| Interviewee | SHEPHARD, Mae Dell (b. ca. 1930) |
| Professions | Community Activist, Homemaker |
| Interview ID # | OH 0742 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Community activist, homemaker. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Experiences in growing up in a segregated society in East Texas; PTA activities; desegregation of Denton’s public schools; race relations in Denton in the 1960s; decision to join the Fellowship; early social activities; community projects; Christian influence in Fellowship’s activities; reaction of husbands to Fellowship’s activities; early Fellowship leaders; street paving in the African-American section of Denton; voter registration drives; recruiting members; defeat of urban renewal referendum; decline of the Fellowship. |
| Interviewer(s) | Richard W. Byrd |
| Physical Description | 24 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
