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Oral History Interview with Harry Robinson, Jr., June 21, 2023

Description: Interview with Harry Robinson, Jr., founder of the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas. Robinson describes his family and childhood, the origins of the African American Museum on the campus of Bishop College and the people who helped make it happen, how the African American Museum became an independent institution and moved to Fair Park, and the construction of the museum's current building on the site of the old Hall of Negro Life, a precursor of sorts to the African American Museum from … more
Date: June 21, 2023
Duration: 57 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Davis, Levi H. & Robinson, Harry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis
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Oral History Interview with Herman Dutch Prager, June 16, 2023

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Herman Dutch Prager. The interview discusses his family history; enlisting in the Navy at 17; going to boot camp then submarine school; experiences being aboard the USS Sperry (AS-12) and the USS Kingfish (SS-234); being in Submarine Squadron 10; involvement in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles as a patrol; and working with the Navy after the World War II.
Date: June 16, 2023
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Terrence Holmes, June 28, 2016

Description: Terrence L. Holmes is a judge for the Jefferson County Court in Texas. Holmes earned a B.S. from Southern University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) in 1980. He later earned an M.S. from Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, Texas) in 1982 and a J.D. from Texas Southern University (Houston, Texas) in 1990. In his interview, Judge Holmes discussed segregation, the housing projects of Houma, Louisiana, and his trajectory to law and local politics.
Date: June 28, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Holmes, Terrence
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Omowale Luthuli-Allen, June 17, 2016

Description: Omowale Lithuli-Allen was born in Amarillo in 1948, and grew up in Louisiana. He discusses growing up in the Jim Crow South and some of his early activism in high school. In 1966, he enrolled at the University of Houston, where he became involved in organizations such as COBER and Afro-Americans for Black Liberation (AABL). Following his activism at UH and Texas Southern University, he became involved in cross-racial coalitions, where he came together with Mexican American activists to address … more
Date: June 17, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Luthuli-Allen, Omowale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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[News Clip: Lynching Apology]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Brook Hart about the history of lynching and a congressional resolution co-sponsored by Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana to apologize to the African American community for never making lynching illegal. Footage includes an interview with James Cameron, the only known survivor of attempted lynching and Doria Johnson, the great great granddaughter of a lynching victim, Anthony Crawford of So… more
Date: June 13, 2005
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Abram Millar, June 11, 1999

Description: Interview with Abram Millar, Army Air Forces veteran (365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-17 gunner/bombardier in the European Theater during World War II. His youth in West Texas; enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, 1943; Drake University, 1943; pre-flight training, Santa Ana, California, 1943; washing out of the Aviation Cadet Program due to his problems with depth perception; armament school, Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado, 1… more
Date: June 11, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Millar, Abram
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Rufus Shaw, June 30, 1995

Description: Interview with Rufus Shaw, a political consultant and journalist from Dallas, Texas. The interview discusses Shaw's educational background, his personal civic history, the Park Department, the political culture of Dallas, business leadership in politics, Dallas demographics, leadership in minority communities, leadership in institutions, competence, football, universities, city managers, factionalism, the Park Board, pluralism, city contracts, and individuals who may be good to interview.
Date: June 30, 1995
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Shaw, Rufus
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Private Collection of Levi H. Davis

[Clipping: WWII Veterans Dardanelle Brown and Annelle Bulechek]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing a commemorative reception put on by the Shreveport Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution to honor Women Airforce Service Pilot veterans. The clipping feature of a photograph of two WASP at the ceremony, Dardanelle Brown and Annelle Bulechek. Partial wedding announcements and a wedding ad are printed on the back of the clipping.
Date: June 19, 1994
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Funeral Program for Elnora Pierce, June 2, 1993]

Description: Funeral program for Sister Elnora Pierce, died May 31, 1993. The funeral was held Wednesday, June 2, 1993 at West End Baptist Church, officiated by A. D. Dillard. Funeral arrangements were made through Anderson Funeral Home and she was buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Shreveport, Louisiana
Date: June 2, 1993
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: San Antonio Public Library
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[News Clip: Abortion]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 19, 1991, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 52 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: Curfew]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 11, 1991, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 24 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: Baptist]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 16, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 25 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: Draper]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 16, 1982, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 26 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: Baptists]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 15, 1982, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 42 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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