For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Long-time civil rights activist. Childhood in Dallas; memories of the black community; life during segregation; growing awareness of “race” and racism; participation in the Dallas NAACP Youth Council; Juanita Craft; interest in black history and black power; Dallas SNCC; assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; civil rights activism; police harassment; arrests for activism; Civil Rights Act of 1964; move to Houston; continuing community activism.