Resource Type
Serial/Series Title
Country
Counties
2 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 2 of
2
Vada Phillips Felder: Educator hosted MLK's visit to Fort Worth in 1959
Text of an obituary for Vada Phillips Felder, including background biographical information, statements from those who knew her, and a summary of and interview about hosting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a trip he took to Fort Worth.
Date:
July 31, 2008
Creator:
Smith, Diane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advance Proof of Harper's Magazine Article: The Easy Chair]
Article by Bernard DeVoto detailing the situation that led Dr. Homer P. Rainey to be fired from his position as President of the University of Texas, including his supposed sympathy for "communists and homosexuals" and his attempts to increase opportunities for African American students. DeVoto goes on to describe the impact this will have on higher education and freedom of speech as a whole.
Date:
July 31, 1945
Creator:
De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955
System:
The Portal to Texas History