[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Brick Room #1]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held in a Colorado and Southern Railway building. Seven Black men are seated in a windowless glazed concrete brick room, looking forward with three white men standing behind them.
Date: July 12, 1948
Creator: Fancher
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Written to Southwestern Bell Telephone] (open access)

[Check Written to Southwestern Bell Telephone]

Personal check from the Fraternal Bank & Trust Co. of Fort Worth, made out to the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for $15.71 and signed by William McDonald.
Date: July 26, 1935
Creator: McDonald, WIlliam Madison
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vada Phillips Felder: Educator hosted MLK's visit to Fort Worth in 1959 (open access)

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
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Dining Car]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company dining car. Several Black men are seated along all the seats within the dining car, turning to face the photographer. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Passenger Car]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held on a Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company passenger car. Several Black men are seated along the seats of the passenger car, with two rows of chairs with a center aisle and lunette windows on the car's sides. Four white men stand in the back of the car.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Smith, W. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First School of Instructions Held on Texas Lines, Brick Room #2]

Photograph of the "First School of Instructions," held in a Colorado and Southern Railway building. Six Black men are seated in a windowless glazed concrete brick room, looking forward with three white men standing behind them.
Date: July 14, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for William Madison McDonald, July 9, 1950] (open access)

[Funeral Program for William Madison McDonald, July 9, 1950]

Funeral program for William Madison McDonald, born June 22, 1866 and died July 5, 1950. The funeral was held on July 5, 1950 at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. S. R. Prince. Funeral arrangements were made through Polk and Bailey Funeral Home Directors and he was buried in Old Trinity Cemetery, now Oakwood Cemetery, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: July 9, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History