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Summary:

Interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, nurse and Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Legislature. She also talks about her early life in a segregated society, her early political activities, her campaign for the Texas House of Representatives in 1972, the Black Caucus, the Women's Caucus, reform legislation, appropriations, personal legislation, her altercation with Comptroller Robert Calvert, and she comments on Governor Dolph Briscoe.

Table of Contents:

• Leaves [1]-71: August 3, 1973 interview
• leaves [72]-159: August 13, 1973 interview
• leaves [160]-232: October 2, 1973 interview

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

Texas Political History Oral History Project

African American History Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Eddie Bernice Johnson, 1973 August 3, August 13, and October 2 [by Johnson, E.B.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 218

Subjects:

Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934- — Oral history

Texas Legislature — House of Representatives — Oral history

Legislation — Texas — Oral history

Legislators — Texas — Oral history

Political campaigns — Texas — Oral history

Women legislators — Texas — Oral history

Women — Oral history

African American women legislators — Texas — Oral history

Women politicians — Texas — Oral history

Women in politics — Texas — Oral history

African Americans — Oral history

Texas — Politics and government — 1951- — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Political oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1973 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project and the African American History Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.
Terms of use: This oral history is currently closed and unavailable for use. For further information about this transcript, please contact the University Archivist.

Physical Description:

232 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 218

OCLC Numbers:

152573415