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Oral History Interview with Ora Lee Grant, March 11, 2018

Description: Interview with Ora Lee Grant with the assistance of her granddaughter, Monique Delagraentiss. Grant discusses growing up in Brookshire, Texas, celebrating Juneteenth with family, her grandfather's church (Sanctified Folks, which eventually became Church of God and Christ), the role of women in Juneteenth celebrations, and the political environment of the time.
Date: March 11, 2018
Creator: Turner, Elizabeth Hayes & Grant, Ora Lee
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Reby Cary, April 14, 2014

Description: Interview with Reby Cary, a professor, Texas State legislator, and civil rights activist from Fort Worth, Texas. Cary discusses attending Prairie View A&M, WWII service in the Coast Guard, segregation, his authorship, teaching at Dunbar HS, being the first black member of a schoolboard and the first black professor at UT Arlington, his tenure as a Texas State Congressman, experiences of discrimination, his experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, and his thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr., Bar… more
Date: April 14, 2014
Creator: Fant, Christopher E. & Cary, Reby
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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