Oral History Interview with Charles Lee and Toddrick Proctor, July 21, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Lee and Toddrick Proctor, July 21, 2016

Mr. Lee grew up in Conroe. He attended and graduated from Booker T. Washington. In the mid-1960s, he was part of a protest of Walgreen's drug store, demanding integration. He and two others were arrested for their actions and only released when the FBI intervened. Mr. Lee then worked several jobs before becoming a minister. In his interview, he describes segregation in Conroe, police brutality, the Walgreen's march, discrimination at work, Conroe Bible College, interracial relationships, and the continued struggles of the African-American community in Conroe. Mr. Proctor also grew up in Conroe. He attended Conroe's schools, graduated from high school, worked in the timber industry, and became a truck driver. In his interview, Mr. Proctor describes his experience growing up in Conroe in the 1980s and 1990s, the continued prevalence of racial discrimination, Ku Klux Klan recruiting efforts in the 1990s, a riot over Klan activity at the high school in the 1990s, the economic and systemic decline of the historically African-American parts of Conroe, and the many ways Conroe has re-segregated.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Lee, Charles; Proctor, Toddrick; May, Meredith & Howard, Jasmin
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Plane pilot tornado] captions transcript

[News Clip: Plane pilot tornado]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a pilot killed after attempting to fly out of Dallas during a severe dust storm. Another pilot is forced to bail out of his plane due to the storm, but survives. The script goes on to describe the aftermath of a tornado striking the town of Conroe, north of Houston. No one was killed.
Date: February 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Plane pilot tornado] captions transcript

[News Clip: Plane pilot tornado]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a pilot killed after attempting to fly out of Dallas during a severe dust storm. Another pilot is forced to bail out of his plane due to the storm, but survives. The script goes on to describe the aftermath of a tornado striking the town of Conroe, north of Houston. No one was killed.
Date: February 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Wreckage] captions transcript

[News Clip: Wreckage]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date: February 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library