Mansfield ISD school board minutes, January 26, 1965
Mansfield ISD school board minutes from the meeting in which the board effectively voted to allow integration.
Mansfield ISD school board minutes from a regular meeting held on January 26, 1965, show that a motion was made and seconded to sign the Assurance of Compliance Form H.E.W. 441, complying with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and that the resolution would be published in the Mansfield News-Mirror see [Mansfield News Mirror, January 29, 1965, School Board to Comply With Civil Rights Order.]
Mansfield ISD
1965-01-26
Integration plan dated May 12, 1965
A plan is developed for integration at Mansfield High School.
Ten years after the lawsuit to integrate Mansfield High School, in a letter sent to the Office of Health, Education, and Welfare, a plan is laid out for the integration of Mansfield School District. In this plan there is no mention of the high school being integrated, however, in August, three months after this letter is sent to Washington D.C., Mansfield High School is, in fact, finally integrated.
Mansfield ISD via Bethlehem Baptist Church
1965-05-12
Kenneth Pressley discusses when integration in Mansfield schools took place in 1965.
Kenneth Pressley discusses when integration in Mansfield schools took place in 1965.
Kenneth Pressley discusses when integration in Mansfield schools took place in 1965.
UNT Oral History
2015-04
Brenda Norwood discusses the first day of school when Mansfield integrated.
Brenda Norwood, member of the Mansfield High School senior class of 1965-66, discusses the first day of integration at Mansfield High School.
Brenda Norwood, member of the Mansfield High School senior class of 1965-66, discusses the first day of integration at Mansfield High School.
UNT Oral History Department
2015-04-11
Brenda Norwood discusses what a newly integrated Mansfield High School was like.
Brenda Norwood, an African American senior when Mansfield High School integrated, discusses what life was like at the school.
Brenda Norwood, an African American senior when Mansfield High School integrated, discusses what life was like at the school during an oral history interview.
UNT Oral History
2015-04-11
Brenda Norwood discusses more about the first day of integration.
Brenda Norwood discusses more about the first day of integration, including the crowd that gathered that day.
Brenda Norwood discusses more about the first day of integration, including the crowd that gathered that day. Some members of the crowd taunted the African American students and called out derogatory names, Norwood said in an oral history interview.
UNT Oral History Department
2015-04-11