MOORE, Frederick Douglass and daughters ALEXANDER, Alice (b. 1908), PUNCH, Daisy (b. ca. 1910), and YOUNG, Hazel (b. 1905); also CALHOUN, Margaret Davis (b. ca. 1910) | Oral History

MOORE, Frederick Douglass and daughters ALEXANDER, Alice (b. 1908), PUNCH, Daisy (b. ca. 1910), and YOUNG, Hazel (b. 1905); also CALHOUN, Margaret Davis (b. ca. 1910)

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Their reminiscences about the history of the African-American sections of Denton, Texas, 1910-85, and remembrances about their father, Frederick Douglass Moore, a renowned African-American educator in Denton, 1915-50. The original African- American section, “Quakertown,” and its origins; their early family history; Fred Moore's barbershop; appointment of Fred Moore as principal of Frederick Douglass Colored School, 1915; removal of African Americans from “Quakertown” to southeast Denton; tidbits of the Moore family history; Alexander and Young's teaching careers; their jobs at the Davis Hotel; recreational activities of African-American children before desegregation; church activities.
Date of Interview: May 12, 1986

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