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[Photograph of a Young Boy]
Photograph of a young African American boy standing on an armchair. He is wearing a pair of overalls and patched long sleeved shirt underneath. The chair is placed in front of a window with opened curtains. The wallpaper shows light flower blossoms printed all over.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Group of Women]
Photograph of a group of African American women standing in front of a window with thin dark curtains. The women are all wearing the same light colored, long-sleeved dress. All seven of the women are holding their hands in front of their waists. Woman in back, second from the right, believed to be Mary Miles Stanley.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Group of Men]
Photograph of a group of African American men seated on a sectional couch covered in a floral pattern. All five of the men are wearing dark suits with their hands crossed in their laps. A coffee table is in the foreground, and behind the couch is a window with thin light curtains and blinds.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Group of Women]
Photograph of a group of African American women standing next to a table covered with an embroidered table cloth and a punch bowl, cups and a flower arrangement placed on top. The women are all wearing formal dresses with corsages pinned to the left side of their chest. The women on the left are eating something, and the women on the right are pouring glasses of punch.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Group of Women]
Photograph of a group of African American women standing behind a table with a lace table cloth, tea cups, desserts and a flower arrangement placed on top. All but one woman in the center are wearing dark dresses with corsages; the woman in the center is wearing a light jacket over her dress. The wall behind them is covered with floral wallpaper, and a china cabinet is behind the group.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of an Invitation]
Photograph of part of an event invitation with a photo of three African American men wearing suits. The photo is zoomed in too much that not all of the details about the event are visible. The words visible are "Artists," "Saturday Night, 10:45," and "Harmony" above the men.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Family]
Photograph of an African American family posed in front of a window with thin curtains in a living room setting. An older man and woman are seated in wooden chairs in the front of the group with a young boy sitting between the couple on an armrest. Five older children are standing behind the chairs: three young women are in the middle with a young man on either side. All of the women are wearing dresses, and the men are wearing dark suits and ties. On both sides of the group are two matching upholstered chairs and a radio.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Group of African American Women]
Photograph of a group of African American women, four of which are seated. They are all wearing light colored dresses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001
Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, teacher and pianist from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Wilson talks about coming to Kerrville to teach at the "Kerrville Colored School," life for African-Americans in the area, the African-American community, and her personal life.
Date:
January 16, 2001
Creator:
Bacon, Dan; Bethel, Ann & Wilson, Itasco Sampson
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Students in Moore High School]
Photograph of senior students in Moore High School in Waco, Texas, during 1939. The students sit at desks with typewriters, and they all look toward the camera.
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Three Women in Military Uniform]
Photograph of three young African American woman wearing dark jumpers, light ties and matching hats. The woman on the right has a badge below her left shoulder, and all three of them have multiple pins attached to their shirt collar, lapel, and hats. They are standing outside in snow in front of a small building with a window and an electric pole in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Log Cabin]
Postcard of an African American man chopping wood outside of a log cabin, with another man and a woman sitting outside the door in the background. Text below the photo says "My old log cabin." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Olive L. Butterfield in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and says, "Dear Olive, I am not uptown and am doing a little shopping. It's so awful warm. I'm going to bring my Canadian money all home cause it's only worth 15 cents on a quarter. Hope to hear from you soon. I forgot your house number. With love from Jesse."
Date:
October 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Date:
July 15, 2006
Creator:
Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Hazel Harvey Peace, 2003-2004
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Hazel Harvey Peace, a teacher and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas, who was instrumental in expanding education for black citizens of the area. Peace discusses her parents, her education, becoming a teacher, working at various institutions over her life, books and entertainment growing up, her roll as a mentor, Fort Worth neighborhoods and the black communities, contemporary problems with integration and racism, admired leaders, her plays, her faith, and more.
Date:
2003-02-20/2004-03-28
Creator:
Sprecht-Kelly, Melody & Harvey-Peace, Hazel
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Fernando Villareal to LULAC members]
Letter from Fernando Villareal, President of LULAC Council #273, endorsing Frank Sustaita for state director of League of United Latin American Citizens.
Date:
197X
Creator:
Villareal, Fernando
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Zan W. Holmes Jr., 1991
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Zan W. Holmes, Jr., a clergyman and community leader, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas during the 1950s and 1960s. Holmes discusses his youth and adolescent years in Waco, segregated education, college at Huston-Tillotson (1952-1956), entry to Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University (1956), organizing the Hamilton Park Methodist Church and his partnership there, his home in Hamilton Park, his political activities, church youth programs, zoning problems, and Hamilton Park School and desegregation.
Date:
{1991-09-19,1991-11-05}
Creator:
Wilson, William H. & Holmes, Zan W., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Predominately African-American Section of First Street Cemetery of Waco, Texas
Text regarding the history, community value, and cultural importance of First Street Cemetery in Waco, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Willis, T. Bradford & Griggs, John
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Manuel Gonzales to John J. Herrera]
Letter from Manuel Gonzales to John J. Herrera, printed on League of United Latin American Citizens letterhead. The letter is official notice of Herrera's appointment as legal advisor for LULAC.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Gonzales, Manuel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Manuel Uriarte to Manuel Gonzales - 1976-11-25]
Letter from Manuel Uriarte to Manuel Gonzales, LULAC National President, dated November 25, 1976. The letter refers to a decision of the Personnel Committee of LULAC NED regarding Federico Perez Molina and Uriarte's disappointment with that decision.
Date:
November 25, 1976
Creator:
Uriarte, Manuel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Manuel Gonzales - 1976-07-16]
Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Manuel Gonzales, dated July 16, 1976. In the letter, Herrera discusses a recent letter from Armando C. de Baca as well as Herrera's recent appointment as LULAC's National Legal Advisor.
Date:
July 16, 1976
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Power of Attorney granted by Manuel Gonzales and John J. Herrera to Ray A. Gano, April, 1977]
Document grants Power of Attorney for Manuel Gonzales, National President of League of United Latin American Citizens, and John J. Herrera, National Legal Advisor of LULAC, to Ray A. Gano, the State Director of LULAC for the state of Arizona, dated April 1977. The document is unsigned.
Date:
April 1977
Creator:
Gonzales, Manuel & Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Manuel H. Garcia to Manuel Gonzales - 1976-06-16]
Letter from Manuel H. Garcia to Manuel Gonzales, dated June 16, 1976. Garcia asks Gonzales to send supporting documents for the Banco Internacional vs. LULAC case.
Date:
June 16, 1976
Creator:
Garcia, Manuel H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Manuel Gonzales to Domingo Lopez - 1977-03-04]
Letter from Manuel Gonzales, League of United Latin American Citizens National President, to Domingo Lopez, Beaumont Council #645, dated March 4, 1977. The letter advises Lopez of recent legal action regarding LULAC and indicates that Gonzales plans to attend the District Convention on April 17.
Date:
March 4, 1977
Creator:
Gonzales, Manuel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robbie Owens, November 29, 2019
Interview with Robbie Owens discussing her childhood in a small northeastern Texas town, particularly family traditions; education in journalism; and her career as a news reporter. She discusses her perspectives on being taken seriously in journalism and the effects of social media, as well as her advice to other journalists.
Date:
May 7, 2019
Creator:
Pinilla, Luisa Alejandra & Owens, Robbie
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History