Dr. Morris Baker was born in 1939 in Ranger, Texas, the son of a mechanic and a domestic worker. As a child in Ranger, Baker lived in a mixed neighborhood of Mexican Americans, poor whites, and African Americans. Although, Ranger had segregated black and brown neighborhoods as well. Baker attended a one-room, all-black school called Slaughter Ward Elementary up to 6th grade. From 6th to 10th grade, Baker had to be bused to Eastland, where education ended for African Americans before they could obtain a high school Diploma. Thus, when the Brown v. Board dissension came in, his parents simply signed him up for classes in the white Ranger High School. Baker was allowed to attend as long as he did not socialize with the white high school female students or attend many of the school’s social events. He graduated as the school’s first African American graduate in 1957. Other African Americans followed. Baker then graduated from Cisco College (A.A. 1959), McMurry University (B.A. in Biology 1963), Harvard University (M.Ed. 1970), The Ohio State University (Ph.D. in clinical psychology 1976). Baker has worked for the Peace Corps, public schools in Los Angeles, California and other cities, and has taught at …

Mrs. Wade attended an all-Black school in Houston and during freedom of choice the Black students collectively decided not to integrate because white school officials had sought to only allow the top Black students to integrate. Wade benefited from the land ownership of her family. By owning land, Wade's mother was able to take care of her two children following the early death of her husband. Wade attributed her father's early death to an injury that occurred during his military service. Wade also attributed her brother contracting polio and her mother's subsequent difficulty obtaining care for her brother to discrimination. Wade's mother initially worked in menial jobs despite having a degree because she could not be hired as an secretary. Wade's mother ultimately started in the 1960s and sustained her own in-home business for decades. Wade described her schooling experiences at Texas Woman's University and Texas Christian University. Wade received some negative feedback from her teacher's for deciding to not attend a historically Black college or university. Wade decided to attend a predominantly white university because she was curious about the level of education white people were receiving. Wade began a career in corporate America shortly after graduating from TCU …

Mr. Hamilton discussed growing up in segregated Corpus Christi, fighting in Vietnam, and his experiences with PTSD.

Mr. Herbert Cross was born and raised near Fort Worth. He was drafted into the Marines during the Korean War, where he served for two years. He then went to college and was hired by Dunbar High School in Fort Worth. He then became principal at an elementary. He was tapped to be assistant principal of Lufkin High School the first year of integration and continued as a principal in the Lufkin School District until his retirement in the 1980s. In the interview, Mr. Cross describes the discrimination he and his family faced as a child, particularly after the family joined a lawsuit for better facilities in their school, his time in the military, his fight for equal treatment as a teacher and administrator in the Lufkin school system, how integration went during his time as principal, and the discrimination he faced from his colleagues.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Comedy Night Featuring RodMan event. Comedians Michael Shaw and Kim Whitely make appearances. The video cuts at 1:21:30 to a party and a news segment at 1:32:39.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Jazz & Soul at the Muse Satin Dolls concert featuring Mahogany, Dionne and Tiffany Tatum over the weekend of May 3-4th, 2013 at the Clarence Muse Café Theater. The footage shows the live event in order of performance: Mahogany, Tatum, intermission, Dionne, and the Satin Dolls as the finale. The tape switches to unrelated content at the 1:11 minute mark.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "An Evening of Spoken Word & Music with Ruby Dee," performed on October 29th, 2011, on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows Curtis King speaking to the audience and thanking Ruby Dee for her contributions and the night's performance. Dee is given a bouquet of flowers and a gift to conclude the performance. The tape switches to news-related content at the 6:00 minute mark.

Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, a former middle school secretary from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lidiak talks about growing up in Kerrville, her family, and her work at various businesses and the Veterans Administration hospital. She also discusses her husband's education, his service in World War II, and the auto companies he worked at.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage from Show #1 performed at 1:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The video begins to cut at 1:01:45 to a news segment.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage of Show #1 performed at 1:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video cuts at 1:15:04 to a news segment.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 74th Annual NADSA Reception event in 2010. This video features a reception and awards ceremony with various guest speakers and presenters. The video cuts at 1:37:12, later to a news segment.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a 2 hour broadcast recording of channel 21 news in the summer of 2007. The VHS footage is relevant to the collection due to a production highlight on the Rhapsody in Rhythm gospel group performance in June at the Academy. Rhapsody in Rhythm performs live on set and is discussed until the 11:06 time mark.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

A videorecording of an interview with Abilene (Texas) civic leader Bob Tiffany, conducted by Dr. Gary McCaleb of Abilene Christian University. In the interview, Tiffany discusses the history of Camp Barkeley during World War II. The video is part of the Abilene 2000 Series of McCaleb & Company videos.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Dr. Lowell Lehman discusses music, Muscogee musicians, and American Indian artists.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the Dale Branum Collection from February 15th, 1995. The footage shows a meeting of the Denton Organic Society during which multiple speakers presented behind a podium.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a show on the criminal justice system, rehabilitations of convicted prisoners, lack of accommodations in jails and prisons, etc.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 6pm.