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Wynne, Lewis N. – Phylon, 1972
Describes the events that followed subsequent to the assignment of an all-black regimental unit to the Fort Brown military installation on the outskirts of Brownsville, Texas, in 1906, with reference to the reactions of the Brownsville residents, the Negro press, and white champions of the black cause, and to the actions of President Theodore…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bias, Black Attitudes, Majority Attitudes
GRIFFIN, JOHN HOWARD; FREEDMAN, THEODORE – 1956
THIS REPORT OF A FIELD STUDY DESCRIBES THE CONFLICT WHICH RESULTED FROM SCHOOL DESEGREGATION EFFORTS IN 1956 IN MANSFIELD, TEXAS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE STATE WHICH WAS ORDERED TO DESEGREGATE. THE REPORT IS IN TWO PARTS--(1) BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITY AND A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS, AND (2) PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS BY ONE OF…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Study, Conflict, Desegregation Plans
Carmack, William R.; Freedman, Theodore – 1962
This report of a field study describes the step-by-step events and strategies to desegregate the public schools in Dallas, Texas, in September 1961. The legal background, the preparation and campaign for public approval, the desegregation plan in operation, and the response of the press are all discussed. To a degree there was resentment on the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Biracial Committees, Blacks, Board of Education Role