Jackson v. Rawdon - Plaintiff Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Subject
Motion for preliminary injunction filed by L. Clifford Davis on October 7, 1955.
Description
On October 7, 1955, L. Clifford Davis filed a request for preliminary injunction to enjoin and restrain the defendants, including O.C. Rawdon, School Board President, and R.L. Huffman. Mansfield School District Superintendent.
Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Appellant Brief
Subject
Appellant Brief filed for Jackson v. Rawdon to US Court of Appeals
Description
Appellant Brief filed with US Court of Appeals on May 7, 1956 by L. Clifford Davis requesting reversal in Fifth District Court in the case of Jackson v. Rawdon.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Minton granting Mansfield high school the opportunity to delay a court order requiring the school to admit African American students.
Description
After the display of mob violence U.S. Supreme Court Justin Minton grants Mansfield high school the opportunity to delay the court order issued by Estes. This delay would allow the Mansfield school board to lawfully refrain from opening the high schools doors to Negros. Another effigy is mentioned. This effigy was hung above the front doors of the high school and becomes the third figure to appear in protest.
Source
KXAS News Script: Mansfield, UNT special collections, KXAS-TV/NBC-5, Fort Worth Tx.
The photo illustrates the physical legacy of segregation in Mansfield, Texas.
Description
There was a time that even the cemetery in Mansfield, Texas was divided by race. The fence and sign dividing the “Whites Only” cemetery from “The Old Negro Graveyard” still remains. At some point “Negro” was erased and replaced with “Colored,” a sign of changing times. This, one of the last physical signs of Jim Crow in Mansfield, still stands in the Mansfield Cemetery.
Mansfield School District - Unanimous resolution not to integrate
Subject
Document stating unanimous decision by board of trustees for Mansfield Independent School District not to integrate Mansfield High School for the school year 1956-1957.
Description
Document stating unanimous decision by the school board not to integrate for the 1956-1957 school year. The final paragraph in the document states that if the document is denied, rather than be jailed, the board will comply with the provisions of the court's order.
Source
The National Archives of Fort Worth
Publisher
archives.gov/fort-worth
Date
Undated, Circa August 1956 - from Bethlehem Baptist Church Archives
Minutes from a called School Board Meeting on November 8, 1955.
Description
One day after court proceedings in Jackson v. Rawdon, a school board meeting is called and a contract with T.M. Moody from 1950, allowing him use of water from the "colored" school is discontinued.
Source
Mansfield Independent School District - School Board Minutes