Floyd Moody discusses his father losing his home and his job as a sharecropper as a result of 1956 integration attempts at Mansfield High School.
Floyd Moody discusses his father losing his home and job in 1956
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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2015-04-22
Floyd Moody discusses President Eisenhower's lack of involvement with 1956 integration attempts at Mansfield High School.
Floyd Moody discusses feelings about President Eisenhower.
Floyd Moody says, "What really bothered me is the fact that our President, Eisenhower didn't do anything about anything."
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2015-04-22
Floyd Moody reflects on his feelings about the integration attempt of Mansfield High School.
Floyd Moody shares his feelings about integration attempts at Mansfield High School.
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 was just something that was new to the individual and they couldn't accept it."
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2015-04-22
Floyd Moody remembers sitting around table at Mansfield High School with Superintendent R.L. Huffman and others discussing integration plans.
Floyd Moody remembers R. L. Huffman saying integration will never happen at Mansfield High School.
Floyd Moody remembers hearing the words he wanted to hear from Superintendent R. L. Huffman with regard to integration of Mansfield High School.
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2015-04-22
Floyd Moody talks about his satisfaction with the way things went.
Floyd Moody was satisfied with graduating high school from IM Terrell and not Mansfield High School.
Floyd Moody recalls that he was satisfied with being able to graduate with his friends and continue to play football at IM Terrell rather than going to Mansfield High School.
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2015-04-22
Floyd Moody talks about news media coming to IM Terrell.
Floyd Moody discusses going to IM Terrell after early negotiations at Mansfield High School and classmates responses to media coming to IM Terrell.
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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2015-04-22
Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Petition to Stay
Petition to Stay filed at the US Court of Appeals by J.A. Gooch in order to obtain a Writ of Error by the Supreme Court of the United States.
On September 5, 1956, J.A. Gooch, attorney for Rawdon and the Mansfield School Board, filed a Petition to Stay the enforcement of the judgement of the lower court.
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1956-09-05
Jackson v. Rawdon - Filed by L. Clifford Davis - September 26, 1955.
Jackson v Rawdon - filed by L. Clifford Davis on September 26, 1955.
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.
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1955-09-26
Jackson v. Rawdon - J.A. Gooch request to abate and dismiss
On November 2, 1955, J. A. Gooch filed a request to abate and dismiss complaints filed by L. Clifford Davis on September 26, 1955.
J. A. Gooch, attorney for the defendants, files a request to dismiss the case filed by L. Clifford Davis, attorney for the plaintiff.
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1955-11-02
Jackson v. Rawdon - Judgement by Judge Estes, November 23, 1955
Judgement by Judge Estes in the case of Jackson v. Radon heard on November 7, 1955.
Judge Estes dismisses the case on behalf of the plaintiffs.
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1955-11-23