Desegregating Texas Schools Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High

Name: Desegregating Texas Schools Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High
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ISBN: 9780292746923

ISBN-10: 029274692X

ISBN-13: 9780292746923

Edition: 1996

Authors: Dina Sherzer, Alwyn Barr, Robyn Duff Ladino

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In the famous Brown v. the Board of Education decisions of 1954 and 1955, the United States Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. Yet history records that it took more than a decade of legal battles, civil rights protests, and, tragically, violent confrontations before black students gained full access to previously white schools. Mansfield, Texas, a small community southeast of Fort Worth, was the scene of an early school integration attempt. In this book, Robyn Duff Ladino draws on interviews with surviving participants, media reports, and archival research to provide the first full account of the Mansfield school…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Pathway to Equality: The Determination to Change



The Dismantlement of "Separate but Equal"



The Creed of Segregation and States' Rights in the South with an Emphasis on Texas



Taking a Stand on School Integration: The Dilemma of President Dwight David Eisenhower during His First Term



The Mansfield School Integration Case: Jackson v. Rawdon



A Collision Course: The Crisis at Mansfield High School



A Significant Aftermath: The Mansfield School Integration Case and Crisis


Notes


Bibliography


Index