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Note: The Austin American-Statesman newspaper had several name changes over the five decades covered in this timeline. The variations reflect usage for that time—Austin Statesman, The Austin Statesman, The Austin-Statesman, The Austin American, The Austin American-Statesman, American Statesman, The American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman.
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On June 7, the United States Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court upheld and supported the constitutional rights of African American teenagers to attend Mansfield High School. On August 27, the Federal District Court ordered Mansfield ISD to “immediately integrate the high school.” [Ladino, Robyn Duff, Desegregating Texas Schools: Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High. 1997] |
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Travis County attorney dismisses test case challenging segregated busses in Texas. [AF-Segregation-Public Schools-S1700 (2)-1950s; The Austin American, “Austin Bus Test Case Dismissed,” February 14, 1956] |
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The University of Texas’s Inter-Co-op Council voted unanimously to accept African American students in cooperative housing. [AF-Segregation-Public Schools-S1700 (1) -University of Texas; The Austin Statesman, “UT CO-OP Council Votes Integration: Negroes Acceptable In Housing,” March 07, 1956] |
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Because of the fire at Allan Junior High School, the desegregation of Austin’s junior high schools is delayed for a year. [AF-Segregation-Public Schools-S1700 (2)-1950s; The Austin Statesman, “Junior High Segregation To Continue Next Year,” May 15, 1956] |
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Thirteen African American students become the first to integrate Austin’s high schools-seven at Stephen F. Austin High; five at William B. Travis High; and one at A.N. McCallum High. [AF-Segregation-Public Schools-S1700 (2)-1950s; The Austin Statesman, “3 High Schools Get 13 Negroes,” September 2, 1955] |
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