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Summary:
- The Documenting the History of the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas County, Texas Oral History Collection archives the influential individuals who were integral to the local civil rights movement. Each interview focuses on the interviewee's family and educational history, organizational involvement, and career or personal milestones which affected the local Civil Rights movement. Additionally, the interview transcriptions traces the interviewee's educational background into career assignments; spotlights specific involvement or leadership of Civil Rights organizations; and underscores emphasis of milestones in the Civil rights movement - stressing the significance of people, places, events, elections, board or court decisions, local or federal laws, and the integration of said decisions or laws relevant to the Dallas and national Civil rights movement. Individual descriptions and memories of the movement, as well as banter between interviewer and interviewee, highlight the Dallas area during this momentous time in socio-cultural history.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- This collection is not restricted.
This collection exists only in a digital format and must be viewed in The Portal to Texas History. It requires a computer and internet connection.
Cite as: Documenting the History of the Civil Rights Movement in Dallas County, Texas Oral History Collection, University of North Texas Special Collections.
Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the UNT Special Collections Department. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Gift: African American Education Archives and History Program; Dallas African American Museum; 2014.
The Dallas African American Museum was founded in 1974 on the campus of Bishop College, under the name "Southwest Research Center and Museum of African-American Life and Culture," in a small 30' x 30'room on the second floor of Bishop College's Zale Library. The founding director was Dr. Harry Robinson. As of 2021, Dr. Robinson has served as the Museum's only director and chief executive officer. It has developed and sponsored programs and activities such as African and African-American art exhibitions, lecture series, conferences, and art exhibits. In 1979, the Museum changed its name to the Museum of African-American Life and Culture and became independent of Bishop College. In 1988, the Museum moved to Dallas Fair Park, first to the Magnolia Lounge, and then to a new building constructed between 1989 and 1993. It continued to hold exhibitions and events at offsite galleries and auditoriums throughout the city. At this time, it again shortened the name to the "African American Museum". The African American Museum continues to collect the personal papers of people in the local community and artifacts that highlight the African and African-American experience, as well as hold events related to the community. Based on : W. Marvin Dulaney's article in the Handbook of African American Texas
Finding aid available on libraries' website; Item level control.
The Griffin, James O.; Holmes, Zan; Johnson, Peter; and Jordan, Julia interviews are missing portions. The UNT Special Collections department never received the full interviews from the African-American Museum and are therefore currently unavailable. (2014)
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Physical Description:
- 28 items
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Organization and Arrangement of Materials:
- The interviews are arranged alphabetically.
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Digital Characteristics:
- video file
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Call Numbers:
- AR0806
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1248923179
