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A Wake-Up Call For The American Dream (open access)

A Wake-Up Call For The American Dream

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at Northside High School in Memphis, Tennessee, about African Americans and the "American Dream."
Date: December 6, 1990
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond E. Blair to Harris Leon Kempner, December 6 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond E. Blair to Harris Leon Kempner, December 6 1967]

Letter from Raymond E. Blair to Harris Leon Kempner discussing serving as an advisor for the National Cotton Council of America.
Date: December 6, 1967
Creator: Blair, Raymond E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: News] (open access)

[News Script: News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Skylab astronauts say that they expect the sun to continue acting up as they prepare to cancel the rest of their chores. President of United Auto Workers Union say that he hopes a partial news blackout. Many people were evacuated from their homes when two railroad tank cars loaded with propane gas exploded and burst into flames.
Date: September 6, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from National Cotton Council of America, June 6, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from National Cotton Council of America, June 6, 1968]

Letter from Rhea Blake enclosing the minutes of the last board meeting and discussing the new bylaws and delegate selection.
Date: June 6, 1968
Creator: National Cotton Council of America
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, July 6, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, July 6, 1953]

Handwritten letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Kempner updating them on a recent business trip he took to Memphis.
Date: July 6, 1953
Creator: Gatz, William L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. G. Robinson to Cotton Shippers, July 6, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from F. G. Robinson to Cotton Shippers, July 6, 1951]

Letter from F. G. Robinson to Cotton Shippers discussing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and their steps to establish joint through rates and routes with transit privileges at Galveston on cotton from their Oklahoma and west Texas points to the southeast.
Date: July 6, 1951
Creator: Robinson, F. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Everett R. Cook, October 6, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Everett R. Cook, October 6, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Everett R. Cook expressing his staunch opposition to the Bricker Amendment.
Date: October 6, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History