Interviewee | KIRKPATRICK, Herbert II (b. *) |
Notable info | African American North Texas State University alumnus |
Interview ID # | OH 1585 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Memories of childhood in Stop Six neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas; experience of attending all-black public schools throughout most of 1960s; perception that African Americans “lost out” in desegregation of schools in Fort Worth; importance of education as a family value; decision to attend North Texas in 1970 and efforts to find activities that interested him; involvement in North Texas gymnastics team; social interactions with African-American and white students; graduation from North Texas with degree in psychology and minor in rehabilitation psychology; career as public school teacher and guidance counselor. |
Interviewer(s) | Randy Miller |
Physical Description | 64 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |