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OH 1818

For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Attorney and Civil Rights advocate. Childhood in Arkansas; life during segregation; high school in Little Rock’s Dunbar High School; involvement in University of Arkansas’s integration; politics in Arkansas surrounding the Central High School integration; law practice in Arkansas and Dallas-Fort Worth; Dallas-Fort Worth Civil Rights activity and legal cases.

OH 1830

Mexican American graduate of North Texas State University (now UNT). Childhood in Sonora, Texas; education in segregated and integrated schools; family history; experience attending NTSU.

OH 1823

Former Black Panther and long-time civil rights advocate. Family history; childhood in Fort Worth; life during segregation; process of integration; Civil Rights Act; changes in urban demographics; generation differences in living under segregation; civil rights participation; military service; Black Panther Party participation; March 1972 bank robbery and kidnapping; imprisonment in Marion, Illinois; life after release; black history in the American consciousness.

OH 1832

For the Desegregating DFW Oral History Project. Businessman. Childhood in Denton, Texas; contact with black community; memories of segregation; floor-covering business; National Guard service; philosophy on customer service.