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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-198
BLACKWELL SCHOOL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ACT
DECEMBER 1, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4706]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4706) to establish the Blackwell School National Historic
Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4706 is to establish the Blackwell School
National Historic Site in Texas as a unit of the National Park Sys-
tem.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 4706 directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the
Blackwell School National Historic Site to preserve, protect, and in-
terpret the role of the Blackwell School as an academic and cul-
tural cornerstone in Marfa, Texas. The bill stipulates that the Sec-
retary must enter into a written agreement with the Marfa United
School District providing for the donation or co-management of the
Blackwell School prior to establishing the National Historic Site. In
addition, the bill would authorize the Secretary to enter into coop-
erative agreements with the Blackwell School Alliance, and other
local, regional, state, academic, and nonprofit entities, for interpre-
tative and educational programming, technical assistance, and re-
habilitation.
The segregated Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, was the sole
public education institution for children of Mexican descent in the
city from 1909 until Marfa schools were integrated in 1965. Even
though there were no state laws mandating segregation for chil-
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