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Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:
Andrew Crews
August 28, 2021
1875 Temple Beth–El is dedicated across Jefferson from Travis Park.
1915 A contract for the erection of Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital is awarded to H.N. Jones Construction Co., at an agreed price of $200,092.
1955 San Antonio School Superintendent Thomas Portwood said he was "going ahead with plans" to integrate white and Negro students during the approaching school term. Edgewood and Alamo Heights school districts decide to integrate on this day also – the same day that Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi.
This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.
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