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BELL, Catherine (b. ca. 1920)

Oral Histories

OH 0708

Public employee; community activist. Her experiences concerning the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; experiences in a segregated environment; street paving of African-American section in Denton; urban renewal; desegregation of public places in Denton; political activities; desegregation of schools; jobs program.

OH 1896

For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; educational and professional background; experiences with segregation; Denton desegregation; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; activities and friendships; continued community involvement; contemporary status of civil rights.