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Civil Liberties in Texas, Volume 1, Number 2, April 1965

Description: Monthly newsletter published from Texas Civil Liberties Union, a subset of the American Civil Liberties Union, describing local information and current events relating to the organization. The newsletter also refers to pending legislation and urges readers to write to their representatives.
Date: April 1965
Creator: Texas Civil Liberties Union
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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[News Clip: Sitdown strike]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about black students protesting Weingarten's segregated lunch counter by staging a sit-in at the chain store.
Date: March 5, 1960
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Mark Herbener, September 29, 2011

Description: Interview with Mark Herbener, a preacher and activist from Chicago, Illinois. The interview discusses Herbener's upbringing in Chicago, his education, his time as a pastor, other pastors during that time, how he became a bishop, and his activism.
Date: September 29, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; Roberts, Alfred L. & Herbener, Mark
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Peter Johnson, September 21, 2011

Description: Interview with Peter Johnson, a reverend and activist from Plaquemine, Louisiana. The interview discusses Johnson's upbringing, his family, his civil rights activism, how he became a minister, his involvement in CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), the successes and failures of the Civil Rights Movement in different places, Johnson's experiences participating in the movement, his involvement with SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), and his activism in Dallas.
Date: September 21, 2011
Duration: 2 hours 31 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; Roberts, Alfred L. & Johnson, Peter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Roy Williams, October 6, 2011

Description: Interview with Roy Williams, an activist and author from Longview, Texas. The interview discusses when Williams first came to Dallas, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Williams' upbringing, how he got into activism, his time in the military, his activism against police brutality, and a lawsuit against the city of Dallas.
Date: October 6, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Dulaney, W. Marvin; Roberts, Alfred L. & Williams, Roy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., September 30, 2011

Description: Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., a Chancellor of the Dallas County Community College. The interview discusses Lassiter's upbringing, his experience in college, his experience teaching, the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, his wife and children, community involvement, Bishop College, his experience with a hotel in Rome, Georgia, the books he's written, his experience as a Baptist minister, and racism.
Date: September 30, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Roberts, Alfred L.; Dulaney, W. Marvin & Lassiter, Wright L., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to A. W. McDonald, May 27, 1969]

Description: Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to A. W. McDonald explaining that he called Judge Holbrook was told that Mrs. Rose has refused to take the steps towards being re-employed at the city of Galveston. The Judge agrees with the Commission's decision but wonders if anything else can be done if she does not want to take the steps towards employment.
Date: May 27, 1969
Creator: Kempner, Harris L. (Harris Leon), 1903-1987
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Oral History Interview with Barbara Jordan, July 7, 1970

Description: Interview with Democratic Texas Senator and attorney Barbara Jordan from Houston, Texas. In the interview, Barbara discusses her thoughts and experiences in the Sixty-first Legislature as its first African-American member since Reconstruction. She also shares her thoughts on issues such as the Kennedy-Johnson Campaign in 1960, her unsuccessful campaigns for the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964, her successful campaign for the Texas Senate as its first African-American member sinc… more
Date: July 7, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Clip: Civil Rights]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 17, 1991, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Statements Concerning Harold Mitchell Housing Discrimination Complaint, January 1971]

Description: Memorandum to Harris Kempner from Martha H. Smith describing her investigation into a a housing discrimination complaint against a landlord in Galveston, Texas. A similar statement signed by Carol Bengfort describes a similar encounter with the landlord concerning the same property. Also included is a handwritten account of the conversation between himself and the apartment manager signed by Harold Mitchell.
Date: January 8, 1971
Creator: Smith, Martha H.; Mitchell, Harold & Bengfort, Carol
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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[News Clip: Dean story]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Southern Methodist University's Law School dean returning from the Civil Rights Commission hearing in Montgomery, Alabama.
Date: December 10, 1958
Duration: 3 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tyler Rally]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 22, 1992, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Peavy Tapes]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 22, 1997, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Sixth Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert]

Description: Program for the annual concert held by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters celebrating African American music and art, as well as strides made in the civil rights movement. The program provides details on featured artists, as well as advertisements and community information.
Date: January 15, 1989
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Flirting With Power: Perot drops out, 2 of 2]

Description: Video footage from the Jo Streit Film Footage Collection consisting of original Betacam footage from filmmaker Jo Streit's documentary "Flirting with Power." The footage consists of people being interviewed outside of Ross Perot's headquarters in Dallas, on the day Perot dropped out of the presidential race, followed by views of the building's interior.
Date: unknown
Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Streit, Jo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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