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Oral History Interview with Brenda Fields, April 3, 2014

Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Ma… more

Date: April 3, 2014

Creator: Smith, Tiffany & Fields, Brenda Alyce

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Abe C. Cooper, April 3, 2006

Interview with Abe C. Cooper, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas, attending all-black schools, and enrolling at North Texas State College in 1958. Cooper speaks about the adjustments required for attending school in an integrated setting, boarding with African-American families in the "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton, and the comparative experiences with students a… more

Date: April 3, 2006

Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Cooper, Abe C.