[Oral history interview with Roger Poindexter, Jr.]

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Oral history interview with Roger Poindexter, Jr. Topics covered include: Poindexter's upbringing in Virginia, his coming out to his family as gay, his career at EDS, how he became a Cathedral of Hope member, his service on the boards of the Turtle Creek Chorale and Lambda Legal, discrimination he's faced as a Black man, his role models, and his goals for the rest of his life.

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McCraig, Scott & Villavasso, Morgan January 26, 2019.

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Oral history interview with Roger Poindexter, Jr. Topics covered include: Poindexter's upbringing in Virginia, his coming out to his family as gay, his career at EDS, how he became a Cathedral of Hope member, his service on the boards of the Turtle Creek Chorale and Lambda Legal, discrimination he's faced as a Black man, his role models, and his goals for the rest of his life.

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  • Preferred Citation: Nino Testa Oral History Collection (The Dallas Way), UNT Special Collections

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The Dallas Way Oral History Collection

Audio recordings of oral histories with figures related to the Dallas LGBTQ community. Eight interviews relate to the Cathedral of Hope's history.

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The Dallas Way Collections contains materials from over 30 different archival collections contributed by The Dallas Way.

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Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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  • January 26, 2019

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  • June 7, 2020, 8:45 p.m.

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McCraig, Scott & Villavasso, Morgan. [Oral history interview with Roger Poindexter, Jr.], audio recording, January 26, 2019; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1639463/: accessed February 18, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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