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 | | In the 1960s, students organized the first sit-ins in Texas in the rotunda of the County Courthouse on Whetstone Square in a move to end segregation of public schoools, resulting in the integration of all Marshall public schools in 1970 and Carolyn Abney became the first woman to be elected to the city commission. |
 | | Marshall's economy is diversified and includes: services such as Insurance claims processing at Blue Cross & Blue Shield and education at several institutes of higherlearning, manafacturing such as wood kitchen cabinets at Republic Industries and several pottery manafacturers. |
 | | Marshall became a sister city with Taipei, Taiwan on November 29, 1978, both Mayor Lee Teng-Hui (Taipei) and Mayor William O. Burns (Marshall) were present at the signing cermemony. |
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