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John Howard Hicks, Mansfield high school student bused to I.M. Terrell in Ft. Worth because of Mansfield High School's segregation policy, discusses the picture taken of the five students by the bus that drove them to Ft. Worth.

John Howard Hicks, long time Mansfield resident, tells how the African-Americans would meet in town on a street corner in Mansfield, to hang out and tell stories.

Jossie Brooks discusses the mural in the T. M. Moody building at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, Texas, and gives a brief history of the church.

Jossie Brooks recounts the daily trips Mansfield's black students embarked on to and from school in Fort Worth, Texas.

Jossie Brooks recalls the segregated town theater, Farr Best Movie Theater, in Mansfield, Texas.

Jossie Brooks describes the rules that black residents were forced to abide by when they had the means to shop in town.

Jossie Brooks recalls the threats made against T.M. Moody after the Crisis of 1956.

Jossie Brooks discusses when she was first able to vote in an election.

Jossie Brooks describes her first voting experiences while in her 30s.

Jossie Brooks describes the changes she saw in the west side of town since her arrival in 1943.