Concert presented at the UNT College of Music.

Interview with Betty Jo Weeks, resident of Cisco, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Weeks discusses attending all-black schools, her family and marriages, the barbeque business she started with her second husband Oscar Weeks, her career as a beautician, nurse's aid, and physical therapist's assistant, and experiences with discrimination.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 3 pm matinee show of Flatback and Collared Greens at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre on October 21st, 2000. The footage shows the stage set with a dining room and the play begins with the introduction of all the members of the family. After the introductions, the drama ensues in heated conversations around the table about morals, religion, generational differences and comedy.

Recording of the "L'Amour Opera Gala" performance at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Interview with Jacobo Kupersztoch, Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S. of German heritage, and immigrant rights activist. Interview transcript contains Spanish and English translations.

Interview with Laura Gonzalez, Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S., immigrant rights activist, and professor of anthropology with expertise in immigrant communities from Guanajuato, Mexico. She discusses her childhood and education in Mexico city; the decision to pursue a career in the field of political anthropology; decision to open the Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies; work with Camposanto del Cemento Grande and other community organizations in Dallas; work to increase Hispanics’ access to college; and involvement in immigrant rights movements and local Mexican American political groups. This interview has Spanish and English translations.

Transcript of an interview with Charles Williams, a son of resident's of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood and long-time Denton resident, concerning his early childhood and education in Denton, including experiences with racial segregation and experiences with integrating Denton public schools; interest in radical black politics; influence of uncle, Fred Hill; career in U.S. Navy; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Includes photographs (two pages), a map of Quakertown (one page), and a list of sources (one page).

Interview with Ledell Randall, resident of Eastland, Texas, regarding her memories of as member of the African American community in Eastland County. Randall discusses growing up on a farm in Hawkins, Texas, family, the Texas State Fair, factory work in Dallas, segregation, coming to Eastland, her children, integration, opening up a barbeque with her husband (King's Barbeque), and local organizations.

Interview with Korean War veteran Marvin Dunn as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Dunn's personal experiences about boot camp and training, combat in Korea, combat at Hill 749 and Hill 884, and of being a teacher, principal, and administrator in Dallas ISD. Additionally, Dunn discusses his decision to drop out of college to join the U.S. Marine Corps, his assignment to combat unit, the battlefield injury at "the Punchbowl," that resulted in his leg amputation, the following recuperation, his opinions regarding enemy soldiers and what the U.S. accomplished in the war, civilian opinions of the war, struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, returning to college and graduate school, and his involvement with Korean War Veterans Organization. The interview also includes an appendix with photographs.

Interview with assistant professor of music history at UNT Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Alonso-Minutti's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico, attending college at Universidad de las Americas, discovering music history as a discipline of study, a one-year course of study in theology in Dallas, choir direction at a church in England, attending graduate school, and accepting a job offer from UNT. Additionally, Alonso-Minutti discusses family history, her grandparents' migration from Spain and Italy, her first impressions of the U.S., the decision to study musicology in the U.S. or Great Britain, the citizenship process, and the contrast of life in Mexico, England, California, and Texas.

Interview with Sharon "Tommie" Acierno, Vietnam War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Acierno's personal experiences about childhood, dropping out of high school and enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and clerical training, working as drill sergeant at Ft. McClellan, struggling with alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder, and working with the Vietnam Veterans of America group. Acierno also discusses her coming out experience, volunteering for assignment to Vietnam, her clerical duties with a logistics unit at Long Binh, the camaraderie among gay and straight troops, her experiences with apathetic citizens and antiwar protesters upon return to the U.S., deciding to leave the Army and relocate to Dallas, her experience in the Veterans Administration psychiatric ward, and her opinions regarding the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy and the treatment of women in the military generally. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.

Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.