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[Press release: Separate and Unequal: "The Road to Brown"]

Description: Press release providing information for the screening of "The Road to Brown" film by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on February 22, 1992.
Date: February 4, 1992
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, House Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she testified for the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She discusses discriminatory events that occurred before the act came to pass and warns of what could happen if it is allowed to expire. Includes a list of new proposed jurisdictions for coverage under the Act.
Date: February 26, 1975
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Partner: Texas Southern University

Echoes of Our Past

Description: Photocopied text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding recent history of African-Americans and the failings of political figures in Washington, D. C. Handwritten edits can be found throughout the typed speech.
Date: February 15, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Black Texans in the Texas Supreme Court, 1840-1907

Description: Spreadsheet compiled from various court report documentation that lists all Texas Supreme Court cases between 1840 and 1907 that involved free, enslaved, and formerly-enslaved black Texans. Information for each entry includes the case title and justice, year, type of case, names, county and judge, and the decision or opinion.
Date: February 10, 2014
Creator: Hudson, Linda Sybert
Partner: UNT Libraries

Echoes of Our Past

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding recent history of African-Americans and the failings of political figures in Washington, D. C. Liquid paper edits can be found throughout the typed speech.
Date: February 15, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Echoes of Our Past

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding recent history of African-Americans and the failings of political figures in Washington, D. C. Handwritten edits can be found throughout the typed speech.
Date: February 15, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Building A Solid Foundation

Description: Speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding challenges being faced by minority business owners.
Date: February 13, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Echoes of Our Past

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding recent history of African-Americans and the failings of political figures in Washington, D. C.
Date: February 15, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Banquet heralds diversity]

Description: A scrapbook page with a newspaper clipping from the North Texas Daily, with the title, "Banquet heralds diversity." The scrapbook page includes photographs of students dancing, a man performing on his instrument and students engaged in African headdresses.
Date: February 25, 2009
Creator: Rogers, Manuella
Location: 33.207488 -97.152586
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Schedule for Living Legends event]

Description: Schedule for Dallas' Black Living Legends which was on February 2, 1987 and featured several notable African American individuals and their accomplishments.
Date: February 2, 1987
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Carol Riddlesperger, February 5, 1988

Description: Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Carol Riddlesperger from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Riddlesperger discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on segregation in Denton, the desegregation of public schools and public facilities, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, her decision to run for the Denton school Board, tutoring program, and the jobs… more
Date: February 5, 1988
Creator: Byrd, Richard & Riddlesperger, Carol
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, February 25, 1988

Description: Interview with librarian Billie Mohair from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Mohair discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on coping with segregation in Denton, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the desegregation of North Texas State College, her college experiences, her decision to join the Fellowship, and the demise of the Fellowship.
Date: February 25, 1988
Creator: Byrd, Richard & Mohair, Billie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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