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[News Clip: Negro senator]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about State Senator Leroy Johnson of Atlanta, Georgia, the first African-American to be elected to a state senate position in the South, addressing the United Political Organization Convention in Dallas.
Date: February 7, 1964
Duration: 2 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro debutantes are presented]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about seven 1954 debutantes being presented at the annual Ambassador's Club Ball in the North Side Coliseum.
Date: December 31, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro Questioned in Dallas Murder]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Curtis Coleman being questioned for the murder of Mrs. H. C. Parker, who was sexually assaulted and murdered while walking on a street near Love Field.
Date: October 13, 1953
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Charges filed on negro rapist]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about murder charges filed against Tommy Lee Walker, a Dallas man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a housewife, Mrs. H. C. Parker.
Date: February 2, 1954
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro confesses four robberies]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a man confessing to four liquor store robberies in Fort Worth.
Date: July 16, 1954
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro confesses Dallas slaying]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas man, Tommy Lee Walker, confessing to the murder of store clerk Mrs. H. C. Parker, who died of a stab wound to the throat.
Date: January 31, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Condemned negro baptised in jail]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the baptism of Willie Lee Gage, a convicted rapist awaiting execution at the Tarrant County jail. Gage is baptized into the Pentecostal Church a month before he is scheduled to die in the electric chair at Huntsville Prison.
Date: February 4, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro to appeal death sentence]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Tommy Lee Walker, a young Dallas man accused of fatally slashing a female store clerk. Walker is found guilty and sentenced to death, and plans to appeal the verdict.
Date: March 30, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro Housing Project Opened]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new low-rent housing unit for black people being dedicated in Fort Worth.
Date: December 22, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro pastor]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about two historic elections for the Dallas Pastors Association. News reporter Bob Welch interviews Reverend Zan W. Holmes, Jr., the organization's first African American president about the relevance of religious organizations to their communities and segregation in churches. Welch then interviews Joseph W. Drew, the first Roman Catholic board member, who discusses the importance of ecumenism.
Date: May 27, 1964
Duration: 3 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro injured in ditch cave-in]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth man being injured when a sewer ditch caved in.
Date: November 15, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro Achievement Day at Fair]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Negro Achievement Day at the State Fair of Texas.
Date: October 16, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: NEGRO'S HOME IS DAMAGED BY BLAST ]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story. No corresponding script found. Video footage depicts a damaged building.
Date: November 17, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro sues Decker, others]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an African-American man, Jackson Davis, suing Dallas county sheriff Bill Decker, two of his deputies, and a Dallas County cotton broker for allegedly stealing money from him and wrongfully imprisoning him.
Date: October 14, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro charged in Lovers Lane death]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about U.S. Army Sergeant Marion Andrew Washington, charged with the Waco murder of U.S. Air Force Enlisted Man Henry Poole.
Date: May 27, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro gets death in assault case]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Floyd Ray Jackson receiving the death penalty for the sexual assault of a South Dallas County housewife.
Date: July 23, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Negro Reading Room]

Description: Photograph of Negro Reading Room in a sub-story of the Carnegie Building. Windows line the left wall, and shelves line the right wall. In the foreground, there is a desk with stationary supplies on it. A wicker basket is sitting in front of it. Behind the desk, there is a table with chairs surrounding it, and stacks of papers sitting on the top. In the background, there are shelves partially filled with books, with a glass cabinet in the center. Text below the image says "Negro Reading Ro… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Cooke County Library

[Negro Reading Room]

Description: Negative of Negro Reading Room in a sub-story of the Carnegie Building. Windows line the left wall, and shelves line the right wall. In the foreground, there is a desk with stationary supplies on it. A wicker basket is sitting in front of it. Behind the desk, there is a table with chairs surrounding it, and stacks of papers sitting on the top. In the background, there are shelves partially filled with books, with a glass cabinet in the center. Text below the image says "Negro Reading Room, in s… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Cooke County Library
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