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[Oral History Interview with Donald Payton]

Description: Interview with Donald Payton, contributor ro the Dallas Historical Society and the Dallas Black Remembrance Project. Payton discusses his early life, his experience during integration in the 1960s at North Texas State University, being a Black soldier in Vietnam, time serving on the Dallas County Historical Commission and his affiliation with and Dallas Historical Society and Dallas Black Remembrance Project.
Date: September 30, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral History Interview with Edward B. Cloutman]

Description: Interview with Edward B. Cloutman, who was an attorney in Dallas. Cloutman discusses growing up and going to school in Louisiana, working on several cases for desegregation in Dallas, Texas, and how that work has and hasn't changed education in the city.
Date: September 30, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral History Interview with Wright L. Lassiter, Jr.]

Description: Interview with Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., who held positions as the President of Schenectady County Community College, President of Bishop College (in Dallas, Texas), Chancellor of Dallas County Community College, and President of El Centro College. Lassiter discusses his upbringing, his education, his "civil rights experiences" on the Tuskegee University campus, his career, his commitment to community service (including appointments to national committees and boards), his unsuccessful fight … more
Date: September 30, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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