OH 1583 | Oral History

OH 1583

HUEY YOU, Virginia (b. *)

Notable: African-American alumna of North Texas State University
African-American alumna of North Texas State University. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas, and education in all-black public schools, including I.M. Terrell Senior High School; decision to enroll on scholarship at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, in Fall 1961; inability to continue at Paine and decision to enroll at NTSU in Fall 1962; experience boarding with Mrs. Moore in all-black “Shack Town” neighborhood of Denton and later in Oak Street Dormitory Hall; social life among African-American students; perceptions of indifference, if not hostility, on part of NTSU administrators and professors toward African-American students; perception that acceptance of black athletes helped break down barriers of segregation on campus; perception of how race relations on campus improved rapidly in decades of 1960s and 1970s; warm feelings toward Denton African-American community; graduation from NTSU with B.A. in history, 1965, and M.S. in Gerontology, 1977.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 29 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Joseph deLarios
Date of Interview May 2, 2006

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