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  EVERY STONE HAS A SONG: The State of Texas Attack on the NAACP After Mansfield, 1956. By Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr., Publisher, Black, Texans, Inc., Link:  https://mansfieldcrisis.omeka.net/items/show/290 AUSTIN, TEXAS - What happened in Mansfield, Texas in 1956 did not end at the schoolhouse doors. It followed the NAACP into courtrooms, into offices, into the very files you have just uncovered ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa67cqHSa90&feature=youtu.be ). Because when the NAACP stood up for three Black children to walk into Mansfield High School… Texas stood up to shut the NAACP down. I. WHEN JUSTICE WALKED IN, POWER PUSHED BACK After the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Brown v. Board of Education II that desegregation must proceed “with all deliberate speed,” the NAACP moved with purpose. In Mansfield, that purpose had a name: Jackson v. Rawdon (1955) Led by courageous attorneys like Thurgood Marshall, L. Clifford Davis, and supported by organizers such as T.M. Moody ...

HIDDEN CROWNS OF COWTOWN Honoring the Legacy of Negro League Legends Connections to Fort Worth, Texas.   A Jackie Robinson Day Exhibition |  https://fwtx.com/culture/the-day-jackie-robinson-came-to-fort-worth/ On Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM, the New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church will host a powerful and historic exhibition honoring the legacy of Black baseball pioneers whose greatness helped shape both the game and the nation. This special presentation—Hidden Crowns of Cowtown—will be held at: New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church 2864 Mississippi Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76104 The Hidden Crowns of Cowtown:  https://fortworthreport.org/2024/02/05/fact-brief-did-jackie-robinson-play-at-fort-worths-historic-lagrave-field/ This exhibition lifts up five legendary figures whose impact reaches far beyond the baseball diamond: Rube Foster — The architect of the Negro Leagues and a visionary leader who helped build a national platform for Black excellence. L...