Includes bibliographical references and index. "West Texas Historical Association Year Book articles on African Americans": pages 159-162.
Contents:
Introduction. Desegregation in West Texas : the United States v. Ector County I.S.D. case / Bryan L. Smith. Black and Mexican slaves in Young County, Texas, 1856-1865 / Barbara A. Ledbetter -- D.W. Wallace ("80 John") : an African American cattleman on the Texas frontier / contributed by R.C. Crane -- Nig London : Throckmorton County cowman / Lawrence Clayton -- William R. Shafter commanding black troops in West Texas / Paul H. Carlson -- Second Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper : a Black officer on the West Texas frontier / Donald R. McClung -- Blacks in San Angelo : relations between Fort Concho and the city, 1875-1889 / Patricia E. Gower -- The lost treaty of the black Seminoles / Eric Emmerson Strong -- Abilene's minority population and the 1900 census / Karen Turner -- Black Lubbock / Robert L. Foster and Alwyn Barr -- Edward Struggs and Mae Simmons : two African American educators and the provisions for black schools in Lubbock, Texas, 1930-1970 / June M. Steele -- The beginnings of integration in San Angelo I.S.D. / Gregory A. Doherty -- Desegregation in West Texas : the United States v. Ector County I.S.D. case / Bryan L. Smith.
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