Interviewee | SMITH, Ona B. (b. 1930) |
Interview ID # | OH 1032 |
Date(s) of interview | , |
Description | Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1959-91. Early life as daughter of an African-American sharecropper; segregated education; African-American housing in Dallas during the 1940s and 1950s; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home improvements and pride in ownership; transportation problems; shopping; flooding and drainage problems; Hamilton Park PTA; Junior NAACP; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Civic League; property restrictions; the “Buy Out.” |
Interviewer(s) | William Wilson |
Physical Description | 86 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |