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Oral History Interview with James Robert "Bob" Richardson, December 5, 2019
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Interview with James Robert "Bob" Richardson, North Texas State College alumnus, football player, and member of the Geezles Fraternity. Richardson discusses his childhood and education in Dallas and Garland, TX; experiences as a high school football player and recruitment to North Texas in 1956; experiences with the North Texas freshman and varsity football teams; decision to join Geezles Fraternity, experiences with and lessons learned from fraternity members; experiences in North Texas business school; career as an insurance company executive, in the Marine Corps, and volunteer work as a Stephen Minister.
Date:
December 5, 2019
Creator:
Pettit, John & Richardson, James Robert
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill King, April 26, 2018
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Interview with Dr. Bill King, a radiologist from Denton, Texas. King discusses his family background and upbringing, working for the Denton County Chronicle as a teenager, grade school, attending North Texas State College and becoming a doctor, the history of the Rotary Club, and his involvement in it.
Date:
April 26, 2018
Creator:
Chegwidden, Caitlin & King, Bill
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Donald Chipman, February 28, 2018
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Transcript of an interview with Donald Chipman, UNT Emeritus Professor of History. He discusses his background; graduate education at University of New Mexico; teaching career at North Texas, beginning in 1964; remembrances of Vietnam War-era protest on campus and general feelings about the war among NT students and faculty.
Date:
February 28, 2018
Creator:
Reifsteck, Cynthia & Chipman, Donald E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017
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Interview with George Holcombe, a Methodist pastor and civil rights activist from Houston, Texas, and his wife and associate Wanda, from Sims, Texas. The Holcombes discuss their family origins, initial exposure to racial problems and civil rights, their respective educations, pastoral work in Baton Rouge and Chicago, the Ku Klux Klan and dangers encountered, work with the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago and empowering black communities, the 1968 Chicago riots, Fifth City, and similar work in Australia and the Philippines.
Date:
January 2, 2017
Creator:
Czap, Joseph; Holcombe, George & Holcombe, Wanda
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016
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Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.
Date:
April 29, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Evans and George Harris, January 20, 2016
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Interview with Jack Evans and George Harris, LGBT activists and a couple of over fifty years from Denton, Texas. They discuss Evans' time in the Coast Guard, Harris' time in and expulsion from the CIA, realizing their sexuality, meeting one another, moving to Dallas, police harassment, their wedding in 2014, involvement with United Methodist Church, the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce and involvement in the Dallas LGBT community, and the AIDS epidemic.
Date:
January 20, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen; Evans, Jack & Harris, George
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Florencia Arrechea, January 7, 2016
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Interview with Florencia Arrechea, a Argentinian-American immigrant from Necochea, Argentina. Arrechea discusses growing up, major differences between living in Argentina and the US, Argentinian politics and culture, immigrating to Texas, different jobs she has worked, thoughts on American citizens versus immigrants, Hispanic-American issues, and her hopes for the future.
Date:
January 7, 2016
Creator:
Treadway, Will & Arrechea, Florencia
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Atzhiri Acosta, November 7, 2015
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Interview with Atzhiri Acosta, a Mexican-American immigrant from Wichita Falls, Texas. Acosta discusses moving to Wichita Falls, Texas, his upbringing there and adjusting to American life, his first jobs, being an "illegal immigrant" and immigration rhetoric, his family, the DREAM Act, Donald Trump, his work, deportation, and Christmas traditions.
Date:
November 7, 2015
Creator:
Barber, Zach & Acosta, Atzhiri
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lissette Moreno, October 17, 2015
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Interview with Lissette Moreno, a Mexican-American immigrant and activist from Monterrey, Mexico. Moreno discusses her childhood, moving to Dallas, family struggles with poverty, education, testifying in favor of the Texas Dream Act, college, reflections on immigration, the DREAM Act, being present for Pope Francis' 2015 address to the US Congress, and her faith.
Date:
October 17, 2015
Creator:
Herman, Thomas & Moreno, Lissette
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Diego Echevarria, October 14, 2015
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Interview with Diego Echevarria, an Mexican-American immigrant from Mexico City. Echevarria discusses his childhood, life in Mexico City, living in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, moving to Texas City, experiences in school, moving to Irving, Texas, ESL, reflections on Mexico City, the visa process, the DREAM Act, employment, and immigration rhetoric in America.
Date:
October 14, 2015
Creator:
Nichols, Cynthia & Echevarria, Diego
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Pressley, April 21, 2015
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Interview with Kenneth Pressley, a rancher from Mansfield, Texas. Pressley discusses his family background, education and career, events on the day of desegregation at Mansfield High School in 1956, and race relations.
Date:
April 21, 2015
Creator:
Middleton, Megan & Pressley, Kenneth
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Foy Taylor, November 18, 2013
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Interview with Foy Taylor, a longtime resident of Denton, Texas, and donor of a antique log cabin to the Denton County Historical Commission. Taylor discusses his family background, education and career, his service in the Navy and witnessing atomic bomb tests, his family's farm in Denton, growing up in the area, prohibition and the Depression, and changes in the town over time.
Date:
December 3, 2014
Creator:
Carr, Barry & Taylor, Foy
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pamela Buchmeyer, November 22, 2014
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Interview with Pamela Buchmeyer, an attorney, LGBT activist, and daughter of Judge Jerry Buchmeyer from Dallas, Texas. Buchmeyer discusses her education, marriage, coming out, divorce, adopting, her father's background and career, sodomy laws and his work against them, Dallas Pride, public housing and Walker v. HUD, race and politics, women attorneys in Texas, and reflections on being an LGBT activist. In appendix is a reproduction of the article "Buchmeyer vs. Dallas," by Dennis Holder, published in D Magazine in June 1991.
Date:
November 22, 2014
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Buchmeyer, Pamela
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Estelle Adams, July 5, 2014
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Interview with Estelle Adams discussing her life growing up in Wheelock, Texas as well as her grandparents who left Georgia and other extended family members. She also talks about her experiences teaching in various Texas towns, including a segregated school in Bryan, Texas and being transferred to a school in Dallas, Texas during integration.
Date:
July 5, 2014
Creator:
Smith, Tiffany & Adams, Estelle Mitchell
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bobby Jones, June 19, 2014
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Interview with Dr. Bobby Jones, a veterinarian and epidemiologist from Southlake, Texas, whose family was prominent in the development of the community. Jones discusses his family history, growing up in a rural, segregated community, education at T. M. Terrell, race relations in Southlake, the Jones Annual Picnic, the Jones Gate cafe, the Civil Rights Act and desegregation, and the development of Southlake.
Date:
June 19, 2014
Creator:
Fichera, Aaron & Jones, John Dolford "Bobby"
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Olive Stephens, June 12, 2014
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Interview with Olive Stephens of Clayton, Texas, mayor of Shady Shores, Texas, accompanied by her daughter Jean McBride. Stephens discusses growing up in Clayton, her family and moving to Shady Shores, making and selling ceramics, being elected to town council and mayor, and her subsequent work in city and county politics. In appendix is a summary of Stephens' career, and a quote of hers provided by her daughter.
Date:
June 12, 2014
Creator:
Carlisle, Tara & Stephens, Olive
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan, April 25, 2014
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Interview with Eva McMillan, a civil rights activist from Tennessee. McMillan discusses growing up in the segregated South, her family, early involvement in civil rights, experiences of racism and discrimination, her son Ernie's establishing a chapter of the SNCC at UT Arlington, Ernie's arrests and imprisonment, founding various advocacy and activism groups in Dallas, milestones and tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement, conflict with the police and the decline of the SNCC, and reflections on her work. In appendix are photos of McMillan and Dallas-area civil rights activists, a flier, and newspaper clippings.
Date:
April 25, 2014
Creator:
Smith, Tiffany & McMillan, Eva
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raúl Durán, April 25, 2014
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Interview with Raúl Durán, an employee of Catholic Charities from Fort Worth, Texas. Durán discusses his upbringing and education, neighborhoods, relations between Hispanic, Anglo, and Black people in Fort Worth, segregation, discrimination, work with the League of United Latin American Citizens, work and discriminatory practice at Fort Worth ISD, John Howard Griffin, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and continued struggles for Fort Worth Mexicanos.
Date:
April 25, 2014
Creator:
Gurrola, Moisés & Durán, Raúl
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Diane Ragsdale, April 21, 2014
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Interview with Diane Ragsdale, a civil rights activist and city councilwoman from Dallas, Texas. Ragsdale discusses her work with the NAACP Youth Council and Southern Christian Leadership Conference as a young person, school integration, various civil rights campaigns in Dallas, the South Dallas Information Center, neighborhood planning issues, marches and demonstrations, and her work on city council.
Date:
April 21, 2014
Creator:
Edelbrock, Kyle & Ragsdale, Diane
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Reby Cary, April 14, 2014
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Interview with Reby Cary, a professor, Texas State legislator, and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas. Cary discusses attending Prairie View A&M, WWII service in the Coast Guard, segregation, his authorship, teaching at Dunbar HS, being the first black member of a schoolboard and the first black professor at UT Arlington, his tenure as a Texas State Congressman, experiences of discrimination, his experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, and his thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, and other black leaders. In appendix are photographs of Cary's various awards and the program for a Baptist service celebrated in his honor.
Date:
April 14, 2014
Creator:
Fant, Christopher E. & Cary, Reby
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. Clifford Davis, April 11, 2014
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Interview with L. Clifford Davis, an attorney known for his work for civil rights from Wilton, Arkansas. Davis discusses growing up in a segregated rural community, his education, time at Philander Smith College, integration in Arkansas, his efforts to gain admission to University of Arkansas Law School, becoming an attorney, reflections on civil rights legislation and its impact, practice in Fort Worth, his decision not to take part in direct action, cases fought, MLK's visit to DFW, supporting housing rights for blacks in Fort Worth, and reflections on inequality, current challenges, and civil responsibility. In appendix is a piece from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about Davis, and two photographs of him.
Date:
April 11, 2014
Creator:
Millier, Callie & David, L. Clifford
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Brenda Fields, April 3, 2014
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Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, the Black Panthers, King's assassination, work in Dallas ISD, and continued work with the NAACP, including tenure as president of the Dallas chapter. In appendix is Fields' "colored" ticket to the Texas State Fair from 1954.
Date:
April 3, 2014
Creator:
Smith, Tiffany & Fields, Brenda Alyce
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clarence Broadnax, March 26, 2014
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Interview with Clarence Broadnax, a business owner and civil rights activist from Karnack, Texas. Broadnax discusses direct action challenging segregation at Dallas-area businesses, the unification of the Dallas civil rights movement, being jailed, civil rights figures, the Dallas Committee, segregation at sports games, becoming the first black hair stylist in the area, the Kennedy assassination, Barack Obama, nightlife and recreation in Karnack and Dallas, the Civil Rights Act, Dallas as a community, and reflections on his experiences.
Date:
March 26, 2014
Creator:
Fichera, Aaron & Broadnax, Clarence
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, March 24, 2014
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Interview with Marilyn Jean Johnson, an African-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas, from Champaign, Illinois, who moved to Texas during the civil rights era. Johnson, accompanied by her neighbor Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, discusses the differences between life in Illinois and the segregated South, her first instances of discrimination, desegregation in Fort Worth, the Wright Amendment, Juneteenth, neighborhoods and housing, differences between Dallas and Fort Worth, persistent racism, and Carswell AFB.
Date:
March 24, 2014
Creator:
Travis, Sarah & Johnson, Marilyn Jean
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library