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OH 1032

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSMITH, Ona B. (b. 1930)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1032
Date(s) of interview ,
DescriptionHer 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 Description86 pp.
Terms of UseOpen