As a civil rights lawyer who faced resistance and threats, he challenged school districts that tried to defy the Supreme Court’s 1954 ban on school segregation.

Four other state governors were inaugurated last week: Texas. Governor Allan Shivers, sworn in for his third full term, quoted from the Book of Psalms. “So teach us to number our days,” said ...

L. Clifford Davis, a young lawyer representing the students, sent a telegram to the governor, Allan Shivers: “This morning a mob of 300 men gathered at the school to prevent their enrollment ...