Interview with William H. Cotton, who was an administrator with Dallas ISD. Cotton discusses growing up on a farm in Hammond, Texas, the changes he experienced and took part in at DISD as it was desegregated and passed through multiple superintendents, having to work multiple jobs, and the other administrators and convocations he attended.

Interview with Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., who held positions as the President of Schenectady County Community College, President of Bishop College (in Dallas, Texas), Chancellor of Dallas County Community College, and President of El Centro College. Lassiter discusses his upbringing, his education, his "civil rights experiences" on the Tuskegee University campus, his career, his commitment to community service (including appointments to national committees and boards), his unsuccessful fight to save Bishop College, his involvement with the African American Museum of Dallas, his experience integrating a hotel in Georgia, his belief in needing to help others get ahead in life, and racism.

Part one of an interview with Reverend Zan W. Holmes, Jr., who was a reverend in Dallas. Holmes discusses growing up in Waco, Texas during segregation, his time at SMU, his early experiences as a pastor in Dallas, and the activism and political elections he took part in. The transcript cuts off mid-sentence.