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[News Clip: Clement Tells of Clinton Violence ; Mansfield ; Catholics]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany three news stories. The first is about Tennessee Governor Clement's actions to stop violence in Clinton, Tennessee over school integration. Second is a story about Mansfield's dedication of a new city hall. The final segment covers four Fort Worth Catholics being honored by Pope Pius the 12th.
Date: September 16, 1956
Duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Demos]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the state Democratic party's resolution to urge the upcoming state convention to put anti-integration proposals into effect.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: NAACP Attorney Protests Violence]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U. Simpson Tate's telegrams, from Dallas, Texas, to Governor Shivers and President Eisenhower, calling for help in getting African American students safely into Texarkana Junior College.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Mansfield]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fight to integrate Mansfield Public High School in Mansfield, Texas. Federal Judge Joe Estes ordered the school to admit African American students, and many students are planning to enroll and attend Mansfield High School - rather than be bussed to schools in Fort Worth.
Date: August 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dummy Hanging at Mansfield Probed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the hanging of a red paint splattered, straw-stuffed dummy in effigy of an African American man in Mansfield, Texas, in response to the federal desegregation order demanding Mansfield admit thirteen African American students to its high school.
Date: August 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: NAACP Ouster Suit is Heard at Tyler]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about hearing proceedings at a court in Tyler, Texas, in which the state of Texas seeks a permanent injunction barring the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from operating.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: No Negroes Enroll at Wichita Falls]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the lack of enrollment of African American students in Wichita Fall's schools, despite the recent integration of the school system.
Date: September 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dallas Schools to Remain Segregated]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas schools remaining segregated during the coming school year. Judge William Atwell declined to set a hearing until September 10th, while schools opened September 5th.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: NAACP Hints Suit to End Segregation]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the possibility of the NAACP filing suit against the Fort Worth Board of Education following the board's decision to maintain segregation.
Date: August 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: NAACP]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a court battle between the NAACP and the Dallas school system. Dallas does not want their schools to be integrated. A separate suit may be filed, because evidence that some children involved in NAACP testimonies did not have proper parental permission has been uncovered.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: NAACP]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a trial in Tyler, which will decide the fate of the NAACP in Texas. The state asks for a temporary restraining order against the organization, which would freeze their operations until issues are settled in court.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: The Week in Review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the stories aired that week. Some of the news stories include a visit to Dallas by Al Gore; a collision between a fire truck and a parked Globemaster at Carswell Air Force Base; an integration lawsuit in Dallas; the murder trial of Joe Ed Tissier, among other stories.
Date: November 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Pickets]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about protests at Lamar State College, which recently integrated. The protests are peaceful, though police are present.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Integration Deposition]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the beginning of testimonies by parents of twenty-four negro children who attempted to enroll in all-white Dallas schools last year. The integration case is scheduled for trial on November 13.
Date: November 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Demos ; NAACP Attorney Protests Violence]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany two news stories. The first is about the state Democratic party's resolution to urge the upcoming state convention to put anti-integration proposals into effect. Second is a story about U. Simpson Tate's telegrams, from Dallas, Texas, to Governor Shivers and President Eisenhower, calling for help in getting African American students safely into Texarkana Junior College.
Date: September 10, 1956
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: FW integration]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth school board in session about integrating the city's public schools.
Date: February 13, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: The Week in Review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the stories aired that week. Some of the news stories include a visit to Dallas by Al Gore; a collision between a fire truck and a parked Globemaster at Carswell Air Force Base; an integration lawsuit in Dallas; the murder trial of Joe Ed Tissier, among other stories.
Date: November 3, 1956
Duration: 4 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: NAACP Hints Suit to End Segregation ; Gunsmith ; Como]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany three news stories. The first is about the possibility of the NAACP filing suit against the Fort Worth Board of Education follow the board's decision to maintain segregation. The second is a news story about Scotty MacKenzie, an itinerant gunsmith. The last story in this clip is about Perry Como visiting the Dallas-Fort Worth area while on vacation.
Date: August 9, 1956
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mansfield, Lake Como voting count questioned]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a controversial voting outcome between Senator Daniel and Ralph Yarborough in Lake Como, in Forth Worth, Texas. It also includes a story about a fight to integrate Mansfield Public High School in Mansfield, Texas. Federal Judge Joe Estes ordered the school to admit African American students, and many students are planning to enroll and attend Mansfield High School - rather than be bussed to schools in F… more
Date: August 28, 1956
Duration: 5 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ft. Woth City Council ; No Negroes Enroll at Wichita Falls]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany two news stories. The first is about the Fort Worth city council's decision regarding giving continued police protection to an African American family who moved into a home on an all-white street. Second is a story about the lack of enrollment of African American students in Wichita Fall's schools, despite the recent integration of the school system.
Date: September 5, 1956
Duration: 4 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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