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.

Mrs. Tolbert was born in 1943 in Cleveland. Tolbert grew up in Houston until she moved to Conroe in the 4th grade. Tolbert attended school in Bordersville while living in Houston. In Bordersville the neighborhood was integrated with a Mexican American and African American population. Tolbert graduated from Booker T. Washington in Conroe. She began working for law enforcement in 1984 after a few years of attempting. Tolbert experienced and witnessed explicit discrimination, racism, and sexism while working as a Deputy Sheriff in Montgomery County. Tolbert currently mentors young girls.

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.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

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

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

Invoice for Boston butts sold to C. C. Cox by the Houston Packing Company. Envelope is included.

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

A pamphlet and introductory letter advertising Mifflins Alkohol Massage, an ethyl alcohol-based tonic for treating various skin ailments. A return order postcard and the sending envelope are included.

An envelope containing a letter regarding Miss Gertrude Pruitt. On it in Montgomery County Superintendent P. R. Clarke's handwriting is a date and note.

Letter from T. F. Loughran to C. C. Cox discussing oil drilling in Montgomery County, TX. Envelope is included.

An envelope from the Glenn Nichols Land Company addressed to C. C. Cox.

Letter from J. T. Lupton of Thatcher Medicine to C. C. Cox discussing a recent payment.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing controversy over state aid for Cox's school. The envelope is included, on the back of which is some handwritten accounting.

Letter from Bettie Mitchell to C. C. Cox, following up a previous letter indicating her interest in teaching for another year at his school in Splendora, Texas. Included is the envelope, postmarked 6 PM April 22, 1922 in Huntsville, TX.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing school district financing. A postscript note is written on a slip of paper torn from a book. The envelope is included.

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox discussing state aid for Montgomery County schools and recommending how to spend it. The envelope is included.

Invoice for free textbooks provided to the Splendora school in Montgomery County by the Texas State Dept. of Education.

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

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

Letter from P. R. Clarke to C. C. Cox regarding an upcoming school district election. The envelope is included.

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

Letter from W. H. Kirchman of the Saunders County National Bank to C. C. Cox asking about a map of Montgomery County, TX, and the status of the Black Hawk Company's drilling. Envelope is included.