Photograph of the lower level of the Willis Library of the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the large format scanning workroom of the Digital Newspaper Unit of UNT Libraries. This is in the Willis Library on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the green area to the southwest of the University of North Texas Student Union. Also see in the picture is the Business Leadership Building. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of Forum in the Willis Library on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the Business Leadership Building and the Highland Street Garage on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the third floor of the Willis Library on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of lower level of the Willis Library on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the Willis Library and the fountain on the Library Mall of the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the microfilm digitization area of the Digital Newspapers Unit of the UNT Libraries. This workroom is located in the Willis Library on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the northwest corner of the Business Leadership Building on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the University Union on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Photograph of the Business Leadership Building and the Highland Street Garage on the University of North Texas (UNT) campus in Denton, Texas. This photograph is a stitched 360-degree panoramic image.

Weekly newspaper from Aransas Pass, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of photographer Byrd Williams IV at the presentation of his Special Collections exhibit. He appears to be turned around in his chair and facing the attendees.

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Leonard, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Ruby Rodgers Dorsey discussed growing up in rural Kendleton when it was an all-black community, her education, her views on what was gained and lost by integration, and her work as a teacher and school board member.

Mena discussed his family history, trajectory from Florida to New York to Beaumont, TX, and his rough upbringing (gangs, discrimination), and other topics.

Elwin Lee was born in Virgina and was raised in Third Ward, a historic African American neighborhood in Houston, TX. He talks about segregation in Houston, the vibrancy of Third Ward, and the Texas Southern University "riot." Lee also discusses how he went to Yale Law School and returned to Houston to become the first African American tenured at the University of Houston Law School. After serving as the director of African American Studies for a couple of years and reviving the program, Lee built upon the student and community relationships he developed at the time to serve as the Vice President of Student Affairs. He discusses how he is currently involved in efforts to bridge the university and Third Ward by figuring out how the school can assist education, health, and economic empowerment.

Priscilla Graham was born in Georgia in 1968. During her childhood, schools were integrated in Georgia, where she experiences protection from both Black and White teachers. Ms. Graham joined the military where she experiences sexism. She attends TSU where she received her degree in accounting. In Houston, Ms. Graham becomes involved at the YMCA across Harris County, working at several branches. She became the executive director of the Houston Texans YMCA in Sunnyside. Ms. Graham has also been involved in the preservation of African American history in Houston, in particularly Freedman's Town. She discusses the different efforts, past and present, to preserve one of the most historic African American neighborhoods in the city.

Jesse Shead was born in 1947 in East Austin, a segregated African American neighborhood with thriving businesses. He grew-up going to African American schools, such as Campbell Elementary and Kealing Junior High, and experienced a middle-class lifestyle in his ethnic enclave. Shead went to Anderson High School before its closure and and reopening as an integrate school in 1971. After attending Huston-Tillotson University in Austin for two years, he was employed for the Humble Oil and Refinery Company in Baytown as it was transitioning to Exxon. While in Baytown, Shead witnessed instances of discrimination where he was refused service at local businesses. He talks about how desegregation efforts in Austin lead to the drain of African American professionals in the schools and overall community of East Austin, the weak company union at Exxon, how he was one of the few African Americans to work in the Exxon's processing department, his inability to rent in certain areas of town due to his race, and racial discrimination at Lee High School during the time that his two sons were attending. Shead also describes his unsuccessful bid to serve on the board of regents for Lee College, organizing around the police brutality case …

Ms. Shaw was born and raised in Willis, Texas. Shaw described her experiences with racism and Jim Crow discrimination. Shaw discussed one surprising impact of racism in Willis, she was fearful of Halloween. During Halloween in Willis, white youth would throw things at Ms. Shaw's house. A great aunt of Shaw was able to live in the white part of Willis while a uncle of Shaw became the first Black person to vote in the Willis/Conroe area. The first time he was able to vote was when he was elderly in the mid-twentieth century. Shaw also discussed difficulties in the workplace in Conroe.