[Program: An Evening of Elegance. . . Tasting the Triumph of African Americans] (open access)

[Program: An Evening of Elegance. . . Tasting the Triumph of African Americans]

Program for an evening featuring musical performances hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on February 16, 2002, at the Dallas Civic Center.
Date: February 2002
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 1964 (open access)

The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 1964

Periodical published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Each of the pages are blue and the words are typed in small print. The article has a picture of Mississippi and is about the updates of a summer project for the rights of African Americans.
Date: September 1964
Creator: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 14, 1964, [#2] (open access)

The Nation (Atlanta, Ga.), September 14, 1964, [#2]

Periodical published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The article is entitled "The Cat and Mouse Game" and is about the investigation of the shooting of an African American in Mississippi. Opinions on the topic and how the shooting occurred are mentioned as well.
Date: September 14, 1964
Creator: Sutherland, Elizabeth
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medgar Evers (1925-1963) and the Mississippi Press (open access)

Medgar Evers (1925-1963) and the Mississippi Press

Medgar Evers was gunned down in front of his home in June 1963, a murder that went unpunished for almost thirty years. Assassinated at the height of the civil rights movement, Evers is a relatively untreated figure in either popular or academic writing. This dissertation includes three themes. Evers's death defined his life, particularly his public role. The other two themes define his relationship with the press in Mississippi (and its structure), and his relationship to the various civil rights organizations, including his employer, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Was the newspaper press, both state and national, fair in its treatment of Evers? Did the press use Evers to further the civil rights agenda or to retard that movement, and was Evers able to employ the press as a public relations tool in promoting the NAACP agenda? The obvious answers have been that the Mississippi press editors and publishers defended segregation and that Evers played a minor role in the civil rights movement. Most newspaper publishers and editorial writers slanted the news to promote segregation but not all newspapers editors. The Carters of Greenville, J. Oliver Emmerich of McComb and weekly editors Ira Harkey and Hazel …
Date: December 1996
Creator: Tisdale, John Rochelle, 1958-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Golden Rule. (Vicksburg, Miss.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 (open access)

The Golden Rule. (Vicksburg, Miss.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Vicksburg, Mississippi that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 27, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Light. (Vicksburg, Miss.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1900 (open access)

The Light. (Vicksburg, Miss.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Vicksburg, Mississippi that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 18, 1900
Creator: Rogers, W. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Free State. (Brandon, Miss.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1900 (open access)

The Free State. (Brandon, Miss.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Brandon, Mississippi that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1900
Creator: Johnson, E. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rainbow in the Morning (open access)

Rainbow in the Morning

Collection popular folklore of Texas, including work songs, reptile myths, ballads and other folk songs of the South. The index begins on page 185.
Date: 1975
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texian Stomping Grounds (open access)

Texian Stomping Grounds

Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 1941
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Harve D. King, May 22, 2001

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Interview with Harve D. King, a Army WWII veteran from Copeville, Texas, who served in the 350th Engineer Regiment. King discusses his upbringing on a cotton farm, school in Farmersville, discrimination as an African-American, attending Texas College, joining the Army, training, assignment at Camp Shelby, deployment to New Guinea, operations at Hollandia, building a hospital, recreation, visiting Australia, returning to the United States and discharge, and life after the war.
Date: May 22, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Harve D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: National leadership update] (open access)

[News Script: National leadership update]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 28, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Lina Maddox, April 9, 2014

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Transcript of an interview with Lina Mae Maddox, telephone operator and EEOC member and activist, concerning her childhood as a white Mississippi sharecropper; experiences of discrimination against poor and women; move to Dallas for war work; experiences of segregation; sympathizing with African Americans' experiences with discrimination; public reaction to the Civil Rights Act; EEOC and union activism; civil rights improvements. Appendix includes excerpts from Maddox's autobiography and various photos.
Date: April 9, 2014
Creator: Fant, Christopher E. & Maddox, Lina Mae, 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion (open access)

Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion

This book "is a compendium of America's Indian Wars and the mountain men, soldiers, cowboys and pioneers who took part in them" (dust-jacket). It includes information about all the major American Indian battles, the lives of notable men who fought in the battles, and the combat techniques employed. The index begins on page 247.
Date: 1991
Creator: O'Neal, Bill
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 105, July 2001 - April, 2002 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 105, July 2001 - April, 2002

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 719.
Date: 2002
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 23, July 1919 - April, 1920 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 23, July 1919 - April, 1920

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 315.
Date: 1920
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Preferences 1980 Versus 1989 and Their Relationship With Selected Environment and Listener Variables (open access)

Music Preferences 1980 Versus 1989 and Their Relationship With Selected Environment and Listener Variables

The purpose of this study was to determine differences between the same subjects' music preferences at the elementary and high school levels, and the relationship between these findings and the following variables: peer preferences, musical training, excerpt familiarity, grade, gender, and race.
Date: August 1994
Creator: Novak, Jennifer J. Doud
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Michael Hurd, May 28, 2013

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Interview with Michael Hurd, a journalist and member of the Texas Black History Preservation Project from Houston, Texas. Hurd discusses growing up in Texarkana and Houston, his education and service in the Air Force, work with the Houston Post and USA Today, Juneteenth, researching black history, the Texas Black History Preservation Project and related efforts, being an historian, the history of Juneteenth and emancipation in Texas, and civil rights. In appendix are photographs of Hurd, clippings of his reporting, and URLs to videos he was involved in.
Date: May 26, 2013
Creator: Turner, Elizabeth Hays & Hurd, Michael
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
At the Funeral of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi (open access)

At the Funeral of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi

Pamphlet discussing the marches in Jackson, Mississippi following the death of Medgar Evers.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Jackson, James E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 38, July 1934 - April, 1935 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 38, July 1934 - April, 1935

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 307.
Date: 1935
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Input- State of Mississippi (open access)

State Input- State of Mississippi

State Input- State of Mississippi Presentations/Statements and Testimonies from elected official regarding the communities of Naval Air Station Pascagoula, 186th Air National Guard Air Refueling Wing, Key Field, Naval Human Resource Center Stennis Space Center, Keesler Air Force Base (Part 2 of 4)
Date: July 31, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby at County Jail by Citizens] (open access)

[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby at County Jail by Citizens]

Poor quality photocopies of letters which were sent to Jack Ruby during his time at Dallas County Jail. The letters were written by citizens, many of whom express an interest in his well-being and spirituality.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 3, Number 10, November/December 2002 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 3, Number 10, November/December 2002

Monthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: November 2002
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 5, Number 1, January/February 2004 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 5, Number 1, January/February 2004

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: January 2004
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics (Firm)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History