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OH 1629

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeWRIGHT, Cora Green (b. 1943)
Notable infoAfrican-American alumna of North Texas State University

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1629
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionAfrican American alumna of North Texas State University. Childhood and early education in High, Texas; cotton farming; education at all-black, one-room Prairie Point School and Roxton High School; race relations in Northeast Texas; decision to enter Paris Junior College under National Defense Student Loan program; decision to enter NTSU in Fall 1962; brother Charles Green's experience at NTSU; living conditions in "Shacktown" area of Denton; experiences in NTSU Baptist Student Union; marriage to NTSU student Roy Green; career with Dallas ISD and Federal National Mortgage Association, and Oak Cliff Savings and Loan, as a Realtor, and as her husband's co-worker in insurance business.
Interviewer(s)Jami Mari Clayman
Physical Description35 pp.
Terms of UseOpen