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LONG, CROWD
fSFIELD CONTINUES TO FEDY COURT ORDER
The Tarrant County town of Mansfield continues to
defy a federal court order calling for the
admission of Negro students to its high school.
For the second straight day, a large crowd
assembles on the school campus determined to keep
Negro pupils away# The crowd succeeds; not a
single Negro appears. While the crowd gathers,
a Federal Circuit judge in Houston refuses to
stay integration iMI mandate and an
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attorney for Mansfield schools says he}ask for a
stay or make a direct appeal of the order,to the
Supreme Court. At the same time, Governor
Shivers orders rangers into Mansfield to "arrest
anyone who threatens the peace*ff
LONG, GROUP BESIDE BUS
Five Negro students in the school district leave
by bus to register at the Wk
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Mansfield Continues to Defy Court Order], script, August 31, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306356/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.