Oral History Interview with Dr. Morris Baker, July 31, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Dr. Morris Baker, July 31, 2016

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 …
Date: July 31, 2016
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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1907 (open access)

The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 1907

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Date: July 5, 1907
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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1907 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1907 (open access)

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[Portrait of Arthur and Malana Martin]

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Date: July 4, 1905
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The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1908 (open access)

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The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1908 (open access)

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The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1908 (open access)

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The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1908 (open access)

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The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1908 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1904 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1904 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1904 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 22, 1904 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, July 29, 1904 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1905 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1905 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1905 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1905 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1906 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1906 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1906 (open access)

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The Herald. (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1906 (open access)

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The Cisco Round-Up. (Cisco, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1913 (open access)

The Cisco Round-Up. (Cisco, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1913

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