Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001

Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman regarding her experiences during World War II. She begins by discussing her family background: her parents were Jews born in Poland and emigrated to the United States. Ethel's European aunts, uncles and grandparents all likely died in the Holocaust. As a first grade student, she taught her mother, a Polish immigrant, how to read and write English. She recalls, wartime rationing, Victory Gardens, scrap drives, and antisemitism among her school-aged classmates in Dallas, Texas, and the end of the war.
Date: March 24, 2001
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Schectman, Ethel Reisberg
System: The Portal to Texas History
["Gospel Counts" concert audio tape] transcript

["Gospel Counts" concert audio tape]

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded the live a performance by Willie Johnson and the Gospel Keynotes hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on June 24, 2000, at the Naomi Bruton Theater. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio of soulful female vocalist accompanied by a pianist along with other singers throughout the track.
Date: June 24, 2000
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library