mansfield Independent School District - School Board Minutes
Minutes from a called School Board Meeting on November 8, 1955.
Description
One day after court proceedings in Jackson v. Rawdon, a school board meeting is called and a contract with T.M. Moody from 1950, allowing him use of water from the "colored" school is discontinued.
Source
Mansfield Independent School District - School Board Minutes