JOHNSON, Willie B. (b. 1913) | Oral History

JOHNSON, Willie B. (b. 1913)

Profession: Community leader

Oral Histories

Community leader. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1956-90. Early life in East Texas; moving to Dallas; job opportunities for African Americans; employment at Parkland hospital in Dallas, 1954-69; decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; Hamilton Park school activities; Hamilton Park civic League; Biracial Committee; her children; street and traffic problems; zoning problems comments about Olin Scurlock; transportation problems; desegregation and closing of Hamilton Park High School; Christian Action Layman’s League; recreational needs; flooding problems; Willie B. Johnson Recreation Center; “The Buy Out.”
Date of Interview: February 9, 1990 to February 22, 1990

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