For the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Eastland, Texas. Memories of childhood in Hawkins, Texas, as member of a sharecropping family; education in all-black schools; 1941 decision to move to Dallas following high school graduation; work there as a domestic and factory worker; 1951 marriage to Roston King and move to Eastland; initial perceptions of race relations in Eastland; church life and involvement in Eastern Stars organization; children’s experiences in Eastland schools.

Jazz musician. His comments about the jazz scene in Fort Worth, Texas, 1950-2000.

Community activist, homemaker. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s.

For the Eastland County African American Women Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Cisco, Texas. Memories of negative experiences in newly desegregated Cisco schools; phenomenon of self-segregation among students; decision to attend Cisco Junior College; social life among African Americans; perceptions of modern-day race relations in Cisco.

His experiences as an employee at the Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Employment procedures; job assignments; wartime housing; safety procedures; social activities; union activities; relationships with women workers; race relations.

Business executive, president of the local chapter of the NAACP in Sherman, Texas. His comments concerning race relations and the development of African American businesses in Sherman, Texas, during the 1980s.

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Memories of childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana; drafting into U.S. Army and assignment to an air base security battalion; overseas service in Pacific theater; enrollment at Tuskegee Institute and flight instruction under Charles A. (“Chief”) Anderson; career with Federal Housing Administration and Housing and Urban Development agencies.

Judge (59th District Court of Texas). His observations as a young eyewitness to the lynching of George Hughes in Sherman, Texas, in May 1930.

Beautician, schoolteacher, community leader. Her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas, 1954-90. Youth in East Texas; education at Bishop College; president of Classroom Teachers of Dallas; activities with Texas State Teachers Association; decision to move to Hamilton Park; African-American housing problems in Dallas; home maintenance and improvements; social organizations; church activities; Civic League; Hamilton Park School; zoning problems; the “Buy Out”; Interorganizational Council; desegregation and closing of junior high and high school; Pacesetter; political activities.

Former member of the Texas House of Representatives (D-Austin). Memories of childhood and education in all-black schools of Chicago, Illinois; family involvement in Chicago politics; education at Fisk University; marriage to Exalton A. Delco, Jr., and his experience as first African American Ph.D.