African Americans attempt enrollment at Euless Independent School

Creator

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Identifier

20150668

Description

A crowd is shown outside a Euless school after a group of African Americans were denied enrolling their children. One of the gathered adults stated that they had not expected to gain admission, but had hoped to get improvements for the segregated school that their children were expected to attend. Clipping reads: "A crowd mills around the Euless Independent School after a group of Negroes attempted to enroll their children there. The Negro children were refused. Their leader [Dr. G. D. Flemmings of the Fort Worth branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)] said later they had not expected to gain admission, but hoped to get improvements for the Negro school...Flemmings added that 'the courts have ruled that the Negro children of the Mosier Valley community must be given equal school facilities--that building is in bad condition and we wanted the school board out there to do something about remodeling it.'" Published in the morning edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 6, 1950.

Archival Date

1950-09-05

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-2493

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Schools; Segregation in education; Students; African Americans