Attempt to remove the effigy on the flagpole
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Title
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Attempt to remove the effigy on the flagpole
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Description
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An effigy prominently displayed from a flagpole on school grounds is hoisted in the early morning hours on Thursday, August 30, 1956. The citizens of the Mansfield community gathered on school grounds to protest court-ordered integration. Later in the morning, two men - J.T. Pressley and Willard Pressley, 20-year-old cousins - attempted to remove the effigy but were unsuccessful. School administrators refused to remove the effigy, and the gathering of segregationists returned the next day to school grounds to prevent the enrollment of African American students.
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Subject
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Two men try to remove an effigy hanging from a flagpole at Mansfield High School in 1956.
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Source
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Courtesy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Arlington, Texas
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Date
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1956-08-30
