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Oral History Interview with Adolph C. Allen, February 25, 1993

Interview with Adolph Allen from Colfax, Louisiana concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Allen worked at a camp in New Augusta, Mississippi (Company 5415).

Date: February 25, 1993

Creator: Henley, Shelly & Allen, Adolph C.

Oral History Interview with Lina Maddox, April 9, 2014

Transcript of an interview with Lina Mae Maddox, telephone operator and EEOC member and activist, concerning her childhood as a white Mississippi sharecropper; experiences of discrimination against poor and women; move to Dallas for war work; experiences of segregation; sympathizing with African Americans' experiences with discrimination; public reaction to the Civil Rights Act; EEOC and union activism; civil rights improvements. Appendix includes excerpts from Maddox's autobiography and variou… more

Date: April 9, 2014

Creator: Fant, Christopher E. & Maddox, Lina Mae, 1923-

Oral History Interview with Michael Hurd, May 28, 2013

Interview with Michael Hurd, a journalist and member of the Texas Black History Preservation Project from Houston, Texas. Hurd discusses growing up in Texarkana and Houston, his education and service in the Air Force, work with the Houston Post and USA Today, Juneteenth, researching black history, the Texas Black History Preservation Project and related efforts, being an historian, the history of Juneteenth and emancipation in Texas, and civil rights. In appendix are photographs of Hurd, clippi… more

Date: May 26, 2013

Creator: Turner, Elizabeth Hays & Hurd, Michael

Oral History Interview with Edward J. Drake, 2002

Interview with attorney and Army Air Forces veteran Edward J. Drake. The interview includes Drake's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, youth and education in Dallas, Texas, enlistment in the Aviation Cadet Program, various training programs, bombing transportation facilities during and after the Ardennes Offensive, crash-landing in Belgium after his plane was hit, and linking up with American troops. Additionally, Drake talks about his ass… more

Date: October 16, 2002

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Drake, Edward J.