Description

This newspaper article published on July 13, 1955 discusses the process by which the Austin School Board was investigating how to go about integrating the schools. The article is fact-heavy without a lot of editorializing but it is still able to show the tension in the atmosphere at this time. The majority of white people in Texas were against integration, but the Supreme Court of the United States had ruled, and there was little choice left. The School Board is seeking out what few options they had, in attempt to assert their autonomy in the matter. Despite all that, the title of the article, "No Problem Foreseen," indicates an optimism or perhaps a naïveté about the general outcome of integration. From the plans discussed in the article, it is clear that the School Board is doing everything in their power to keep the schools as segregated as the laws will allow, while continuing to insist that this is the best way for both races. This can be seen as part of the greater ordeal if integrating the entire south. Attitudes such as this one are likely to be found throughout the South, as thousands of school boards deliberated on the best way to integrate the schools.

Creator

Richard M. Morehead- (Austin Bureau of News)

Date

July 13, 1955

Coverage

Austin, Texas; School Integration; 1950s; Texas Integration

Source

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History- University of Texas at Austin