| Interviewee | JOHNSON, Willie B. (b. 1913) |
| Professions | Community leader |
| Interview ID # | OH 0819 |
| Date(s) of interview | - |
| Description | Community leader. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life in East Texas; moving to Dallas; job opportunities for African Americans; employment at Parkland hospital in Dallas, 1954-69; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; Hamilton Park school activities; Hamilton Park civic League; Biracial Committee; her children; street and traffic problems; zoning problems comments about Olin Scurlock; transportation problems; desegregation and closing of Hamilton Park High School; Christian Action Layman’s League; recreational needs; flooding problems; Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center; “The Buy Out.” |
| Interviewer(s) | William Wilson |
| Physical Description | 141 pp. plus documents (1 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
