MANSFIELD, TEXAS, A REPORT OF THE CRISIS SITUATION RESULTING FROM EFFORTS TO DESEGREGATE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. FIELD REPORTS ON DESEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH, FR. 1.

GRIFFIN, JOHN HOWARD; FREEDMAN, THEODORE

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ERIC Number: ED020282

Record Type: Non-Journal

Publication Date: 1956

Pages: 16

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MANSFIELD, TEXAS, A REPORT OF THE CRISIS SITUATION RESULTING FROM EFFORTS TO DESEGREGATE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. FIELD REPORTS ON DESEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH, FR. 1.

GRIFFIN, JOHN HOWARD; FREEDMAN, THEODORE

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 THE INVESTIGATORS, INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF THE RESPONSES OF THE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY TO A SERIES OF QUESTIONS. (NH)

Descriptors: Blacks, Community Study, Conflict, Desegregation Plans, Field Studies, Majority Attitudes, Press Opinion, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, School Desegregation, Social Discrimination, Whites

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Authoring Institution: B'nai B'rith, New York, NY. Anti-Defamation League.

Identifiers - Location: Texas

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