African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. Memories of childhood and early adulthood in Fort Worth, Texas; experience of attending all-black schools, including I.M. Terrell High School; “benevolent racism” of Fort Worth whites; personal experience in desegregating Hollywood Theater in Fort Worth; early interest in journalism; decision to enroll at North Texas State University in 1965; experiences as an NTSU student and resident of Denton; participation in campus antiwar demonstrations and demonstration to protest the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; career as a reporter and columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.