Fort Worth Star-Telegram article previewing Mansfield integration event in August 1965
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram article previewing Mansfield integration event in August 1965
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Description
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On August 21, 1965, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published an article titled "Mansfield Expects No Repeat of 1956 School Mixing Incidents." This article describes the mentality of the population of Mansfield by stating that they don’t expect to face any resistance. Sixty to seventy African American students pre-enrolled into Mansfield’s junior and senior high schools to start attending in the fall of 1965.
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Mansfield school and city officials said they did not expect problems, like what happened in 1956, ahead of integration in the 1965-1966 school year.
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Source
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Date
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1965-08-21
