there was a threat of violation against the mayor of beaumont, jimmy coconos. but with the help of the police department and the lamar administration, desegregation did go forward. and it was accomplished without any serious violation. so as we know later in other parts of the american south, there were serious -- very serious problems in violence on some of the campuses. but at lamar university, it was accomplished and it was accomplished with these black lawyers and the white federal judge, judge lamar cecil. working the rule of law, a rule of law that presumes the equality of all persons. >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best-known history book writers. revisit key battles during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes in museums and historic sites. and the legacy and policies of past american presidents. view our schedule at

there was a threat of violence against the mayor of beaumont, jimmy coconos, but the -- but with theit was accomplished without any serious violence. so as we know later in other parts of the american south, there were serious -- very serious problems and violence on some of the campuses, but at lamar university, it was accomplished and it was accomplished with these black lawyers and the white federal judge, judge lamar cecil. working the rule of law, a rule of law that presumes the equality of all persons. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal is scheduled to reveal his proposal for balancing the fiscal budget for year to date, a budget $900 million in the read. in shreveport now, it's mostly cloudy and 37 degrees at the airport. 38 at barksdale and 38 in mendon. you're listening to shreveport news radio 710. >> next weekend book tv and -- and then a look at the over 200,000 books of the john nobel smith collection housed at the lsu shreveport archives and then a walking tour of shreveport with neil johnson, and on american history tv on c-span 3, sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern,

black students to lamar college, there was a threat of violence against the mayor of beaumont, jimmy coconos, but the desegregation did go forward and it was accomplished without any serious violence. so as we know later in other parts of the american south, there were serious -- very serious problems and violence on some of the campuses, but at lamar university, it was accomplished and it was accomplished with these black lawyers and the white federal judge, judge lamar cecil. working the rule of law, a rule of law that presumes the equality of all persons.