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Kenneth Pressley discusses why he thinks some Mansfield residents were upset about the integration efforts of 1956 during an oral history interview.

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Kenneth Pressley discusses the events he witnessed at Mansfield High School in 1956 during the attempt to integrate the school. He says now it seems like "it's just a part of history."

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Kenneth Pressley discusses his memories of the scene at Mansfield High School in 1956, including the hanging effigy. "It was a different world back then," Pressley said.

Eisenhower Ii-7.mp4
Floyd Moody says, "What really bothered me is the fact that our President, Eisenhower didn't do anything about anything."

Repercussions-18.mp4
Floyd Moody remembers the owner of the land his father was a sharecropper on encouraging his father not to enroll his son at Mansfield High School.

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Floyd Moody remembers hearing the words he wanted to hear from Superintendent R. L. Huffman with regard to integration of Mansfield High School.

Understanding-20.mp4
Floyd Moody says he was not bitter or angry about integration events in 1956, he said about the white citizens of Mansfield, "they were raised up not having black folk in their school, maybe it wasn't that much against the race of black people, it…

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Brenda Norwood, member of the Mansfield High School senior class of 1965-66, discusses the first day of integration at Mansfield High School.

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Brenda Norwood, an African American senior when Mansfield High School integrated, discusses what life was like at the school during an oral history interview.

Early Negotiations-6.mp4
After early negotiations at Mansfield High School, Floyd Moody went on to IM Terrell, when news media started showing up at IM Terrell, he remembers classmates saying, "black folk trying to go to a white folk school, they are going to kill you."
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