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Right Negroes Vote In Texas Primary Upheld: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Re-Affirms Decision

January 24, 1951

Explains that Black citizens were granted their right to vote in Texas after disputes between parties and the court

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Posse Shoots Down Accused, Sex Offender: Negro And Farm Wife He Raped In Same Hospital; Boy, 4, Dead

October 20, 1950

Describes that a group of angered men attacked Cooper Drake, the Black man accused of raping a woman named Kathleen Holley and killing her son

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The Lawless Is Exploration Into Minority Problem

December 12, 1950

Depicts how film can be utilized to create conversation about social issues,including “the Negro problem

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Editorial Grist

September 18, 1958

Briefly describes the Supreme Court’s decision to desegregate immediately. (Also, mentions specific names, likely referring to Supreme Court Justices Earl Warren and Hugo Black, whose votes influenced the Brown v Board decision.)

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Civil Rights Molisters (typo) Denounced By Mansfield

September 30, 1965

Describes new guidelines, outlined by South Magazine, that police officers needed to follow in order to avoid being accused of brutality by civil rights’ activists.

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