Civil Rights Marker - Mayflower, TX
N 32° 19.755 W 094° 36.384
15S E 348803 N 3578065
Marker honoring John Earl Reese. #6,469
Waymark Code: WMY5GK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2018
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The marker text:
CIVIL RIGHT MARKER
Honoring John Earl Reese
On Octover 22, 1955, "John Earl Reese", a 16 year old student,
was murdered by two white men in a drive by shooting; ramifications
of political unrest related to the passing of a school bond to build a
Mayflower "Negro" school in Rusk County, Texas was indicated as
the cause. His death occurred during the Civil Rights Movement and in the
wake of the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, 349 U.S. 294(1954)
famously requiring southern school districts to desegregate. Considered
a Martyr in the Civil Rights Movement his name is forever enshrined
on the Civil Rights Monument in Montgomery, Alabama
Original Site of the Mayflower School
1949 - 1956
Group that erected the marker: Town of Tatum
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
18647 FM 1716 E.
Tatum, TX USA
75691
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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