Amarillo Daily News 1956-08-31
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Title
Amarillo Daily News 1956-08-31
Subject
Newspaper article
Description
This article focuses on the anger of white residents towards the mandate of integration. That anger is directed at black residents who would try to register, the County Sheriff who showed up at the school, and the Judges who are mandating integration. Machine guns in the hands of the mob was mentioned more than once, and threats of violence to one Mansfield black resident shows the lengths to which the white mob is willing to go. The article also states how many school districts are already integrated in the state, as well as the Mansfield School Board’s next step in their fight against integration.
Source
"Use of Force Is Threatened," Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, TX), Aug. 31, 1956.
Publisher
Amarillo Daily News
Date
1956-08-31
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Collection
Citation
“Amarillo Daily News 1956-08-31,” The Crisis at Mansfield, accessed April 18, 2024, https://mansfieldcrisis.omeka.net/items/show/3.