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Lockney High School is a public high school located in the city of Lockney, Texas, USA and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Lockney Independent School District located in northwestern Floyd County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]
On June 21, 1964, three Civil Rights Movement activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Micheal Schwerner, were murdered by local members of the Ku Klux Klan.They had been arrested earlier in the day for speeding, and after being released were followed by local law enforcement & others, all affiliated with the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. [1]
Joseph Johnson became the last person in Texas to be executed by the electric chair on July 30, 1964. [3] In addition, Lawrence O'Connor became the last person in Texas to be executed for a crime other than murder (for participating in a gang rape, [ 4 ] on April 26, 1964).
Lockney Independent School District is a public school district based in Lockney, Texas . Located in Floyd County , a very small portion of the district extends into Hale County . In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable " by the Texas Education Agency .
Nov. 23, 1963: Dealey Plaza and the Texas State Book Depository building with crowds on street mourning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day after the shooting.
Kidnapping and murder victim, snatched from right in front of her house. Her body was found in the desert 10 days after her abduction. The exact cause of death remains undetermined, but was ruled a homicide. [8] 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: September 15, 1963 11–14 Birmingham, Alabama Solved Four girls killed in a bombing by the Ku ...
An 18-year-old was taken into custody and charged with murder following a stabbing that occurred at Manor Senior High School in Manor, Texas Tuesday.
Welch was born on December 9, 1918, in Lockney in Floyd County in West Texas. [2] His father, Gilford Edgar Welch, was an automobile mechanic. His mother, the former Nora Shackleford, taught a Bible study at the Church of Christ which the family attended. He was a member of his high school debate team and was the president of his senior class.