Southwest Retort, Volume 66, Number 8, April 2014 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 66, Number 8, April 2014

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community.
Date: April 2014
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2014 (open access)

Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Crowley, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 2014 (open access)

Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Crowley, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 2014
Creator: Shillam, Kyp
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 2014 (open access)

Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Crowley, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 10, 2014
Creator: Shillam, Kyp
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2014 (open access)

Crowley Star (Crowley, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 2014

Weekly newspaper from Crowley, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 2014
Creator: Shillam, Kyp
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

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
System: 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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structural Monitoring of the World's First Precast Network Arch Bridge During Construction (open access)

Structural Monitoring of the World's First Precast Network Arch Bridge During Construction

"This report provides an overview of a monitoring study on the West 7th Street Bridge in Ft. Worth, Texas that was carried out by The University of Texas at Austin (UT)."
Date: April 2014
Creator: Yousefpour, Hossein; Helwig, Todd & Bayrak, Oguzhan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

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