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[News Script: Irving schools]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a major upset in the Irving school system resulting in the dismissal of seven principals and two other school employees.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Students walk out after coach fired]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a student walkout at Ennis High School protesting the firing of popular football coach Dave Ryan.
Date: December 9, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Clean up drive]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a clean-up campaign in the Rosedale Park section of Fort Worth. The campaign was started by the Dunbar school, its PTA, and its Safety Patrol council.
Date: April 6, 1955
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Seven hurt in school bus accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about six students and an assistant principal injured after a Crowley school bus collided with a truck and ran off the road down an embankment. Only two of the children are considered seriously injured.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tech team receives marksmanship award]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Fort Worth's Technical High School receiving the Star-Telegram trophy for having the championship team in all-city ROTC rifle matches.
Date: April 5, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ex-mayor not guilty on assault charge]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Elbert Burr Hill, former mayor of the Fort Worth suburb of White Settlement, accused of sexually assaulting two young girls. Hill is found innocent of the crime.
Date: April 13, 1955
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Seven hurt in school bus accident]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about six students and an assistant principal injured after a Crowley school bus collided with a truck and ran off the road down an embankment. Only two of the children are considered seriously injured.
Date: May 18, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Optimists award]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about athlete Robert Groom receiving a scholarship from the Fort Worth Optimists.
Date: June 10, 1955
Duration: 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Irving schools fuss]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a controversy in Irving over poor conditions in the city's public schools, with 200 district employees refusing to report for work unless improvements are made.
Date: March 2, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Four Women Sit at a Desk]

Description: Photograph of three students sitting with a principal at Anderson High School. All four women are wearing dark-colored dresses. There are pamphlets on the desk, and a nameplate that reads, "Mrs. M. Yerwood Thompson."
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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[News Clip: Segregation argued as school open]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the school semester starting in Dallas and Fort Worth. In spite of the Supreme Court's ruling against segregation, Texas schools were still not integrated.
Date: September 6, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cars and drivers blessed by priest]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Father Augustine Linbeck blessing students' cars at Laneri High School.
Date: September 21, 1955
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Students receive civil defense tags]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about official identification tags issued to Garland schoolchildren as part of a civil defense initiative.
Date: December 8, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Alvarado Fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story a fire accident that destroys entire school plant at Alvarado.
Date: December 13, 1955
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New activity in Irving school row]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an estimated 100 mothers marching to the county superintendent's office in the latest events of an Irving school controversy.
Date: April 7, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Irving schools]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a major upset in the Irving school system resulting in the dismissal of seven principals and two other school employees.
Date: March 1, 1955
Duration: 6 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Irving]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the students of the Irving school district reacting to the upheaval caused by superintendent John Beard being fired by the school board and teachers staging a walkout in retaliation.
Date: March 6, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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