Eagle8 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. This led to the integration of all black schools across the nation. In Tatum, Mayflower integrated with Tatum ISD to become one school. During the Mayflower Era, Algie Harkless led the Mayflower Panthers to 47 wins over the stint of seven years. This led to being a State Finalist in 1966. On September 9th 2022, the Eagles will become Panthers for the night and honor the Mayflower Panthers against the Pittsburg Pirates. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujoforlife Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Cool. I’m happy that Tatum is honoring Mayflower high school 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujoforlife Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 48 minutes ago, cujoforlife said: Cool. I’m happy that Tatum is honoring Mayflower high school Is Tatum going to have to Ceremony or they just going to wear the jerseys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozeng03 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, cujoforlife said: Cool. I’m happy that Tatum is honoring Mayflower high school Good stuff right there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle8 Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, cujoforlife said: Is Tatum going to have to Ceremony or they just going to wear the jerseys? That sir, I have absolutely no knowledge of. But if I know Tatum.....they'll have something in store for the occasion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBroadcaster Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Eagle8 said: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. This led to the integration of all black schools across the nation. In Tatum, Mayflower integrated with Tatum ISD to become one school. During the Mayflower Era, Algie Harkless led the Mayflower Panthers to 47 wins over the stint of seven years. This led to being a State Finalist in 1966. On September 9th 2022, the Eagles will become Panthers for the night and honor the Mayflower Panthers against the Pittsburg Pirates. I Used this and posted on our FB page to share 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle8 Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 13 minutes ago, TxBroadcaster said: I Used this and posted on our FB page to share That's fine. I got it off of "Tatum High School Football" FB page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujoforlife Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Eagle8 said: That sir, I have absolutely no knowledge of. But if I know Tatum.....they'll have something in store for the occasion. Cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Very cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWBears01 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 That’s a great idea. Thanks for the story. When Eagleborn posted it I had no idea who Mayflower was. Very honorable thing to do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevyman Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Very cool story 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 46 minutes ago, GWBears01 said: That’s a great idea. Thanks for the story. When Eagleborn posted it I had no idea who Mayflower was. Very honorable thing to do Yea I just posted pic. Knew E8 was the copy and paste king. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle8 Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 12 minutes ago, Eagleborn said: Yea I just posted pic. Knew E8 was the copy and paste king. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWBears01 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 50 minutes ago, Eagleborn said: Yea I just posted pic. Knew E8 was the copy and paste king. Well and heaven forbid that you have to type 2 sentences to explain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 16 hours ago, Eagle8 said: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. This led to the integration of all black schools across the nation. In Tatum, Mayflower integrated with Tatum ISD to become one school. During the Mayflower Era, Algie Harkless led the Mayflower Panthers to 47 wins over the stint of seven years. This led to being a State Finalist in 1966. On September 9th 2022, the Eagles will become Panthers for the night and honor the Mayflower Panthers against the Pittsburg Pirates. I love this! It would be awesome for Longview to honor Womack High! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleborn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 2 hours ago, GWBears01 said: Well and heaven forbid that you have to type 2 sentences to explain Or you could of typed three words on the World Wide Web and got what you needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPGold Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Good stuff right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle8 Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 On Friday, September 9th, the Tatum Eagles will become Honorary Mayflower Panthers. We will spotlight different alumni from the Mayflower football team throughout the week. Here we have Charles Hightower. Charles was a member of the 1966 State Team. After graduating from Mayflower he continued his education at Prairie View A&M. Charles became both an Instrument Engineer for NASA and a Bio-Medical Engineer for University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston. #LegendsofMayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle8 Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 On Friday, September 9th, the Tatum Eagles will become Honorary Mayflower Panthers. We will spotlight different alumni from the Mayflower football team throughout the week. Here we have Dr. Lawrence Harkless. Dr. Harkless played on the 1966 State Team and the 1967 Regionals Team. Dr. Harkless attended University of North Texas after leaving Mayflower. He continued his education at California College of Podiatry where he graduated with Honors. He is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. He used his skills to become the Founding Dean and Professor Emeritus at Western University Health Sciences School of Podiatric Medicine in Pomona, California. He also served as Dean of Development and Professor Emeritus at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he accredited the first Podiatry School in the University of Texas Healthcare System. Outside of the specialty of Podiatry, Dr. Harkless also served as a Professor in the Department of Orthopedics at University of Texas San Antonio. Other accolades include: A Lifetime Achievement Award and Hall of Fame by Podiatry Management Magazine and he is hailed as the Father of Diabetic foot care by the American Diabetes Association. #LegendsofMayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle8 Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 On Friday, September 9th, the Tatum Eagles will become Honorary Mayflower Panthers. Tonight, we would like to spotlight some interesting facts about Mayflower: MAYFLOWER WAS A CONSOLIDATION OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THROUGH OUT TATUM ISD IN 1947 The first football team at Mayflower was in 1949 when Tatum Colored High School Consolidated with Mayflower Many students went on to serve at the local, state and National level. Gussie Daniels worked in the Foreign Service and became Deputy Consul to many foreign countries. He took pride in speaking five languages and was an officer in charge of U.S. Affairs in South Africa. A new modern high school was built in the 50’s in the community of Mayflower in the Wake of Brown vs. Topeka From 1947-67 Mayflower was a full fledged accredited High School. Excellence exemplified in student success Known for excellence in science and math along with the core curriculum and athletics Vocational Programs were outstanding along with the core curriculum Students exposed to the National Science Foundation at an early age High School Science Teacher and Coach Dr. Maurice Mills later became a professor at Tennessee State University Mayflower competed in the Prairie View Interscholastic League in Academics and Athletics Identity was a hallmark at Mayflower – Students were told that they were somebody every day and that serving is an important ingredient to success. The most grateful students will tell you Mayflower taught them the three B’s: How to be, How to behave, and How to become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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