Denton City Council Sees Petition for New Colored School

Item

Title
Denton City Council Sees Petition for New Colored School
Description
An article detailing a July 1896 Denton City Council Meeting. In it, the Council was petitioned by "the colored people" for a school building. The motion passed.
Date
1896-07-30
1896-07-27
Source
Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1896, newspaper, July 30, 1896; Denton, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth502396/m1/1/?q=City%20Council: accessed April 16, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Subject
Denton
Denton County
City Council
Education
Schools
Segregation
Petitions