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HICKS, John Howard (b. 1938)

Interview ID#
OH 1871

For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Family history; childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; memories of teachers in Mansfield’s black school; attendance at I.M. Terrell; memories of Mansfield Crisis; NAACP activity in Mansfield; career…

NORWOOD, Brenda (b.*)

Interview ID#
OH 1870
For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; attendance at I.M. Terrell; desegregating Mansfield High; memories of Mansfield Crisis; education at UT-Arlington; career in Mansfield ISD; organizing Juneteenth…

PRESSLEY, Kenneth (b. 1935)

Interview ID#
OH 1872
For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime white resident of Mansfield, Texas, member of the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. Family history; town history; memories of race relations in Mansfield; eyewitness at Mansfield Crisis; concern that federal government attempted to “cram” integration down Mansfield’s throat; brother’s role in…

BROOKS, Jossie (b. 1929)

Interview ID#
OH 1869
For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Longtime African American resident of Mansfield, Texas. Childhood memories of Mansfield; segregation in social life and in public education; NAACP activity in Mansfield; membership in Bethlehem Baptist Church; changes seen in Mansfield since end of Jim Crow.

MOODY, Floyd (b. 1939)

Interview ID#
OH 1867
For the Crisis at Mansfield Online Archive. Mansfield High School integrator; pastor. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; experiences integrating Mansfield High School; resistance to integration; life during segregation; Mansfield in the 1950s; racism; theological training and ministry.