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OH 0862

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeJACKSON, Velma (b. 1929)
ProfessionsClerk

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0862
Date(s) of interview -
DescriptionClerk. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Youth in East Texas; employment in Dallas; African-American housing problems; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park; home maintenance and improvements; transportation problems; social organizations; Hamilton Park School; church activities; Interorganizational Council and other political activities; zoning problems; Civic League; desegregation of schools; closing of the junior high and high school; Pacesetter; the “Buy Out.”
Interviewer(s)William Wilson
Physical Description109 pp.
Terms of UseOpen