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July 26, 1955 - Mansfield School Board Minutes T.M. Moody requested several items from the Mansfield School board, in a regular meeting held on July 26, 1955, these requests were discussed.
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October 8, 1955 - Mansfield School Board Meeting Minutes School Board minutes from a called meeting on October 8, 1955, the day after headlines in the Star-Telegram announcing that three "negro" students had applied for admission to Mansfield High School.
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March 27, 1956 - Mansfield School Board Minutes Discussion of "segregation problem" at Mansfield School Board meeting.
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November 8, 1955 - Mansfield School Board Minutes 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.
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September 27, 1955 - Mansfield School Board Minutes During a regular school board meeting on September 27, 1955, a reports were given by the segregation committee and the bus driver for "negro bus".
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Jackson v. Rawdon - Judgement by Judge Estes, November 23, 1955 Judge Estes dismisses the case on behalf of the plaintiffs.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - Notice of Appeal to United States Court of Appeals After Judge Estes determined that "This school board has shown that it is making a good faith effort towards integration, and should have a reasonable length of time to solve its problems and end segregation in the Mansfield Independent School District." An appeal was filed on November 21, 1955 to the United States Court of Appeals.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - Notification of Summons for R.L. Huffman for appearances November 7, 1955 and September 17, 1956. Two separate notices regarding appearances by R.L. Huffman.
The first is notification sent informing J.A. Gooch of oral deposition of Huffman and Rawdon to take place on September 17, 1956.
The second document is an order for R.L. Huffman to appear on November 7, 1955.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - Petition for Stay of Enforcement - by Gooch J.A. Gooch, attorney for defendants, sends a notice requesting stay of enforcement of decree dated August 27, 1956, on the grounds that plaintiffs transferred to Fort Worth Independent School District prior to June 1, 1956.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - Petition for appeal - Filed by Gooch Petition for appeal filed by J.A. Gooch on judgment dated August 27, 1956.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - November 7, 1955 - Transcript of Proceedings Transcript of proceedings from the Jackson v. Rawdon case, originally heard in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas - Fort Worth Division on November 7, 1955.
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Mansfield School District - Unanimous resolution not to integrate
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.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Order on Petition On December 3, 1956, the US Supreme Court denied the petition to stay in the case of Jackson v. Rawdon, this was the end of the legal battle in the court system.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Petition to Stay 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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Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Mandate Mandate in the case of Jackson v. Rawdon witnessed and signed by Chief Justice Earl Warren of the US Supreme Court, dated August 17, 1956.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Opinion The opinion of Chief Judge Hutchison on June 28, 1956 in the case of Jackson v. Rawdon, brought before the US Court of Appeals was that the dismissal of the case by the Fifth Circuit court was incorrect, the decision was reversed and remanded with directions.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Appellee's Brief Appellee's Brief filed with US Court of Appeals on May 23, 1956 by J.A. "Tiny" Gooch on behalf of O.C. Rawdon and Mansfield School Board members.
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Jackson v. Rawdon - US Court of Appeals - Appellant Brief 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.
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Albert Gore Letter January 31, 1964 A letter from Albert Gore to his constituents assuring them that he would not support the proposed civil rights bill unless amendments were made to make the bill like the previous Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960.
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Field Reports on Desegregation in the South by John Howard Griffin and Theodore Freedman
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KXAS/NBC5 Mansfield Report KXAS report on Mansfield integration attempts in 1956, by Kristi Nelson.
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The Waco Horror The article described the mob lynching of a seventeen year old African American named Jesse Washington on May 15, 1916 in Waco, Texas. Jesse was accused of murder and found guilty but prior to his sentencing within the packed courtroom a mob drug him out of the building, stabbed him multiple times, cut off his fingers when he tried to grab the chain tied to him, lynched him, and then set his body on fire. Many citizens gathered at the square and partook in the mayhem. The crowd mutilated the body once he died and collected souvenirs from the event. Stories like The Waco Horror took place across America and represented illegal actions and the lack of the due process provided to African Americans who lived under the Jim Crow laws of the south. The article concluded indicating that 2,843 African American men were lynched between 1885 and 1916.
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Floyd Moody discusses utilities in west Mansfield.
Floyd Moody talks about going for water, doing homework by a kerosine lamp, and cutting wood to heat up the house on a wood stove.
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Floyd Moody talks about what he did for leisure growing up in Mansfield.
Floyd Moody talks about Farr Best Theater in Mansfield.
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Floyd Moody talks about his satisfaction with the way things went.
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.