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OH 1837

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeADAMS, Estelle (b. 1927)
ProfessionsEducator

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1837
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Childhood in Wheelock, Texas; attending Bishop College; career in elementary and middle-school education; community involvement; awareness of race; life under segregation; move to Dallas; Dallas school integration; history of Wheelock; importance of education; legacy of the Civil Rights Act.
Interviewer(s)Tiffany Smith
Physical Description60 pp. plus documents (7 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen