OH 1731 | Oral History

OH 1731

Proprietor of Jack’s Backyard, a Dallas bar and restaurant. Childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; “coming-out” narrative; social life in Dallas’s gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 35 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Karen Wisely
Date of Interview October 26, 2009

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