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Letter from Headmaster Hoxton to parents of the student body to announce that Regi Burns and Sam Paschall would be attending Episcopal beginning in the fall of 1968.

Chronicle letters-One from students critical of student body reaction to MLK's murder. Second from Mr. Hoxton laying out expectations for for treatment of first African American students the next Fall.

Mr. Chesson discusses Mr. Hoxton's leadership and dorm life as a rat.

Tony Chase discusses the role of school administrators in integration at Episcopal, his mentors at Episcopal, and daily interactions with teachers.

Drawing of an old Ford car, with the Surf Club inscribed in the side, which is accompanied by a confederate flag. (Daemon 1967)

This is an excerpt from the Tampa Tribune about the integration of two African American students under the new headmaster, A.R. Hoxton Junior. The article states that the students were recommended to the school by the Anne C. Stouffer Foundation and…

This resource is an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch announcing the decision to desegregate Episcopal High School by the E.H.S. Board of Trustees.

An excerpt from the Board of Trustees Minutes regarding the reactions of faculty, students, and parents to Mr. Hoxton's acceptance of the first two African American students.

Two letters in The Chronicle evaluate race relations at EHS in 1968. The headmaster, A.R. Hoxton, Jr. asks the student body to accept the 2 incoming African American boys with the same dignity they accept any new students.