NAACP | Oral History

NAACP

OH 0683

Business executive, president of the local chapter of the NAACP in Sherman, Texas. His comments concerning race relations and the development of African American businesses in Sherman, Texas, during the 1980s.

OH 0361

Attorney, municipal judge. His recollections and impressions concerning his work as legal counsel in civil rights cases for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Dallas, Texas, from 1955-61. Comments about Thurgood Marshall, C. B. Bunckley, W. J. Durham; school desegregation; allegations of barratry; white reaction; court procedures.

OH 1057

Educator. His experiences and role in the desegregation of North Texas State College, 1955-56. Rejection for admission; Atkins v. Matthews; early civil rights activities with NAACP Youth Council in Dallas; comments about Juanita Craft, Thurgood Marshall, W. H. Durham, and other civil rights leaders; comments about J. C. Matthews, Arthur Sampley, and other administrators at North Texas State College; decision to attend Texas Western College.