KXAS News Video: Probe of NAACP in Dallas Continues
Video depicts state lawyers sifting through files at the NAACP office in Dallas.
In the weeks following the Mansfield Crisis, Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd was granted a temporary injunction against the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People while state lawyers searched through the organization's records, looking for evidence of barratry and tax fraud.
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Probe of NAACP in Dallas Coninues ; Magnolia ; Zonta ; Mrs. American Opens Building Project ; Yom Kippur ; Football Luncheon], Video, September 14, 1956; (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc307604/ : accessed May 06, 2015), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections, Denton, Texas.
KXAS-TV
1956-09-14
Dwight Eisenhower to Allan Shivers 1953-07-21
letter
Dwight D. Eisenhower responds to Allan Shivers concerns on the Supreme Court case (Brown v. Board of Education). Eisenhower assures Shivers that his concerns have been acknowledged.
Letter from Dwight Eisenhower on school segregation, July 21, 1953, Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Records as President, Official File, Box 614, OF-142-A-4 Negro Matters-Colored Question-Segregation-Integration (1); NAID#12171143, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas. http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/online_documents/civil_rights_brown_v_boe.html.
1953-07-21
Robyn Ladino to Herbert Brownell 1992-11-21
letter
Robyn Ladino, author of "Desegregating Texas Schools: Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High" asks the Attorney General, Herbert Brownell some questions about the events that led to the crisis, and the crisis itself.
Letter from Robyn Ladino to Herbert Brownell on "Mansfield Crisis", November 21, 1992, Brownell, Herbert Jr.: Additional Papers, 1897-1996, Box 7, La (4), Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas.
1992-11-21
Herbert Brownell to Robyn Ladino 1992-11-23
letter
The Attorney General of the Eisenhower Administration shares his recollection to Robyn Ladino on the "Mansfield Crisis" almost 40 years later.
Letter from Herbert Brownell to Robyn Ladino, November 23, 1992, Brownell, Herbert Jr.: Additional Papers, 1897-1996, Box 7, La (4), Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas.
1992-11-23
NAACP Departmental Report-February 1959
NAACP officials hear report of growth in Texas chapters.
Clarence Laws informed the NAACP Board of Directors that twelve chapters have 50 or more members. He also discussed problems within leadership of certain chapters. Texas chapters made a comeback in the years following efforts of the Texas attorney general to enjoin the organization from operating in the state.
Departmental Reports to the Board of Directors. Papers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. University of Publications of America (Bethesda, Maryland). February 1959.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1959-02
Press Conference 1956-09-11
Press Conference
During this press conference a number of reporters ask about school segregation, particularly for Texas, due to the recent conflict that took place in Texarkana. President Eisenhower maintains a "middle of the road" approach as these questions are being asked. Eisenhower. This demonstrates Eisenhower attitude towards segregation, and how he reacted to questions on the subject of segregation.
Press Conference on segregation and civil rights pg. 6-14, September 11, 1956, Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953-61 (Ann Whitman File), Press Conference Series, Box 5, Press Conference 9/11/56, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
1956-09-11
Pre-Press Conference Notes 1956-09-11
Press Conference
The pre-press conference discussed segregation. President Eisenhower had report on the "matters in Texas", and asked the Attorney General, Herbert Brownell to look into it. This demonstrates that the school integration issues were known nationwide.
Pre-Press Conference Notes on segregation, September 11, 1956, Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953-1961 (Ann Whitman File), Press Conference Series, Box 5, Press Conference 9/11/56, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
1956-09-11
Southern School News-July 1957
Bond posted by NAACP to bring state ouster case to a close.
The NAACP posted a $5,000 bond with the district clerk as Judge Otis T . Dunagan filed his "findings of fact and conclusion of law." The two steps were needed before the NAACP appealed to the State Court of Civil Appeals at Texarkana. Further appeal could be made to the state supreme court and then to U. S. Supreme Court. The NAACP requested a 30-day extension to file exceptions to Judge Dunagan's findings. The NAACP is now free to carry out its purpose as it did before last Sept. 19, 1956.
“Court Is Asked To Set Date In Houston Case,” Southern School News, 4. no. 1 (1957): 11. Accessed April 20, 2015.
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Southern School News
1957-07
Southern School News-February 1956
Texas governor is showing "great interest" in interposition.
Governor Shivers expressed great interest in "interposition" breaking an official silence on that subject. NAACP officials in a statewide meeting held in Austin decided to attack. "vigorously" in court the segregation of Negroes in schools parks, public health facilities, public housing, swimming pools and buses. The group promised a "no compromise, head-on fight."
“Texas governor is showing 'great interest' in interposition.” Southern School News, 2. no. 8 (1956): 8. Accessed April 20, 2015. http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15138coll22/id/397/rec/49
Southern School News
1956-02
Southern School News-November 1955
Texas Supreme Court knocks out segregation law.
Texas Supreme Court in R.E McKinney et al v. W.C. Blankenship et al declared Texas Statutes that legalized the segregated school system were unconstitutional. In response, Governor Shivers and Attorney General Shepperd made public statements that this decision does not call for any speed-up of desegregation, stating, "In the light of these decisions, no school district should feel compelled to take hasty or unnecessary action." They also said there would be no plan to appeal the court's decision.
“Texas Supreme Court knocks out segregation law," Southern School News, 2. no. 5 (1955): 6. Accessed April 20, 2015. http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15138coll22/id/346/rec/46
Southern School News
1955-11